She messed with me first

As soon as he got to work the next day, Meng Qingrang asked Zhou Mai to invite Xiang Ting to the office, and said straight to the point: "Terminate the contract with Asia Pacific brand ambassador Cathy in advance."

Xiang Ting disagreed, "Cathy successfully transformed from a singer to an actor three years ago. Fans cover both circles at the same time, and her influence is very large. If she terminates the contract hastily, T&F's overseas market is bound to be boycotted by a large number of fans."

"Cathy broke the contract first this time." Meng Qingrang's voice was low, but every word he uttered was extremely firm, "T&F's contract clearly stipulates that no matter whether it is a spokesperson, brand ambassador or promotion, it is not allowed to be in the contract." During the effective period, any remarks that violate the unity and stability of our country. Since Cathy is a brand ambassador in the Asia-Pacific region, she should strictly abide by the content of the contract, but it is an indisputable fact that she is openly anti-China on her personal social media, and our unilateral termination of the contract is a reasonable right.”

Xiang Ting has a lot of worries, "There is a lot of irrationality in the fan circle culture."

Meng Qingrang, "Then let them make trouble first."

It has been more than a month since Cathy made public anti-China remarks on personal social media, but because it was on the Internet, even if someone in China mentioned it, it was only a few voices on the forum post bar, and it did not really make a big splash.

If T&F terminates the contract before the matter ferments, the initiative will be in the hands of T&F. As long as the reasons are valid, the overseas market will come back sooner or later.

Once it becomes popular on Weibo, no matter how tough T&F's statement is, it cannot escape the word "forced". At that time, it will lose not only the overseas market, but also the hearts of the Chinese people.

Besides, no one is making trouble, how can Hai Qiyun's old designers who have been active in the Asia-Pacific market "resign their positions"?

"Xiang Ting, in the past two years, I have been in charge of the design department. I have subtly changed the traditional concept of T&F by [-]% to [-]%, and the designer team has less than [-]% of the elderly. They were trained by my mother. I think It is difficult to move them on the bright side, but if the market itself, which allows these old people to have more say, is restricted or even resisted, then can I go along with the flow, find another talented person, and change the internals of T&F in one fell swoop The situation?" Meng Qingrang asked back.

Xiang Ting understands what Meng Qingrang means—no matter how many businesses T&F has, clothing is always the first, and mastering this part is equivalent to mastering most of T&F.

This is the only purpose for Meng Qing to work hard for two years. She has basically mastered the domestic market now. Contrary to Meng Qingrang, she needs such an opportunity to shake the foundation of the Asia-Pacific market, but, "Didn't we agree before that we should first find a way to suppress Cathy's anti-China news, and wait until the solo exhibition is over and overseas media notices are sent out." ?You have been planning this solo exhibition for two years. When the curtain ends, you will become the real synonym of T&F. Your mother can no longer do anything to you, and everything can be resolved peacefully. Now it will end soon, why all of a sudden? So impatient, want to terminate the contract early?"

"You can't wait to see someone beside her?" Xiang Ting asked affirmatively.

Meng Qingrang did not deny that this decision had something to do with Qi Xi, but it was not because she had someone by her side, but because she never forgot herself for a day.

Forgotten, it will be difficult for her.

The only one who can't let go is Xixi.

There is nothing wrong with Xixi, she really can't continue to lie to her.

Meng Qingrang didn't want to explain these overly private feelings to Xiang Ting, they were just a cooperative relationship, not close enough to share their thoughts.

Meng Qingrang cleared his expression, and said: "Xiang Ting, thank you. If you hadn't been helping to cover for the past two years, I wouldn't be able to make a big move in T&F under my mother's nose."

Seeing that Meng Qingrang really didn't want to say anything, Xiang Ting didn't ask, and when he spoke again, he rarely smiled, "I should thank you."

Xiang Ting had a childhood sweetheart girlfriend who, like Meng Qingrang, studied fashion design.

One year when I participated in an exhibition abroad, I disagreed with my companions, and the two had a quarrel at the event site.

During the quarrel, he accidentally knocked down the set board and crushed the people behind him.

That person is Meng Qingrang.

Regardless of whether Meng Qingrang was too lazy to pursue it because he had no goals in life, the end result is the same, so no one knows how the set board suddenly fell down.

Xiang Ting is very clear.

As soon as the incident happened, his girlfriend called him who was far away in another country, but he had to take a very important qualification exam at that time, so he didn't rush to the scene to accompany her immediately.

As a result, a estrangement arose between the two, and later they were busy with their own business, and the living circle became worse and worse, and the only result of this relationship was the end of nothing.

Xiang Ting is a person who values ​​friendship, even if they break up, he still misses the past relationship to some extent.

Who to marry and who to love in the future is just the duty of being a son and a husband.

Including getting engaged to Meng Qingrang.

Because her parents think she is suitable.

At the beginning, Xiang Ting thought about trying to like this girl who seemed to be full of thoughts.

Later, it was an accident that made him decide to stand on the same front with Meng Qingrang.

Not long after the two got engaged, Meng Qingrang stepped on a foot and fell off the stage when he was about to step off the stage at the end of his speech on the night of the annual meeting because of the large difference in the power of his two eyes.

At that time, most of the T&F employees were watching, and Hai Qiyun was also there, so it was naturally impossible to send Meng Qingrang to the hospital by others.

In the hospital, Xiang Ting heard Meng Qingrang's chief complaint to the doctor.

That included the actual cause of her eye injury.

In order to thank Meng Qing for letting Ming know that her eyesight cannot be restored, Xiang Ting still did not pursue the responsibility of the client, and promised to help her with all her heart in the future instead of listening to Hai Qiyun's arrangement.

Meng Qingrang said lightly, "It's okay."

Instead, she asked him, "You obviously already have someone you like in your heart, but you are still engaged to another person, isn't it uncomfortable?"

Meng Qingrang who spoke was still in that gentle and peaceful tone, what he heard in Xiang Ting's ears made him feel more ashamed than slapping him directly.

However, things had already happened, and he had only one way to go back—cooperate with Meng Qingrang, help her get what she wanted in the shortest time, and then go back to his own world, and try to find the lost girl.

With Xiang Ting's help, things that were originally in the foreseeable future became much easier.

Three years, this is the shortest time they set.

Meng Qingrang now wants to advance by one third.

This time is not impossible, I am afraid that the impact will be too great, Hai Qiyun will find out the clues, and...

"You don't have much time left for your solo exhibition. Now that the contract is terminated, the overseas media will point all their fingers at you." Xiang Ting reminded.

Meng Qingrang smiled lightly, and his calm eyes suddenly became sharp, "What are you afraid of? In the circle where ability is paramount, works are above everything else. What I am afraid of now is not that Cathy's fans will make trouble, but that they will not make trouble."

Xiang Ting knew that it would be useless to talk too much, so he remained silent for a few seconds, and dragged the topic away, "You can prepare for the solo exhibition with peace of mind, leave the contract termination to me, and I will try my best to minimize the impact, and when the time comes to match the influence of your solo exhibition, re-establish The positioning of T&F in the Asia-Pacific market."

Meng Qingrang had this in mind, "It's hard work. Besides, I also have other candidates for the spokesperson, so I took this opportunity to change together."

Xiang Ting, "I know who it is."

As soon as Xiang Ting walked away, the office suddenly became quiet, and Meng Qing uncontrollably recalled Qi Xi's appearance when he was talking to Qin Lianzhou last night—with red eyes, carefully clutching the one she gave her that hadn't turned up for a long time The 'tail' that passed, and the subconsciously called out 'Let Rang'.

During the two years outside, how many times did this happen?

Meng Qingrang didn't dare to think about it, so he quickly picked up the internal phone and dialed Zhou Mai's extension number, "Come in."

In less than a minute, Zhou Mai came, "Mr. Meng, what are your orders?"

Meng Qingrang, "I want all of Qin Lianzhou's contact information."

----

Regarding the matter of loans and qualifications, Qi Xi and Qin Lianzhou ran away for half a month, entertaining guests for dinner every day, so busy that they were dizzy.

Fortunately, the hard work paid off. On the last day of October, the studio was renovated, and they only needed to do the final cleaning and arrangement before they could officially start work.

Qi Xi originally wanted to find a property and bill it on time.

After being found out by Zhou Qi, he thought about her for two or three days, and kept saying, "You are already in a 'huge debt', why don't you know how to save money?"

The tone of hating iron but not steel made Qi Xi dumbfounded, and asked him, "Then what do you say?"

Zhou Qishen shook his index finger at her nagging, "Heaven's Divine Soldier, if you say it, it won't work."

Qi Xi is skeptical.

Today, she can be sure that Zhou Qi's words are not exaggerated.

The people who came were headed by Yan Ziwen, who were either current students of the Design Institute, or friends that Yan Ziwen had added in the forum.

More than a dozen people rushed in, without Qi Xi talking at all, they knew what to do, this is the advantage of being professional.

It would be better if the sound could be lower.

……

Qi Xi is sometimes called elder sister by this group of energetic young people, and sometimes called teacher as big head.

Persevered until three o'clock in the afternoon, and the tidying up was almost done, Qi Xi took the bag and prepared to sneak away.

She had a big and small drinking party in the evening-organized by the organizer of the 'Annual Emerging Talent Awards Gala', she was one of the candidates, and received an invitation from the organizer before returning to China.Regardless of whether she wins the award or not, this is an opportunity to show her face. Since she wants to open a studio, she can't continue to "no world, no competition". She still has to go to the entertainment.

Passing the bathroom, Qi Xi saw Zheng Youling and Fan Ying throwing mops, and wanted to go over to say hello, let the two of them help worry about things here, and invite these children to dinner on her behalf in the evening.

Hearing what the two of them were talking about, Qi Xi paused.

"Cathy has become more and more famous in the past two years, T&F suddenly terminated the contract, and the Internet went crazy." Zheng Youling said.

Fan Ying didn't understand this circle, so she asked perfunctorily, "How did T&F handle it?"

"What else can I do? Both sides will always offend one of them." Zheng Youling couldn't help sighing when she thought of her husband who worked in a magazine recently trying to adjust the layout of the foreign language edition. On the same day that the website was announced, the official account also forwarded a five-star red flag hung by the party media to express its position, and then there was no other action, and it was posted every day, and it seemed to be calm.”

"In this way, the stock price should fluctuate a lot." Fan Ying asked.

Zheng Youling, "That's right, my husband said that after the announcement of the contract termination, the market value of T&F evaporated by tens of billions overnight."

"Then the T&F leadership isn't crazy enough?"

"Are you sure? The current two vice presidents of T&F—Meng Qingrang and Xiang Ting agree with each other and insist on pursuing Cathy's legal responsibility, but the boss, their mother, and the old-school designers want to do more than do less. Both sides There has been a stalemate of opposing opinions for a long time.”

"What's the point of stalemate? Any company with a standpoint won't use bad artists, right? It's still anti-China."

"This matter has too much influence, it's really hard to say." Fan Ying shook her head, and took out the mop from the sink, "It depends on whether the newcomer's arm can twist the old man's thigh. If it is twisted, T&F will really change gone."

"..."

The conversation between Zheng Youling and Fan Ying was still going on, but Qi Xi lost the interest in greeting them. He turned around and walked into the meeting room, took out his mobile phone silently, climbed over the wall, and logged into the ins that he hadn't used for a long time.

There was a lot of scolding under T&F's official account.

Meng Qingrang didn't survive the disaster even when he only posted personal accounts related to his works, and some of his words were even worse.

Not to mention the content associated with the tag, it is simply unsightly.

Qi Xi turned around for a while, and determined that the termination of the contract had turned into a personal storm against Meng Qingrang, and it would not end in the short term.

Does she want to feel bad?

Forget it.

People who like to be cheap should let themselves live once in a while.

Qi Xi turned off the phone and threw it back into the bag, and left the studio without looking back.

On the way home by taxi, we passed a section of construction road, and the driver had a bad temper again. He almost killed Qi Xi with repeated 'take-off' and sudden braking.

In order to distract, Qi Xi took out his phone and wanted to watch something for entertainment.

As soon as the screen was unlocked, the interface was still stuck on an insult to Meng Qingrang.

Qi Xi watched steadily.

After a long while, I clicked on the keyboard and replied in English: 【My dog ​​barking casually is better than the things you spit out of your mouth. 】

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At 10:[-] in the evening, Qi Xi arrived at the hotel booked by the organizer [-] minutes early.

In the center of the box was a large round table with more than 30 people. The cold dishes had already been served, and several leaders of the organizers were sitting on the sofa beside them chatting with the first few candidates.

"This is the secretary of the party committee of our TV channel, Secretary Luo Lihua Luo." The producer introduced.

Qi Xi bowed to show respect, then shook hands with him neither humble nor overbearing, and said with a smile, "I'm so sorry for keeping you waiting for the first time we met." It's honestly polite, and there are still more than ten minutes before the appointed time, Secretary Luo But he said, "At that time, there will be two extra glasses of wine fined."

Qi Xi smiled, "It should."

The meaningless pleasantries continued until the official opening at 7 o'clock.

Ignoring her age, Qi Xi had just won the award not long ago, so she was the youngest in this group of people, so she chose a seat with her back to the door.

There was still a vacant seat next to it, and it was only when the heads were counted that we realized that there was still a candidate who hadn't arrived.

The producer looked around and immediately knew who it was, "Xiao Meng is a busy person, he is late again."

Hearing the familiar surname, Qi Xi tapped his fingertips on the phone screen and trembled slightly.

After thinking about it, 'Meng' is not a rare surname, so it can't be such a coincidence...

"Sorry, there was an accident on the airport expressway, and the traffic jam was a bit long." Hearing the familiar voice, Qi Xi wanted to laugh for no reason.

This world is really amazing. After leaving a place, no matter how advanced the communication is, they will be forced to cut off contact with the people and things there. When they return, the earth seems to be turned into a palm-sized ball, spinning around Go, always can't avoid meeting.

"Xiao Meng, it's time to wait for you. Come and sit next to me." Luo Lihua said enthusiastically.

Qi Xi seemed to pause when she heard Meng Qingrang walking behind her, and then continued to move forward until she walked to her side, and said softly, "No, I'll sit here."

Luo Lihua was slapped in the face, feeling unhappy, he motioned for the waiter to pour Meng Qing a drink with his eyes, and then said with a smile: "You are fined for being late, the old rules."

Meng Qingrang declined, "You know the old problem in my stomach, in order not to spoil the fun, I'd like to replace wine with tea."

"Before I changed, I would definitely follow you, but not today." Luo Lihua leaned back in his chair, deliberately not saving face for Meng Qing, "The termination of the contract has not come to an end, T&F should be in need of positive news recently to reverse its image ?”

Meng Qing kept calm, "Secretary Luo has the eyes."

In fact, it doesn't matter, T&F's tough attitude has been scolded on the external network, and the internal network is full of voices.

Some netizens have already climbed over the wall to dig up Cathy's black material, and they have achieved initial results.

It has been dragging on, but she is waiting for Hai Qiyun to nod - she wants to take the opportunity to change the spokesperson and brand ambassador in the Asia-Pacific region at the same time, and replace it with two celebrities in the entertainment industry who must appear in her design every time she participates in a large-scale event .

With these two living signs, it is only a matter of time before the Asia-Pacific market, which has been influenced by Hai Qiyun for many years, is completely abolished, and the new image of T&F headed by her is re-established.

Meng Qingrang couldn't tell the undisclosed news in public.

Luo Lihua, she can't offend her yet.

Because in addition to controlling T&F's internal decision-making power, she also needs an absolutely wide reputation to make the public equate her name with T&F, making T&F more and more inseparable from her.

In this way, even if Hai Qiyun wants to do something, she still has to worry about the future of T&F.

In the past two years, she has frequently appeared at various parties and events, and even served as a judge in design competitions, all of which is to accumulate popularity.

She doesn't like the title of 'Rising Person of the Year', but she must win the fame and benefits brought by this award show.

Before that, she couldn't make too much trouble with Luo Lihua.

Meng Qing let the hot towel handed over by the waiter clean his hands, then picked up the wine glass and said calmly: "The first glass."

A small cup of white wine, just one sip.

"She'll have to wait a few weeks if you drink this wine." Tang Jia's words came suddenly, and Meng Qingrang's exhaustion could not be concealed after working for many days.

Qi Xi moved faster than he realized, and when the wine cup immediately touched Meng Qingrang's lips, he firmly held her wrist.

The temperature of the palm was too low, which made Qi Xi stunned on the spot.

Not only her, but Luo Lihua, the producer, and more than [-] other candidates and staff all showed curiosity.

Only Meng Qing kept her expression unchanged, and she could even see the bright light in her calm eyes.

Qi Xi didn't see it, but after realizing what he had done, he tried his best to keep calm and withdrew his hand.

Seeing this, Luo Lihua asked with a smile, "Xiao Qi and Xiao Meng know each other?"

Qi Xi, "Not familiar."

Luo Lihua, "Then why do you still feel distressed?"

Qi Xi doesn't like this kind of jokes, but he can't say it outright and slap him in the face.

Quiet, Qi Xi calmly smiled and said: "In terms of career, Meng is always beyond my reach, but in terms of age, she has to call me sister. I have been cheeky for a while, thinking about being an older sister, how can I do it?" Really watch a few cups go down and send people to the hospital? Secretary Luo, your lord has a lot, so don't be as knowledgeable as I am."

Qi Xi's words gave Luo Lihua enough face, and when he was in a good mood, he was willing to give way to Meng Qing, "That's it, everyone probably hasn't heard of the famous Mr. Meng being subdued, right? Today, as long as Mr. Sister Qi, the wine will be free."

Qi Xi's smile froze on his face.

In the past, this kind of request was just a matter of her being coquettish or deliberately putting on a face.

just now……

"Sister." Meng Qingrang's familiar voice suddenly floated beside her ears, the voice was very flat, very soft.