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You all go ahead and prepare.

Thank you.

This is the first time you've thanked me.

Is that so?

Is everything ready?

How do I look today?

Absolutely stunning.

Let's go.

It's starting.

This is our company's most important

event for the second half of the year.

Absolutely.

It took so long

to develop this new product.

We must achieve a complete victory.

Our Qin Group's

newly launched Beautiful Home Collection

combines traditional craftsmanship with modern fashion.

We are committed to providing consumers

with higher quality products.

First is this designer sofa.

Its inspiration comes from...

This product is plagiarized!

Plagiarism?

What?

This is Hongmu Group's original product!

It can't be.

Maybe it's true.

Secretary Lin, this...

Secretary Li, have security immediately

check that person's entry credentials.

Secretary Xue.

Record the live stream and all comments as evidence.

Our Qin Group's

products are all original designs.

Sir,

you're making baseless accusations of plagiarism.

Do you have any proof?

Secretary Lin.

Cici.

Go to the design department immediately

and retrieve the design sketches.

Okay.

Titi.

Check the secretary's email immediately.

Capture the cloud drive timestamps for designer file exchanges.

Okay.

Haha.

Look into Hongmu Group's

all similar products from the last three years.

Okay.

Chichi.

Contact the designer.

Have him provide a written statement and sign it.

Once everyone is done,

send it to me immediately.

Okay, understood.

Of course I have evidence.

Are you willing to confront it right here?

I never expected this.

See?

This is a product from Hongmu Group

that started pre-sales in physical stores

last week.

The two sofas look

identical in appearance.

It's been investigated.

It's a false accusation.

Repeat after me.

Everyone, please look.

The photo provided by this gentleman

does bear some resemblance

to our new product.

Everyone, please look.

The photo provided by this gentleman

is indeed somewhat similar to our new model.

But that's all it is.

But that's all it is.

When our company produced this sofa,

When our company produced this sofa,

we focused on the overall design concept

and detail handling.

The design team, guided by the concept of beautiful living,

referenced various cultural elements

and traditional craftsmanship.

After repeated research and revisions,

we finally created this product.

Your words are baseless.

You just asked me for evidence.

Well, where is *your* evidence?

Everyone, look.

These are our design sketches.

From the initial concept

to the final form,

everything is meticulously documented.

Note this timestamp.

Note this timestamp.

The design sketch was completed on March twenty-third.

After revisions and refinements,

the final design was confirmed on May seventeenth.

However, as far as I know,

Hongmu Group's so-called original product

first appeared on August second.

first appeared on August second.

This is clearly later than our design timeline.

The above is sufficient to prove

that our design is original

and not plagiarized.

Well said.

Exactly.

He has no evidence at all.

This is our designer's written statement and public notice.

Sir,

our Qin Group

had no obligation to prove our innocence today.

But under pressure,

we had no choice but to do so.

Sir,

as far as I know,

you are a distributor for Hongmu Group, correct?

Although I don't know

what your purpose is,

after this press conference concludes,

we will file a lawsuit against you personally

and Hongmu Group.

We will demand compensation for

all losses incurred by our company.

It has to be Secretary Lin.

Absolutely.

Thank goodness.

Otherwise, with a crisis like this,

we really wouldn't know what to do.

Secretary Lin is truly irreplaceable

in the workplace.

Well then,

what about us?

Hurry up.

Come on.

Hey, Dad.

Meili.

The product launch went really well.

Congratulations.

You watched it too?

Yes.

You handled it very well.

My daughter is amazing.

By the way,

when are you bringing Secretary Lin home?

I heard from your mom

that you're together.

Dad...

I have something to do, gotta go.

Hello?

This kid.

It seems Secretary Lin and I

are still too different.

So,

Boss Qin,

simply can't do without Secretary Lin.

Now you understand, right?

Pre-sale orders alone exceeded twenty million.

Boss, you're truly incredible.

Today,

was also thanks to Secretary Lin.

Am I

hearing praise again?

What's wrong?

What are you thinking about?

Nothing.

Let's have dinner together tonight.

Okay.

But the department has a celebration dinner.

How about

just the two of us?

Alright.

Do you feel better now?

Your father and I

have something to tell you.

Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.

I really like this story.

I don't know much about music.

That might be one of my few shortcomings.

Up until now,

there have been quite a few, okay?

Alright.

The story

is about Princess Odette by Swan Lake,

who is turned into a white swan by a demon.

Prince Siegfried

falls in love with her at first sight

and vows to save her.

On the night of choosing a bride,

the demon has his daughter, the Black Swan, impersonate the princess.

The prince eventually sees through the deception

and battles the demon.

He breaks the spell,

restoring Princess Odette to human form.

The two live happily ever after.

What's wrong with you?

You've been gloomy all day.

About the launch...

Are you unhappy?

Secretary Lin.

I think

you should resign.

What?

I want you to resign.

Why resign?

Because I don't want to be a bride to be chosen,

nor a princess waiting to be rescued.

I just want to be myself.

What bride and princess?

For so long now,

you've done so much for me.

I admit I really need you.

Just like today,

you are, to me,

so irreplaceable

and indispensable.

But precisely because of that,

I'm very afraid.

Because I truly cannot

I don't have the courage

to entrust my entire future

completely to another person.

Because if, once we...

We what?

I need to have a backup plan.

So I hope between us,

we can just be lovers.

Because in my story,

from beginning to end,

there is only one prince.

And that is myself.

Yourself?

As the only daughter of a family business,

I have almost never

been trusted by anyone.

I'm not like you.

You can go home anytime;

a company awaits your takeover.

But what I have today

was earned step by step,

under immense family pressure.

So that demands that I

must always strive to be the best at everything.

That's why, all along,

the one I can completely trust and rely on,

other than myself,

is no one else.

Because I'm prepared

to retreat at any time,

I must prevent all risks.

Is that what you mean?

Didn't you know that from the start?

What are you saying?

Didn't you know from the beginning

how selfish

and self-centered I am?

So why ask me like this?

Must my entire future

be completely controlled by you?

So you're saying I'm just an option for you.

Yes.

Because in my life,

there has never been an Option B.