Unexpectedly, Xing Hao retaliated by targeting MU Company’s autumn launch event. After some thought, Mu Qingyan felt it was normal since the event was the most important thing to him now.

Mu Qingyan asked, “Did Fang Yiming and Yuan You get poached?”

“Yes,” Ye Qiqi answered.

Half an hour later, Mu Qingyan returned to the 16th floor of MU Company. Outside the President’s office, the head of the Autumn Launch event preparation team, Qiao Lengnan, was rubbing his hands repeatedly and pacing back and forth.

Ye Qiqi comforted him, “Don’t worry, the boss must have a solution.”

When Qiao Lengnan saw Mu Qingyan, he hurried over with red eyes as if about to cry, “President Mu, Fang Yiming and Yuan You have both been poached. What do we do? The Autumn Launch event is next week.”

Mu Qingyan entered the office and took out the final version of the Autumn Launch event plan, asking, “Of the new products to be launched, did we already inform them to stop the production of the six clothing items designed by Fang Yiming and the five shoe items designed by Yuan You?”

“I have already informed them to temporarily stop the production of these eleven items,” Ye Qiqi replied.

Qiao Lengnan wiped the sweat off his forehead and whispered, “So, do we need to replace a few new products for the launch event?”

“Of course,” Mu Qingyan flipped through the selected new product catalog handed to her by Ye Qiqi, ticked a few with a pen, and handed them to Qiao Lengnan. “We don’t have time to discuss this now. You should inform the designers of these products to submit the complete drafts and detailed drawings within three hours.”

Qiao Lengnan nodded repeatedly while holding the catalog, “Yes, yes.”

Mu Qingyan waved her hand at Qiao Lengnan, “You can go now. I’ll call you if I need anything.”

“Okay,” Qiao Lengnan held the catalog and ran down the elevator as if flying.

Ye Qiqi put the vanilla latte made by the barista on Mu Qingyan’s desk and said, “Drink something sweet, it will make you feel better.”

“I already knew that Xing Hao wouldn’t give up easily and would try his best to retaliate against me. He just delayed it for a few days longer than I expected,” Mu Qingyan took a sip of coffee and praised, “Hmm, it tastes good. I’ll have this tomorrow.”

Ye Qiqi looked at him and blinked, “Aren’t you angry?”

“What is there to be angry about? If he dares to poach my people, I will make him cry and let him know the consequences of provoking me,” Mu Qingyan leaned against the window and smiled brilliantly, looking as if he had encountered something fun.

In the real world, he was recognized as a ruthless black-hearted person with many tricks up his sleeve. No one dared to provoke him, let alone confront him directly.

Mu Qingyan asked Ye Qiqi, “Did they submit their resignations today?”

“Not really,” Ye Qiqi explained. “Although they have met with Xing Hao separately, they haven’t decided whether or not to leave MU. After all, the clothing company that Xing Hao recently acquired is far inferior to MU. This morning, Xing Hao deliberately leaked the news of their departure to me, making them sound like heartless and unfaithful betrayers.”

Upon hearing this, Mu Qingyan knew Xing Hao’s tactics and lazily said, “Fang Yiming and Yuan You thought I would be angry and fire them, causing them embarrassment, so they resigned while I was at the company meeting.”

Ye Qiqi let out a sigh. “Yes.”

After a moment of silence, she asked, “Should I try to persuade Fang Yiming and Yuan You to come back? After all, they are the backbone of the autumn release.”

“If they are determined to leave, why bother persuading them to come back?” Mu Qingyan looked at Ye Qiqi inexplicably, sat back in his leather chair, opened the browser and said, “Have Fang Yiming and Yuan You’s apprentices count all the works they have designed for MU, including finished products, candidates, and drafts.”

“Okay.”

After Ye Qiqi left the office, Mu Qingyan started looking for a replacement for Fang Yiming and Yuan You as the chief designer. In the world of books, the fashion design industry holds a global designer competition every year, and a few unique new designers always stand out.

Mu Qingyan carefully looked at the award-winning works and gold medalist designers of the past five years’ design competitions and quickly found two designers whose style matched that of MU – Fei Zhe and Lucas.

He sent their information to the design department supervisor, Sun Qian. Within five minutes, Sun Qian appeared in his office.

Sun Qian’s eyes sparkled with excitement, “Mr. Mu! You have such great insight! I’ve seen Fei Zhe’s designs a long time ago, and they have such great taste, perfect for our MU brand. Although Lucas’s style is slightly different from MU’s, he has lots of ideas and spirit. If we let him design a separate product line, it would definitely be a hit!”

“I have been wanting them to join MU for a long time, but we already have a full team of designers, and you aren’t interested in design, so I didn’t dare to mention it to you. I didn’t expect that you would send me their information. I’m really excited!”

“Stop! You’re shouting in my ear.” Mu Qingyan thought that Sun Qian’s speech pattern, without punctuation, was just fast-paced. He didn’t expect that Sun Qian would become so excited that he would speak without taking a breath.

Upon hearing this, Sun Qian immediately closed his mouth.

Mu Qingyan rubbed his ears and laughed at Sun Qian, who was trying to suppress his excitement, “Okay, since you like Fei Zhe and Lucas so much, I’ll leave the task of inviting them to MU to you. Remember, keep it a secret until the end of the press conference.”

“No problem, I’ll make sure to complete the task!” Sun Qian excitedly made a gesture.

Although they had found better clothing designers than Fang Yiming and Yuan You, it was too late to involve them in the design of the new products for the autumn release. After some thought, Mu Qingyan dialed Qiao Lengnan’s phone.

Qiao Lengnan’s voice sounded a bit tired, “Mr. Mu.”

Mu Qingyan forwarded the new designer’s information to Qiao Lengnan and said, “Fei Zhe and Lucas will be the new clothing designers. I plan to give them a grand opening at the autumn press conference.”

From the moment Qiao Lengnan learned that Fang Yiming and Yuan You had resigned to now, which was only a short two hours, he could hardly believe it. “Have they agreed to come to MU?”

“Not yet.”

Qiao Lengnan paused for a moment and cautiously asked, “What if they refuse?”

Mu Qingyan said with certainty, “They will come. I have confidence in Sun Qian.”

With Sun Qian’s strong passion for design, he would definitely try every possible way to get the designers he admired into MU. So Mu Qingyan trusted him.

Furthermore, Mu Qingyan had always adhered to the principle of “not doubting people, not using people who are doubtful.”

When Qiao Lengnan heard his confident tone, his doubts disappeared, and he quickly revised the plan for the autumn press conference according to the new requirements.

Ding ding.

Ji Liyun sent a message, “I heard your designer was poached?”

Mu Qingyan smiled, “Mr. Ji, you are well-informed.”

Ji Liyun asked again, “Have you figured out a solution?”

Mu Qingyan thought to himself that Ji Liyun was quite enthusiastic. Maybe he was afraid that Mu Qingyan would not be able to come up with a solution and had come to help?

He replied, “It’s been resolved.”

Mu Qingyan was just about to politely send a “thank you for your concern” message, but Ji Liyun had already replied, “That’s good. I just wanted to remind you that you have a variety show to attend tomorrow.”

Oh, it turned out that he was just afraid that I would forget to attend the variety show because I was too busy.

The evils of capitalism.

No, I am also a capitalist.

“Acting PK Battle” officially airs at 8 pm on Wednesday night. According to the program group’s requirements, all judges, guests, and participating actors must arrive at the filming location before the afternoon.

Mu Qingyan did not spend any time preparing for the variety show, from selecting clothes to preparing transportation, he handed everything over to Ye Qiqi.

Just after five o’clock, Ye Qiqi knocked three times on the door of the office.

“Come in.”

I saw Ye Qiqi in a black outfit, her low-cut top and tight leather pants and jacket highlighting her hot figure. Looking at her chestnut-colored waves, Mu Qingyan was surprised and asked if she had done her hair specially. Ye Qiqi replied with a toss of her hair and donning black sunglasses, “Yes, boss, let’s go.”

Outside the MU company building, there was a black luxury limousine, five accompanying Maybachs, six tall and handsome bodyguards standing in formation, a makeup artist, and five assistants, all waiting for Mu Qingyan. He couldn’t help but sweat at how extravagant it all was. Ye Qiqi handed him another pair of sunglasses and explained that they had originally planned for a limo, three bodyguards, and three assistants, but after Mr. Ji found out, he instructed her and the production team to give Mu Qingyan a good facade.

She knew that in this variety show, there was someone he disliked: Xie Ming, the original protagonist of the book. So, she wanted to make sure that his entrance was more eye-catching than Xie Ming’s. Mu Qingyan accepted Mr. Ji’s arrangement happily after considering it.

Upon arrival at the filming location for “Acting PK Battle,” Mu Qingyan saw two actors, one in front and one behind, each accompanied by no less than ten bodyguards and assistants. The most affected one was Xie Ming. Mu Qingyan couldn’t help but hum coldly, feeling that they were already enemies.

Ye Qiqi gave three assistants the MU brand’s specially customized clothing and limited edition shoes. When all the bodyguards were in position, they escorted Mu Qingyan out of the car. He stood at 1.8 meters tall, slim, like a walking clothes hanger, with both his looks and figure incredibly attractive. The fans outside the photography building, who were waiting for their idol, immediately boiled over upon seeing Mu Qingyan.

“Wow! Mu Qingyan!”

“Xiao Mu is so handsome!”

“I used to think that the photos were photoshopped, but I never thought that he was even more handsome in person! Xing Hao is blind to have cheated on him!”

“Big brother is so handsome!”

“Xiao Mu is so handsome!”

As a top actor before entering the book, Mu Qingyan was already accustomed to being surrounded and shouted at by countless fans. He walked into the photography building without looking back after greeting the production team and changing into the required outfit.

As luck would have it, when he was just about to put on his makeup, Xie Ming and his makeup artist and assistants walked in.