79. Men and Certificates
Ling Ling looked at this otherworldly courtship puppet, and admiration rose in her heart like a mountain. She finally understood why Yu Chuanbei suddenly showed up nervously downstairs of her company last night. It must be said that this Mr. Ge is really a strong opponent for all good men. "Do you like it?" Ge Fei said in a low voice in her ear, "In addition to this, I can give you more." She took two steps back to stay away from him, and wanted to teach him a lesson in a mature way, but a new idea suddenly hit her brain, and it seemed like a "ding dong" sound in her head. "Sister Wen said - to increase the sense of play, to make it interesting -" Ling Ling jumped too fast for a moment, and Ge Fei was a little unable to keep up with the rhythm. What does his courtship have to do with Wen Yaqing! Suddenly, Ling Ling burst into a loud, fervent compliment. "Mr. Ge, the industry your father chose for you was a prediction that you'd be a love expert in twenty years! You've truly turned your hobby into a career, and built a fortune out of it!" "Wh-what do you mean?" Ge Fei didn't understand her unusual behavior. Ling Ling took the tennis girl doll and several samples of this season's featured dolls to the long table in the center of the showroom and excitedly explained her idea to him. "We can design several dolls with mechanisms like these. They can hold love letters, lipstick, diamond rings—small tokens for confessing love to girls. Of course, we can also develop boyfriend models that can hold small gifts boys will appreciate. And the mechanisms should be hidden, allowing the other person to explore and search. It'll feel playful and add to the sense of surprise. What do you think?" "Hmm—very good! You know how your eyes light up every time you talk about creative copywriting?" He gazed at her affectionately, his idol drama hero persona taking over. Ling Ling, completely oblivious to his intentions, coldly declared, "Then I wish the light in my eyes would turn to sparks, blinding you, so those phoenix eyes of yours wouldn't have to sparkle so much." Ge Fei tutted, but remained unconvinced. "You say you have such creativity and talent? Come and be the boss lady at our warm nest. You'll definitely be able to hold up half the sky." Ge Fei never failed to tease her. "You want me to hold up the half that's about to collapse?" Ling Ling rolled her eyes at him like muscle memory. "Hey!" Ge Fei finally lost his temper. "I've put so much thought into doing so much for you, and you're not even a little touched?" "I am touched," Ling Ling said bluntly. "But being touched won't make me fall in love with you." Ge Fei sighed in frustration...
Ling Ling gazed at this otherworldly courtship puppet, her heart overflowing with admiration. She finally understood why Yu Chuanbei had suddenly appeared nervously downstairs at her office last night. It had to be said that this Mr. Ge was a formidable opponent for any decent man.
"Do you like it?" Ge Fei said in a low voice beside her ear, "Besides this, I can give you more."
She took two steps back to get away from him, intending to lecture him maturely, but a new idea suddenly struck her mind, and it was as if a "ding dong" went off in her head.
"Sister Wen said - we need to add a sense of play, make it fun -"
Ling Ling's scenes were so fast-paced that Ge Fei couldn't keep up. He was courting, so what did it have to do with Wen Yaqing?
Ling Ling suddenly burst into praise, "Mr. Ge, your father chose this industry for you because he predicted you'd be a love expert in twenty years! You've truly turned your hobby into a career, and built wealth out of it!"
"What, what do you mean?" Ge Fei didn't understand why she was in such an abnormal state.
Ling Ling took the tennis girl doll and several samples of this season's flagship dolls to the long table in the center of the exhibition room. She excitedly explained her idea to him, "We can design several dolls with mechanisms like this. They can hold love letters, lipstick, diamond rings, and other small things for girls to confess their love. Of course, we can also develop boyfriend models that can hold small gifts that boys will like. And the mechanisms should be hidden, allowing the other party to explore and search. This will feel like a game and increase the level of surprise. What do you think?"
"Well - very good! Do you know that every time you talk about creative copywriting, there is a light in your eyes." He gazed at her affectionately, and his idol drama hero character came into play again.
Ling Ling, however, completely ignored his words and said coldly, "Then I hope the light in my eyes can turn into sparks and blind you, so that your phoenix eyes won't have to flash everywhere."
Ge Fei snorted, but still disagreed. "With your creativity and talent, come to our warm home and be the boss lady. You will definitely be able to hold up half the sky." Ge Fei never forgot to tease her at any time.
"Let me hold up the half that's about to collapse?" Ling Ling rolled her eyes at him as if it were coming out of her muscle memory.
"Hey!" Ge Fei finally lost his temper. "I've put so much thought into doing so much for you, and you're not touched at all?"
"I'm touched." Ling Ling said frankly, "But being touched won't make me fall in love with you."
Ge Fei sighed dejectedly and said, "Then keep this doll. It really took me a long time to come up with this idea. I'll also give you a pig to remind you how stupid it is to reject me." He weakly grabbed a pig pillow and handed it to her.
Facing this pitiful and handsome face, Ling Ling grabbed another doll at hand and responded heartlessly, "Why not give me this alpaca? I gave myself an alpaca doll as a birthday present last year. At the time, I was in Creative Group B and was being tortured to death by the director. I was having all sorts of Alpaca rage running wild inside me the whole time. When I couldn't contain my inner turmoil, I would pet my alpaca. Later, I rubbed the white doll black. This one is just right for a new one."
"Whatever you want." Ge Fei was a little angry. He put his hands in his pockets and stood up and left.
Ling Ling followed him in small steps, still talking about product planning ideas. "I think we can also introduce the popular blind box game, designing dolls with different actions, expressions and colors, and create a hidden best-seller. The main color can be pink, for example, the hidden best-seller little dinosaur can be made pink."
Ge Fei said uncertainly, "A pink dinosaur is so out of place. Everyone's impression of Cretaceous dinosaurs is that they were bluish-gray."
"Humans can't determine the skin color of dinosaurs. All we've found so far are skeletons. How do you know what their muscles and skin looked like? Maybe all dinosaurs had colorful feathers or scales!" Ling Ling confidently refuted him, and then came up with an idea: "To help users remember your main color this season and buy your best-selling item, we should give it an easy-to-remember name - Pig Head Pink. Don't think this name is vulgar, it actually fits the language habits of young people today. They talk about things like pigs, dogs, paralysis, and death all the time. It's vivid and easy to remember. What do you think?"
"That's great. Couples usually call each other Pig Head, Pig Baby, etc. Then I'll call you Pig from now on, okay? When you're angry, your face puffs up and looks chubby, which is quite cute. Pig - do you feel particularly intimate?" He became interested again and touched her shoulder with his arched shoulder.
Ling Ling said coldly, "Do you know how to fatten a pig quickly? Castrate it."
Ge Fei gasped and asked her, "Are you usually so rude to Party A?"
"Of course not. Because no client would say they want to pursue me on the first day of meeting—except you." Ling Ling deliberately didn't wait for Ge Fei to refute, and rushed straight to the subway station, just throwing him a sentence: "Mr. Ge, I won't take your car when I return to the city. I have to hurry back to the company to write a new plan. I will submit a better script to your company tomorrow. You can hold it!"
"What about me?" Ge Fei hurriedly caught up with her and asked.
Ling Ling turned around and stood still, saying, "Just make your product well and ensure the quality and quantity. Users hate being toyed with the most!" Then, she ran away without looking back.
The next day, Ling Ling finished a planning proposal and a copywriting script, which indeed received Ge Fei's praise and Wen Yaqing's approval. She immediately began contacting three companies to confirm the filming of the commercial.
The shooting location was chosen at a characteristic homestay in Huairou District. It focuses on couples’ themes and it is also convenient to shoot in nearby scenic spots.
The filming went smoothly for the first two days, but on the third day, it started to rain heavily.
Ling Ling angrily lashed out at the production company, "I told you before that we should shoot the outdoor scenes first while the weather is good, but the actors you found refused to cooperate. Now that the rain has delayed the production, you are responsible for it. Don't charge our company when you settle the bill."
The production company's executive director was a young man, his face filled with disobedience. "Sister Ling, that won't work. The actors we found for you are already quite famous in the industry, so coordination is difficult. How about you change the script? If it's sunny tomorrow, we can shoot as planned. If it's still raining, can't you just write some rainy scenes?"
Ling Ling opened her mouth to curse back, but Ge Fei held her back. He took over and said, "Alright, alright. The filming schedule has been quite intense these past few days. It's not easy for everyone to stay up late every day. Let's take a break today and see how things go tomorrow."
He dragged Lingling back to the B&B, but Lingling did not appreciate it.
"Why should I take responsibility for their mistakes! If you spoil them like this, they will be less serious in doing things in the future and think that people who are easy to bully are easy to fool." Ling Ling was indignant.
Ge Fei continued to persuade her, "Oh, that's called a sunk cost, okay? You're powerless to change anything in this situation, so why not just take a break? Look at this couples' hotel. You haven't really explored much since you got here, but there's a game room on the first floor. Why don't we go play together?"
"Bullshit sunk cost!" Ling Ling shook off his hand that was pulling her sleeve and walked towards her room.
"Don't look down on my theoretical level. I'm from Lehigh Business School."
"I look down on Lehigh College now."
Seeing that she was really angry, Ge Fei tried to persuade her, "Don't be angry. Am I not the client? I don't care about this project at all. I care about you."
"But I don't care about you at all, I only care about this project! Whether Mr. Ge is happy or not has nothing to do with me, but my name will always be printed on the copy of this advertisement and the finished film, and I have to be responsible for it. Men will change, couples will break up, and marriages will divorce, but my name will never change on every professional certificate I take and every project I complete. Do you understand me now? Stop wasting each other's time." Ling Ling pushed him away in annoyance.
Ge Fei was also a little annoyed: "Ling Ling, it's really a letdown that you're always like this."
"When you are with someone who doesn't love you, the main theme of life is disappointment. Don't you understand now?" Ling Ling walked to the door of her room with a choked expression, and her feet were dented.
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