Chapter 151 - 151: Where Was Their Dignity?

"Look, boss!" Ryan ran into Albert's office and put a laptop in front of him, like offering him a treasure.

Albert frowned, "What's making such a fuss?"

"You know we've sponsored a show, Super Quiz, right? I just checked the list of contestants. Guess whose name I just saw?" He asked with the expectation on his face.

"Just tell me." Albert looked down at the file. He wasn't in the mood to play this boring charade with Ryan.

Ryan was disappointed to see Albert not cooperate, "Forget about it. I don't think you'll be interested in something like Sophia attending the Super Quiz…"

"What did you say?" Albert stood up and grabbed the laptop from Ryan. "She signed up?"

On the computer screen was a list of contestants for the show, but it was just part of it, not the final list. It was too short a time for them to mark all the test papers.

Pearson Group was one of the sponsors, and the program group sent them a list in advance. Usually, the sponsor would let contestants wear clothing or jewelry of their brand so as to promote the brand, so they had to discuss these things with contestants first.

Aphrodite, a female fashion brand of Pearson Group, sponsored the program this time, and some contestants would wear clothes of this brand. As for who would wear their clothes and the clothes style, it was up to the company to decide.

Ryan was not in charge of the business of subsidiary companies. However, recently, the sales performance of Aphrodite was much worse than before, which caused the attention of the group.

Another female fashion brand, Bertha, also sponsored the Super Quiz. Bertha, a strong competitor of Aphrodite, was a subsidiary company of Patton Group.

Generally, a show would not have two sponsors of the same type. However, before the two companies negotiated sponsorship, they did not know that the other party was sponsoring the show, and they found different program leaders to talk about sponsorship.

Later, after exchanging files, the two leaders found that the two brands were of the same type. The program group didn't want to offend either side. They hoped that one of them could withdraw, and they were willing to compensate for some losses.

Aphrodite and Bertha, however, were not willing to give in. The two parties argued, but the program team did not dare to force one side to withdraw. In the end, they allowed the two companies to sponsor at the same time.

Thus, women contestants had become targets for both companies. They both paid great attention to female contestants, especially good-looking ones.

Ryan always felt that his taste was very good. So, he told the general manager of Aphrodite to forward the materials of the program to him as soon as they were sent. He would select female contestants with the best appearance in the shortest possible time and sign the contract first.

Then he saw Sophia's picture at a glance.

He ran over to Albert the news at once.

Albert stared at Sophia's picture on the screen for a while and said, "Is the exam today?"

Ryan nodded, "Yeah, this afternoon. The examination results have just come out… Well, not all of them. They picked out those with full marks first. We have a source in the program group, and he gives us the information in priority."

Albert kept his eyes on the computer. "Which brand-sponsored them to show?"

"It's Aphrodite. Oh, you don't even know that." Ryan said with surprise.

There were too many brands, so his Boss didn't bother to care about them, did he?

Albert put down the computer and said, "You go talk to her about brand cooperation tomorrow morning. And, ask the fashion designers in. I'm going to design clothes with them."

What? Ryan was shocked.

Since when did his Boss start designing clothes? With his taste… OMG!

He could hardly imagine what Sophia would be wearing when the show aired.

He hoped the scene would not be too bad.

Albert went through several web pages and said, "How can the prize money for the ten-season championship be one hundred thousand dollars? Isn't that too less? Are talents so worthless now? It's unfair."

"So, you mean…"

"Raise the prize." Albert said, "Go talk to the program and raise the prize to five hundred thousand dollars."

"Yes, sir."

***

Sophia had lunch at Aunt Mcdowell's. Aunt Mcdowell packed her a guest room. There were few people in this family, and Uncle Mcdowell was out on business this day, so there were many rooms.

Molly was full, sitting on the couch, looking at her phone. All of a sudden, she called out, "Boss, come here!"

Sophia had just washed up and came over on hearing Molly's words.

She saw the message posted by the official blog of the Super Quiz.

"Thanks for the sponsorship of @Aphrodite, the top prize of the ten-season championship has increased to five hundred thousand dollars! Love you, Aphrodite!"

The official blog posted messages in a tone like this? Where was their dignity? Sophia wondered.

Molly suddenly stretched out and held Sophia, "You can't forget me when you get rich, boss."

When she saw the prize money, she really wanted to win the championship. Anyway, she had attended the show. She would do her best. She didn't have absolute confidence, but what if she did win?

It was early. Sophia went to Lucas's room to help him with his homework. It was Friday, and he had weekend homework. There were questions Lucas didn't know, Sophia offered to help him. Aunt Mcdowell was so kind to her that she wanted to do something for her.

When Sophia saw Lucas' homework, she was surprised. Did pupils have so much homework?

He had homework for three courses, each a lot. At a rough estimate, it would take more than ten hours to finish all these.

In that case, Lucas would have to write all day.

She sighed, "It's not easy to be a pupil."

Lucas curled his lips, "You only saw my homework. I have a calculation class tomorrow and a piano class the day after tomorrow. You think pupils now are so easy?"

Sophia didn't know what to say.

Lucas did well in the study. There were only a few questions that he didn't know. Sophia gave him a hint, and he understood. What a smart kid!

Suddenly, Molly shouted from the living room, "Boss! Come here."