Chapter 0736: The Smart Woman

Fan Baobao naturally understood Zhao Fusheng's thoughts; after all, she was naive, not stupid.

Fan Baobao knew very well who was good to her and who genuinely cared for her.

In other words, Chen Sicheng had never understood that the polite treatment he received from Fan Baobao was not because he was outstanding, but merely out of respect for him as a fellow alumnus of the Central Academy of Drama.

Anyone else who appeared before Fan Baobao would receive the same treatment.

But unfortunately, most people in this world tend to judge others' thoughts based on their own perceptions—in other words, they are self-righteous.

On the way home with Fan Baobao and Zhao Fusheng, Bai Jie called the person in charge at Uni-President.

"General Manager Bai, why do you have time to call me? Is there something?"

The person on the other end was very enthusiastic. Pretty women have privileges everywhere; in this face-value world, as long as you're good-looking, everything is twice as easy.

Bai Jie chuckled lightly: "Manager Zhou, I don't like hearing that. Are you saying I only call you when I have something?"

"Haha, General Manager Bai is joking," Manager Zhou laughed.

He had dealt with Bai Jie for quite some time. Although she seemed easy to talk to on the surface, she was actually no pushover; one careless move and you'd fall into her trap.

Bai Jie laughed and said to Manager Zhou, "Manager Zhou, there's something I need to inform you about."

"What is it?"

Manager Zhou was startled and immediately grew tense, thinking Bai Jie was about to cause trouble again.

During the previous ad shoot, Future Advertising had indeed caused quite a bit of trouble for Uni-President. It was said that advertisers were the bosses, but that was only for ordinary ad agencies. For agencies like Future Advertising, which relied on their gold-medal planners to design ads, they naturally didn't have that kind of attitude.

"It's like this, Manager Zhou. Teacher Lucifer is very dissatisfied with the ad we shot earlier. He feels it doesn't showcase the characteristics of Uni-President Iced Tea, and he also thinks the ad song is very bad," Bai Jie said slowly to Manager Zhou.

Manager Zhou was taken aback: "But wasn't this ad plan made by Lucifer himself?"

Bai Jie nodded: "He made the plan, but the specific execution and the selection of the ad song were done by us. And the choice of that ad song was also pushed by your company. You haven't forgotten, have you?"

Hearing this, Manager Zhou suddenly felt a bit embarrassed.

In fact, the matter of that ad song was indeed a backdoor deal. At the time, the deputy general manager of the marketing department had put in a word, and the person had also shown him some appreciation, so Manager Zhou had conveniently helped out.

He actually knew that the student from the Central Academy of Drama just wanted to become famous. Everyone knew that the winner of the singing competition sponsored by Uni-President would sign with Warner Music.

As it turned out, because of this matter, that student was reportedly about to sign with Warner Music and was already preparing to release a single.

Thinking this over, Manager Zhou hesitated and said to Bai Jie, "Well, since Teacher Lucifer is dissatisfied, how about we change the ad song? Is that okay?"

Bai Jie smiled bitterly: "Manager Zhou, do you think I have any say in this matter in front of him? You know that in our Future Advertising, even General Manager Zheng doesn't dare to offend him."

Although it was embarrassing for a branch manager to say such a thing, Manager Zhou didn't think Bai Jie was wrong at all.

Are you kidding? That was Lucifer, the most prolific gold-medal planner in the industry. Future Advertising had developed from a small ad studio in a corner of Northeast China to one of the top three ad companies in the north, almost entirely thanks to his efforts alone.

In just a year and a half, he had produced over twenty top-tier plans, each benefiting the advertisers immensely. Brands like Runshengyuan Qingzui Throat Lozenges and Aipu Mobile Phones had become market leaders in their respective industries.

Such a gold-medal planner wouldn't even give face to Bai Jie, a branch manager. As Bai Jie said, even General Manager Zheng Yao didn't need to be given face.

To put it bluntly, if Lucifer announced today that he was leaving Future Advertising, by the afternoon of the same day—or even by the morning if he spread the word—ad agencies of the same level as Future Advertising, like Oriental Advertising and Perfect Advertising, would come knocking.

And the terms they would offer would be so generous as to leave people stunned.

In the advertising industry, creativity is king, and the status of a gold-medal planner is unimaginable to ordinary people.

"Then, how about you discuss it with him, General Manager Bai?" Manager Zhou hesitated for a long time before deciding to let Bai Jie take the heat.

He knew very well that if Lucifer was dissatisfied with the ad production, the headquarters wouldn't hold Future Advertising responsible. After all, with his reputation, a gold-medal planner's ad plan couldn't be flawed. The problem could only lie with those who executed the plan.

The responsible party on Future Advertising's side was Bai Jie, and on Uni-President's side, it was himself.

"Manager Zhou, aren't you putting me in a difficult position?"

Bai Jie smiled calmly, but her tone was quite troubled: "After Lucifer saw our previous ad, he already scolded me, saying we wasted his creativity. Now you want me to discuss it with him? That's just asking to be yelled at..."

"Then what can we do? We're not him after all. We can't have him personally produce this ad, can we?" Manager Zhou said helplessly. But as he spoke, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Hmm, that's right. Since Teacher Lucifer is dissatisfied with our execution and thinks the ad production has let down his plan, how about this: let him personally come and produce this ad, and we'll fully cooperate with him. What do you think?"

In his view, this was the best solution. Since the man was dissatisfied, let him handle the production himself.

Manager Zhou certainly wouldn't say that he had heard that the ad for Aipu Mobile Phones had been personally produced by Lucifer, and it had achieved great success. There was a quiet legend in the industry that any ad planned and personally produced by Lucifer was bound to be a hit.

Bai Jie hesitated slightly, as if uncertain. Manager Zhou quickly said, "General Manager Bai, rest assured. Consider this a favor from me. How about it? Talk to him nicely. I heard you were one of the founders of the company together. He should give you that much face, right?"

After a long pause, Bai Jie replied, "Well, since that's the case, I'll give it a try. Manager Zhou, you really know how to put me on the spot."

"Hahaha, I'll treat you to a meal, General Manager Bai. It's settled," Manager Zhou laughed.

After hanging up, both of them couldn't help but show satisfied smiles.