Chapter 033

The dress Zhou Qingyu is wearing is a limited edition, there is only one in the world, and lending it to a celebrity is itself a form of advertising, which is clearly stated in the endorsement contract.

A piece of clothing may not bring much profit, after all, the sales volume is there. But Zhou Qingyu's other accessories are different, bags, hairpins, jewelry... These are not limited editions, and those who like them can buy them.

In itself, there are two types of celebrity endorsements. One is to rely on the fan economy to get fans to pay; the other is that the celebrity's products look good on people, giving them the feeling that they will have the same effect when they wear them, and many people will buy the products because of this.

Zhou Qingyu is obviously the latter. Even though she is not a popular star, she is pretty and those clothes and accessories look good on her, so people are willing to buy them.

Zhou Yanci has obviously studied Zhou Qingyu. Zhou Qingyu used to wear high-end couture clothes and limited edition jewelry when walking on the red carpet. The production capacity of these products makes it difficult for merchants to predict sales. In addition, Zhou Qingyu rarely appears on variety shows and has few opportunities to wear private clothes, so there are very few fans who follow suit and buy them.

In this "Travel" variety show, all the fashion items that Zhou Qingyu wore sold well. Because it was only the fourth day of recording, many merchants were not aware of Zhou Qingyu's ability to bring goods.

But Zhou Yanci realized it.

Yan Xi glanced at Zhou Yanci next to her and said, "I told you long ago that if you sign a contract with us, you will be the ones who make money."

Zhou Yanci did not deny it either.

There is no problem with the contract, and both parties have the intention to sign the contract, so the subsequent signing process is much easier.

While the designer was styling Zhou Qingyu, Yan Xi handed over a warm contract, and Qiao Yan gave her Xingyao's electronic official seal. As long as Zhou Qingyu signed, the endorsement contract would be established.

This was Zhou Qingyu’s first time signing an endorsement. In the past, advertisers had approached her for collaboration, but she had given those resources to Pei Yubai.

This time, looking at the endorsement contract written in black and white, Zhou Qingyu's love brain DNA started moving again.

"Red Blood Luxury... If I give it to Brother Yubai, he will definitely be very happy!"

Yan Xi was stunned. She actually forgot that Zhou Qingyu still had a love mind!

Seeing Zhou Qingyu taking out her cell phone to contact Pei Yubai, Yan Xi quickly poked Zhou Yanci with her elbow.

Zhou Yanci, who was drinking water and almost got splashed with tea:?

Yan Xi used her eyes to hint wildly: Are you stupid? Say something quickly!

Zhou Yanci's throat rolled. He knew that Zhou Qingyu had fed resources to Tianhui. Qiao Yan and Wu Liao would report it to him in the past, but what was the use of his stopping them? Zhou Qingyu never listened to him.

Zhou Yanci waved his hands and gave Yan Xi a cold look: I can't handle it.

Yan Xi was so angry that he vomited blood.

A 1.88 meter tall man who is a big shot in the business world, but can't even handle his own sister? It's useless!

Zhou Yanci: "..."

Yan Xi looked at Zhou Qingyu and quickly stopped her hand that was about to make a call. "Qingqing, Mr. Zhou just told me that you look good in a dress, so they only want you to be the spokesperson. If you change to someone else, they won't sign a contract!"

Zhou Qingyu frowned, "Wouldn't it be possible to help them with crisis PR if we reached a cooperation agreement? Why do they need me?" She raised her eyes and looked at Zhou Yanci with disdain, "Zhou Yanci, why are you so troublesome?"

Zhou Yanci: "..."

He coughed twice and cleared his throat. "Only if you endorse it can we maximize the benefits."

Zhou Qingyu was very unhappy, but she couldn't win over the client. After all, she didn't spend money to get the endorsement, but someone came to her for the job.

You know, if such good resources are given to Brother Yubai, he will definitely be very happy and like her more!

She couldn’t even send it, this stingy guy Zhou Yanci must be making fun of her!

Party A has spoken, so the contract is finalized.

When Zhou Qingyu signed her name on the contract, Yan Xi heard a "ding" in her mind, and received a reminder from the system: [Obtained the Red Blood Luxury Endorsement, Zhou Qingyu's luck value increased by 2 points, and the current luck value is 14.1 points]

Yan Xi's eyes suddenly brightened. 2 points of luck! What a bargain!

I originally thought that these resource buffs could at most add 1 point of luck to Zhou Qingyu!

The system explained happily: [That's because compared to the gift given by the young lady, this time she earned the money herself! It's different from the resources she got by spending money in the past! ]

【And there is also 30 million in endorsement fees! 】

[Host, you are so amazing. You helped the young lady earn 30 million in just a few minutes~]

Yan Xi smiled shyly, "It's nothing for me to earn 30 million. I just helped her get a cooperation."

Yan Xi and the M family happily reached a cooperation agreement, while Ye Luoyi's face turned pale.

E family is a high-end luxury brand like M family. She and Zhou Qingyu are both brand spokespersons, and their status is comparable. But Ye Luoyi is a first-tier traffic star, and Zhou Qingyu is just a second-tier artist. Now Zhou Qingyu and she are the spokespersons of the same level of luxury. Where can she put her face?

Just now Zhou Yanci ignored her and turned to sign the contract with Zhou Qingyu. Ye Luoyi pinched her palms unconsciously, and blood-red marks appeared on her fair skin.

——

The fashion week show is about to begin, and Zhou Qingyu changes back into C's dress.

Although she has signed a contract with M, the endorsement period in the contract does not officially start until a week later, so it does not count as a breach of contract if she wears clothes of another brand now.

Zhou Yanci finished his public relations work for M Company and prepared to return to the Royal Hotel. He had other meetings in the afternoon, so Yan Xi hurried to catch up with him.

"Mr. Zhou!"

Zhou Yanci stopped and turned to look at the girl who was secretly playing tricks on the M family.

"What is it?"

Yan Xi rolled her round eyes and said, "Boss Zhou, all the news about me and the Lin family has disappeared from the Internet... Was it handled by Zhou Corporation?"

Yan Xi is not a dull person. As early as after she made her real name public, she was prepared for the possibility of her past being exposed. Even though she didn't want to have anything to do with the Lin family, the fact that she was a real daughter was a fact, and she couldn't avoid it even if she wanted to.

"yes."

Zhou Yanci did not deny it. Among the people Yan Xi knew, there were not many who could do this, so he had nothing to deny.

"Is it Qingqing who asked you to do this?"

"right."

“It’s not free, is it?”

Zhou Yanci lowered his eyes and looked at Yan Xi. Although she was still a student, Zhou Yanci saw a lot of things from her bright eyes.

“There is no such thing as a free lunch.”

Yan Xi understood. How could Zhou Qingyu ask Zhou Yanci to help her with something without paying a price? Moreover, the price must be high to convince this big guy.

She owed Zhou Qingyu too much, and could only find a way to make up for it slowly.

When Yan Xi turned around to go back to the Blue Hall, Zhou Yanci suddenly called her, "Are you sure you don't want to go for the student exchange?"

"Yeah," Yan Xi nodded. The documents she gave up had already been signed, so it was not her turn to regret.

Zhou Yanci adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose. "I remember that you don't have classes in your second year of graduate school. All students go abroad for exchanges or internships, right? Since you are not going abroad to study, you can come to Zhou's for internship in advance. This way you can get started after graduation. It's convenient."

Yan Xi asked: "So will this year of internship count towards my ten years of work experience? Can I work for Zhou's for one less year in the future?"

Zhou Yanci looked at Yan Xi calmly, "Internship, of course not."

Yan Xi: “…”

Damn capitalism!

Just forget about dying suddenly from working overtime every day!

Yan Xi was fuming in her heart, but finally looked at Zhou Yanci with a smile, "I have other plans for my second year of graduate school!"

Zhou Yanci did not force her to accept the offer. The contract also required Yan Xi to graduate before joining Zhou's company, so it was right for her to refuse now.

"By the way, Mr. Zhou!"

Yan Xi suddenly called Zhou Yanci again.

She glanced at Zhou Yanci's face: dark circles... no dark circles at all? His hair... seemed to be quite thick? He didn't look like he was going to die suddenly!

But the plot of the novel should not be wrong. Yan Xi hates an unscrupulous boss like Zhou Yanci, but she doesn't want him to really die. After all, it is a human life, and he is also Zhou Qingyu's backer.

"Mr. Zhou, I didn't know you were lactose intolerant. It was me who sent you milk before." Yan Xi apologized politely, "But I really think you work too hard. I heard from Special Assistant Sun that you stayed up late again last night? It is necessary to take a proper rest. Don't tire yourself out!"

Zhou Yanci looked at Yan Xi hesitantly. It was normal for Special Assistant Sun to say this, but why did it sound weirder and weirder when it came out of Yan Xi's mouth?

Although he had helped Yan Xi deal with the Lin family's affairs, whether it was lending her 10 million five years ago or suppressing the news about her and the Lin family now, it was all done at the request of Zhou Qingyu.

It doesn't seem like he and Yan Xi have a "caring" relationship, right?

Yan Xi didn't think too much about it. She casually took out the Minions eye mask that she bought when she and Zhou Qingyu were shopping two days ago from her bag and handed it to Zhou Yanci.

"Here, Mr. Zhou, this is for you!"

Yan Xi smiled and said, "Eye mask, block out the light. If you don't have time to sleep, you can take a nap in the car! In short, you still need to rest more and don't tire yourself out!"

Zhou Yanci spent a long time without seeing any other intentions in Yan Xi's smiling eyes, and just said lightly, "Thank you."

He reached out to take the blindfold, but his fingers accidentally touched the girl's fingertips. Zhou Yanci suddenly felt the softness of the girl's skin, like cool jade in summer, refreshing.

"Banquet speech!"

The mother's voice suddenly came from behind, interrupting the conversation between the two.

Zhou Yanci turned his head and saw Meng Yingrong coming out of the Blue Hall carrying her bag.

When passing by Yan Xi, Meng Yingrong rolled her eyes in disdain, without even looking at Yan Xi, and walked straight towards Zhou Yanci.

Seeing that Meng Yingrong and Zhou Yanci had something to talk about, Yan Xi went back to the Blue Hall to find Zhou Qingyu.

Seeing Yan Xi walking away, Meng Yingrong grabbed the blindfold from Zhou Yanci's hand without saying anything and threw it aside casually, "What kind of rubbish is this? People with limited financial resources are not worthy of being in public!"

Zhou Yanci's face darkened, "Mother, this is inappropriate."

Meng Yingrong's tone was even more contemptuous, "Don't you understand what this woman is thinking? She is fawning on Zhou Qingyu, isn't it because she wants to use Zhou Qingyu to marry into a wealthy family? Right now, you are her best prey, she has been eyeing you for a long time!"

Zhou Yanci bent down, picked up the eye mask that Yan Xi had given him, and brushed off the dust on it.

"Yan Xi has never expressed this intention to me," Zhou Yanci said.

"That's because this woman is so good at pretending! She deceived me! She gave Zhou Qingyu a resource for nothing!" Meng Yingrong was so angry that she went crazy when she thought about the endorsement of M company.

Zhou Yanci was unwilling to argue with his mother. In his mother's eyes, every woman who appeared around him had bad intentions. Zhou Yanci did not deny that there were indeed people who wanted to use him to get promoted, but he intuitively felt that Yan Xi was not like that.

"If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

"Wait!" Meng Yingrong stopped Zhou Yanci, "Why are you so anxious? I haven't finished what I'm saying yet!"

Meng Yingrong took out her phone and pushed a business card to Zhou Yanci, "Lu Wanning is also in Licheng for the exhibition. It's just right. You can make an appointment to meet and get to know each other. If everything goes well, you can get engaged!"

Zhou Yanci frowned, "When did we have an engagement with the Lu family?"

Meng Yingrong was very disappointed. "Zhou Qingyu has hooked up with the second young master Pei. With the help of the Pei family, Zhou Hongsheng will definitely look up to her. You must also have a marriage of equal strength to compete with Zhou Qingyu! The Lu family is very good! Lu Wanning is much better than those beautiful girls around you!"

"We're just going to have dinner together later. It won't take up any of your time."

Zhou Yanci took off his gold-rimmed glasses, his eyes turned cold, "I have other things to do this afternoon, you can go by yourself."

Having said that, Zhou Yanci went straight into the Bentley driven by Special Assistant Sun.

Meng Yingrong yelled angrily behind Bentley, "Zhou Yanci! I'm doing this for your own good! How come you don't understand anything, kid?"

——

Fashion Week shows.

Magnesium lights flickered, and the gorgeous lights were like a dreamy dance, rendering the entire show mysterious and charming.

The models walked onto the catwalk one after another with elegant and confident steps.

"So, Zhou Yanci has a fiancée? I haven't seen this kind of person in novels before!"

As Zhou Yanci walked away, the system saw everything through surveillance and came back to report to Yan Xi without stopping.

Yan Xi and Zhou Qingyu were admiring the latest fashions from major brands on the catwalk while listening to system gossip.

System: [The Lu family also exists in the novel! It’s just that Zhou Yanci died too early, so you didn’t notice it! ]

Lu Wanning, the eldest daughter of the Lu family, Yan Xi is no stranger to this name.

After all, there are only a few top wealthy families. The Zhou family is one, the Pei family is one, and the Lu family is also one.

Compared to Zhou Qingyu's arrogance, Lu Wanning is a typical neighborhood kid, an elite among elites. She is the eldest daughter of the Lu family, 26 years old this year, and already the CEO of Lu Group. She has been in office for only three years, but has accomplished many projects, and is no less than Zhou Yanci today.

She and Zhou Yanci were well matched in terms of family background and ability.

Meng Yingrong has done a lot of stupid things, but she is still very discerning when it comes to finding a wife for Zhou Yanci.

System: [In the novel, these two people were engaged, but they didn't get married. Later, Zhou Yanci died suddenly, and the engagement was cancelled. But if Zhou Yanci hadn't died, maybe this marriage would have been successful? ]

"That makes sense!" Yan Xi analyzed secretly, "If the Zhou and Lu families join forces, then even if Zhou Yanci gets into trouble, the Lu family will help, right?"

Yan Xi clapped her hands happily, "How could I be so clever!"

The system looked at Yan Xi with round eyes: [What are you thinking? Pei Yubai secretly swallowed up Zhou Corporation without telling Pei Hanli. Do you think Pei Yubai has the ability to do this? Of course it’s because he joined forces with the Lu family!]

It’s just that the novel’s perspective is to highlight the protagonist’s ability, so there is very little description of the Lu family, but in fact, it was Pei Yubai and the Lu family who actually annexed the Zhou family.

The system said leisurely: [If something happens to the Zhou family, with Lu Wanning's style, she will not help. A strong woman regards love as dirt, and money is the most important thing. She will only stab the Zhou family in the back! ]

Yan Xi: “…”

I was careless.

The system continued, [Also, the Lu family is actually Ye Luoyi's backer! ]

Yan Xi couldn't understand, "Why is it related to Ye Luoyi again? Why does Ye Luoyi have so many golden thighs?"

The system doesn't care, [She's the heroine, so what if she has a few more golden thighs? ]

[You know, in addition to the two siblings, the Lu family also has a little daughter who was lost many years ago. Because she was lost for 20 years, there is no hope of finding her back. ]

[Later, by chance, Ye Luoyi saved Lu's mother who was having an asthma attack on the plane. Seeing that Ye Luoyi was about the same age as her little daughter, Lu's mother adopted her as her goddaughter.]

[This is also the reason why the Lu family was willing to join Pei Yubai in annexing the Zhou family. After all, the Lu family is on Ye Luoyi's side.]

Yan Xi unconsciously clenched the Fashion Week brochure in her hand.

This is a headache.

Even though Pei Yubai is the illegitimate son of the Pei family, the Pei family is behind him. Besides the Ye family, Ye Luoyi also has the Lu family behind him. So Zhou Qingyu is really at a disadvantage.

Zhou Yanci really cannot die. If he dies, who can support the Zhou family?

——

In the evening, after watching the show, Yan Xi and Zhou Qingyu were both exhausted.

After dinner, Louis did not introduce any other attractions. Both of them were exhausted, so they changed into casual clothes and returned to the B&B, lying comfortably on the soft mattress.

Yan Xi was so tired that she didn't want to move. This was not the first time she wore a dress. When she was the eldest daughter of the Lin family, she also wore haute couture dresses. But it had been five years. Now Yan Xi felt very tired when she was asked to wear a dress again and stand straight in front of the camera.

It was already ten o'clock in the evening and the live broadcast had ended long ago. Zhou Qingyu rested for less than ten minutes before she sat up and opened the laptop she carried with her.

Yan Xi approached her suspiciously, "What's wrong?"

She glanced and saw a bidding document on the display screen with the title "Zijin Garden".

"There's a project that's going out to bid. I'll check it out again."

The phone rang. It was Zhou Qingyu's assistant Yu Xiao. Zhou Qingyu answered the call immediately.

Yan Xi knew that Zhou Qingyu had two assistants, one of whom was Xiao Meng, who was responsible for Zhou Qingyu's daily life, and the other was Yu Xiao, who was responsible for Zhou Qingyu's work at Zhou Corporation.

Yu Xiao: "Miss, what I sent to you is the plan from our project team. After you confirm it, we will send it to Jay Chou. After Jay Chou compares your plan with Mr. Zhou's, he will decide whose plan to use."

Zhou Qingyu glanced at the content of the plan, "What is the plan from Zhou Yanci?"

Yu Xiao was on a video call on his phone, and he shook his head. "Mr. Zhou has done a good job of keeping it secret, so we don't know either. But I am confident in our plan! We can build a business district in exchange for government land. This plan will work!"

Zhou Qingyu did not avoid Yan Xi and discussed the plan for Zijin Garden with Yu Xiao.

Yan Xi thought for a moment and she had an impression of the Zijin Garden project.

This is a villa park development project. Although real estate prices have been falling in recent years, land in first-tier cities is still expensive, let alone villa park development.

Zhou Qingyu and Zhou Yanci should be competing for the development rights of Zijin Garden.

Compared to the tens of millions of endorsements in the entertainment industry, it seems to be a considerable figure, but the development of Zijin Garden is a project worth hundreds of billions.

As Zhou Qingyu's assistant, Yu Xiao proposed a plan to build a shopping mall for the government for free, and then let the government approve the land, which was a common practice in real estate development in the past. The construction of a shopping district can effectively drive the surrounding economy, so supporting housing real estate is the best choice.

but……

Yan Xi opened her phone and looked at the geographical location of Zijin Garden. "Speaking of which, Zijin Garden is in the new district. The place hasn't been developed yet. Will anyone go there to build a shopping mall?"

You know, as a first-tier city, Haicheng has no shortage of shopping malls.

Ordinary shopping malls should not be competitive, right?

Yu Xiao hesitated for a moment when he heard Yan Xi's voice. "Ms. Yan, what do you think would be a better construction?"

Yan Xi thought for a moment, "Ecological wetland?"

Yu Xiao smiled and said, "Ms. Yan, you are still a student, you don't understand."

Yu Xiao felt that he had already put it very mildly. Would anyone go to an ecological wetland? Of course not!

Yan Xi curled her lips and said nothing more.

She studied finance and indeed knew very little about real estate.

But in the novel, Zhou Yanci obtained the land of Zijin Garden for development, and his project plan was to give the government an ecological wetland park.

The commercial benefits of ecological wetlands are far inferior to those of business districts, but Haicheng’s recent municipal construction is to develop a park city, and the concept of ecological wetlands coincides with the park city. In addition, the ecological environment brought by the wetlands has driven up the housing prices of Zijin Garden in the later period, making Zijin Garden one of the most expensive villa areas in Haicheng.

However, Zhou Yanci had already died by then, and the person who enjoyed this bonus was Pei Yubai, who had bought out Zhou's company.

Zhou Qingyu didn't take Yan Xi's words too seriously. Yu Xiao's plan was already ready. It was four o'clock in the afternoon in Haicheng, and it was almost time to send it to his father. It was too late to make any changes.

The Zijin Garden project was destined to have nothing to do with Zhou Qingyu.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Qingyu was still studying the plan for Zijin Garden.

Yan Xi rarely saw her working so hard.

However, an iron pestle can be ground into a needle, while a wooden pestle can only be ground into a toothpick.

Even if you work hard, you still can't beat Zhou Yanci. What's the point of working hard...

Yan Xi advised, "Have you ever thought that it would be nice to just lie down and be your daughter, and receive dividends from the company every year?"

Zhou Qingyu refused without further ado, "Wouldn't that mean I'm handing the company over to Zhou Yanci? How can that be possible? Don't worry, I will definitely take care of Zijin Garden and give you a villa when the time comes."

Yan Xi: "Thank you..."

But you can’t handle it…

Zhou Qingyu suddenly paused, turned her head and looked at Yan Xi, her eyes piercing, "Why are you suddenly telling me to lie down and get my share of the profits? You don't think I can't compete with Zhou Yanci, do you?"

The system lights up a red light: [Death problem! Death problem! ]

[Host, you have to think carefully about how to answer! ]

Yan Xi tilted her head and said sincerely, "Ah...what about this?"

Zhou Qingyu:!!!

"Yan Xi!"

Zhou Qingyu knocked Yan Xi to the ground and tried to grab her waist. "I advise you to reorganize your words! Tell me, can I win?"

Yan Xi was most afraid of being tickled, she cried and laughed at the same time, "I was wrong, I was wrong! Stop it! Ah ah, you can win, you can win, okay!"

Zhou Qingyu finally withdrew her hand, "This is the right way!"

Zhou Qingyu paused, "Actually, I also know that Zhou Yanci is very powerful, and the probability of me defeating him is very small."

She lowered her eyelids, and Yan Xi couldn't see her expression for a moment.

Suddenly, Zhou Qingyu raised her head and said, "Even if I lose, I will not give it up until I give it a try!"

Then she pretended to pinch Yan Xi's neck, "And you, you are my best friend, no matter what happens, you can only stand by me, understand!"

Yan Xi: "I understand! I understand!"

After saying this, Zhou Qingyu withdrew her hand with satisfaction and continued to look at her documents.

Yan Xi stared at Zhou Qingyu's back.

Suddenly, her eyebrows curved.

Silly boy, of course I'm always on your side!