Chapter 0087: Unexpected

When Zheng Yao picked up the phone, she never expected that the caller would be Zhu Yushi.

"Miss Zheng, unexpected, truly unexpected."

On the other end of the line, Zhu Yushi's smile was somewhat forced. In fact, he himself hadn't expected that the advertising plan he was most satisfied with would come from Future Advertising.

"Heh, yes, I didn't expect it either." Zheng Yao blinked, holding the receiver but looking at Zhao Fusheng with a bewildered expression. She didn't quite understand what Zhu Yushi meant. Though a certain thought was growing wildly in her mind like weeds, she dared not say anything until the final result was confirmed.

Zhao Fusheng laughed. Since Zhu Yushi had called, the outcome was obvious. He thought for a moment, found a piece of paper, wrote a few words on it, and held it up in front of Zheng Yao.

Zheng Yao glanced at it and was stunned. But seeing that Zhao Fusheng's expression didn't seem like a joke, she gritted her teeth and said solemnly, "President Zhu, since the unexpected has happened, I think you can come to Ninghai. Let's talk face to face."

With that, Zheng Yao hung up the phone directly, ignoring whatever Zhu Yushi was about to say.

After putting down the phone, the once commanding Boss Zheng suddenly became as excited as a child, waving her fists and exclaiming to Zhao Fusheng, "Really? We got that ad?"

"Obviously. Otherwise, why do you think Zhu Yushi would call you? Do you think he has that much free time?" Zhao Fusheng said with a smile.

Zheng Yao naturally understood what Zhao Fusheng meant. People like Zhu Yushi were extremely pragmatic. If there were any other option, he wouldn't have contacted her.

In other words, if Future Advertising's proposal hadn't become an offer he couldn't refuse, given Zhu Yushi's personality, he would never have reached out.

"So you mean... it's done?" Zheng Yao still couldn't quite believe the thought in her mind.

Zhao Fusheng smiled. "You can call Bai Jie now."

Without a second thought, Zheng Yao dialed the number.

When the call connected, before she could speak, Bai Jie's trembling voice came through: "It's done, Yao Yao, it's done! We did it!"

"What's done?" Zheng Yao frowned, then realized: "Really? It's done?"

"Yes, Teacher Zheng. The results just came out. Brain Gold chose our Future Advertising Studio's proposal for their ad campaign." Qin Wentao's voice came through. "What should we do now?"

Originally, they had just come to fill a slot, purely going through the motions. But unexpectedly, they had become the main players.

This shift in roles left Bai Jie and Qin Wentao completely at a loss. Neither of them understood what had happened. How had the proposal that Zheng Yao had dismissed as worthless and lacking any highlights suddenly won Zhu Yushi's approval?

"Do nothing. Leave immediately, buy tickets, and come back." Seeing Zheng Yao standing there silent, Zhao Fusheng took the phone and instructed Qin Wentao: "Don't contact anyone from Brain Gold. Just come straight back."

"Ah? Ah." Two identical characters, the first a question, the second an affirmation.

Though Qin Wentao lacked social experience, he wasn't stupid. Zhao Fusheng's words, though seemingly abrupt, made him realize that this was probably the best course of action.

The reason was simple: neither he nor Bai Jie had the ability or authority to negotiate with Brain Gold. So the best thing to do was to slip away and make a clean getaway.

Hanging up, Qin Wentao grabbed Bai Jie without a word and headed for the door.

"Hey, hey, hey..."

For a moment, no one around reacted. By the time they came to their senses, Qin Wentao and Bai Jie had already vanished.

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Meanwhile, back in Ninghai, Zheng Yao had entered a frenzy. For her, an ad campaign of this magnitude was unprecedented. The previous ad for Runshengyuan Qingwei Throat Lozenges had only been about ten seconds long and aired in just four time slots.

According to the information Zheng Yao had received, Zhu Yushi had purchased time across eight CCTV channels and thirty-two time slots, including prime time on two channels.

It was no exaggeration to say that this Brain Gold ad campaign was unprecedented in scale.

And such a massive campaign was about to be executed by Future Advertising. How could Zheng Yao not be excited?

"Hmm, should we hire more people? No, we need to expand the office. Or maybe move to Beijing?" Zheng Yao paced back and forth in the office, muttering things no one else could understand.

As her only audience in the office, Zhao Fusheng remained calm, sitting on the sofa and casually picking up a newspaper to read.

"Diva Zhou Feifei suspected of new romance with rock star Wei Jun..." He read with interest, a smile curling at the corner of his mouth. Though he wasn't in the entertainment industry, everyone had a gossipy side. Reading about the famous diva and the rock singer's love affair was quite amusing.

"Hey, hey, I'm thinking about serious business here, and the house is about to catch fire! Why aren't you worried?" Zheng Yao finally noticed Zhao Fusheng, glared at him, and snatched the newspaper from his hands.

Zhao Fusheng smiled. "You're the general manager. I'm just in charge of planning. Why should I bother with all that?"

"You!" Zheng Yao fumed, shooting him a sharp look. "Don't play dumb with me. Tell me, what should we do?"

"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it!" Zhao Fusheng stood up, took the newspaper she had snatched, folded it, tucked it under his arm, and headed for the door.

"Hey?" Zheng Yao was getting anxious. In her view, this was a matter of great importance for the company's future. If they could produce two high-quality ads in a row, they wouldn't have to worry about business anymore.

"I'll say it again: Zhu Yushi screwed us over before. You may have forgotten, but I haven't. So if he wants to use my proposal now, he'll have to offer terms that satisfy me. Otherwise, no deal!"

Zhao Fusheng stopped at the door, turned to look at Zheng Yao, and said calmly.

Zheng Yao was stunned, watching as Zhao Fusheng walked out of her sight.