Chapter 480 $1

Chapter 480 $1

Chapter 480 $1

I was worried about how to please my new boss.

Alessio Mannichi called his old friend on the spot.

Afterwards, he told Fan Wumian that it was still early morning in the United States and that he had mentioned in the phone message that he wanted to buy a "copper pot", but he would have to wait until the other party woke up before he could reply.

Fan Wumian quickly forgot about this matter.

Because the models attending the press conference were rehearsing, he was busy joining in the fun.

Many of the female models walking the runway for Valentino were carefully selected and hired at high prices. They all had slim waists and long legs. They were almost defenseless in front of their super-rich employer. Many of them ran up to him enthusiastically in their underwear to say hello.

Among them is Victoria's Secret supermodel Adriana Lima, who was nicknamed "Wolf Palace" because of her seductive "wolf eyes".

Although the media called Adriana Lima "one of the sexiest women in the world", she did not meet Fan Wumian's aesthetic standards.

Instead, I remember seeing news about her becoming a fat aunt after getting pregnant with her third child more than a decade later, and developing a double chin from being a sexy supermodel, and forcing a comeback to make money.

The backstage of the rehearsal was very pleasing to the eyes, but the girls were too noisy, making Fan Wumian dizzy. Soon he saw Zhuang Muxi wearing a silver skirt and spinning around to show her to him.

This newly designed haute couture skirt is named "Starlight Waterfall Skirt".

The "Starlight Waterfall Skirt" is named after the flowing sequins. It has a deep V-neckline and a slit on the left side of the leg. It is covered with strips of sequins, which shine brightly under the lights and made many supermodels scream.

She does not have a typical model figure, but her exaggerated waist-to-hip ratio and seductive curves exude extreme sexiness, yet she looks very pure.

Plus two "A Quiet Place" series movies, it's enough to make models other than Adriana Lima jealous of her good luck.

The black horse-faced skirt paired with a white shirt makes Yang Mi look heroic.

Huang Shengyi wore a black OL suit with golden phoenix patterns embroidered on the hem and cuffs. It not only did not look old-fashioned at all, but instead exuded a sense of nobility.

After taking a closer look, Fan Wumian smiled at Huang Shengyi and said:
"When we go to work together, you look like a female president or a senior executive in this dress. The designer really grasped the style I wanted. Those foreign designers couldn't understand our culture. They wanted to embroider peonies and chrysanthemums on it. The design plan made me want to hit them. Later, it was the design department of Australia City who made changes based on the original design, and then successfully created the Chinese retro trend."

At this fashion week, Valentino brought a total of three clothing series themes.

They are the "Fatal Temptation" theme of the haute couture series, the "Chinese Retro Trend" theme of the early spring resort series, and the "Dream Date" theme of the spring and summer series.

The entire press conference revolved around these three themes, with leather goods, shoes, accessories, etc. on display.

Fan Wumian picked out the most eye-catching "Starlight Waterfall Skirt" for Zhuang Muxi to wear, while Adriana Lima, the Victoria's Secret supermodel, got a see-through skirt with a hollow butterfly pattern on the back, which exposed her back and buttocks.

The see-through dress designed for the brand's global spokesperson Monica Bellucci is even more exaggerated. It looks like she is wearing something, but it also looks like she is not.

The international market does not care about this. The reason why Fan Wumian requires a bold design is mainly to let the news spread to Asia, give people a little shock, and deeply imprint the brand image of "sexy and fashionable" in the minds of young people.

Of course.

These two dresses worn by Adriana Lima and Monica Bellucci will probably be blurred when they appear in newspapers in mainland China.

However, as long as they really want to find it, the old-timers will always find a way to find it, such as asking kind people to share it for free on the Internet.
Evening in Milan, morning in New York.

Migliorini, an old friend of Operations Director Alessio Mannici, had actually heard the message on the phone and then remembered that he still had a "copper pot" from the Far East in his garage.

Since moving to New York, the rent in Queens has swallowed up most of his savings, and the tuition bills for his children's private school are still at the bottom of the drawer.

There were some cartons brought from Italy that he had never opened, and the box containing the "copper pot" was one of them. Many times Migliorini had forgotten that this thing existed at home.

Migliorini was in no hurry to return the call. He needed to find out the value of the copper pot before deciding how to reply to his old friend.

Before his wife went to work, Migliorini asked her to help him find the "copper pot" from a pile of miscellaneous items.

Before he went out, he frowned at the mottled green rust on the copper pot, turned and walked into the kitchen, poured some olive oil on a soft cloth, and tried to wipe the surface to make it brighter.

The opening time of the cafe was then postponed, and Migliorini first found a pawn shop, hoping that they would help him estimate the price.

Pawn shops in the United States buy low and sell high. As long as there is a profit, they will accept anything, from tanks and airplanes to coins or baseball cards signed by celebrities.

The pawnshop owner was troubled when he saw the copper pot that Migliorini brought. He made a phone call and asked someone to find an appraiser.

This appraiser was also a half-baked one. He pointed at the "bronze pot" and said that real bronze ware in China all have verdigris on them, so it felt like a modern handicraft.

The pawnshop owner, who was worried about losing money, tentatively offered a price of $400. Migliorini was so angry that he turned around and left, and continued to go to the auction house to ask for the price.

The auction company he found had a relatively professional expert in identifying Chinese cultural relics.

The other party recognized at a glance that the plate was the Xi Jia Plate and told him that because the inscription recorded the wars and trade policies of King Xuan of Zhou, it was known as the "first plate of the late Shang Dynasty."

However, the identification experts also pointed out that there is already one in the museum of the island country. There have also been news about it in Hong Kong, but they have all been proved to be counterfeits. A batch of them were produced in the 1940s and 1950s, causing many people to be deceived, including the museum in the island country.

In addition, the expert in charge of the appraisal had limited skills and average eyesight. He smelled the olive oil in his hand, took a quick glance at it, and quickly concluded that it should be a handicraft produced in China or an island country, with a history of only a few decades at most.

However, in order to earn some commission and handling fees, this small auction house is still willing to help auction it, predicting that it can be treated as a fine imitation handicraft and sold for $3000 to $5000.

I listened to the other party's clear and logical explanation and thought that the expert really understood it.

Migliorini felt he had an idea, and as soon as he walked out of the auction house, he called his old friend Alessio Mannichi and tentatively offered a high price of $1.

China's bronze ware market has just started to explode, and in the eyes of most foreigners, only porcelain is valuable.

People at the pawn shop and the auction house were not optimistic about the plate, so Migliorini no longer had any time to daydream. He was only thinking about making some money from his old friend who was doing well and saving some tuition for his children.

The news soon reached Fan Wumian's ears.

It was only $1, so he just thought of it as opening a slightly expensive blind box and immediately decided to buy it.

The transaction process was to have Alessio Mannici's friend deliver the bronze ware to the Valentino store on Fifth Avenue in New York, and then Fan Wumian would directly ask the finance department to transfer the money.

Since he had no idea what the item looked like, the possibility of finding a bargain was too low, so Fan Wumian was too lazy to send someone to make a special trip. He planned to ask a clerk to go on a business trip and send it directly to the special exhibition hall of the museum in Yanjing, just as a benefit for his outstanding employees, a trip to Yanjing at public expense.

I am often busy with trivial matters and even attend parties organized by others in the evening.

There is something special about the fashion world. When Fan Wumian sees men who wear rose-red pants, diamond earrings, and like to comment on other people's outfits, his "Kida" rings non-stop.

At a party organized by Giorgio Armani, the founder of the famous men's clothing brand "Armani", Fan Wumian unexpectedly met "Mr. Bean".

Rowan Atkinson, a British comedian, is not as funny in person as he appears in his works. He specifically sought out Fan Wumian and asked him in all seriousness:

"My doctor friend told me that China has a large population and is very experienced in treating cervical and lumbar diseases. An intern's one-year experience is equivalent to a lifetime of work in the UK. Is the medical technology there really that good? I have had back pain for more than two months, and it has caused me to lose 7 pounds."

Fan Wumian held up his wine glass and said with a smile:
"We can't say for sure. We have to look at the specific departments. For example, when it comes to treating gunshot wounds, Chinese doctors are far inferior to American doctors. When you get sick in Europe and America, doctors always like to prescribe painkillers. As far as I know, Chinese doctors prefer to solve the problem from the root."

(End of this chapter)