Chapter 460 If You Could Be My Son-in-Law
Chapter 460 If You Could Be My Son-in-Law
"Is it good, Yan?"
"It feels so good. I'm so tired that I almost vomited."
"Then let's continue next time? There are still many things that have not been delivered, such as hats, stockings, scarves, shawls, silk scarves and other accessories."
"Forget it. European women's dressing style is too bold. Your brand focuses on sexiness, so many of the styles are really not suitable for me. The last red dress with a deep V-neck is almost open to the belly button. And the eight-centimeter high heels will break your legs if you wear them for a long time. If you don't stand steadily, you may sprain or even break a bone. The design is simply inhumane."
".Studded high heels? They are not for you to wear everyday. They are only suitable for dating. Wear them to show me when we are alone in private."
Zuo Ziyan and Fan Wumian were chatting as they just came out of the small building.
The selection of leather goods is fast.
For various styles, if you like it, you like it; if you don’t like it, you don’t like it. Just pick out the satisfactory samples from the table and arrange for mass production.
Finally, a total of 12 women's bags were selected, each with at least two color combinations, enough to support a brand fashion show.
What really takes time is showing the various clothes, and changing clothes takes a lot of time.
There are more than 20 designers at Valentino's headquarters, most of whom are equipped with one or two assistants. Their daily work is to design various new products and then find skilled craftsmen to help produce them.
Even if only dozens of new products are designed every month, that would add up to hundreds of them throughout the year. The samples sent this time had been screened in advance and only accounted for a small part of them.
Occasionally, big customers come to our store and spend money to request customized unique styles.
If you attend a party or some formal event and wear the same clothes as other guests, it is simply unbearable for some women. They would like to dig a hole and crawl into it on the spot.
For the sake of their own image, they would rather spend tens or even hundreds of thousands of euros on a piece of clothing, wear it occasionally, and put it in the cloakroom, never wearing it a second time. They are quite rich and willful.
It's already 7: in the evening.
Fan Wumian got into the car arranged by the Lisboa Hotel and said to Zuo Ziyan:
"I'm hungry. Let's order some simple dishes later. If I use your dad's card to swipe some chips, will he want to beat me up?"
"It should be okay, but don't go to the casinos. I've played with my parents a few times and lost tens of thousands of dollars each time. But in the end, the gambling table always made a profit. It's boring. I read in a magazine that people's luck is limited. It's better to use your money elsewhere. As long as the share price of Penguin Group goes up, it's more exciting than any casino."
Zuo Ziyan finished speaking and continued to tell him:
"I really like those bags and belts, and the high heels are also unique. However, the clothes in your company seem a bit ordinary. They either show the front or the back. Few people would wear them to go shopping. My mother often buys Prada, Chanel, and Dior because some of the styles look formal and suitable for work."
It is hard for ordinary wage earners to imagine that some white-collar workers would wear clothes worth tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars while working and are keen to "donate" part of their salary to luxury brands.
This phenomenon is very common in Hong Kong cities.
The average wage in Hong Kong is relatively high and it is deeply influenced by British culture. People in Hong Kong dress more carefully when going to work and are obsessed with famous watches, bags, brand-name shoes, jewelry, etc.
This leads to many mainland and Southeast Asian tourists feeling that the local working people in Central are very fashionable after visiting the area. No matter how big their living quarters are or how far away from their work they look, their overall image looks quite "elite".
In contrast, the vast majority of people in the mainland don’t care much about these things.
In daily work, apart from the uniform, just keep your outfit simple and neat. If you are too keen on dressing up, your colleagues will talk about you behind your back as "showy", "materialistic", etc.
For someone like Zuo Ziyan, who has too much money at home to spend, it's no big deal to buy what people call "luxury goods", but Fan Wumian thinks it's unnecessary for office workers to pretend to be rich.
Spending so much money on luxury goods may not necessarily be looked upon with high regard by others, but the money is spent, and it is purely for the sake of face at the expense of substance.
Even if ordinary mass-produced goods retain their value, it is just a game of passing the parcel. As the goods depreciate, their value will sooner or later return to zero. It is better to learn from some people and buy some big gold chains and big gold badges to wear on your body.
of course.
He was just thinking about it in his mind. Now as the sole shareholder of the Valentino brand, Fan Wumian hoped that everyone would line up to give him money. Take the belt for example. It is nothing more than a piece of cowhide, crocodile skin or canvas, plus a metal buckle. Including labor costs and shipping costs, the average cost is no more than 15 euros.
You can sell it for one or two hundred euros in the store. This kind of business is much more comfortable than robbing a bank, and the ceiling for development is extremely high. LVMH Group, the parent company of brands such as LV and GUCCI, is currently much more valuable than Penguin Group.
Fan Wumian vaguely remembered that the future market value of LVMH Group could reach 200 to 300 billion euros, making it more profitable than Moutai, which is known as the "Chinese luxury brand."
After personally seeing the new products prepared for this year's Milan Spring/Summer Fashion Week, he felt that they were very good overall.
With the "Chinese style" as a gimmick and Monica Bellucci, the "flower" spokesperson, helping to endorse the brand, there is a clear possibility of becoming an overnight success as long as the brand is willing to spend money to win over well-known media at the fashion week.
This year.
The mainland's presence is somewhat low, and the global fashion industry does not pay much attention to the mainland market.
Valentino is at least a second-tier European luxury brand. It was the first to integrate Chinese culture into its core brand, which can cause some discussion.
Whether a product is attractive actually only accounts for a small part of its success; more depends on the strength of its publicity and promotion.
Fan Wumian's confidence in entering the luxury goods industry mainly stems from his influence in East Asia, where his tens of millions of fans are considered potential consumer groups.
Even if many poor students cannot afford it now, there will still be a chance to give him money in the future. Compared with the few dollars earned from selling albums, the luxury goods business is the most promising.
By then, they gained face, saved money and satisfied their vanity, and Fan Wumian also intercepted the money that should have been earned by European and American companies, further pushing up his total value, and everyone was happy.
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Arrived at Hotel Lisboa.
The third wife of the owner of the Lisboa Casino happened to be here tonight.
Upon learning that Fan Wumian was coming to dine, she brought the hotel manager, casino manager and chef over to say hello. Not only did she warmly waive the bill, she also had someone deliver an extra bottle of "real 1982 Lafite red wine".
When the third concubine walked into the private room to say hello, Zuo Ziyan was looking through a limited edition crocodile leather bag from the Sanxingdui series that used 66 grams of gold.
I don't know whether she really liked it or was just saying it for show, but the third concubine praised the bag to bits and praised the horse-faced skirt, messenger bag, tote bag, envelope bag, etc. for being exquisite and beautiful.
After the selection, Fan Wumian gave Zuo Ziyan a lot of samples. Considering her status as a rich lady, it would be a shame if she didn't take the opportunity to promote the products.
If you only consider the cost, these things are not worth much at all.
Thinking that the other party had extensive connections in the circle of wealthy women in Hong Kong and Macau, it was a good opportunity to ask the third concubine to help with advertising. Fan Wumian, who was familiar with "Emotional Intelligence", immediately said that he would give her a few tailor-made women's bags and would send the chief designer to discuss the matter in due time.
Although the matter was small, the third concubine was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. She mistakenly thought that Fan Wumian was still pursuing Zuo Ziyan, and said a lot of good things about him in front of Zuo Ziyan.
And he said from the bottom of his heart: "If you could be my son-in-law, it would be a great blessing to my ancestors."
Wait until the third concubine leaves.
Zuo Ziyan asked with a half-smile:
"I remember the third wife's two daughters, they are both pretty good-looking. Why are you still standing there? Go and chase your mother-in-law. Tsk, she even customized several bags for me."
".That's what I proposed before. I think Third Auntie knows a lot of people. If we advertise in Aocheng, we might save millions of dollars in advertising fees."
Although the Zuo family's conditions are not bad, they are obviously far inferior to those of the owner of Lisboa.
Even she would feel like she had eaten sour grapes.
(End of this chapter)