Last-ditch Effort

After Su Xiqin had talked it over with Mo Xigu, she walked back to her office, picked up the phone, and dialed the Zhuosheng Corporations's phone number to get into contact with the Director of the Design Department. 

A female receptionist's soft voice came through after a few seconds. "Good morning, this is the Zhuosheng Corporation." 

"Please transfer me to the Director of the Design Department." 

"Just a moment." After Su Xiqin heard the response, the music came through. After a little over ten seconds of wait time, a man's voice with clear pronunciation spoke up. 

"I'm Ji Qingyang, who is speaking?" 

Su Xiqin cleared her throat and said, "Good morning, Director Ji. I'm Su Xiqin from the Mo Corporation." 

"Ms. Su, hello." 

She continued, "Director Ji, I would like to apologize for yesterday. I got into a minor car accident on the way, and I wasn't able to be there on time. Is there any other time we can meet up?" Su Xiqin knew that time was precious for a director of a public-traded company, so she chose her words carefully and spoke with a polite tone. 

"Ms. Su, to be honest, my entire schedule has been set, and it's difficult to squeeze out some extra time." 

Su Xiqin had expected this answer, but this was her last-ditch effort, and she had to grasp this opportunity. 

She clenched the pen in her hand tightly and said, "Director Ji, I'm truly sorry for taking up your time, but I hope that you can still give me a chance." 

In fact, Su Xiqin was quite a famous designer in S City, and every company was scouting her. This was known in the industry, and most people would treat her nicely. Therefore, after Ji Qingyang heard her words and soft tone, he also changed his attitude a bit. 

"Well, let me double-check my schedule, and I'll get my assistant to contact you later!" 

Hope rose in Su Xiqin's heart, and she said with a light tone, "Thank you so much, I look forward to your response." 

After Su Xiqin hung up the phone, she quickly took out her design drafts and looked over them again; she hoped that they would like her design. 

She waited until the afternoon and started to worry as she still didn't receive any phone calls. Maybe that was a polite rejection back then, she thought as she wondered if she should phone and ask again. 

However, she knew the business game; the executives of big companies disliked others calling back repeatedly for an answer. Therefore, she held her anxiety in check and tried to be more patient as she waited. 

Zhang Jing visited her before getting off work. "Su, we haven't met with Zhuosheng yet, and I heard from reliable sources that they've already met with almost all of our competitors. Should we contact their director?" 

Su Xiqin was focused on her drafts in her hands with her head lowered, and she answered without raising her head, "I've contacted him already, and I'm waiting for their notice." 

"Oh, that's good." 

Suddenly, the sound of high heels came through the door, and Zhang Jing turned back to look. It was another designer in the company, Zhou Enting. 

"Zhang Jing, the floor of the work area is dirty. Go and mop it clean," Zhou Enting said. 

Zhang Jing had been displeased with Zhou Enting for a long time. Ever since she had joined the company, she had been treated like a cleaning lady. But because Zhou Enting was a designer, Zhang Jing didn't dare to speak up to her. 

Just when Zhang Jing was about to go do it, Su Xiqin stood up and said, "Zhang Jing, come with me right now, we are going out." 

Zhang Jing was a smart person, and she knew that Su Xiqin was helping her, so she nodded. "Okay, I will get ready." 

Having said that, Zhang Jing walked towards the door. When she passed by Zhou Enting, she said in an apologetic tone, "Ms. Zhou, I have to go and work now. You can call the cleaning lady to clean it up." 

After Zhang Jing walked past her, Zhou Enting turned to stare at Zhang Jing in anger, and then she turned to look at Su Xiqin. 

"What is the meaning of this, Su Xiqin?" 

"I can't ask my own assistant to do something?" Su Xiqin had already packed up and grabbed her bag. 

Zhuo Enting felt pissed watching Su Xiqin walk past her, and she rushed to Mo Xigu's office as if she had been wronged. 

...

After they left the company, Su Xiqin told Zhang Jing to go home, and she went to pick up her son. However, when she had just picked up her son, she received a phone call from Ji Qingyang, asking her to head to Yun Tang restaurant right now.