Chapter 876: Chapter 332: Hungover and a Chaotic Night (Part 3)
“In addition, the eldest son of the Brioni family arrived from Italy early this morning. The new chairman of the LV Group, upon learning of your strong friendship with the president, also expressed a keen desire to meet you. Furthermore, Ms. Kristen of Hermes has also arrived in Paris early this morning…”
Upon hearing Ray mention that so many people were waiting to see him, Zhou Wang couldn’t help but click his tongue.
He initially wanted to refuse directly, but then he thought of something else.
“When can Fel arrive in Paris?”
“The president boarded a private jet in New York last night, and is expected to arrive in Paris at around 11 a.m…”
Zhou Wang tapped his fingers a few times in response, pondered for a moment, and then said:
“Find a suitable place. In addition to those involved last night, I’ll give you another list, and you bring in the heads of those as well… Tell Fel that I’m waiting for him to join me for lunch.”
“Okay, Mr. Zhou, I’ll get on it right away!”
…
TikTok European Branch, Paris office.
Amid the overflowing aroma of coffee, what should have been the most energetic morning was now a spell of lethargy among the staff, who were sporadically glancing toward the company’s meeting room.
Inside, behind semi-transparent floor-to-ceiling glass, the company’s executives sat together, seemingly in a heated debate with the brand representatives on the other side. Even through the soundproofed meeting room, the aggressive gestures and expressions revealed that the meeting was not going well.
It was unclear how much time had passed, when suddenly the brand representatives on the other side stood up, and the door to the meeting room swung open. One female brand representative could be heard condescendingly speaking:
“Oh, dear Lu, believe me, the fact that we from the Brioni family are still willing to sit down and talk to you is already the greatest acknowledgment to you, but your insatiable demands disgust me. Perhaps when you wake up, we can schedule another time!”
“Lu, our conditions from the LV Group won’t change either… In fact, if it weren’t for TikTok showing considerable sincerity, we might not even consider sponsoring this event at all.”
“Perhaps you miscalculated from the start; if you insist this is a fair deal, maybe you should seek out other brands, perhaps like your Huaxia people’s proud ‘Noble Bird’?”
“David, the brand you’re referring to is called ‘Noble Bird’…”
“Oh, isn’t that name even stranger?”
Amid the final laughs from the brand representatives from Prada and Saint Laurent, everyone departed one by one.
After all the brand representatives left, Lu Wenqi, who had been silent on the other side of the conference table for some time, slammed the table hard, startling the executives nearby.
Realizing his loss of composure, Lu Wenqi let out a long sigh and waved his hand, saying, “Sorry, everyone, I might have startled you…”
“President Lu, we all understand your feelings. These brand representatives are indeed somewhat overbearing; each of them wants exclusive naming rights but none are willing to pay a penny in sponsorship. They had no sincerity from the start…”
Beside Lu Wenqi, Yu Dandan, also of Huaxia descent and Vice President of the European Company, said with a bitter smile.
“Perhaps, we really can only give up.”
Lu Wenqi rubbed his temples wearily, his voice somber as he said, “You’ve probably also heard that I’ve already submitted my resignation to the head office. Everyone, I don’t know how the head office will decide, but as colleagues for many years, I advise you all to prepare early…”
Everyone’s expressions grew somewhat dejected at his words.
The board of directors of the head office, due to the difficulties in expanding the European market, had already murmurs of “completely abandoning the European market,” something they all had heard.
“President Lu, no matter what, the head office needs to come up with a plan to resolve the current situation, right? We’ve already invested so much cost and effort for this Halloween event, can we just let it be like this?”
Yu Dandan said with some reluctance.
“Vice President Qiu, who is in charge of human resources at the company, did contact me, saying that a shareholder from the head office will arrive in Europe soon to help resolve this issue, but this isn’t Huaxia after all, and who knows who’ll come. This is just going through the motions; don’t take it too seriously…”
Lu Wenqi shook his head and let out a soft sigh.
Just as Yu Dandan was about to say something more, Lu Wenqi’s phone suddenly rang. Seeing the unfamiliar number, he originally didn’t want to answer, but after hesitating, he picked it up.
On the other end, a brisk yet slightly hoarse male voice spoke:
“Is this President Lu? Hello, I’m Zhou Wang.”