594 Shameless Businesswoman (2/2)
”What's wrong, love? Are you in pain?” he asked in a whisper.
”I'm…” She was about to say that she felt alright, don't worry, but decided to be honest…to some extent. ”Yes, a bit.” She actually felt like she had been run over by a truck.
His expression turned serious. He handed Little Jun to Jiang Ying Yue and headed to their bedroom. The others looked at him. They appeared to be chatting with each other but were actually eavesdropping on the couple's conversation.
Moments later, Jin Liwei returned with Iris' medications. After she had taken all of them, he pulled her close to his body, resting her head on his shoulder. All of his movements were gentle and careful.
Digestive tea was served after breakfast. Iris chatted with her music instructor, Enrique Valdez.
The legendary hitmaker had been staying in the country since Orchidia Beauty's launch party. He planned on a music collaboration with Iris but they hadn't started yet. Iris was still extremely busy with her current work commitments with Orchidia Beauty and her second music collaboration with Jin Chonglin plus a slew of other things. Even though she and Bright Summit offered to rearrange her schedule to prioritize her collaboration with Enrique Valdez, he refused. He told them that he would travel the country first and enjoy the culture and cuisine. They could start working on their collaboration after he returned.
And that was what he had been doing. Bright Summit provided him with a local guide and a personal interpreter free of charge to accompany him to his tourist trips all over the country. No contract for a music collaboration had been signed yet but it was only a matter of time. As long as the legendary hitmaker retained his intention of collaborating with their artist Iris Long, Bright Summit would treat Enrique Valdez like a king and was even prepared to take financial loss. The most important thing for the entertainment company was the increase in prestige and reputation from collaborating with such a prominent and world-famous musician like Enrique Valdez. Who wouldn't want to work with a living legend?
Bright Summit also offered to provide him with long-term high-class hotel accommodations but Iris was quicker. She leased him a penthouse unit from another Gold Heights Condominium building instead. Even though he was her music instructor, she didn't give him any discount. The price she offered him was reasonable though, not too expensive but not too cheap either.
As a shameless businesswoman who learned the majority of her business smarts from Grandpa Lu, she would never allow herself to be on the losing end of a deal even to family and friends. Besides, Enrique Valdez was rich and famous. He could afford it. He didn't bother negotiating with her about the price, immediately signing the residential lease agreement without even reading it. He trusted her not to cheat him.
Her shamelessness as a businesswoman kicked in after the signing of the agreement. Iris requested her music instructor to sign a huge portrait of him taken inside the penthouse unit. The fact that Enrique Valdez, the world-famous legendary hitmaker, lived in the penthouse was already a guarantee that the unit's market price would soar several folds afterwards. Adding the signed portrait to the package would boost the penthouse's value even more. Iris was already estimating the huge profits the penthouse unit would fetch her in the future, all thanks to Enrique Valdez and of course, her shamelessness.
Back to the present, Enrique Valdez was talking a bit more than usual. His concern for his student was obvious in his eyes.
”I've been in this industry for decades. I witnessed a lot of crazy fans. What you experienced yesterday is one of the scariest I've ever heard,” he told her in English.
The others stopped talking and listened to their conversation instead. They had been avoiding talking about the bomb incident. Enrique Valdez was the first one to open the topic.
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