The book signing event (3)
On the other side, Yunru was quite taken aback by Jun's mellow voice.
Bro Jun has never talked that way before.
And never abandon again? What does he mean by again? When did he abandon it before?
"What happened, bro? You sound so…emotional for some reason. Did somebody bully you?"
Jun chuckled. "Can anybody bully me?"
"Hehe. Of course not. Bro Jun bullies people, not the other way~"
"Yunru."
"Hm?"
He smiled. "Let's make Sky Publishing the best publishing company."
"That's what I have been saying!" He grumbled in complaint. "Only if you choose a good writer already for traditional books. We will at least get some start."
"Don't worry. I will do it. Keep sending me the drafts."
"Alright," he sighed. He heard the commotion and asked, "Where are you? Why is there so much noise?"
"CherryBlossom's book signing event."
"What!" He gasped. "Damn, you are at the shopping complex right now? So cool! Fish out for some good traditional writers if you are there~"
He sneered. "You want writers from Dream High to come to Sky?"
"So what? What matters is talent! I would prefer if we could recruit CherryBlossom herself. But she is the star of Dream High. Though of course it would be the best opportunity for her to come to Sky, but anyway. You keep an eye on the other writers haha!"
He rolled his eyes. "First of all, contacting writers is your job. I don't want to expose myself as the Sky CEO."
"Ugh. So uncool. Don't you want the limelight?"
"No. You want it, and that's just perfect."
"Of course, I want the limelight haha! One of the main reasons we are getting so many applications is because the President is so dashing~ Imagine if they came to know about you, Sky will be filled with drafts upto the sky. Oh gosh did you get the pun? Hahaha! I am so great."
His mouth twitched. "Whatever. Secondly, I don't want any writer from Dream High."
"Why not?" He complained.
"I don't like Dream High."
"What's it got to do with the writers?"
"I don't like their methods. They have imbibed their authors to write on only certain themes and tropes. I don't want such limiting writers to be a part of Sky."
"Well, they can always change their style. We are Sky Publishing. We will give them the freedom to fly in the sky, haha!"
It isn't just about the writers, Yunru…
His brows crinkled as he thought about the events that transpired in his past life.
One of the other reasons that led to Sky Publishing's downfall was Dream High. It wasn't only because Jun had started to ignore his company.
It started on Shui's twenty-fifth birthday where he proposed to her for marriage. But he got the biggest shock of his life when she rejected him. That's also when he came to know about her feelings for Jin. He was utterly devastated and had a violent confrontation with Jin. It became a huge uproar in the media.
Jun's image had shattered. He became the villain in everybody's eyes. He ignored his responsibilities as the CEO, and the performance began to plummet. It was around that time when the last strike occurred that completely destroyed Sky Publishing.
It was leaked to the world that Liu Jun was the secret CEO of Sky Publishing. Everybody knew about Chen Yunru as the President. But after Jun's image took such a bad hit, it was akin to a deadly missile to reveal his position as the Sky Publishing's CEO.
Sky's reputation crumbled, and there was nothing that could be done to save it. Yunru tried until the very end to save their dream they built together. But Jun had lost all his hope after Shui's rejection. He simply didn't bother.
But the one thing he learned was that Dream High had sent a spy into Sky Publishing. That spy got his hands about this secret and quickly leaked it out anonymously.
Jun narrowed his eyes.
Now that he gave it a proper thought after having been reborn, he was almost certain that the one who sent the spy must be Gu Yating - the Chief Editor of Dream High.
Sky was Dream High's biggest rival. Why would he let go of this golden opportunity to completely crush them?
That's why I don't want anybody from Dream High to come into Sky at any cost. No way I would let anything happen to Sky this time.
Jun coldly said, "Forget about Dream High writers. We won't let anyone from that company come into ours."
"So stubborn…" Yunru mumbled. "Anyway. Tell me later how the event goes, okay?"
"Hm," They hung up.
Jun got a message from Warlord on the Reading Point chat.
[Yo! Are you at the event today?]
Jun was sure that Warlord would be definitely somewhere in the crowd, cheering at the top of his voice.
He typed back. [No.]
[What!? Why not? My Goddess is gonna show herself! And you aren't here to praise her beauty? Aren't you a fan of her books too?]
Jun smiled in disdain.
I already know what she looks like.
This event had happened in his past life too where she had revealed herself, so naturally, Jun already knew what she looked like.
He knew Warlord would insist on meeting him. Who wouldn't be excited to meet their online friends in real life? But Jun wasn't interested, so he lied that he wasn't at the event at all.
[I am not here. I won't be either. Her books are great. But I am busy today.]
[...Tch! Such a party pooper! I wanted to meet you!]
He sneered.
That's exactly why I lied, stupid.
By then, the event was finally going to start, and Jun kept his phone back in his pocket. The fans were cheering loudly for CherryBlossom as her figure appeared in front of them. She waved her hand and gave a gentle smile.
"She is CherryBlossom, right?"
"Oh my God! She is a Goddess!"
"Ahh her smile! She is so pretty."
"Just like her books are!"
Jun squinted his gaze at the companion with her.
A woman accompanied CherryBlossoms. He was pretty sure she was her editor, Zhan Yahui.
But the one he was searching for hadn't arrived yet.
Gu Yating…