The headline of the news popped into her sight.
âCore Technology of Tate Industries was stolen; Where Would This Enterprise Go Next?â
There were plenty of comments below.
âTate Industries only started two years ago, right? Are they closing down already? I highly suspect that the building their office is in is46 haunted!
âDoes no one else realize how expensive Tate Industriesâ products are? The quality isnât bad, but the high-end drone market is completely ruled over by them, and I hate it!â
âHehe! So is the price for drones going to drop from now on?34 Clap-clap!â
âMy dad works for Tate Industries and I donât 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 graduateâ¦â
Avery closed the news and opened her messenger to find Mikeâscd message.
âWanda has the microchip!â
Avery was not surprised by this outcome; she simply didnât 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 this23 point.
During the Q&A session, one of the reporters asked Wanda, âMadam Tate, the core technology of Tate Industries has been stolen. What do you think of that?â
Wanda burst out laughing, âI donât think much of it, because Iâve always focused on surpassing my own limits. Naturally, I wasnât the one who stole their core technology, as I donât have the guts for illegal acts.â
âWe heard that you were once Avery Tateâs stepmother. Now that she has been admitted to the hospital, have you gone to visit her yet?â
Wandaâs lips curled into a sarcastic sneer. âI will go see her right away as soon as she calls meâ Momâ.â
Avery stared at the smug expression on Wandaâs 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 âWin-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 Avery, âMiss. Tate, were you admitted to the hospital because of this incident?â
âYou probably wonât believe me if I say that itâs not because of that,â Avery drawled, âbut 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 thatâs the only way a company could march forward.â
âDoes your team include the man behind you?â The reporter asked with a smile.
Avery was stunned.
âThe man behind me? Is he referring to⦠Elliot?â
âThere are quite a lot of men behind me. Iâm not sure who you are referring to.â She smiled awkwardly and tried to brush the question off. âMy son, too, is a man behind me.â
âI am talking about the man who accompanied you to your pregnancy check-up.â The only thing missing from the reporterâs question was Elliotâs name.
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