The Pentium Era - South to North

The works designed by Zhang Chen, He Hongmei and Ge Ling came out one by one, all for ordering meetings. Zhang Chen, He Hongmei and Ge Ling let the fitting models in the design center wear them. After seeing them, they felt Yes, we can send them to the factory showroom for storage first. When all the samples are ready, they will be produced as a unified sample. For now, it is still winter clothing.

If you think it is not mature enough, you will directly reject it without even sending it to the factory. This is of course a very frustrating thing for the designer, but for Zhang Chen and Ge Ling, this is daily life. A decision must be made.

It is impossible to let an immature design flow to the factory just to take care of your emotions. Once they are turned into products, they will basically bring inventory and losses.

Some designers also argued with Zhang Chen and others that they could at least let it hang at the exhibition. There was nothing to lose. What if some customers liked it?

Zhang Chen told him that those who came to place orders were agents, not final customers. The agent's vision did not represent the customer's vision. Ge Ling, He Hongmei's, and I's vision would be more accurate than theirs.

Don’t forget that our products have a replacement rate. Even if an agent takes a fancy to this design and becomes a product, there is a high probability that after leaving the factory, it will still return to the factory and become inventory. .

"Are you willing to see your design turned into a 20 or 30 percent discount?" Zhang Chen asked.

He Hongmei said to the designer: "This standard is not for you, but for everyone. Even Mr. Zhang's own design will not be passed if Ge Ling and I object. This is the tradition of our company."

Speaking of which, the designer had no choice but to leave in anger.

The works from the fashion show will all stay here. Some of the works that require hot ironing and high-temperature styling will be sent back to Wenwen and Qianqian after being sent to the factory for processing.

Wenwen and Qianqian cleared a space in the fabric warehouse, arranged the numbered hangers in a row, and hung the inspected clothes one by one.

Sometimes at night, Zhang Chen would take He Hongmei and Ge Ling to Baidi to walk around the site and see the environment. Sometimes they would bring fitting models and let them wear sample clothes, and they would Taking a walk, although their physical conditions are different from those of the models arriving at that time, the general effect can be seen.

The models in Zhang Chen's design center are mainly used to try on the fit of sample clothes, so when recruiting, they specially choose models who are about 1.6 meters tall and have the same figure and height as most customers. , which is different from the models that New Silk Road and Yifei invited to professionally walk the catwalk.

The feeling of a piece of clothing indoors and outdoors is completely different. Zhang Chen and He Hongmei already experienced this when they were working on Harada Shino's movie. This time, the experience was even deeper. At that time Most of the time it was still daytime, but now it was nighttime. Although there would be lights then, the difference was still huge.

He Hongmei now understood why Zhang Chen insisted on using glittery fabrics.

At midnight every day, after the day's work is completed, it's time for He Hongmei and Liu Ligan to clear their accounts. With Wenwen and Qianqian helping out, Liu Ligan cannot escape every night and has to treat guests. Even Old Tang I know, at eleven o'clock, I will call and ask, where can I eat meat today?

When he made the call, Old Tang was either in his factory or in Lin Shuwan's office. Lin Shuwan's evening training class had just ended and he was free.

Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, Lao Tan, and Xiao Shu soon joined their late-night snack army. Zhao Zhilong, Ge Ling, and Xu Qiaoxin would also go together if they got off work early.

After Xiaoshu studied at Gome, he became a complete adult. He no longer looked like a child when he spoke and behaved. He Hongmei encouraged Xiaoshu and asked him to try designing clothes. Xiaoshu quickly shook his head. He said no, I am not Chen Yifei, I have no feeling at all for that kind of glamorous thing.

He Hongmei laughed and said okay, you are Chen Danqing and Luo Zhongli. Of the two of them, one is good at painting Tibetans, and the other is good at painting farmers in the Daba Mountain area.

"This is not a matter of feeling. Xiaoshu is not forced by life. If he is forced by life, you will." Zhang Chen said.

Wenwen laughed and asked Zhang Chen: "Mr. Zhang, are you forced by life?"

"Of course, do you still think that I have had no worries about food and clothing since I was a child? When I arrived in Hainan, I didn't even know what decoration was, so I had to learn decoration design..."

"Yes, Zhang Chen didn't understand anything when he came to my place. He just said that he was good at painting." Lao Tan interrupted Zhang Chen, "I asked him to try it on the spot, and it turned out that it was really good. He actually did it. , and a very good designer.”

Zhang Chen smiled and said, "It's the same when we go back to Hangzhou. When we sell clothes, we first went to Guangzhou to buy clothes. After we came here, we found that the same clothes, our purchase price was higher than the wholesale price in the old market next door. Gao, I didn’t go to Guangzhou, and I couldn’t even find the source of goods, so I was forced to design my own clothes and let Zhao Zhigang and Zhao Zhilong’s tailor shop make them for me, so I started doing it.”

"It is still adaptable, but it is not adaptable, and the changes are not so fast." Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, said, "Xiaoshu, you have to learn this from your brother-in-law."

Xiaoshu nodded.

Zhang Chen said: "You don't need to learn. After you have more experience, life will teach you. When I was a teenager, I was so proud. You asked me to paint for money. How could I do it? Later, when I joined the theater troupe, I was so poor. I didn’t have enough money to drink and eat, so I became so poor that I started to help people paint portraits of dead people, and help photo studios paint scenes, and earn some money in this way.

"Throw aside all aesthetic principles and just listen to the money-making clients. You will be kitsch no matter what. Otherwise, no one will come to you, including later going to an advertising company to stand on the scaffolding to paint advertisements. It is even more like this. You can paint no matter how glamorous you are.

"Xiao Shu, when I say this, I don't mean to ask you to make trouble for yourself. Instead, I am telling you that when you can stick to your beliefs, it is right to stick to it. Don't give up unless you have to."

Xiaoshu said okay, I understand, brother-in-law.

"Mr. Zhang, I've summarized it for you." Wenwen shouted.

"Oh, what did you conclude?" Zhang Chen asked curiously.

"Gold will shine wherever it goes." Wenwen said.

Everyone laughed loudly, and Zhang Chen cursed: "What nonsense words? You must have watched too many "Friends"."

"Isn't this word bad?" Wenwen shouted, "If anyone says I am gold, I will go crazy with joy. Gold is so good."

"You are better than gold, you are a diamond, one will last forever." Liu Ligan scolded.

Time passed day by day, and their fashion show was scheduled for November 28th. By mid-November, Zhang Chen was even busier. The team from the performance company kept coming over to confirm various matters with him. , today let’s talk about the height, width, length, shape of the T stage, and the carpet laid on it.

Tomorrow, I will confirm the lighting and background music of the scene. Zhang Chen thought of a question. He said:

"That time coincides with the West Lake Musical Fountain here in No. 1 Park. The two places are not far apart. Will there be any conflict?"

As soon as the director heard this, he knew it was a big deal. He and Zhang Chen agreed on the spot to go over and have a look at it in the evening. After going there in the evening, the director frustratedly told Zhang Chen that not only would it have an impact, but the impact would be quite big. The speakers in his place were turned on. When they get up, if our speakers try to overpower them, it will become noise on site.

The background music of a fashion show is not just music, but also the metronome of the entire event. There are many models, and they control their own rhythm based on the background music, as well as how long they go on stage, how long they stay on the stage, and how long they take off the stage.

"What should we do?" Zhang Chen asked.

The director said that the only way is to get them not to open that night. Mr. Zhang, if you can take this place down, you must have a good relationship with the Park Culture Bureau. Please ask them for help.

It was Tan Shuzhen who helped Zhang Chen contact the Hangzhou Garden Literature Bureau. Zhang Chen told Tan Shuzhen about the matter. Tan Shuzhen ran to the Garden Literature Bureau and came back to tell Zhang Chen that she had agreed with them that there would be a fountain that night. Is it okay to have lights but no music?

Zhang Chen quickly said, yes, yes!

Zhang Chen told the director the news, and the director said that's great, Mr. Zhang, how about I come over now and finalize the flow of the entire show?

Zhang Chen said yes.

The director came and left. When he returned, he would arrange a detailed process based on the agreement between the two people. After the arrangement was completed, he would send the process to Zhang Chen and the two modeling companies at the same time.

Just as Zhang Chen put down the phone, Wenwen ran in and shouted loudly as soon as she came in, "It's done, it's done, I admire myself so much."

Zhang Chen and He Hongmei both looked at her. He Hongmei asked, "What are you doing? What's the matter?"

"I was just thinking, how can such a big event go without a few people who attract the media's attention? Now it's finalized. Three celebrities will definitely participate. They will accompany Mr. Zhang to take the curtain call at the final stage."

"No, Ma Yanli is eye-catching enough." Zhang Chen said.

"That's not enough. These three are not eye-catching." Wenwen told them their names. The three were all popular stars on the front line and clients of Zhang Chen. Wenwen said excitedly:

"Think about it, Mr. Zhang, if there are three big-name beauties accompanying you, squeaking and squeaking over from the other end of the runway, how big should the photos in the media be?"

Zhang Chen laughed loudly: "Still, do you want to play 'We are pests, we are pests' in the background music?"

He Hongmei also laughed. After laughing, she thought the idea was a good one. She asked Wenwen: "How did you do it?"

"Simple, I will threaten them. If they don't come, Mr. Zhang will not design clothes for them in the future and let them participate in activities naked." Wenwen said, Zhang Chen and He Hongmei laughed.

"What a pity, what a pity!" Wenwen shouted again.

"Why is it such a pity?" He Hongmei asked.

"It's a pity that Miss Gong, she is filming on the set and really can't leave. Otherwise, she said she would come to participate. Think about it, if Miss Gong could accompany Mr. Zhang to come out, would those three be needed? ?" Wenwen sighed, "But Miss Gong said she would send a congratulatory message."

He Hongmei also felt that it was a pity, otherwise, it would have been on the international page.

"You haven't told the performance company this news yet and asked them to adjust the process." He Hongmei reminded Zhang Chen, and Zhang Chen was right.

Zhang Chen immediately called the director and told him the news. At the same time, he apologized to him and said that the process had just been finalized and I had to change it again.

"Well done!" the director shouted, "This is the highlight, and it's so perfect to end it like this!"

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