Chapter 282: Contract is about to expire

Chapter 282

Qin Wei also gained confidence with Xu Mingchuan's words, and she justifiedly looked at Li Liang before drinking a big gulp.

Since President Xu had spoken, Li Liang didn't dare to say more.

"I brought you a gift."

Xu Mingchuan said while taking out a rectangular black velvet box from his pocket. He opened it, inside was a delicate white mother-of-pearl bracelet.

"It's VCA's latest limited edition white mother-of-pearl bracelet. I saw it through the store window on the way to a meeting, loved it at first sight, and thought then how good it would look on your wrist, its elegance and nobility matching you."

Speaking, Xu Mingchuan took the bracelet out of the box,

"Let me put it on for you." T/his chapter is updated by nov(ê(l)biin.co/m

Qin Wei didn't raise her hand. She thought it was good-looking, but accepting someone's gift meant reciprocating. She didn't know if the bracelet was expensive or not. What if it cost a fortune?

She still needed to buy a house...

Qin Wei politely declined:

"I shouldn't accept rewards for no contribution. Besides, it looks expensive, please don't spend so much on me..."

"I brought it all the way back, you should at least try it on."

Xu Mingchuan didn't give up and still tried to put the bracelet on her.

Xu Mingchuan had good taste. The bracelet set off her slender wrist, and made her skin even fairer.

Qin Wei raised her hand in front of him and shook it, as if showcasing it. Just as she was about to take it off to return it to him, Xu Mingchuan stopped her:

"It's just a souvenir I brought back from a business trip, a little gift. Please don't reject it. We have a cooperative relationship, but we're also friends. Sometimes you don't need to draw such a clear line with me. It’s very normal for friends to exchange gifts...

Besides, Anxing Entertainment has been developing very fast thanks to you. Just take it as a performance award."

Now that he had put it like this, Qin Wei found it hard to refuse either. She glanced at Li Liang and then said to Xu Mingchuan:

"Then...thank you, President Xu. I'll...accept it."

Xu Mingchuan smiled a little helplessly. Qin Wei was too polite with him. She had such difficulties even accepting a small gift, how could he give her bigger gifts?

Would she accept them?

Xu Mingchuan looked at his watch and then asked Qin Wei, who was fiddling with the bracelet:

"By the way, our contract is about to expire. I'm telling you this without any other intentions, just as we initially agreed, whether to renew it or not is up to you. I'm always willing to stand behind you."

"Okay, I see."

Qin Wei’s response was very calm. From her tone and expression, it was impossible to figure out what she was thinking.

Xu Mingchuan's assistant Qian Lang walked in without saying anything. Xu Mingchuan nodded at him to let him leave, then said to Qin Wei:

"I have another meeting to attend. I just squeezed some time on my way there because it's important and I can't be late.

Seeing that you're fine, I should get going now. See you later."

Yet President Xu didn't know Qin Wei was just holding her milk tea with one hand and found it inconvenient to type, so she sent a voice message;

While Qin Wei was fully absorbed in her phone and didn't even hear what he said!

It was just a misunderstanding between them, but why did she, a small assistant, have to witness it all!

Now President Xu's crush was exposed to Li Liang as well, but Li Liang didn't want to know about it.

"President Xu was too rash...So was I..."

Li Liang muttered to herself as she took out her phone, wanting to ask Xiao Wang if Teacher Qiao's crew needed any assistants.

...

On the way back to the set, Qin Wei asked Li Liang:

"Did you find out the price?"

She had signaled with her eyes earlier for Li Liang to check the price.

Li Liang started reporting the price:

"Sis, your bracelet is 5500 Euros. It’s the latest limited edition not yet sold domestically. "

"It's not cheap for a bracelet..."

Qin Wei considered what would be an appropriate return gift, and from the misunderstanding she also realized Xu Mingchuan's thoughts.

She would still need to clarify things with him.

"Li Liang, please pick a gift of equivalent value for President Xu. Let me know once you’ve selected it."

After settling things on this end, Qin Wei asked Li Yao:

"How's house hunting going?"

Li Yao responded while driving:

"I checked the requirements you sent me. I selected one that meets them and personally quite like - a large apartment in Yunjin Phase II . It has great location, almost attached to Phase I. It's been handed over for occupancy now. I went to see it today too.

I'm very satisfied with the layout myself. The property is managed by Yunjin's own management known for being exceptional, but it has quite high eligibility criteria for home buyers requiring full payment upfront.

It’s understandable though. Yunjin and its clients have always selected each other. Clients paying in full demonstrate financial strength while Yunjin property provides the highest quality service to clients. And communities like this also offer more privacy and peace of mind with software and hardware fully equipped."

"I'll take you to see it in a bit."

"Expensive?"

Qin Wei asked.

"Expensive." Li Yao gave an honest reply,

"I roughly estimated your current disposable assets, you should barely be able to afford it. But after buying the house, you'll still need to keep working hard. After all, you won't have money left for renovations."

Qin Wei: "......"