Xu Anyi scrolled through all the offers in her mail and deleted a few of them that seemed like scams. However, there were still a lot of emails left and she did not know how to pick, and she sighed as she leaned her head back against the couch.
Her eyes slowly glanced over at Si Mu, and her brain clicked as she moved over to him, pushing her laptop over to him slightly, "Mr. Manager, I have some offers from different fashion and clothing companies."
She cleared her throat, "As my manager, I sincerely invite you to look through the offers and help me pick which brand I should work with."
She smiled brightly and tilted her head as she looked at him with eager eyes.
Si Mu looked over at her and then closed his own laptop as he took over hers and began looking through the emails
Xu Anyi leaned over towards him, resting her head on the space right next to his shoulder, and the two of them sat in silence for a long time as he slowly looked through the emails one by one, deleting some of them as he went along.
Finally, after so long that Xu Anyi had almost fallen asleep, Si Mu clicked onto one email and turned the computer screen over to her, "This one."
Xu Anyi sat up alert and took the laptop back from him and glanced at the brand he had picked. She did not even read through it carefully and merely took one look at the brand and nodded, "Okay."
"Are you not going to look through it?" Si Mu asked.
Xu Anyi began typing up a reply to the brand, "It's okay. I trust you."
Si Mu smiled as he stood up, grabbing onto his laptop as he gently rubbed the top of her head sweetly, "I'm going to go finish up some work in my office. It's getting late. Go to sleep soon."
Xu Anyi nodded as she finished typing the email and clicked send. She stood up as well and the two of them went upstairs together.
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The next morning, Xu Anyi woke up and saw that she had a new message from Shen Lili and a new email from the brand she had responded to yesterday.
Shen Lili: 'Congratulations on your shoot with Design! I saw the pictures and the video yesterday. You totally destroyed Xia Yiwei!'
Xu Anyi smiled softly as she replied: 'Thank you.'
Then, she opened up her email and saw the response from the brand, which asked her to visit their office, which was located not too far away in City A. The time was. . . today.
Xu Anyi quickly got ready and went downstairs to eat breakfast. Si Mu was eating already since he still had to go to work today, and he asked her excitedly, "Do you want to come to work with me today?"
Xu Anyi did not want to disappoint her, but she had to go visit the brand, so she rejected his offer, but the two of them left the house together.
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About an hour later, Xu Anyi got out of the car and entered the building with a large sign written "Anna's" on it in exquisite calligraphy.
Xu Anyi knew this brand, which was also why she didn't worry much about it and agreed with Si Mu's decision.
Anna's was a quite famous privately-owned brand, but their clothes have been a little out of trend recently as their competition brands have been on the rise.
Xu Anyi entered the company and there was already a worker at the front desk that seemed to be waiting for her, and she brought her into the company and into an office where a middle-aged woman was sitting.
"Hello, welcome to Anna's!" The woman said excitedly as she stood up and shook Xu Anyi's hand, "Xu Anyi, right?"
"I saw your work with Design and you have unbelievable talent! Our designer, Anna Li thinks so too. We weren't sure how to reach your manager, so we just emailed you directly through the email on your social media page," the manager explained.
Xu Anyi smiled, "My manager. . ." She thought of Si Mu. Yes, of course they couldn't email him! His inbox was probably even more full than hers!
"Don't worry about it. I've heard of Anna's before too, and I used to really like your collections," Xu Anyi said with a smile. At once, she realized that 'used to' sounded a little weird, but it had been five years since she had the time and leisure to study fashion and clothes.
The woman raised an eyebrow curiously, "Oh really. . . Which collection did you like?"
Xu Anyi immediately heard the hint of skepticism in her voice, and she smiled calmly, "The winter collection. . . I think six years ago. I used to enjoy attending fashion shows and I went to the show for that collection and it was one of my favorite shows."
The woman frowned slightly as she tried to think back to six years ago. . . That was probably the first year she started working here.
"There were small and unique details in each piece, and although the overall color scheme of the collection was simple, the little details added a lot to the clothing and made the collection very memorable."
The woman nodded and her smile widened at Xu Anyi's response as she walked back around her desk and grabbed a folder, "I'm glad you like our brand. Please come sit here."
The two of them sat down on the couch to the side of the room and the woman pushed the folder over to her, "We have our runway show for the upcoming new spring collection coming up soon, and we are looking for models for that show. We would love to sign you for this next show. Here is the contract, please take a look at it."
Xu Anyi flipped open the contract and leaned back against the chair, reading through each page carefully.
They sat there for several minutes, and the lady did not rush her as she flipped through the contract.
After about 20 minutes, Xu Anyi closed the contract and placed it back down on the table, meeting the woman's eyes with a smile:
"It looks good to me. I'll sign it!"