Chapter 182 Good things come in hard times
October 18, 1981, was the official date of Pierre Caton’s T-stage show.
The venue of the press conference was finally decided at the golden banquet hall of the Capital Hotel.
With intensive preparations, everything seems to be in order.
However, all good things come hard.
Often, the more important an event is and the more extensive a plan is, the more likely unexpected problems will arise.
As the saying goes, if you can't keep up with the plan, when things come to pass, it is simply impossible not to go wrong. Many things that catch people off guard will happen. This is the objective law.
First of all, the superior leaders have objections to the word "model" which is commonly used in the West but is very unfamiliar to Chinese people.
They generally think that "model" and "fashion" are foreign terms, which are a bit vulgar.
So it is different from the fashion conference held at the National Palace in March,
The superiors issued temporary instructions, requiring that the event must be renamed "costume show".
All "models" must also be changed to "costume performers".
As a result, the advertising posters and all written promotional materials prepared in advance were all in vain and had to be replaced.
You know, this is not the era of inkjet printers and PS software. Most of the promotional things are hand-drawn.
This is true whether it is pictures or artistic calligraphy.
As a result, time was tight and it was difficult for the hired painter to complete it independently.
This matter forced even Song Huagui, who graduated from the oil painting department, to light a lamp, boil oil, and go into battle himself, so that he could be considered worthy of Hu Luyuan.
Secondly, something went wrong at the last rehearsal.
The clothes used in this fashion show were all made in France.
Although the models have long wanted to see what these clothes look like wearing.
But it wasn't until the last rehearsal, two days before the show, that they saw the clothes flown in from France.
At that time, the models were simply stunned when they saw more than a hundred sets of clothing.
First, everyone has never seen such fashion texture.
The suits and dresses of the male models are all velvet.
The texture is just like swan feathers.
Very velvet, very rich, feels very good, and comes with a matching bow tie and belt.
The girls wear basically evening dresses made of silk.
There are many colors, including sea blue, purple, red, black, and dark blue.
Gorgeous, supple, smooth and gorgeous, really beautiful.
The second is that no one expected to see such clothing styles.
Men's clothing was okay, but the evening dresses worn by the girls were too bold.
In addition to shoulder-baring clothing, there are also back-baring garments.
These clothes are certainly very conservative in Ning Weimin's eyes.
But for others, it can be called a subversive cognitive bombing.
The people at that time were very simple in their thinking.
The girls have almost the same idea. They all think that if they show their arms today, they can show their legs tomorrow.
If you dress like this, doesn’t that mean you’re a bad student? How can I behave in society?
So many girls became timid.
No girl would wear it among the newcomers who have not officially appeared on the stage.
Song Huagui had no choice but to do ideological work for these girls on behalf of the foreign party.
While patiently explaining the meaning of these costumes, help everyone understand them uniformly.
At the same time, she also asked the veteran team members to wear it as an example.
He also said that everyone has been practicing for so long just for the day when they will be on stage.
It would be a pity to have to postpone this temporarily, but the hard work would be in vain.
This finally convinced some girls. But the most fatal problem is that it is Pierre Carton's favorite seedling, Qu Xiao and Shi Kaili, who are more timid than anyone else and will not agree to it no matter what.
How can this be done?
It was impossible to talk about it, so Song Huagui had no choice but to let Ning Weimin try to talk about it.
It must be said that Ning Weimin is quite smart.
He did not persuade directly, but calmly chatted with the two girls as if they were bored.
After chatting like this, he gradually figured out the psychology of the two girls.
Ning Weimin discovered that their biggest concern was not that they were ashamed to wear such fashion.
But I am afraid that my acquaintances will know, and I am especially worried that my family will know that I am dressed like this and I will be scolded when I go home.
Ning Weimin said to the two girls, "Don't worry, ordinary people have no chance to see this kind of performance. We implement the three no's policy internally. No reporting, no photography, no video recording."
"The reporters who came that day are all foreigners. The way you look like wearing such clothes, at most, only foreign newspapers will publish a few photos, not even "Reference News"."
"Xiao Shi, you are the son of a soldier, so you should know the confidentiality level. Even if your parents are in the army, you can't see them at that level..."
As expected, the two girls immediately looked at each other after saying this. Seeing the relief, they were obviously relieved.
So in order to completely eliminate all their hesitations, Ning Weimin started to deceive them with sweet words and boasted for free.
It is said that since they have practiced, they are already the most elegant and beautiful girls in the team.
They also said that Pierre Cardin always praised them behind their backs as the best and most charming models in the entire model team.
Therefore, they are very likely to go abroad and become world-famous models and national treasure-level beauties.
If one day, they stand on the international fashion stage, they may blind foreigners...
Think about it, these two girls are one Nineteen, a sixteen, not very old in itself.
I have never heard anyone praise them for how beautiful they are.
How can we resist Ning Weimin's incitement?
So they were flattered and confused, and they all agreed to change clothes.
In this way, the final result was not bad, and most people overcame their psychological barriers.
Among all the girls, only two could not overcome it and chose to quit.
But the costume troubles are not over yet.
The clothes cut according to the figures of European models turned out to be too wide for our models. Pierre Carton and the designer Andre Olivier who came from France made adjustments after urgent discussions.
Hats and accessories can only be re-matched.
Some clothes were fastened with pins, and some were simply sewn tightly at the back, and they used time to change the size overnight.
Finally, we finalized the clothing sizes and model list.
But stopping rehearsals and giving the models a day off went bad again.
Because for all models, nervousness is inevitable.
Especially since this time on stage is completely different from the one in March.
The performance venue this time is the Capital Hotel, not a small hall in the Palace of Nationalities.
The venue covers an area of 2,000 square meters, with golden columns on both sides. It has a rich palace-style architectural style and is magnificent.
What is this formation?
If you look closely at the origins of these models, you can see that almost all of them are young losers from the lower class, vegetable sellers, brick bakers, carpet makers...
Their psychological quality can be imagined.
The key is that this time it is not a purely internal performance. The Ministry of Economy and Trade and the Ministry of Textiles have jointly invited many foreign media.
Even before the final disbandment, Song Huagui gave everyone his last solemn instructions.
“You must tell the truth. You must tell the foreign reporters truthfully what you do and where you live.”
Think about it, these days, who can get the chance? Have you ever contacted foreign media?
As soon as they went home to rest, not to mention the newbies, even the experienced old people started to feel a little worried.
Reality also obeys Murphy's Law. The worst-case scenario will always happen. Something happened early in the morning on the 18th.
(End of this chapter)