chapter 22 Opportunities for promotion

After dinner, Penelope and I took Father Ban outside the community. The hotel where Father Ban lives is across the road, but he will have to leave tomorrow morning. Before Father Ban left, I asked him: "Father Ban, when will you come to Suzhou next time?" "Come when you have time. I'll bring you some rice and flour next time you come."Father Ban replied. When Father Ban emphasized you, I felt helpless again. When he comes next time, I will have already left Penelope's house and wandered in no corner of the city. In fact, I don't want Father Ban to come to Suzhou. , because my failure and my downfall always make me feel extremely guilty when facing him. The Father Ban warned me again and said, "Remember to fix the leaking water pipe when you go back later." "I remember." The Father Ban nodded, patted my shoulder, then turned and left without saying another word. Looking at Father Ban leaving back, I knew what he wanted to say to me, but he didn't say it out loud because he didn't want to put too much psychological burden on me. I lit a cigarette, feeling an unstoppable feeling of disappointment in my heart. Today, Wesley and Zoey got married, and Jian Wei became Brian's girlfriend, but I might as well not mention it. I thought: I should go back and pack my luggage, and find a corner of this city where I can live but not live tomorrow night. Penelope went upstairs before me, and I finished smoking a cigarette before going back. After entering the house, I found the tool box and replaced the leaking water pipe that Father Ban. I also checked some other places to make sure there were no hidden dangers. Then I returned to my room and packed my luggage. I don't know when Penelope stood at the door of my room. She asked me: "Have you fixed the water pipe that just leaked?" "Well, I've checked other places as well. In the future, if the water pipes in your home are broken or you need to change light bulbs or something, just call me and I'll help you." I said as I put the guitar in in the box. "Oh, but there are still cockroaches in the house. Is there any way you can get rid of them?" I smiled and joked with Penelope: "You can drive away a big and vigorous person like me, but you still can't handle a few small cockroaches?" Penelope said nothing, just looked at me. "I'm kidding you. I'll buy some insecticide powder and sprinkle it on the bathroom after get off work tomorrow. It's almost winter, and cockroaches are generally not active anymore, so you don't have to worry." "oh." Penelope went back to her room again. I was still packing half of my luggage. I sat on the bed and rested, looking around again. I took out a cigarette from the cigarette case but didn’t light it after all. I’m such a jerk. For a long time, when you leave, you should be a person who keeps your word, even though it is just a trivial thing. I put the cigarette into the cigarette case again, and I lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling habitually, emptying my mind and not wanting to think about what happened at noon. The next day, I went to work step by step. I had another appointment with i's representative today. This was the last contact before i set up a counter in our mall. If everything goes well, I will have a short respite. Since then, Wesley Leave the burden of i to me, I have been working overload. The i-party representative and I stood in the square of the shopping mall to discuss advertising space. The representative of i asked me: "The advertising space in the center of the south gate that you promised must be implemented as soon as possible to cooperate with our opening promotion." "It's definitely no problem. We have reserved this advertising space for you a long time ago. Your entry will also improve the operating level of our mall to a certain extent. The mall's high-quality resources will definitely be given to you, international first-tier brands, first. in use." The representative of i nodded and said: "We, i, are willing to enter your mall because we saw your sincerity in the project. Your Boli Department Store in Suzhou ." "Yes." I responded, but I didn't want to say too many flattering words. The representative from i walked around the mall when she suddenly stopped and looked at the promotional poster placed in the middle of the aisle. "Ms. Zhao, what's wrong?" I was a little confused. The set of promotional posters she was looking at were the ones taken by Maya. "What do you think of this graphic model?" she asked me. "She has a strong lens sense and is very malleable. Her temperament and appearance are relatively international, and she can artistically create advertising images for products. By the way, she is also a quarter of Italian descent." I answered truthfully. "That's quite a coincidence. Our i is an Italian brand. Are you familiar with her?" I was stunned for a moment before replying: "We can be considered friends." Miss Zhao nodded and looked at Maya on the poster, and then said to me for a moment: "I think her image and temperament are in line with our product positioning. Please contact her to help us shoot a set of promotional posters for the opening." I was a little confused and said, "I'm afraid not. She is filming in Hengdian and she probably won't have time in the past few months." Miss Zhao frowned and said: "I don't want to hear words like "I'm afraid, should". Your answer will make me question the execution ability of your mall. We have already negotiated this step, and I don't want such a small thing to affect us. partnership between them.” Such a straightforward threat made me feel uncomfortable, but thinking that this project was related to Wesley's career prospects, I didn't have an attack, but I instinctively didn't want to contact Maya. Furthermore, to shoot such a promotional poster, I might have to go to other places for filming. It cannot be completed in a day or two, and as Maya joins the crew as a newcomer, it is impossible for the whole drama to fit in with her time. As Maya, she naturally treats filming as a top priority. I asked her to come back, not to make it difficult. She. "Ms. Zhao, I'll try my best to contact her, but I can't guarantee whether I can make time for you." I responded, but I had no intention of contacting Maya. Miss Zhao waved her hand impatiently and said, "Forget it, I won't embarrass you about this matter. I'll go talk to your manager Chen." After that, she left me and walked to the office area alone. As expected, after returning to the office for a while, the manager's office called me to inform me to come over. I felt unsatisfied again. This was obviously using my superiors to pressure me. For a junior employee like me, she was too lazy to talk too much nonsense to me. I entered the manager's office. The manager, Kyle, was sitting in his office chair with a displeased look on his face. "I'm here, Manager Chen." "Do you know why I'm looking for you?"Kyle asked me with a cold face. "I don't know." I responded negatively. Kyle tapped his fingers on the table and his voice was a little higher: "Maxwell, why are you so confused about the situation? i is the eighth international first-line brand to enter our mall. Do you know what this means to our mall? This means that according to international rating standards, it is a milestone that our mall has officially reached the top category B level of department stores." "Manager, I know it even if you don't ask yourself." Kyle suppressed his anger and said to me: "If something unexpected happens at this critical moment, not only you, but our entire planning department will be left with nothing to lose." "Don't embarrass me. If the graphic model can't arrange the schedule, what can I do? Let's talk about this project of setting up a counter in our mall. Both parties have invested a lot of human resources. For such small things as promotional posters, It won’t ruin the cooperation that has been discussed for so long.” "Before the contract is officially signed, no one can take any chances. Other shopping malls are eyeing the i brand. It is not ruled out that i will temporarily terminate the cooperation plan."Kyle said with an increasingly serious expression. I continued to say helplessly: "Even if the company fires me, I can't guarantee this matter." Kyle stared at me for a long time with a hair-raising look, and said: "I'm afraid there is something you don't know yet. The board of directors attaches great importance to the establishment of a counter in our company. If the counter can be successfully opened, we will There will be major personnel changes in the planning department. Wesley, as the direct person in charge of the entire project, has the opportunity to take the position of deputy manager of the planning department, and you have a great chance to replace Wesley and become the leader of the copywriting and planning team."