Yan Hua had always known that these competing companies would stop at nothing to sabotage the exhibition they were going to hold in two months. However, he never expected their methods to be so despicable.
Yan Hua was deflated. He paced back and forth in the office and asked, "What shall we do now? Those two artists are the most important ones on our invitation list. If even they don't show up... How can we explain this to the journalists and the media?"
Yan Hua checked the schedule of the press conference on his memo, let out a groan, and looked up at the ceiling.
Mu Yuze's face didn't look good either.
He sat expressionlessly in front of the desk, staring at the pen spinning in his hand.
They had already made their announcements, but such a thing happened just before the exhibition.
He composed himself, looked up at Yan Hua, and said, "Quickly activate the backup plan. Also, immediately look for more high - profile figures to replace those two artists. We need to gain more bargaining chips for ourselves."
Yan Hua scratched his head, looking a bit embarrassed.
"Boss... Although it's true, it took us almost half a year to invite those two artists. Now, asking for an even more high - profile one... It's just not realistic! In the art circle we've been in touch with, who could be more important than those two..."
His words suddenly stopped.
Yan Hua seemed to have thought of someone and suddenly fell into deep thought.
Mu Yuze looked up and exchanged a glance with him.
At the same time, they both understood what the other was thinking.
It was that up - and - coming artist with the code name LU.
Only he could completely outshine those two in terms of influence.
Yan Hua said, "If we can invite LU, we don't have to worry about explaining to the media!"
"Since LU became an overnight sensation at the Italian art exhibition a year ago, there has been extensive and heated discussion in all sectors of society. But he has never shown up since then. Even the most authoritative media failed to invite him onto the big screen... If we can achieve this, we don't have to worry about the lack of popularity for this art exhibition at all! Just leaking a bit of speculation might make a large number of people snap up the tickets!"
The logic was sound, but Yan Hua then remembered that they didn't have any clues about LU.
Although the project team under the company had specially dispatched some people to trace the artist's whereabouts, there had been no results so far.
Mu Yuze looked up and calmly made a decision. "If we're looking for LU, our competitors must be looking for him too."
"On one hand, we activate the emergency backup plan. On the other hand, we can see if we can get something from our competitors."
Yan Hua's eyes immediately lit up. "Got it! Young Master! I'll go and do it right away."
He rushed out of the office in a hurry.
Halfway through, he suddenly remembered that he had originally come to see Mu Yuze to talk about Lu Xue.
He wanted to use his position to find a junior intern job for Lu Xue in the company...
After all, it was just a junior intern position. The boss should give him some face...
But with this more urgent matter at hand, he had to put Lu Xue's matter on hold for the time being and left in a hurry.
At this moment, in the villa, Ding Muyun was on tenterhooks.
Although she was staying in the villa as usual, the image of Lu Xue with fair skin, looking like a lotus emerging from water after taking a shower, kept flashing through her mind.
Especially when she thought about what the old master had told them and Mu Yuze's ambiguous stance, she felt a sense of uneasiness welling up in her chest.
All along, she had been careful to get on good terms with the servants in the villa and become good sisters with Mu Ziyue. Her aim was to make Mu Yuze accept her presence without a sound.
Ding Muyun had tried to be impeccable, making all the people in the Mu family accept her. After spending so many years, she finally made others think that she was also a part of the Mu family. But who could have expected that Lu Xue would suddenly appear out of nowhere...
Moreover, she was just a country girl who was inferior to her in every aspect but somehow had an inborn advantage?
Seeing that all her hard - work was about to be taken away by someone else, how could she stay calm?
Ding Muyun suppressed her anger and pretended nothing had happened. She calmly baked in the spacious dining room.
Several aunts were bustling around, chatting about some trivial things that had happened today.
When she heard them talking about Lu Xue gobbling her food, Ding Muyun looked up and casually chimed in.
"Aunt Chen, don't blame Lu Xue. She grew up in the countryside. She has no manners. She's never seen such delicious and delicate food before, so of course she couldn't help eating more. Since the young master had her brought back home, we should treat her as one of the family..."
After she said this, she originally expected these aunts to refute her, but unexpectedly, Aunt Chen nodded and readily said...