Raising his head and seeing David just standing there, Louis frowns, "Don't you understand what I said?"
"Mr. Smith, are you serious?" David looks at Louis in shock, "Besides being the face of three international brands, she can also star in two movies with huge investment? Famous leading actresses can't always star in movies of this kind."
He ventures a guess, "Mr. Smith, are you trying to help Ms. Lily because of HS Company's limited budget? Have you broken up with Ms. Lily or not?"
"Just do as I say." Louis squints, saying in an unhappy tone, "As for the reason, I don't need to tell you."
David reminds him, "Mr. Smith, the senior management of Merci Company will know it."
"So?"
David is tongue-tied.
'Got it!'
'Mr. Smith puts his company aside to help Ms. Lily. What else can I say?'
David sighs deeply and goes back to work.
He contacts the senior management of Best Taste Entertainment to tell them what Louis wants them to do, and then calls the promising young actress’ agent.
When the agent knows that her actress can be three luxury brands' ambassador and star in two movies and that the Smith Group will cover the additional fee, she agrees to sign the contract for her actress to make a three-minute video. She feels overjoyed because it's a stroke of luck.
Louis has given the opportunity to the actress for no reason. Afraid that other people in the company would be suspicious of her relationship with Louis, David spreads the word, telling people that it has nothing to do with Louis. It's exhausting.
And David has done all of this for Mr. Smith!
After he finishes his work and returns to his office to take a break, Sofia comes in with documents.
She looks beautiful, slender and capable in the white shirt and suit trousers.
"They're last quarter's documents. The data has been checked." Sofia puts the documents on the table. Seeing that David is exhausted, she asks, "I haven't seen you in the company in the last two days. Do you have a lot of things to do?"
"Yes." David picks up a cup of coffee and takes a few sips before replying, "The promotion plan for the new perfume of HS Company has been finalized. A young actress of Best Taste Entertainment has been chosen to be the face."
Sofia feels curious, "Then someone of Best Taste Entertainment should communicate with HS Company. Why put you in charge?"
David hesitates for a moment. Thinking that it's not a secret and that Sofia's also a member of the Smith Group, he hands the document to her, "HS Company's funds are limited. It can only pay the actress three million to make the video."
"Is that so?" Sofia glances over the document and says to David, "I heard that HS Company signed a valuation adjustment mechanism with Merci Company of the Smith Group. The Smith Group is doing something that would have an adverse effect on the mechanism. Does the senior management of Merci Company agree to do so?"
David shrugs, saying with a helpless face, "It's Mr. Smith's decision. They can't disagree. I'm wondering whether Mr. Smith still loves Ms. Lily."
Lowering her eyes, Sofia smiles and says in a soft tone, "He may want to make amends to Ms. Lily. When the Smith Group was involved in the family fighting, it was Ms. Lily who was running the Smith Group. Current success of the Smith Group can be partly credited to her."
"If the perfume doesn't get popular, HS Company will fail in the mechanism, and Ms. Lily is most likely to be dismissed. Mr. Smith doesn't want to see that. He helps her because they had a relationship."
David agrees with Sofia.
'Mr. Smith and Ms. Lily have parted ways. It must because of the old days.'
'However, Mr. Smith has helped her too many times after the breakup, doesn't he?
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