People who wear their ambition on their sleeves are always more likable than those who appear to have ulterior motives.
The afternoon project meeting was originally scheduled to be held in a small conference room with Song Yunxi and He Yi's group. However, Mu Chen arrived at the conference room ten minutes early.
Song Yunxi was sitting next to Tantai Yi, their heads almost touching as they looked at the contents of a laptop. Song Yunxi pointed at the screen and said something to Tantai Yi, who then smiled and turned to look at her.
Lin Xiaoran was the first to notice Mu Chen standing silently at the door. She stood up and greeted him, "Hello, Mr. Mu."
Hearing the sound, Song Yunxi turned around and saw Mu Chen looking at her with a serious expression.
She smiled and stood up to introduce Mu Chen to Tang Qingcheng and the other two people who had never met him before: "This is Mr. Mu, the general manager of Platinum Hotel."
The group greeted Mu Chen, saying, "Hello, Mr. Mu."
Mu Chen nodded and said, "Hello." After saying that, he walked over and sat down in the seat to the right of the head of the table.
Song Yunxi glanced at Tantai Yi, then smiled and sat back down at the head of the conference table. She would be chairing today's meeting.
Tantai Yi sat to the left of the main seat, across the conference table from Mu Chen. "Mu Chen still took time out of his busy schedule to attend our project meeting. His hands-on approach to everything is truly admirable."
"The co-branded project is Platinum Hotels' biggest project this year, and it will be promoted under my name in the future, so of course I attach great importance to it. Moreover, this project is led by Ms. Song, so I will naturally give it my full support."
“My thoughts coincide with those of President Mu. I personally took charge of this project in order to support Miss Song.”
Mu Chen looked up at Tantai Yi and said, "Then I'll have to trouble you, President Tantai."
Mu Chen knew that Tantai Yi had stopped personally overseeing projects in recent years, but this time he came to the Platinum Hotel to be stationed there, of course, because of Song Yunxi.
Unexpectedly, he confronted him directly in front of everyone without any hesitation.
Lin Xiaoran turned to look at Song Yunxi. What were those two men doing? Why did she suddenly feel a little awkward?
Song Yunxi glanced around at the others present. Apart from Lin Xiaoran casting an inquiring look at her, the others were all staring intently at their laptops, looking as if they couldn't hear the fight going on around them.
Song Yunxi cleared her throat, successfully attracting everyone's attention, before saying, "It's time, let's start the meeting."
Tang Qingcheng immediately agreed, "Okay. Let me first explain my situation."
After discussing some research data and preliminary plans, Song Yunxi turned to Mu Chen to discuss the next steps.
She had originally planned to find Mu Chen after the meeting, but unexpectedly, he came to the meeting on his own. That's perfect; everyone can discuss things together.
Song Yunxi said, "President Mu, there's a red carpet event for Mu Xian's new movie at the end of this month. I just discussed it with Mr. Tantai, and we're thinking of inviting Ms. Chi to walk the red carpet with you. That way, we'll generate buzz and help promote the collaboration with our brand. What do you think?"
How did you know I was going to walk the red carpet?
Song Yunxi was injured the day Mu Xian delivered the invitation, and he hadn't had a chance to tell her about it yet.
“Mu Xian called me this morning to ask me to meet. Mr. Tantai and I happened to be doing some business near her company, so we went to have lunch together and talked about the red carpet.”
No wonder when Mu Chen called Song Yunxi at noon to invite her to his room for lunch, she said she was already eating. Although he didn't want to interfere with her freedom and didn't ask who she was eating with, he clearly heard Tantai Yi's voice on the phone.
Song Yunxi added, "By the way, Mu Xian also invited Mr. Tantai."
To thank Song Yunxi for taking the knife for her, Mu Xian invited Song Yunxi to dinner after resting for a few days. Unexpectedly, Song Yunxi also brought Tantai Yi with her.
This is a legendary figure in the business world. Inviting him to the premiere would not only enhance the film's prestige but also become a classic example of cross-industry collaboration. Even the media would likely have endless praise for him in their articles.
Mu Xian laughed and joked at the time, "Sorry, daughters of businessmen are always so calculating."
Tantai Yi said, "It's okay. People who wear their ambition on their sleeves are always more likable than those who are all talk and no action."
For this reason, Tantai Yi gladly accepted Mu Xian's invitation and agreed to attend the red carpet event for the premiere of the new movie.
Mu Chen looked at Song Yunxi and said calmly without any expression, "So, Miss Song, are you arranging for me to create a scandal with another woman?"
Besides, he was going to teach Mu Xian a lesson later. How much had he helped her when she was getting married? Now she wasn't only refusing to help him, but also trying to sabotage him?
Song Yunxi smiled, "President Mu, please don't misunderstand. This isn't about creating a scandal; it's a normal business activity for the two brand ambassadors. Besides, this is just our initial idea. We'll only develop a specific promotional plan after President Mu approves it."
However, if fans come up with their own interpretations and insist on shipping a couple, then we can only hope that fans will spend more money on that couple in the future.
"Us?" This simplest word in the world suddenly sounded somewhat jarring to Mu Chen.
Mu Chen didn't turn to look at Tantai Yi, but kept staring at Song Yunxi. After two seconds, he slowly said, "I'll think about it."
Song Yunxi smiled and nodded: "Okay. Then I'll talk to Miss Chi after President Mu gives his reply."
After the last topic was discussed, everyone packed up their things and prepared to return to their work stations to continue their tasks.
As Mu Chen was leaving, he casually remarked, "Please ask Miss Song to come to my office."
The people in the conference room exchanged glances, but no one spoke before they all silently left. Lin Xiaoran took the initiative to pick up Song Yunxi's laptop and carried it back to her office.
Song Yunxi walked side by side with Tantai Yi and Tang Qingcheng through the corridor, saying as they went, "Ms. Tang, could you please prepare the red carpet plan for President Mu and Ms. Chi? We'll go and communicate with the people from the Chi Group tomorrow."
Tantai Yi turned to look at Song Yunxi, but didn't say anything. Just a few minutes ago, Mu Chen had agreed to consider it, but now she was already confident of victory.
Song Yunxi ran into Pan Zhe at the door of Mu Chen's office. Before knocking, she told Pan Zhe, "Mr. Pan, there's no need to send someone to bring in coffee. I'll just say a few words to President Mu and then leave."
"Okay, Mr. Song."
Mu Chen was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, his back to the door. When the knock sounded, he knew it was Song Yunxi. Sure enough, after the door opened and closed, he heard the sound of high heels clicking on the floor.
Song Yunxi walked up to Mu Chen, put her arms around his waist, and rested her head on his shoulder.
Mu Chen's slightly unhappy mood seemed to be instantly cured. He also reached out and hugged Song Yunxi.
After a long, quiet embrace, Song Yunxi finally lifted her head from Mu Chen's arms. She looked into his eyes and smiled.
Are you feeling better?
Mu Chen nodded. "Mm."
"Then get back to work. I'll send you the red carpet plan later."
Mu Chen laughed. Song Yunxi was so open about scheming.
How do you know I'll agree?
Song Yunxi didn't answer immediately, but instead tilted her head up and kissed Mu Chen's lips. Only then did she speak: "This is a very beneficial promotional activity for the new project, Mr. Mu, what reason do you have to refuse?"
Mu Chen was certainly not satisfied with Song Yunxi's light, fleeting kiss. He lowered his head and covered her lips again, his tongue prying open her teeth, and kissed her deeply.
It wasn't that Pan Zhe was deliberately timing it, but Song Yunxi herself said that she would leave after saying a few words to President Mu, but those few words took a really long time to say, probably almost two hours.
Meanwhile, Pan Zhe, whose workstation was right outside Mu Chen's office, heard a muffled thud coming from the wooden door of Mu's office. But without Mu's summons, he didn't dare to knock and go in.
Inside the office, Mu Chen grabbed Song Yunxi, who was about to leave, and pinned her against the door, once again taking advantage of her.
*
Chi Li didn't seem to have any objections to the red carpet event at the movie premiere. She'd attended plenty of commercial events anyway, so who her male companion was didn't really matter. As long as her dress was stunning enough, and as long as her domestic violence incident didn't bother her, that was fine.
After leaving Chi Li's office, Song Yunxi let Tang Qingcheng return to the hotel first, while she herself sat in the lobby on the first floor of Chi Group waiting for Mu Chen to pick her up.
Her hand recovered quickly and she no longer needed daily dressing changes. The doctor told her to go and remove the gauze today.
Given that Mu Chen's emotions have been somewhat unstable in the past few days, Song Yunxi felt that although the hospital was very close to the Chi Group, she should not deprive Mu Chen of his right to accompany her to the hospital.
At the very least, we can't let him back out of the red carpet event at the end of the month.
Song Yunxi suspected that Mu Chen had driven the car like an airplane, because Mu Chen was standing in front of her just two minutes after she finished making the call.
His explanation was: "I calculated the time and thought you were almost done talking, so I drove over early."
When Chi Li came downstairs, she happened to see Mu Chen and Song Yunxi standing together talking. She smiled and came over to greet them: "Oh my, isn't this my future CP? What brings you here today?"
Mu Chen spoke casually, as if he were saying something everyone already knew: "I'm here to pick up my girlfriend."
Song Yunxi turned to look at Mu Chen. This was the first time she had ever heard the word "girlfriend" from Mu Chen's mouth.
In the past, although he had many rumors, Lin Xiaoran said that he had never admitted that any of the women he was rumored to be dating were his girlfriends.
"I knew it! President Mu doesn't seem like someone without vision. Why would he have so many rumors with people without clarifying them? It turns out it's to protect his real girlfriend."
From the moment Song Yunxi played dice with her at the karaoke bar to discuss a collaboration, Chi Li knew that Song Yunxi was a formidable character.
She initially thought Song Yunxi was deliberately trying to get close to her to enter high society, but she realized she was being short-sighted; Song Yunxi clearly had a much bigger scheme.
She enjoys dealing with people who have grand ambitions.
Song Yunxi quickly smiled and tried to smooth things over: "Miss Chi, we don't plan to make it public for the time being, so please keep it a secret, Miss Chi."
"No problem. But you still need to pay some hush money."
Song Yunxi smiled and raised an eyebrow, waiting for Chi Li to continue.
"Please make this project look good, Ms. Song, so I can earn more money."
"As long as Miss Chi is willing to cooperate, I will never let you down."
After seeing Chi Li off, Song Yunxi turned to Mu Chen and gently took his hand. "Wait a little longer, okay?"
We'll announce it later.
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