Chapter 451 is a blessing

Chapter 451 is a blessing

Chapter 451 is a blessing

The dinner held at the minister's residence in early February was Dibo's compensation for his friend's loss of fame.

According to him, "Although Gu Lu loves cheese very much and eats more cheese than us French people, there should be other delicacies besides cheese."

The guests at the "Cité de la Cité Dinner" hosted by Camille included not only the CEO of Louis Vuitton, but also the heads of clothing companies such as Givenchy, Kenzo Takada and Marc Grohe.

As the first minister of the Ministry of Culture and Communications, Dibo must be the one they are trying to curry favor with. The additional attributes of luxury goods - fashion culture, fashion shows, advertising photography - are all under this department. It's an exaggeration to say that it is a direct department, but it still needs to be supported.

And Dibo is also known as the "hero who saved the sluggish French economy." Whether he saved Schrödinger's cat or not, but a hero must appear! He has a very promising political future.

To sum up, Camille, as an agent, handled the situation with ease, and the party went smoothly. I won’t go into details, but it was filled with insulting British jokes, opening up new markets, and flattery of Lady Camille’s current status.

Even if there are anti-Squid people among the guests, they will still raise their glasses to the Squid-Taoists present.

Now that dessert is served, it’s time to get down to business.

"I wonder if you have read this book," Camille stood up and took out a book from the bookshelf next to her.

On the yellow book cover, the huge French words "A book for Dibo" are clearly visible, but you have to look carefully to find a small string of French under the mouse's feet that reads "Who moved my cheese?"

"Of course." Kenzo CEO Blank was the quickest to respond.

“The spirit expressed in this work is excellent and is certainly consistent with the spirit held by Mr. Dibo, which is why he was able to translate a work that fully expresses our nation’s enterprising spirit.”

With his beard and natural curly hair, he looks quite artistic. But I didn't expect that he is also good at flattering people.

Donkey Brand Kassel was not to be outdone, "This book is one of the two must-read books for us when we join the company, the other one is "The Blade". "The Book for Dibo" fills us with hope, and "The Blade" lets leaders know what the responsibility of a leader is."

This is a subtle flattery. People who can understand it, such as Camille, will not be impressed.

This is really beyond the scope. After all, not all French people like Charles de Gaulle...

"Mr. Pompon particularly likes the beautiful illustrations in the book." Camille turned to the two pages with color illustrations.

The book of Cheese is not like The Little Prince. It only has four or five illustrations, all of which are relatively simple. Gu Lu did not bother anyone else and just drew them casually.

It was really just casual, because the illustrations in the original book were ugly, so Gu Lu designed the mice Sniff and Scurry according to his own ideas, as well as the dwarfs Heng Heng and Ji Ji.

As for coloring, it is even simpler. Just open the computer color palette and click on the ones that look similar.

"Aesthetics..." Kassel hesitated for a moment. What kind of beauty is this? Oops, Kassel realized his stupidity.

Sure enough, the next second, that slightly magnetic but annoying voice sounded, "The composition is very similar to Ms. Rebecca Dautremer."

It was Blanc who said meaningfully, "Ms. Hebecca is a French picture book master. She was born in Gap, France in 1971 and is the pride of our Gap region."

This knowledge is a bit tricky, and other guests present could not respond. This is because opportunities are only for those who are prepared. To put it bluntly, the person present is the brand CEO, not the creative director. But Blank is different. He was once the creative assistant of the brand founder Kenzo Takada and has his own design company. So, no, he is more sensitive to beauty.

"You may not know Ms. Hebecca. Let me explain a little bit. She is the current record holder for children's picture book sales in France. Almost every French family has her picture books."

“Because Ms. Hebeka was passionate about photography when she was young and studied at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, her painting style is unique in terms of light, depth of field, and focus. This is very consistent with the disharmony of the illustrations,” said Blank.

"Also, this illustration of mice and cheese," Blank gave an example. Camille picked up the illustration and used it as a display board.

"It seems that the drawing is off-axis, and the dwarf is very thin. In fact, like Ms. Hebecca, the composition techniques are varied and the perspective is unique and outstanding." Blank ended his speech, "As a Gap person who grew up watching Ms. Hebecca's paintings, I recognized it at first sight. I believe Mr. Dibo also noticed this."

"Clap, clap, clap." Camille glanced at the illustrations in the book in her hand and couldn't help but applaud. "Mr. Blank, Ms. Hebecca is lucky to have a reader like you."

You are really good at making up stories. Cassell realized his own shortcomings and actually looked at the beauty of the moment honestly.

Only by abandoning honesty can you make more money!

Taking advantage of the conversation, Camille continued, "So Mr. Dubo will suggest to the French Haute Couture and Fashion Federation that this element is really a good fashion element."

Having said this, any guest here who still doesn’t understand is a fool.

Incorporating popular elements, such as certain features from games, movies, TV dramas, and comics (French comics, not Japanese comics), into designs is a common practice for luxury brands.

For example, the John Galliano 2009 fashion show, which is unforgettable in the fashion circle, was based on a strange legend in the Balkan Peninsula.

"Cheese yellow is a very good yellow, and I feel very good about this theme. Yellow also fits the core of Mr. Dibo's translation work, and our brand is interested in promoting this color."

“Will Givenchy register cheese yellow? I think this color is the most suitable color for France today. It is the color of the people. It does not belong to any one brand.”

“The stick figures of the dwarfs are very interesting.”

Many luxury brands have their own signature colors, such as Tiffany blue, Hermès orange, and Chanel black. If you use them without permission, you will be fined...

Yes, Europeans and Americans have already started charging for color.

After the dinner, the French luxury brand has finalized the outline of the popular elements for the next season. As for the specifics, the creative director needs to dance with the anklet.

That’s right, Dibo’s gift was not for Gu Lu to earn joint fees, but to earn more money. At the same time, it also made people recall again that it was “that man” who gave them confidence.

In summary, Di Bo earns most of the fame, while Gu Lu earns money and a small part of the fame.

Because the use of illustrations and book elements will definitely cost a considerable amount of money.

Luxury brands love to play this game. For example, they use some domestic intangible cultural heritage techniques and add these elements into new products for a sum of money, and then make money from people all over the world, including China.

Just like the Iside handbags of the Italian brand Van Lester, which incorporate the intangible cultural heritage of Wuzhen bamboo weaving, are sold for 50,000 to 60,000 yuan each. And they are limited editions, so you have to queue up if you want to buy them.

After getting off work, Dibo listened to his wife Camille talking about today's banquet.

He is personally very satisfied with the results. Those who can become CEOs are not fools, and he believes that they can communicate well.

"Our country's economy continues to decline this year," Dibo is concerned about the country and the people, "More and more people have lost their savings, jobs, and rental homes, so our government must provide help." Give them a copy of "A Book for Dibo" to tell them that there is hope in life!
Dibo felt that he could move up one more step, but he didn't want to continue talking about this topic. His ambitions should not be exposed too often, otherwise he would not be able to take them back.

So we talked about other topics. He asked, "Yu, is your study going well?"

"Yu is a very cute and sensible girl, and she studies very hard," Camille said.

"Take more care of her. The Chinese are very reserved. Even when faced with difficulties, they will endure it on their own and will not ask for help." After all, Dibo has served as ambassador to China for so many years.

Camille said she knew it and would spend more time on it.

Camille and Dibo happily slept in separate beds tonight.

Some of the luxury brand managers who left the "Daidao Dinner" acted very quickly. They found the contact information and called Yao Xiaoju that night.

“Givenchy wants to license the cheese yellow?”

"Wait, I think I need to know the details, sir. Are you referring to the special yellow color of the cheese in the illustrations of the book "Who Moved My Cheese"?"

We didn't agree on the price because Yao Xiaoju has never been involved in the fashion industry, so he doesn't know the approximate price and needs to do some research first.

Calm down first.

Before I could calm down, another phone call came.

“What if, and I mean if I understand correctly, the Kenzo brand wants the line work of the dwarf in the illustration?”

"Because of Mr. Gu Lu's personal image, we need to know what the Kenzo brand wants to express after acquiring the elements?"

Unable to help himself, Yao Xiaoju asked in a rather obscure way.

"Because the lines of the illustrations are similar to the techniques used by Ms. Hebecca, they are very beautiful and can represent the perseverance of most French citizens in adversity, so I hope to obtain authorization for this element... Okay, we need to consider it."

After Yao Xiaoju hung up the phone, he quickly found "Who Moved My Cheese" from the bookshelf. After all, he was an agent, and he must have kept a copy of all the books published by Gu Lu.

Turning to the pages with illustrations, the way the dwarfs were drawn - Yao Xiaoju really wanted to ask, do French citizens really allow you to represent them in this way?

Lighting a cigarette, Yao Xiaoju looked at the French window and couldn't figure it out for a long time. For the first time, he doubted his own aesthetic standards.

Both the French and Italian luxury brands are the source of inspiration for countless fashion designers, leading the world's fashion trends.

This is both correct and incorrect. What is correct is that a few famous luxury brands occupy the majority, but what is not so correct is that sometimes fashion is not necessarily a flash of inspiration, or even an old saying like "fashion is a circle", but may be a political necessity.

Just like Gu Lu didn't know how much pressure Vice Chairman Qi of the Telecommunications Union was under, he didn't know that his work was about to bring about a fashion trend...

Because when your social status rises to a certain level, many dirty things will be resolved privately, so the people you meet around you are all good people.

Oh, there are bad guys too, driving school instructors.

"It's really hard to get a driver's license." Gu Lu always thought that learning to drive was easy, but it turned out to be much harder than he thought. In addition, the instructor treated him very badly, but treated other students much better.

What's going on? Gu Lu felt that his emotional intelligence was quite high. It was time to give cigarettes. Could it be that he was going to give a red envelope?

To use or not to use?
While Gu Lu was thinking about it, he received a call from Li Guyuan.

Li Guyuan said, "You're not going back to the Foggy City for the New Year this year? I'm afraid that's not a good idea."

"You're talking nonsense. You didn't go back in the past two years, so I went back alone. This year you went back and now you're talking about all this." Gu Lu automatically switched to dialect.

"The main reason is that you are not here. It is not fun to have fun in the fog. I have lost contact with other high school classmates, and my college classmates are all in Beijing. There are no peers I can recognize in the fog." Li Guyuan explained.

"When you follow your aunt and uncle to visit relatives, and you are admitted to Tsinghua University, you are definitely at the top of the contempt chain. What are you afraid of?" Gu Lu suggested.

"What do you think?" Li Guyuan said anxiously on the phone, "Have you ever considered that I don't have a girlfriend yet?"

"...Oh, excuse me." Gu Lu said.

The two chatted for a while, and Gu Lu was about to hang up. Feeling uncomfortable after being on the phone for so long, he said, "Please say hello to my uncle and aunt for me."

Because I was attending the Little Prince Day, I returned to the Foggy City early on New Year's Day, so I stayed in Beijing during the Spring Festival - oh no, the entire winter vacation.

It is also convenient, after all, many related meetings are held in Beijing.

His writing career also improved. After all, Gu Lu did not slack off in the city. On the contrary, he wrote more efficiently by watching the hustle and bustle outside the window and listening to the news from his friends.

There’s an illusion of sneaking around - while others are celebrating the holidays, I’m quietly typing away to surprise everyone!

Gu Lu was also happy for Tang Yuan. Last year and the year before, Tang Yuan was a little confused. His work and life were not going well. He did not dare to go home, or did not want to go home. He stayed in the city for the New Year. In those two years, Gu Lu brought Tang Yuan's love to wish Li's mother and father a happy New Year.

Returning to the Fog City this year, whether he had come to terms with his thoughts or his work was going smoothly, it was something worth making Gu Lu happy about.

"Why did Brother Yao send me so many WeChat messages?" Gu Lu switched back to his phone page and saw five missed calls, all from Yao Xiaoju. This surprised him.

"Isn't it because he's urging me to submit my manuscript?"

"Ove isn't that fast."

The one that made the fastest progress in writing was "The Borrower", because there were many things that needed to be revised, so I set it as the primary goal.

I was a little distracted, so I'll send the manuscript to the Writers Association first. I forgot to mention that the editor-in-chief of Yangtze River Children's Publishing House has called me to discuss the issue and offered 21% royalties.

Without even seeing the content of the book, he was given the highest royalty. This is the value of the two words "Gu Lu".

"The first part is a novella, less than 70,000 words. It should be no problem to finish it in half a month, right?" Gu Lu pondered.

(End of this chapter)