After Having a Dream, I Became Pregnant with a Billionaire's Child-Chapter 152 - 149 Emily Parker’s Counterattack

Carter Clan Group, Carlos led over a dozen people from the R&D center to a meeting in the clan’s conference room.

The staff of the R&D center were all filled with worry.

"Old Oliver, rest assured, I will explain to the board.

Have you completed the tasks I instructed you to do earlier?"

Carlos patted Director Ross on the shoulder.

"Junior President Carter, I have done everything according to your instructions.

The design drafts have also been destroyed."

Director Ross’s tone was also heavy, he could see that Junior President Carter intended to shoulder all the responsibility alone.

"You don’t have to worry about the remaining matters.

Later, there will be a board meeting, you all wait outside the conference room."

Carlos turned off his phone directly and walked into the conference room.

In the conference room, all the board members were present, and the atmosphere was very solemn.

Besides the board members, there were also several foreigners in suits, two women and one man, all three were representatives from ST Automotive.

Carlos frowned; the new car launch was just yesterday, and representatives from ST Automotive had been sent over already, clearly showing that ST Automotive had been watching Carter Automotive’s new car for some time.

Carlos found a seat and sat down.

"Senior President Carter hasn’t woken up, and President Carter is still in the hospital for recuperation. During this period, I will temporarily assume the position of interim chairman."

Evan Palmer glanced at Carlos.

"Everyone has heard about the car plagiarism issue.

Carlos, you have always been in charge of matters concerning Carter Automotive.

Is there anything you need to explain to the board?"

Carlos leaned slightly on the back of the chair, spread his hands,

"I have nothing to explain.

At least our new car is not the same as any of ST Automotive’s models."

Evan Palmer recalled his brow twitching twice; he suppressed his anger,

"What kind of attitude is this? Do you think they copied our car?

They hired internationally renowned design teams!

And you? I asked you to bring in the car designers, and you couldn’t produce a single person. Isn’t that a guilty conscience?"

From a car design perspective, the international automotive industry has always been ahead of the domestic one, not to mention the design teams.

Especially a century-old car company like ST, claiming they copied a soon-to-be-bankrupt automaker is simply a joke.

A representative from ST Automotive spoke up,

"Mr. Carlos, our upcoming new car is almost identical to your design drafts.

Our new car launch was originally scheduled for the end of the month, and our new car concept draft was finalized a month ago.

Based on the timeline, unless your designers can prove that your design drafts predate our concept car’s final draft time, otherwise, we will constitute plagiarism."

The representative wore a proud expression.

As an industry leader, they always looked down on other car companies.

"Carlos, did you hear that?

Hurry and find the car designer.

This is transnational infringement. If not resolved quickly, it will affect the entire group’s reputation and stock price."

Evan Palmer’s words carried a warning; when the news broke this morning, both Carter Clan’s stock price and Carter Automotive’s stock price plummeted.

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"The new car affairs have always been solely handled by me, and I was the final approver of the design drafts. If there are any issues, just find me.

As for the design drafts, I also received them a month ago."

Carlos maintained a fearless demeanor.

"Carlos, are you trying to take all the consequences on yourself?

I tell you, you can’t bear these consequences.

ST Automotive can sue us, and the compensation could reach billions; even putting all of Carter Automotive into it wouldn’t be enough to cover it."

Evan Palmer’s face looked grim.

Carlos said nothing.

The conference room fell into a dead silence.

At that moment, the door to the conference room opened.

A secretary walked in and handed a fax to Evan Palmer.

Evan Palmer glanced at it, his eyes deepened, and the next moment, he tossed the fax in front of Carlos.

"Is this why you won’t reveal who the designer is?

Emily?

Carlos, I think you’ve lost your mind.

For such an important task like new car development, you actually let a complete outsider be the designer?"

Evan Palmer understood upon seeing the signature on the design draft that it was drawn by Emily Parker.

Carlos looked closely and saw the design draft in front of him.

He had already instructed Director Ross to destroy the design drafts?

"Dear representatives, the matter is very clear now.

This is a mess caused by a small designer within the car factory.

She likely used some means to plagiarize your company’s design drafts.

We will have her resign and take full responsibility, and we have already taken the new car offline.

All personnel involved in this project will also be dismissed."

Carlos abruptly raised his head,

"I oppose this, I am the one in charge of Carter Automotive. It should be up to me to decide how to handle my employees."

Evan Palmer’s decision meant that the entire R&D center staff had to be dismissed.

Evan slammed the table, pointing at Carlos and reprimanding loudly,

"Whether you agree or not.

Carter Automotive is a subsidiary of the Carter Clan Group, this decision is one made by the entire company’s board."

At this time, a middle-aged man among the three representatives from ST made a stopping gesture,

He was Mr. Smith, the lead representative from ST this time, and he was also the chief designer at ST Automotive. It’s said that the design draft involved in the alleged plagiarism came from his work team.

"If you are willing to admit plagiarism and publicly apologize to us at ST Automotive, we can consider not dismissing your R&D team.

However, you must hand over that designer; he is a disgraceful thief.

He is suspected of stealing our trade secrets, and we will file a lawsuit against him.

Additionally, we have another condition.

Carter Automotive can continue producing new cars using the relevant patented designs.

But Carter Automotive must transfer 51% of its shares to ST Automotive, and ST will fully oversee Carter Automotive."

Upon hearing the terms of reconciliation proposed by ST, Evan Palmer breathed a sigh of relief, his expression noticeably relaxed.

The other board members were all beaming with joy.

A near-bankrupt automaker being able to cooperate with a major international automaker like ST was like a pie falling from the sky.

"I won’t agree to any of your conditions."

To Evan Palmer’s instant change of face, Carlos outright refused.

"Carlos, Carter Automotive is a subsidiary of the Group; the board has the authority to decide on the subsidiary’s projects."

Evan Palmer warned Carlos.

"That was in the past, if I remember correctly, about 70% of Carter Automotive’s stocks are no longer held by the Group. Thus determining whether Carter Automotive should cooperate with ST requires a shareholders’ meeting."

Carlos’s words caused Evan Palmer to be momentarily at a loss for words.

50% of Carter Automotive’s shares belonged to Senior President Carter, and 50% belonged to the Group.

When Senior President Carter was hospitalized, his shares were allocated to Carlos, and recently there was a large-scale selling off of stocks by the Group’s investment team due to falling stock prices of Carter Automotive.

Originally, the investment team planned to buy back after prices surged, but unexpectedly, there were two big capital players in the market sweeping up Carter Automotive’s stocks, and now those two along with Carlos held 70% of Carter Automotive’s stocks.

If Carlos contacted those two capital players, indeed the Carter Clan Group would lose its so-called decision-making power.

Seeing Carlos’s unyielding attitude, Smith stood up with a dissatisfied face,

"In that case, we will see you in court.

Don’t regret it later."

"Mr. Smith, please do not be angry.

We will definitely provide you with an explanation regarding Carter Automotive.

I have contacted that designer to come over and personally apologize to you."

Evan Palmer quickly smiled and apologized.

"Who told you to contact her?"

Hearing Evan was secretly contacting Emily Parker, Carlos’s expression instantly turned extremely gloomy.

"If she dared to steal others’ trade secrets, she must take responsibility.

Don’t think I don’t know you secretly gave her 10% of Carter Automotive’s shares.

Can she get 10% of the shares simply by this plagiarized design draft?

You’re just as confused as your grandfather, being fooled by that woman."

Evan Palmer sneered.

When he saw the design draft, he had Oliver Ross contact Emily Parker.

When Carlos refused to apologize, they planned for Emily Parker to apologize instead.

At first, Oliver Ross was hesitant, then Evan said that if Emily didn’t come personally to apologize, Carlos would be ousted from the Group, and the entire automotive R&D team would be dismissed.

Oliver, under pressure, reluctantly contacted Emily Parker.

Evan Palmer sneered, always thinking that Emily Parker was a cunning woman,

"Vice President Palmer, so you have strong opinions about me holding 10% of the shares?"

At this moment, the conference room door opened.

A woman with a ponytail, wearing a simple white cotton dress, walked in briskly.

She carried a reusable bag, with a faint smile on her face, completely out of place with the room full of businesspeople.

Behind her was a guilt-ridden Oliver Ross.

"You?"

Carlos’s eyes turned sharp, looking at Oliver Ross.

"I heard that our new car is accused of plagiarism?

Why wasn’t this important matter told to me?"

Emily Parker walked over to Carlos’s side, Carlos frowned,

"I can resolve this here, you should go back."

Carlos had arranged everything, confident in resolving it without Emily getting involved.

"But I don’t want to go back.

I want to tell everyone present that I am wronged, and so is Carter Automotive, my design draft was not plagiarized.

Carter Automotive doesn’t need to apologize to anyone.

The one plagiarizing is him.

The one who should apologize is him, and so should ST Automotive."

Emily Parker spoke, turning slowly, her smile fading.

She seemed to have transformed, her eyes sharp, as she raised her hand, pointing at the group from ST Automotive standing not far away.