Married to My Ex-Fiancé's Cousin-Chapter 522: Take Her to Work Together (3)_1

Today Company B held an advertisement design competition. Ji Yunhuan went with Qi Cheng. They sat on the side, and the people below treated Qi Cheng like a king of hell. With him present, no one even dared to smile. Ji Yunhuan calmly sat beside him. Everyone assumed she was Qi Cheng’s assistant, and apart from admiring her beauty, they had no other interest.

With Qi Cheng around, they didn’t even have the mood to admire a beauty. Sitting beside Qi Cheng, Ji Yunhuan felt the air around them had grown much colder.

Several contestants came to present their designs one by one. These contestants represented various advertising companies. The winner would secure all of Company B’s annual advertising designs.

Ji Yunhuan was not very interested in these matters. She was more curious about Qi Cheng. "Qi Cheng, why did you come here today?"

Normally, Qi Cheng wouldn’t involve himself in such things. He’d consider it a waste of his time.

He owned many companies. Although Company B was quite famous domestically, it meant nothing to Qi Cheng. He never meddled in such affairs.

"Just watch." Qi Cheng said meaningfully. Ji Yunhuan, sitting next to him, sensed that he wasn’t simply here for work and began to pay closer attention.

About ten minutes later, a neatly dressed male contestant took the stage. Ji Yunhuan noticed him because he was handsome, with a faint smile and a charm that could easily captivate women.

Even Ji Yunhuan had to admit, he was a very handsome and excellent man.

Soon, the man began his self-introduction. He introduced himself as Du Yan, the design director of CIE Advertising. Ji Yunhuan was very familiar with CIE Advertising. It was well-known in City A and also a prominent advertising company nationwide, having handled many major brand ad campaigns.

The name "Du Yan" could be considered a gold standard in the advertising industry.

Ji Yunhuan said, "I didn’t expect him to participate in such competitions."

"Company B has an unwritten rule. They hold this competition every year to give smaller companies a fair chance." In today’s world, connections mattered in many things. Sometimes, the companies that could actually secure these projects were those with connections, while the truly talented ones were marginalized.

Every company had its selection criteria. Company B had the financial resources, so whatever they did was right. CIE, as a big name in the advertising industry, naturally wouldn’t miss such an opportunity to make money.

Sitting beside Qi Cheng, Ji Yunhuan noticed that Qi Cheng was very quiet today. Normally, with her beside him, he couldn’t focus his energy on anything else.

Du Yan soon began to showcase his work.

The moment his work was revealed, Ji Yunhuan was stunned. She looked at Qi Cheng beside her. "That guy’s work..."

It looked very familiar to her.

Qi Cheng glanced at her, a faint smile on his lips, "Don’t worry. The best part is yet to come."

His smile was full of confidence. But upon closer inspection, one could see the coldness hidden in his eyes. Ji Yunhuan seemed to understand why Qi Cheng came here.

Because Du Yan’s work was something Qi Cheng had drawn before. He had modified it three times, yet he only received one-third of the payment.

That was the most painful and humiliating memory of Qi Cheng’s days of hardship.

Just thinking about how the other party had made things difficult for him, and now was competing here with his work, he found it laughable.

What kind of gold standard was he, when all his works were bought online!

Today’s judges were some senior management from Company B. Everyone was very impressed with Du Yan’s design. Even disregarding CIE’s fame, Du Yan’s design had already surpassed all previous contestants.

In his black suit, Du Yan stood on stage, exuding elegance. Seeing the admiring looks from everyone, he felt very satisfied. He knew that today’s competition’s first place was his.

The reason he bought Qi Cheng’s design was because of his lack of inspiration at that time. As a well-known design director, he couldn’t tell others about his creative block. He also didn’t want to give anyone else in the company the opportunity to shine.

When he was struggling with inspiration, he saw Qi Cheng’s design online and got in touch with him.

He found Qi Cheng’s talent astounding. It was hard to believe someone like that was wasting time online. After some probing, he confirmed that Qi Cheng had no background. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have persisted even after three revision requests.

That confirmed to him that he could confidently bring the design to the competition. If it were someone he knew, the person would have recognized the design immediately.

Conversely, someone willing to sell their design for a mere twenty thousand wouldn’t realize his own talent. He didn’t even have a stable job, so it was impossible for him to be here causing trouble.

After getting off the stage, Du Yan’s assistant quickly approached, praising, "Mr. Du, you were great."

Du Yan smiled, "I told you, I’d secure this project for the company."

"Of course, you’re our company’s most handsome and outstanding design talent!" The assistant flattered him obediently.

As they talked, Du Yan felt a pair of eyes on him. He looked around and saw that Ji Yunhuan was staring at him without blinking. Thinking she was interested in him, he threw a flirtatious wink.

The assistant chuckled, "Mr. Du, you’re really charming. Even the woman beside Mr. Qi is impressed with you." freeωebnovēl.c૦m

"Has there ever been a woman who didn’t like me?" Du Yan said confidently, waiting for good news from the competition.

Ji Yunhuan, feeling disgusted by his flirtation, looked away and glanced at Qi Cheng. She thought he’d be angry but found him calm.

She curiously asked, "What do you plan to do?"

"What plan?" Qi Cheng asked.

"Him!" She couldn’t stand the thought of that man treating Qi Cheng so poorly before. If she couldn’t tolerate it, how could Qi Cheng?

Qi Cheng glanced indifferently at Du Yan, "What do you think I should do?"

"Expose his true colors! Someone who buys designs online is nothing but a fraud!" Ji Yunhuan didn’t care about what kind of person the famous design director was, but she cared a lot about the grievances Qi Cheng had suffered.