One week later, Tate Industries had formed the ‘Win-Win Alliance with three other brands of drone producers.
Tate Industries was to share their Super Brain system with these three other firms, while they returned twenty percent of their annual sales income to Tate Industries as a fee for patent royalty; at the same time, Tate Industries announced that the stolen core technology was the undefined version, whereas the technologies that applied to their products was ones that had been upgraded for eight times since the initial version.
The report asked Averie, “Miss. Tate, were you admitted to the hospital because of this incident?”
“You probably won’t believe me if I say that it’s not because of that,” Averie drawled, “but it is true that I was not affected much by the fact that our core technology was stolen. My team and I have always been dedicated to innovation and that’s the only way a company could march forward.”
“Does your team include the man behind you?” The reporter asked with a smile.
Averie was stunned.
‘The man behind me? Is he referring to… Elyette?’
“There are quite a lot of men behind me. I’m not sure who you are referring to.” She smiled awkwardly and tried to brush the question off. “My son, too, is a man behind me.”
“I am talking about the man who accompanied you to your pregnancy check-up.” The only thing missing from the reporter’s question was Elyette’s name.
Her face flushed instantly.
Shaun reminded the reporter, “please don’t pry on President Tate’s personal life.”
“I just want to know if Elyette Foster has anything to do with the ‘Win-Win Alliance’. It’s a brilliant plan.”
“So, are you hinting that President Tate could not have come up with such an idea herself?” Shaun questioned sharply.
“Of course not. One of my colleagues captured the moment where Elyette Foster was seen entering Tate Industries at night a week ago. Was he there to help manage the operation?”
The reporter had now officially mentioned Elyette’s name and the blush on Averie’s face34 darkened.
The crowd focused on her and waited for her to reply.
After a few moments of silence, she answered sincerely, “the Win-Win Alliance is a solution that I have decided on after discussing with my Director of Operations. As for the rest, I have no further comment.”
The reporter changed the subject and asked, “Miss. Tate, Madam Tate of Wonder Technologies claimed that they had a technical break-through and predicted that there will be a new launch for high-end products by the end of this year. May I have your opinion on this?”
“About this, the only thing I would like to say is that an exclusive patent has been registered for the core technology store within the microchip stolen from my company; I shall seek legal action towards anyone who utilizes the patent without my consent!”
Averie’s statement at the press conference was soon heard by Wanda.
Wanda snorted. “We just need to upgrade and change the content inside the microchip a bit.
It’s no big deal. Haha!”
“Right. But that Win-Win Alliance she enforced is a bad influence on us! It means that she is pulling the other companies over to her side,” Wanda’s assistant said with concern.
“Why are you afraid? I will eradicate them all at once!” Wanda said arrogantly, “one cannot succeed without eradicating all enemies!”
“With Chelsea helping you in secret, you are definitely going to succeed, Madam Tate!”
Wanda glared at her. “Don’t talk about that anywhere! Chelsea is extremely cautious and if she learns that I let it slip about our cooperation, she will definitely cut all ties with me.”
After the press conference, Averie exited the hotel and got into the car. As the driver drove, she turned on her phone and saw the message from Mike.
Mike had been working overtime lately with the development department on upgrading their products, but someone seemed to have taken a video of the conference from earlier and sent it to him.
‘The Win-Win Alliance was an idea that Chad mentioned to me. I asked Chad about it just now and he said that it’s actually Elyette’s idea.’
Averie typed.’…’
‘Let’s treat him to dinner! What do you say?’
Averie felt overwhelmed. Elyette had taken all the burden on his shoulders during this crisis and had resolved the most troubling issue she had in hand. Though she could have solved it herself without his help, she still appreciated what he had done.
Just as she was about to reply ‘yes’, she received yet another message from Mike.
Chad told me that they have been really busy with the new project lately and Elyette has had a lot of work piling up for the past few days. Let’s buy him dinner after a while!’
“Sure.’ Averie replied.
Elyette’s work piled up because of her. In order to apologize to her, he had hurried over to Bridgedale and had stayed awake through the night to resolve her company’s crisis. She could be stone-hearted and would still be moved by what he had done for her.
At night, she lied on the bed as she made a video call to Tammy.
“Averie, he did well this time, but don’t you think that it’s disgusting for him to keep Nora around in his company?” Tammy voiced out her opinion. “Unless he fires her, I won’t allow you to get back together with him. This woman is like a prick that could stab you on the skin anytime!”
Averie could feel her face burning. “When have I ever mentioned anything about getting back together with him?”
“Just now! You mentioned how much he had done for you and said that you want to buy him a gift and dinner… It’s so obvious that you’ve fallen for him,” Tammy said, “don’t forget what I said. I am really accurate when it comes to reading people. That Nora girl might look tamed, but she has to be even better at scheming than Zoe!”
Averie remained thoughtful for a few seconds and said, “but she doesn’t have any leverage.”
“She could create some. So long as she doesn’t give up, you will always be her biggest enemy. She and Chelsea will definitely team up against you.” Tammy removed the facial mask on her face and continued, “Elyette Foster is one big chunk of meat and everyone wants a bite. Averie, be cautious!”
Averie felt more calmed after talking to Tammy.
“Not only does he have to fire Nora, he also needs to fire Chelsea!” Tammy proposed, “if you are too embarrassed to talk to him about this, I will go tell him for34 you!”
“Tammy! Things between me and him are not like that…” Averie immediately interrupted her.
“Alright, but think about the things I told you just now. Also, I heard that Ben used to pursue Chelsea so he is probably on her side.”
Reminded of all the misunderstanding between her and Elyette, Averie instantly lost all romantic interest. “I was being reckless just now, Tammy. Let’s see how things go after the baby is born!”
“That’s fine, too. The most important thing right now is for you to give birth to your baby safely. Are you busy tomorrow? If you’re not, I’ll go find you,” Tammy said with age smile.
Feeling relaxed, Averie said, “I’m not busy. Mike won’t let me handle much related to the company lately. He’s been working overtime so much that I’m worried he might collapse.”
“He has Chad, so don’t worry about him.” Tammy glanced at the time and said, “it’s getting late, Averie. You shouldn’t stay up, go rest!”
“Sure.”
Three days later, Averie received a message from Tammy in the afternoon.
‘Averie, I’m in Room V609 in Caesar Hotel. There’s a surprise for you. Come now!’
Averie chuckled at the message and called Tammy.
The message was odd. If there was a surprise, why mention it in the message? Tammy was no fool, so was she trying to prank Averie?
Averie’s call was hung up right after being picked up. She stared at her phone dazedly, when another message from Tammy came in.
‘I’m only waiting until five, Averie! If you don’t show up before five, then there’s no surprise for you!
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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