"Help."
Shi Rongrong finally cried out. She had kicked her quilt to the ground at some point and was covered in cold sweat.
"Fortunately it was just a dream." Shi Rongrong was still frightened.
She took out the cell phone from under her pillow to check the time, but as soon as she opened it, she saw several missed calls, including one from the dean, one from Teacher Zhai, and another from a landline number she didn't recognize.
Her head was dizzy after she just woke up, and she couldn't understand why these people called her at the same time.
Just as she was considering who to call first, the landline number called again. "Hello, is this Shi Rongrong?"
Shi Rongrong asked suspiciously, "Who are you? How do you know my name?"
"This is the International Jewelry Design Competition Committee. Excuse me, are you Shi Rongrong?"
Shi Rongrong immediately changed her attitude and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's me."
"We have reviewed your work and determined it to be plagiarized. Your eligibility to participate has been revoked. Legal personnel will follow up with you regarding subsequent compensation."
Shi Rongrong's heart skipped a beat. Her first reaction was that she'd been caught plagiarizing Su Man's design. But despite her nervousness, she remained focused and argued, "How could I have plagiarized? Did you make a mistake? Or did someone look at my design and submit an identical one? Look at the time; I must have been the first to submit."
She thought her words were foolproof, but the voice on the other end of the phone made her feel like she was in an ice cellar.
"The work you plagiarized is a design from the top-tier jewelry brand DF Jewelry. The bracelet they're promoting was launched as early as July of last year. The issue of your plagiarism has been transferred to your school. As for your compensation to the plagiarized brand and the competition, a dedicated person will contact you..."
“…”
Shi Rongrong's brain exploded with a "boom" sound, and her nightmare came true.
...
As the bell for the last class rang, the afterglow of the setting sun spread across the campus.
The dean's stern voice boomed over the school radio, "Next, an announcement: Shi Rongrong, a student in our jewelry design department, has plagiarized her work for a competition. This is egregious behavior and she will be given a serious warning."
For a while, the school was full of discussions, "Submitting plagiarized works to participate in the competition is too tasteless."
"That's right, it's a disgrace to our jewelry design industry."
"More than that, I saw she was criticized by name in the competition announcement. She's completely embarrassed."
"If I were her, I would have found a hole in the ground and crawled into it long ago."
"Who would dare to use her in the future?"
"Use her as a porter in the design industry?"
"Hahaha."
Su Man listened to everyone's discussions as she slowly walked back to the dormitory. As soon as she entered the room, she saw torn drawing paper all over the floor.
She stepped over Shi Rongrong's easel on the ground and went straight to her own easel which had been pushed sideways. She straightened it and asked calmly, "Are you okay?"
Shi Rongrong's hair was disheveled, and she was furious. "You did it on purpose!"
Su Man tilted her head and asked innocently, "What did I do on purpose?"
After all, it was Shi Rongrong who plagiarized first, so she was a little speechless for a moment, and could only grit her teeth and ask, "Why did you draw the design drawings of DF!"
Su Man was puzzled. "Are you talking about the design on my drawing board? The shape of that bracelet is a bit similar to the design of my first draft, so I copied it to get a feel for it. What's wrong?"
Seeing Su Man's calm face, Shi Rongrong collapsed to the ground.
It turned out that she had made a mistake.
Su Man kindly asked, "Rongrong, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so unhappy?"
Shi Rongrong didn't have time to think about it. She broke down and said, "I...my design draft is suspected of plagiarism. The school gave me a serious warning. The competition committee and the brand are asking me to pay compensation, the total amount must be no less than 500,000. What should I do?"
Su Man was surprised. "How could it become like this?"
Shi Rongrong tightly grabbed Su Man's arm and pleaded, "Xiao Man, please help me. I really can't come up with this money."
"You get up first."
Su Man helped her up and sighed, "You know, I had a very bad relationship with my father because of Jin Sinian. This time we started arguing again. He threatened that he would no longer have a daughter like me. It will definitely not work if I ask him for money now."
"Then...Brother Si Nian, Brother Si Nian will definitely be able to do it. Please ask Brother Si Nian for me."
"he..."
Su Man looked embarrassed. "If I ask him for money now, he will definitely misunderstand that I am trying to help Gu Liang. Why don't you ask him yourself?"
"Me?" Shi Rongrong's face lit up with joy, but then turned to worry. "I can't even see him in person, how can I ask him?"
"Our company's annual meeting is this weekend, why don't you come with me?"
At the mention of the annual meeting, Shi Rongrong's eyes lit up. It was truly a case of searching high and low for something, yet finding it without any effort. Afraid of Su Man's suspicion, she routinely declined, saying, "This... isn't a good idea. After all, it's your company's annual meeting, and I'm not an employee, so it wouldn't be easy for me to go."
"Yeah, let's find another opportunity." Su Man seemed to agree with her.
Shi Rongrong didn't dare to be hypocritical anymore and quickly said, "Let's just hold the annual meeting. After all, time is tight, and I'll be relieved if it's resolved sooner."
Su Man nodded, "Okay then."
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The weather in November was already a bit cold. The fallen leaves swirled down from the branches, making a crackling sound as they landed under the feet of passers-by.
Even though the autumn wind was howling outside, the men and women attending the Qin family's annual meeting were all dressed coolly.
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