The meeting lasted 90 minutes. None of the two sides could convince each other. For Ai Fei, what he hoped was the full cooperation of Prada Company. Not only did all the similar products used by models in their daily lives during the performances twice a year, but also required Prada Company to sponsor and provide them. George agreed after considering this for a while.

In return, in addition to bringing Prada's related products to display at fashion weeks twice a year, all the Aike's specialty stores in other countries must arrange to launch the Prada's logo in a conspicuous place.

From the perspective of many people, this is a very immature contract. Neither the party has achieved a greater goal, but there is no way. Neither Ike nor Prada, it was not considered particularly large in the 1950s. A company with particularly market influence could reach such an agreement, in a sense, in order to fight against Chanel, who is more powerful than the two.

And the most important thing is that this contract has only been an oral agreement so far. There is still a lot of specific work to be done later. For Prada, this contract must be submitted to the company's board of directors for approval - but according to Carl's explanation to Ai Fei, such regional cooperation agreements are rarely returned by the parent company.

For Ai Fei, no one needs to ask for instructions and wait for approval, but some detailed work, such as the timeline requirements in the contract between the two parties, also require Carl and Prada's American company to negotiate, hold a press conference, hold the first demonstration after the cooperation between the two parties, etc. These all require time.

Ai Fei pushed the table and stood up: "Gentlemen, the meeting is over. Please allow me to invite everyone to have a meal below. For our cooperation to go smoothly."

"In our Italian tradition, we have always been hosted by us." George also stood up with a smile: "I insist."

"Is there such a tradition?" Ai Fei really didn't know: "I remember when I was in Japan, I had a cooperation with an Italian friend. What's annoying is that that guy slaughtered me once!"

"Haha!" Everyone burst into laughter, and even the Ms. Museca, who had been sitting aside and was smiling.

With a big laugh, everyone pushed open the door of the conference room and walked outward. After walking past the door of the office, Winnie suddenly stood up: "Mr. Ike, there is your guest."

"Who is it?"

Before Winnie could answer, the office door was opened from inside, and Grace Kelly stood at the door with a smile: "Long time no see, Ike."

"Ah!" Ai Fei shouted in dismay: "Why... are you here?"

Grace smiled playfully. The beauty made everyone standing at the door lose their minds for a moment: "What, as an old friend, shouldn't I come to visit you as soon as I arrived in New York? If I were like this, you might be angry with me, right?"

Ai Fei's expression was obviously a little panicked. Others didn't know what was going on, but Carl knew something. After all, when Grace came to the company to look for him with Mr. Benjamin, he was also present. He looked around and said, "Ike, my guests and I will go to the restaurant first. OK?"

"Ah, of course, of course. Oh, thank you, Carl."

"Gentlemen, please go here."

After the crowd walked out of the office area, Ai Fei seized the time to calm himself down: "Oh, please go to the office with me. Winnie? Pour us a cup of coffee."

"Yes, sir."

A few minutes later, two cups of coffee were placed in front of the two people, facing guests from Los Angeles. Ai Fei rarely said something. There was silence in the air, making people feel embarrassed for no reason.

"The guest just now was Mr. George and his daughter of Prada Company?"

"Hey? Do you know them?"

"No, I don't know them." Grace guessed something, and shook her head with a wry smile: "I just saw the news of Mr. George coming to the United States in the newspaper. I just heard your secretary say something, guessing that it might be them. Did you talk about cooperation with you?"

"Ah, yes." Ai Fei took out a cigarette from his pocket: "Is that OK?"

Grace's eyes were a little wet for a moment, and her voice became trembling: "Yes, you...can."

After lit the cigarette, Ai Fei snatched out the cigarette butt: "Miss Kelly, I received your letter when I was in Japan. I should have replied to you earlier, but because some things at work are too busy, so..."

“…?”

"Well, I admit, these words are excuses." He frowned in a little annoyed: "Miss Kelly, I... wrote to you after I returned to the United States. I was going to send it today, but your arrival made me a little panic. So, please forgive my incoherence, okay?"

Grace smiled slightly: "Ike, this time I am here to discuss with the producers for a movie, and I also want to visit my old friend. Now it seems that I can only be an old friend."

Of course, Ai Fei could hear what she meant, and scratched his head helplessly: "I'm sorry, Grace. I'm sorry."

After hearing his apology, Grace felt bitter, but she still smiled reluctantly: "Just as I asked you, is there a girl who belongs to you in Japan waiting for your return? Can you tell me who this lucky girl is?"

“…………”

"What's wrong? Don't want me to know?"

"It's Yugong Jingzi."

Grace was shocked. She would not be surprised that Ai Fei would say any person's name, but Aigu Jingzi? He is his assistant? This made her extremely unacceptable! This was simply too bullying! Didn't she encourage herself to date Ai Fei on the premise of getting married? Why did they turn around and get together? What's this? Are you kidding someone?

Ai Fei didn't know why she was angry. He didn't even see the change of the other person's face. He lowered his head and said: "... When I arrived in Japan, I realized that I had already become familiar with the days when Ayumiya was by my side. Only after leaving her did I realize that loving others for the sake of being loved is also a form of love, so, do you know?"

"Is that?" Grace was also born with sharp teeth, but when she was with Ai Fei, the first thing she did was because of her unfamiliarity with each other. After getting to know her, she realized that her character was restrained. At this time, she finally couldn't help it: "I still think it was a name that surprised me more! It turned out to be Ms. Yugong?"

"Eh?" No matter how stupid Ai Fei could hear the mockery in her words: "What are you talking about?"

"Don't you know? When I met Ms. Yumiya Iko, I once told her about her wish to be with you. At that time, she still supported and encouraged me very much. What a joke! Ike, do you know? What Aimiya Iko told me the most is to ask me not to deprive you of your hope and cause harm to you after giving you hope. Now, such a thing happens? What is this? Is it the principle of your Japanese? After giving a girl hope, will it ruthlessly deprive it? Or is it from another... person who is also a lady?"

Her speech like a cannon made Ai Fei a little confused: "What are you... saying?"

"Haha... it seems you don't know yet!" Grace told him what happened in Yumiya Iko's office in the first place. Ai Fei knew where her anger came from when she heard it, so she had to smile helplessly: "Miss Kelly, you misunderstood this. Indeed, I am with Yumiya, but this matter was entirely my initiative, not Yumiya. Even, do you know? In order to reject me, she even slapped me in the mouth!"

Grace was on the fire, and she couldn't listen to anything he said. She thought he was defending Aiguchi. The sadness, depression and jealousy from the bottom of her heart made her even more angry. She picked up the bag on the sofa without saying a word: "Even if that's the case, Mr. Ike, do you think it can offset the hurt and humiliation of Ms. Aiguchi to me? Goodbye! Oh, sorry, I think it's better not to see you again!"

When he turned around, he saw Yumiya Jingzi standing at the door, his face full of tears: "I'm sorry, Miss Kelly, I'm really... sorry!"

"I have never been insulted like this before," Kelly finally burst into tears, wiped her face bravely, and said viciously: "Go to hell!"

Seeing her rushing out of the office without looking back, Yugong Jingzi whimpered and cried in Ai Fei's arms: "Xiao Aijun! I'm sorry, I never want to hurt her, I have never thought about it like this!"

"I know, Jingzi, I know."

Although facing Grace's anger and insults, Ai Fei felt that he had never been relaxed: it was not that he did not cherish his friendship with her, but if he had to choose one, he could only choose Ayumiya Izuko. So, let time make up for the harm caused to Grace?

Yugong cried for a while, and gradually stopped her tears: "Xiao Aijun?"

"It's nothing, she will get better." At this time, I can only comfort her: "When she figures out this, it's time for her to apologize to you."

"Will she really forgive me?"

"I think, I will." When he said this, even Ai Fei did not expect that his relationship with Grace was not only not suspended because of this incident, but instead became closer and closer. Moreover, it would come so quickly!

After standing with Jingzi for a while, Ai Fei let go of his arms: "Do you feel better?"

"Hey! It's much better! Sorry. Did I be rude just now?"

"It should be said that Miss Kelly is very rude." Ai Fei patted her on the cheek: "Wait for me in the company for a while, I will go out once and come back soon."

"Don't I need to go with you?"

"No, no need. I'm just out for a short time...well, yes, I'll be back in a while."

He did come back in a short time, and his expression did not change much from when he went out just now. Yumiya Jingko didn't expect that he was going out to prepare a special gift for her birthday tonight!

It was soon dark in October in New York. It was already six o'clock in the evening. Ai Fei had no intention of getting off work. Yumiya Jingzi was confused, but she just thought that he had just returned from Japan and had too many things to deal with. It was normal for him to work overtime?

Who knew that at 6:30 pm, he still had no intention of getting off work. Not only him, but many people in the company also seemed to be working very busy. This seemed strange? Americans do not seem to be such a nation that is very passionate about overtime work? Or do they want to give the newly returned boss a good impression?

Just as she was confused, Ai Fei strode out of the office: "Yugong? Go and call Carl and go to the conference room for a meeting! Come too."

Yugong Jingzi didn't think much, and agreed casually, walked towards Carl's office, knocked on the door, but no one answered. There was no one in the window? He had to go back to the conference room to reply. Who knew that he pushed open the door of the conference room, and it was dark inside, with only the lights of the street reflected in the window and the starlight on the growing conference table: "Happy birthday!"

A very familiar man's voice sounded, and then the lights in the conference room were on, and she noticed that all the designers in the company, including Ai Fei, Carl, Henry, and Daniel, were all in it. Her lover held the cake in her hand and slowly approached her: "Happy birthday, Yugong!"

"Ah!" Yugong Jingzi herself forgot that today was her birthday! No, the company had developed, and Ai Fei was not here. During this period, she had too many things to be responsible for. Her birthday had been thrown into an unknown corner. Faced with her boyfriend's hard preparation, Yugong was a little speechless: "This... Xiao Aijun? Thank you so much!"

"I said that I will give you the birthday of every employee in the future if my conditions allow you, and of course you will also include you!"

The conversation between the two people was in Japanese. Carl spent a few days in Japan and could vaguely understand a few words. The others were simply ducks listening to thunder and understood nothing. Daniel blinked: "Hey, Ike, this birthday is for Ms. Aiguchi. Don't speak bad things about us in words that we don't understand!"

Ai Fei put down the cake: "Okay, use language you can understand, then, it's time to give a gift?"

Everyone rushed forward and delivered the gifts they had prepared in advance. Yumiya Jingzi bowed and thanked him, but had to free up the gifts with both hands. In a short while, his arms were filled with gift boxes of all sizes, and he could hardly hold them: "Hehe! This time the bamboo snatch is really a place! I knew for a long time that Americans would not be rude in this regard. Well, I wonder if there is cash in it?"

Yugong and everyone were both funny and angry: This is not your birthday, and the gift is not for you? Why are you happy? What are you greedy for?

After making a few jokes, with everyone's help, Yumiya Jingzi put the gift aside and stood there quietly, as if waiting for something: "Okay, let's cut the cake below, and then go home to rest after get off work."

"Hey!" This time, before Aiguchi could speak out, everyone shouted loudly at the same time: "As the company boss and also Japanese, don't you prepare gifts for your subordinates?"

Ai Fei smiled strangely and looked back at everyone: "Why, do you care about what gift I gave to Yugong?"

"certainly!"

"Speaking of this, the gift I gave to Yugong is the most special, not something, but a person!"

"ah?"

As he spoke, Ai Fei took out a small gift box from his pocket and suddenly knelt down in front of Yumiya in front of all the colleagues in the company: "Oh, my God!" A colleague who saw some clues next to him exclaimed in surprise. Yumiya Jingzi, wondering if he was not familiar with this Western etiquette, or was stunned in surprise: "Xiao Aijun? You?"

Ai Fei slowly opened the gift box: "Ms. Yumiya Iko, I know that when I was in Japan, I had a very sloppy agreement with you, but here, I want to ask you again formally: Are you willing to marry me?"
Chapter completed!