God's New Clothes

As soon as Tong Yan opened the door of the house, the five babies rushed to the door, shaking their heads and tails at him and barking non-stop.

Putting down the bags, Tong Yan hugged each of them, and then led them out for a walk.Thinking that dinner has not been settled yet, why don't you just stroll to grandma's house, maybe you can have a meal.

Tong Yan unscrewed the anti-theft door of grandma's house, and five puppies rushed in. Aunt Zhao was clearing the table when she saw Tong Yan came back and asked, "Ah, Tong Tong is back, have you eaten yet? You still have some mutton dumplings for you to eat." Don’t eat? Shall I warm it up for you?”

"Okay, I can eat whatever I want, where is grandma?"

"She went back to her room to rest after eating."

Tong Yan went to knock on grandma's door, the old lady opened the door after a while, and asked softly, "Tong Tong is back?"

I haven't seen you for a few days, the old lady seems to be haggard a lot, the wrinkles on her face are covered with a layer of gray, and her eyelids are drooping weakly. Tong Yan was startled and asked: "Grandma, what's wrong with you?"

"No, no, high blood pressure, I was a little dizzy just now, just lie down and it will be fine."

"Then I'll help you go back to the house and rest. You have to take medicine for high blood pressure, and you can't stop it."

The old lady squeezed out a smile: "I just finished eating, and as soon as I saw you, I didn't have any illnesses."

Tong Yan was worried: "If you think something is inappropriate, you must tell me, I will take you to the hospital, don't hold back, understand?"

Grandma took Tong Yan's hand and went to the living room: "I know, you haven't eaten yet, go, I'll accompany you to eat dumplings, stuffed with mutton and carrots."

The grandparent and grandson returned to the living room, and the five teddys immediately surrounded the old lady's feet, and the two stepped back and stood up, vying to bow to the old lady.Only Xiaobao couldn't. He raised his front legs and lowered them, and finally put them on Dabao's waist, looking at the old lady pitifully.Dabao couldn't stand under the pressure of it, so he could only stand on four legs to prevent Xiaobao from falling off.

The old lady finally laughed, sat on the sofa and kissed each puppy.

"Tongtong," grandma asked him, "is the new company busy?"

Tong Yan swallowed a dumpling in one gulp: "I've been a little busy recently. The first series I designed is about to be shipped. I shouldn't be busy when I leave the factory. I'll come back to accompany you then?"

"No, no, no," the old lady looked better now, "You are busy with your work, I have Aunt Zhao to accompany you. By the way, did you really break up with Xiao Yi?"

As soon as Tong Yan heard Xiao Yi's name, he had a pregnancy reaction, and couldn't swallow the dumplings: "Why did you mention him again? There's no point in breaking up."

The old lady suddenly asked with bright eyes: "Then...then do you want to find a girlfriend?"

Grandma mentioned Xiao Yi to Tong Yan, and he might pass after feeling sick, but when she mentioned finding a girlfriend, he really couldn't laugh or cry.

"Grandma," Tong Yan said, "I can admire women, design clothes for them, make them more beautiful, confident and stronger, be friends with them, and even kiss them, but I can't be with them." They spend their lives together, I like them, but I don't love them."

The old lady sighed, and her eyes that had just lit up darkened again: "Then what do you do alone? You have to find someone to accompany you!"

Tong Yan inexplicably remembered Xu Shi'an's invitation to him before he left, and he smiled: "Didn't you accompany me, Xi Yu and Dabao?"

"I'm in my seventies and eighties, and I can't be with you for the rest of my life. I might be gone one day. What will you do then?"

Tong Yan put down his chopsticks and said sternly: "You mustn't say that, our good days are still long, I'll show you my newly designed clothes later."

Because it was the first time to make a large shipment, Tong Yan was quite cautious, and had to come to the factory to see the pre-production samples in person, so Xu Shi'an took two designers and his new assistant, and flew directly to the south, a coastal city famous for textiles and clothing. The city, YG Group's garment factories are all here.

Strictly speaking, ANNA-X does not have its own garment factory, so Xu Shi'an has to place an order with the garment factory affiliated to YG Group in order to ship, following normal contracts and procedures.It's just that they are all his own people, and the person in charge of the factory is his cousin, so all kinds of conveniences are enough.

After they arrived, they went to the hotel to check in. There were four of them, and Xu Shi'an asked Tina to book four superior double rooms. When checking in, Tong Yan complained to Tina in a low voice: "It's enough for me and Zhou Mo to live in one room, why do you order a room?"

Tina thought that you still want to live with someone else?She smiled slightly: "Alex is afraid that you will be tired from the journey, so you can rest better in a private room."

Tong Yan didn't say anything, and went into the elevator with his luggage.

After lunch, Xu Shi'an took them to visit the factory, and a few workshops were turned down, which was no less than a small exhibition.The technicians had some doubts, Zhou Mo went to help confirm some data, Tina said that she would go to the sample showroom to look at the clothes, and only Xu Shi'an and Tong Yan were left wandering in the factory area.

YG is worthy of being a first-class clothing company in China. In the park of [-] square meters, in addition to different types of production workshops, it also integrates multiple research and development centers for fabrics, patterns, and craftsmanship to ensure that product quality is in line with international standards.

The greening in the park is well done, with trees and flowers on both sides of the asphalt road.The two wandered aimlessly along a path.

Xu Shi'an wore a light gray casual suit with a white round-neck T-shirt today, which looked very comfortable. He asked Tong Yan: "After the visit, do you have any ideas?"

Tong Yan looked around, and from time to time, some workers drove past them in small battery cars.

"In the past, I only heard people say that YG's factory management is strict. Today, I saw that it really lived up to its reputation. The best equipment and the most experienced workers are here. No wonder YG's stores can bloom everywhere."

It can't be regarded as flattery, what Tong Yan said is the truth.

Xu Shi'an put his hands in his trouser pockets, and said disdainfully: "Isn't this forced out by foreign customers? If your hardware doesn't meet the requirements, they won't give you an order. If it wasn't for earning foreign exchange in the first place, they wouldn't be willing to give up their children. "

Tong Yan understands what Xu Shian said very well. YG is considered a first-tier brand in domestic men’s wear, but no one knows it abroad. Everyone only knows Ermenegildozegna, HUGOBOSS, CK, but they don’t know that many of these brands’ clothing are similar to YG’s. produced in such factories.

Tong Yan sighed: "Why can't we produce a first-class brand with first-class equipment and first-class workers?"

"YG is absolutely top-notch among domestic clothing companies. You mean luxury goods, which pay attention to inheritance and history, but our history is faultless. If you go to Cartier, their design manuscripts 100 years ago are all It is well preserved, who designed it for, who the designer is, and who made the samples are all clearly recorded. As for us, it would be great if we could preserve these things, so what kind of paper patterns do we want?"

Tong Yan turned his head and looked at Xu Shi'an: "This is not what a fashion crocodile Shaodong should say." These words sound a bit like angry youths, with a little helplessness, but they are actually very sincere.

"What's wrong with the clothing giants? Most of the profits don't come from OEM for foreign brands. They are also suits produced by a factory. One is an Italian brand and the other is a domestic brand. Everyone will think that they don't even look at it. The domestic brand soil, the workmanship is not good, in fact, except for the fabric, there is really no difference. And the subtle differences in the fabric, ordinary people can't see it at all, who can tell the difference between 180 weave and 220 weave?"

"It sounds very reconciled, doesn't it?"

"Do you believe it? I don't wear my own clothes either."

Tong Yan said: "Well, I know this, your suits are all high-end, you can tell."

"The designer's eyes are really sharp." As expected of a uniform control, Xu Shi'an turned to look at Tong Yan, "My dad has been running YG for so many years, and the hard-earned money he earns is still a few million pieces of imported equipment. People's wages are all included in it, and there is no brand premium. The experience and vision of their generation are limited here. If you tell him that a suit sells for tens of thousands, he thinks it is cheating consumers. We are not interested in luxury. The packaging and publicity of our products has been worse than that of foreigners for decades, we always like to talk about the stories of LV and Titanic, but where should we start our own stories?"

Tong Yan wondered why a rich second generation chasing celebrities and supermodels all day long, who was famous all over the world, could be so cynical.It almost makes people think that it is a young entrepreneur with a strong root who is bewitching people's hearts at the factory workers' meeting.

Tong Yan naturally knew the story about LV and the Titanic. It is said that after the sinking of the Titanic, a hard leather case of LV was salvaged from the bottom of the sea, but there was no water in it. The quality of LV has been passed on to be miraculous, it will not get wet in water, it will not be damaged by fire, and it will last for more than 100 years once it becomes popular.

Facts have proved that people are still willing to pay for this kind of story, which means that what they pursue is not only the word luxury, but the history, culture and quality represented by the brand behind luxury goods.

"Didn't you tell your family about these ideas? Then why do you want to make your own brand?" Tong Yan asked.

Xu Shi'an said with a smile: "You don't think I have great ambitions and want to shoulder the important task of revitalizing the glory of national enterprises?"

Tong Yan wanted to say that I didn't think so, but felt that Xu Shi'an seemed to have something to say, so he wisely chose to remain silent.

Sure enough, Xu Shi'an went on to say: "If I don't find something to do by myself, my dad will probably send me to a factory like this as a small supervisor, and I will eat and live with the workers every day. You think I can bear it." ?"

Tong Yan thought to himself, if you can bear it or not, no one can control it. If you come to the factory, the first one who can't bear it should be the female worker in the factory!

"He doesn't think much of what I'm doing now. To be precise, he doesn't like me. He just waits for me to hit the south wall by myself. Then he can verify his theory on me, and then Force me to submit obediently."

After Xu Shi'an finished speaking, Tong Yan suddenly stopped and asked aggressively: "So, ANNA-X is just a shield for you on the spur of the moment, a move in the game between father and son, right?"

Xu Shi'an also stopped, and looked back at Tong Yan. He stood upright, the black elongated his figure, and the wide cuffs of the T-shirt fluttered in the wind, like a flag.

"It used to be," Xu Shi'an looked into Tong Yan's eyes and couldn't lie: "But it's not anymore."

"Then what is it now?" Tong Yan asked.

Xu Shi'an was silent for a while, and bought a pass: "You will know in the future."

Tong Yan gave a "cut" and continued to walk along the path in the factory area.

Unconsciously, I walked downstairs to the staff dormitory. The outermost part of the dormitory building was a row of balconies, and the colorful underwear of the female workers was flying in the wind.

Tong Yan faced Xu Shi'an, stepped back and asked, "Have you ever thought about the future of ANNA-X?"

Xu Shi'an walked unhurriedly: "Let me tell you now—a lot of people like it."

"Isn't that a stupid answer? It's empty and has no practical meaning. It can be said that many people like it now."

"If it's too specific, don't you want to work towards that goal?"

"That's natural."

"So, don't be too specific," Xu Shi'an said, "I don't want to put too much pressure on you."

The boss said that he didn't want to put too much pressure on the designers, which shouldn't be the case.Tong Yan didn't know how to answer for a while, so he turned around and continued to walk forward.

There was a turn in front of them, bypassing this dormitory building, and they could go back by another road.

This should have been an ordinary afternoon, some workers were at work, some were taking turns in the dormitory, everything happened so suddenly, without any warning, Tong Yan only felt something flash past in front of him, followed by a muffled sound , a person is already seven or eight meters away directly in front of him!

Tong Yan was stunned, not sure for a moment whether what he saw was the truth or his own hallucination, he saw a bloody face and a distorted body twitching on the ground, the donated blood was gurgling like water Outflow, the scene is shocking.

The incident happened suddenly, and the picture was too horrifying. Before the eyes had time to convey the message that someone jumped off the building to the brain, a pair of slender and warm hands covered his eyes.

Tong Yan felt that his body was turned around quickly, the big hand in front of him slipped on the back of his head, and then his whole body was pressed into the broad chest in front of him.A smell of Hermès earth perfume penetrated into the nostrils instantly, rosin mixed with the smell of green grass, an indescribable tranquility.

At this time, a familiar and deep voice sounded above his head, Xu Shi'an said, "Don't look!"

Tong Yan's mind went blank, but a piercing scream sounded in his ear: "Someone jumped off the building!"

I couldn't see anything, I just felt that my body was being dragged a long way like a log.There were a lot of people rushing past him, and the chattering voices around him changed from loud to quiet. He didn't know how far he had gone before he let go of his eyes.

Tong Yan didn't know where this place was, he leaned against a wall with a pale face, and asked Xu Shi'an in horror: "Is... is it true?"

Xu Shi'an's voice was cold, without any concealment: "Yes, someone jumped off the building."

Tong Yan felt his stomach churning: "Someone really jumped off the building? I thought I was hallucinating, she...is she dead?"

"I don't know, someone called 120..." Before Xu Shi'an finished speaking, Tong Yan suddenly bent down and vomited endlessly.

Tong Yan couldn't remember how he was brought back to the hotel by Xu Shi'an. He opened his eyes and felt numb all over his body, but his stomach was empty. When he thought of the scene just now, he felt like throwing up, and dragged his hands that were as soft as noodles. The same legs knelt in front of the toilet and retched for a while.Maybe the contents of the stomach have been vomited out, and only a few mouthfuls of bitter and astringent yellow water came out.

Xu Shi'an took a glass of water for him to rinse his mouth, then picked him up, put him back on the bed and covered him with the quilt.Tong Yan was so weak that he couldn't even utter a word, as soon as he opened his eyes, the red and white brain burst out of the shell.

Zhou Mo and Tina finally returned to the hotel after finishing their work. Xu Shi'an told them what had happened in a low voice. Zhou Mo sat by the bed and rubbed Tong Yan's face back and forth with his hands, hoping to bring back some blood.

"Do you want to go to the hospital?" Tina looked at Tong Yan as if he had suffered a serious illness.

Tong Yan shook his head, indicating that he was fine, and said angrily, "Momo, you can sleep with me tonight."

Before Zhou Mo could say yes or no, Xu Shi'an turned his face and went out without saying a word.

Tong Yan raised his eyelids a little, glanced sideways, and closed them quietly again.

The author says:

Xu Shi'an: Some people are really kind!Tong Yan: Could it be possible to ask you to sleep with me?Xu Shi'an: It's not that he hasn't slept... Tong Yan:? ?