American Detective: Starting as a Rookie Cop in an American TV Show

Chapter 1287 Plagiarism Design
"So why would Yumi or someone in his studio want to frame Ella, or even Miranda, by tampering with the schedule?" Beckett wondered.

"I don't know, but Alice just checked the Youmi website and found this on it." Jack showed his mobile phone screen to the female detective.

Above is a photo of a model, a skinny Asian female model with ugly squinty-eye makeup and wearing a shoulder-baring fashion with kimono elements.

"Black coral decoration?" Noticing the exaggerated headdress worn by the model, Beckett thought of the previous discovery of female forensic pathologist Lannie. She found black coral fragments on Ella's soles and in her shoes.

"That means Ella went there shortly before she was killed," Beckett said, pulling out his cell phone and calling the funny duo.

The 12th Precinct is closer to the SOHO area, so when Jack finally drove the huge SUV out of the congested traffic and arrived at the destination, Kevin and Esposito had been waiting at the door of the studio for a while.

However, the two did not show any impatience. Instead, they looked shifty, peeking inside from time to time and then whispering to each other.

When Jack and Beckett greeted each other and passed by them, and saw the situation in the hall clearly, it was then that she realized what was going on. The female detective then glared at the two guys.

Jack had heard Anna talk about her past in Paris and knew that models were just human clothes hangers at work and there was no such thing as privacy.

It is normal to be naked backstage waiting for makeup artists and stylists to put makeup and style on you. Sometimes there are designers and their assistants standing next to you, giving orders.

From time to time, the tailors would take out a piece of clothing that they would be wearing and try it on themselves, seizing the last minute to make size changes.

The more important the fashion show, the more chaotic the backstage is, as everyone is seizing the last minute to perfect the details in order to achieve perfection.

The design studio at the moment looks quite busy. In addition to the middle-aged female tailors who are busy in front of electric sewing machines, there are also five or six beautiful female models with graceful figures and disheveled clothes, standing by at any time.

According to Anna's personal opinion, the reason why there are so many LGBT people in the fashion circle is that many of them are forced out. In order to avoid trouble, some male designers "hypnotized" themselves to become gay before they became famous.

Unlike Julian, the deputy editor-in-chief who dressed slutty before Miranda, Youmi is the type who always emphasizes his sexual orientation with feminine behavior. Coupled with his greasy fat face with stubble, it really makes people want to punch him.

Even Beckett subconsciously kept a polite social distance from this guy before asking, "When was the last time you saw Ella Hayes?"

"Ella Hayes?" Yumi twisted her waist as she spoke, shifting her weight from her left foot to her right foot, then back again, over and over again.

Jack clenched his fist subconsciously, trying to suppress his discomfort and reminded, "Milan's assistant, the girl who was killed."

Yumi showed an expression of sudden realization, and after throwing a wink at Jack, she replied, "Oh, of course, I remember her."

"Can you tell me why she showed up at your place yesterday?" Beckett continued to ask, and when Yumi raised her eyebrows, he reminded her, "We have evidence to prove it."

Yumi swallowed her words and laughed, the smile on her face seemed a little forced, "Ahaha, yes, she was here."

"What's the reason?" Jack, who also noticed something, was already a little impatient.

"Ah, that, she's here to look for a job." Yumi's originally slow speech suddenly became faster, "But unfortunately, although I really want to help, I really can't help. You know, she was just fired by Miranda. As everyone knows, with the "Queen's" personality, anyone who is fired by her, at least in this circle in New York, is equivalent to the end of his career."

"Then do you know why she was fired?" As Jack spoke, his eyes passed over Youmi in front of him and fell on several models not far away.

He was not like the duo of clowns who had never seen the world, peeking at the beautiful female models in an obscene way. He just felt that the outfits they were wearing were somewhat familiar.

The smile on Yumi's face disappeared completely after hearing this. It was obvious that he was not good at hiding his inner emotions. "Why are you asking me such a question? How would I know?"

"No, of course you know." Beckett obviously lost his patience, "Because someone secretly tampered with Miranda's schedule many times, Miranda thought her two assistants were not doing their job well, so she fired them.

But in fact it was not Ella's fault, and of course it had nothing to do with Grace. We found out based on the IP address that the person who did this belonged to your studio, and Ella also found it, so she found here.

Based on your attempt to lie to us and your reaction at this moment, I have reason to believe that the main messenger is actually you."

"Me? Haha." Youmi was completely panicked. For a moment, he didn't care about maintaining that pretentious attitude. Even his voice became a little hoarse when he spoke.

"How is this possible? Do you know Miranda's status in the fashion industry? My design has just entered the finals of 'The Amazing Five', and I'm counting on 'Project Runway' to make me famous. How could I do something like this to ruin my future?"

At Jack's prompt, Beckett looked at the model behind him, and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously, "It seems to me that you have the motivation to do this.

Not only do you want to destroy her reputation, you also want to kick her out of the stage and out of Tianqiao magazine as soon as possible, don't you? "

Yumi followed the two people's gaze and turned around, saying aggrievedly, "Why should I do this?"

After getting Beckett's nod of confirmation, Jack waved to the two funny guys standing in the back watching the fun, indicating that they could come up and take the guy away.

"Of course it's because the work you used to participate in 'The Amazing Five' was completely plagiarized."

At the same time Jack said this, the beautiful model standing not far away suddenly became the focus of everyone's attention. Although she was a little confused, she still posed beautifully towards this side out of professional habit.

Jack felt as if he had seen the outfit she was wearing somewhere before, and after getting Beckett's confirmation, he was very sure that there was an almost identical design in Ella's manuscript.

"Take him back to the police station. I think Mr. Youmi has a lot of questions to explain." Beckett said to his two partners who were ready to step forward.

Kevin took out the handcuffs and showed them to Youmi, indicating whether he was willing to go with him or be handcuffed back.

Esposito leaned in, smiling in a flattering manner, "Do you want to bring that beautiful model over there, uh, I mean the evidence, back for trial as well?"

Beckett glared at him and turned away. Jack shook his head and was about to follow him, but then he seemed to have thought of something. He turned around and hooked his arm around Beckett's shoulder, leaning close to his ear and whispering, "But later you and Kevin need to take statements from everyone here. Do you understand me?"

(End of this chapter)