CH 15

September 25th, 2:00 pm.

At the highly anticipated Yaosing Hotel, the red carpet ceremony officially began.

One by one, fashion icons, popular celebrities, top idols, and top designers all dressed in MU clothing and jewelry, walked on the red carpet, releasing their own charm and style under the beautiful lights.

Outside the red carpet, there were countless media and entertainment reporters.

A small part of them were well-known fashion magazines invited by MU Company, while the rest came uninvited to get first-hand news and picture materials.

Most importantly, many media received insider information the night before that this MU brand autumn launch would have a big reveal, which could cause the brand’s image to collapse.

As Li Ze, a tabloid entertainment reporter, took photos and asked his colleague, Yu Fei, “Big brother, have you heard? There’s a big scoop at this autumn launch.”

“Of course, I’m here for that,” Yu Fei said.

Li Ze put down his camera and leaned in to whisper to Yu Fei, “Do you know how to enter the venue at the Diamond Hall on the sixth floor?”

Yu Fei flashed his pass on his chest, “Our magazine has already made arrangements with MU Company, so we can enter the venue at three o’clock directly.”

“Big magazines are the best…” Li Ze envied him and asked, “Do you know any other ways to enter the Diamond Hall or take pictures there?”

Yu Fei shook his head, “MU Company has booked the entire Yaosing Hotel since yesterday, and uninvited attendees cannot enter. Hundreds of security guards patrol every floor, and there is 360-degree surveillance. If you don’t have MU Company’s permission, you can’t even enter the lobby.”

After speaking, Yu Fei continued to take pictures of the stars on the red carpet, leaving Li Ze feeling disheartened.

For an hour, the red carpet fashion show featured popular celebrities and fashion icons showcasing MU’s products, which were very eye-catching. The final act was the brand’s spokesperson, Sun Xinyao.

She wore a high-end MU designer dress worth millions, appearing like a goddess, stunning and captivating.

At that moment, Sun Xinyao became the most eye-catching focal point of the entire event.

She also became the envy of all the high society socialites and celebrities, idols who regretted not finding ways to become MU’s spokesperson. Otherwise, they could have been the ones in the limelight, gaining millions of fans overnight, and becoming the darling of fashion magazines.

On the seventh floor of Yaosing Hotel, Mu Qingyan was confirming the final list of attendees for the autumn launch with the event manager, Qiao Lengnan.

Qiao Lengnan circled on the list and said, “Except for Mr. Du, who is hospitalized due to illness, everyone else has arrived at the venue on the sixth floor.”

“Okay.”

Mu Qingyan noticed Qiao Lengnan’s hesitation and asked, “What do you want to say?”

Qiao Lengnan knew that asking about the leader’s personal matters was inappropriate, but he couldn’t help but feel worried. After hesitating for a few seconds, he finally asked, “Mr. Mu, ever since that incident, everyone knows that you and Xing Hao have been at odds. Why did you agree to let Xing participate in the autumn release conference this time?”

“What if he does something sneaky or causes trouble at the venue?”

“Not what if, it’s certain.”

Mu Qingyan smiled and seemed unconcerned, saying, “I’ve already guessed a few ways he might cause trouble. I’m curious to see if his methods are more sophisticated than I imagine.”

Seeing that Qiao Lengnan still seemed uneasy, Mu Qingyan comforted him, “Don’t worry. Whether he’s here for MU or for me, I won’t let this autumn release conference be ruined.”

Qiao Lengnan still felt uncertain, as this autumn release conference was important for his reputation in the industry and for his promotion and salary increase. However, seeing Mu Qingyan so confident and spirited, he was completely inspired and said, “Okay, I’ll do my best to make sure there are no flaws in this release conference!”

“It’s ten minutes to three now. Go to the venue and have Xiao Lu play the new long video ad for MU brand. We’ll start at exactly three.”

“Okay.”

After Qiao Lengnan left, Mu Qingyan leisurely ate oranges while watching the monitor.

On the screen, Xing Hao was sitting in the seat arranged by the event team. Unlike others who were chatting and greeting each other, he was looking at his phone with no expression on his face.

“Old Yan!”

The door of this temporary office was slammed open, and a tall, flashy young man walked in, his arm resting on Mu Qingyan’s shoulder as he leaned in and said, “My busy man, I finally caught you.”

After searching through his memory, Mu Qingyan remembered that Shen Huai was his childhood friend who was born with a golden key in his mouth but insisted on opening a bar and becoming a bartender, instead of taking over his family’s business as a young master from a wealthy family in C country. Perhaps everyone in the MU company knew about their close relationship, so no one dared to stop him when he ran around the Yaoxing Hotel.

Mu Qingyan joked, “Why isn’t Master Shen sitting in the conference hall and came here instead?”

“To find you, of course!” Shen Huai pretended to roll his eyes and kept teasing, “You’ve changed so much since your divorce. Every time I invite you to my bar, you always come up with different excuses to avoid me. I’m afraid you only know how to work and have become bored and lonely!”

In the original novel, Shen Huai was always by the side of the main character, even when the main character was rumored to be a crazy mental patient by the outside world. Shen Huai continued to support the main character. Unfortunately, a week before the main character jumped off the building, Shen Huai was assassinated by his own brother due to the infighting within their family.

While other friends may come and go, he was a true friend who was loyal and sincere to Mu Qingyan, and Mu Qingyan was willing to be friends with him.

“After the banquet tonight, I’ll go to your bar,” Mu Qingyan agreed.

Shen Huai raised his eyebrows in satisfaction. “That sounds about right.”

Then he started to talk again, “Seriously, this press conference of yours is so grand. Uncle Mu must be so happy that his son has made it. But why did you invite that scumbag Xing Hao? He’s so unpleasant to see. Some people say that you purposely transformed yourself into a successful person in your career to show Xing Hao after your divorce. But they are so blind, Xing Hao is not even close to your level. In my opinion, only someone as high-end and sophisticated as President Ji is worthy of you. Xing Hao is just a small fry.”

“Stop it,” Mu Qingyan forced Shen Huai to stop talking. He was afraid that if he didn’t, he would keep talking all day. “It’s time for me to go to the conference.”

As he turned to leave, Shen Huai immediately followed him. “I’ll go with you… Hey, don’t you have the script for the press conference?”

Mu Qingyan pointed to his head. “It’s all in here.”

“Really? I never knew you were so smart when we were in school.”

After leaving the temporary office, Shen Huai gestured for his bodyguards to follow him, then said, “I just saw Ye Qiqi. She used to look like a little black pig when she was a child, but now she’s grown up and become more beautiful and hotter.”

Mu Qingyan joked seriously, “I’ll help you match up with her. After all, neither of you are married.”

“No way!” Shen Huai immediately refused. “Ye Qiqi has always been very fierce since we were kids. Sitting next to her was my childhood trauma. I’m scared of her.”

Mu Qingyan smiled and didn’t say anything more.

The Diamond Hall of the Yao Xing Grand Hotel was as luxurious as its name suggested. The latest video ads and promotional films for the various series of MU brand products had already been played on the big screen on the stage.

It was now time for the autumn new products and limited edition products to be showcased.

After returning to his seat obediently, Shen Huai patiently waited below the stage as Mu Qingyan went on stage after the fashion show ended, and opened the microphone.

“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the MU brand’s autumn release! Next, I will introduce in detail the MU brand’s new products and limited edition products for this year.”

As the central figure of the autumn release, Mu Qingyan’s opening was concise and clear, and he spent more time introducing each new product and limited edition.

Models dressed in various products cooperated with Mu Qingyan in a very professional manner.

“Wow…”

The people attending the release event below the stage were amazed by the high appearance value of each new product. Reporters frantically captured the moment, while socialites and celebrities calculated which new products they wanted to snatch up.

Only Shen Huai and Xing Hao were not attracted by the new products.

Shen Huai’s attention was drawn to Mu Qingyan, and he did not expect Mu Qingyan to personally come on stage to release the products. After all, in the previous autumn releases in recent years, Mu Qingyan had always delegated the task of introducing new products to his subordinates.

Now seeing Mu Qingyan release the products, he found that he was completely different from the past carefree young master Mu.

Moreover, Mu Qingyan went through the entire presentation without a script, his language was fluent without any stutters, as if he had personally designed and produced every item.

In fact, Mu Qingyan was indeed very familiar with each product and knew every detail. Some of the new products’ details he recognized without the need for a script.

Xing Hao looked at Mu Qingyan gloomily, and the radiance emanating from him seemed like countless sharp thorns deeply stabbing into his body.

It made him hurt, made him angry; made him unwilling, made him resentful.

After the introduction of the new products and limited editions was finished, the official website immediately opened the purchase channels for all new products and limited editions. In just a few seconds, all limited editions were sold out, and the number of orders for new products had already exceeded six figures.

The release event then entered the Q&A session, where entertainment journalists and fashion magazine journalists vied to ask questions, and Mu Qingyan gave perfect answers one by one.

At this point, Xing Hao did not raise his hand, but stood up directly.

The news media naturally knew that he was the ex-husband of the President of MU, and all cameras turned towards him, wanting to know what he wanted to say.

They even secretly hoped that he would create a scene, as it would make for sensational news material.

Seeing that all the journalists’ eyes were on him, Xíng Hào raised his voice and uttered a shocking sentence.

“In the MU autumn release, twelve of the clothing items are plagiarized!”

Author’s Note:

Mu Qingyan: As expected, I’m starting to act mischievous.