21. Surprise Confession
Bai Yuefu, with nowhere to vent her pent-up anger, turned on Ling Ling, who had been buried in her notes: "Did you even write that down?!" Ling Ling's innocent eyes widened in confusion, and she stammered, "No, I didn't." Bai Yuefu then unceremoniously yelled at Ling Ling to make some coffee. Yu Chuanbei's eyes followed her as she slowly stood up. Even though Bai Yuefu, a veteran of the workplace, lacked professional expertise and had a paltry emotional intelligence, she was at least perceptive. She immediately detected the strange look in Yu Chuanbei's eyes. Unable to bear the sight of Ling Ling being mistreated, Yu Chuanbei stood up to leave, and his team members also rose to their feet. "Today's meeting was very fruitful, and I'll report back to the client. Thank you for demonstrating the incorrect model. It's our responsibility to help the client make the right decision." Bai Yuefu, with a strange smile on her face, suddenly brightened up and called to Yu Chuanbei, "Mr. Yu, please wait a moment. I have a question." Yu Chuanbei, who had already reached the conference room door, paused, glanced back at her, and waited for her next question. "Mr. Yu, have you met Ling Ling from our team?" Ling Ling, who had just left her seat, felt a pang of apprehension. She looked at Yu Chuanbei in fear, and he was staring directly at her. "I know her," Yu Chuanbei replied without hesitation. "I pursued her before, but she rejected me." With that, he vanished. Ling Ling shuddered, feeling the air conditioning so cold! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~ The meeting ended, but the commotion was just beginning. Bai Yuefu directly handed Ling Ling the client's proposal. "Please revise this Ningshi project with Eifer. Tomorrow morning, be there to present the new proposal to the client before Eifer." Ling Ling stared blankly at the rejected proposal, a pile of waste paper, and reluctantly accepted it. She had no choice, and therefore no idea. It wasn't until she finished cleaning up the meeting room and heard her colleagues whispering on the way back to her workstation that she realized what this meant. "Black Widow is so skilled! She uses the word 'revise' so well! If it's good, it's hers. If it's not, it's Ling Ling's fault." "Letting a newbie report to the person in charge of Ningshi is not of the same rank. Will they pay any attention to her?" "Then this project is definitely Eifer's. Even if I work overtime all night, I won't be able to come up with any new copy." "This kind of domestic cosmetics will hardly have a brand impact in first-tier cities. What kind of advertising will it do..."
Bai Yuefu had no place to vent the rage she was pent up in, so she turned on Ling Ling, who had been busy writing down the notes: "Did you even write down this sentence?!"
Ling Ling opened her innocent eyes wide in confusion and stammered, "No, I didn't."
Bai Yuefu yelled at Ling Ling in an rude manner again to make coffee, and Yu Chuanbei's eyes followed her as she slowly stood up with an infatuated look.
Even though Bai Yuefu, who has been in the workplace for so long, is not good at her job and her emotional intelligence is as bad as a dog, she can at least read people's expressions. She immediately caught the strange look in Yu Chuanbei's eyes when he looked at Ling Ling.
Yu Chuanbei couldn't bear to see Ling Ling suffer so much, so he stood up to leave. His team members also stood up. "Today's meeting was very fruitful. I'll report back to the client. Thank you for demonstrating the wrong approach. It's our responsibility to help the client make the right decision."
Bai Yuefu, however, wore a strange smile and suddenly brightened up, calling out to Yu Chuanbei: "Mr. Yu, please wait a moment. I have another question for you."
Yu Chuanbei, who had already walked to the door of the conference room, stopped, looked back at her, and waited for her next question.
"Excuse me, Mr. Yu, have you met Ling Ling from our team before?"
Ling Ling, who had just left her seat, suddenly felt a prick in her back. She looked at Yu Chuanbei in horror, and he was looking straight at her.
"I know her." Unexpectedly, Yu Chuanbei answered without hesitation, "I pursued her before, but she rejected me."
After saying this, he disappeared into the distance.
Ling Ling trembled instantly and felt that the air conditioner was so cold!
*~*~*~*~*~*~
The meeting was over, but the commotion had just begun.
Bai Yuefu directly handed the client's proposal to Ling Ling. "Please revise this time-freezing project we're collaborating on with Eivor. Tomorrow morning, go present the new proposal to the client before Eivor does."
Ling Ling stared blankly at the rejected proposal she'd been handed, a pile of waste paper, and reluctantly accepted it. She had no choice, and therefore no idea. It wasn't until she finished cleaning up the meeting room and heard her colleagues whispering on her way back to her workstation that she realized what this meant.
"Black Widow's rank is quite high. She used the word 'modify' very well! If the modification is good, it will be hers. If it's not, it will be Ling Ling's."
"Letting a newbie report to the person in charge at Ningshi is like asking them to report to you. They're not equal in rank, so they won't pay any attention to her!"
"Then this case is definitely Eivor's. Even if he works overtime all night, he won't be able to come up with any new copy."
"It's difficult for this kind of domestic cosmetics to have a brand effect in first-tier cities, and no matter how well-made the advertising is, it's hard to influence sales. If there's no performance effect, customers won't buy it no matter how good the advertising is."
Ling Ling was horrified, then dejected. She felt like her career had just begun, and it was about to end. She walked into the hallway to her workstation, exhausted.
When the colleagues saw Ling Ling coming, they shut up awkwardly, made way for her, and pretended to be polite and said, "Ling Ling, feel free to contact us if you need anything. I'll come and help you after I finish the few urgent tasks I have." But when it was time to get off work, the colleagues around her hastily packed up their things and left in a hurry.
Winter nights always get dark very early.
In the empty office, Ling Ling stood before the gleaming French windows, gazing out at the bustling traffic on the ring road a few dozen meters below. A deep sense of loneliness and helplessness washed over her. She wondered inwardly how many noisy, brightly lit houses would it take to find the tranquility of thousands of lights.
In a vast community, a single individual is but a blur, slowly dissolving within a monolithic puzzle, picking up other colors before becoming uniform. Yet, each individual possesses unique emotions and challenges. Some may find themselves with no escape route due to burdens, but no one should be left without options in the future. No matter how treacherous the road ahead, her stubborn determination remains a golden radiance within her heart.
Ling Ling kept thinking about the name of the brand "Ningshi", hoping to find some inspiration from it.
"Freeze - stare -" The look of Chuanbei Li Tuokuwu staring at her in front of the conference room appeared in front of her eyes again.
At that time, he said: "Yes, I know her. I pursued her at first, but she rejected me."
He actually said it so clearly!
Why did he make this choice at that moment?
Freeze Time——Gaze——New Choice——
Ling Ling suddenly had a flash of inspiration and immediately had an idea.
She immediately returned to her workstation, flipped open her computer screen, and excitedly wrote this:
"Every day we have routine worries and recurring joys. The further we go, the more burdens we carry. We become depressed in our repeated compromises. We complain about too many constraints and give up on choices.
But in reality, no one can stop you from achieving your dreams. You make choices every day, every hour, every moment. From the moment you wash and dress and step into the office you hate again, to the moment you accept another unreasonable request, to the night after another wasted day, you are making choices. Because you live your life minute by minute, every moment presents you with countless choices. Doing nothing is itself a decision. You constantly make the lightest choices, and thus receive the least weight.
Many people will offer you advice. But never listen to those who don't care about your dreams. When they tell you to "get real," it's time to part ways with them. As you get older, you'll experience countless disappointments. Even those who initially encouraged you and walked with you through it may sneer at you. But that's okay; after all, they aren't the ones who will reach your dream destination.
Why not make a new choice starting today?
Someone loves you and you deserve to be loved.
I love the way you stare at me silently. I would like to gather the power of time to freeze this moment.
Gaze, freeze time.
Gaze without fear, freeze time infinitely."
After Ling Ling wrote this paragraph in one breath, she calmed her thoughts for a while.
She scribbled an image on a piece of white paper, imitating Yu Chuanbei's example. Then, she used the above words as the heroine's narration, allowing this blurry man to appear only briefly as a silhouette in the hand-painted advertising short film she made.
She worked all night, revising the sample, refining the narration, and writing the planning report.
It was not until the first colleague to arrive at the office in the morning made a sound that she rubbed her tired face and looked at the rising sun slowly in the distant sky that was tinged with paleness.
"Tomorrow morning, I'll rush over to report the new plan to the client before Eivor does."
——Bai Yuefu’s voice suddenly flashed in Ling Ling’s mind.
Oh no! It takes at least an hour to get from Tuowu to Ningshi headquarters, and it's still early! Gao! Feng!
She quickly saved, printed, bound, and rushed all the way to Ningshi headquarters.
*~*~*~*~*~
"Mr. Yu, our General Manager Xiao Hun invites you in now." A well-mannered secretary invited Yu Chuanbei to the office of the general manager of Ningshi Planning Department.
As soon as Yu Chuanbei and his entourage stood up, they heard the sound of hurried footsteps at the other end of the corridor.
He looked over instinctively and saw Ling Ling had stopped not far away. She was breathing heavily, her cheeks flushed from running, and a plan book tightly clenched in her hand.
Yu Chuanbei immediately understood why she came and pointed to President Xiao Hun's office, palm facing up, inviting her in.
Ling Ling's expression immediately changed from embarrassment to surprise. At this critical moment, he was going to let her?
She was confident that as long as she was allowed in, she would be able to convince Ningshi to choose her plan.
"Okay Yu Chuanbei, I owe you this time." She said to herself.
She took a deep breath, pushed the door open decisively and walked in.
Yu Chuanbei stared at her talking through the glass door and smiled faintly.
He waited until Ling Ling finished her statement before Xiao Hun's secretary led her back in. To avoid suspicion, he deliberately avoided any communication with Ling Ling.
After the meeting, Yu Chuanbei just walked out of Xiao Hun's office when he received a text message from Ling Ling: "Can I talk to you for a few minutes? I'll be waiting for you in the fire escape next to the men's restroom. Go straight to the second door on your left."
As soon as Yu Chuanbei saw her message, he immediately said to Pu Xiangyang beside him, "I'm going to the bathroom. Please wait for me at the front desk on the first floor."
Since the boss said so and seemed to be leaving in a hurry, even if Park Xiangyang wanted to go with him, it was impossible. He had to go to the front desk on the first floor in confusion and wait for him.
Yu Chuanbei walked towards the fire escape. Ling Ling had already closed the heavy iron gate and was waiting for him. Seeing her worried look, he just thought it was extremely cute.
"I'm sorry to take up a few minutes of your time. I want to confirm something with you." Ling Ling was cute and serious.
"Go ahead. I can explain it to you in detail. There's no rush." Yu Chuanbei already knew what she was going to ask.
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