"Then Lord Claire, how should we deal with it?" Calen asked.
"Since we eat meat, let's share some soup with others."
After Calen repeated it twice in his mouth, his eyes suddenly lit up and he understood what Claire wanted to express.
"Do you mean to let us unite with some weaker jewelers to fight against them?"
Claire nodded slightly. Those jewelers were not monolithic. The reason why they united was because Mina Merchant Association had harmed their interests.
But not all jewelers hate Mina Jewelry dealers as much as they do. Some small jewelers are not doing well, and Mina Merchant Association's pragmatism can be a new opportunity for them.
They can completely join the Mina Merchant Association camp and use pragmatism and Mason's Minimalist Style to fight against those established jewelers. Once they succeed, the opportunity will come for them to rise. They are originally small jewelers. Even if they fail, their failure costs will not be much worse. It is just a period of poor profits. They are used to these and have enough experience to deal with them.
The cost of failure is nothing compared to the benefits of success.
"Expand the beneficiary group, then even if we don't instigate, they will spontaneously resist those who target us." Claire said softly.
I just need to play the role of a big brother who takes the lead. The jewelers who follow me will take care of things like Minimalist Style and pragmatism when public opinion attacks Mason, because those are also their interests. They were safeguarding their own interests.
"What about the personal attacks against Mason?" Calen asked again.
"This." Claire stood up, walked to the desk in the lounge, and said, "Give me the pen, ink, and paper, and I will write."
After Calen saw that Claire wanted to do it himself, he felt relieved and quickly walked out and asked the waiter to get pen and paper.
"Boss! Something bad has happened! Mina Merchant Association's counterattack is coming!"
"What did they do?"
"It's all written in this newspaper." The people below quickly handed over the newspapers in their hands.
After reading the newspaper in his hand, the owner of the jewelry store punched the table in front of him, which hurt his hand. However, his subordinates were still nearby, so he could only bear the pain and did not scream out. He picked up the newspaper again and started reading.
How could this happen?
They had discussed for a whole day and came up with what they thought was a foolproof strategy, thinking that they would be able to put Mina Merchant Association to death. However, they did not expect that their countermeasures would be solved in just one day, and the public opinion would be directed in favor of the Mina Merchant Association.
I took another look at the newspaper in my hand, and it seemed to read that many jewelry designers and jewelry dealers had publicly stood up to express their support for Mason's work. I felt that his work was a new direction in the jewelry industry.
Although those jewelry designs are not as famous as those masters, they are still somewhat famous, and their large number is enough to withstand their public opinion. In addition, the previous masters gave Mina Merchant Association a platform. They all cherish their own feathers, and now it is not easy to come forward and openly say that Mason's design is not good, so now it has evolved into a neck-and-neck situation.
If the public opinion is one-sided, then it's okay to say that the people basically have no sense of autonomy in that situation. If they say that the design of Mason is bad, then it is bad. But if it is not one-sided, then both sides are reasonable, and then it depends on how the people choose. But here's the problem. The design of Mason is really good, so it will naturally attract a certain number of fans, so their design attack on Mason will have little effect.
After this attack failed, another attack on Mason's character was also eliminated by newspaper reports.
It is not to explain that Mason is not that kind of person who deceives his teachers and destroys his ancestors, but to attack Ona's character from another direction.
This is the report written by Claire, which transformed the conflict over Mason's character issue into the conflict between Ona and Mason. The starting point of the argument is that Ona Mason did the right thing, and it was all because Ona's character was too bad, so Mason was forced out.
Under this report, there is a lot of evidence. In fact, there is no lack of evidence. Claire doesn't even need to make it up to frame him. The jewelers who cooperated with the Mina Merchant Association took the initiative to expose it.
When Claire and Calen went there last time, they had already seen how bad Ona's temper was, so there were countless designers and jewelers who had been humiliated by him. They used to regard it as the master's arrogance, but now the situation has changed, so they had the opportunity to attack Ona to vent their grievances. It was not an attack, it was just telling the truth.
So under this change, the attacks on Mason's character were quietly resolved. The rest of the public didn't care much about Yu Ona's character issues. It's normal for the master to have a temper. They are now more concerned about the gossip between Mason and Ona.
In the high-end club of Mary Port, the owners of large jewelry stores gathered here.
"What to do now? Our attacks on them have failed!"
"What should I do? I don't know what to do. Anyway, I can't think of any good way. They have experts there."
"I think so. Just a few reports have turned public opinion around."
"Why don't you just fight if you have no other choice?" Someone said angrily.
"I think it's better for us not to fight against them." A jewelry store owner whose whole body of jewelry was hidden in smoke said. After speaking, he puffed out smoke again. "We Naga Jewelry Shop have already started to study that practical jewelry."
"Haha, if you can't beat me, just join. Don't tell me that you didn't study it secretly?"
The owners of the jewelry stores present did not speak, which was regarded as acquiescing to this statement. They had already started researching it before they discovered that the jewelry in Mina Jewelry Shop had such a big impact on their business.
"Is this the problem? Everyone can join if you can't beat them, but can you guarantee that you can all join?" A wizened old man said slowly, "You know how many jewelry stores died when the jewelry style changed last time. Many people present must have come up from that style change. Even if you can join, can you guarantee that your current market share will not be swallowed up by Mina Jewelry Shop and other jewelry stores?"
The people present fell silent again. This was also the key issue that worried them. They did not have enough confidence and guarantee to survive the tide of the times.
The person I just mentioned joining is the number one jeweler in the country. He can be more secure, but he and others cannot.
"Why are we fighting on our own?" A jeweler snorted, "Drawing all those so-called masters to join the fight. If we fall, they can live in peace?"
"That's right! If we lose, then the things they designed will not be sold! This matter is not only about us, but also about them."
"Let's go! I'll go back and talk to the masters working with my family to see if they can continue to remain calm."