Chapter 104 - A Beautiful Woman

The frightened Ms Mo ran all the way down and out of the reception area with big fat tears in her eyes and rolling down her soft cheeks. Her tears created a stir in the otherwise silent place and soon people were gathering around coffee machines and inside washrooms gossiping about the abrupt departure of the beautiful assistant. Ans the reason for it. Some thought that the CEO must be so scary a man that his assistant did not even last half an hour..

Shot could only shake his head at Knight. People believed Ah Hai was averse to touch because  of his experiences in the military but Shot knew better. Ah Hai had been like this even before he went inside the teams officially. Back in their army days,Shot had been team leader and he had studied every team mated profile before choosing them. Knight's file was a big maze of messes all over. And he had also seen many things covered up in that file. If one were to study it carefully they would know that the file hid more information than giving it.

Shot understood that it could be because of his high profile background but he had always been curious about things. Whatever the reason, Ah Hai was a paranoid bas**** who hated to be touched. But it was also this paranoia that had saved his life on their last mission. When those traitorious villagers had hugged them to show their gratitude but instead rubbed that medicine on them..if Ah Hai had also been hugged then...Shot shook himself out of the past and looked at the closed door in front him. Ah Hai had already gone inside and those people were waiting for him..since Ah Hai had said he would come,Shot could only entertain them until the man deigned to make an appearance. 

Shot decided he would even try to find the reason for this sudden unplanned visit and help his friend a bit.

A lingering flowery fragrance was left in the corridor as Shot made his way to the meeting room. The door opened to a beautiful woman dressed in a short red dress sitting on the couch in the corner. She sat languidly and gracefully as if she was a work of art,which she was. Her long blonde hair fell gracefully over her bare and delicate shoulders. Her cat eyes looked bored as she looked around the room. There were three other people in the room but they might as well be invisible because this woman cast a shadow over them all. 

Her eyes turned to him and instantly sized him up. And then deemed him unworthy.  Shot was amused at this and turned his attention to her agent,Mr Luke. It seemed the entertainment industry's princess did not wish to talk to anyone but Ah Hai.

Mr Luke bowed to him as soon as his attention turned to him and Shot nodded his head in acknowledgement.  Shaking hands,the two men sat on the opposite sides of the conference table, leaving the position of the head empty. The last man was the scout who had negotiated the deal with Ms Silvia Gray. Miss Silvia was to be the first artist to have signed up with KSS media making their entry into the entertainment industry. But it seems she was going to renege on her agreement. Or  she wished to renegotiate,now that she knew who the top player was. Tsk tsk. Shot happened to hate those who tried to misuse their power. And it seemed that the saying fair of face and dark of heart was true. Shot estimated he had forty minutes to save this beauty from the beast they had invited. With a charming smile,he said, "Mr. Luke, I think there is some problem that you are facing? Haven't you already finished your contract with the other company? We were supposed to sign the contract today but now you are refusing.."

Mr Luke grimaced and gave a sly glance towards Miss Silvia and explained," Yes,we have already cancelled the contract but there was something we had planned for the damage control that her reputation would suffer because of her abandoning her debut company. But because of the new announcement that seems a bit impossible. This was why we have requested a meeting with Mr Long. Of course if he refuses to meet then Ms Silvia has other companies who will be willing to agree to our terms." Shot's eyes narrowed at the subtle threat in the agent's voice and he decided on the spot to let them suffer Knight's wrath. Negotiation was part of business and acceptable. Blackmail was not. Shot did not understand why Knight had chosen to enter the entertainment industry. His brother who was a business tycoon had never shown interest in that and neither had Ah Hai in the past. In fact this industry was the dirtiest in the industry. Even in the army,you knew the enemies even if they were hidden. But in the world of entertainment,there were no friends only enemies. One would never know who would stab you in the back. It was like a muddy gutter where youy were bound to get dirty. Shot messaged Ah Hai to hurry his a** here.

His message was answered in the form of a door opening as the man of the hour entered. Even the lazy Miss SIlvia sat up straight at the Ice man's entry. Her eyes which had been reflecting boredom were suddenly lit with an unholy light and Shot could almost imagine her thoughts of seducing him. Ha!she could try..Seducing an Iceberg would only lead to the sinking of the Titanic!Without a word,Ah Hai marched in and sat on the empty chair at the head's place and without even glancing sideways,picked up the file from their employee and looked at Mr Luke.

Mr Luke was an established and experienced agent. But seeing this man in flesh almost scared him like a green newbie. Clearing his throat,Mr Luke explained,"It's like this..Miss Silvia has been with her company since her debut and that was the company which gave her a break. If Miss Silvia were to abandon the company without a valid reason then it would negatively affect her image. Anf this would be a loss to not just her but your company also. So.."

Ah Hai kept staring at the man without prompting the man to continue so,once again Mr Luke hesitantly continued," so we had planned to spread the news that Miss Silvia was engaged to you and this was why she had left the company. It would be beneficial to your image also as everyone would think that you had established the company for a woman who was important to you but ..but yesterday's announcement came unexpectedly and now we are worried that this plan would not work.."

After Mr Luke had finished talking he looked at Miss Silvia who nodded and waited for Long Ah Hai to respond. When the man did not say anything,Mr Luke continued,"If you agree,then Miss Silvia can pretend to be your fiance or wife and then once your company is established,she can announce that you two have broken up."

Ah Hai gave a harmless smile at this causing Mr Luke to relax a fraction and thinking that the man agreed. But Shot was afraid. Miss Silvia was a snake but she was an important one. She had just signed a Hollywood movie and her role would be an important one in establishing their company.  But if Ah Hai let loose his temper then..

Before Shot could intervene,Ah Hai's smile gave way to soft words. "Ofcourse once you spread rumors,my wife will have to take a backseat and then later on your fans will accuse her of being a home wrecker and attack her. Do you take me for a fool,Mr Luke?" Everyone could feel the power emanating the man who was ready to attack.

Just then,the door to the room opened once again and an older gentleman stepped in. Greeting everyone with a slight bow,the man said," Hello,I am Assistant Yang. I am sorry for suddenly barging in but the young Master had requested some documents.."

With that Assistant Yang,who had once been Long Ryu's assistant and interim CEO took his seat behind Ah Hai. Seeing Assistant Yang,Knight's mood had lightened and he was tempted to give a genuine smile but stopped himself in time. This was why his brother had told him this morning to not hire an assistant. Long Ryu's mist trusted man was going to stand by Long Ah Hai.

Ah Hai looked at the documents handed to him by Assistant Yang and was satisfied. This was called efficiency.

Directly turning to Miss Silvia,Ah Hai said,"Miss Silvia, we have a slight problem..Let us talk clearly. Why don't you join us on the table?"

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