It's not easy to be a supermodel [Comprehensive British American American Entertainment]

Letty really can't figure out who is targeting her. First, she took the lead on the Internet, stirred up the hatred between her and Tanya D, and lured her fans to attack each other, killing people with knives. Fortunately, Letty didn't fall into the trap.Now he took away her order at double the price, it would be too far-fetched to say that the other party didn't do it on purpose.

Has she offended anyone recently?No, she never took the initiative to provoke anyone. Those who had troubled her before - Daphne and Miranda, they didn't seem to have such ability, and they paid double the money just to make her unhappy. They also don't need a lot of clothing. Daphne has long been out of the circle, and Miranda has just signed with Victoria's Secret, and her career is taking off, so there should be no time to engage her.

The biggest possibility is that calling her a "supermodel" after calling herself a "supermodel" made some people feel uncomfortable. Do you want to give her a blow?Or was it not her enemy, but Tony's?

However, the immediate priority is not to find out who is deliberately targeting them, but to solve the problem now, because if they delay going into production any longer, summer will come.

Martin knew that it was useless to blame the person in charge, so he calmly asked him, "Are there any other options?"

"Yes, there are also garment factories in Bulgaria, Vietnam, China, Europe and the local area that are taking orders." As he spoke, the person in charge put on a face of embarrassment, "However, there are not many factories that can produce swimsuits. Even fewer are handmade or semi-handmade, and I know that you have very high requirements on quality and location, so the only ones that meet your conditions are local and European factories."

The original factory is located in Mexico. The reason for not choosing a local factory is that the price of goods and labor in the United States is high. Choosing a factory in the United States will undoubtedly greatly increase the cost price. Although the brand is rich now, as Martin said, money cannot be spent indiscriminately. , even if Tony doesn't care, the other two shareholders may have a few words.

As for the factories in Southeast Asia, although they are cheap, they are really too far away. Martin can’t fly more than ten hours to supervise the workers, and most of them are of uneven quality. Martin would rather be more expensive than take any risk of losing control.

While Martin was meditating, the person in charge continued to provide him with a solution: "Buy fabrics from cloth merchants in other places and order them from local garment manufacturers, which can save a certain amount of cost..."

The convenience of having an intermediary company is that you don’t have to do everything yourself, just like a travel agency, he will contact the factory and the cloth factory early in the morning, and formulate a series of plans for you to choose, without having to negotiate with the manufacturer in person.

After listening, Martin asked an unrelated question: "Can I ask who is the person or company who placed the order before us?"

As expected, the person in charge apologized to him again: "Sorry, we must protect the privacy of our customers, and I cannot disclose it to you."

Martin showed a business-like smile politely, and said, "We want to think about it again, and we will contact you again if necessary."

After speaking, he got up and left directly, regardless of the person in charge's persuasion. This was a complete breakdown of the conversation. Although Leti didn't know what other thoughts he had, she followed him.

"Are you going to communicate directly with the manufacturer?" Letty asked after leaving the agency.

"No, there is a smarter way." Martin glanced at her, then habitually took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, remembered something and put it back, "How much tax did you pay last year? "

Letty thought for a while, and then said distressedly: "More than 80 yuan, what's wrong?"

There is a very famous saying among American folks: Two things are inevitable, death and taxes.

The personal income tax rates in the United States are superimposed and divided into seven levels. The higher the income, the heavier the tax. This is not good in developed countries, and taxes are usually very heavy.

Income earned in other countries, such as the endorsement of Versace and Gucci, two Italian brands, is not subject to double taxation. After paying taxes in Italy, there is no need to pay in the United States, but Maybelline’s dividends and CK’s Remuneration for endorsements is unavoidable.

After putting away the cigarette pack, Martin walked to the side of the road and waved to a taxi, then opened the door and let Letty go in first.

After Letty stooped in, he also sat in and gave an address. After the car started, he continued: "I thought about opening up some side jobs for you after you became a supermodel—I mean outside of fashion. Well-known celebrities usually have contact with one or two of these three categories: charity, environmental protection, or politics—like women’s rights or people of color, which can not only enhance their influence, but also can Raise your image."

"Which field do you want me to develop a side business in?"

"Charity." Martin said, "Political issues are too sensitive and error-prone. The participation rate is high and the return rate is not high. They tend to please one side and offend the other side. Environmental protection does not pay much attention, so charity is the best choice. Just now When thinking about which country's factory is cheaper, I thought that behind the low cost price, there must be workers' interests being exploited, so why don't we use this to do charity?"

Letty listened carefully to what he said, and she could almost guess what Martin meant, so she continued: "You want to say, we can cooperate with factories, they take my orders, and then we provide workers with generous wages. In return, improving their lives? Although it will increase the cost price, but my brand will get more important things than money - word of mouth, style, people's goodwill, and it can also help the company tax-free - if there will be a The words of the Foundation."

Martin curled his lips in satisfaction: "Since this is the first series, we shouldn't think about making a lot of money right away, it's better to invest more money to build up the brand's reputation - in the long run, the money will eventually pay off. paid off."

Letty's eyes lit up, this is indeed a solution.

Think about it, "charity" not only has a positive impact on her and LetitiaL.'s reputation and image, but can also avoid many problems for them-even if the quality of the ready-made clothes is really worse than they imagined, so what?Consumers will not have any complaints, because they are cooperating with factories under the banner of charity. Can they still blame those poor workers for their poor workmanship?

Moreover, this also perfectly solves the problem of people's lack of confidence in her brand - this time it is no longer a joint name with other brands, LetitiaL. is an unfamiliar brand to people, and lack of awareness will affect their consumption desire However, if Letitia decides to cooperate with the factory to engage in charity, an idea can be implanted in the minds of consumers: buying LetitiaL. products is helping some needy people, satisfying their sense of self-identity, and greatly increased consumer confidence.

Then, even if the final sales volume is mediocre, it will not seriously damage the brand. The main purpose of charity is not to make money, but to help other people. No matter how the sales volume is, it will not affect the release of the next series.

"Charity" is simply an excellent shield!

Martin pulled out his PDA. "I'll contact some organizations that focus on workers' rights and see if there's a way to work with them."

After entering the memo on the schedule, he looked up out of the window, "Do you have any clue about the person who grabbed the order?"

Letty shook her head and said, "No, but I always feel that it has something to do with the fact that I started a dispute with Tanya on the Internet."

She suddenly thought of Tony's universal AI butler. Last time he helped her eavesdrop on Kelly Thompson's call, so it's not difficult to find out who is behind the wind, right?

"Maybe I have a way of finding out who's behind the scenes."

……

This time she forgot to bring the memory implanted with the AI ​​housekeeper's program, so the next day Letty returned to New York and rushed into Tony's gathering room impatiently.

Seeing the man frowning looking at the projection screen, her eyes lit up, and she trot over, "Great, you're here!"

Tony turned his head in response, but didn't move, just looked at her with a very... strange and uncomfortable look.

Letty, who thought he would warmly embrace him, smelled something unusual, so she paused and glanced sideways at the projection screen he was looking at just now.

Boston News: "Iron Man's Girlfriend Loves Batman?"

Letty: "..."

The corner of Letty's mouth twitched, and she finally remembered that she met the reporter of the "Boston News" in Boston yesterday, and the other party asked her who is a better superhero, Iron Man or Batman, and she briefly answered After a while, I didn't expect that he actually wrote her words in someone's report!

Her answer at the time was: "Leave aside who I am now—in an objective sense—on the level of a superhero—" She continued after covering her head with several layers of cauldrons, "Batman's seniority as a superhero is deeper than that of Iron Man, and his image is more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people..."

In short, she said a lot of praise for Batman.

She knew that Tony would be upset when he saw it, but as Batman's chief fan girl, she couldn't bear it when she heard Batman's name...

Instead of being angry, the billionaire smiled. He folded his hands and raised one corner of his mouth and said, "Have you ever wondered who Batman really is?"

"It doesn't matter who he is..." she said immediately.

"It's really not important?" Tony lowered his voice, persuading, "Didn't you ever think that there would be a foot-poaching uncle who didn't take a shower under the mask?"

Letty imagined that Batman turned out to be a digging uncle after taking off his mask, and he was in a bad mood.

In order to maintain the perfect image of the male god, she retorted: "Is this even possible?! Batman is so strong, he must have been exercising a lot, and he feels very good. How can he be an uncle?"

Tony rolled his eyes and expressed concern about her IQ: "I'm not saying that his real identity is an uncle! I mean, you never thought that in reality he is a completely opposite person to what you imagined ?”

"……For example?"

"For example, a playboy who idles around all day and has nothing but his face."

"..."

Letty showed hesitation in his eyes, "What exactly are you trying to say?"

Seeing that Letty hadn't gotten to his point, Tony stopped going around in circles and asked directly: "Or ask this way, if I don't disclose my Iron Man identity and keep it from you, until one day you learn the truth How will you feel afterwards?"

Letty replied without hesitation: "I will piss you off!"

Tony grinned in satisfaction, with a hint of malice: "Bruce Wayne is Batman."

"...?"

His purpose was to get rid of Letty's unrealistic fantasies about the image of "Batman", but her fan filter was too thick to listen to him at all.

However, Tony knows that Letty is a person who hates being deceived very much. When she knows that the male god in her heart is her friend, will his "male god" image be maintained?Besides, after knowing that Bruce is Batman, he himself has a feeling of being deceived, but he can't tell others casually, and has been hiding this shocking secret in his heart for a long, long time...

Tony said comfortably, "Ha, I finally said it!"