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To most of the people watching the performance, the constant change in tempo and melody sounded fun and amazing. But to the musicians listening, they immediately recognized the high level of difficulty Enrique Valdez was injecting to the music.
Iris was bearing the most brunt of her music mentor constantly changing things up in her song. Eros and the other band members might have improved a lot in their skills since their music collaboration, but they were still lacking in experience when it came to keeping up with the advanced and complicated techniques of a master musician like Enrique Valdez. As a result, she had to covertly wrest control of the music from her mentor again and again while making it appear as if Eros was still the one leading everything as the lead guitarist.
Her deception worked on most of the people, but the expert musicians among the audience and viewers noticed what was really happening.
"Enrique Valdez is really putting the pressure on Iris," DJ Song commented.
"The brat is tough. She won’t buckle to anyone’s pressure easily, even if it’s someone like Enrique Valdez. In fact, I’ve never seen her buckle down to pressure before. I’ve tried pressuring her so many times already but she just ends up quarreling with me! I’ve never met such a stubborn and hard-headed brat in my entire life!" JJ grumbled yet there was pride in his tone.
DJ Song chuckled. "Never met a stubborn and hard-headed brat before? Are you sure? Look in the mirror. I guarantee that you’ll meet one."
"You! Hmph! Stop talking to me. I need to focus on this performance. The protégé of JJ, famous and award-winning music producer, is currently performing with THE legendary hitmaker, Enrique Valdez! Even that pipsqueak Jin Chonglin had never achieved this! He should’ve transferred to my record label when I offered him long ago. Now my protégé is going to eclipse him in the music industry! Ahahaha!"
"You’re the one who should stop talking," DJ told his friend while shaking his head in a helpless manner. Then he glanced at Jin Liwei, Grandma Li and Huang Yuyan. "You should be careful of your words. The Jins are here. They might take offense if they hear you insulting Jin Chonglin."
JJ was about to retort when the performance heated up. He stopped talking and focused on the stage instead.
Enrique Valdez’s nimble fingers were almost a blur on the guitar strings. He was attempting to completely change the entire melody of the song. However, Iris was like an impenetrable yet malleable shield protecting the integrity of her song while also acting as a bridge to the rest of the band members, not allowing them to be overwhelmed by Enrique Valdez.
By this time, the song had reached the part where Night was rapping.
"Listen to me!
I cannot breathe
Your love is suffocating me..."
If Enrique Valdez succeeded in changing the tempo, it would disrupt Night who wasn’t really a full-fledged rapper. Night’s skill in rapping was severely limited, relying on his natural talent and the suitability of his rapping style for the song. Any changes to the overall melody and tempo would spell disaster for him. Iris knew this. That was why she needed to protect the original tempo, especially in this rap part.
"You nurtured this monster inside of me
Our twisted love born from insanity!"
Finally, Night safely completed the rap part of the song. As usual, the screams and shrieks for him were the loudest during this part. So many panties got wet, unable to resist his charm when he was rapping.
Immediately after the rap finished, Enrique once again attempted to change the melody, making it more complicated yet also ethereal. Iris allowed him this time. However, she made sure to connect the entire music together, so that the other band members could still keep up even with her and Enrique.
Her fingers glided over the keyboard, following Enrique’s new melody. It sounded awesome to the listeners, but the skilled musicians knew that it took a tremendous amount of finesse on Iris’ part to seamlessly meld her playing with Enrique’s impromptu melody. She also began singing this time.
"Take me away, oh take me away!
This sweet love, this poisonous love
It’s killing me, oh killing me..."
Enrique Valdez deliberately made the melody more intricate in this part to make it more difficult for her.
Even without knowing what kind of surprises her music mentor had in store for her in this part of the song, Iris’ powerful voice soared effortlessly, even as her keyboard playing kept up with Enrique Valdez. She matched her singing to the ever-changing melody set by Enrique, effectively showcasing to everyone her impressive and adaptable vocal range.
"Cleanse me of this love
Oh, cleanse me of this tainted love
Ah ah ah~"
She sang the last part in whistle notes, even changing the notes several times while also holding it longer than the original version.
In the audience, everyone’s mind was blown by Iris’ phenomenal voice. It was just simply out of this world!
"Wow," DJ Song breathed.
JJ Song was banging both of his palms on the table in his excitement. Then he stood up and raised his arms in the air at the same that Iris’ whistle notes reached crescendo.
"Yeah, brat! That’s how you do it!"
The other guests were also cheering like him while rubbing their arms because Iris’ incredible voice was giving them goosebumps.
"L-O-V-E Iris Long! B-O-S-S that’s my boss! Go boss! Go boss! Wuwuwuwu! Boss is so awesome."
"I know, Big Bro. Stop crying. You’ll ruin your foundation."
Besides the two emcees, others also expressed their amazement.
"Holy shit! Is she still human?"
"Iris Long! I love you so much! You’re so amazing!"
"Hey, be quiet. Don’t let CEO Jin hear you. He might kill you!"
"Shut up! I love Iris Long so I’m gonna say that I love her! My love for her transcends sexuality! If CEO Jin can’t understand my love and admiration for her, then screw him! He shouldn’t have become engaged with a celebrity!"
"Aish! You!"
As for Jin Liwei, even if these people were within his hearing range, he wouldn’t have heard them anyway. All of his focus was on his baby girl. For him, she was the most dazzling woman in the whole world...no, the entire universe. And she was his! Pride filled him.
Iris Long was his woman! Jin Liwei’s! And he was her man! They belonged together! No matter how many pests desired her or him, the two of them would only love each other.
A few seats away from him, Jin Chonglin was also concentrating on the performance. He was a skilled musician, so he recognized the challenges Enrique Valdez kept on throwing at Iris throughout the song.
He imagined himself in her place.
Could he also perform so splendidly in the same situation? Not sure.
Would he buckle under the pressure? Possibly.
This was, after all, the legendary hitmaker, Enrique Valdez. Just his name alone was enough to intimidate most musicians. How much more when performing on the same stage as him without any rehearsals?
But looking at Iris keeping her cool and even performing her best under such a nerve-wracking situation, Jin Chonglin was once again impressed beyond measure by her. At the same time, he also felt a little jealous of her ability to handle pressure.
"Dammit, Iris Long! You’re the real monster of insanity," he muttered.
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During the last part of the song, Iris Long allowed Enrique Valdez a certain amount of freedom to modify the song but not too much as to completely change it. Otherwise, it would become his song, not hers!
Enrique Valdez’s daring injection of intricate technical difficulty into the song should’ve made it sound chaotic, but because of Iris’ deceptively effortless bridging of every single elements together, "Monster of Insanity" was on its way into becoming an even more legendary song in rock music than it already was before. The brilliant harmony created by the mentor and student’s hidden battle reached its final high when Blaze sang the remaining lyrics.
"I’m a monster created by love
Your love, oh your love
It’s haunting me, it’s turning me
Into a Monster, a Monster, a Monster of Insanity!!!"
Then the music ended.
The audience didn’t want it to end. They stillwanted MOOOOOOORE!!!
Everything about the song was so cool! They couldn’t decide which version was better—the original or this one. In Iris Long’s original version, rock and classical music fused into an amazing harmony that reached deep into one’s soul, resonating with each listener’s demons while at the same time uplifting them.
This version with Enrique Valdez, however, was simply...mind-blowing!!!
There was no need to think about any deeper meaning to it. All everyone could think was how mind-blowing it was! The music swept over them like a raging tsunami, overwhelming them so much that they felt like they were going insane with its awesomeness. Listening to the song didn’t reach deep inside, resonate with their inner demons or whatever. It simply freaking blasted them off to outer space to get a glimpse of the wonders of the universe! That was how awesome this version was—it turned them into mindless receptacles of the music, filling them until they burst with euphoria.
It was as if the music completely hypnotized them. This was sorcery! And they loved it!!!
A deafening sound of applause and cheers erupted not only inside the grand hall but also outside the convention centre where the fans continued to crowd while watching the livestreams. All across the country, people were going crazy shouting and screaming and crying in amazement in their own homes, in workplaces, on the streets, or wherever they were watching. If a clueless bystander saw all of these scenes, that person would think that a Chinese football team was competing in the World Cup finals. The bystander would never think that all these people were actually watching a launch party for a new company.
The performance almost broke the internet. Countless comments flooded online that web servers had to temporarily increase their capacities than their usual limits to avoid being overloaded by the sudden spike in traffic. It was insane!
"Bravo!!!"
"That was insane! Monstrous!! Epic!!!"
"Smack your mighty slippers together! Make more noise!! Louder!!! Let our Boss Iris, the great Enrique Valdez, and Pandemonium hear our support!!!!"
Similar reactions played in different places but more obvious inside the grand hall of the convention centre. Everyone was on their feet, giving the performance a long and loud standing ovation.
Back on the stage, Enrique Valdez beckoned Iris and thePandemonium band members to line up together at the front of the stage. They all held hands. Iris held Enrique’s one hand while Eros held his other hand. The poor Eros almost croaked his last breath right there and then and gone to heaven from the overwhelming joy and excitement of holding his rock idol’s hand. Fortunately, he was able to get a hold of himself and (barely) retain his dignity in front of everyone.
They raised their hands up in the air and bowed together. Iris did her signature elegant curtsy bow while the men bowed from the waist. Even the great Enrique Valdez bowed as deeply as the younger Pandemonium band members, showing his respect to his Chinese audience. His action was noticed and appreciated by everyone.
"Thank you, Enrique Valdez! You’re awesome!"
"My Pandemonium husbands, you’ve improved so much! Your Momma is so proud of you! Ah, I need to buy new panties again!"
"Beautiful Iris Long, please marry me!"
This particular male guest, an escort of one of the invited beauty influencers, shuddered all of a sudden. He cautiously turned his head, feeling murderous intent from his side.
"Eeeek!"
He almost hid under the table when he saw Jin Liwei shooting daggers at him with cold, murderous eyes.
"I was joking, CEO Jin! Aha-ha-ha..."
His nervous laugh petered out after feeling Jin Liwei’s murderous intent increase several folds. The poor man decided to just shut his mouth off, not wanting to aggravate the scary CEO Jin Liwei’s displeasure any further.
On another table, JJ and DJ Song were also still riding high from the performance along with the other guests.
"It’s weird seeing Enrique Valdez play a right-handed acoustic guitar," DJ Song commented. "I expected that he would be a little worse playing right-handed but he’s still as skilled as when he’s playing left-handed. Absolutely amazing!"
"Of course! He’s Enrique Valdez! And there are ambidextrous guitarists in the world. Enrique Valdez is one, the brat is another," JJ said.
"Very true. The first time I saw Iris playing a guitar was when she substituted for Eros during their ’MusicFest Tonight’ performance. It was a left-handed guitar. If you didn’t tell me that she’s actually right-handed, I wouldn’t have known!"
"Yeah. The brat can play several other instruments, too. She would personally demonstrate her skills whenever instructing band musicians during our recording sessions. She’s very strict. What a pain in the ass to work with!" JJ grumbled.
DJ Song chuckled. "She’s very strict, yes. But I don’t think that she’s a pain in the ass. You are."
JJ scowled at his friend but chose to ignore the last part of his sentence. "The brat’s guitar playing style is very similar to Enrique Valdez. It’s clear that she got inspiration from him. However, she also added some of her own personality and even original techniques, as evident on how she managed to invent new techniques while composing ’Monster of Insanity’. I don’t often say this but I really hit the jackpot when I offered her a comeback contract when she sent me those demo tapes back then."
"Yes. Indeed, you hit the jackpot with her," DJ Song replied, nodding. "Iris could play other instruments well, particularly the guitar, but her piano skills are still her main forte."
"No, you’re wrong."
"What do you mean? In what way am I wrong?"
"The brat’s piano skills aren’t her main forte but her composition skills," JJ corrected.
DJ Song’s eyes widened in understanding before nodding. "You’re right."
"Of course I’m right! I’m JJ! I’m always right when it comes to music!"
"Not always," DJ Song muttered.
JJ decided to ignore his friend’s words again. "Since her comeback, the brat has already composed hit songs after hit songs in the country. Mark my words. I bet upon my reputation as a multi-award-winning music producer that the brat will become the next legendary hitmaker, not only in the country but also in the world, after Enrique Valdez. Maybe she’ll even surpass him someday."
The friends became quiet after JJ made this prediction. Even the loud applause and cheers around them felt like a sign, agreeing to the "truth" in JJ’s words.
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The deafening standing ovation continued for several minutes. Everyone was still feeling high from the incredible performance.
Back on the stage, Thunder was now sobbing like a baby because of pure happiness. The other Pandemonium band members also looked emotional. They still couldn’t believe that they just performed with their ultimate rock star idol, Enrique Valdez!
When the applause started to die down for a bit, Enrique Valdez took the mic and made an announcement.
"I’ll stay here in China to make music with Iris Long."
One second. Two seconds. Three sec—
"WHAT?!!!"
In the audience, JJ used his pinkie to clean his ears. "Huh? Maybe I’m getting old. Something is wrong with my hearing today. I think I misheard Enrique Valdez saying that he wants to make music with that brat. Ahahaha! Yes, must’ve misheard it..."
"No, Old J. You didn’t mishear it! I heard it, too! Enrique Valdez really said that he’s going to make music with Iris!" DJ Song couldn’t contain his excitement. He was literally jumping up and down like a hyper little kid.
All around them, the other guests were whispering to each other, trying to confirm Enrique Valdez’s surprise announcement.
"What did Enrique say? I’m not really good in English."
"OMG!!! He said that he’ll be staying here in China to make music with Iris Long!!!"
"Boss Iris! You’re the best forever and ever!! Our mighty slippers are so proud of you!!!"
"Kyaaaaaaah! Music by Enrique Valdez and Iris Long?! I can’t wait to hear it!! It’s going to be so awesome!!!"
In another part of the audience, Tang Yiyi and Bright Summit’s big boss and higher-ups almost had a collective heart attack. This was big! No, this was gigantic! Ginormous!
"Miss Tang, anything Iris Long needs for her music collaboration with Enrique Valdez, just ask and you’ll get it," Bright Summit’s big boss said.
"Yes, sir! Thank you very much, sir!" Tang Yiyi was, of course, excited.
"Since this has been announced in public already, it would be a great embarrassment if it gets cancelled for whatever reason. It would damage Iris Long’s reputation and make her a laughingstock by her detractors. This music collaboration needs to happen, even if we have to beg Enrique Valdez if he ever backs out. Make sure that Enrique Valdez’s stay here in the country is as comfortable as possible."
"Yes, sir. Please leave everything to me. I’ll pay attention to Iris and Mr. Enrique’s needs in order to make their music collaboration happen," Tang Yiyi promised.
"Good."
The other Bright Summit higher-ups nodded, their eyes sparkling with excitement.
On the other side of the grand hall, Jin Chonglin clapped along with everyone else. However, his mind was far away from the celebration. He watched Iris Long and Enrique Valdez on the stage, the surprise announcement playing again and again in his mind. Various emotions swirled inside him.
Shock. Amazement. Disbelief. Pride for Iris. Envy.
The positives and the negatives mixed inside him, making him unable to differentiate one emotion from the next.
In the end, all he could do was sigh and smile helplessly.
’It looks like your star will only get bigger and brighter. Big Bro might be right. You might really become an even bigger superstar than me one day. But right now, this prince’s star is still bigger and brighter than yours. I didn’t reach my superstar status for nothing. My foundations won’t be shaken that easily. I won’t try to stop your rise to superstardom. If I did, my brother will surely kill me.
’Come, Iris Long! I’ll be waiting for you here at the top. Come and see how beautiful the view is here. But at the same time, you’ll also learn that it isn’t as easy to maintain your foothold here. After all, the top is narrower than the bottom, the height more treacherous. It could only hold a limited number of people. Once you reach the top, someone will definitely fall to make space for you. And I sure as hell will make sure that it’s not gonna be me!’
Jin Chonglin’s inner monologue gave him an even fiercer determination to improve his craft not only as a musician but as an overall celebrity. Seeing Iris Long’s accomplishments in such a short period of time motivated him to try new things. Perhaps he could have another breakthrough and strengthen his superstar status.
A seat away from him, his older brother Jin Liwei felt the proudest out of all the people present in the grand hall. Not even Long Tengfei, Wei Lan, Grandpa Lu, or even Lu Zihao could compare to the mixture of love, devotion and pride in his eyes. However, only the people close to him could see these emotions dancing in his love-filled eyes. To the rest of the people, his expression remained cold as usual.
Back on the stage, Iris was also surprised. Although Enrique Valdez kept telling her before that he wanted to make music with her and release it together, she thought that it would be years before that happened. She didn’t expect that it would be so soon. In addition, he announced it to everyone all of a sudden.
Her music mentor turned to her and asked, "Do you accept?"
"Of course. Yes!" Iris laughed in delight despite her surprise.
Blaze: "Congrats, Senior Iris!"
Eros: "You’re so amazing. You’re actually going to make music with the rock god. Wow."
Night nodded, happy for her.
Thunder: "Goddess Iris, I’m so stoked! This is the best news ever!"
Iris smiled at them. "Thank you. I’m very excited."
"Prepare yourself. I’m not an easy person to work with," Enrique Valdez told her. "I’m demanding and a perfectionist."
"I work well your kind," she replied. "Because I am one, too."
"We’ll see about that."
The starstruck Eros couldn’t take the easy banter between Iris and Enrique Valdez any longer. He clutched his chest and fainted right there on the stage.
After reviving poor Eros, the party continued. Other celebrities made impromptu performances on stage. Even Jin Chonglin was pressured to sing a couple of songs. For his final song, he dragged Iris back to the stage to sing "Shining Eyes" together, their current #1 hit song of the season.
The Black Stars and Jin Chonglin’s army of fans went crazy. Since it was a very popular song at the moment, almost everyone sang along with it.
Iris played the keyboard while Jin Chonglin played the acoustic guitar, the very same one Enrique Valdez used earlier. Their voices soared together, filling everyone with sweetness.
"Smitten I had followed you around
Not expecting anything in return
But you always knew
So your shining eyes saw me"
Jin Chonglin looked at Iris but she looked at his brother in the audience instead. Disappointment, sadness and regret flashed in his eyes, making his solo part more emotional.
"Smitten I had followed you around
Not expecting anything in return"
Iris’ continued to give loving gazes at her darling, singing him the love song.
"But you always knew
So you gave me all I could ever want"
Then both Iris and Jin Chonglin sang the last part together.
"I got you~"
It was only when the song ended and the audience was giving them a standing ovation that Iris finally looked at Jin Chonglin in the eyes. They bowed together. Jin Chonglin thought about holding her hands but decided against it. His brother might finally forget about their flesh and blood brotherhood and murder him in front of their mother, grandmother, and everyone.
"Sister Xiulan, congratulations for tonight," he told her as they walked back to their seats.
She smiled at him, momentarily dazing him with her beauty. "Thank you, Brother Chonglin. I’m looking forward to our future projects together."
He nodded and watched her return to his brother’s side. Right at that moment, he felt lonely. He sighed, wondering why he had lost interest in playing around with the ladies when this new Iris Long appeared after her showbiz comeback. If he could just return to the party animal that he was before, then he wouldn’t have to dwell on these unpleasant feelings that were making him extremely uncomfortable.
’Too bad that she’s already with someone else. And that someone is my own brother.’
He sighed once again, forcing himself to look away from the happy image his brother and future sister-in-law was making. Then his eyes fell on an annoying sight.
Chen Fei stood in front of him, her arms crossed over her chest. "I want your men’s skincare line finalized in two weeks."
"Bossy," he muttered.
"I know. Thank you!"
Jin Chonglin scowled but his mood inexplicably felt lighter. He wondered why.
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Jin Chonglin didn’t try to analyze the reason. He only felt relieved that he wasn’t feeling down anymore. Feeling much lighter, his scowl was replaced by his killer smile. He had a sudden urge to tease this annoying bossy woman.
While he and Chen Fei were taking swipes at each other, the party gradually reached its end.
Orchidia Beauty’s grand launch finally ended and it was a huge, resounding success! Everyone who attended, watched and followed the event couldn’t stop talking about it. There were so many topics of conversation in just a single event. So many unforgettable things!
It wasn’t surprising that the next day, almost all the news media outlets constantly featured the grand launch and everything that happened during the event.
The thousands of people who crowded outside the convention centre despite the cold weather! There were so many fans who came that it was more like a major concert than the launch of a new company.
The glamorous red carpet event comparable to awards ceremonies and blockbuster movie premiers!
The amazing star-studded guest list. Oh, the guest list! Such high calibre guests could easily be mistaken as personages attending an important national gala instead of new company’s launch.
Then the bombshell that Iris Long was actually the Owner, President and CEO of Orchidia Beauty! So many people were blindsided by this revelation. They only thought that she was the endorser along with Jin Chonglin, not the company boss.
What was even more shocking was that she was friends with all the Cross Academy students who attended her company’s grand launch. These were geniuses among geniuses! The best the world had to offer!
Afterwards, when the products were finally made available for sale online, it sold out in five seconds!
FIVE FREAKING SECONDS!!!
The reporters immediately went to work, researching if there were others who accomplished this feat before. They weren’t sure abroad, but they were 100% certain that in the country, Orchidia Beauty was the first one to accomplish this. Based on the products’ price points and a ballpark guess of the total inventory, industry experts estimated that Orchidia Beauty instantly earned several million RMB in that five seconds.
In short, Orchidia Beauty made history—in the country, at least—by being the first entity to sell out more than 10,000 units in five seconds. This was, of course, only an estimate. Industry experts were positive that Orchidia Beauty’s overall inventory that night contained at least 100,000 units, making the feat of selling all of them in just five seconds even more impressive and astounding.
They made this estimate based on Orchidia Beauty’s pre-order sales earlier that month which also sold out. After conducting a nation-wide survey targeting those who successfully pre-ordered Orchidia Beauty products that time, they discovered that the company already sold around 50,000 units from those pre-orders alone.
Iris Long mentioned during the grand launch that her company increased the inventories after the pre-orders sold out. It was reasonable to believe that Orchidia Beauty at least doubled its inventory for the official launch. Just from these numbers alone, the experts estimated that Orchidia Beauty might have sold around 100,000 to 300,000 units (already a conservative estimate) or even up to 500,000 units during those five seconds. In either case, it would already be safe to say that Orchidia Beauty was now a company worth millions—and its was only the first release of the products! It would certainly earn more after stocking up and making the products available for purchase once again. Add the pre-order sales from earlier that month and the company’s bank account should be very fat right now!
These figures were thrown around by the media, citing various experts from the beauty industry. However, these were still estimates. Many were hoping that Orchidia Beauty would disclose its earnings in public. It would be up to Orchidia Beauty if it wanted to do that. The new company wasn’t required to announce its earnings because it was a 100% private company owned by Iris Long with minor shares owned by its German CPO Alric Bauer. For now, the people could only continue to speculate about how profitable Orchidia Beauty was upon its launch.
The other beauty companies in the country were now trembling in anxiety at the appearance of this unexpected rising star in the beauty industry. Orchidia Beauty only launched last night but it already established itself as a direct and formidable competitor to the established giants in the beauty industry.
What kind of company needed just five seconds to instantly catapult itself into a prime position in the crowded market of the beauty industry? Orchidia Beauty! The one and only! And its head and face was the celebrity, Iris Long.
Headlines were already popping up about Iris Long and her company, Orchidia Beauty.
"Iris Long: China’s Future Beauty Tycoon?"
"Orchidia Beauty Sells Out in 5 Seconds! One-time Fluke or the Start of a New Beauty Dynasty?"
"Iris Long’s Orchidia Beauty Makes History by Selling Out in 5 Seconds! Sales Estimated to be Worth Millions!"
The media was, of course, hyping it up. However, the industry experts were seriously focused on observing Orchidia Beauty’s progress.
For many years now, all the top ten beauty brands in the country were all by foreign companies. 100% foreign, 0% Chinese!
There were plenty of Chinese companies and entrepreneurs who attempted to change this but failed to squeeze their way into the top 10. A few mega beauty influencers came close, becoming millionaires on a global scale (in US dollars) by creating their own brands and selling them to their millions of followers in China and abroad. Despite their tremendous individual success, they still weren’t successful in putting a Chinese brand in the country’s top 10, much less on the international market.
Industry experts were now eyeing Orchidia Beauty. Would it be the one to finally change the current status quo in the country’s beauty industry? Would Iris Long succeed where so many had failed?
What would Iris Long’s Orchidia Beauty be like in 1 year? 2 years? 5 years? Would it rise or fall after such a history-making launch? Would it survive or drown in the ultra-competitive battlefield that was the beauty industry?
Orchidia Beauty just launched last night, so these questions could only be answered with time. Some were optimistic, while others weren’t.
Those who were still looking down on Iris Long even after learning that she was the owner of Orchidia Beauty, saying that she used Jin Liwei and her connection to Sir Lu Jianhong to build a company, couldn’t continue disparaging her after her company sold out all its products in just five seconds. If they continued belittling her even after this, they would only sound like envious bitches and bastards. Numbers didn’t lie, after all.
Besides, even if Jin Liwei or Sir Lu Jianhong helped her behind the scenes, it was still a fact that Orchidia Beauty sold out the way it did after she revealed that she was the owner. In the end, it was still her name and image that contributed a great deal in the new company’s history-making moment last night.
The headlines didn’t end with just these. Oh no, they didn’t. After selling out for five seconds, Iris Long made other noteworthy announcements.
Her acquisition of the old French perfumery, Sang Bleu, renaming it Liberté! The reporters also did their research, unearthing more of the perfumery’s history than the brief summary Dominic and Clover Chua shared during the launch party. Even though it was already a bankrupt company when it was put on sale, its resources and connections were still very valuable.
Next, Iris Long announced her new foundation, Iris of Hope! Her mother, the new Viscountess Lan, was a main ambassador! People from high society wanted to take this as a joke but once again, numbers didn’t lie.
According to the Iris of Hope’s official website, the foundation had acquired about 72,000 active patrons (people who voluntarily donated at least 1 RMB) in just one night—and this was without an official fundraising campaign yet! If all these 72,000 patrons donated 1 RMB, the 72,000 RMB was already a fairly successful amount from just a night of collection. However, there were billionaires like Jin Liwei, Sir Lu Jianhong, and the other impressive personages who signed up as patrons for the foundation. They would have certainly donated more than 1 RMB! It wouldn’t be surprising if Iris of Hope had collected millions already.
Impressed yet?
Wait, there was more!
Almost the entire nation was freaking out about what happened next.
The legendary hitmaker, Enrique Valdez, performed live with Iris Long and Pandemonium!!! At the moment, a recorded video of the performance already had more than 80 million views in just one day! "Monster of Insanity" was also making a comeback to the top ranks of various music streaming and sales charts.
However, these weren’t the main reason why people were freaking out. Sensational headlines screamed everywhere.
"Enrique Valdez to Make Music with Iris Long!!!"
"Rock Legend Calls China Temporary Home for Collab with Multi-Award Winning Musician, Iris Long!"
"World’s Legendary Hitmaker Teams Up with China’s Young Hitmaker of the Year for an Anticipated Music Collab!"
Everyone was waiting for Bright Summit or maybe even JJ’s record label to release more details about the incredible music collaboration.
Before Orchidia Beauty’s grand launch, people only thought that there would be a new hot skincare brand in the beauty industry. Never did anyone expect that a rain of bombshells would be dropped and create explosions reverberating not only in the beauty and business industries but also in the music world.
Iris Long’s star began shining more brightly, becoming bigger, until people could no longer afford to ignore her.
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His Genius Wife Is A Superstar
Chapter 560 - Iris Long Fever
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HIS GENIUS WIFE IS A SUPERSTAR
C560 - Iris Long Fever
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Chapter 560 - Iris Long Fever
Iris Long’s friends from Cross Academy left the country after visiting the Dragon Palace mansion to eat dinner with her and Jin Liwei.
It was a pity that her language teachers, Professor Kalisha Schwarz and Professor Hisakawa Akio, couldn’t make it to the grand launch. Like Headmaster Erwan Dupont, the two professors had scheduling conflicts. However, they sent presents congratulating her on her company’s successful launch.
In the next few days, both Iris and Jin Liwei returned to work. The workaholic couple didn’t allow their break to negatively affect their performance. It was as if they didn’t leave work with how quickly they reintegrated themselves.
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Jin Corporation.
"Good morning, President Jin!"
The employees greeted Jin Liwei as soon as he walked into the lobby, followed by his loyal assistant Xu Tian.
He nodded. "Good morning."
It was obvious that he was in a good mood. He had been in a great mood in the past few days after returning to work from his break.
It started when he caught an employee listening to "Monster of Insanity" while working. The employee had earphones on but accidentally disconnected it, leaking what he was listening to everyone. When he discovered that the President was standing right behind him, he almost peed his pants and grovelled to the floor to ask for forgiveness. But before he could do so, Jin Liwei nodded and said:
"You have great taste in music."
Then Jin Liwei left.
After that, there had been a surge of "accidental" music leaks throughout the company—all Iris Long songs, of course.
Whenever a mobile phone rang, it would an Iris Long song. Copies of "Rebirth" album were also displayed on work desks, hoping that their President would see them if he came over. Those who had actual signed albums or memorabilia (proud Black Stars) felt superior to the others.
"We’re REAL fans of Boss Iris," they were often heard saying. "At least we’re not using her to get on the President’s good graces, unlike some people."
Even the cafeteria started playing more Iris Long songs, prompting Jin Liwei to see for himself after hearing about it. As a result, he almost caused a stampede when he decided to eat lunch in the cafeteria with Xu Tian and the other executives. The employees felt like an immortal being just descended to the mortal realm to grace them with his presence.
His good mood infected the entire company’s morale. They were all gradually getting used to seeing him (occasionally) smile. Before this, the company’s productivity would skydive in the rare event that he actually smiled because the sight was just too shocking. Now, however, his smile had the opposite positive effect. It made the employees more productive! They began performing well at work, hoping to gain his praise and see his smile more often.
However, the happy atmosphere didn’t permeate the entire company.
The board of directors was particularly tense at the moment, especially the members who belonged to the Jin branch families.
Jin Chenggong was fired from his position in the board. Even his entire branch family was disowned from the Jin clan.
The Jin branch families only held a minority in the board of directors but their combined influence was far greater because of their surname. They were proud of their Jin name, assuming that it made them special compared to the other members of the board who weren’t Jins or Lus. However, their sense of security and pride was shaken when Sir Lu Jianhong finally used his unrivalled authority in the company to fire Jin Chenggong from the board of directors.
Now they remembered that there was still someone else who could take away the privilege that they were currently enjoying.
Sir Lu Jianhong, one of the original founders of the company now known as Jin Corporation. The original Jin founder might be gone, but the original Lu founder was still very much alive. Sir Lu Jianhong had taken a backseat and allowed the Jins to run the company for many years. He even let the company be renamed as JIN Corporation in honour of his late brother and best friend.
This apparent removal of the Lu presence in the company gave the mistaken impression to the Jin branch families that their clan was the sole force holding the power and authority in Jin Corporation. They had forgotten that Sir Lu Jianhong owned exactly 50% of the company by himself, making him the majority shareholder. Compare that to Jin Liwei who only owned 25%, part of which he inherited from his father and the other part he acquired by himself as a young executive. The other 25% became minor shares distributed among the Jin branch families, other executives, and public shareholders.
It was Jin Liwei’s grandfather who decided to split up his own 50% shares upon his death, distributing it to his own son and clan members, selling some at discount prices to well-deserving employees who worked hard to help make the company successful since the beginning, and offering the remaining shares to the public in order to establish Jin Corporation as a truly world-class business.
For many years, the Jin branch families took it for granted that their surname was the most visible presence in the company. Now that Sir Lu Jianhong used his rightful authority to fire someone from the board of directors, they realized that the paltry shares they owned were only droplets of water compared to the vast ocean the old man owned.
After him, Jin Liwei was the next biggest shareholder. If the several predictions were correct and Sir Lu Jianhong would pass down all of his shares to Jin Liwei, then Jin Liwei would become the ultimate majority shareholder, holding 75% of the shares. If that happened, then Jin Corporation would truly be controlled solely by the Jins.
This was supposed to be great news to the Jin branch families, if not for the fact that Jin Liwei easily disowned a branch family from the clan because of a woman. Did this mean that if they expressed their disapproval for Iris Long as their next madam, they would also be disowned and lose everything?
How could they stay calm after this?
At that moment, the branch families split allegiances. All of them didn’t want to lose their current positions and privileges. They wanted to stay in the Jin clan and keep their shares of Jin Corporation, but their methods of keeping the current status quo differed from one another.
One side completely submitted themselves to Jin Liwei and his decision to marry Iris Long. They might disapprove of her and think that she was unsuitable for their clan head, but they would accept her because Jin Liwei had already chosen her. At least in this way, they would remain in Jin Liwei’s good side and keep them safe from being disowned.
Some of them were even starting to believe that Iris Long might not be such a bad match for Jin Liwei after all, especially after hearing about the successful and history-making launch of her company, Orchidia Beauty. If Orchidia Beauty continued to be profitable in the long-term, then she would at least be passable as Jin Liwei’s wife. They couldn’t expect someone like her to grow her company on the same level of Jin Corporation, could they?
’Impossible,’ they thought, laughing at the ridiculous idea.
As for the other side, they also wanted to maintain the current status quo but they didn’t want to accept Iris Long. Never! Thus, they began promoting a radical idea—to make Rose Young their next Madam.
First of all, they believed that Rose Young was many times more suitable than that celebrity Iris Long who was trying to become a fake businesswoman.
Second of all, most of them personally knew Rose Young and were quite close to her and her family. They knew what kind of a wonderful, intelligent and talented woman she was, unlike that Iris Long who suddenly turned from being a devil to an angel.
Third of all, they were the ones who voted for Rose Young and made her the new CMO of Jin Corporation. Thus, she would naturally feel gratitude for the help they gave her.
These reasons made them believe that if they successfully made Rose Young their next Madam, not only would they keep the current status quo but also make it more advantageous for them courtesy of her sense of gratitude for helping her. They helped her get to her position, so she had a responsibility to pay them back, no?
Amidst the good mood and high morale of Jin Corporation, these schemes were being plotted in the shadows. Pulling the strings behind this radical group was Jin Chenggong who still retained his influence on some of the Jin branch families and Romeo Young all the way from Singapore who had proven himself as a great "friend" to those who needed to accomplish little (shady) tasks that might get them into trouble with the law.
While all of these people were speeding up the plan to make her the next Madam of Jin Corporation, Rose Young was suffering in the company. Everywhere she went, she would see, hear and feel the presence of Iris Long.
’Damn all these ass-kissers, using that slut to brownnose on Big Brother Liwei!’
This made her work extra harder, drowning herself in work, in order to stop herself from going crazy because of what she called the "Iris Long fever" in the company. As a result, her work performance improved by leaps and bounds. The other executives and members of the board of directors praised her achievements during a routine meeting. This only made the radical group believe that they made the right decision in supporting her.
"Thank you, everyone. I’m the CMO, after all. This is part of my work," she modestly replied. Then she glanced at Jin Liwei, hoping to hear him praise her, too.
However, Jin Liwei only nodded, not sparing her a word or even a look, breaking her heart.
’This is all your fault, you slut!’
While she was silently cursing Iris Long, the CFO’s mobile phone rang.
"I’m a monster created by love
Your love, oh your love"
It’s haunting me, it’s turning me
Into a Monster, a Monster, a Monster of Insanity!!!"
The red-faced CFO struggled to find his phone inside his briefcase. His rock music ringtone blared loudly in the conference room. It was heard by everyone in the meeting, including Jin Liwei who had an amused expression. However, only Xu Tian detected the amusement from his usual cold and indifferent expression. Finally, the CFO found his phone and turned it off in a hurry. He cleared his throat and immediately apologized.
"My apologies, especially to the President. My carelessness made me forget to set my phone on silent mode before the meeting."
Silence.
"Nice ringtone," Jin Liwei commented. "Continue with the meeting."
"Yes, sir!"
Rose Young almost coughed out blood in her fury.
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