Transmigration: Lady Chi Woos The Ice cold Professor Jun
Chapter 348: Pride and pressure

Chapter 348: Pride and pressure

Producer Xiaobo left her office and she left her chair and twirled a pen around in her hand while looking outside of her office window. The story he had just told her was bizarre but she had a feeling that there was more to it than it appeared.

For one, the last time she had been in a village that was in the mountains, she was rescuing Tang Siming who was being held there by a gang.

Ever since then, she had become suspicious of all small isolated villages because places like that always harbored secrets. She had seen enough movies to know this for a fact.

If there was a secret village, there was a secret.

There was another knock on her door and her secretary peeked in from the door way.

"What is it?" she asked.

"Uhm, boss, the princess is here and she is demanding to see you. You said that I should not allow anyone to disturb you for now but I am afraid of her." Her secretary admitted.

The young girl must really have been afraid of Rize because her eyes were slightly red and contained a little moisture. She appeared to be a few seconds away from crying. She was the type of girl to break into tears if someone barked at her. It was a miracle that she had managed to stop Rize from stomping all over her and barging into Chi Lian’s office.

"Let her in." Chi Lian told her.

Chi Lian shook her head when she saw her secretary sigh in relief and push her door wide open.

Rize strode in casually and took a seat so comfortably as if this was her own office.

"Bring me a bottle of juice, the freshly squeezed one, no sugar." Rize ordered Chi Lian’s Secretary Shu Li arrogantly.

"Rize!!" Chi Lian called her in a voice that contained a hint of a warning.

Rize smiled and added, "Please."

"Yes princess." Shu Li bowed and raced out of the office as if she could not get out of there fast enough.

Since they were now alone, Chi Lian looked at Rize and said, "You should speak to your fellow employees more gently and respectfully Rize. I told you then and I will remind you now, in the company you are all employees. Stop scaring my secretary every time you come to see me."

"I didn’t scare her, she is just easily frightened. All I said was that I need to see you immediately and her big doe eyes became watery. I would not want to offend such a girl in public because it will be spun into ’the princess is bullying a commoner’ story. But I am your sister-in-law Chi Lian, why do you always stand by these strangers instead of me?"

Chi Lian shrugged and said, "I always stand on the side of the truth. Why do you want to see me anyway?"

Rize smiled coyly and said in a polite voice which was so unlike her, "Sister-in-law, I heard that there is a story about a man with forty..."

"No," Chi Lian stopped her in the midst of her request.

"Sister-in-law don’t be in a hurry to dismiss me so easily, I will do the story justice and investigate the case thoroughly."

"It’s still a no Rize."

Rize looked unhappy and Chi Lian knew it was because she was not getting her way. Rize was so used to being told yes that this no was driving her crazy.

"Rize, I am not saying no because I don’t trust you, it’s because there are some things I need to fact check before authorizing its release. This man was rescued by soldiers so I am sure that an investigation into his kidnapping allegations was done. I need to know what was found and if nothing was found, why? Rize, if you just jump on any story without proper investigations you will report the wrong story one day and end up being sued and losing your credibility." She explained and at the same time cautioned Rize.

Her words were working because Rize appeared to be slightly remorseful and she said, "I understand sister-in-law, sorry that I was too persistent. It’s just that my father has been praising me a lot lately and it has lit up this fire inside of me to make him proud. "

Rize was under pressure to prove that she was not just a hot headed princess; she was much more than that. Most of the princesses in the empire only involved themselves in running charities and marrying into respectable families or other empires to build ties.

She was the first princess to have an ordinary job and she was being praised by the masses and the ministers for her sensibility. The emperor was eating all this praise up and pushing her to do more; it was a lot of pressure for her deliver and meet his expectations.

Chi Lian walked closer to the chair and touched Rize’s shoulder in a comforting way. "And you will make him proud, one story at a time but it has to be done carefully. That story may be on hold but there is another story that I have not given to anyone."

She went to her desk opened a drawer and returned to Rize with a picture which she handed to her.

"This is Bei Qing, Wu Liang, the boy is Ming Tao and the girl is Ming Hai. It’s not just a rumor that Wu Liang and Bei Qing used to be friends; this picture is evidence of that friendship. They are all smiling happily in this picture.

I have not been able to find out what happened between these two back then that destroyed their friendship but perhaps you can. Bei Qing and Wu Liang both want a role in director Mile’s movie so if you can leverage that the right way, you may be able to get both of them to come on your show.

This has to be after you carefully and secretly investigate what happened between this group of four people. If you need help investigating, go to the technology company and ask for help. Tell them to call me for confirmation in case they are unhelpful."

Rize was smiling and gripping the picture tightly as if someone could snatch it from her at any moment.

"This is better than the story I came in here chasing." She said with excitement on her face and in her voice. "Sister-in-law, thank you."

Rize launched herself into Chi Lian’s arms and hugged her tightly.

"You are welcome." Chi Lian returned the hug. "And remember what I said, carefully and cautiously. Nobody should know or someone else will swoop in and snatch the story from you."

"En, I will." She answered and quickly left the office bumping into Shu Li who was just returning with the fresh juice. Rize was in a hurry that she by passed Shu Li without giving the juice a second look.

"Princess..." Shu Li called.

"Give the juice to your boss."

The clicking of her heels against the tiles as she speedily walked away and her heavy but sweet smelling perfume was the only trace left of her presence.

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