The next morning. Secret's Headquarters. Tangning was already waiting in the meeting room at 7:30am after being escorted by the front desk staff. She was earlier than Han Ruoxue and the others by half an hour.
Meanwhile, Mo Yurou was under the assumption that Tangning was still snoring away in bed.
Never would she have thought, by the time they arrived at the meeting room, Tangning had already been waiting for quite some time.
Han Ruoxue had a confused look on her face. She originally wanted Tangning to arrive at 9am - she was supposed to be so late, she wouldn't even be allowed in the meeting room. She planned it this way so Tangning wouldn't get the chance to find out she had intentionally given the wrong time. But right now, Tangning had arrived early. It was clear Tangning knew she had the intention to eliminate her. However, she didn't care, she was still the organizer of this event and no one could defy her.
"Tangning, why are you here so early?" Mo Yurou asked frustratedly; it appeared Han Ruoxue's plan did not work on Tangning.
"My friend was passing by, so on the way to work, he dropped me off," Tangning explained calmly. "Enough talking, the meeting is about to start," Han Ruoxue reminded the two to be quiet.
Not long after, the person in charge entered the meeting room. She was a 40-something-year-old middle-aged woman. Behind her, followed two assistants that carried a huge stack of documents.
"Ruoxue, I have looked at the information regarding these two models." The woman raised her head and took one glance at both Tangning and Mo Yurou before she continued talking, "However, I only want one of them. I know everyone's time is precious, so I'm not going to go around in circles; I want Mo Yurou. As for Tangning, I don't think she is suited to the theme of our shoot."
She directly threw Tangning's portfolio on the table in front of them.
"It's OK if you don't want Tangning, I have other models for you to choose from." Things had panned out the way Han Ruoxue had expected. After all, Han Ruoxue had been implanting negative ideas of Tangning into this woman's head for quite some time. She immediately took out the portfolios of her other models and handed them to the woman in front of her. Not only did she find a way to get rid of Tangning, she managed to make good use of her - Mo Yurou had benefited and Han Ruoxue also had the opportunity to introduce some of her other models.
"Let me have a look before I make a decision," the woman asked her assistants to collect the portfolios and prepared to get up. However, Tangning held her back by suddenly speaking.
"May I ask what theme you speak of, Miss Mina?"
The woman obviously did not expect Tangning to speak up, so she replied, "Oriental Trend, I assume a dull person like yourself isn't too suited."
"Has Miss Mina seen any of my works or seen me in any of my shows?" Tangning challenged with a smile.
"Aren't you a...newcomer?" she asked; she obviously had never heard of Tangning.
"Let me first ask you, was it Miss Han that told you I was a newcomer?" Tangning remained calm - not wanting to sound overbearing.
"Tangning, don't go too far!" Han Ruoxue quickly growled as she glared at Tangning, "This is a decision between us, you don't have the right to question it."
"You used my popularity to bring Mo Yurou to the US and then used my name to boost your newcomers. You've used me so thoroughly, am I not allowed to ask a few questions?" Tangning asked sharply as she smiled at Han Ruoxue.
"Tangning, you really don't know how to be tolerant."
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