Recently, Gu Yan was so anxious every day, because her mind was fraught with studio things. The first thing she thought of, after waking up, was the studio, and the last thing, before falling asleep, was still the studio. She didn’t know how to quash those rumors or what to do next.
Hardly had the studio begun to be in operation when it encountered such a blow. Gu Yan was naturally distraught. She tossed and turned in bed every night and always tried to find a way out.
She hadn’t had much confidence in the foundation of this studio. Now she was even more crestfallen, and her previous elegant demeanor had gone.
Mo Yichen asked himself whether it was a complete mistake for him to ask Gu Yan to set up the studio.
Mo Yichen was heartbroken when he looked at the appearance of Gu Yan. Were he Gu Yan, he would be distressed as well, let alone such a delicate girl.
Mo Yichen worried that Gu Yan couldn’t withstand such heavy mental stress. He resolved to take her to relax. Otherwise, she would become more apprehensive, which wasn’t what Mo Yichen wanted to see.
Early on the next morning, Mo Yichen had prepared everything before Gu Yi went to work. He had a brainstorm about where he should take her to.
After a long while, he came up with an idea and waited for Gu Yan to get off work.
Mo Yichen waited for Gu Yan outside her office before she got off work.
Watching Gu Yan’s downcast pace, Mo Yichen knew today must be the same situation. If every day went like this, Gu Yan couldn’t stand it.
“Sorry honey, I didn’t expect it would have such an effect on you. I was too inconsiderate.”
Gu Yan walked with her head down and didn’t notice Mo Yichen completely.
Gu Yan was frightened by Mo Yichen as he grabbed her.
Realizing it was Mo Yichen, Gu Yan returned to normal and asked, “What’s up?”
“I’ll show you a place,” Mo Yichen replied.
“Where?” Gu Yan asked in surprise.
“You’ll know later,” Mo Yichen said mysteriously. Gu Yan was confused and didn’t know what he was thinking.
But she still followed Mo Yichen. It must be some kind of trust that wherever Mo Yichen would take her, she would believe him unconditionally.
Mo Yichen drove to the destination. As soon as they got off, Gu Yan exclaimed, “How beautiful!”
This was a place where a sea of flowers bloomed with aroma, which could make people forget all the worries.
Mo Yichen asked, “Do you like it?” Gu Yan nodded vigorously and Mo Yichen then smiled with satisfaction.
It was the first time in these days that she had smiled. When Mo Yichen saw Gu Yan’s mood getting better, he also felt a bit relieved.
They wandered around in the sea of flowers. A moment later, Mo Yichen asked, “Are you tired? Shall we find a place to sit for a while?”
“That would be nice,” Gu Yan agreed. Actually, Mo Yichen just wanted to take this opportunity to comfort Gu Yan.
After they sat down, Mo Yichen said, “I’ve heard the gossip in recent days, and I know that those words must have caused you a lot of troubles,”
He continued, “Even so, I still hope that you won’t be influenced by those words. I know you are capable. You can prove yourself, and then you could let them know that you are not what they said. You must not be overwhelmed by the gossip.”
Gu Yan nodded and thought what Mo Yichen said was reasonable.
“Look, just like this flower sea; they grow up in nature, weathering wind and rain and experiencing so many setbacks, but they still survive toughly. That’s why those flowers can be so charming. Right?” Mo Yichen said.
Gu Yan understood what Mo Yichen said and became less worried. What’s more, she decided to summon up courage to overcome these troubles.
After that, although those people who came to meet Mo Yichen in the studio were much less, no one talked to Gu Yan about the design. The studio had opened for days, surprisingly, there was no case which could help Gu Yan’s studio make great progress.
Gu Yan looked at the quiet studio.
She felt now extremely anxious. Since she had finished the design case which Jiang Jingcheng helped to realize, the studio never received any case.
Gu Yan gradually got anxious owing to this situation. Such a big studio had daily expenses and a large amount of staff wage to pay. Although there was investment from Mo Yichen, she would by no means ask money from him.
Gu Yan was an independent woman. Even though she was very close to Mo Yichen, it was still embarrassed for her to tell him that there was no working capital. Therefore, she only bore it herself.
“Where’s the problem? We have done a nice case before the formal opening and contacted all media when we held the opening ceremony. Besides, we have the help from Mo Yichen. But there is not a single order. How could that be?”
Gu Yan paced up and down in the studio. She had simply thought that if she rebuilt a studio, with a little publicity and her previous social circle, the studio should have been very busy.
However, as the saying went: man proposes, god disposes. Sometimes there was no reason in such matters. And the more you were sure, the more disappointed the result would be.
“If this situation continues, just in few months we will go bust and the staffs will also have nothing to survive on.” Gu Yan glanced at the staff who got bored because there was nothing to do in the office.
The present situation was beyond her expectation. Under such a circumstance, Gu Yan had no solution to deal with it. After all, she had done everything she could do. She spent a lot of money on advertisements, but it didn’t bring her what she had expected.
Gu Yan was worrying about it in the office. Jiang Jingcheng also felt a little anxious when he saw this situation.
“Ms. Gu may have some ways and I should go to discuss with her, otherwise we can’t do anything.” Jiang Jingcheng thought carefully and was going to talk with Gu Yan.
“Rat-tat.” Jiang Jingcheng knocked at the door of Gu Yan’s office.
“Come in,” Gu Yan’s voice came from the office.
Gu Yan asked after Jiang Jingcheng entered the office, “what’s up?”
“Ms. Gu, recently the studio was in such a depression and I want to talk with you to see if there is any way out,” Jiang Jingcheng answered.
Gu Yan sighed and pointed to a chair to ask Jiang Jingcheng to sit down, continuing, “I’m also considering that. I know this situation, and I’m very anxious now, but I can’t do anything. If it goes on like this way, the studio will be closed.”
Gu Yan said with a forced smile. She looked sad, but worse inwardly.