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Given her relationship with Carlene at that time, if she hadn’t just come up with a bunch of excuses, doing things like kneeling and slapping herself would definitely have made Caleb suspicious.
She wanted to see if Carlene still felt like pushing Caleb to deal with her brother.
“Get up.”
Phalicia said that and turned to leave: “the PR Department, come with
me.”
Carlene collapsed on the ground like she was exhausted, let out a sigh of relief, and looked resentful.
This bitch, who usually did whatever she wanted, now wanted her to kneel and admit she was wrong. Was she out of her mind or just crazy?
After Caleb dumped Phalicia, she would definitely find a few guys and let Phalicia know what it felt like to be cursed by everyone!
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Next, Phalicia had the PR Department post a comparison picture online to clarify that the photo was photoshopped.
Urgently used Voyage Group’s fifty million PR budget, spent a fortune to pull all the press releases.
The whole buzz about the hotel selfies just suddenly died down.
At night, the public opinion almost completely disappeared.
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Carlene went through a lot and felt out of it.
Caleb was mad that she messed around in private, almost ruined his reputation, and wasted the fifty million he spent on PR.
But even though he was unhappy, he was afraid Phalicia would get too mad at Carlene, their relationship would change, and it would affect future cooperation with the Jewelry Department, so he forced Carlene to go have dinner with Phalicia and apologize.
At the dinner table.
Phalicia grabbed Carlene’s hand first, looking really sorry. “Sorry, you had a tough time today, but I couldn’t help it. The PR Department and the shareholders were really upset with you about this. I had to be the bad guy and punish you first, so the others wouldn’t say anything.”
Faced with her apology, Carlene just stood there with a bump on her forehead, stunned.
She was really upset at first, but after hearing that, she didn’t feel so bad anymore: “You actually did it for my own good.”
“Or what?”
Phalicia sighed softly and reached up to rub Carlene’s cheek. “You were my best friend.”
Carlene didn’t feel so bad anymore, and right away said she’d drink three glasses as punishment, pretending to blame herself for not understanding Phalicia’s good intentions.
Caleb finally let out a sigh of relief: “Alright, everyone’s happy, but this thing probably affected the Jewelry Department a bit, right?”
“The situation turned around, everyone knew Carlene was innocent, but…”
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Phalicia changed the subject, “After all, it was a big blow to the Jewelry Department, so let’s just put more money into marketing.”
Caleb thought for a moment: “How do you want to market it?”
“Asked influencers or celebrities to wear previous limited–edition designs for promotion, put out videos and photos, and spread the word about this year’s release date.”
Phalicia paused and said, “It should take more than 200 million.”
“So much?” Carlene’s tongue was thick from drinking, but she was still shocked by the cost.
Caleb paused while picking up the food and frowned, “I set the budget at thirty million. Over two hundred million is way over budget. Besides, does it really cost that much to hire them for marketing and promotion?”
“Of course, which celebrity didn’t need a million for promotion? This time I planned to market everywhere online, let everyone know Carlene was going to surprise the industry.”
Phalicia pulled Carlene, hand in hand, besties.
Carlene’s eyes lit up and she urged, “You make more in marketing! Just listen to Licia!”
Caleb hesitated for two seconds, nodded, and said, “Okay, let’s do it way. I’ll have the company give you 300 million in marketing funds.”
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“I won’t let you down,” Phalicia raised her glass proactively.
Caleb clinked glasses with her, and before she swallowed her drink, the phone on the table suddenly lit up.
He glanced over and immediately picked up his phone.
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Phalicia didn’t look over there and just chatted with Carlene on and off.
Caleb put down his phone five or six times, kept replying to messages, and seemed a bit anxious.
Phalicia was curious, “What’s wrong?”
“Not really.” Caleb looked uncomfortable. “Someone I know from a partner company is eating here too, I gotta go say hi, I’ll be back in two minutes.”
He didn’t wait for Phalicia to speak and hurried out.
Carlene was drunk and leaned on Phalicia’s shoulder, her eyes blurry. “Licia, let’s keep talking. What were you saying just now? If the sales go
up,
I can get into the international design rankings?”
Phalicia slapped Carlene’s face away when she leaned in.
She used a lot of force, Carlene almost fell headfirst.
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