“Go back and sleep.” She held his hand and looked at him. “I’m okay now and I should be discharged tomorrow.” He held back her hand. “Then let me walk you back to your room.”
“I want some fresh air down here. The bodyguards are with me, so I’ll be just fine.” She glanced at the bodyguards that were following them closely from a distance. Once Elyette left, she turned on her phone.
The headline of the news popped into her sight.
‘’Core Technology of Tate Industries was stolen? Where Would This Enterprise Go Next?’’
There were plenty of comments below.
‘‘Tate Industries only started two years ago, right? Are they closing down already? I highly suspect that the building their office is in is haunted!
‘’Does no one else realize how expensive Tate Industries’ products are? The quality isn’t bad, but the high-end drone market is completely ruled over by them, and I hate it!’’
‘‘Hehe! So is the price for drones going to drop from now on? Clap-clap!’’
‘‘My dad works for Tate Industries and I don’t want to see it go down! It treats its employees with great benefits and most importantly, the president is kind to everyone! My dream is to work there once I graduate…’’
Averie closed the news and opened her messenger to find Mike’s message.
‘Wanda has the microchip!’
Averie was not surprised by this outcome; she simply didn’t think that Wanda would act soge fast.
That afternoon, Wonder Technologies had opened a press conference in a hotel. Wanda announced with joy that there had been a break-through in the technical department of her company and they would be releasing a brand-new line of high-end products by the end of the year with a lower than average selling price.
Wanda might as well announce that she had stolen the core technology from Tate Industries at this point.
During the Q&A session, one of the reporters asked Wanda, “Madam Tate, the core technology of Tate Industries has been stolen. What do you think of that?”
Wanda burst out laughing, “I don’t think much of it, because I’ve always focused on surpassing my own limits. Naturally, I wasn’t the one who stole their core technology, as I don’t have the guts for illegal acts.”
“We heard that you were once Averie Tate’s stepmother. Now that she has been admitted to the hospital, have you gone to visit her yet?”
Wanda’s lips curled into a sarcastic sneer.
“I will go see her right away as soon as she calls me’ Mom’.”
Averie stared at the smug expression on Wanda’s face from the news and felt somewhat calm.
Everything that had happened was set and done. What she needed to do was to adjust herself as soon as possible to handle the ever-changing situation.
In the evening, she requested to be discharged.
The doctor ran some tests on her and gave her the permission.
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 face 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!’
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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