Three years later.
The sun shone brightly, and Tong City was rejuvenated.
The 68-story building of the Bo Group towered into the clouds, standing like a landmark in the most eye-catching golden area at the center of Tong City.
Qin Yan walked out of the conference room with a stack of docunts. Her assistant, An Ran, and secretary, Xiao Shen, imdiately held their breath, trying to put away the gossip magazine in front of them, but it was already too late.
"Director Qin..." An Ran timidly glanced at her, then quickly lowered her head.
Qin Yan set down the docunts and glanced at the cover of the magazine.
The man on the cover, as handso as he had been three years prior, had facial features that ti had made even more mature and attractive. Bo Yunshen wore a light blue shirt, the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, casually draping his arm around the woman beside him. He laughed uninhibitedly, as if he completely forgot he was married.
The woman beside Bo Yunshen was the latest favorite artist promoted by Bo Film Industry, tall and voluptuous—not particularly beautiful, but with a hint of Lin Man in her eyes and brows.
The magazine headline read: Tang Tian Spends the Night at Hai Wan Xiang Xie, Another Bo Group Lady Added.
"Tang Tian, is it? Her background isn't bad, just too overweight." Qin Yan's bright eyes swirled, her tone unusually calm, "Inform her agent that she needs to lose 20 kilograms; otherwise, our marketing departnt won't promote her."
An Ran and Xiao Shen were stunned. They thought that she would cry and be distressed, but they never expected her to be completely detached, as if nothing had happened.
Moreover, she subtly sabotaged the other party.
Tang Tian was a voluptuous type of actress, but her weight wouldn't exceed 100 kilograms even at her heaviest. If she lost 20 kilograms, with a height of 1.7 ters, weighing 80 kilograms, what would she look like?
If she couldn't slim down, and the marketing departnt didn't promote her, how was that different from being shelved?
As everyone knows, to make a mark in Bo Film Industry, artists must either please the Public Relations Departnt or the Marketing Departnt.
Director Lu of Public Relations and Director Qin were university classmates. If the Marketing Departnt didn't endorse her, Public Relations could ensure she faded into oblivion.
"What's the matter? Didn't you hear?" Qin Yan saw the two still frozen and tapped the table with her hand.
An Ran was sowhat worried and lowered her voice, "Director Qin, are you alright?"
Qin Yan's eyes dimd.
Was she alright?
If this had been three years earlier, she probably would have clung to this magazine and sunk into depression, not eating for days and nights. Ten years ago, she probably would have gone to a bar to drown her sorrows and ended up drunk.
But now, she truly was fine.
Even the deepest feelings couldn't withstand the erosion of ti.
Moreover, over these three years, besides the bone-deep despair and endless waiting that Bo Yunshen had given her, there was nothing else.
"I'm fine." Qin Yan straightened up, smiling even more brilliantly, "Rather, it's you guys. Luo Shen Bay is about to launch, and Mr. Bo needs to show his face. How are you explaining today's headlines to the dia? Quick, give Public Relations a heads up, so you don't mismatch stories and affect the launch."
An Ran looked shocked, "You an, the launch ceremony is going on as usual tomorrow?"
Qin Yan's eyes flickered, then she casually dropped two words, "As usual."
She stepped forward, then paused and turned back with a smile, "If possible, invite Tang Tian too. I hope the buzz around Luo Shen Bay is as big as it can be."
"Okay, I'll arrange it."
An Ran knew Qin Yan was a woman of her word, hurriedly agreeing and then, carrying the speech in her hands, she swiftly headed to the general manager's secretary office on the 68th floor.
...
"Mr. Bo, this is the speech just sent by the Marketing Departnt. The Marketing Departnt says that you are to attend the launch ceremony tomorrow as usual; no need to avoid it." Secretary Xu Lin handed the docunt over.
A hand with prominent knuckles reached out to take it, the leather band around his wrist complenting the veins on the back of his hand. Bo Yunshen glanced at the docunt, his usually calm eyes darkening slightly, "Qin Yan hasn't seen the magazine from this morning?"
"She has... she saw it," Xu Lin gritted his teeth.
"What was her reaction?" Bo Yunshen flipped through the docunt, asking nonchalantly.
"No reaction."
Xu Lin braced himself to answer.
Everyone knew of the tepid, almost estranged relationship between the couple.
Suddenly, Bo Yunshen's eyes deepened, sothing icy shattering inch by inch within the frozen pupils.
"The Marketing Departnt also said they hope Mr. Bo can bring Tang Tian for the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the bigger the presence, the better. Luo Shen Bay is the largest site in the eastern district, and Bo Real Estate's annual performance relies heavily on it." Xu Lin, thinking he had agreed, continued.
"Bring Tang Tian? Heh..."
A superficially affectionate laugh contained mockery, Bo Yunshen's lips pressed into thin daggers, "Is this the Marketing Departnt's suggestion, or Qin Yan's?"
Xu Lin's face changed slightly, lowering his head to reply, "It's Director Qin's suggestion."
"Director Qin?"
His tone filled with deeper scorn, Bo Yunshen's lips twitched, "A re Marketing Departnt director, and you all address her as Director Qin? Does everyone call her that?"
"Yes... yes," Xu Lin stood, his legs growing numb.
Director Qin, Director Qin...
Bo Yunshen lit a cigarette, took a deep draw, and exhaled lightly, half his face cloaked in swirling smoke, muttering self-mockingly.
That woman was really capable.
Not only had she threatened his mother while carrying soone else's child and easily married into the Bo Family.
Over these three years, she even gained his father's favor, personally sending her into Bo Group, climbing from a Marketing Manager to the Marketing Director, and even stepping onto the board of directors of Bo Group.
The once notorious, impoverished socialite from the Qin Family, not only was she not excluded by the terrifying noble corporate culture of Bo Group, but she had also successfully established her domain in the corporate world.
Bo Yunshen felt that this woman's scheming was too deep.
From driving away Manman three years ago, she had been plotting step by step. She didn't just want to marry him; she wanted to take everything from the Bo Family.
He wondered how she had ingratiated herself with the Bo Family, even earning incessant praise from his strict father.
"Mr. Bo?" Xu Lin, seeing him deep in thought, called out to him.
"Mhm."
Bo Yunshen's expression remained calm, not even a trace of the expected fury on his face.
"About the launch ceremony tomorrow, are you going? I rember you scheduled to et Mr. Gu for business."
"I am. Of course, I'm going." Bo Yunshen's gaze on Xu Lin was intense, "If I don't go, am I supposed to watch Luo Shen Bay's credits fall into soone else's pocket?"
Xu Lin's mouth twitched, wondering since when spouses could be referred to as "soone else."
He didn't dare contradict, rely nodding, "Alright, I'll arrange it."
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