In the general manager's office of Zhenhua Beauty:
"Xiaoli, you must have seen Zhenhua's moves by now. Rest assured, Caiying will go bankrupt within a month at most!"
Huang Yuan stood by the window, looking at the steady stream of people passing by the cosmetics shop on the corner. He held a phone in his hand, "reporting" to Song Xiaoli.
After seeing Zhenhua's advertisement today, Song Xiaoli felt relieved. She wanted Caiying to go bankrupt more than anyone, not because she harbored ill will towards the company, but because she was dissatisfied with Gu Chenan personally. She didn't want Gu Chenan to have such smooth sailing, at least not better than her own situation.
"Thank you," Song Xiaoli said gratefully.
"Hey," Huang Yuan took a puff of his cigarette and laughed, "No need to thank me. As your boyfriend, of course I have to stand up for you and teach that Gu Chenan a lesson for daring to speak rudely to you!"
"Mm." Song Xiaoli nodded, then after a pause said, "Come to my place early after work tonight."
"Is something up?" Huang Yuan asked.
"Nothing much," Song Xiaoli hesitated before saying, "I just bought a very sexy piece of lingerie."
Hearing this, Huang Yuan's eyebrows shot up. "Alright, wash up and wait for me tonight!"
"You're terrible," Song Xiaoli cooed softly before hanging up the phone.
Huang Yuan turned back, a smug and lecherous smile on his face.
"Mr. Huang."
Just then, Sun Wei walked into the office.
Huang Yuan immediately wiped the lewd expression off his face. "Ah, Deputy Manager Sun, you're here."
Sun Wei nodded, pulled out the chair in front of the desk and sat down. "I just took a quick tour of several beauty stores outside. I have to say our plan is very successful. After our Zhenhua face masks hit the market, Caiying's face masks almost instantly fell into a state of sluggish sales."
"Out of ten people, only one or two will choose Caiying, while the remaining eight or nine will choose our Zhenhua products!"
"Excellent!"
Huang Yuan patted his thigh gleefully, his eyes narrowing involuntarily.
"Any movement from Caiying?" he asked.
Sun Wei sneered, "According to my former colleagues at Caiying, that Su CEO also took people to shoot a commercial. However, Caiying's cash flow is already not good, so they can only afford to hire some unknown small-time models to shoot. The impact won't be anywhere near our level."
Stretching lazily, Sun Wei continued with a confident air, "It's just picking up other people's leftovers, nothing to worry about."
"When Caiying announces bankruptcy, I'll definitely treat you to a meal in my personal capacity!" Huang Yuan said with a smile.
Sun Wei grinned, "Sounds good!"
...
Time slowly passed, and in the blink of an eye, two days had gone by.
During these two days, Zhenhua's face masks continued to sell at an extremely fast rate, while Caiying once again took a back seat.
Apart from a small number of people who were amazed by the effects of Caiying's face masks, most people still chose Zhenhua's products.
As a result, Huang Yuan and Sun Wei were quite smug and confident.
Not only did they believe that even if Caiying's commercial was actually produced, it wouldn't have much effect, they had even celebrated Caiying's impending bankruptcy in advance.
But as everyone knows, celebrating halfway through usually doesn't end well.
Meanwhile, in Su Qianmo's office.
Gu Chenan, sitting on the sofa, suddenly brightened up, his entire demeanor becoming instantly excited.
That dawdling System of his had finally resolved the identity issue for the female protagonists!
Not only had it solved the problem for Su Qianmo and Liu Mingrui, but it had even taken care of the identities of those female leads who hadn't arrived yet!
Although he wasn't clear on the exact mechanism, the System had said that the identities of several female protagonists had been entered into official records. Not only could they be verified, but they were also authentic!
"Qianmo, Mingrui."
"What is it?"
Both female leads turned their gaze towards Gu Chenan.
Gu Chenan took out their ID cards from the System and waved them in front of them. "From now on, you're no longer undocumented residents."
"Really?"
Su Qianmo's beautiful eyes lit up, and she quickly came to Gu Chenan's side to take the ID card and examine it carefully.
Gu Chenan smiled and said, "The only drawback is that your registered addresses are all the same, which is our villa."
"That's fine," Su Qianmo squinted her eyes in a smile, looking like peach blossoms in March, "As long as we're not undocumented!"
"Ms. Su, the finished commercial is ready. I've already sent it to those media outlets."
Just then, Zhang Hao, the marketing department manager, pushed open the door and entered.
Su Qianmo's brows immediately furrowed, her expression turning cold as she turned her head, "Don't you know how to knock?"
Zhang Hao was stunned for a moment. When he first pushed open the door, he had caught a glimpse of Su Qianmo smiling at Gu Chenan!
And it was such a gentle smile!
Based on his interactions with Su Qianmo over the past few days, Zhang Hao thought he had a good understanding of this CEO's personality.
— Cold and aloof as an iceberg!
But who would have thought that this ice-cold CEO would smile so warmly at someone else?
Was this really the same Ms. Su?
However, he didn't have time to ponder this now, and quickly apologized to Su Qianmo, "I'm sorry, Ms. Su. That was presumptuous of me."
Su Qianmo nodded, her expression showing no emotional fluctuation as she said, "The commercial will be broadcast today, right?"
"Yes, Ms. Su," Zhang Hao's attitude became much more respectful.
"I see. You may go now," Su Qianmo waved her hand and added, "Remember to knock before entering my office in the future."
"Yes, Ms. Su. I'll certainly be mindful of that in the future."
Zhang Hao nodded, his gaze unconsciously drifting towards Gu Chenan, who was chatting and laughing with Liu Mingrui.
He immediately felt annoyed.
This talent agent who ignored me earlier in the photo studio is one thing, but now that the commercial is done, what is he still doing in Ms. Su's office?
Come to think of it, it's strange. How could Ms. Su smile so gently at a mere talent agent, while being so cold to me, a manager at Caiying?
Carrying these questions, Zhang Hao left the office.
As soon as he left, Su Qianmo went to the rest area, turned on the TV in front of her, and sat down next to Gu Chenan.
"Is the commercial out?" Gu Chenan asked.
"Mm, it'll be broadcast soon."
At this moment, Liu Mingrui had one arm linked with Gu Chenan's, her head resting on his shoulder.
Seeing this, Su Qianmo immediately raised an eyebrow, also linking her arm with Gu Chenan's other arm and resting her head on his shoulder as well.
If Zhang Hao had seen this scene just now, his jaw would have likely dropped to the floor in shock.
Or rather, anyone who saw this scene would react the same way.
Currently, everyone in Caiying believed that the person who bought Caiying was Su Qianmo, and Su Qianmo's actions were swift and decisive, completely fitting the image of a powerful businesswoman.
Meanwhile, not many people in Caiying knew Gu Chenan, and even fewer would think that he was actually the behind-the-scenes boss of Caiying.
Feeling the soft warmth on both his shoulders, Gu Chenan immediately frowned.
He looked left and right, his heart skipping a beat.
Oh no, this familiar feeling...
Could it be that these two female leads are going to compete for his affection and be jealous of each other, just like in the novel world?

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