However, Melanie quickly thought it through.Good at blending perfume, a strange temperament, an old man living in the countryside, and a hidden identity... All of these descriptions matched Elder Gibson.The news really did let Melanie relax a little. “How can you be so sure that Elder Gibson will help me?”“Would he give his enemy a whole room’s worth of dresses?” Jeffrey scoffed.It was all Jeffrey’s fault that he couldn’t even think of buying Melanie any more outfits because she’d run out of room to store them. All he could do was partition a walk-in closet in the room next door for her.If it weren’t because Elder Gibson was old enough, Jeffrey would have forced her to return those dresses!“Do you need my help during the competition?” he asked after giving it a thought.He had to do something to show that he existed too. He couldn’t simply watch someone else helping his woman the entire time.Melanie wanted to say no, but when he saw how expectant Jeffrey was, she gave it
“I’m sorry, but I have a request.”Melanie raised her hand calmly. “I have a request.”Eaton, who was seated together with the judges, said, “Go ahead.”“Something’s wrong with my base fragrance. I request to get the other one,” Melanie said.“Are you trying to openly cheat?”John couldn’t hold it anymore and immediately led others on the offensive. “The contest’s rules are clear. All contestants can only use the base fragrance that has been stored with the association. You want to change the rules at the last minute? You’re crossing the line!”“That’s right. It’s not fair for all the other contestants if you’re trying to get any special treatment, isn’t it?” Immediately, someone took John’s bait and questioned her in agreement.Melanie turned around and looked at John, his face red with him almost screaming. She calmly said, “Don’t be so excited, Mr. John. What I’m referring to is the other portion of the base fragrance that is saved with the association. I didn’t bring it with
The netizens who were watching the stream kept on posting comments. “Melanie is really so interesting!”“She has both brains and brawn!”“Hmph.”Jeffrey’s smile was one of joy. She was beautiful and interesting, and these mortals had only seen a little bit of her!“Boss? Boss?”William carefully and slowly increased his volume. He only realized that his boss was watching the competition’s live stream from the change in his voice.Jeffrey turned his attention back to William, annoyed.“These documents require your signature,” William said.“Bring them along. I’ll sign them when we’re enroute.”Jeffrey closed the stream on his computer before standing up and patting his suit. He then said, “Let’s return to Harbor City.”“There’s another appointment later tonight...”“Delay it.”“Understood!”William quickly ordered the driver to prepare the car.It seemed like the boss was very enthusiastic about wanting to pick up his missus. -Melanie couldn’t leave the venue even afte
Melanie turned around and gave John a helpless smile. “Mr. John, no wonder your score is so low. You’ve been spending all your effort to look at how I blend my fragrance.”John was so angry that he huffed at his beard and said, “Don’t change the subject!”He then turned around and looked at the judges. “Judges, everyone here is a professional. If you don’t believe me, we can review the competition’s recording.”“Tell me, what did Melanie do wrong?” Eaton asked with a frown.“Her last two steps were completely reversed!”John said with full confidence, “Everyone in the industry knows that the order of these two steps is already fixed. She doesn’t even know the basic order of things. What right does she have to get such a high score?”After Eaton discussed it with the assistant head judges, they agreed to review the video.The large screen began to show how Melanie made the fragrance. And when she almost reached the final steps, as expected, everyone realized that she did it in re
“Elder Gibson!”Everyone from the media turned their cameras toward his voice. The honorary chairman himself had appeared! As he made his grand entrance, two young aides stood behind him.The ten juniors and devotees stood up from their judges’ seats and made some room, while respectfully inviting Cyrus to the central seat.“You’re finally here, Elder Gibson. I thought you weren’t coming...”Eaton finally felt the anxiousness in his heart slowly drifting away. “What? I promised you I’d come, didn’t I? Am I someone untrustworthy?” Cyrus gave him an unhappy glare.“Of course, of course. You’ve always been a man of your word.” Eaton was humble before the elder.Cyrus looked at Melanie. Melanie simply gave him a simple nod and smile. He raised an eyebrow. It seemed like the young woman already knew who he was and wasn’t surprised at all...He was somewhat disappointed. He wanted to give her a surprise!“Elder Gibson, it’s good that you’re here. Now that you’re here, all of us con
While Cyrus sounded like he was scolding all the professionals that were present, his words made them even more motivated.Many of them didn’t expect Elder Gibson to keep on trying to find ways to be creative and improve his methodology despite his old age. A lot of people that were present felt ashamed. Many of them had thoughts of wanting to slow down once they reached their forties and fifties with some success.“And you.”Cyrus turned around and looked at the professional from the other city. “I heard you praised contestant number ten and you enjoyed watching her performance. If you enjoyed her performance that much, you were still going to overrule your own judgment just because of two reversed steps?”The professional couldn’t even raise his head as his face burned red.“I’ve also done the same thing. Since you’re all from the higher echelon of the association, are you going to deal with me today right here right now?” Cyrus’s voice boomed as he stood in front of the microph
The man that was being escorted by Morgan Group’s bodyguard was one of John’s assistants.However, he wasn’t the type with any bravery. He was probably already warned by the bodyguard. He was scared of Cyrus, but he was even more scared of Jeffrey.After he was escorted on stage, he explained everything to everyone.In front of countless cameras, he explained in detail how John had asked him to contact the media, and then had them wait for the elder at the airport, and finally pinned the blame on Jones Enterprise.“You’re making things up!”John was so scared that his lips became pale. “I never expected you to be a spy from Jones Enterprise! Tell me! Who arranged you by my side so you can accuse me when the time’s right?!”“How can you say that?”There was fear and disappointment on his assistant’s face. “I’ve done many things for you, and you still want to refute it? You know how many things need to remain a secret? I’m no fool... I saved evidence for them all!”John suddenly
“Aren’t our base fragrances protected inside the association’s safe? How can someone do anything to it?” One of the contestants who couldn’t take it anymore asked the judges.“That’s right.”Melanie calmly answered on the judges’ behalf. “The committee was worried that something else might happen and decided at the last minute to prepare another portion of the base fragrance as insurance.“For the sake of fairness, I would like to ask the associate to use machinery to analyze the base fragrance that was manipulated to prove what I said is true,” Melanie said.Elder Gibson nodded, and the staff next to him quickly made a move.He first took the base fragrance that was contaminated to the machine so that it could be analyzed.“The reason that I’ve asked to ban the White Group’s perfume department is because the White Group’s contestant has absolutely run foul of the competition’s rules and used some despicable tricks to sabotage another contestant. Just this alone is enough to supp