Chapter Forty-One: Making Trouble Again (2/2)

[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: I remember telling you to enter YL through proper channels before.

[Lil’ Ye-Zhou]: I have my difficulties. I only hope that chairman Yan would give me some leeway.

[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: But you’ve lost the bet.

Xiao Yu purposely mentioned the previous deal. He was quite curious to see what Lin Zhou would do to redeem himself.

[Lil’ Ye-Zhou]: I overestimated myself for that deal. I apologize, Chairman Yan.

[Lil’ Ye-Zhou]: Chairman Yan seems to have a really good trump card. I wonder where you found such a person.

[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: If you’re planning on asking about Mr. Mystery, then I advise you to give up.

[Lil’ Ye-Zhou]: Sorry, I’m just curious. I don’t mean to pry.

Xiao Yu scoffed at Lin Zhou’s reply. How could he not know what Lin Zhou was thinking? Such an actor.

At this point in time, everyone in SI had been asking around about the mystery designer’s origin. Lin Zhou was no exception. After all, he was the one who had suffered the greatest loss in that deal.

[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: Since you’ve lost the bet, why are you still approaching me? It can’t possibly be that you thought I would give you an exception just because you played a few days’ worth of games with me?

[Lil’ Ye-Zhou]: Obviously I know that Chairman Yan is an impartial person.

[Lil’ Ye-Zhou]: It’s just that I believe Chairman Yan would be interested in the bargaining chip I have this time.

[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: Oh? Tell me.

Come on, tell me. Let me see that so-called bargaining chip of yours that’s worth a deal from Yan Jin – Lin Zhou’s hidden secret.

[Lil’ Ye-Zhou]: My bargaining chip is very simple. It’s the original jewelry design competition – Ragnarok.

[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: Oh?

[Lil’ Ye-Zhou]: I’ve mentioned that I would be entering the competition as an individual right? After I get the placing, I will have an exhibition booth. The original plan was to let the company buy that exhibition booth from me, but since I’m entering the competition as an individual, then I’ll have the freedom to decide who I want to sell to, am I right?

[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: So, you’re saying that you plan on giving it to me?

[Lil’ Ye-Zhou]: Just treat it as an introductory gift when I join YL. I believe that a top-ten exhibition booth would allow YL to have a satisfactory ending for this Autumn Release Conference, and it’s a very good win-win situation as well.

There were so many things that Xiao Yu wanted to ridicule about Lin Zhou’s mysterious confidence. There were two important questions; one was, why did Yan Jin need that exhibition booth? What if YL had a design that won a better placement? The other question was, why Lin Zhou was so assured that his product would place among the top ten?

According to the results from his previous life, the answer to the first question was – It was true that YL was unable to win any good placements for the exhibition booth. YL’s advantage had always been in their steady marketing sales. Their shortcomings had always been hiring a competitive designer who had unique styles, which meant that YL was not good at such competitions.

The YL from his previous life had won the seventeenth place with their corporate product design. It was a big pity that they had missed the chance to get into the top ten. Of course, that was putting aside the fact that the mystery designer had turned the tides later on.

As for the second question, the SI from his previous life earned the ninth-place exhibition booth. But that was from the human Xiao Yu’s corporate product design and not Lin Zhou’s individual design.

[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: Seems like you’re very confident about your drawing this time. You should be aware that even a professional design might not win the voting selection.

[Lil’ Ye-Zhou]: What are you saying, Chairman Yan? Passing the voting selection would only need some effort on the first draft, then presenting them to the audience in a simple effective drawing. Everyone knows that. Only those fledgling, young designers would make such an amateur mistake. I hope Chairman Yan would have more confidence in me.

Fledgling, young designers.

I see, so Lin Zhou was talking about him.

Xiao Yu laughed bitterly.

It turned out that Lin Zhou knew long ago that something was wrong with his drawing, and he knew right from the beginning that Xiao Yu would not be able to pass the voting selection.

Xiao Yu had gained his fame at a young age. In his second year of university, he was hand-picked by SI’s then chief designer and everything had been smooth sailing from then on. Going overseas to study, and getting a job right after he returned to the country. Compared to Lin Zhou, who had climbed his way up to where he was, the difference was just a little experience, just a little.

Lin Zhou obviously knew how hard Xiao Yu was trying to cope with the corporate product drawings while drawing his own individual product. Lin Zhou knew for sure what his drawing’s problems were, but why was he not willing to tell him?!

Even if they were not as close as they seemed on the surface, but such a small matter was all Xiao Yu needed to pass the voting selection. So why was Lin Zhou not willing to help him?

After calming his emotions, Xiao Yu continued the conversation with Lin Zhou.

[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: So, you’re really confident in your product this time around as well? Just like the proposal ring?

[Lil’ Ye-Zhou]: Seems like I have no choice but to remind Chairman Yan again. The other time, Chairman Yan had a good trump card in hand. Victory was supposed to be mine.

In fact, Xiao Yu could not refute that claim.

[Lil’ Ye-Zhou]: As for this time…

Two files had been sent over.

Xiao Yu stopped breathing for a moment when he was caught off guard by what he saw as he clicked on one of the files.

So that’s how, so that’s why!

LIN ZHOU!!