Manhattan Reborn 1978

(Not finished, there is still a short paragraph)

new York.

Manhattan, fourth floor, The Stanley, Wall Street.

Shirley walked very neatly, without any delay, and didn't give David any time to react.

After a while, he asked Ludy and the others: "Shirley...is gone?"

"Haha~ If I were her, I would definitely give you a big slap in the face before leaving~"

"Ah...huh?"

"fxxx!"

"Why didn't you stop her?" David slapped his forehead and quickly followed Shirley's footsteps and ran out of the office.

Ludy showed a bad smile and said to Alto: "Come on, let's make a bet!"

"Do you think that guy David can get Shirley back?"

Alto crossed his legs and said with a smile: "Ten swords, I bet he can get it back!"

"What about you, Rosenlow?"

Rosenlow reached out and took out a handful of change from his pocket and threw it on the table: "I can't get it back~"

"Haha~ok!"

"I took it all, the odds are 1:1~"

Lu Di had a bright smile on his face and held all the change in front of him, but in his heart he didn't have much hope for David.

Shirley, to outsiders, she was the old tailor's apprentice, but Lu Di knew that this little girl was the old tailor's favorite. .

Rudi was more than ten years older than Arto and Rosenlot, and had the good fortune to see David Sr., the Sr. Tailor, and Sr. Malkin when they were young and traveling in New York.

If Ludy is asked to sum up now, old David is definitely an outstanding representative of the violent gang youth; although the old tailor doesn't say much, he is the most ruthless one; as for old Malkin. .He has grown up with all his evil intentions~

hehe~

. . .

David chased out of the office and saw that there was no one at the elevator door. He could only run and chase down the stairs to the downstairs. He found Shirley not far outside the Stanley door.

He hurriedly ran up again, grabbed Shirley and explained, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry~"

"I... Phew~ I was distracted just now, and I was talking randomly~"

"I definitely didn't...huh~ mean that!"

Shirley made a sullen face, struggled to break away from David's hand, and said, "Use a tie...to make women's underwear?"

"You still said you..."

"Hey, hey, don't...don't misunderstand me!"

"Just let me tell you the whole story, and then you'll understand my plan, okay!?"

"...Okay, just say it here~"

David looked around, pulled Shirley down to the wall, calmed his breathing, and explained.

"We just talked about creating a new brand. It's better to just buy a brand that is famous and has a stable customer base."

"COACH is one of the best choices for you, right?"

"...Yes~"

"ok~"

"We talked again...the trend of fashion trends~"

"The fashion magazines "VOGUE" and "COSMOPOLITAN" magazines have completely different styles, but they both have their own fixed readership, right?"

"Um.."

"Then if we want to enter this industry and develop in the fashion and fashion industry, we must have our own unique and innovative design concepts~"

"Use it to attract more consumers' attention and make our brand bigger and stronger, right?"

"...Yes!" Shirley was asked three times by David and slowly followed his train of thought.

David took a big step back, looked up and down at Shirley's clothes today, and smiled.

"Then do you think that the way you dress today and the aesthetic vision you cultivated through subtle influences in school, in magazines, newspapers, and TV are the tastes you really like?"

Shirley looked down at her coat and skirt, frowned slightly and said, "I like my clothes very much~ Is there something wrong?"

David took a step forward, walked to Shirley, looked directly into her eyes, and said slowly.

"If I said that the coat you are wearing now was selected for you by someone from a lot of things called fashion... would you think I am being alarmist?"

Shirley frowned and silently repeated the hidden meaning of David's words.

"Haha~ That's right!"

"Nowadays, as technology develops more and more, the speed of information dissemination is getting faster and faster, but no matter it is any market, there will always be people standing behind the scenes to operate silently~"

"In the economic and financial fields, they are called the invisible hand~"

David turned around and found a woman wearing a maroon coat among the pedestrians on Wall Street, pointed out to Shirley and said.

"Look at her, her clothes and her aesthetics may not necessarily be what you think she is... the best choice!"

"Everyone, when exposed to the so-called current fashion trends, will be constantly brainwashed by the brands that control the fashion discourse through magazines, posters, article reviews, commercials, etc."

"It's like... Marilyn Monroe's very famous saying in 1954: I only wear Chanel NO.5 to bed..."

"She is using this designed slogan to hint to all of us, Chanel NO. 5!"

"Marilyn Monroe has many fans, and she leads the fashion trend. Chanel NO. 5 has become one of the favorite products of her fan base."

"Only by choosing Chanel NO.5 like Marilyn Monroe can you be fashionable enough."

"Hehe~"

"Is it true that she won't sleep if she doesn't wear Chanel NO.5?"

"No!"

David put his arm around Shirley's shoulders, motioned her to observe the clothes of everyone on the street, and continued in a low voice.

"After World War II, from 1944 to 1960, more than 6000 million people were born in the United States~"

"We, the generation born in the 50s, were jokingly called TV babies in newspapers..."

"So, from the time when we were ignorant children, we passively accepted what those who have the power to speak about fashion want us to see from TV, magazines, and newspapers, and established the aesthetic taste they want to see. , values, etc..”

"Our generation of TV babies are now gradually growing into a new generation of consumers who are chasing fashion trends."

“All our aesthetic tastes and vision for fashion are silently instilled in us by countless media~”

"You and I, we all grew up in this environment, silently and passively accepting what is beautiful to wear, what to wear to express your personality, what to wear to make yourself look completely different from others, stand out, and become a The focus of everyone~"

"So, when you think that your clothes are your own choice, it is actually a choice made for you by the fashion controller after you have been constantly brainwashed."

"And if we want to grasp the pulse of fashion trends, we must be those who stand at a higher perspective and become the ones who control the voice of fashion!"

David let go of Shirley's shoulders, stretched out his right hand to her, and said with a smile, "How is it?"

"Come back with me and continue chatting?"

Shirley looked at David with a complicated expression, then looked down at his outstretched right hand, and sighed helplessly.

"Everything you said is correct~"

"But these cannot negate the fact that you are a bastard!"

"Hahaha~Okay~I'm a bastard!"

"Let's go~ Ludy and the others are still waiting for me. Finish your matters first, and then I will solve their problems~"

With that said, David leaned forward and took Shirley's little hand directly, and quickly returned to Stanley.

----

Florida.

North of Miami, Fort Lauderdale County.

These days, the female drug lord Griselda Blanco, who has disappeared from the public eye, is leisurely drinking coffee and discussing business with a distinguished guest from afar~

ten minutes later.

The two finalized the details of the cooperation, and the distinguished guest left with a satisfied smile~

Blanco stood up and after sending the distinguished guests away, he happily played with the ring on his hand and silently considered it.

The first money laundering business was done!

Although it’s only 1000 million dollars. .

But this is a good start!

The middleman in the money laundering business inspired her with the quote given to Blanco!

The middleman Blanco once met in New York gave a price of 1000 million dollars, with a handling fee of 23%, covering all expenses~

Blanco’s handling fee quotation for today’s distinguished customer is 25%~

Two percentage points, $20, and it was done in less than an hour~

Moreover, this time is just a tentative preliminary cooperation between the two parties~

If this first cooperation is very pleasant, there will be a steady stream of money laundering business coming to your door~

The higher the amount of funds being laundered, the lower the fees will be. .

8000 million dollars passed through Blanco's hands, and a week later, the client could take [-] million dollars of clean money and spend it as he pleased. .

What Blanco needs to pay is just to spend some time and make a few phone calls. .

This way of making money is much faster and safer than wholesale cocaine or printing money. .

Blanco sat back down in his seat with a proud smile on his lips.

Originally, she thought she could have another way to make money, and started the money laundering business as a side job.

But now~ she is ready to expand this safer money-making business~

Blanco returned to Miami this time, and after being deliberately plotted by the Mexican gang, he finally understood~

In the drug business, there are almost no barriers~

As long as you are a normal person with enough courage and some capital, you can get involved in the drug trade. .

In addition, the current loose control attitude of the US government towards cocaine has caused countless people to focus on this lucrative business~

Everyone wants money.

But only if there is a life flower!

Blanco, who is now rich enough to be called a rich woman, does not want to die. .

. . .

After Blanco thought quietly for a moment, she stood up and walked to the phone, picked up the phone and made a call to her agent Field in New York.

----

new York.

Wall Street, Stanley [-]th Floor.

David pulled Shirley back to the office and sat down again.

Ludi smiled and gave a portion of Rosenlow's bet to Alto.

Alto also smiled and put all the change into his pocket, and raised his eyebrows at his little brother Rosenluo happily.

The wooden man Rosenluo nodded slightly without expression, without even farting. .

This made Alto, who was very proud just now, feel a tightness in his chest, and the smile on his face faded a lot. .

. . .

David sat down, looked at the notes he had just taken, and then asked Shirley.

"Let's... talk about the magazine first~"

"it is good!"

Shirley thought for a moment, frowned, and said with some uncertainty.

"The two major magazines, Vogue and Harper's BAZAAR, now have almost a monopoly on fashion discourse in the United States."

“In Europe, I have only read the French fashion magazine Elle.”

"Elle means female in French."

""Elle" pays more attention to women's issues and gender equality in terms of fashion attitude."

"The parent company of "Elle" is France's largest publishing group, Hachette."

"So you know... the company behind "Vogue" and "Harper's BAZAAR"?"

"You know, when I was in school, my teacher once mentioned that they all belong to Hearst Newspaper Group."

"Hester?"

David pushed the notebook in front of Shirley, and Shirley took the pen and wrote "Hearst".

"ok~"

David took back the notebook and slowly tried to connect all his ideas in the notebook, and continued to ask.

"What about you? For young designers like you, if they don't enter major fashion brands, are there any other ways out?"

"Yes~ we can set up our own studio and become independent designers~"

"But the probability of independent designers becoming famous is extremely low. We are almost invisible in fashion weeks every year~"

"Oh why?"

Shirley bit her lower lip with a complicated expression and explained softly: "The works of independent designers must be mass-produced and widely recognized and purchased by the market and consumers in order to survive."

"Most of the sales channels in the market are controlled by department stores."

"These department stores have their own full-time fashion buyers. They will select the fashions to be sold by their own companies at various fashion weeks and fashion shows held by various fashion brands six months before the annual seasonal fashion sales. Product~”

"Oh...these buyers have great power!"

"...That's right~"

"For example, buyers at Macy's department store can decide almost all the fashion items on Macy's shelves this winter."

"In addition, they will also put forward their own opinions to major fashion brands based on their own experience and the product selection direction of competitors, and customize some fashion products they hope to put on the shelves."

"Therefore, designers of many big brands must humbly accept the suggestions and opinions of these buyers and provide them with satisfactory works."

"Then... won't major department stores accept fashion works by independent designers?"

"There will be...but they will decide the time and location of the shelves based on sales~"

"If sales are very poor, department stores will directly remove the works of independent designers from the shelves and put more popular fashions on them."

David wrote these down and couldn't help but sigh: "That's right~!"

"No matter which department store, if it encounters customers who come and leave empty-handed, they will re-examine themselves and put out better and more eye-catching products on the shelves."

Shirley nodded with a wry smile: "Major fashion brand companies recruit some promising independent designers into their companies every year, and arrange for them to produce two seasons of works every year."

"Two seasons a year...the designer's inspiration is impossible to mass-produce!"

“Inspiration happens several times a year, so is it still called inspiration?”

Shirley sternly told David what she had been suppressing in her heart for a long time. .Complain ~

David nodded with understanding: "Fashion design is also a category of art~"

"Industrial mass production... inspiration is impossible to achieve~"

"So, they will continue to recruit new people with potential to complete their own metabolism and let more new people's inspiration bring them more benefits~"

"Just like...the brokers I met when I was working in a bar~"

"They will also drive away the older and sexier girls they control, and then look for younger girls to make money on the streets~"

Shirley stared at David speechlessly, opened and closed her mouth a few times, then shook her head helplessly and sighed.

"Okay~ Everything you said is right!"

"Haha~ don't worry about these details~"

"Whether it's fashion brand companies or brokers who control girls on the streets, their goals are very clear~"

"Make money, make... more money!"

"No one buys clothes, pass!"

"A girl standing on the street has no customers, so pass!"

"ok~"

"I'll sort out the information at hand, and you can help me hear if there's anything I'm missing~"

"Designers are the fundamental part of the entire fashion and fashion industry. They need to choose materials and design styles to meet the requirements of department store buyers and brand companies."

"And their choice of direction when designing fashion styles requires media such as fashion magazines as auxiliary reference."

"Fashion magazines are the largest publicity vehicle for fashion~"

“They will predict this year’s fashion trends in advance and provide specific and reasonable suggestions to brand companies~”

"So...how do fashion magazines make money?"

"It's definitely not the income from selling magazines. It must be the various fashion brands that are the biggest sponsors of the magazines."

"And their goals are very clear~"

"Control the fashion voice in the mainstream market, and constantly make improvements and introduce new ones according to market needs, and make a lot of money!"

"Shirley, I said that, right?"

"..right!"