After Ye Qing finished speaking, he stared at Dilson, waiting for Dilson's reply.
Dalson did not avoid Ye Qing's gaze. Instead, he looked at Ye Qing frankly. After a long while, Dalson sighed and looked away. He then said, "I really didn't know. If I had known, I might not have been in such a passive position."
Ye Qing remained noncommittal about Dalson's words, wondering what kind of magic Jiang Xinya possessed that made a multinational executive so embarrassed!
Dalson truly considered Ye Qing a friend. Although he had previously planned to use Jiang Xinya's interview with Ye Qing to set Jiang Xinya up, at that time, Dalson's plan was to use Ye Qing but not to threaten Ye Qing's interests in any way.
Now that Dalson is talking to Ye Qing about this, he really has no other choice.
After all, he was a foreigner working in a company where everyone except him was from Nancheng. It wasn't easy for him to have everything go smoothly.
Moreover, he came here more as a result of being exiled by the head office.
It's not that the head office doesn't value the Nancheng market; on the contrary, they do. But it is, after all, a new endeavor.
Those who are particularly competent are unlikely to want to come, after all, coming to Nancheng would require giving up too much, even leaving their hometown.
Dilson, being a capable candidate, seemed easier to "bully," and thus became the general manager of the South City side.
Leaving his hometown for South City, Dalson didn't dislike it too much, because in his hometown and at the head office, he was already somewhat ostracized. Coming here might be a good start for Dalson.
He remembered a phrase Ye Qing had once told him: "The emperor is far away and the sky is high."
Dalson came to Nancheng with this in mind, but before he boarded the plane, an executive from the company who had previously been optimistic about him told him the purpose of his coming to Nancheng.
Ye Qing was very surprised to hear Dalson's words. She was surprised that Dalson, who once held sway in the fashion world, had become the object of envy.
Of course, before Ye Qing returned to Nancheng, Dalson was also envied, but he hadn't reached the point where his situation sounded somewhat tragic.
Although surprised and taken aback by Dilson's ordeal, Ye Qing quickly gleaned some key information from Dilson's account: Dilson had been drawn into a workplace power struggle within their company.
This was correct in Ye Qing's initial judgment, but after hearing about Dalson's ordeal, Ye Qing felt sympathy for him.
However, Ye Qing still didn't really want to help Dilson. Even though they were friends, he couldn't find a reason why he had to help Dilson, even though he did have a conflict with Jiang Xinya.
Seeing the expectation in Dalson's eyes as he looked at her, Ye Qing felt it necessary to reiterate her position: "Dalson, there's no doubt that we're friends, but we're not in the same company anymore. I won't get involved in your company's workplace infighting. Also, although Jiang Xinya and I have conflicts, in my heart, it all ended when she left Nancheng before I left."
“But now she’s back, and she hasn’t let go of her hatred for you, and it seems she still doesn’t really want to let you go.” Dalson echoed Ye Qing’s words.
Ye Qing nodded, admitting that she could also see Jiang Xinya's unwillingness.
However, Ye Qing still couldn't find a reason to help Dalson. "If I don't help you, our studio might not be able to cooperate with your magazine in the future. But that's okay. There are other fashion magazines in Nancheng besides yours. I can cooperate with other ones. But if I help you this time, it's like telling other fashion magazines how awesome I am, that I can even get involved in their internal struggles. Do you think other magazines will still want to cooperate with me? They're afraid that if they cooperate with me, I'll get involved in their internal struggles."
Not only could Ye Qing not find a reason to help Dilson, but the more he talked, the more he felt that helping would actually do more harm than good.
After saying that, Ye Qing saw that Dalson was still thinking about what to say, so Ye Qing added, "And to be honest, even if I were to help you, I don't know how, so it's better if we just stay friends."
Although Dalson is a foreigner, sometimes foreigners may not understand why Chinese people can speak with a gentle and nonchalant tone when they are clearly refusing.
However, Dalson understood what Ye Qing meant.
Knowing that Ye Qing was unlikely to help after all that, Dalson didn't continue the conversation.
Dilson's magazine's inaugural issue is about to be released, which seems like a relief, but there's still a lot to do. Since Ye Qing really has no chance of helping him, Dilson didn't say much to Ye Qing, and left after a few casual words.
Ye Qing had previously agreed to start a program with Nancheng University, and the university had also relented and was willing to discuss it with him. However, the person who could speak with him was away on a business trip and had not yet returned, so Ye Qing still had to wait.
But even though she was waiting, she didn't want to just wait passively; she still needed to make some preparations.
After all, the idea of collaborating to open a class was because of Li Yeming, so Ye Qing went to Li Yeming's studio, thinking of asking him some more questions about traditional clothing.
When they arrived at Li Yeming's studio, Xi Yue was also there.
Because Ye Qing came directly to Li Yeming's studio after separating from Dalson, she still had the sample magazine with her and hadn't put it back in the studio. So while Ye Qing and Li Yeming were talking, Xi Yue was flipping through the sample magazine that Ye Qing had taken from Dalson.
In fact, Xi Yue had also heard that Jiang Xinya had returned to Nancheng and become the editor-in-chief again, and that Ye Qing was going to shoot a magazine. However, when she learned these things, Xi Yue didn't think too much about them, even though she knew more about the conflict between Ye Qing and Jiang Xinya than others.
Now, flipping through the sample copy, Xi Yue smiled as she saw that the interview with Ye Qing was actually an interview with Jiang Xinya.
Ye Qing and Li Yeming had finished their conversation when Ye Qing turned her head and caught a glimpse of Xi Yue's smile. Ye Qing asked, "What's funny in the magazine?"
Xi Yue closed the magazine and looked at Ye Qing: "No, I think that the few times Jiang Xinya's name was truly hers was all thanks to you."
This was a bit of a mouthful, and Ye Qing didn't immediately understand what Xi Yue meant.
Although Xi Yue's words sounded somewhat sarcastic, Ye Qing could tell that she was mocking Jiang Xinya, not herself.
Although Ye Qing had no intention of helping Dalson in any way, it was obvious that Xi Yue had some gossip, and Ye Qing didn't want to let it go: "Authentic signature? What do you mean?"
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