God's New Clothes

Tong Yan and Zhou Mo collected a lot of material these days, and they continued to hold small meetings in the studio.Xu Shi'an didn't know if he was free or what, but he seemed to have developed a strong interest in design work recently, and he always went to their side.Since he would basically not cause trouble, Tong Yan took him as a display and let him go.

Zhou Mo printed out all the materials they collected, and Tong Yan took the pictures and nailed them to the backboard one by one, and said while nailing: "I like the seawater and river cliff patterns under the python robe, and the T on the fairy armor." Shaped patterns, like cloud shoulders, like Tsing Yi, and also like all kinds of collars, my God, what should I do if I like them all?"

Zhou Mo smiled: "Don't worry, let's talk one by one, sea water river cliff pattern, I am also interested in this, how do you plan to use it?"

Tong Yan said while drawing on the paper: "The twill pattern is originally the decoration of the hem of the clothes. We can continue to use it on the hem of the autumn and winter coat, as well as on the waist and cuffs. It needs to be embroidered in the same color as the coat, for example, a camel coat. With brown embroidery, the embroidery has a brightening effect, so beautiful!"

Zhou Mo thought for a while and said, "Maybe the whole clothes are made of this kind of texture, which looks very luxurious, and it looks good with black pants."

Tong Yan turned his head and asked Xu Shian, a non-staff member, "Wouldn't it be very expensive if the entire fabric was embroidered?"

Xu Shi'an thought for a while and said: "Yes, it may cost [-] yuan per yard. In fact, digital printing can also visually achieve that three-dimensional embroidery effect, which is very realistic and the price is much cheaper." Xu Shi'an is a businessman, and the cost Twice as expensive, ready-made clothing may be several times more expensive.

For designers, embroidery and printing are not at the same level in terms of touch or vision. Tong Yan felt a little regretful: "We will discuss the issue of fabrics at the end, and let's talk about styles. The T-shaped pattern on the armor is actually embroidery. Up. I like this shape, and quilted ones will have a three-dimensional effect, which is very suitable for jackets and coats.”

"Did you mean the leather jacket?"

"Yeah, a leather jacket would go well with this, and it can also be used on a sweater."

Zhou Mo said: "Leather jacket, I wrote this down. Then what about the cloud shoulder, I think this is the most difficult to use."

"The cloud shoulders are very beautiful and change a lot. I like the shape and color of the cloud shoulders very much. The meaning is also good. The sky is round and the earth is one. It is usually used on the shoulders, and it can also be used on the pockets."

Zhou Mo said: "Valentino in 2016 and Lawrence Xu in 2013 both used cloud shoulder elements."

Xu Shi'an, who had been playing with his phone with his head down, finally couldn't help it anymore, and raised his head to ask Zhou Mo, "Are you a fashion encyclopedia?"

Zhou Mo pushed his glasses and said nothing, but Tong Yan answered: "He is my encyclopedia, so I can't borrow that kind of thing." That expression was not to mention very smug.

Xu Shi'an gave him a cold look, and when he lowered his head again, the screen was already GAME OVER.

Zhou Mo said: "I think the cloud shoulder can be used on the cloak, all or part of it, and the shape is very well combined."

Tong Yan nodded, and drew a shape on the drawing board: "I think it's cool to add a half-shoulder embroidery and tassels on the back of the cloak. There is also a sweater. The pattern on the collar of the round neck sweater is designed as The style of cloud shoulders."

Zhou Mo nodded while recording in his notebook: "This is fine. The cloud shoulder pattern can be easily transplanted to the sweater pattern. Below are all kinds of ties."

"The peepers were originally the gowns of ancient aristocratic women. The collars of the peepers can be used on the collars of suits. The buttons of the suits are replaced with buckles, and the suits are made of black velvet."

"Okay, actually the entire style of the coat can be used as a reference for the style of the coat. Anything else?"

Tong Yan scratched his hair: "Let's start with these, maybe other ideas will come out during the design."

Zhou Mo nodded, matching their thoughts with the profile picture one by one.

Seeing that they finished chatting, Xu Shi'an stood up, walked to the edge of the workbench and asked the two of them, "If you finish talking, I have something to discuss with you."

Tong Yan raised his head and asked, "What's the matter?"

Xu Shi'an said: "Although Chen Lei has resigned, the risk of us being counterfeited still exists. You should know this better than me."

Tong Yan and Zhou Mo looked at each other, as a tacit consent, Xu Shi'an continued: "Piracy and counterfeiting are the most harmful to brands of our level, and those who buy fake big brands are not the brand's target customer group, so big brands are not concerned about this." Just turn a blind eye. We are different. Once the pirated version comes out, it will definitely affect our sales, and the clothes released in the fashion week will not be listed until half a year later. This is a bug in itself, so, this time I want to play Something different."

The four major fashion weeks are held twice a year. In January and February, the autumn and winter fashion trends are released, and in September and October, the spring and summer of the following year are released. Everyone follows this rule, and it does give profiteers an opportunity. Tong Yan asked: "Why not?" the same way?"

"We make the fashion show a live broadcast, and you can buy it when you see it."

"This..." Live broadcasting is indeed used by many brands now, but I have never heard of live broadcasting Fashion Week plus sales.It's hard for you to imagine that everyone is watching the big show on the channel, while delivering the cruise ship and placing an order at the same time.Big brands think it is low, consumers think it is expensive, and it doesn’t match at all.But for women's clothing that takes the mid-range route like them, it's not completely impossible.This really overturned the cognition of the two designers, Zhou Mo asked, "Then shall we prepare the goods in advance?"

Xu Shi'an said categorically: "No need at all, all use the pre-sale model, we will make as many clothes as there are online orders, and reserve a certain percentage of return rate." It seems that he has already made up his mind about this plan.

Zhou Mo asked: "Then when will we deliver the goods?"

Xu Shi'an: "Within two months, customers are not in a hurry to wear it anyway."

Tong Yan frowned and asked, "But why does the customer buy a piece of clothing that he can't wear now?"

"Because everyone was buying it, because it was necessary to wear it sooner or later, because it was cheap at the time, because the stars had the same style... There are many reasons, don't you think it takes a long time to get the pre-orders of those idol albums? The key is, this way we It can cut off the minds of many plagiarists."

Tong Yan nodded: "Sounds good, I don't know if it is difficult to operate."

Xu Shian said: "I am asking people from the marketing department to contact the e-commerce platform. They will build a live broadcast channel. There should be time. They are also willing to gather popularity for their platform through our activities."

"But, will anyone come to watch our live broadcast?" This is what Tong Yan is most worried about. Someone has to watch it before someone can buy it.

"This question is very good, so we need someone who can attract attention to be our live broadcast guest and bring us traffic."

Zhou Mo said: "Who else has this kind of influence except the popular Xiao Xianrou, Xiao Xianrou are all men, so it's not easy to give us a platform for women's clothing."

"I'll worry about the selection of candidates," Xu Shi'an walked to the backboard that Tong Yan used just now and said, "You continue to design clothes. I just heard about your ideas. I am very confident in this design. This time we will definitely be able to Foreigners are shocked, let them see what is called Chinese style, what is called Chinese design strength, we can play big if we want to play!"

Tong Yan looked at Zhou Mo and said, "We're OK."

I have to admit that he was a little bit excited by Xu Shi'an again.

"If the two of you are too busy, you can transfer another person from the design department to help." Xu Shi'an was afraid that Tong Yan would be tired.

Tong Yan said: "Then let 'So Distressed' come over." He asks every time, and if he doesn't ask someone to come over after asking, what is the way!

Xu Shi'an remembered that Tong Yan was touching Hao Xintong's chin like a puppy. Although he felt uncomfortable, it seemed that there was no more suitable candidate. This time he didn't say anything, and he agreed.

After the three of them chatted, Zhou Hui, the director of the marketing department, came to talk to Xu Shi'an about the budget, and the two went back to the office on the fourth floor.

Xu Shi'an was holding the budget sheet in his hand, frowning and not speaking.

Zhou Hui knew that the budget was not low, so he didn't dare to speak out while standing aside.They haven't fully recovered the money from the last fashion show, and this time they have to pay out again, and it's all in US dollars!

Xu Shi'an looked at the last string of numbers in the form and was a little worried. This budget did not include the price of hiring stars for his live broadcast.Although the money on his books can cover this budget, the operation of the company and payment to suppliers will be affected.And his capital needs to be revitalized, at least until the spring and summer new models are launched.

Xu Shi'an pinched his eyebrows and said: "Let's streamline the staff a little bit. You don't need to book a suite for me. Just be the same as everyone else. The stage beauty is minimalist, and the design fee is cut off. Let our own 3D designer design, makeup and hair, models, Clothes workers and security guards can’t save these expenses, so you should recalculate the expenses.”

Zhou Hui agreed, picked up the form and left.Xu Shi'an stopped him again and said: "I told you about the live broadcast of the show before, have you decided on a candidate? It must be famous, have traffic, be able to walk the show, and be able to bring goods."

"There are a few candidates, they are nothing more than a few supermodels in China, and then there are actors, but the actors are almost meaningless." Zhou Hui hesitated and said, "Actually, there is another candidate..."

Xu Shi'an asked, "Who?"

"That male model who only walks in women's fashion shows - Ding Xiao, I don't know if you've heard of it."

Xu Shi'an thought that he had not only heard about it, they were still in the same agency before, so he asked, "Is Ding Xiao very popular now?"

Zhou Hui said: "Super red, after his male identity was exposed, Weibo exploded, and later he came out publicly, and his fans soared to more than 2000 million, but he rarely posted on Weibo, but once he did, it was a few [-] retweets and likes. Now basically only foreign big names, we are afraid we won’t be able to hire him.”

Xu Shi'an smiled slightly, and said, "I'll invite him. You can reorganize the budget and add the expenses for us to look at the venue in advance and interview models. In the end, we may have to leave someone there to coordinate."

"Ok."

After Zhou Hui left, Xu Shi'an leaned back in his chair and worried, he needed money everywhere, and what he lacked most now was money.

Asking his father, he couldn't open his mouth.His father will definitely think, look, the business can't go on, and you have to come to me in the end.

Borrowing from a friend, Zhao Daren will definitely have no problem, but unless it is absolutely necessary, he doesn't really want to talk about it.

If you don't want to take these two paths, you have to figure out your own way.

Taking out his mobile phone, Xu Shi'an called Chen Nuo: "Is it convenient to talk?"

"Please wait."

Chen Nuo seemed to have left the office and went to a secluded place before asking, "Master, what's the matter with you?"

"Help me mortgage the house I live in to the bank to see how much money I can borrow."

Chen Nuo was silent for a while before saying, "I'll help you with it tomorrow."

Xu Shi'an: "You want to ask me why I need a loan, right? It's nothing, just turn around the funds, don't worry, you can come back after the new year."

Chen Nuo said, "I know you're sensible, I'll let you know when I'm done."

Xu Shi'an asked again: "How is the matter I told you last time?"

Chen Nuo: "That company is very dirty and there are a lot of problems. I have already asked someone to report it. It may not be long before the relevant departments will start to investigate him."

Xu Shi'an: "Okay, hey, do you remember someone?"

Chen Nuo: "Who are you talking about?"

Xu Shi'an: "Ding Xiao."

Chen Nuo: "Of course I remember, we all regarded him as a girl at that time, and no one could tell that he was a man! Now he is considered the top flow among models."

Xu Shi'an smiled and said, "That's true, even I don't know. Do you still have contact with him? Help me invite him to dinner."

"You..." Chen Nuo didn't dare to continue asking, asking about the boss's personal affairs is not what a subordinate should do.

Xu Shi'an: "Don't think wrongly, I want to find him in the show."

Chen Nuo was a little embarrassed: "Yes, I see."

Xu Shi'an was very relieved of Chen Nuo.Chen Nuo was his manager's little assistant when he was a model. The manager asked him to do everything. Although it was hard work, he also came into contact with many high-ranking people.After going back and forth, he got acquainted with Xu Shi'an and had a good relationship.

Once, when Xu Shi'an went to the company, he met several people downstairs pestering Chen Nuo to ask him to pay back the money. Xu Shi'an went over to help drive those people away, and even advanced the money for him.In fact, Chen Nuo did not borrow the money, but his gambler brother.Chen Nuo is very grateful to Xu Shi'an for this, and pays him back a sum of money from his own salary every month. Although Xu Shi'an doesn't care about the small amount of money, he thinks this kid is okay, so after starting his own company, he quietly took Chen Nuo Got into Dad's company.Although his original intention was not to let Chen Nuo serve as an undercover agent for him, Chen Nuo did a good job. After reaching a certain position, he still helped him at critical moments.

Xu Shi'an stood up, walked to the French window and looked out.The leaves of the ginkgo tree have completely fallen off, and the downstairs is bare and gray.Without the cover of leaves, the small buildings in the style of abandoned factories around are exposed, which looks a bit desolate.

Xu Shi'an's mood at this time was completely opposite to the surrounding scenery. There was a fire burning in his heart, the flames were scorching and jumping, burning crazily, as if everything he encountered could be reborn from nirvana.A never-before-seen excitement was jumping up and down in his body.He is not a gambler. Half of this excitement is based on careful market research and analysis and sampling of big data, and the other half comes from his confidence in his intuition, the confidence Tong Yan gave him.

He has a premonition that he will be a big success this New York Fashion Week, and both the media and consumers will be amazed by their designs.Xu Shi'an couldn't wait to see Tong Yan's curtain call on the runway in New York. He thought, by then, would he have enough confidence to express something to his designer?

The author says:

Ding Xiao was originally a pig's foot in the friends' article, a big boss of women's clothing, because I wrote about fashion designers and she wrote about fashion models, so I borrowed characters from each other, but this guy dug a hole and didn't fill it. There is no way, her My son can only make soy sauce for me.Hahahahaha!