557: Chapter 552: Pushed into the spotlight again?

Ning Ke only gave a faint smile.

"President Shen has always done things this way."

"Swift and decisive."

In his heart, he silently lit a candle for Lu Ming.

At the same time Shen Yan walked out of the private booth,

in a top-tier law firm located in Central,

He Wanqing sat on a cold leather sofa, with a thick document entirely in English before her.

Opposite her sat a man wearing gold-rimmed glasses; he was a top business lawyer Shen Yan had invited from Wall Street, David Chen.

"Miss He, these are all the materials for 'Nirvana Jewelry' Co., Ltd., registered in the Cayman Islands."

"This one is the debt and asset transfer agreement."

"This one is a statement that you, as the sole legal heir of 'Victoria Jewelry,' voluntarily and permanently waive all ownership rights to the brand."

David Chen pushed the three documents in front of her.

"After signing, 'Victoria' will, in a legal sense, be nothing more than a name."

"All its assets, including inventory, distribution contracts, and most importantly, the intellectual property rights of all of Old Mr. He's design manuscripts, will be transferred to the name of 'Nirvana Jewelry'."

"At the same time, all its debts will also be assumed by 'Nirvana Jewelry'."

He Wanqing picked up the pen, but her hand was trembling.

Giving up "Victoria."

These words were like a branding iron, searing into her heart.

That was her grandfather's surname.

It was the dream of her entire childhood and youth.

She looked out the window; the night view of Victoria Harbour was dazzling and brilliant.

But that brilliance no longer belonged to the He Family.

Shen Yan's words from yesterday echoed in her ears.

"Rather than struggling in the mud, it's better to set it ablaze and rebuild a new palace upon the scorched earth."

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

When she opened them again, only determination remained in her gaze.

She picked up the pen and signed her name at the end of the three documents.

Every stroke seemed to exhaust all her strength.

After the last stroke, she felt as if something inside her had been completely hollowed out.

But there was also an unprecedented sense of relief.

The old He Wanqing, along with that defiled "Victoria," died together at this moment.

David Chen put away the documents and stood up.

"It's a pleasure doing business with you, Miss He."

"Oh, no, I should call you the CEO of 'Nirvana Jewelry' now."

Three days later.

Lu Ming complacently signed the "Brand Transfer Agreement" worth five hundred million.

Shen Yan's funds arrived almost instantly.

This made him even more convinced that he had fleeced a "sucker" from the mainland.

He and Wu Dong opened three bottles of champagne at Shark Lin's auction house to celebrate.

It was as if they could already see themselves laundering "Victoria" and using the counterfeits in their hands to transform into the "legitimate heirs" of this century-old brand.

However, what they didn't know was...

On the very day after their celebration,

on the giant LED screen in Times Square, the most prosperous business district in Hong Kong City, an artistic advertisement suddenly appeared.

In the advertisement, a phoenix made of diamonds spread its wings amidst blazing flames.

The final scene froze on a brand-new brand logo.

—"Nirvana Jewelry."

Nirvana Jewelry.

Immediately after, major global fashion media and social platforms received invitation letters from "Nirvana Jewelry."

In three days, the brand would hold its first-season new product launch.

Theme: "Phoenix Song."

The location of the launch was not at any hotel, but at the Hong Kong Museum of Contemporary Art.

This series of moves, full of style and mystery, instantly whetted everyone's appetite.

When Lu Ming saw the news, he only gave a disdainful sneer.

"A pheasant brand popping out of nowhere actually wants to establish itself in Hong Kong City?"

Wu Dong also chimed in.

"It's just sensationalism."

They didn't connect this "Nirvana Jewelry" with the "Victoria" they had already acquired at all.

Until the day of the launch.

The launch began in the form of performance art.

Under the spotlight, a veiled woman sat at a workbench.

The paintbrush in her hand danced across the paper.

Fluid lines sketched out a shocking necklace design.

When she finished the last stroke, looked up, and removed her veil...

The entire venue fell into dead silence.

Then, camera flashes strobed, and reporters squeezed forward like mad.

It was her!

He Wanqing!

The He Family's granddaughter who had been missing for a long time!

She wasn't dead, and she wasn't crazy!

She was back!

He Wanqing ignored the commotion below the stage; she simply picked up the microphone, her voice not loud, but clearly reaching every corner of the venue.

"My grandfather once founded 'Victoria'."

"Today, I, He Wanqing, have founded 'Nirvana'."

"Names may change, but the design soul belonging to the He Family never will."

As soon as she finished speaking, the lights on the catwalk lit up.

Models wearing the new products from the "Phoenix Song" series filed out one by one.

Every piece bore the distinct He Family style, that spiritual essence of a perfect blend between the classical and the modern.

Yet it was bolder and more impactful than past designs.

It was a secondary creation by He Wanqing, based on her grandfather's manuscripts and infused with her own understanding of being reborn from the flames.

The jewelers, designers, and fashion buyers below the stage were all stunned.

These designs were too beautiful.

Beautiful enough to take one's breath away.

In the backstage lounge,

Lu Ming and Wu Dong were watching all of this through a live stream.

The wine glass in Lu Ming's hand fell to the floor with a "clatter," shattering into several pieces.

His face looked even worse than the glass shards on the ground.

"He Wan-qing!"

He squeezed the name out from between his teeth.

Wu Dong's face was also deathly pale.

"She... the design manuscripts in her hands... are seventy percent similar to the counterfeits in ours!"

"No, it's our counterfeits that look like her authentic works!"

Lu Ming's chest heaved violently.

He finally understood that he had been played.

Shen Yan's five hundred million didn't buy a brand.

It was humiliation!

He had bought a piece of trash that had been completely gutted, leaving nothing but a pile of debt and scandal!

While the true treasure had been taken away by He Wanqing through a cicada shedding its skin maneuver in a way he never expected!

"Plagiarism!"

Lu Ming's eyes instantly turned bloodshot.

"They are plagiarizing!"

"Wu Dong, contact the media immediately and send a lawyer's letter! Say that He Wanqing stole 'Victoria's' trade secrets!"

"We have 'reproductions' of her grandfather's manuscripts in our hands; that's the evidence!"

"I'll ruin her reputation! I'll make this bullshit 'Nirvana' die the moment it's born!"

Like a beast driven to a dead end, he let out his final and most foolish roar.

The next day.

The lawyer's letters from Dongsheng Group were everywhere.

Lu Ming and Wu Dong held a massive press conference.

They displayed the counterfeit manuscripts and the fake products they had produced one by one to the media.

Tearfully, they accused He Wanqing of "betrayal" and "stealing" the intellectual property belonging to "Vic-tor-ia Jew-el-ry."

For a time, public opinion was in an uproar.

The newly debuted "Nirvana Jewelry" and He Wanqing were instantly pushed to the forefront of the storm.