Chapter 53
Seeing her arrive, everyone in the studio, including Jason, let out a collective sigh of relief.
Ryan, a man nearly six feet tall, almost burst into tears. "Boss, you're finally here!"
Charlotte gave a slight nod.
"Alright, stop crying! I'll handle this."
Charlotte patted his shoulder, then turned to face those people holding up their phones livestreaming.
"Turn off the livestreams."
Her tone was sharp, full of authority.
The reporters froze for a moment, somewhat scared, and were about to reach out to stop the broadcasts.
Chloe let out a cold laugh, blocking the reporter's movement, then looked up and stared daggers at Charlotte.
"What? Feeling guilty? Afraid the livestream will expose everything your studio has done?"
Charlotte couldn't be bothered to respond. She looked directly at the reporters. "Before there's any proper conclusion to this matter, any reporting will have a terrible impact on my studio. When that happens, I can absolutely preserve the evidence and have my legal team sue you."
"So I'm giving you ten seconds to decide whether to turn off the livestreams. Otherwise, when you're tied up in lawsuits, don't come crying to me."
The few reporters who were livestreaming hesitated for only two seconds before turning off their cameras.
Chloe's expression changed slightly.
"Charlotte! Even if you turn off the livestreams, it won't help. The necklace in my hand is the evidence. A stone has fallen off now, and you can't deny that."
She waved the necklace in front of Charlotte.
Charlotte reached out to take it, but she wouldn't let her. "What are you doing?"
Charlotte narrowed her eyes. "What do you mean? I can't even touch it?"
"Of course you can't touch it. Who knows what you'll try to do to get out of this? Can't you see the missing stone from where you're standing?"
Chloe lifted her chin arrogantly, refusing to let her touch it.
Charlotte gave a mocking laugh. "If you won't let me look at it, how can I know whether this necklace was actually made by our designer?"
"What do you mean it wasn't made by your designer? This necklace was designed by him!" Chloe's face darkened.
"What if someone else made you an identical necklace and switched it out, passing off a fake as the real thing?" Charlotte said coldly. "This kind of thing isn't uncommon in the industry. After all, our necklaces are quite valuable. There are plenty of people who would switch them out for money."
"Besides, our necklaces have anti-counterfeit marks on the back."
At this point, she gave Jason a look.
Jason understood and picked up his phone.
No one noticed his action.
Charlotte looked at the other party expressionlessly. "Show it to me now. Let's see if it has the anti-counterfeit mark."
Ryan quickly stepped forward. "That's right! From the time you came demanding an explanation until now, you haven't shown us the necklace's anti-counterfeit mark once. Are we just supposed to believe this necklace is from our studio? Give it to us and let's see if it's really our original necklace!"
"What are you trying to say?" Chloe became furious. "Are you saying I deliberately switched it out and then came to scam you?"
Charlotte ignored her words and held out her hand.
"Give me the necklace. As long as this necklace is ours, as long as it has the correct anti-counterfeit mark, we'll compensate you at full price and publicly apologize. Do you dare?"
Chloe froze completely.
Charlotte smiled slightly and pointed at Jason's raised phone.
"My person just started a livestream. Your actions right now have been seen by internet users. Chloe, all you need to do is show me the anti-counterfeit mark on the necklace and everything will be fine. If you don't show it, you're admitting to switching the necklace and trying to scam us."
Chloe's eyes widened in panic. "You... how did you start livestreaming again?"
Charlotte raised an eyebrow. "What? You can bring reporters here to cause trouble, but I can't livestream? If I didn't secretly start a livestream, how could you relax, thinking no one was watching, and carelessly reveal your true colors?"
Chloe trembled, unable to say a word.
She bit her teeth hard, staring at Charlotte somewhat at a loss, completely stunned.
She clutched the necklace tightly, her palms sweating.
While Chloe was frozen and didn't know what to do, Charlotte snatched the necklace away.
"What are you doing!" Chloe lunged forward trying to grab Charlotte's hand.
Charlotte turned over the necklace chain and said with a cold laugh, "If you're going to make a fake, at least make it realistic. The necklace chain doesn't even have a tag, let alone an anti-counterfeit mark. Chloe, you've really put on quite a show!"
Chloe's face paled, then she retorted, "What nonsense are you talking about! This is the necklace I received. Even if it's fake and doesn't have an anti-counterfeit mark, it has nothing to do with me!"
"Nothing to do with you?"
Charlotte narrowed her eyes and walked up to her step by step.
"You keep saying it has nothing to do with you. When our designer was working on the design and determining the style, they repeatedly confirmed and finalized the details with you."
"That means, besides the designer, you're the only one who could get the design drawings and create a replica of this necklace. You keep saying this fake necklace has nothing to do with you?"
Charlotte smiled slightly. "Just because you won't admit it doesn't mean there's no way to expose you. The raw materials used in jewelry all go through approval and can be traced."
She casually handed the necklace to Jason beside her.
"Go check which batch of materials this necklace is made from and which factory it came from. We have dedicated partner factories. Whether or not this necklace was produced by us can be found out with one check."
After Charlotte finished speaking, she looked at another staff member.
"Close the main door. No one leaves today. When we have results on the materials and raw materials, all of you who gathered here to cause trouble can wait to be arrested!"
As soon as she said this, all the reporters panicked first.
They all begged for mercy.
"We were all called here by Chloe. She's the one who told us to come cause trouble and livestream!"
"Right, she said if we got the job done today, she'd give us a big sum of money!"
"Yeah, and we didn't know it would turn out like this. This was completely a drama she directed herself!"
"We were wrong. Please forgive us, okay? We didn't mean it. We'll help you clear things up right now!"
In Jason's livestream, the reporters' ugly behavior and their words were clearly transmitted into the broadcast.
In an instant, the viewers exploded.
[How can Chloe be so disgusting? To actually do something like this!]
[This necklace must be a fake she created herself to frame Charlotte and her studio!]
[It must be! If she hadn't done this, where would Charlotte get the confidence to close the door and settle accounts with these people one by one?]
[These people are really disgusting, helping Chloe harm the studio together!]
Everyone was condemning Chloe and these reporters.