"It's Lucy Jewelry. They didn't do much marketing before this but suddenly announced that they’re launching a new product series with Sandy as their spokesperson. The commercial they released is exactly the same as ours."
"Isn't Sandy our brand ambassador? How could she be the spokesperson of another company’s products?" I was confused.
"According to what I heard from my friend, Newlight Media put out news that Grant Corporation broke the agreement by refusing to sign it even after a long time. Hence, Sandy went ahead and took up this job,” my assistant said softly.
I was completely taken aback. It was true that Sandy's agreement had not gone through, but that was because Theo said he wanted to investigate the rumors between Xander and myself that circulated previously. Never would I have thought that Newlight would break off the agreement on their end and put the blame on Grant Corporation.
What do I do now? Grant Corporation's new product launch was put on hold and before the spokesperson scandal could be resolved, we lost our brand ambassador and our commercial was plagiarized.
Theo was still in the hospital now, and our opponent had really gotten our hands tied behind our backs.
The master copy was leaked from my end, and I would have to bear responsibility for it.
"Give me all the information related to Lucy Jewelry," I told my assistant. I was not familiar with this company, so to find out how the commercial was leaked, I had to start investigating them.
My assistant promptly compiled all the information related to Lucy Jewelry and handed it to me. I combed through all the information I had on hand, trying to look for clues that would help my case.
After loads of effort, I found something odd. In a photo of their anniversary celebration which I found online, I saw Zedd Nichols in it.
It was a photo that was dated last year. Zedd was clad i n a white suit and drinking together with the owner of Lucy Jewelry. Benny Sherman, Heidi's boyfriend and V P of Newlight Media, was also at the same table.
Could it be Zedd? Was he acting as a double agent who was pretending to work with Theo but had joined hands with others to bring Grant Corporation down?
It did not really make sense since Theo, Mason, and Zedd had merged their companies into one corporation that shared the same fate. For him to do that would mean that he was sabotaging himself, right?
The nuances of the business world were too complicated. The more I thought of it, the more my head hurt.
I refused to continue overthinking. Since things had already arrived at this point, how they progressed was something that was out of my control. This was between the two companies, so I would wait for Theo t o be discharged for him to make the call.
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