1 Year Of Beginning

"is there anything wrong?"

Feng Mian was stunned when she heard Zhang Ai cursed like that. From what she knew, Zhang Ai rarely cursed even when she felt her brothers were annoying. She would just complain about them with a cute and coquettish voice. 

Zhang Ai tilted her phone, showing to Feng Mian that the one who called was 'Liang Ge.'

Zhang Liang?

"Should I answer or not?" Zhang Ai muttered to herself. She knew that whenever Zhang Liang called, it would be very problematic for her. Just last time, he called her to ask for a favor from her and not long ago, she was reprimanded because she forgot to lock her house.

Well, she deserved that scolding.

"Why not?" Feng Mian asked back.

"What if he heard the conversation just now and wants to reprimand me?" Zhang Ai wanted to cry. She should have brought Feng Mian to her house and chatted with her there. That way, there wouldn't be any possibility of Zhang Liang hearing what she said to Feng Mian.

Feng Mian: "…" Sorry, I can't help you in that case.

Knowing that Feng Mian wouldn't be able to help, Zhang Ai resigned herself to her fate and clicked the answer button.

"Xiao Ai, you sure take your time."

"Liang Ge.. I was chatting with Er Jie. Why do you suddenly call?" Zhang Ai tried to sound as if she was bothered. Seeing the sudden transformation of Zhang Ai, Feng Mian blinked her eyes a few times. It was no wonder that Zhang Ai was selected to be the female lead not long ago. Even though now she was just a side character, she could definitely act well.

Zhang Liang looked at the batch of doc.u.ments in front of him. "I need you to come to the studio."

"Studio?" Zhang Ai was stunned. There were several studios that Zhang Liang owned. They were mostly used for advertis.e.m.e.nt shot. After all, he also had his own team to create advertis.e.m.e.nts. They would create advertis.e.m.e.nts for many of his products his company made.

"There's a problem. I need your help."

Zhang Ai g.r.o.a.n.e.d. She should have guessed that Zhang Liang wanted her to come because there was a problem there. If not because of that, her brother would never bother searching for her. After all, they were usually busy with their own lives.

"What is it?"

"The actress is angry because of the script. They're debating in the studio because they didn't want to do it. I want you to replace the actress if she decided to leave in the end."

Zhang Ai pursed her lips. She knew that she also possessed some skill, enough for her to act for advertis.e.m.e.nt. It was just…

"Why did you hire an outside actress?"

"I didn't. It was handled by the collaboration's company and now they're coming here, apologizing that they didn't find a good enough artist and create trouble in the studio," Zhang Liang scowled. This already happened a few times in the past, but he usually had backup. However, the time was tight because he was chasing the date. Without suitable advertis.e.m.e.nt, his plan wouldn't set in motion quickly.

The easiest actress he could find would be his sister, Zhang Ai.

"It's my free day, Liang Ge."

"I'll let you be the tester for the White Day chocolate."

"Really?" Zhang Ai's eyes lit up. She had heard from insider news that Zhang Liang would be releasing a special version of chocolate for White Day. Because of that, she had been itching to have a taste. Unfortunately, her stingy brother didn't let her taste any.

Even back then, he told her that she had to purchase the chocolate herself if she wanted to have a taste.

"Yes."

"I'm going there! Which advertis.e.m.e.nt is it?"

"White Day chocolate."

On the side, Feng Mian's eyebrows arched when she heard the name. She knew about the chocolate because she had been working on the design. It was just… didn't Zhang Liang only repackage the chocolate from last year?

She could win Zhang Ai with food.

Zhang Ai truly loved food, so Feng Mian thought to herself that it might be a good idea for her to cook food when Zhang Ai came to visit again. Probably, in a few more months considering that it would take some time for Zhang Ai to finish filming and clear her schedule again.

"Oh? I thought that you're collaborating with Beauty Design. How come they didn't have a good actress?" Zhang Ai was confused.

"I only found out that the one in charge this time is the owner's daughter. She's quite haughty and put those whom she liked in charge. The only one decent enough is Xiao Lin."

"Indeed."

Zhang Ai laughed coldly. She knew that it was common practice to put their family members into the company to make sure that they would be able to hold control over the company management and all. However, the biased treatment often meant that the management was not in the good hand.

"Will they return back to management?"

"That would wait until Old Wei returned back from overseas. He's quite busy over there," Zhang Liang replied.

"Alright. I'll go there." Zhang Ai stood up. She looked at Feng Mian as an idea formed in her mind. Since Feng Mian is an employee in Zhang Liang's company, there shouldn't be any problem for her to come along, right?

"Liang Ge, I'm bringing Er Jie."

"You…"

Before Zhang Liang could reply, Zhang Ai had cut off the call. She turned her head to look at Feng Mian with a wide grin plastered on her face. "Let's go to the studio and take a look at the shoot."

"Are you sure it's fine for me to come along?"

"Of course! You're his wife and also an employee in the sweet company, right? You're the one who designed the box, so it would be fine even if you come there," Zhang Ai reasoned.

Feng Mian smiled bitterly. She couldn't sense anything wrong with what Zhang Ai said, so she could only tag along. Of course, she needed a change of clothes first. There's no way she wanted to go with the clothes that were already smeared with oil painting.

That would be too embarrassing.

In his company, Zhang Liang stared at his phone exasperatedly. He knew that Zhang Ai didn't have anything in her schedule today, which was the reason he called her for help. However, he forgot that Zhang Ai was always very mischievous. Since she was in his house to accompany Feng Mian, she ended up dragging her to the studio instead.

"President?" Secretary He asked carefully. He could sense that Zhang Liang was not in his best mood right now.

Zhang Liang sighed. "How's the management in Beauty Design right now?"

"Ah yes. Wei Miao is the one in charge for everything related to White Day. She has been in clash with Xiao Lin for the past few days because she could not accept the simple design. However, the higher ups approved Xiao Lin's design, so Wei Miao couldn't do anything.

She had been pouring her attention to try gathering the popular actress and actors who were close to her to shoot the advertis.e.m.e.nt. They created a different one by themselves and also sent two here. However, the two actor and actress refused to cooperate and follow the script provided…"

Zhang Liang's face was getting darker as Secretary He gave his report. He knew that Wei Miao was merely a brat in Zhang Liang's eyes even though they were of similar ages. The capabilities that Wei Miao showed so far made Zhang Liang utterly enraged.

"Make a call to Old Wei?"

"Ah, now?" Secretary He was stunned. On the other side of the world, it would be around 11 PM, right? Would it be right for him to make a call to Old Wei?

"Yes."

"I'll make the call now."

Zhang Liang picked the phone and waited until it was connected. The first thing he heard was the roar of the angry old man, who was getting his rest interrupted by his phone call.

"ZHANG LIANG! Can't you call me at different times?"

"I can't. If you don't wish for me to release the news to press, you better call your daughter and stop her annoying behavior."

"Ah?" The old man calmed down when he heard Zhang Liang's tone. He thought that it would be like Zhang Yi, calling in the middle of the night just to brag.

"What is it?"

Zhang Liang gave the overall situation to Old Wei. He wanted to resolve this matter as soon as possible. Even though Beauty Design was owned by Old Wei, the old man didn't really interfere with the work inside. He would only give his input when it was necessary.

Hearing what Zhang Liang said, Old Wei g.r.o.a.n.e.d. He realized that his daughter still needed a lot of work before she could be trusted to handle this. "I'll make the call."

"Good."

Zhang Liang closed the phone call. He knew that Old Wei would surely do what he said. He looked at Secretary He and then glanced at the clock. "Let's go to the studio."

"Now?" Secretary He was dumbfounded once more. They still have a lot of work, okay? Why would the president even leave his office so often?

"Yes. Prepare the car."

"How about the project's agreement…"

"I'll read in the car and give confirmation through WA. Prepare the car now."

"Yes!"

Secretary He bolted out of the office. He thought that his boss was really moody lately. At the very least, Zhang Liang was still the same workaholic as usual. He didn't let anything distract him from work and always finished them all efficiently.