Chapter 435 Ignites the Fighting Spirit
Su Mi was sponsored by a couple and was eligible to study abroad. Not long after she started studying, she met Zhou Mingchen.
Zhou Mingchen came to her school to donate money. He was a young and capable entrepreneur who had inherited the family business a long time ago. In every aspect, he showed maturity beyond his youth and was admired by many foreign students.
Sumi is one of them.
She tried every possible means to get close to him, created opportunities to meet him, and even came to Zhou's company as a temporary worker.
Zhou Mingchen was very caring towards this compatriot, and Su Mi took his care for her as affection.
Once, when Zhou Mingchen was drunk, Su Mi helped him into the hotel, stripped herself naked, and wanted to climb into his bed.
But Zhou Mingchen soberly rejected her. To save her face, Zhou Mingchen did not tell anyone about this matter. Later, he fired Su Mi, but introduced her to another job.
Later, Sumi returned to her country and married the man who sponsored her, and the following story happened.
The two of them rarely contacted each other, but they never lost contact.
The way Zhou Mingchen looked at Su Mi was like a hungry wolf seeing meat. He didn't like women looking at him that way, it made him disgusted.
If it wasn't for Xu Yi's matter, he wouldn't have met Su Mi alone here.
"I do have something to ask you."
"Oh, really? I mean, Mr. Zhou was fine, why…"
"It would be even better if Z Magazine could devote two to three pages to promote this studio and this designer and establish a long-term partnership."
After hearing Zhou Mingchen's outrageous request, Su Mi took the business card and looked at it. After just one glance, she put it on the table and looked at Zhou Mingchen with a meaningful smile.
"Mingchen, this is difficult. Do you know how much a page of a magazine is worth? Besides, can this person's design reflect the high-end nature of our magazine?"
"First in the Jiangcheng City competition."
"Z Magazine is based in Shanghai, but is developing internationally."
Hearing her say this, Zhou Mingchen also smiled, "I know it's not easy, so I came to you to find a solution."
"I know this person. What is her relationship with you?"
"a friend."
"A friend, you helped her so much."
Zhou Mingchen looked at her, "Su Mi, I wanted to find you and her studio for long-term cooperation to design dresses and daily casual wear..."
"I can't promise you that. I don't like her design."
Sumi got straight to the point. "This person only started to make a name for herself in the district competition. She won first place in the city competition, but was outshined by Designer Zhou in the Muse competition. If she had won first place in the Muse competition and had international honors, I could have asked her to appear in the magazine, but it would be like you said, with at most two pages."
This can achieve some commercial effects, but it is far from enough.
Sumi smiled and said, "But Mingchen, she didn't win first place in the Muse competition. I only work with world brands here, not the next-tier ones."
"Her future will be very exciting. She has great potential."
"Then wait until she has potential, and I will leave her two pages of the magazine content."
"Sumi, I'm not negotiating with you again. Leave the first two pages of the magazine for her design and write the name of her studio on it."
Su Mi took a deep breath and frowned slightly, feeling the threat from Zhou Mingchen, "Do you know what you are talking about?"
"As for how to introduce and package it, you are very good at it."
"If she wins the Muse Contest..."
"She's the second one. You see, this must be done."
Su Mi couldn't laugh anymore. She just looked at Zhou Mingchen quietly. She felt like something in her heart was about to explode, but she had to suppress it.
"Who is she to you? Why are you making things difficult for me?"
Sumi frowned, "I don't like her design, I..."
"Sumi, move to the first two or three pages, don't let me down."
"you……"
"Does Z Magazine still want to continue working with me?"
Sumi looked at the business card on the table, looking embarrassed, but still relented, "You ask this person to contact me, I want to see her design, ask her to bring her finished work for me to review."
"it is good."
After saying that, Su Mi stood up and left. After walking a few steps, she turned back to look at Zhou Mingchen, still with a puzzled look on her face.
Zhou Mingchen picked up a cup of coffee without giving her any response.
In the studio, the first person to receive the call was Yuan Siyu, because her parents were in the process of getting a divorce, and she had been in a state of turmoil recently.
He was also listless when answering the phone.
"What, Z magazine?"
Yuan Siyu suspected that she was hallucinating, and then quickly perked up her spirits, "Okay, I understand, don't worry, okay, okay!"
After hanging up the phone, Yuan Siyu wrote down the number and almost ran to the office, "Sister Xu Yi, Sister Xu Yi!"
Xu Yi was still communicating with Master Lindong on the phone about the design. Master Lindong and she had somewhat similar design styles, and they could chat well.
"Sister Xu Yi!!"
"Siyu, please don't be so startled, okay?"
"Something happened, something serious happened!"
"You speak."
"Z Magazine, Z Magazine took the initiative to call us!"
Qin Moyu turned around and said, "Xu Yi, you put a curse on Master Lin Dong, and it worked?"
Xu Yi was embarrassed to tell them that Master Lin Dong had asked Zhou Mingchen for help. Because of Zhou Minglan's incident, everyone also felt disgusted with Zhou Mingchen.
However, Xu Yi felt that the personalities of these brother and sister were completely different.
"What did z magazine say?"
"They said their editor-in-chief wants to meet you and ask you to bring your design draft with you!"
Half an hour later, Xu Yi arrived downstairs of the Z magazine business building.
As expected, location is everything. Xu Yi felt a little regretful for not listening to Song Yanming and moving the studio to such a building.
She believes that gold will shine wherever it goes, but...but her studio is indeed a little bit away from this kind of place.
Xu Yi, wearing a white business suit and short skirt, took the elevator step by step to the Z magazine building.
Everyone was very busy. The elevator stopped at the corresponding floor. There were flash lights, photo studios, and clothes racks being pushed around. Everyone in the magazine was as busy as ever.
This strong working atmosphere can easily inspire people's fighting spirit.
Xu Yi randomly asked someone, "Hello, may I ask..."
The other party ignored her and walked past her, "Over there, what are you doing? I'm talking about that side!"
Xu Yi had no choice but to find the front desk, "Hello, I'm looking for Editor-in-Chief Su Mi, is she here?"
"Oh, you are Miss Xu, right?"
"Correct!"
"The editor-in-chief is busy. Wait a moment. Sit over there!"
Xu Yi prepared a lot of things and sat quietly outside, watching the employees inside busying around.
As expected of a famous magazine in Jiangcheng, it is truly extraordinary.
Half an hour had passed before he knew it. Xu Yi tentatively went to the front desk to ask, "Excuse me, may I ask Editor-in-Chief Su..."
"The editor-in-chief is busy. Please come back tomorrow!"