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Liang Shuang asked, "What's wrong?"

Li Mu said, "It's nothing. Are you familiar with Lilia? Do you know her reputation? It's a plan that we worked so hard to create. Just send it to her. Aren't you afraid of any trouble?"

Liang Shuang had never suffered losses in this area before, and obviously had no experience in it.

“This advertisement was introduced to me by Lilia. Besides, you know her too, so why do you doubt her? I think she's a good person, and she's very nice to me. She doesn't have the airs of a big internet celebrity at all.”

Li Mu said, "First of all, I want to clarify that I am not familiar with Lilia and do not know anything about her. We are just nodding acquaintances."

"What I'm reminding you of are just common sense things in the workplace; you'll have to figure out the rest yourself."

Liang Shuang persisted, saying, "You can't just make wild guesses. After Lilya followed me on Weibo that day and posted photos of me at the party, I gained several thousand followers."

Li Mu said, "Alright! You make the decision yourself, I respect your opinion."

Li Mu knew that Liang Shuang was likely to be fooled and deceived, but he didn't intend to interfere. Given Liang Shuang's personality, being deceived a little and experiencing some setbacks would actually be a good thing for her future growth.

"Just you wait and see, Lilia won't be like you said!" Liang Shuang hesitated for a moment before sending the proposal over.

Chapter 331 Sad

The following morning, Liang Shuang met Liliya in a coffee shop. He opened the slides on his computer and began explaining the two plans he had prepared to her.

"Besides challenging myself to keep my makeup on for twelve hours, inspired by my roommate, I have another idea that is specifically for the target audience of this lipstick."

"Xiaoya, think about it. How can a working professional quickly switch between different images in life and at work? How can you be sweet and approachable in daily life, and cool and powerful at work? The answer is here, it's this lipstick. With it, you can switch between two different temperaments at any time."

"This product is especially designed for interns and newcomers to the workplace. In the office, they serve tea and water and address everyone as 'brother' or 'sister' to show their obedience, but when they go out to discuss business, they must appear very professional. So how can they quickly switch roles?"

As she spoke, Liang Shuang picked up a jasmine lipstick.

"She needs a jasmine lipstick."

"I've already come up with a slogan, please listen to it."

Then he turned to Lilia and said, "Thickness and thinness are at my command, warmth and coldness are at my control, iridescent beauty, switching freely."

After speaking, he paused for a moment, looked at Lilia who had been listening quietly, and then organized his thoughts to continue: "I've been thinking about why this lipstick didn't sell well before. It's because it didn't find the right target audience. People who need to switch roles are its breakthrough point! Moreover, the price is affordable and friendly to newcomers to the workplace. This plan is specifically designed for this direction."

After finishing her speech, Liang Shuang noticed Lilia staring blankly at her. Thinking there might be a problem with the plan, she explained somewhat sheepishly, "Sister Xiaoya, this plan is quite novel, and no one has done it before, but I'm confident..."

Before she could finish speaking, Lilia smiled and interrupted, "Xiao Shuang, let me tell you something: there are many smart people in the world, so there must be a reason why no one has come up with this kind of plan!"

"Actually, I think your proposal has a rather narrow target audience, and clients might not like it. It would be better to use a more popular one."

Meeting Liang Shuang's gaze, he said, "It's the one that challenges makeup to last for twelve hours without fading. After eating, drinking, sweating, arguing, and all sorts of things, it still doesn't budge. It can fully showcase the texture and staying power of the lipstick, which is what customers want. What do you think?"

Liang Shuang subconsciously hummed in agreement. This version of the advertisement had taken a lot of thought and was very novel and creative. She was very satisfied with it, but she didn't expect Lilya to think it was bad, which stumped her for a moment.

After hesitating for a long time, looking at Lilya and then thinking about herself, she finally nodded, remembering that Lilya was a well-known lipstick queen with extensive experience, while she was just an ordinary beauty blogger. She also knew that Lilya had found the ad and had worked with the brand before, so she was the most qualified to speak on the matter.

"Sister Xiaoya, what you said makes sense. I'll choose the option then. Thank you for your help!"

"It's okay, we're friends."

With a smile, Lilia said, "Leave the proposal to me, I'll submit it for you!"

"Okay, thank you!"

"It's alright, you already call me Sister Xiaoya, why are you being so polite with me!"

After separating from Lilya, Liang Shuang felt uneasy but still didn't expect any problems to arise, so she could only put it aside for the time being and wait for the outcome.

A few days later, at Li Mu's residence, Liang Shuang was watching a soap opera when her cell phone rang. Liang Shuang answered the call.

"Hello!"

"Hello, are you Ms. Liang?"

"Yes, I am Liang Shuang!"

The person on the other end said, "Ms. Liang, hello. I am the marketing director of Jasmine Lipstick. Others have already done the 12-hour non-smudging challenge. Jasmine Lipstick would like some newer solutions!"

Liang Shuang exclaimed in surprise, "Oh, is that so! Actually, I have another plan. Would you like to take a look?"

"No need, we've already decided on other partners. Let's work together again sometime. Bye!"

"OK Bye Bye!"

After hanging up the phone, Liang Shuang was extremely depressed. Just then, Li Mu walked into the room and threw himself into her arms.

Li Mu asked, "What's wrong?"

Liang Shuang said sadly, "My proposal was rejected!"

Li Mu said, "Victory and defeat are common occurrences in war, so there's no need to worry about them so much. Just keep trying next time."

Liang Shuang said, "But I've already tried my best. First, one of my plans wasn't approved by Lilya, and then this one was rejected. Do I really not have any talent in this area?"

Li Mu reminded him, "Don't be discouraged. I believe in your abilities. You can find a winning strategy, compare it, identify the gaps, and learn from it next time."

"Now that the results are out, they can definitely be found online."

Liang Shuang nodded dejectedly and started searching online.

Suddenly her gaze sharpened as she saw a scene that she could hardly believe.

"Thickness at your fingertips, warmth at your command, iridescent beauty, switchable with ease—I am Lilya, and I endorse Jasmine Lipstick!"

Lilia won, and she used her own solution. Liang Shuang was shocked and furious.

"How could she do this? How could she be so shameless!"

“She rejected my proposal, but took mine for herself and tricked me into using another proposal. She became the ultimate winner.”

"How could she be so shameless and despicable?"

Li Mu said, "Have you forgotten what I told you a few days ago?"

Liang Shuang said, "Who knew she was this kind of person? She's always behaved so well since we met. Why would she do this? I trusted her so much."

Li Mu said, "This matter can't be entirely blamed on her?"

Hearing Li Mu say this, Liang Shuang became agitated: "She lied to me and stole my plan. If I don't blame her, who should I blame?"

Li Mu nodded: "You certainly have your reasons."

Seeing Liang Shuang looking at him with hostility, Li Mu remained unmoved and continued, "As the saying goes, one should not have the heart to harm others, but one should not be without the heart to guard against others. Some necessary precautions are common sense in the workplace."

"Don't test human nature, especially when there are substantial benefits involved."

"And you! Facing a complete stranger you've just met, you don't take any precautions at all, and you believe whatever they say, it's like you're completely unguarded."

"Faced with this situation, faced with someone as gullible as you, faced with benefits that can be easily taken from you without any cost, do you think no one would be tempted?"

Liang Shuang: "I... but she can't do that either? This is clearly my plan, why did she take it? What right does she have to take it?"

Li Mu said, "She is naturally unqualified, and her methods are despicable. But you gave her the opportunity. For a moral person, there is nothing wrong with what you did. For an immoral person, doing so is giving her an opportunity."

There's a saying that goes, "Don't test human nature easily, because human nature can't withstand it. What it needs is protection, leeway, deflection, and cover-up."

Liang Shuang lowered her head in disappointment; she had indeed made a mistake.

Chapter 332 It’s better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish

Liang Shuang's eyes were red-rimmed. She nestled quietly in Li Mu's arms and remained silent for a long while before finally asking, "What should I do?"

Li Mu laughed and said, "You shouldn't ask me that question; you should ask yourself, what do you plan to do?"

Liang Shuang said unhappily, "I was just asking for your opinion because I couldn't make up my mind, and you just gave me a perfunctory answer."

Li Mu said, "This isn't just being perfunctory; it's for your own good."

"For my own good?" Liang Shuang looked at him in disbelief. "I can't even ask for your opinion, how is it for my own good?"

Li Mu said, "For a person to grow, there are some things that must be faced independently."

"I can give you advice on this matter, and you don't even need to worry about it. I can help you deal with Lilia and make her obediently apologize to you in person."

"But what good does doing this do, besides letting you vent your anger, making you even more arrogant and haughty?"

"What lessons did you learn from this experience? What did you gain? What did you learn? Did you grow from this experience? Did you learn how to think independently and deal with things in a mature way?"

Liang Shuang: "I..."

After stammering for a while, Liang Shuang finally said, "What you said makes sense, but... but... I've never experienced anything like this before, and I have no experience in this area, otherwise I wouldn't have been deceived."

"How am I, someone who hasn't even left school, supposed to handle this properly? Even if I could, I'd definitely handle it poorly, unsatisfactorily, with problems everywhere, and I might not even be able to do anything about it in the end."

"Wouldn't it be even worse if she couldn't learn her lesson and I couldn't vent my anger?"

Li Mu said, “You didn’t understand my intention. This matter is very simple. Of course, I can help you solve it and give you better ideas, but you will never gain experience and growth, and you will never become mature and independent.”

"You feel very angry about Lilia now, and think it's a big deal, but look back in a few years, it's actually just a small matter. You'll encounter even bigger things in the future."

"Some hardships and lessons are best learned sooner rather than later. This incident is actually quite minor. Even if your handling of it was somewhat flawed, the impact will be minimal, and you can easily bring the situation under control. For you, this is a good opportunity to learn, to keep trying and making mistakes, to find solutions, to hone your abilities, and to enrich your experience in handling matters."

"Only then will you be able to remain calm and use your experience to handle bigger challenges in the future. Just treat her like a monster on your leveling-up journey, someone who gives you experience and equipment—something others would love to encounter!"

Liang Shuang was stunned, somewhat amused and exasperated. Could someone really use that analogy for gaining experience points while fighting monsters? In the end, she silently nodded.

"I see!"

Li Mu said, "It's good that you know. If you really can't make up your mind, then imagine that you don't know me, and no one is helping you with this matter. You are just a female student from out of town studying in Shenzhen."