Chapter 238: Chapter 235: The Situation
"Raymond!"
It was already 3:50 in the afternoon when Elliana Lyle ran into Raymond Wood’s hurried figure in the hallway and immediately called out to stop him.
Upon hearing the voice, Raymond stopped, turned around to look at her, and hurriedly walked towards her.
"Miss Lyle, do you need something?"
"Are you busy?" Seeing Raymond walking so urgently, she figured he had something going on. She originally didn’t want to stop him, but her mouth acted faster than her mind.
Raymond looked at his watch, then at Elliana, and promptly said, "Miss Lyle, could you help me deliver this document to the conference room? I’m quite tied up at the moment."
This document was quite important, and it was better for Elliana to deliver it rather than someone else. After all, even if Elliana saw it, it wouldn’t matter much.
"Ah?" She took the folder absentmindedly but agreed anyway.
On the way to the conference room, whether due to hurried running or the papers not being secured, several sheets slipped out of the folder onto the floor!
In shock, she quickly crouched down to pick them up. Although the documents weren’t damaged, they were out of order.
Fortunately, they were numbered, so she began to organize them one by one.
She inadvertently saw the words Will Global Films and Roland.
Maybe it was curiosity that compelled her to take a closer look.
The collaboration between Will Global Films and Roland Brokerage Company will have a groundbreaking impact on the domestic film industry.
Among them...
After glancing over it, she understood what it meant. It seemed this collaboration with Roland was putting considerable pressure on Melody Harmony’s Radiant Light.
After all, Will Global Films held many star resources, and Roland had recently produced several overnight sensation movie stars, including Lily Clarke signing with Roland just days ago.
Roland was truly peaking now, as a single Will Global Films had revitalized it.
After tidying up, she hurried to the conference room, arriving just as Norman Bennett reached the conference room door.
"Norman, Raymond asked me to deliver these documents to you," she said.
The man frowned at the documents, took them from her, and said, "If you’re tired, go take a nap. I’ll take you out for dinner at six."
"Okay, you go ahead with your work." She knew the man was busy, so she didn’t disturb him further.
Returning to the office, she entered the break room to start memorizing her lines and practicing.
She had seen it — if Radiant Light wanted breakthroughs in the film industry, it needed talents that could bring such breakthroughs to the company.
Maybe, if she worked hard, she could become that breakthrough artist for Melody Harmony.
Even though she had started her own business, she still had a cooperative relationship with Melody Harmony’s Radiant Light — their fates were intertwined.
...
———Conference room.
The meeting lasted for two hours, and it was now already past six.
Although there weren’t many issues, it took a long time to find the most suitable solution.
"President, perhaps we could collaborate with Bright Tower Corporation," someone suggested, bringing others into contemplation.
Nowadays, most domestic industries wanted to suppress Melody Harmony, and the most representative was The Bennetts.
Originally, Melody Harmony was negotiating collaboration with East Glory Group as a strategy to handle the crisis from Roland and Will Global Films’ collaboration.
However, The Bennetts involved East Glory in a losing deal with 2% of The Bennetts’ shares.
This naturally made it impossible for Melody Harmony and East Glory to continue negotiations.
Before Norman Bennett could reject this proposal, someone else said, "President, I think it’s not feasible. Bright Tower Corporation primarily deals in selling tea, and collaborating with them won’t benefit us currently."
This was exactly what Norman had in mind, and moreover, Bright Tower’s conditions were all detrimental to Melody Harmony.
He had no intention of allowing anyone else to buy shares in Melody Harmony, especially a shady company like Bright Tower.
All the discussions were still just theory, without any practical proposals.
Meanwhile, Norman had placed his focus on Elliana, and had already agreed to Felix Hughes’ filming collaboration.
At that moment, the vice president spoke: "The ’Interstellar Immigrants’ that Yates Zander and the president’s wife are currently filming could be our turning point. As long as we get through this transition period, our film market will be promising."
After all, Melody Harmony didn’t rise from the film industry. Although it once showed trends and signs of doing so, the company was too unstable back then to focus on films.
Naturally, it couldn’t compare to other film companies now. While Melody Harmony had fewer artists, each was a household name.
Especially Yates Zander, who even at the peak of his popularity, did not choose to switch companies.
Even though Melody Harmony didn’t have many resources to offer then, Yates still chose to renew with White Goose Studios.
...
Office.
Elliana was standing by the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing into the distance. Although high-rise buildings blocked the horizon, it still brought her peace.
Two hours of self-rehearsal seemed a bit dry and tedious, so she stepped out to catch some fresh air and relax.
Thud, thud thud!
Click~
The door opened. Raymond knew Norman wasn’t in, but he still knocked. He walked in carrying a pile of documents.
Seeing Elliana there, he wasn’t surprised, "Miss Lyle."
"Hmm," Elliana nodded slightly in acknowledgment and then asked, "Raymond, are you busy?"
Raymond felt that Elliana asking him this surely meant something, so he said, "Not too busy. Do you need something, Miss Lyle?"
"It’s nothing major. I just wanted to ask about Supervisor Huang in the design department?"
"Upright and dedicated to his work," Raymond replied, then asked, "Did something happen?"
After all, Elliana wouldn’t have asked about this out of the blue.
Having gotten the answer, she felt assured and casually replied, "Nothing, I just ran into him today, so I thought I’d ask."
To avoid raising suspicions with Raymond, she continued, "How about the head of the sales department?"
Raymond immediately dismissed his doubts. Since she was inquiring about each department head, he just assumed she was bored.
...
At 6:40, Norman Bennett returned, a slight frown indicating a bad mood, likely due to work troubles.
But when he looked at her, his expression visibly improved.
"Hungry?" he asked as he walked over, gently ruffling her hair.
She nodded, "Hungry. If you’re busy, we can order takeout."
In a gentle voice, he said, "I’m not busy. What do you want to eat?"
"Seafood porridge hotpot." Why did she blurt it out? Because she had just browsed takeout options, and although she didn’t order, the pictures of seafood porridge hotpot made her drool.
Although it didn’t have the spicy kick of beef in butter hotpot, seafood porridge hotpot was fresh, full of crabs and shrimp, and even abalone and sea cucumber.
Light yet delicious, and she knew the man liked mild food.
She’d never had beef in butter hotpot with Norman, nor even the two-flavor hotpot.
"Okay." He agreed immediately, gently tucking her hair behind her ear, then said, "After dinner, I’ll take you for a haircut."
"Norman, you’re finally letting me cut my hair?" she was a bit surprised. Looks like she won’t have to cut her own hair tomorrow, though she wouldn’t do that anyway.
She had made up her mind to keep Bangs to the Side. If she didn’t want them, she could clip them behind her ears without any fuss.