Hearing Albert's name, Jean's deep facial features obviously sank a little.
With his arms bent over the armrests of the chair, his eyes were fixed on the piles of cigarette butts. "Albert… He is the stepfather of the Ricardo family."
"What!?" Chris was surprised.
Alex's eyes immediately narrowed behind the lens. "The Ricardo family from Yogyakarta?"
Even though they are not in the same city, that family is famous throughout the country.
Especially the 'Iron Lady of Yogyakarta', who's none other than a prominent member of the said family.
Jean then nodded his head, his eyes filled with a gloomy light. "Yes."
Lilia got into an accident at the venue by chance. Following the relationship between Milia and Alfred, she found Albert's footprints step by step.
No wonder he was deliberately promoting the cooperation between Lilia and Alfred numerous times.
"He's actually his stepfather, Alfred's father..."
At this point, Chris was silent.
He vaguely recalled that when he teamed up with the third son of the Ricardo family, he seemed to have heard people say that Alfred's father was the old lady's favorite son.
And it looked like he died in a plane crash.
More than ten years had passed, Alfred was young at the time and left the Ricardo family for a long time.
When everyone thought he was abandoned by the Ricardo family, he actually came back strong.
During that time, he remained humble with his job as a teacher, which caught the entire Ricardo family off guard against him. Everyone did not know that he was a wolf hiding in the dark.
The third son of the Ricardo family also completely lost the inheritance rights due to his return.
Thinking of this, Chris looked at Jean.
Since Jean had investigated, he must know a lot more than himself.
At this time, Jean lit a cigarette casually. "Alfred's father died less than three years ago, his mother remarried and Albert is her husband."
Alex connected everything and looked at the man seriously after thinking for a moment. "Does Alfred have any thoughts about taking over the Aphrodite Agency? What exactly is he intending to do? If you really have investigated, what steps is he taking now? If you don't know, at least, do you know what he actually wants?"
Jean stared deeply at Alex, not a word came out. His narrowed eyes were like a deep ocean.
Chris licked his lips and furrowed his brows tightly. "Whatever he has in mind, I suggest that you persuade Lilia to consider coming to my place as soon as possible."
"I didn't use her to deal with Aphrodite, at least the Hartanto family is under my control so her security is completely guaranteed. Besides, if she leaves, it will be a huge loss for Aphrodite."
"Okay, I'll try to persuade her."
With the man's approval, Chris' heart fell to the ground.
In his opinion, Lilia was definitely equal to twenty artists who had left the company.
Since Albert no longer cares about Lilia anymore, Chris prefers to pay a high price to compensate for the breach of the supermodel's contract rather than having to find a new artist.
...
This afternoon, after Chris and Alex left, Lilia came to the study with a tray containing two cups of tea.
As soon as she knocked on the door, the man walked out.
"Are you busy?" At the door, Lilia was standing still with a small smile.
Jean closed the door, grabbed his tray and walked to the bedroom. "No, why?"
Lilia then led him, and when she stepped into the master bedroom, she smiled slyly. "Something's wrong."
"Oh?" The man invited her to sit at the table by the window. "Speak up."
Lilia is not hypocritical, she smiled and asked, "When you investigated Milia earlier, did you find out where she and Harold met?"
She only thought about it carefully, since Harold had no tolerance towards Milia, he showed no mercy.
The man pursed his lips. "A nightclub."
Lilia nodded as if suddenly noticing, her nails rubbing the corners of her mouth.
This was similar to what she guessed!
She knew Harold would be usually very busy at work, whether attending events with other artists, or on trips to companies for negotiating collaborations.
In addition, the man would be pretty much delighted with attending such places as nightclubs.
According to her guess, Harold and Milia either met at an event or met by chance.
After hearing that man's answer, Lilia's eyes shone brightly. "So they... Did they end up in bed?"
Her question deepened the smile line at the corner of the man's lips. "To be precise, Harold asked her to rent a room at the hotel and Milia agreed with him."
Lilia fell silent.
She rolled her eyes to look at the man with a narrow gaze and scratched her wrist. "Do you think Harold will take the woman he just met to the hotel?"
"Not really!" The man gripped her hand gradually and pursed his lips. "At best, he did it because he was drunk and Milia took advantage of him. When they arrived at the hotel, no one knew what they were doing."
Lilia then muttered, "There he is! Then... is there any evidence?"
"What proof do you want?"
The woman smiled faintly. "I want more evidence of what they did in the room. Even though there are trifles of insignificance, I would too!"
"Alright then!"
Even though she didn't know what her husband was going to do, Lilia knew Jean was always responsive to her.
But Lilia was well aware that she's stirring a great storm this time.
...
The Santiago Exhibition and Convention Center was located in the city center and currently the tallest building in Surabaya.
Around eight in the morning, many booths had been set up in front of the exhibition center, including a red carpet several hundred meters long, extending from the front door to the driveway entrance.
Less than half eight, various domestic entertainment media, magazines and journalists have arrived on the scene. They had their respective cameras on either side of the red carpet, ready to capture the event.
Today was the first time the Van brand had held an ambassador press conference, and countless journalists wanted to get first-hand information.
As the first local brand to successfully step to the forefront of the fashion world, Van's status in the fashion industry is unmatched.
And its founder, Alex, is the richest man in the entire Surabaya. With everything he has now, he is absolutely a legend in the eyes of fashionistas.
As for the brand ambassador this time, no one knows who will fill the position.
The large LED screen above the exhibition center also puts up a large advertisement.
[Van brand spokesperson press conference]
The advertisement's image is well-made and can be seen clearly even at a distance of 100 meters.
At exactly nine o'clock, the entrance ceremony for the press conference officially began.
One by one, the luxury cars stopped at the red carpet entrance and everyone getting out of the car was enough to drive the media crazy.
There's Nancy, a legendary designer in the fashion industry.? And Kevin, a young rising designer, Ryan Fever, a young music king, and Albert, the president of Aphrodite Agency.
Each of them has an important position in the industry, let alone the countless brands and partners who have maintained good cooperation with the Van brand.
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