Chapter 484: Feelings Of Love
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
“Morning, Wan Dou.”
“Morning, Ms. Jing Xi!” Wan Dou waved her hand in greeting. She quickly added, “Ms. Jing Xi, look, I bought the same bracelet as yours.”
“The same what?”
“You didn’t know? That bracelet on your wrist is now available for purchase on Taobao. They’re selling like hotcakes!”
“Let me see.”
Xu Xiyan was puzzled. She walked a little closer, and saw a bracelet around Wan Dou’s fair wrist. The bracelet had a dice pendant hanging from it, just like her own.
Wan Dou found the Taobao page and showed it to Xu Xiyan. The tags in the product title said “Same design as Jing Xi’s” and other such marketing gimmicks. The bracelets were, as Wan Dou had said, selling like hotcakes.
Xu Xiyan looked at the images in the product description, and saw that some of them were screenshots taken directly from her TV interviews.
She also noticed that the seller had quoted an old poem by the Tang Dynasty poet, Wen Tingjun, in the product description:
Xiao Yuqian handed her a file with all the details. Xu Xiyan was very surprised; she had not expected to receive TV commercial offers so soon.
The commercial offers were for a wide range of products: food, sanitary napkins, drinks, and clothing. Some of the offers were better than the others. Xu Xiyan asked Xiao Yuqian, “They all look equally good to me, President Xiao. Which one should I choose?”
“There are no real requirements for the job offers from the food, sanitary napkins, and drinks companies. Once you’re selected, you’ll probably have to be their product spokesperson. As for this offer from ROSUE, the clothing brand—they’re extremely picky, and you will have a lot of competition at the audition. You may not actually get the job.”
Xiao Yuqian gave a fair, unbiased explanation of the pros and cons of each offer. She did not try to force her own opinions on Xu Xiyan; she wanted the actress to decide for herself.
Xu Xiyan considered the offers. She said, “I’ll take whichever’s hardest!”
“Why?” Xiao Yuqian asked, genuinely curious. “As the saying goes, it’s better to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond. Why are you giving up easy wins for something much more difficult and uncertain?”
It was simple enough to Xu Xiyan. She smiled and said, “Because a big pond is bigger than a small pond. I like a good challenge, and this is a rare opportunity to prove myself.”
Xu Xiyan was the type of person to face challenges head-on. The harder the challenge, the harder she fought. She wasn’t one to turn around and look for an easier way just because the road was bumpy.
“Okay.”
Xiao Yuqian smiled. Xu Xiyan’s choice was exactly what her boss had anticipated.
She removed the smaller job offers from the file and left her the details for the clothing commercial. She pointed out the time and date of the audition to Xu Xiyan and reminded her not to miss it.
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