<h4>Chapter 293: Frustrated By The Traps She Laid</h4>


    "Good. There is only one decision left to be made, then," Qian Meng said with a sigh. "Li Jun, what are our options legally?"


    Li Jun was silent for a moment. "First, we need to figure out how they got their hands on the design," he responded. "The copyright filed for the designs was on the basis of color, material, design, and manufacturing technique. I got my hands on their copyright papers and set them side by side. Legally, the designs look a little simr, but in terms of quality, materials used, and the process of manufacturing, nothing coincides."


    The temperature in the room dropped. "So, we cannot drag them for giarism?" she asked.


    "Not on these grounds. If you insist that your products are so simr that the customer can get confused between the brands, we can use that as grounds to file awsuit," he added after a while.


    The product development team and the designers frowned. Qian Meng, too, was disappointed.


    "It''s evident from the quality and weight of the jewelry pieces that it is not from Venus. I''ll need the R&D team and the designers to take a closer look into this," Qian Meng ordered. There was a hum of acknowledgment.


    "But there is something we can do," Li Jun said suddenly. Everyone perked up at that. "We can show the court that thispany has a long history of creating simr designs to otherpanies. This will give them a bad track record. The other way is to appeal under the Competition Act. We can im that they are practicing restrictive trade practices and encroaching on niche markets," he said.


    Qian Meng raised her brow. "But ourpany doesn''t dabble in the niche market," she pointed out.


    "Thepany doesn''t. But this jewelry line was a revolutionizing piece in the country and therefore, by encroaching on a niche market, it has caused thepany a great loss."


    The word ''loss'' almost made Qian Meng flinch.


    "So, you are proposing that we file awsuit against them for giarism and unfairpetition?" she asked finally.


    "Absolutely," Li Jun responded.


    "And what will be the result?" she asked.


    "There is a seventy percent chance that we will win in the first case and a fifty percent chance of a win in the second."


    Qian Meng calcted that in her head. "How much time will it drag on for?"


    That was the important question.


    "A couple of years."


    Qian Meng thought for a bit. The money she lost would be great.


    "If we file awsuit against them, people will find out. It will be high-profile. And morepanies might join in. It might help us or break us," Xiong Fen prompted.


    "Tounch or not tounch," Qian Meng mumbled to herself.


    "There is an art to knowing when to draw notice and when to withdraw," Mo Qingchen said from beside her. Qian Meng turned to him in surprise.


    She had clearly seen him put in his earphones, but he had responded to her.


    "What are you saying?" she asked bluntly.


    Mo Qingchen shrugged. "Most often, the most effective action is to stay back, keep calm, and let others be frustrated by the traps youy for them. y the long-term game rather than a quick victory."


    Qian Meng rolled her eyes. "Stop being poetic and tell me the answer in terms I understand."


    Mo Qingchen nced at her face once and then back to hisptop. "How should I know? I just quoted some random lines from a book I read before," he said without humor.


    Qian Meng wanted to smack him for thement. But then it struck her.


    "Cheeky bastard," she muttered under her breath before turning to the people waiting eagerly for the couple to bicker and respond.


    "Okay, we are not going tounch The Shift." The groans came from all over. "In China. Sophie''s Secret only has its copyrights in China and they only sell domestically. Stopping theunch worldwide will be too much of a loss," she announced.


    "Li Min, take some help and contact the other offices and manufacturers and tell them to proceed ording to the n. International influencers will post reviews on time."


    Xiong Fen grabbed Qian Meng''s attention. "If domestic public make noise and ask why we aren''tunching it here. What should we say?"


    "Tell them that there is no market for shifting body jewelry domestically," Qian Meng said calmly. The n formed in her head. "Keep the stocks aside. The influencers who review international products can review them… after thewsuit is filed."


    Qian Meng used this as a cue for Li Jun. "Li Jun, I''ll let you take over the legal aspect. With regards to all legal processes, you can talk to the media and consult the PR team. Coordinate on that, please."


    "Got it," Li Jun said promptly before muting himself. The rest of the people discussed the particrs.


    "I need to see how much we will be losing from this," Qian Meng said finally. "It has been really turbulent for a while and the losses are mounting. Give me the figures as soon asmunication with all key people has been done. We can''t let there be any dy," she said.


    "Last but not least, let''s bring the bridal collectionunch forward. No one outside should know about it. We need to make it a surprise drop, understood? People should think that we are busy with The Shift. Sophie''s Choice is not matured in bridal essories so they will fall back in this case."


    "Do you want to use the talk surrounding theunch and thewsuit to generate curiosity in the people about The Shift and thenunch it with the bridal collection?" Ma Qui asked.


    Qian Meng nodded. "It''s not a concrete n as of now, but we can make a good campaign for it. Changing rtionships, jewelry that can withstand the progress of life… something like that," she rambled. "But this is not a final n. Don''t go around working on it. This should be prioritized, okay?"