Estelle spoke calmly, but in reality, her mood wasnât much better than the assistantâs. If she hadnât been angry, she wouldnât have returned to the office and asked the assistant to find all the documents from companies that had recently submitted collaboration applications.
However, the problem was that after she reviewed all the invitations, when it came to the prestige of the brands, none of them compared to the previous chocolate advertisement.
Accepting such a second-best offer was worse than not accepting any at all.
Otherwise, after the official announcement, the other party would probably hire a bunch of internet trolls to say thatâs all they were fit to endorseâsome low-grade products.
Rong Yan looked at the office filled with gloom, everyoneâs faces downcast as if it was all over for her. With a helpless snort, she broke the oppressive atmosphere of the office. She walked over, slung her arms over two peopleâs shoulders, and said lightly, âDonât be too anxious. Being anxious now is useless. Rong Weiweiâs status is higher than mine; if she wants to step on me in terms of status, thereâs nothing I can do about it.â
The young assistant was still not over it, âBut we canât let them release a false public statement like that, Iâm still furious! By what right does she persuade the brand to say our status isnât enough? Didnât they understand our status before they came to talk to us about collaboration? It was clearly them who actively sought us out for collaboration, and now they turn around and go back on their word, biting us back by saying our status isnât enough, that their brand considered it and found us unsuitable, wanting to change persons. Hmph! They had already hooked up with HuanYu and decided to go with Rong Weiwei. Not only did they breach the contract, but they also threw the blame on us, making it seem as if we donât live up to their brand!â
What infuriated Estelle was precisely this point. Hearing the assistantâs words, she massaged her temples and said with gravity to Rong Yan, âI checked all the brands that have approached us recently, and either they are micro-businesses or their products donât match your public image. For now, we canât find a suitable brand to compete with the previous one.â
Some brands are not terrible per se, but the key lies in the product. For Rong Yanâs first advertisement, she couldnât possibly accept a sanitary pad endorsement.
If her first advertisement turned out to be for sanitary pads, it would then be difficult for Rong Yan to make progress in the fashion circle. As her agent, I would definitely not sacrifice my artistâs future just to make quick money.â
Putting aside those down-to-earth brands and products, the remaining unverified products were even less acceptable. Rong Yanâs reputation had always been controversial; accepting the endorsement for a brand thatâs even more controversial now would be handing HuanYu and Rong Weiwei an opportunity to sling mud.
This wonât do, that wonât work. I now have a splitting headache, filled with self-reproach and discomfort, âIâm sorry. In the end, this is my responsibility. I shouldnât have blindly trusted them at the start, which led to this situation.â
Rong Yan wanted to comfort her that it wasnât a big deal, that every problem has a solution, and that if her status wasnât enough now, it would be eventually. There was no need to make herself miserable just because Rong Weiwei deliberately provoked her.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
But Estelle seemed to be caught up in self-blame. After she made her apology, she stood up with her phone and said, âIâll contact some brand representatives who have a good relationship with me, to see if theyâre in need of someone.â
No matter what, she had to find a resource for Rong Yan that could compete with that national chocolate brand, even if it wasnât an endorsement. She had to put up a fight with Rong Weiwei at least in terms of public appearance; otherwise, she couldnât get over it herself.
âEstelle,â Rong Yan called out, unable to hold her back as her own phone rang. There was no choice but to answer the call first.