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I Was Done Being Their Backup Plan Chapter 10
Half a year later, the new project was officially launched.I stood backstage at the launch event.As I adjusted my cuff, the bracelet on my wrist was visible.It had been repaired.The cracks were still there, the repair not perfect.But it looked more like mine than ever before."Chief, it's time," my assistant said.I nodded.The stage lights came on.On the big screen, my name was clearly written.Chief R&D Officer.Vivian Moretti.Applause rose from the audience.I walked to the center of the stage and completed the final product demonstration.The live camera swept across the audience.Damian sat in the last row.My two brothers sat on the other side.They didn't contact me.They didn't try to break into the backstage.After the launch, a reporter asked me:"Dr. Moretti, where did the original inspiration for this technology come from?"I glanced down at the bracelet."From my mother.""She told me that broken things can be fixed.""But once fixed, you don't have to pretend the c
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(Vivian's POV)The live feed reached Europe.I glanced at it once, then closed the page.A late admission wasn't compensation.It was just a bill he had to pay.A week later, I sent new authorization terms to Ethan.The group would pay eight years of retroactive patent fees.Publicly restore all my credits.Return the personal assets my mother had left me.Separate my shares from the family estate.From then on, I would maintain only a shareholder relationship with the Moretti family.No family privileges.No family obligations.Ethan read it and went pale.The last clause was a single sentence.[No one may use our mother's dying wish to demand that Vivian take care of Chloe.]The board pressured him to sign.But he sat there for a long time.The lawyer reminded him:"Chairman, if you don't sign by midnight, the authorization negotiations terminate automatically."Ethan picked up the pen."She really wants to cut all ties with the Moretti family?"The lawyer's tone was calm."Ms. Vivia
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(Third Person POV)Only a black screen remained in the conference room.Sebastian lowered his head.His reddened eyes were faintly reflected on the screen.Sebastian began organizing the old project files.The partners demanded the inventors be reconfirmed.He thought it was just a matter of adding a few names.But the deeper he dug, the paler he became.The first-generation device from eight years ago.Vivian.The algorithm upgrade from six years ago.Vivian.The technical report that solved a major failure three years ago.Still Vivian.But on the publicly released brochures, the R&D lead was listed as Sebastian.He'd won awards.Been on the cover of financial magazines.In interviews, he said he'd stayed up two months straight for the project.But during those two months, he was abroad with Chloe at fashion shows.Vivian was sleeping in the lab.His secretary came in with documents."Mr. Sebastian, the partners are demanding a public correction.""They also want you to address it pe
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(Vivian's POV)Not long after, Ethan's email received my quotation.Patent usage fees. Historical arrears. Restoration of authorship. Infringement compensation.Not a single item missing.The total was enough to drain most of the group's liquid capital.Ethan laughed angrily."We're family. Do you have to calculate everything so clearly?"On the other end of the screen, I finally replied:[You never treated me as family.][Since that's the case, everything follows the contract.]The conference room was dead silent.The countdown reached its final minute.The equipment screens went dark simultaneously.The technical director closed his eyes."The production line has stopped."News of the production line shutdown quickly reached Damian's office.He'd just walked in when the project manager blocked him."President, our partners are asking to postpone the signing.""The group can't provide patent authorization proof."Damian loosened his tie."Vivian and I grew up together.""I can sign on
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The next morning, the group's technical department was in chaos.The core system flashed an authorization expiration notice.All the lab equipment entered countdown mode.Ethan threw the documents onto the conference table."Work around those three patents.""I need an alternative by today."The technical director's face was pale."Chairman, we can't work around them.""The underlying algorithm, the sensor components, the calibration system—they're all connected.""Forcing a replacement means redoing the entire project."Ethan frowned."The company employs all of you, and none of you can match one person?"No one in the conference room spoke.The technical director pushed a stack of old files forward."The first version of the model was made by Ms. Vivian.""The three subsequent upgrades were also hers.""We were only responsible for testing and implementation."Sebastian flipped through the files.At the bottom of every page was Vivian's signature.The earliest date went back eight ye
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(Third Person POV)Damian froze."What is she doing at the European headquarters? She's not even managing the project anymore?"Sebastian sneered."She's blowing this up on purpose.""First she cancels the signing, then she runs off to headquarters. Isn't she just trying to force us to cave?"Chloe said quietly:"Does Sis think that if she disappears, everyone will suddenly realize how important she is?"Ethan's mouth twisted coldly."She's been like this since she was little.""The bigger the scene, the higher the台阶 she wants when she comes back.""Nobody comforts her this time. Let her crawl back from headquarters on her own."Half an hour later, the group returned to company headquarters.The front desk handed them a document Vivian had left behind."Could it be a letter from Sis?"Chloe opened the folder.There was no apology letter inside.Only a confirmation of Vivian's transfer to the European headquarters.The term was listed as: Permanent.In the emergency contact column, Dami
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