Chapter 144 The Iplete Proposal
In response to Shaun’s words, everyone else naturally began to apud.
Out of the blue, Quinn’s voice arose. “Trent, I never thought you’d not only take over my patent but also use the business n I wrote back then.”
Trent pursed his lips and said, “This proposal belongs to Grafton Technologies, Quinn. Even if you’ve resigned, anything you did during your tenure belongs to thepany.”
“It seems you have no self–respect at all,” Quinn mocked.
Trent’s face suddenly flushed a deep red. “Quinn, if you continue to belittle me like this, I won’t hold back on ount of our past rtionship anymore!”
Quinn found Trent’s behavior utterly amusing.
<i>If </i><i>he </i><i>truly </i><i>had </i><i>feelings </i><i>for </i><i>me</i><i>, </i><i>then </i><i>why </i><i>was </i><b><i>I </i></b><i>so </i><i>miserable </i><i>after </i><i>three </i><i>years </i><i>of </i><i>marriage</i><i>? </i>
“Trent, since when have you cared for our past rtionship?” Quinn mocked. “All this while, Sidonie is the only one you cared for, right?”
“You-” Trent felt his throat tighten, while Sidonie, once again, found herself the center of attention.
“Also, haven’t you forgotten? I resigned before this project proposal was evenpleted. So, it’s still iplete,” said Quinn.
“What?” Trent was taken aback. “Iplete?”
He hadn’t even realized that it was iplete. In his eyes, the entire project proposal seemedprehensive.
“The patent of mine mentioned in the proposal can indeed greatly enhance the efficiency and application range of drones,” Quinn began. “However, that patent was from three years ago. In three years, technology has advanced, and so has the technology to interfere with drones. If someone deliberately released thetest interference signal, then these drones would be rendered useless. So, my patent needs to include an anti–interference program!”
If she hadn’t divorced, she would naturally have taken the research results of this patent to the next level.
However, since Trent insisted on seizing the patent, she decided to let him have it, but there was a catch- he couldn’t use it despite owning it.
Trent’s face turned pale, instantly realizing what Quinn’s words meant–all the careful preparations he had made were now in vain.
Unless the issues pointed out by Quinn could be resolved, the project proposal held no value at all.
At that moment, everyone else had alsoe to the same realization.
<i>So</i><i>, </i><i>it </i><i>turns </i><i>out </i><i>that </i><i>this </i><i>tech </i><i>prodigy</i><i>, </i><i>who </i><i>is </i><i>highly </i><i>regarded </i><i>by </i><i>Mr. </i><i>Wane</i>, <i>has </i><i>handed </i>in <i>a </i><i>proposal </i>and <i>patent </i><i>that </i><i>relied </i><i>entirely </i><i>on </i><i>his </i><i>ex</i>–wife’s <i>work</i>? <i>What’s </i><i>his </i><i>contribution </i><i>then</i><i>? </i><i>Just </i><i>presenting </i><i>the </i><i>proposal </i><i>in </i><i>public</i>? <i>But </i><i>anyone </i>
<i>could </i><i>have </i><i>done </i>it<i>! </i>
“Is Trent reallypetent?”
“He’s already divorced from his ex–wife, yet he’s still using her work topete for the project?”
“Why didn’t he produce his own proposal?<b>” </b>
“Could it be that his sess was all down to his ex–wife?<b>” </b>
These hushed whispers, to Trent, were nothing short of an insult.
Unfortunately, there was no way he could defend himself.
“So, Mr. Wane, do you still n to discuss Grafton Technologies‘ project proposal?” Julius asked.
Shaun chuckled wryly. <i>Obviously</i><i>, </i><i>there’s </i><i>no </i><i>such </i><i>need </i><i>now</i>!
“Let’s move on to the next representative then,” said Shaun.
Trent froze on the spot, lost in a daze until the host asked him to step down. Only then did he walk stiffly off the stage.
“Trent, it’s okay,” Sidonie stepped forward to reassure him. “We can stille up with a better proposal. I believe in you!”
However, her words only served to make Trent feel as though a massive weight was pressing down on his chest, suffocating him.
If he could havee up with a better proposal, he wouldn’t have had to rely on Quinn’s proposal in the first ce.
It was precisely because all of his and his team’s proposals had been rejected that they had to resort to using Quinn’s.
What was more shocking to him was that he had even nned to utilize Quinn’s patent to expand thepany, swiftly dominating themercial drone market.
But now, Quinn’s words had left him feeling utterly defeated.
<i>If </i><i>the </i><i>patent </i><i>can’t </i>be <i>used</i><i>, </i><i>then</i><i>… </i>what will <i>happen </i>to <i>my </i><ipany</i><i>? </i><i>Setting </i><i>aside </i><i>the </i><i>idea </i><i>of </i><i>dominating </i><i>the </i><imercial </i><i>drone </i><i>market</i><i>, </i>it would <i>likely </i><i>miss </i><i>out </i><i>on </i><i>the </i><i>ind </i><i>development </i><i>project </i><i>and </i><i>might </i><i>even </i><i>go </i><i>bankrupt </i>due to <i>cash </i>flow <i>problems</i>. <i>I </i><i>can’t </i><i>ept </i><i>such </i><i>an </i><i>oue</i><i>, </i>no <i>matter </i><i>what</i><i>! </i>
Suddenly, Trent looked up, his gaze fixed intensely on Quinn.
After the ind had wrapped up, a charity fundraiser was held in the evening, marking the final event before leaving the ind.