Chapter 1187: Chapter 1187 Elbows Turn Outward
Song Zishan then turned her somewhat stiff neck, âSo, the reason I didnât get a bouquet of flowers when we came over yesterday, and Fashion Passionâs receptionist didnât send me one, wasnât because the staff forgot, but because all the flowers were piled up at the entrance of Su Wenâs new store?â
Lu Jianan gave a bitter smile and did not answer.
She found it difficult to answer, but the implication was clear.
âHeh!â Song Zishan sneered, âIt seems I misunderstood those people I fired yesterday.â
Lu Jianan widened her eyes, âYou fired people yesterday just because they didnât prepare flowers?â
âWas I wrong? As the new boss, shouldnât my first official appearance be greeted with flowers and applause?â Song Zishanâs sense of entitlement was evident as she said sarcastically, âSince weâre in the fashion magazine business, we need to have some style. Otherwise, I might as well think I was going to the countryside to transplant rice seedlings!â
Lu Jianan pursed her lips, wanting to say something but was quickly interrupted by Song Zishan.
âAlright, stop lecturing me. Iâm just asking for a little more to make the work go smoother later on! Iâm not wrong either, it was indeed their lack of preparation. I notified them well in advance of my arrival, why didnât they prepare? If they donât have that much work capacity, they deserve to be fired.â
âOkay! But try not to be so impulsive in the future.â
âFine, I get it,â Song Zishan said impatiently. She was losing patience with Lu Jianan more and more, but she knew Lu Jianan meant well and so she barely listened.
âHmm!â
Lu Jianan was at a loss for words. Saying too much would annoy Zishan, but keeping silent made her feel that Zishanâs actions were wrong. She couldnât agree but always felt the need to remind Zishan, knowing that it wasnât right not to point out a friendâs mistakes.
If she couldnât help her friend grow and progress, but instead blandly watched her make mistakes, wouldnât she become a bad influence?
But saying something, Zishan wouldnât want to listen.
Lately, Lu Jianan had also been in a bad mood, even feeling disgusted.
âWhen did you say Su Wen was going to open her store?â After asking nonchalantly, Song Zishan glanced down at the trash bin, her eyes stung by the prominent Su family brand logo on the newspaper. âNo, thatâs not just opening a store, thatâs establishing her own brand.â
She couldnât swallow her pride; Song Zishan had never suffered such a big loss before, yet it kept happening to her at the hands of Su Wen. She had used so much of her connections and favors to publish her own book, but due to her cousinâs meddling, the sales were terrible, and so much stock was unsold, causing her to lose money.
Losing money was one thing; she didnât lack for money. But losing face was intolerable.
Now she had bought Ai Shang magazine and hadnât even had the chance to show off before being upstaged again, making her lose face.
Lu Jianan did not speak.
âWhatâs wrong?â Seeing Lu Jiananâs silence, Song Zishan immediately became suspicious, âDid you know about this beforehand? I remember now, Su Wen was at your film studio last month for casting. You knew about this, right? Did you deliberately hide it from me?â
âI⊠I knew she was going to open a store, but I didnât know it was like this.â Lu Jianan thought she had already given Su Wen enough credit, but she hadnât expected that Su Wenâs idea of opening a store was to establish her own brand company, and moreover, one that sold luxury goods unaffordable to ordinary people.
What surprised her even more was the businessâs instant success, with demand outstripping supply. She had learned of the opening sooner than Zishan. She knew that Xu Junfeng and Dong Na were attending the opening. She didnât have time to go yesterday, but she made a special trip this morning, hoping to buy a bag, only to find none in stock. She could do nothing but leave her address and pay a deposit to reserve one.
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