"Pear, pear..."
Wan Mingyi's stuttering voice echoed in the corridor.
Ye Li got up and walked outside, then froze, "Xie...Xie Chenlu?"
Smoky gray shirt.
Black trousers.
Her flowing, knotted long hair was cut into a neat short style.
He also wore a pair of silver-rimmed glasses on his nose.
Compared to last night, Xie Chenlu seemed like a completely different person.
The homeless man from last night seemed to be merely a pathetic illusion of him descending to earth to undergo tribulation.
In the blink of an eye, Xie Chenlu has transformed back into the gentle and refined art designer he was years ago.
If Xie Chenlu was full of talent five years ago...
At this moment, he exudes a more composed and mature air, a quality honed by the passage of time.
Even the awkwardness and tension from yesterday had faded considerably. Xie Chenlu looked at Ye Li with an embarrassed expression, "In return for her kindness, I can't continue to be as muddleheaded as before."
"Ye Li, thank you for giving me this opportunity!"
Xie Chenlu nodded to Ye Li, then looked at the glass door of the studio. "Am I... late?"
Ye Li glanced at her watch and nodded. "You are indeed late. But you didn't get paid..."
Upon hearing that Xie Chenlu was not receiving a salary, Wan Mingyi looked at Xie Chenlu with surprise.
Xie Chenlu looked calm and composed, as if it was enough that Ye Li was willing to have him.
Ye Li laughed, "Then deduct it from your share of the profits."
? ? ?
Xie Chenlu and Wan Mingyi were both stunned.
In the spacious and bright studio, Ye Li smiled brightly, "If it weren't for that accident five years ago, my small studio would never have been able to hire someone as important as you. Paying you too much is unaffordable, and paying you too little would be unfair. So I've decided..."
Ye Li pushed the draft agreement in front of Xie Chenlu, "You are responsible for focusing on design and regaining your former glory. Wan, the studio, and I will be responsible for all other matters. In the future, your income from your work will be split 30/70 between you and the studio. You get 70%, and the studio gets 30%."
"so……"
Ye Li smiled and said, "From now on, your lateness and early departure pay will be deducted from your profit sharing, is that okay?"
"Yes, yes..."
Nodding repeatedly, then realizing something was amiss, Xie Chenlu shook his head instead, "No, Ye Li, I have no problem with a 30/70 split, but are you mistaken? The studio should be 70/70."
He used to be like this in Dane.
He just didn't expect that Diane would go so far as to refuse to give him even 30%, and in the end, she would discard him after using him, playing with written contracts and tricking him into signing so many unequal agreements.
It eventually escalated to the point of a complete breakdown in relations, leading to a lose-lose situation.
"No mistake, you're number seven, and the studio is number three."
Ye Li smiled, "This contract was drafted for me by Fu's legal department. Take a look, and if there are no problems, sign it for me later."
Turn around?
No, there's no need to turn back!
Sign it now.
As if certain that Ye Li wouldn't lie to him, Xie Chenlu quickly flipped to the last page, picked up a pen, and signed his name in a flourish.
"..."
Ye Li chuckled, "Idol, now I finally understand why you were fooled by Diane!"
"Because I'm too naive and too easily trusting?"
Xie Chenlu shook his head. "I did make a mistake before, but I believe in Changchuan, I believe in you, and I believe in myself. Ye Li, I believe that this time my luck won't be so bad!"
It's easy to add flowers to brocade, but difficult to provide charcoal in the snow.
Ye Li Studio was undoubtedly a handful of snow that Luo Changchuan and Ye Li delivered to him in the sweltering summer.
The snow was cold enough to calm his heart, which had been burning with resentment for five years.
The summer heat was intense enough to gradually warm his almost icy blood.
Even as he faced death, he believed that with his hands and his intellect, which no one could take away from him, he could stand up with dignity before he died.
That's enough!
He quickly signed the document and handed it to Wan Mingyi to get it stamped.
Ye Li pointed to the whiteboard on the wall and said to Xie Chenlu, "I'm representing the studio at the Paris Jewelry Show next month; I've already registered. But you're coming with me. There's also a jewelry show in Shanghai in August; we'll compete together then. We only have two months left, idol; time is running out!"
Xie Chenlu nodded, then said with a sheepish look on his face, "Call me whatever you want, but please don't call me idol..."
"Then, Shieh?"
Ye Li changed her tune.
Xie Chenlu was taken aback.
He has an English name, Lu.
But that's all in the past. All his designs were signed "Lu".
Xie Chenlu thought Ye Li would call him Lu, but to his surprise, she used her surname as her given name and didn't mention Lu at all.
Now that Xie Chenlu knew why Luo Changchuan had repeatedly mentioned Ye Li and her Ye Li Studio in front of him, he looked at Ye Li again, his eyes filled with emotion, and said, "Okay."
After discussing the studio's upcoming competition schedule.
And their respective work priorities.
Ye Li looked at Xie Chenlu with a sly glint in her eyes, "Idol, have you forgotten something?"
"What?"
He paused for a moment, then belatedly realized that one of the three conditions Ye Li had mentioned was that he had to bring five apprentices.
Xie Chenlu shook his head and chuckled, "I've already told them. It'll be as early as tomorrow, or as late as next Monday. Don't worry, since I promised, I definitely won't lie to you."
Ye Li smiled, "Then I'm relieved."
Look at that contract with a 70/30 split.
Then look at Ye Li, whose eyes are crinkled with laughter, as if she has gained a huge advantage.
Wan Mingyi said she simply couldn't understand it.
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