Chapter 609: Relying on Others’ Dignity

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

As CG Corporation expanded, An Nuo’s workload, as one of the main forces of the company, had also doubled recently.

“I wish I could split myself into a few copies.” An Nuo wailed.

After a day of work, An Nuo felt that she was almost immune to the camera flashes. When she really returned home, she finally relaxed her body and could get a short rest.

Murong Qiao sat beside An Nuo and was using her computer to communicate with Jiang Chi about the company’s recent collaboration business.

“Seriously.” An Nuo raised her hand and tugged at Murong Qiao’s cheek. “Aren’t you going to consider recruiting more people?”

Murong Qiao replied distractedly, “I’ve considered it.

“Well?” An Nuo stood up and looked at her.

“The new artistes are all in the nurturing period. They can’t produce anything good for the time being. They’re all working steadily.”

Murong Qiao thought for a moment. “I’ve actually been thinking about recruiting stronger artistes recently.”

After all, after many artistes became more capable, they would start thinking about moving to better places. They wouldn’t be satisfied with the company’s current treatment of them.

Some even came out to set up their own studios.

Murong Qiao glanced at the outstanding candidates in her heart, but she had yet to decide.

“That’s true. It saves us the trouble of nurturing them ourselves.” An Nuo nodded in agreement.

However, there were other bad things about signing a contract with the established artistes directly. After all, it’s not an artiste that they had nurtured themselves. They wouldn’t know the person’s character.

“I’m still considering this matter, but there should be a result soon. You might have to work hard for a few days more.” Murong Qiao looked at An Nuo apologetically.

An Nuo shook her head. “It’s nothing serious. Even if I’m tired, it’s still a

learning experience.”

When she was tired, she would only complain to Murong Qiao. When they were outside, An Nuo was very energetic.

But-

Thinking about how she had met Murong Chen a long time ago and heard nothing from him, An Nuo pursed her lips and couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed.

“By the way, Jiang Chi recently signed a collaboration. It’s my brother’s endorsement. Are you going?” Murong Qiao turned to ask her.

CG was no longer at the level of a small-scale company. For example, the cosmetics that An Nuo had received in the past were all domestically-produced niche cosmetics. They would pass after confirming that there was no problem with the quality control.

By now, the company had already begun to deliberately screen the endorsement grades and distribute them to different artistes.

“Your brother?” An Nuo subconsciously replied.

For a moment, she really wondered if Murong Qiao could read minds. Why did Murong Qiao mention her Big Brother just as she thought of Murong Chen?

Murong Qiao explained further, “Didn’t you endorse at the branch company last time? It’s autumn now. There’s a new autumn design.

Moreover, the sales of An Nuo’s endorsement last time were not bad, and the endorsement side was quite inclined to let An Nuo continue.

Working with acquaintances would always save a lot of trouble.

“Sure.” An Nuo nodded.

Murong Qiao was also very efficient. “Alright, I’ll tell Jiang Chi.

After receiving An Nuo’s answer, Murong Qiao was about to switch back to the chat interface with Jiang Chi.

However, a piece of news suddenly popped up on the middle webpage and attracted Murong Qiao’s attention.

The news mentioned that a certain celebrity from CG was openly flirting with the staff. It was obvious that it was slandering her.

An Nuo was sitting beside Murong Qiao, so she naturally saw it too.

“Why do I feel that there have been a lot of scandals in CG recently… Is it my imagination?” An Nuo muttered.

She was different from Murong Qiao. Murong Qiao was busy with work and other things every day and rarely had the time to specially watch the news. However, An Nuo was in this circle and would often watch it.

Moreover, An Nuo’s manager would ask her to pay attention from time to time to prevent herself from being implicated.

Murong Qiao replied, “It’s fine. I’ll get Jiang Chi to ask the public relations department.”

She didn’t have to worry about these things. Moreover, the company didn’t support idle people. The public relations department had to be useful sometime.

“Alright, I’ll go and ask the manager about the endorsement.” An Nuo nodded. After the two of them said their goodbyes, they began to busy themselves with their work.

When the night deepened, even the scattered stardust light became much dimmer. Layers of dark clouds fell and drifted in the air, directly covering the moonlight until there was nothing left.

Dark clouds gathered in one place, and from time to time, a little lightning could be seen. There was a high chance that it was going to ram.

Such gray weather made people feel much more depressed. In the gray background, the Huo Residence was also silent.

The butler glanced at the dark sky outside and sent a message to Huo Yichen. Then, he pushed open the door to Huo Hong’s room with a bowl of porridge.

“Old Master, I’m here to feed you.” The butler walked to the bed without changing his expression.

Huo Hong looked at him with half-opened eyes. His lips moved, but he couldn’t speak.

Ever since his stroke, Huo Hong had practically lived in this room and had never left.

There were people who served him when he ate, drank, and pooped, but such a life was another form of torture for Huo Hong.

After seeing that it was the butler, Huo Hong opened his mouth, but he couldn’t do anything except make a sound like a hairdryer.

He was no longer the chairman of the Huo Corporation. Instead, he had fallen to such a sorry state that he couldn’t even leave his bed. He needed others to obtain the most basic dignity.

After his stroke, Huo Hong felt even more angry when he saw the butler listen to Huo Yichen and betray him.

The butler didn’t care how Huo Hong’s gaze was fixed on him. He only had a calm expression on his face. After confirming that there was no mistake, he fed the porridge to Huo Hong bit by bit and left the room.

Perhaps it was because they felt that Huo Hong couldn’t do anything like this, so the equipment in Huo Hong’s room was as usual. They were all placed in their original positions and hadn’t been specially handled.

However, after the butler left, about five minutes later, Huo Hong’s hand suddenly moved. The look of disgust in his eyes changed and he suddenly looked at the landline phone beside him.

Huo Hong reached out to take the phone with difficulty. Then, he pressed a number that he remembered in his heart and leaned his head towards the phone. When he heard the beeping sound, the hatred in his heart intensified. Fortunately, the call was not cut off. Instead, after a few seconds of beeping, it was finally picked up by another person.

“…Hello?”

“I, I’m… Huo Hong.” Huo Hong tried his best to speak.

Although his body was still suffering from a stroke, he had vaguely become able to speak a few words recently and had the ability to barely communicate.

However, in order to prevent the butler and that ingrate from discovering this and becoming wary of him, Huo Hong had been hiding this matter and didn’t say anything. He was waiting for this moment to contact the company’s shareholders.

The number he called was one of the members of the board of directors. He was also someone who used to stand on his side. His name was Xu Dong.

“It’s you?” As soon as he heard Huo Hong’s voice, Xu Dong, who had received the call, immediately sounded excited.

Huo Hong nodded in response. “It’s me… I, I need you to help me do something.”

Huo Hong had complete trust in this old man, Xu Dong. However, this complete sentence would take a lot of effort to finish..