With her head down, Hannah hears the sudden call. Then she gives a blank look before standing up,"Ah?"
"Come here," Rose beckons to her gently.
Everyone in the conference room is looking at her.
"Who is she?"
"She might be the new assistant, the one always in the break room and copy room."
"Assistant? What does Rose ask her for?"
"..."
With a lot of doubt around, Hannah is also at a loss. She closes her hard-faced notebook and walks towards Rose.
"In our field, both hard work and talents are wanted. You have talents, but it is not enough. You need to work hard all the time. Otherwise, no matter how much inspiration you have, it will eventually be exhausted. When I talk about how to design the autumn and winter series, all of you just staring at me blankly, except Hannah who is the only one writing and drawing with her head down, thinking about what I say." Rose pats Hannah on the shoulder. "Come on, tell them what you wrote in the notebook."
Hannah is frozen, "In fact, I didn't write anything important, just something casual."
"Go ahead. We are just brainstorming right now. Anyone who has a good idea can speak up and discuss it together."
"I really didn't write anything important..." Hannah looks embarrassed.
"Don't be afraid, I know your talent."
Anna, Rose’s assistant, suddenly grabs her notebook, "Don’t be shy."
"Hey…” Hannah fails to stop her, and the notebook has already been opened by Anna.
She could clearly see Anna’s face turn dark. Anna lifts the corner of her mouth and gives Rose a look, suggesting her speechlessness.
"What happened?" Rose takes a look, and then her smile is frozen.
On that hard-faced notebook, there is a page of little tortoises, with different expressions and actions, crying or laughing, sitting or lying down...
This is what Hannah just brainstormed.
"I said, I really didn't write anything...you don't believe me." Hannah mutters in a low voice.
Everyone is curious about her notebook, and all of them stretch their heads to see, but Anna closes Hannah’s notebook suddenly.
Rose coughs on purpose to draw their attention, "Nothing important. Besides the bad news just now, I also have good news, but I hope the good news will give you inspirations rather than relief." With her words, Rose glances at Anna, "Send these copies to everyone."
The stack of folders piled on the conference table is handed out by Anna to the designers in the front row of the conference table.
Hannah doesn’t get one, so she doesn’t know what is inside. She has always been standing beside Rose, staring at her notebook nervously.
Is her mind wandering during the meeting going to be her biggest failure on her way of conquering Shahbaz Group? Will she be fired right after the meeting ends?
After they get the copied manuscripts, one after another, they open them. The meeting room is filled with the sound of paper fluttering one after another for an instant, with the sound of surprise and exclamation. "Whose design is this?"
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