After a long silence, Kuroda Shigeo put away the documents he had taken out and stood up to speak.

"Sorry to bother you."

Ling Yan looked at him with some resentment as he prepared to leave.

"Miss Ling Yan, let's go," Kuroda Shigeo said.

Ling Yan gritted her teeth and could only follow Kuroda Shigeo out of Merlin Garnier's office.

Once in the car, I couldn't help but say that.

"Kuroda, this endorsement is very important to me!"

“Merlin Garnier is unwilling to use you, and there’s nothing we can do about it,” Kuroda Shigeo said.

Ling Yan: "But Brother Si Ting promised to let you help me get it."

Mu Weiwei has already signed a global spokesperson contract with MG, and she has terminated her contract with MG.

If she can't sign a brand endorsement deal with a higher-end brand than MG, it will have a significant impact on her comeback.

She was already outshone by Mu Weiwei in the voice acting for "Operation Echo," and now she's lost again in the fashion endorsement. How can she accept this?

"I'll try to get it for you, but it's not guaranteed that I can," Kuroda Shigeo said.

"Can't we think of another way?" Ling Yan was still unwilling to give up.

Kuroda Shigeo didn't speak, but instead called Gu Siting back to report the situation.

After ending the call, he said.

"Miss Ling Yan, Mr. Gu wants us to return to China."

Upon hearing this, Ling Yan's expression immediately changed.

"So, you're giving up?"

“You’ve seen Merlin Garnier’s attitude; there’s no point in us trying anymore,” Kuroda Shigeo said bluntly.

The other party has no intention of cooperating at all, and there is no possibility of it being accomplished. Trying to make it happen would be a waste of time.

"Is there really no other way? This endorsement is really important to me," Ling Yan emphasized repeatedly.

Kuroda Shigeo shook his head and said.

“Merlin Garnier is one of the top designers in the fashion industry. The dresses of the French First Lady are all designed by him, the Prime Minister’s wife also likes his designs very much, and... he has also collaborated with Fu Hanzheng.”

“He himself is unwilling to use your words. Using forceful methods will only bring trouble to the Gu family, especially at a time like this.”

...

Ling Yan smiled sadly and sighed.

“When Weiwei was around, she could have whatever she wanted, but now that I’m here, I can’t have anything.”

Kuroda Shigeo gave the speaker a complicated look before offering his advice.

“Miss Ling Yan, now is not the time for the Gu family to clash with the Fu family. You... shouldn't go after that Mu Weiwei either.”

Miss Weiwei used to have everything she wanted; it was something the Gu family had to give her.

Even if the Gu family can't do it, the Dorrance family will find a way.

However, the relationship between the Gu family and the Dorrance family has become very delicate because of Miss Vivi's death.

“It’s not that I want to compete with her, it’s that she… is targeting me in every way,” Ling Yan said.

She always felt that every time she encountered Mu Weiwei, she was filled with hostility towards her.

Every time they met, he would do everything he could to humiliate her.

Kuroda Shigeo didn't say anything more, he just said...

"Mr. Gu told us to go back to China first."

Although Ling Yan was filled with resentment, Gu Siting was no longer willing to fight for her, so there was nothing she could do.

Let's go.

Kuroda Shigeo glanced at Ling Yan, who was still furious, sighed inwardly, and instructed the driver to start the car.

Although Miss Vivi was sometimes spoiled and willful, she always got what she wanted by herself.

Even if I don't get it in the end, I won't feel so resentful.