Chapter 131 Double lines and broken dials (seeking determination)
Hermès Fubao Avenue Headquarters, Roof Garden.
Global creative director Pierre, CEO Patrick, and women's creative director Le Maire sat together with solemn expressions. The warm summer sun shines through the dense leaves of the green apple trees, turning into specks of light that shine on the marble triangular table.
On the table, several photos from different angles are placed on a document bag.
Two dresses, one off-white and one black.
"No wonder Lafayette praised Xiang Yang. If he hadn't admitted it himself, I might have ignored it just based on the photos and not looking carefully."
Pierre held the tea cup and sipped the black tea in the cup. Returning to his seat, "Le Maire, you are more familiar with Xiang, how do you look at this matter?"
"I think it is Lafayette for the promotion of the movie." Le Maire with a beard on his face Mel pursed his lips and said, "Of course, these two clothes deserve his praise, and we deserve to be lucky that Xiang is still a member of our team, right?"
When this happened, he was also slightly shocked. For a moment.
Xiang Yang was quietly invited to design clothes for Galeries Lafayette? !
Ok...it's just a movie.
Fortunately, it is Galeries Lafayette and Chanel, not LV, a brand that is eyeing Hermès.
"Le Maire, don't be nervous." Patrick said with a smile: "Xiang will always be a member of Hermès. Everyone knows this. We are looking for trouble because we want to hear your opinion. , In other words, what do you think of Xiangyang?"
"What do I think of him?" Flamel frowned.
“Yes, including your views on the sports series, you have also seen that more and more designs have been completed now, from the original yoga, to the current hiking, and aerobic...” After Pierre finished speaking, his eyes turned to those photos again.
Laymen watch the excitement, while insiders watch the door.
The fact that these two pieces of clothing were recognized by Lafayette is enough to show that the exquisite designs of these two pieces of clothing need no further elaboration.
But from other aspects, it also shows that Xiangyang's talent has naturally attracted the attention of others.
This forced Pierre and Patrick, who had been waiting for good news, to take the initiative.
Good things are in short supply everywhere.
The same is true for a young, talented designer who can cross boundaries and control different styles.
“Xiang Yang said that the main reason why he came to Hermès with me was to leave his name in Hermès.” After thinking for a moment, Flamel said.
“Every designer who comes to Hermès says this.” Patrick smiled, not mocking or disdainful of such words, but telling his true opinion.
"Xiang... Xiang is different." Le Maire shook his head. "To be honest, as his director, it is difficult to admit that he is better than me in some aspects. But Xiang is indeed better than me. He is bolder and has better market analysis skills than me. Moreover, he does not stick to his familiar style. Sometimes you force him to come up with something else, and he can come up with it.
Like...just like Gaultier sometimes puts forward very grandiose ideas, he can also realize them.”
"I've heard about this." Pierre smiled.
“Oh, yes, there is one more thing.” Thinking of something, Flamel suddenly said: “He is very obsessed with Chinese elements, and he really wants to promote Chinese elements in the current market environment. My feeling is that he cares more about how to combine Chinese elements with today's mainstream tailoring than more Chinese designers."
"Like the 1920s?"
Pierre. I frowned.
As the global creative director of Hermès and the heir to the Hermès family, it goes without saying that he has his own artistic influence.
When he heard Le Maire speak, he immediately thought of the 1920s. Among the fashion elements that were once popular in Paris, there were shadows of Chinese elements. And this popularity is not limited to the fashion level. During that period, or even earlier, there were many characters in oil paintings wearing original Chinese fashion.
"Well...it's not just limited to that." After thinking for a moment, Le Maire said: "Xiang Yang also said that as the economic crisis ends and the market recovers, China will usher in a new round of growth. Maybe In the next 10 years, that land in the East will become an important growth market for the luxury goods industry..."
"Xiang said that?" Patrick's voice suddenly sounded a little urgent.
Le Maire nodded.
This made him think deeply, because what Le Maire relayed was basically the same as the prediction results he saw from appraisal companies that paid a lot of money.
In the future, the Eastern market will be the main battlefield for luxury goods.
Who can lay out earlier, use a better entry point, and gain the recognition of consumers there in a more friendly way...
It is because of these considerations that he has always advocated, Reached cooperation with Jiang Qiong'er's 'Shang Xia'.
At the same time, under his promotion, Hermès is also stepping up its layout and looking for new store addresses in some cities with potential.
As the CEO of Hermès, he understands deeply that it is not easy to cultivate a new market.
The threshold for Hermès is not generally high.
It is really not easy to cultivate a loyal Hermès consumer customer... There are too many people who have failed in the journey of buying bags. From the CEO's perspective, he sometimes has to think about how to increase production capacity as much as possible in order to achieve a better balance with the 'distribution system'.
“I have said similar things to Xiang a lot.” Le Maire sighed, “He likes investing very much, and everyone around him knows it, but he doesn’t easily recommend investment projects to others. "
"I didn't expect him to have such interests and hobbies. It seems that I know too little about my employees." Pierre sighed, with many thoughts in his mind.
What Flamel said could be regarded as small talk in normal times.
But now...
"How to make the sports series more effective...how to make Xiang stay at Hermès with peace of mind?"
Thinking about it, Pierre turned his attention to Flamel. Er, maybe...
"Spend some money and set up a brand sub-line?" This idea popped up in his mind, and Pierre suddenly felt frightened. He quickly stopped this idea that suddenly came to his mind. Lingering thoughts.
Because of the violent beating in his heart, he suddenly felt that doing so was a good solution.
But this step...isn't it too aggressive?
If the establishment of a sub-line affects the overall framework of the entire Hermès group, then... "No, it should be said that only by doing this can this sub-line be tightly controlled by Hermès. In my hand." He suddenly changed his view in his heart.
All production links, marketing links, including logistics links, are all controlled by Hermès, and only the design rights are given to the brand's creative director.
At the same time, expand the design team, enrich the product line based on the sports series, and make it the miumiu of Hermès. Every brand has its own style, and so does every Hermès product line.
But designers will always have some good designs that cannot be produced and sold because they conflict with the main theme.
Instead of letting these good designs and designs with product value be taken out to benefit others, why not set up a sub-line so that all Hermès designers can have a place to express their design talents?
Thinking of this, Pierre raised his wrist and looked at the time on his watch.
"Pat, I remembered that I have a conference call to attend, why don't you accompany me."
Patrick nodded understandingly.
And Flamel, he is not stupid, he naturally knows that the two of them have very important things, and it is not convenient for him to be the women's clothing design director, so he smiled and said: "Then I just have something to do. If there are any questions, please feel free to contact me at any time." Call me. "
"Okay, you go ahead and do your work. The recent work is going well and I am very satisfied." Pierre would not be cold to Le Maire, who he personally selected. heart.
He smiled and walked with Patrick to the stairs. Then he withdrew the stiff smile on his face and said to his partner who looked at him curiously:
"Pat, I have a A bold idea..."
...
Wearing a coat, standing not far behind director Damien, looking at Colin Firth lying on the steps of Saint-Etienne Church (not far from Notre Dame de Paris) looking slightly drunk, Facing the empty street, his eyes were blank like a child who had forgotten how to get home.
Liu Qianqian murmured: "Why are their acting skills so good?"
This was the most intuitive feeling she had after joining the group. The gap between herself and them was too obvious. .
"Liu, what did you say?" Emma was too focused on experiencing the superb acting skills shown by the actor in person, so she couldn't hear clearly.
"I am feeling that your acting skills are so natural." Liu Qianxi put her chin on Emma Stone's shoulder, covered her mouth with her hand, and whispered in her ear.
She felt that this friend who had just become her friend was much better than her in terms of acting skills.
In the past few days, she has noticed that her abilities are, at most, half of what the other person has now... or slightly more than half.
But no matter how much, she was asked to audition for a role that was about to get married but disliked her fiancé. She felt that she could not be as natural as this friend. Although this friend Emma has been scolded a lot during the filming process these past two days.
Damien, who was sitting behind the monitor, kept his eyes fixed on the screen. When he saw the prop master ringing the wake-up bell, Colin sighed helplessly and looked at the time on his wrist. Then he rubbed his forehead with both hands, and after vividly expressing the melancholy of a down-and-out middle-aged, battered writer, he shouted with satisfaction.
The on-site executive was making a decision. Damien picked up the intercom and said, "Okay, let's take a short break and let the prop team confirm the situation of the car."
Emma Stone, whose ears itched when she heard the call, turned to look at Liu Qianqian, "Liu, don't talk into my ears!"
"Ah...I..." Liu Qianqian reacted, and then " Hehe" laughed.
As expected, she is a silly straight girl. After she smiled, she heard the other party say: "Liu, you are mainly confident and experienced. I think you can play your role well, really. You just Need..."
Emma Stone paused, glanced at Colin who was checking her makeup, pulled Liu Qianqian's shoulders and said in her ear: "You..."
< br>“Ah, is this okay?”
"Okay, that's how I play with him. He's very good."
"Then let me ask you about it when we shoot tomorrow."
The two were chatting, The intercom in Damien's hand made a sound: "Director, Director Xiang is here."
"Okay, let him come directly here."
A few minutes later, Xiang Yang followed The staff came to the shooting scene.
He was not a visiting team, after all, he was also a member of the crew, so as soon as he arrived empty-handed, he looked at it curiously.
“Where’s Little John, why didn’t he come with you today?” After Damien gave Xiang Yang a warm hug, he put his arm around Xiang Yang’s shoulders and said, “Here, let me take a look at the footage just now. "
"Okay."
Xiang Yang smiled, glanced at Liu Qianqian and Emma Stone who were whispering not far away, and then called Colin. A hello.
But with just one glance, he discovered the problem. Staring at the other person's empty wrist, he suddenly asked: "Where is your watch?"
"Watch? What watch?" Colin was stunned for a moment, and he didn't react.
“A watch sent from Cuervo, Switzerland.” Xiang Yang frowned and looked at Damien, “Damn it, you didn’t notice this detail. Don’t you know that this watch has something to do with Hemingway? The connection between them? "
"Ah, yes, where is the watch?" Damien was also stunned. Colin was clearly looking at his watch in the camera, but why did it suddenly disappear?
The whole scene is ours, has it been stolen?
"Xiang...Xiang Yang," just as everyone was looking at each other in confusion, Liu Qianqian came over at some point. She pointed at the uneven road under Xiang Yang's feet with a look of horror, "Watch... …The watch is under your feet.”
Hearing this, everyone lowered their heads. Under a pair of white casual shoes, they happened to be hugging a brown watch strap.
Because it’s too dark, you can’t spot it without looking carefully.
And Liu Qianqian was able to discover it precisely because when she walked over, she could see the light reflecting off the wet road due to the distance...
"Quick, help me..." Xiang Yangman With a black line on his face, he quickly grabbed Damien's arm and was about to lift his feet. Then several people really heard a "click" and the crisp sound of the dial glass.
"To..."
"Table..."
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(End of this chapter)