A few minutes later, Avery's face was filled with disbelief and shock. She immediately found Melvin's number and made a call to him.
"Is there something you need, President Tate?" Melvin was slightly surprised to receive a call from her. "Have you eaten?"
"Melvin, I just saw your proposal and saw that you want to hire a spokesperson, which is fine by me, but why do you have to choose Eric out of all people? Don't you know he's my friend? If we reach out to him, he's definitely not going to take any money from us."
A few years ago, there had been a crisis in the Tate Industries and Eric had chosen to resume his job as an idol to support Tate Industries; not only did he write a song over the Tate Industries' drones, he even reviewed the drones on a video he posted on social media.
After that, Tate Industries had collaborated with Eric and Eric refused to accept any payment.
Avery knew how much Eric's effort was worth, and she refused to take advantage of him.
"President Tate, I know that you are friends with him. Close friends, at that. But let's be logical here. Eric Santos has the influence and popularity like no other idols. If we can get him to work with us, our sales will double or even more." Melvin was merely viewing the matter from a business point of view.
Though Avery understood that, she could not get herself to accept it.
"The influence of our products in the market is equivalent to his influence in show business. Who else should we hire?" Melvin asked.
Avery was not certain if she felt like crying or laughing. "Melvin, you don't have to praise our products to that extent. It's not good to be too arrogant."
"I'm simply stating a fact, President Tate. If you don't want to talk to Eric, I can do it."
"What's the difference, Melvin? It's not like Eric doesn't know I've returned to Tate Industries. You are putting me in a very difficult position." Avery felt a sharp pain in her head.
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