Shang Wu's gaze turned slightly cold. She noted down his words and left silently.
After returning home.
Shang Wu updated her designer account, releasing all the sketches from her vintage-style series and announcing the establishment of a branch called Freya Design Studio.
Once the manuscript was released, everyone reacted in the same way as the shareholders.
Surprise, excitement, anticipation.
The hashtag “Freya’s comeback and establishment of a studio” trended on social media, ranking second on the hot search list.
Shang Wu then announced that she only wanted to focus on design and was not trying to capitalize on the hype to make money.
This piece will be the lowest priced of all the jewelry she has ever launched, waiving the design and craftsmanship fees for customers.
Furthermore, customers who purchase a complete set of jewelry will also receive an exclusive, never-before-seen jewelry piece as a gift.
In just half a day, 30,000 people paid deposits through the official link set up by the branch.
Shang Wu has achieved 70% of its goal of taking away old business associates.
By evening, the number of pre-orders had surged to over 60,000, exceeding the number Shang Wu had promised Zhou Yanci.
After learning about this, the shareholders stopped mocking Shang Wu and even urged Zhou Yanci to send the Shang family to the branch.
"Investing doesn't earn them as much as marketing jewelry; let's stop them from doing it!"
The largest shareholder said this in front of Zhou Yanci, showing no regard for his feelings.
Zhou Yanci's face turned ashen, but he had no choice but to concede.
The eight key technical personnel who were initially taken from Shangjia and came to Chengzhou to work alongside Shangwu have finally returned to Shangjia after many twists and turns.
In the office, Shang Wu signed work contracts with them.
Everyone raised their smiling faces: "Young Miss."
Shang Wu's eyes were slightly red as she tried to calm herself down.
After the merchant's business ceased to exist, she was no longer the merchant's daughter, but merely the director of Chengzhou Jewelry Department.
Everyone in the company calls her Director, but these old business associates still stubbornly call her Miss.
It seems that in their hearts, traveling by boat is merely a temporary shelter for survival, while the business is their true home. As long as the business is there, the business group will never fall.
Shang Wu signed contracts with each of them at double the salary.
She stood up, her gaze intense, and her red lips parted slightly: "Brother Wenxiang will stay at Tang's for now and won't work with us. Now that everyone is here, Aying, go prepare the car, let's go to the hospital."
One of them asked, "Miss, what are you doing at the hospital?"
Shang Wu smiled and said, "Let's go see our last comrade-in-arms in the studio."
Facing the puzzled looks of the others, she was the first to walk out of the office.
When the group arrived at the ward, the nurse was changing Lu Rang's dressing.
Lu Rang had a deep scar on his arm that hadn't scabbed over yet. It was covered with a pale yellow ointment and looked very painful.
Shang Wu walked over and asked in a low voice, "Are you alright?"
Lu Rang met her worried gaze and nodded slightly.
Shang Wu breathed a sigh of relief and stepped aside to let the others in.
"This is our branch office's legal counsel, Lu Rang, a top-notch lawyer at Chengzhou. If you need anything in the future, you can contact him."
Eight people stood side by side in front of Lu Rang, showing bright smiles as they introduced themselves.
Lu Rang had never seen anything like this before, so he pursed his lips and remained silent.
Shang Wu explained, "Attorney Lu is a man of few words and a cold temperament, but he is a good person. Please bear with him in the future."
After saying that, she stopped smiling and said solemnly, "It is indeed a waste of your talents to keep you all at the branch. Please bear with it. It won't be too late to return to the store."
Everyone waved their hands, telling Shang Wu not to be so polite.
Lu Rang remained silent, his brow furrowed.
After everyone left, he asked in a deep voice, "Shouldn't Miss Shang give me an explanation?"
"What explanation?" Shang Wu feigned ignorance.
Lu Rang said, enunciating each word clearly: "What you just said meant that you wanted to rebuild the Shang Group."
"yes."
Shang Wu curled her fingers, feigning composure, and walked up to Lu Rang, looking down at him.
"To exonerate my brother, to bring down Ji Yu, to establish a branch—it's all for this ultimate goal."
Lu Rang raised an eyebrow: "You're only telling me now because I've already signed the contract and can't run away?"
Shang Wu smiled and said, "You've boarded my ship, but I gave you a chance. That day you chased me out of the law firm wanting to cooperate with me. In a sense, you were willing to be used by me."
Lu Rang's gaze was inscrutable as he looked directly into her clear eyes:
"Have you considered the consequences of doing this? You want to fight a losing battle and then drag me down with you? I only took your brother's case, I didn't sell my life to you."
Shang Wu said seriously, "I will protect you. You just need to help me get the shareholding agreement sorted out and ensure that every penny of the branch's revenue goes into my pocket."
Lu Rang pursed his lips, completely enveloped in Shang Wu's shadow, his expression unreadable.
"Besides, wouldn't Attorney Lu be interested in a sensational case? As far as I know, you don't take on easy cases; you always prefer to climb to the top."
At this point, Shang Wu had nothing left to hide.
Lu Rang was an extremely intelligent man and had already seen through her intentions.
Her brother's affair with Li Chengzhang was just the beginning; the branch studio was her springboard for building up her strength.
The key is to reopen the investigation into that bloody business case from back then.
It all depends on whether Lu Rang is willing to help.
Seeing that Lu Rang did not react, Shang Wu poked his palm with her fingertip.
"Attorney Lu, can you give me a straight answer?"
Lu Rang glanced at her.
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