After returning from Shenghai, every day is still the same as usual work.
After meeting Tao Min, I became more active in contact with this senior student on QQ, but we only chatted about life topics as friends.
Dingsheng Building, New Century Headquarters.
"Zelin, Yuwei and I are going shopping for clothes later, do you want to come with us?"
After get off work, Qin Shiqing found Su Zelin and said this.
It has been more than half a month since the beginning of the new century, and the relationship between the two is very harmonious. Now Song Yuwei has become her good friend in the company.
The gangster couldn't help but laugh to himself.
In the previous life, my childhood sweetheart left me because my affair with Song Yuwei was exposed. I never expected that they would get to play together in this life.
"I can't do that. Shopping is something that you girls do. I, a grown man, don't want to get involved!"
Su Zelin declined politely. Firstly, he found shopping boring, and secondly, Nanazi wanted to ask him something later.
"Come on, Boss, you're just lazy. You don't even bother accompanying your girlfriend shopping. You're not a good enough boyfriend!"
Song Yuwei secretly complained and also implied something.
Because they were all the gangsters' girlfriends, but Qin Shiqing thought the female assistant referred to herself.
"Come on, Yuwei, let's just ignore him. He's just like that. He can be pretty boring sometimes!"
Qin Shiqing seemed to have reached a girlfriend complaining alliance with Song MM, singing the same tune.
"In that case, you can take care of dinner by yourself!"
Su Zelin smiled and said, "Haha, don't worry, someone will treat me to dinner tonight."
Qin Shiqing didn't take it seriously. Her boyfriend was in a position and had to attend a lot of dinner parties and social events.
"Okay, but don't drive if you drink. Safety first!"
Qin Shiqing gave a few instructions and then left with Song Yuwei.
Looking at the backs of the two women leaving, Su Zelin just felt it was a bit ridiculous.
If Qin Shiqing from her previous life traveled through time and space to this era and saw this scene, I wonder what she would think.
"How does it feel?"
At this time, someone walked into the office, it was Yan Qiuwen.
Every time after get off work, it’s time for the daily quiz game.
Su Zelin knew that she was referring to the feeling of seeing two girlfriends playing together.
“Is this today’s question?”
Su Zelin asked back.
"Calculate!"
Yan Qiuwen nodded.
"It's OK, it's good, if only it could continue like this."
Su Zelin touched his chin.
"Scumbag!"
Even though she knew that Hunzi was such a person, Yan Qiuwen couldn't help but snort coldly, then turned around and walked out of the office.
Su Zelin was puzzled.
Yan Qiuwen knows her inside and out and is willing to be her military advisor, but she still feels unhappy about it occasionally.
Could it be that a relative is coming
But she is really smart.
If I had a woman like this to coordinate in my harem, I should be able to rest easy.
Of course, just think about it.
She has no love for herself, and she will not become stupid for love.
…
Nanako’s company is not far from Dingsheng Building and can be reached in ten minutes.
This place is called China World Trade Center, which is a combination of commercial and residential areas, with lower floors being offices and upper floors being residences.
Su Zelin had been here several times. He parked his Passat in the underground parking lot with ease and took the elevator to the eighth floor.
After walking a few steps, I saw the big sign of "Lina Clothing".
As a newly established small company, it cannot be compared with the New Century headquarters.
The entire floor is only rented in a small section, along with a few other businesses.
The office space is very limited, less than 200 square meters, with less than ten employees in total, and even the front desk clerk is dismissed.
Lina Clothing is an online-focused brand and has no plans to do offline business for the time being, so there are almost no customers visiting. There is no need to hire a receptionist to do idle work. If there are really customers, we can just find a staff member who knows how to talk to greet them.
The design team consists of three people. Ding Lina herself serves as the general manager and designer. In addition, she also hired two female designers, both of whom are young girls in their twenties who dress fashionably.
Lina Clothing aims to become a youth fashion brand.
The so-called trendy brands, that is, original brands, have novel design languages and highlight the designer's unique thoughts, tastes and attitude towards life, making them popular among young people who pursue individuality.
Domestic fashion brands began to develop around 2000 and are still a niche in the consumer market.
However, fans of trendy brands are extremely loyal. Such clothes are sold at high prices and have high profits. Their main selling point is the design, not how high-end and comfortable the fabrics are.
Moreover, there are very few trendy brands in China, and most of them are in Hong Kong.
For example, in 2003, Mr. Chen founded "CLOT" in Hong Kong Island, selling trendy products from all over the world, and began to build his own product line the following year.
Even though the trendy brand is very niche, its market gap is not small, because there is little competition. As long as Lina succeeds, there will be more and more trendy people in the country following this trend, and it will be very easy to make money.
Youth and individuality are the themes of trendy brands, so the designers hired cannot be old conservative guys. The design team may even be college graduates who have little work experience, but they are all fashion trendsetters.
When several young people get together, it is easier for them to spark new ideas.
In fact, many giant groups were born in this way. Several founders who were extremely interested in a certain field hit it off, started working on it, and then the company slowly grew.
In addition, there is an operations director, as well as clerks and assistants. In short, the team structure is extremely streamlined.
Although it was past closing time, the employees were still busy with their work.
Another advantage is that young people have plenty of energy and can often work overtime.
"Boss Su!"
Soon someone noticed Su Zelin's arrival.
This is the oldest employee in the company, but she is only about 27 or 28 years old, a young woman.
Li Mengning, the operations director of Lina Clothing, is the only employee poached from other companies rather than recruited in the talent market.
It was Su Zelin who found it for Nanazi.
As it turns out, this woman was known to Hunzi in his previous life.
She was the operations director of a well-known fashion brand in her previous life and was quite famous in the industry, but at this time she has not yet become famous.
That fashion brand had not yet been established, and Li Mengning was working for another clothing brand, but was not reused.
Nanazi's company cannot be full of rookies, it needs an experienced veteran to take the helm. When recruiting an operations director, Su Zelin thought of Li Mengning.
He still remembered the woman's phone number, and the numbers were easy to remember, so he called it tentatively. To his surprise, it was indeed her. The phone number had never changed.
After explaining his identity and extending an olive branch, Li Mengning considered it for two days and agreed to change jobs.
If it was Nanako who made the call, she probably wouldn’t have been able to poach the person.
Although she was not successful in her previous company, it was at least an old brand with some reputation and was stable.
For a newly established brand like this, no one can say for sure whether it can last long, and it might go bankrupt one day.
The reason why Li Mengning agreed to Su Zelin was because he was the operations director and shareholder of New Century, a company that was already well-known in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Lu regions.
Li Mengning believed in the vision and means of the operations director. Since he was able to make New Century so big, he should be able to start another company with confidence.
In addition, she is also optimistic about the development of domestic fashion brands. Although this style of clothing has only been popular in China for a short time, she has keenly sensed that it is becoming popular.
Of course, the conditions offered by Su Zelin were also very attractive and full of sincerity, so she decided to take a chance and bet her future on Lina Clothing.
The other two female designers also knew Su Zelin.
A classmate of the boss lady Ding Lina and also a shareholder of Lina Clothing.
So they all greeted him.
"Just keep busy, don't worry about me!"
Su Zelin went straight to the design drawing and started looking at it.
There are usually three business models for clothing brands.
The first type provides a one-stop service from design to production and sales. They draw up their own designs, purchase fabrics and accessories, own their own factories to organize production, and then wholesale or retail. Some clothing companies even have their own fabric factories.
The second type is mainly design and sales. They only provide design drawings, purchase fabrics and accessories, and do wholesale and retail, but they do not have their own clothing processing factories, but outsource them to third-party processing factories.
The third type is pure sales. This is the simplest. You can directly act as an agent for a certain brand and purchase goods from the brand.
In general, the first model has the highest profit, as the fabric factory and processing plant are both owned by the company, which can reduce the cost of a piece of clothing to a minimum. However, this model requires large investment, as it costs a lot of money to build a factory, and it also faces more management problems.
Big brands that are not well-known and have considerable sales basically do not use this model. Lina Clothing adopts the second model, which is to only provide designs, buy fabrics, and then outsource production.
The sales channel is already there, that is gold mining. The most important thing now is the design style. Only when the style is popular can it sell well.
Ding Lina's plan is to produce the finished product and start selling it in September. Even if she only employs less than ten people, the monthly salary and rent will still cost tens of thousands of yuan. If it weren't for Su Zelin's support, Nana would never have been able to realize her dream.
This is also the reason why she has been very busy recently. She is spending money every day and has to make her first pot of gold as soon as possible.
Nanako quickly finished her discussion with the two designers and walked over.
"Boss Su, if you have any advice on this design, please give me some suggestions!"
Although Lina Clothing makes women's clothing, Nanazi trusts Su Zelin's taste.
Su Zelin chuckled: "I can't tell much from a design drawing. I only like to see the finished product. You should wear it for me to see."
Linna has already produced some finished products, but they are handmade and have not yet been mass-produced. We have to see the effect on the body first, modify and improve the details, and finally release them.
Today Su Zelin came here to "appreciate".
The model is Nanako herself.
"You are such a vulgar person!"
Nanazi rolled her eyes at him, her little eyes a little charming, which made the gangster feel warm in his heart.
Speaking of which, I haven't seen her legs for a few days. During this period, either I was busy or she was busy at the company all day.
The employees were not asked to work overtime for too long because they had been working overtime for several days in a row and they had to be allowed to relax so that they would not be too nervous.
After all the employees left, Nanazi closed the company door and took Su Zelin to the fitting room.
Several sets of ready-made clothes were already prepared inside.
There was no need to be shy in front of her boyfriend. Nanako put on a little devil face sweatshirt in front of Su Zelin and posed playfully: "How about it, does it look good?"
Nanako's figure looks amazing no matter what style she matches, especially her long legs, which makes it easy for her to carry trendy brands.
"good!"
Su Zelin couldn't help but nodded.
Not only does Nanako look good in it, but the design of this trendy brand sweatshirt itself is also great.
“Many people have a misunderstanding about trendy brands, thinking that anything fancy is trendy, but that’s not the case!”
“When you wear a trendy brand, you should let others see that you are a person who advocates nature, yearns for freedom, loves life, and has a strong personality, rather than an out-of-tune person who is disgusting and out of tune with society!”
"Nanako, your understanding is spot on. You didn't simply pursue bold design and color matching, but you keenly captured that feeling!"
When Nana wears this sweatshirt, it doesn't look different or unique, and it doesn't make people frown when they see it.
Even if you are not interested in trendy brands, you won’t think “what the hell is this woman wearing” when you see it for the first time.
In his previous life, Su Zelin was also a hipster who never bought anything. He also met a group of men and women who liked skateboarding and street dancing. However, he later became the president of a company. As he grew older, his mentality became more mature and stable, and he no longer pursued the youthful personality in his dressing style.
Of course, he won’t hang out with that group of people after his rebirth, but that experience still gives him some say in trendy brands.
"Really?"
Nanako was very happy.
Su Zelin's recognition is very important to her and also gives Nanazi confidence.
"real!"
Su Zelin said seriously.
"Nana, you have to remember that when designing trendy brands, you shouldn't be too rigid in style. You have to be creative."
“As long as the aesthetics are guaranteed, you can give full play to your imagination!”
"At the same time, the design language of trendy brands can also be matched with different themes, such as sports, environmental protection, retro, or futuristic."
"… "
Nanako nodded repeatedly after hearing this.
Every time she talks about such topics with Su Zelin, it gives her a lot of enlightenment and inspiration.
I continued to try on several other sets of clothes, and Hunzi gave me positive comments and pointed out some shortcomings in the details.
You can't just praise someone, you still have to point out their shortcomings, otherwise it would be like overpraising them.
Overall, I'm quite satisfied.
At least for a rookie like Nanako, especially a non-professional one, it is much better than expected.
After trying them on, the gangster couldn't help himself.
"I've finished my work and given you all the advice you should give. Now, is it time for some private time?"
"What do you want to do?"
"What do you think?"
"Bad guy, don't come over here, I'm going to scream!"
"Hey, go ahead and scream. It's no use even if you scream your throat out."
"… "