E-Ladies: Navigating the Wired World
Chapter 167: Episode 167: Who Allowed You to Touch the Sample?

Chapter 167: Episode 167: Who Allowed You to Touch the Sample?

A few minutes later, Chen Yue sat beside Zhou Xueyin with three contracts in hand, "Actually, Philip was prepared to allocate 800W in advertising fees for you, but . . . I apologize, I misjudged. This is the contract he left that’s already signed. You just need to sign here as Party B, and that’s it . . . "

"It’s okay. It’s normal not to trust a company that operates in the BBS format. After all, there are quite a few shell companies out there . . . " Zhou Xueyin said, self-deprecating.

After all, she had edged past a shell company herself and knew this area all too well.

"It’s not entirely because of that. Mainly, I thought that social media’s reputation couldn’t match that of major websites . . . " Chen Yue revealed her concerns, "I just didn’t expect that you could really pull off vehicular advertising . . . It was my mistake."

"It was really just good luck . . . I’ll check the contract now."

It turned out to be a case of undervaluing someone. As soon as they knew her side had dealt with upper-tier clients before, their attitude changed completely.

Don’t these people do their research? Isn’t it better to check out the advertising agency’s background rather than go around offending people by rejecting them?

Or do they not know that one can check a company’s details on the Internet now? That’s pretty backward.

Zhou Xueyin muttered to herself internally.

’An advance payment of 300W, a product demonstration fee of 300W, and a final payment of 200W . . . That’s a total of 800W? All from this one order? Big companies really are different, so wealthy!’ She excitedly thought to herself, With this 800W of advertising fees, this year’s revenue will be more than triple last year’s! There’s hope for a year-end bonus now!

"Ms. Zhou, is there any problem with the contract? If not, please sign it. By Christmas, the advertisement could have a spot, right?" Chen Yue switched from her previously aloof demeanor to a much humbler one.

"No problem at all, even if you said next month, we could still manage!" Zhou Xueyin said as she signed the contract.

"No need to rush that much, going up for the Christmas season is fine! We’re planning some offline Christmas events as well, we can coordinate them together."

"Okay! Then for everything else, I’ll come directly to you?" After Zhou Xueyin finished signing, she closed the contract and handed it to Chen Yue.

"Yes! I’ll go get the stamp! It’s a pleasure doing business with you!" The other party extended her hand.

"A pleasure doing business!" Zhou Xueyin hurriedly shook her hand.

’Phew . . . Got it! Done! What a relief . . .’ Despite being aligned with multinationals now, high-end brands could still be quite snobbish.

If it wasn’t for the impressive projects her company had done before, securing this 800W deal might have indeed been difficult!

Thank you, Liu He, thank you, Li Yiyang!

Zhou Xueyin silently thanked them in her heart.

"By the way, Ms. Zhou, these are gifts from Philip for you to handle this Christmas season’s photoshoot . . . " Chen Yue came back with the contract, followed by three people, each carrying a stack of boxes so high, "There are a total of 15 individual products . . . you can combine them as you wish!"

"Oh right, this is a sample loan confidentiality form, you need to fill this out . . . " Chen Yue brought over another sheet of paper.

Indeed, with 15 samples, all of them unreleased new products, if their designs were to leak into the market, they would surely attract counterfeiters, making secrecy measures absolutely essential!

After signing the contract and completing the confidentiality agreement, Zhou Xueyin took the 15 boxes back to the company.

"Hello? Xiaojing? Can you do me a favor and bring two guys down to help me move some stuff?" As she was approaching the Silver Net Building, Zhou Xueyin made a call to Wei Jingzhu.

boxes, neither too big nor too small, were definitely not something she could handle on her own up to the office...

As soon as the car arrived at the building, Zhou Xueyin saw Wei Jingzhu, Zhao Kai, and Guo Yu waiting at the entrance, which truly felt like seeing family.

After parking the car, Zhou Xueyin called the three of them over to help take out the 15 boxes from the car and move them to the 20th-floor conference room.

To prevent tampering, Zhou Xueyin specially printed a warning: "Products for company photography, unauthorized use prohibited without permission!"

She then took Wang Simo with her to seek Liu Ruidong’s permission to use a conference room on the 10th floor, A block, preparing to set it up as a photography studio.

Before leaving, Zhou Xueyin also specifically instructed Li Jiniang to help keep an eye on the things in the conference room, making sure no one, especially Zhang Yongzhong, touched them.

However, by the afternoon, Zhang Yongzhong had still sneakily entered the conference room, eyeing the luxurious products in the boxes.

"Products for company photography, prohibited from unauthorized use?" How come I wasn’t informed about this? When did we get a deal with Barbour? Or are these actually knock-offs?" Zhang Yongzhong tossed the warning paper aside and directly opened a box.

"Che, They are clearly knock-offs, shoddy and off-colored... These things definitely aren’t worth much. They must be for comparative review. I doubt they would mind if I took one to use!" Zhang Yongzhong thought presumptuously.

Without anyone’s consent, he took the men’s bag he had opened.

Li Jiniang, who had been keeping an eye on the office, had to move to the window to get a better signal while on a call with a client and didn’t notice Zhang Yongzhong taking the bag.

Not only did this person take a bag, but he also opened the other boxes and took away the clothes and other women’s bags he fancied...

When Zhou Xueyin and Wang Simo returned to take the products to the studio, they were completely stunned...

"Jixiang! Who has been in the office? Half of the products prepared for the photo shoot are missing!" Zhou Xueyin frantically rushed out of the conference room.

"No one though? I’ve been watching the conference room... No one went in..." Li Jiniang was also stunned, unable to understand how someone could have sneaked in and taken the items unnoticed.

"Oh no! Around 4 PM, I had to answer a call from a client, and because the signal at my desk was poor, I went to the window to talk. But I did glance at the conference room now and then..." Li Jiniang still found it all very mysterious.

"Anyone else? Did you see anyone go in?" Zhou Xueyin anxiously asked everyone.

"Go in? Go where?" Zhang Yongzhong’s voice came calmly, "You mean the conference room? Where did you get all those knock-offs from?"

"Knock-offs? Man! Those are genuine products! I borrowed them from Barbour for the photoshoot! You... how could you just open them and put them on? Take them off right now! These clothes, these bags, are they for your use? Wouldn’t you ask before you touch other people’s stuff? For someone of your age, you lack any manners at all!"

Zhou Xueyin took a closer look, and darn it, Zhang Yongzhong was decked from head to toe in Barbour products.

Plaid scarves, patchwork-style coats, British-style shoes, and even the bag in his hand!

"They are genuine? Oh no, I even packed and shipped the ladies’ bags. I sent them to my wife back home..." Zhang Yongzhong, after hearing Zhou Xueyin’s words, also felt he might have made a mistake.

"Shipped?" Zhou Xueyin, pointing her finger at Zhang Yongzhong, was holding back from exploding on him due to his older age, "You, just wait... I need to chase down the courier first!"