Chapter 180 - On The Journey To Find Love
Entering the doors of the airport, Ning Qing and Lu Shaoming separated. Lu Shaoming now went forward to welcome Song Yajing, and Ning Qing stood quietly by the side to observe. There was a woman beside Song Yajing. Ning Qing recognized her. She was the only grandchild of the world’s largest winery’s founder. The Zhou family’s red wine was world famous; they had numerous wineries under their name. The Lu and Zhou families have been friends for generations. Lu Shaoming and Zhou Zhilei could be considered childhood sweethearts.
Zhou Zhilei was a beauty. She had graduated from a prestigious university with a double Master’s. After graduation she entered the winery and had stellar results. She was a classy career woman. Ning Qing remembered Song Yajing’s requirements for her daughter in law, coming from a wealthy family, elegant, reserved and noble. She was probably talking about Zhou Zhilei. The standard image of a daughter from a noble household, and a socialite in society.
“Mom.” Lu Shaoming received the luggage from Song Yajing’s hands, and looked sideways to glance at Zhou Zhilei. He said warmly, “Zhilei.”
“Brother Ming.” No matter how dignified and reserved Zhou Zhilei was, upon looking at Lu Shaoming, her small face was blushing red, and her eyes were ultimately gentle. Lu Shaoming was familiar with this kind of gaze, he pretended not to notice, and he did not have any emotions.
“Shaoming.” Song Yajing saw Zhou Zhilei’s feelings for son was all written on her face. She had a satisfied smile. “This time, Mum is here in T city. Zhou Zhilei has also came along intentionally. I thought this was also good. With you young people being together, it will be easy for you to develop feelings.”
“Mum, I reserved a table at the hotel, let’s go have dinner together.” Lu Shaoming quickly changed the subject and walked to Song Yajing’s side.
Song Yajing knew that her son has his own pace. The more haste she was in, the less speed there was. She smiled and patted Zhou Zhilei’s hand that was cupping her elbow, “Zhilei, let’s go, let’s have a meal as an entire family.”
Her words, “entire family”, made her Zhou Zhilei smile shyly. She could not control herself, and had to sneak another peek at Lu Shaoming. Lu Shaoming was accustomed to this, but it was the first time Ning Qing noticed. She stood by the side to look on, and her heart felt uncomfortable as if acid were pouring out if it.
Ning Qing had an innocent and pure smile. “Xiao Zhou, I really thought of a good advertisement. I want Lu Shaoming to fall in love with me again in these 3 months. But first, I have show him something to fall in love with. He isn’t a superficial person; he would not fall in love with me just because of my pretty face showing up a few times in front of him. So I need to get results to make him to sit up and take notice of me. Wait for me to appear in his eyes, then I won’t worry that I’m not in his heart.”
Xiao Zhou was relieved, it turns out that Ning Qing was normal. But she was curious. “Ning Qing, what is this great plan, exactly?” Ning Qing winked secretly and held the milk tea in her hands as she lay back in the seat in contentment. Lu Shaoming, prepare to give your heart up!
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The next day, she went to Guang Qing. Ning Qing went straight to Ye Ting’s office. “Manager Ye, I have thought of better advertisement video idea for Cabbage Plume.”
“Oh, is that right?” Ye Ting did not expect that Ning Qing would really take this matter to heart. She responded half-heartedly and continued with the work in her hands.
“Manager Ye, we will change the catwalk modelling to a stage play, then we will insert the advertisement of Cabbage Plume into the stage play.” Ye Ting lifted her head while looking at a project list. She asked, astonished, “What? Insert an advertisement? Ning Qing what are you thinking? Product placement is a matter that is done under the table. Now you want to use the method of product placement in a stage play to advertise Cabbage Plume? Everyone’s attention would be fixed on the stage play; Cabbage Plume would merely be a supporting role. You have really reversed the roles with this plan.”
“How could this work?” Ning Qing’s white and flawless face was full of confidence. She explained slowly. “The script of this stage play would be written personally by me. This story definitely starts with Cabbage Plume. The stage play would be a harmony of both the modern beauty of the catwalk and the flexibility of the story. We will invite the popular kings and queens in the entertainment industry to act out these roles and use star power to the maximum.
“Also, although the placement of advertisement isn’t something that can be done on the table, you cannot deny that product placement is rampant everywhere. It has since started a furious debate. Now we could move product placement to the stage and make use of the debate to stir up interest. The more controversial the matter is, the more famous the product will be. Cabbage Plum will definitely be a hit in the market.
“Lastly, these few years, there has been a rigid standard of using the catwalk added with the advertisement clip. Why don’t we start a new trend? We need to think daringly, be unconventional, and be willing to experiment. This is what the market needs right now: new blood. We can be the leader of the pack and spawn a new movement in the advertising world.” Ye Ting heard her words in a blur. If she was being honest, she did not place Ning Qing’s plans in her heart at all yesterday, because each was a master in his own special field. Ning Qing was not familiar with this part of advertising.
But she realized she was wrong. If memory serves, Ning Qing majored in Market Advertising and Production in Media and Communications school. She could not help but agree that her unorthodox plan was daring and original. Why didn’t she think of this?
Ye Ting felt a little threatened. As the pride of Harvard, her abilities were recognized by everyone. Listening to Ning Qing’s plans, she could predict that the stage play advertisement would bring a large amount of attention and profit. She had always been imitated by others, and was bested by no one.
Would Cabbage Plume be her miracle?
Ye Ting coughed. Concealing the shock in her heart, she opened her mouth to ask, “Then what is the theme of the advertisement of Cabbage Plume? Have you thought of it?”
“Yes.” Ning Qing nodded her head and lifted her head to look at the shining sunlight streaming in from the French windows. She said with a loving smile, “The theme of Cabbage Plume this time is – The journey to find love.”
Ye Ting was silent for a few seconds. “There will be some difficulty implementing this plan. Go back to make a detailed proposal. After, we will discuss it with the team to see if it is plausible.”
“Ok!” Ning Qing saw hope, and quickly nodded her head to agree.