Chapter 19: The Cold-Faced CEO Is Quite Considerate

She picked up the digestive tablets on the table, tore open the package, and put one in her mouth. She chewed it slowly, a smile unconsciously curving her lips. “I didn’t expect the cold-faced CEO to be quite considerate.”

She had overeaten at noon and had no appetite for dinner. She ate some fruit but didn’t eat dinner.

She opened her computer and browsed the freelance platform website. She couldn’t take any design draft orders, so she had to do some part-time jobs to support herself.

She confirmed a part-time job for tomorrow, wearing a mascot costume to hand out flyers outside the mall. It paid ten yuan per hour. She never took part-time jobs that suited her. Whatever part-time job paid the most, she would do it. It didn’t matter if it was hard or tiring, as long as the pay was good.

Just as she was about to contact the staff to sign up, she received an email. The email address was the one she used to take design draft orders.

She clicked on it.

The email content was that the other party needed ten design drafts. Below the text were the design elements and characteristics.

The transaction amount was one hundred thousand yuan…

Ten design drafts for one hundred thousand yuan. Jian Ruo Ci’s first instinct was that the other party was either crazy or playing a prank on her.

Although Jian Ruo Ci was quite famous in the jewelry design circle, she wasn’t worth one hundred thousand yuan per design draft yet.

The other party must be a scammer, definitely a scammer!

She closed the email window. This was definitely a big scam. There was no such thing as a pie falling from the sky.

She was about to change her part-time job and sign up when Jian Ruo Ci received a text message.

She picked up her phone. It was from the bank. She had a remittance…

One hundred thousand yuan…

This… could it really be a pie falling from the sky?

She was incredulous. Could such a good thing happen to her?

Thinking about how sophisticated scammers were nowadays, this might be a new type of scam.

Suddenly having a windfall in her account, anyone would be flustered.

She was about to call the police when her phone rang. Her first reaction was that it was the scammer calling.

She looked at the phone number on her phone screen. It matched the phone number in the email. Scammers were getting bolder these days.

She believed that pies could fall from the sky, but she didn’t believe they would fall at her feet.

She hung up the phone directly. She was about to block the number when the other party called again. Since they wanted to play, she would play along with the scammer. Otherwise, they would think she was stupid and easy to deceive.

She answered the phone and spoke first. “Hello, this is the anti-fraud center. What can I help you with?”

The response was silence…

She had scared the scammer…

She was so smart. As expected of her.

After a moment of silence, the man said, “Lvy, jewelry designer, right?”

Lvy was her virtual nickname on the freelance platform. She had gotten orders using this virtual nickname.

She remained silent for a moment. The man on the other end continued, “I’m Shao Xun, general manager of Hengyun Jewelry. I’m not a scammer. You can search for us on our official website. Your design drafts are in line with Hengyun’s future development trends. If possible, Hengyun would like to have a long-term partnership with you.”

Hengyun…

She knew Hengyun Jewelry. It was a newly launched jewelry brand, focusing on popular elements, with a wide audience.

Hengyun Jewelry stores occupied malls in Beijing. Other brands had become overshadowed after Hengyun’s launch.

As a jewelry designer, these are things they all need to know. Since Hengyun Jewelry has dominated the market, countless jewelry designers have been eager to get in.

Her only advantage is that she knows her limitations. She knows that a company as big as Hengyun wouldn’t look at a third-rate jewelry designer like her who only dares to take orders online.

She never dared to dream of becoming a jewelry designer for Hengyun Jewelry.

Even though the other party had already given his name, she still felt like he was a scammer. After all, the information he mentioned could be found online.

She said, “You can search for all of this online. To make me believe you, send me Hengyun’s business license and draft a contract. I’ll sign it.”

“If you can’t send it, then we’ll see each other at the police station.”

Jian Ruo Ci was extra cautious about this kind of thing because she had been poor for so long. If she encountered a scam, it would make her already poor life even worse. What’s more, she had Jian Xu. As long as she wasn’t driven to a dead end, she would rather miss some opportunities than take risks.

Jian Ruo Ci: “I’ll give you ten minutes.”

After saying that, she hung up the phone and waited in front of her computer. She hoped this was an opportunity.

Shao Xun looked at the hung-up phone and looked at the man behind the desk with a troubled expression. “Mr. Pei, this…”

He really couldn’t understand. Hengyun was such a big jewelry company. They had all the designers they wanted. Why did they have to choose a fresh graduate, a young girl, who was so arrogant?

He only dared to think these things to himself. After all, the other party was the person the BOSS specifically requested. He didn’t dare to say more. Otherwise, if he angered the BOSS, he would lose his job.

Pei Yan Zhou’s brows were cold, and his fingertips lightly tapped on the desk. “Do as she said.”

“Yes.” He didn’t dare to question the BOSS’s decision.

Ten minutes later, Jian Ruo Ci looked at the business license and the draft contract sent in the email. The bottom of the contract had Hengyun’s seal.

The client’s conditions were ten design drafts to be completed within three months, a deposit of five hundred thousand yuan, and a final payment of five hundred thousand yuan. If the drafts were not delivered on time, the money would be deducted from the final payment.

If the design drafts satisfied the client, and if the contractor agreed, they would sign a three-year cooperation contract.

Jian Ruo Ci read the contract word for word. This was an opportunity for her, an opportunity to make money and an opportunity to pursue her dreams.

Ten design drafts, three months was enough. It was more than enough for her.

Jian Ruo Ci also knew that the other party wasn’t a scammer. She called to apologize for her previous behavior. The other party didn’t mind and was very easy to talk to.

Then they signed the online contract.

She was ready for a long battle.

As long as she could sign a three-year contract with Hengyun, she and Jian Xu would no longer be suppressed by the Jian family in terms of money. Hengyun was such a big company. Even if the Jian family knew she was working with Hengyun, with Hengyun’s status in Beijing, the Jian family would be helpless.

For her and Jian Xu’s livelihood, she would design with all her heart and soul, putting all her energy into the designs to satisfy Hengyun.

If she signed a three-year contract with Hengyun, then Jian Xu could go to a better high school in Beijing after he graduated from junior high.

Thinking of Jian Xu, she cried.

She had always been strong. When she was a child, she didn’t cry when she was beaten and scolded by her stepmother. She didn’t cry when her father looked at her coldly. She didn’t cry when Jian Ying pushed her into the icy pond in winter.

Now, she cried because Jian Xu might be able to go to a better high school.

All these years, Jian Xu had been wandering with her, and he had suffered a lot.

Beijing was where she was born and raised, but she had been wandering around in her hometown, with no place to go, no home to return to.

Life wasn’t so bad after all. It seemed to be getting better little by little. It seemed like she could also encounter a pie falling from the sky.

Jian Ruo Ci wiped away her tears and went to the bathroom. After coming out of the bathroom, she didn’t sleep. She started designing drafts based on the elements and characteristics sent by Hengyun.

She had no family, no money, only her hard work.

If she couldn’t even work hard, then she had no right to complain.