Rebirth: The Time-locked Girl
Chapter 377 Compensation, Apology, Kesi Silk Enter the Scene! [1 more]

Chapter 377: 377 Compensation, Apology, Kesi Silk Enter the Scene! [1 more]

The young deacon relayed Christine’s words verbatim to the organizers of the fashion show.

After his words hit the floor, the air suddenly tensed, leaving the entire office silent.

"..."

The chairman’s ears buzzed, almost doubting what he had heard; his smile was stiff and forced, "You... what did you say?"

"Three pieces of Shenzhou Kesi Silk, valued at thirty million each according to the market price," the young deacon did not repeat his previous words but continued, "Miss Christine said, rounding it up for you, that makes one hundred million yuan. Any problems with that?"

The secretary stood dumbfounded too, unable to believe what she had heard.

This was Pulling the Sky Company’s first time bringing Shenzhou’s manufacturing techniques into the Global Center. Prior to this, Pulling the Sky Company had primarily focused on the jewelry domain, and the three pieces of Kesi Silk had never been exposed before the show.

How could Miss Kristin, the President of the World Bank, who dealt with a myriad of matters daily, possibly know that Pulling the Sky Company had sent three pieces of Shenzhou Kesi Silk?!

The chairman’s brain went into severe deadlock, his body shuddering, "... rounding up?"

Was this really a matter of rounding up?

"Of course, if your side is willing to offer more compensation to Pulling the Sky Company, Miss Kristin would be more pleased," the young deacon smiled faintly. "Moreover, your side needs to apologize to Pulling the Sky Company on major social media platforms around the world. The responsibility for this fire lies entirely with your side."

Though he spoke with a smile, the oppressive feeling was overwhelming.

The chairman finally snapped back to reality, covered in cold sweat on his forehead and back.

Previously, there were major brand companies that had suppressed emerging new brands, and they had turned a blind eye to it all.

The world of the Global Center was like this, where without sufficient support and connections, one was left at the mercy of others.

Thus, the chairman naturally did not take Pulling the Sky Company’s demands seriously, even disdainfully mocking them.

But he never expected that Kristin Constans, President of the World Bank, would send someone directly to them!

The investment in the fashion show was two-thirds funded by Kristin. If she said no, then the fashion show really couldn’t continue.

"Your side has been silent all this while; is it that you are unwilling?" The young deacon saw that the chairman had not responded for a long time and slightly nodded, "Fair enough, I understand your arrogance."

With that, he turned to leave.

"No no no! Sir!" the chairman quickly jumped up, "Willing, of course we are willing! When Miss Kristin speaks, how could we possibly say ’no’?"

"So it seems, if Miss Kristin hadn’t spoken, you would have sustained this ’no’ all along?" the young deacon did not turn back, "I will report this point honestly to Miss Kristin."

Hearing this, the chairman nearly wept, "No no no, I didn’t mean that, I mean... we’ll apologize to Pulling the Sky Company right now! It will be synchronized globally, definitely global!"

He grabbed the desk phone, his fingers chaotically dialing Fang Qingli’s number.

"Hello, Miss Fang, terribly sorry, truly very sorry," the chairman had lost his earlier arrogance, speaking in a low humble tone, "The warehouse suddenly caught fire, it was truly due to our negligence, it’s all our fault. According to the market price, we will compensate you a total of one hundred million yuan, how do you find this proposal?"

The other party’s attitude changed so quickly that it surprised Fang Qingli. She looked at Ye Wanlan, "Sister Lan?"

Ye Wanlan took the phone, calmly saying, "One hundred million yuan?"

"If you are not satisfied, we can increase the amount!" the chairman’s cold sweat flowed even fiercer, "You see..."

"Then one hundred million it is," Ye Wanlan smiled, "What else?"

"We’ll also make a public apology," the chairman wiped his sweat, "Do you find that acceptable?"

"Acceptable, no problem," Ye Wanlan hung up the call, turned around, and raised an eyebrow, "Rich Sister’s reputation sure sounds loud everywhere."

Christine was earnestly eating her meal, looked up, "The law of the survival of the fittest is magnified a hundred times in the Global Center."

That’s why she had to climb to the top, to become a hunter, not to be prey to be devoured and torn apart.

"Sister Lan, the organizers work pretty fast," Fang Qingli exclaimed in surprise, "Just a few minutes have passed, and the apology statement is already up on the official website."

The apology statement was in two languages.

One was Chinese, the other was the globally used foreign language.

The wording was sincere, the apology intense.

[Am I going blind? The fashion show is actually apologizing to Pulling the Sky Company?]

[It’s like the sun rising from the west; I remember a severe incident three years ago, but the organizers didn’t make a sound then.]

[Could it be that Pulling the Sky Company is the most hidden one of all?]

But this apology statement had other major brand companies on alert.

Particularly Ou Ji’en, a top-tier brand that had planned this fire and stole the three pieces of Kesi Silk.

At this moment, in the office building of Ou Ji’en.

"They vanished," a middle-aged man spoke solemnly, "We sent people to check, there were signs of the Extreme Path."

Hearing this, others exchanged glances.

The Extreme Path Organization had usually only stepped in to help the guard team by dealing with evildoers they couldn’t resolve; when had they ever gotten involved in fashion-related matters?

"Once it’s in the hands of the Extreme Path, it probably would be hard..." a man spoke, "But at least our objective was achieved; Pulling the Sky won’t be able to participate in the grand show tomorrow."

The middle-aged man nodded and sighed, "It’s a pity we couldn’t get our hands on the Kesi Silk; if we could decipher the technique, there’d be nothing to worry about."

But there would be other days.

As long as Pulling the Sky Company wanted to open the door to international markets, they would have to face many risks.

It remained to be seen whether this new company could withstand them.

**

The following day, at ten in the morning, the annual Global Center Fashion Show officially kicked off.

The chairman hadn’t received any news of Pulling the Sky Company voluntarily withdrawing from the catwalk, and driven by Kristin’s authority, he had placed Pulling the Sky Company early in the sequence, just before the three major world’s top luxury brands.

This position, indeed, was quite important and noticeable.

But it could also possibly be overshadowed by the three top luxury brands, not even getting a chance to be noticed.

Music began, models entered the stage.

The live cameras were set up, starting to broadcast around the world.

In previous years, Shenzhou’s netizens weren’t concerned about the grand show, but this year with Pulling the Sky Company participating, many were glued to the big screen, listening to the commentary.

"This year’s top three luxury brands are fairly standard, not bad, but also didn’t present any eye-catching designs. Looking back at the last century, the three top luxury brands have even regressed quite a bit...

"In terms of ready-to-wear, Catika still exceeds them by a mile, Fu Yin Family’s bag line is undisputedly the world’s number one; their ready-to-wear line still needs a lot more effort."

As the models of the three major luxury brands were pushed off center stage, the music changed, and finally, the first Eastern-faced model appeared.

This stage was for showcasing ready-to-wear, and at this same moment, everyone’s attention was drawn to the exquisite Brocade on the model.

It was as if a galaxy was flowing on it, with moonlight spilling across.

Some people in the audience gasped; clearly, it was their first time seeing such a fabrication.

[My goodness, it really is Kesi Silk! Worthy of our Shenzhou’s manufacturing technology, so beautiful!]

[Scared me to death, I thought Pulling the Sky wouldn’t be able to appear today.]

[Strange, didn’t the organizers already apologize saying the Kesi Silk was destroyed in the fire? This is clearly intact.]

[Never mind that, I heard there are three pieces of Kesi Silk, the first one is already so eye-catching, looking forward to the next two!]

The secretary came to her senses, "Chairman, the clothes weren’t destroyed at all, they actually got them back!"

Seeing the first piece of Kesi Silk appear on the catwalk, how could the chairman not realize what had happened, his face turned livid, but he had no way to express his anger.

Even without the fire incident, Kristin had them gratuitously give Pulling the Sky Company one hundred million yuan, which they also had to comply with.

Apart from anything else, the fashion show needed her support to continue operating in the Global Center.

But with an unjustified expenditure of one hundred million yuan, the chairman still couldn’t swallow his resentment.