yournovel Chapter 86 How to use Lim Yoon-a
Chapter 86 How to use Lim Yoon-a
After Li Zheng finished speaking, he stood up, pushed open the conference room door, and walked out.
Ding Lilan followed behind him and closed the door behind her.
The dozen or so faces in the conference room were separated by a door on one side, and the heated discussions that erupted inside could be faintly heard.
The corridor was so quiet that you could hear the echo of your own leather shoes on the floor.
He took a few steps, turned a corner, and then stopped in the middle of the corridor.
There was a woman standing opposite me.
Light brown long hair, beige knitted sweater.
She saw him and stopped.
Lim Yoon-a.
The two people stared at each other for a few seconds across the corridor, which was about five meters apart.
Yoona's expression changed from surprise to confusion.
Li Zhengyi's expression remained unchanged from beginning to end.
"What are you doing here?" Im Yoona asked first.
"You speak first. What are you doing here?"
"Trade secrets. What about you? Convenience store delivery?"
Li Zhengyi didn't respond to that question, but simply turned his head slightly to glance at the elevator at the end of the corridor.
"Let's talk in your car."
Yoona raised an eyebrow, but did not refuse.
She turned and led the way, the two of them walking through the corridor one after the other, and taking the elevator down to the underground parking lot.
No one spoke in the elevator; only the floor numbers ticked down one by one.
The underground parking lot was quiet. Lim Yoona opened the car door and sat in the back seat of the van. She said to her manager in the driver's seat, "Oppa, could you please wait outside for a moment?"
The agent glanced back at Li Zhengyi, opened his mouth as if to speak, but wisely chose to say nothing and got out of the car.
The atmosphere inside the car changed the moment the door closed.
There were no formalities, no small talk.
Lim Yoona leaned back in her seat, crossed her arms over her chest, and looked at him with a scrutinizing gaze.
"I'll ask first. After you answer, I'll answer your question. You orchestrated what happened at Lee Woo-bin's funeral, didn't you?"
Li Zhengyi will not admit it.
But this reaction itself is the answer.
Yoona nodded, as if she had already guessed it.
She knew Lee Woo-bin was still alive when she bumped into them on the highway. She was one of the few people in the whole affair who knew that Lee Woo-bin had never died or disappeared.
"I never expected you to be so bold."
"Are you done asking questions? It's my turn."
"No. I have another request."
"What gives you the right to make demands of me?"
"Because I know the truth. You and Lee Woo-bin manipulated everyone. Lee Woo-bin faked his death, you put on a show at the funeral, and you two brothers teamed up to make the entire CJ Group run around in circles."
Li Zhengyi shrugged, his expression indifferent.
"It's barely a secret. But its value is so-so. Go ahead and tell me, but don't go too far."
Yoona took a deep breath, carefully considered her words, and then said it all in one breath.
"Your second brother got promoted. He's now the Deputy Director of the Business Department and a Director at CJ Entertainment. You know he used to pursue me. To avoid him, I specifically asked Lee Seung-gi to publicly announce our relationship. Now that he's in power, what if he comes back to harass me..."
"You want me to protect you," Li Zhengyi stated her request directly.
Lim Yoona nodded.
"Isn't being in a relationship good enough? Why are you breaking up so soon?"
Lim Yoona sighed.
"You know perfectly well what's going on. I announced my relationship with Lee Seung-gi to stop your second brother from harassing me."
"Do you know how much business value I lost because of this?"
"I lost three endorsements, my fan club made several fuss, and the company has been urging me to resign."
"The impact of dating on male idols is a loss of fans, while the impact on female idols is a continuous collapse of their careers."
Li Zhengyi helped her add to the information.
"But if you had gotten entangled with Lee Woo-bin or even succeeded in getting her, the commercial value you would have lost would have been even greater. After all, you and Lee Seung-gi could still be said to be pursuing love, while if it were me, Lee Woo-bin, I would be a woman who has fallen into depravity by clinging to a chaebol, which is completely different in nature. So it was a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils, and you made a less terrible choice back then."
"That's right. But now you can protect me. As long as you can stop him from harassing me, I won't need to find any more shields."
Li Zhengyi looked at her.
He didn't expect her to make this request, but from Yoona's perspective, it was indeed reasonable.
"Why do you think a convenience store clerk like me can provide you with this kind of guarantee?"
Yoona looked at him without flinching.
"I can tell that Lee Woo-bin is afraid of you. I don't know what exactly happened between you two, but the way he looked at you on the highway last time wasn't the way he looked at his younger brother. It was the way he looked at his boss."
"This analogy is not quite appropriate."
"But the meaning is similar. He's afraid of you, so you can make him obey. Right?"
Li Zhengyi remained silent for a moment.
"Keep this a secret, and I promise Lee Woo-bin won't bother you again. But that's not enough; the price isn't right."
"This secret is both important and unimportant to me right now. You can guess that I orchestrated this whole thing, and other smart people will guess it too, they just won't make it public, and I won't admit it either."
"For you, stopping Lee Woo-bin from continuing to pursue you is a matter of life and death for your career."
"Therefore, we have to raise the price."
Yoona's brows furrowed, making her beautiful face appear resentful.
But it is clear that this negotiation is unfair.
Finally, she let out a long sigh.
"Tell me, what else do you want? What do you want in order to reach this deal?"
Li Zhengyi began to think about it seriously.
What use is Lim Yoon-a to me?
Carnal desire?
Laugh to death.
He is never short of beautiful women.
She's just as good-looking, and even younger.
Moreover, he's not like Lee Woo-bin, who's easily swayed by women; women only hinder his ability to make money.
If we want to crush CJ Group with capital within 5-10 years, we must seize every opportunity to increase our wealth.
Therefore, the only remaining value that can be used is Yoona's commercial value as a top-tier celebrity.
"A friend of mine has started a new beauty brand, and you'd like to be the brand's spokesperson for three years."
Im Yoon-ah frowned.
"What brands? Endorsing those trashy brands will only damage my commercial value. If there are also product safety issues, my reputation will be ruined."
Li Zhengyi was too lazy to explain.
Glow Story, or GS Cosmetics for short, is an important part of his business empire plan.
By leveraging the advantages of a more advanced global supply chain and a leading version of internet business development thinking, coupled with sufficient capital investment, it's only a matter of time before it becomes a top-tier cosmetics brand loved by young women worldwide and valued at over 10 billion US dollars.
Having Yoona endorse the brand for the first three years was simply to accelerate this process.
Regardless of anything else, Yoona's fame and her face are at an authoritative level in the Asia-Pacific region today.
It is the standard of beauty for countless young people in Asia.
It serves as a beauty template for various cosmetic surgery hospitals.
Look, Yoona became so beautiful because she used our GS cosmetics. We hope that you, who also want to become more beautiful, will also come and buy our GS cosmetics.
Although this statement is illogical, tell me if it's tempting or not.
Then we'll combine it with a marketing campaign featuring a matrix of beautiful online influencers.
Promotion of various girl group members.
Create an atmosphere where if you don't use GS cosmetics, you're out of touch with the new era of beauty trends.
Let's establish another opposing stance: those well-known, established brands are seen as outdated and old-fashioned.
Nine out of ten young women will fall victim to this.