Chapter 469 - Their Model Backed Out
The other directors reacted right away after hearing that good news.
"WHAT??!"
"Why would she do that?"
"Is she insane? She already signed a contract with us! We can sue her for that!"
"Wow, she had the nerves to do this to us? We know she's the most famous supermodel in our country right now. But how dare she do this to us two days before the big event?"
The Directors were talking about Angelique Rioz, the famous international model.
"She's not afraid of breaching our contract. I set an appointment with her today to know her reason but her assistant and manager told me that she's busy and she had no time to meet me," Matthew informed them.
Tristan massaged his temples. This problem was stressing him out. Everything was all set but their plan got ruined just because of a certain model.
"Her manager also said that she will only talk to the CEO," Matthew said, glancing at Tristan.
Andrew also moved his gaze at Tristan with his concerned look. He knew how Tristan put all his effort into this preparation.
They especially chose Angelique Rioz to represent the company during this event because her fame would be advantageous for them.
With her presence alone, it would boost the Heavenly Star Enterprise more during the event. It seemed that Angelique was aware of this so she was taking this opportunity to make more demands.
And now, she was telling them that she wanted to meet their CEO, Tristan.
'What is she planning? What does she want from Tristan?' Andrew pondered at that thought.
"Alright, what should we do about this?" Director Go asked everyone.
"I think CEO Davis has to go and meet her. He needs to convince her. We have no time left. We will become a laughingstock during the event since we already announced that Angelique Rioz will be representing our company." Another director had spoken, sharing his opinion with everyone.
"This is not good for our company's image. We will look like we deceived the public and just used Angelique Rioz to create some hype! They will mark us as a big liar" Director Go said through his gritted teeth.
Tristan stood up and glanced at everyone present in the conference hall. "Continue the meeting. I will go and talk to her. Matthew, you will come with me. Andrew, take the lead."
"Alright Brother, I will give you an update later," Andrew responded to him.
"Okay, Brother. I will leave this to you."
Everyone fell silent as they noticed the changes between Tristan and Andrew. They couldn't believe that Andrew and Tristan were now acting very close. They even started calling each other brother in front of everyone.
They wondered when the two brothers started getting closer with one another. They felt strange. They were not used to seeing them acting like this.
They always thought that the two of them were always competing with each other. But now, it felt very different. They wondered if the two had already reconciled with their personal conflicts.
When Tristan and Matthew left, they resumed the meeting.
"Where is Angelique right now?" Tristan asked Matthew. They were now walking towards the parking lot.
"I just messaged her manager. She said we can meet her in her penthouse right now at Rose Villa."
Tristan laughed dryly. "So that's what she meant by saying she was busy? She's just staying in her penthouse, doing nothing."
Tristan was now in a foul mood. He didn't expect that Angelique would create trouble for them in the last two days of their preparation.
"Sigh, this woman… if I had known that this would happen then I would never ask our PR team to announce that she would be our model."
Matthew fell silent for a moment, thinking. Upon reaching Tristan's car, Matthew shared his thoughts with Tristan.
"I think someone is trying to sabotage us again. What if Sy Corp is behind this?"
Tristan rubbed the space between his eyebrows the moment he heard that. He was also thinking about the same thing.
Angelique Rioz said she didn't care about breaching the contract even though she would have to pay a large amount of money for fines.
Aside from that, she was not afraid of the Heavenly Star Enterprise even if it would take legal action against her. This only meant that someone was backing her up. Tristan was suspecting Clifford now.
Tristan tugged his hair. "I think I made a big mistake about announcing to the public that Angelique Rioz will be our model during the event. I just gave someone the opportunity to sabotage us by stealing and poaching our model!"
"I wonder how much money she received from our competition for doing this to us," Tristan marveled at that thought.
Matthew looked at Tristan helplessly. "If Sy Corp is behind this, then I think Clifford is very determined not to give you a peaceful day."
Tristan just shrugged his shoulders.
"He will always create trouble for you. First, the problem with our branches overseas, and now this. Tristan Davis congrats on offending Clifford Sy this much," Matthew added, teasing Tristan.
Tristan just laughed dryly. "Well, they said, love your enemy. So I will just apply this for now. I think I should teach Clifford about this passage so that instead of creating trouble for me, he will learn to love me." Tristan also cracked some jokes.
Matthew chuckled after hearing that. "Ahem, no need to do that. I think he is already loving you."
"Eh, how sure are you? What is your basis, Mr. Matthew Wilkins?" Tristan said, lifting an eyebrow.
"Well, you know… we also have this passage- 'The more you hate the more you love.' Clifford hates you so much so that means he loves you so much as well. Hahaha."
Tristan and Matthew ended up bursting into a peal of laughter because of their lame jokes. Because of that, Tristan felt a little bit better. He felt so stressed moments ago. He was glad Matthew was there with him.