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The smell of jasmine wafted through the air, as the soft sound of Jazz blanketed Mr. Rossi’s office. “I didn’t know you like Jazz?” Lily uttered when she entered the room. “I thought you have a visitor?” Lily asked. “Contract signing?”
She elegantly sat opposite to him. A sigh escaped the older man’s lips. “Too many changes. He had a lot of demands.”
“Really?”
“Hmmm. He is a very well-known artist with millions of followers, so I was already expecting this.” He then pressed dialed a number on his telephone. “Hey, can you do something about the smell?” he spoke over the phone before turning towards Lily. “He wanted Jasmine tea and Jazz music. He said… it will make him feel good.”
“Not good enough to sign with us,” Lily chuckled. This is normal in any company and this is not the first time that they encountered someone like him. “Well — I was here to see if I could get a signature from him. Too bad, huh?” Seeing the surprise look on Mr. Rossi’s face, Lily instantly giggled.
“You’re a fan?”
“Kidding.” She beamed. “Find someone else if he wouldn’t agree to our terms. While he is well known in China, we are well known all over the world. Maybe a Korean artist, one of those cute dancing idols. Their influence is vast in Asia and they are pretty good all in all.”
“I understand.”
Lily nodded before she walked out of Mr. Rossi’s office so she could go to Zhou Capital. She instructed Yang Mi to call Zhou Jingren for him to wait for her instead of coming to the Facci Group to have lunch with her and everyone else.
“President… It seems that they encountered some problems with the lift.” Yang Mi said as she talked to someone on her phone.
“On the executive elevator?” Lily eyed the elevator in front of them. The number was indeed changing. Up and down, as if someone was playing with it.
Yang Mi nodded in response, “There was a problem. Mr. Li is inside with his PA and Manager.” She then showed her the current CCTV inside the elevator. Just as she said, a man wearing a huge gray hoodie was indeed inside with a man and woman wearing suits.
“I don’t want to use the stairs,” Lily uttered as she turned towards the elevator for employees. After a few seconds, Lily reached the ground floor and was greeted by the sight of her employees crowding towards the executive elevator.
“Seems like they were able to fix it,” Lily uttered to herself. She turned towards the parking lot spending no more time on the ground floor. She rarely takes this route, as her executive elevator would always take care of the parking lot for the executives.
“President, someone is calling you.”
“Hm?” Lily halted her steps.
“Mr. Li and his manager are coming our way.” Yang Mi whispered. “This man is called Li Xiaoming, his fans call him Baby Xiao because he looks cute and young for his age. His fans are mainly teenagers. Also…” As usual, she started informing Lily of the background of the man.
Yang Mi knew that Lily had no idea who this man is. Maybe she did at one point, but she had the tendency to forget non-essential things. Moreover, this is not the first time that Lily had forgotten an idol’s name.
Yang Mi could clearly remember it when they were in Europe, a start-lit called Lily. Apparently, she and a lot of artists are doing an advertisement for Lily’s retail company.
The starlit was very polite towards Lily. She was smiling and thanking Lily for choosing her. However, Lily only responded with an awkward smile. She actually forgot the name of the artist!
First, this was not Lily’s fault. The actress was not really that famous and Lily does not watch movies or news as she spent most of her time working. At that time, Lily does not even socialize and would only meet people unless it is absolutely necessary.
This was the time when Lily was working on forcibly acquiring two companies at the same time. This was also the same time where Lily’s name started to spread in Europe.
Because of this incident, the term ‘non- essentials’ was coined by Yang Mi. Lily always said that meeting with people that will not benefit her in any way is non-essential. She and her company could live without those people, therefore she doesn’t need to meet them.
“Hello! I am Li Xiaoming.” The man said before he turned and accepted a bouquet from the woman next to him. “I especially ordered this for you. I was hoping to see you today, but Mr. Rossi said you had an important meeting. The flowers are from Mexico.”
“Chocolate cosmos?” Lily lifted an eyebrow. She accepted the flowers before handing it towards Yang Mi. “Good taste. I thought the law protected it?” A flower that smells like chocolate. This was the Chocolate cosmos, one of the rarest flowers on the planet that is only found in Mexico. “A clone?”
A sly smile appeared on the young man’s face. “Smart.�� He chuckled, causing the surrounding women to gasp in admiration. “One would be amazed by its smell. Not many knew its name. I am impressed.”
“Thank you.” Lily forced a smile. If she was a teenager, she would have loved the flower and have it laminated. However, she had seen this flower before — the original one. “I appreciate the effort.”
“You are very much welcome.” A small dimple appeared on his right cheek, his eyes turned crescent. “Are you on your way to the parking lot? Would you mind if I tag along? Our car is downstairs.”
“Hmm.” Lily nodded, eyeing the crowd with their banners outside of the building. Lily lowered her head before she started walking towards the stairs. She could easily use the executive elevator, but she is afraid that it might not work again.
When Lily reached the parking lot, her car, along with her bodyguards is already waiting for her. “Thank you, Miss President, I will see you again soon.” Lily heard Mr. Li said before he strode to his own car.
“Yang Mi?”
“President.”
“I know why being an actress won’t work for me,” Lily uttered as she went inside her car. “I can’t live a life like that, ah. He was practically hiding from his fans. He can’t go out and eat whenever he wants to, he can’t have privacy. What a sad — sad life.”
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Another 5 chapters will be released tomorrow because of the event. Enjoy!
