Reborn fashion designer

Chapter 164: Attend the meeting (please subscribe!)

"Come on, let's go to the meeting together."

Not long after he got to work, Flamel knocked on the door of Xiangyang's office, stuck his head in and waved.

"Meeting? Am I going too?"

Xiang Yang was surprised, but he quickly found a notebook from the table, picked up the pen and walked out.

As soon as he walked out of the office, he immediately noticed that in addition to the indescribable seriousness on Flamel's face, Little John, who was hiding in the corner, deliberately raised his chin at him.

"What's so beautiful about this guy all day long?"

Xiang Yang muttered.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing, let's go."

Xiang Yang nodded to Flamel, and the two of them quickly arrived at the elevator entrance.

As soon as he entered, he saw Flamel pressing the button on the top floor. Xiang Yang suddenly asked: "It's Pierre and Patrick again? Is it about the movie?"

"No, it's about the couture show next month."

"oh, I see."

Before stepping out of the elevator, Xiangyang tidied up his clothes.

The proper etiquette should still be followed. At least when meeting with senior officials, Xiang Yang didn't want any strange accidents to happen because of dress issues.

This kind of thing has precedent in the fashion industry.

Flamel also used the mirror reflection in the elevator to check his clothes and said:

"The design director of jewelry and shoes is also here."

Xiang Yang frowned in confusion when he heard this. Hermès, a high-end fashion company, was not involved, and now it called the jewelry company over. This intention was a bit strange.

"I don't know what it is," Flamel said to Xiang Yang.

"Hey, maybe there are some new ideas from above. After all, life is not going well."

Xiang Yang thought for a while and sighed.

"Maybe."

As soon as I got out of the elevator, as expected, Pierre Hardy had arrived one step ahead.

Seeing Flamel and Xiang Yang, he showed a smile and said, "I'm sorry that I have troubled you because of my department's affairs."

"You're welcome, our women's clothing department cannot do without your support." Flamel replied with a smile.

Xiang Yang also showed a polite smile and shook hands with Hardy.

Because of "Black Swan", he will have a lot of interactions with the future design director in charge of the Hermès high-end jewelry series. It would be good to cultivate a relationship first at this moment.

After shaking hands, the three chatted for a while, and Hardy immediately suggested: "Then let's go in first."

"Okay, please go first."

Flamel raised his hand.

Pierre Hardy did not deliberately show humility. After smiling at the two of them again, he took the lead into the prepared conference room.

On a small round table, the assistant in charge of the meeting had prepared meeting materials and mineral water in advance.

Seeing the three people walking in, she said with a smile: "Two directors, please ask the supervisor to take a look at the information first. Chairman Pierre and CEO Patrick are still discussing, and they will come later."

"OK, thanks."

Thanks to Chairman Yiban's special assistant, Xiangyang and the others sat down.

But what made all three people feel strange was that if there were 5 people participating in the meeting, there would be 6 chairs in front of the conference table.

The assistant who left cannot have anything to do, so put an extra chair here.

Several people looked at each other before opening the information.

then

The moment they opened it, the three of them were stunned again.

High jewelry collections and womenswear creative departments.

Pierre Hardy was stunned. He was the design director of the shoes and jewelry department. He, the creative director, had not received accurate information in advance about the new series that the department he was in charge of needed to develop in cooperation with the women's clothing department.

He suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

In the past, when we came up to discuss work alone, although it was mentioned, there was no final result.

Christopher Le Maire was also stunned. What does the high-end jewelry series have to do with the women's clothing design department? In the future, the creativity of the women's clothing design department will not follow the jewelry.

Xiang Yang was also stunned.

What does this have to do with me, a women's clothing design executive? ? ?

Just as the three of them were flipping through the information in their hands, the sound of leather shoes hitting the ground came from outside the small conference room.

Soon, Patrick and Pierre appeared in the sight of the three of them. Following them was a middle-aged man with black hair and a suit.

He is younger than CEO Patrick and Pierre, who also serves as chairman and global creative director.

For this person, all three designers in the conference room knew him.

Axel Dumas, the commercial director who manages all Paris stores, Patrick's nephew and the sixth generation of the Hermès family.

Unlike Le Maire and Hardy, who were smiling, Xiang Yang's smile was a bit stiff, because he knew that the commercial director of the small Paris store in front of him would take over the position of Hermès in 2014 after experiencing a hostile takeover by the LVMH group in the future. CEO and Chairman, the man who brought Hermès to great heights

"Hey, everyone, sit down first. Axel, you've seen me before, there's nothing to be cautious about."

Patrick walked in and said to the three of them with a smile.

Pierre also smiled and nodded, gesturing for everyone to take their seats.

Axel Dumas, on the other hand, came over cordially, shook hands with the three of them, and said, "Sorry, because of my appointment, I need you to come up and cooperate with my work."

Hardy, Flamel, Xiangyang: "."

"Okay, let's start the meeting first."

The content of the meeting was very simple, that is, while Hermès executives were preparing to officially announce the launch of a 'high-end jewelry customization series', they requested women's clothing design to arrange a design supervisor to assist.

And this supervisor is naturally Xiang Yang.

During the introduction and discussion, Axel smiled and said:

"We started out by making saddles, so we are not trendy, but I hope we are fashionable. Regarding the 'high-end jewelry customization series', I hope that this design concept can be implemented. Try to combine it with fashion. It is inseparable from the design ideas of the women’s clothing department, after all, jewelry is more for beautiful women.”

Xiangyang turned his head and looked at Flamel and Hardy, but said nothing.

<divclass="contentadv">He readily accepted the appointment.

Although he knows nothing about jewelry design, he wants a salary increase. Besides, what he needs to do is not to design jewelry, but to design some fashions based on the designs of the jewelry department to make the matching effect more exciting.

As for this series, Xiang Yang just went with the idea of ​​"doing everything one can and obeying fate".

Naturally, Le Maire would not object. He could accept Xiang Yang's transfer instead of his transfer.Hardy thinks so too. For a cross-department cooperation, the top candidates have already been confirmed.

The purpose is also very clear, which is to let Xiangyang assist the jewelry department in completing the 'advanced custom jewelry series'.

But this shows that Xiangyang, as a designer, has entered the high-level vision.

He was still the one who was being observed the most. As for the reason, Hardy thought about it and probably understood it a little better.If Hermès suddenly makes any big moves this year, he will definitely not be surprised.

Otherwise, the top management would not have gone crazy and arranged for a sixth generation to inspect Xiangyang.

The meeting only lasted for more than an hour, but after the meeting, Pierre made an exception and took the three of them to the roof garden again to feel the sunshine here.

In a short period of time, Xiang Yang, who came here twice, felt guilty.

Doesn’t it mean that this is the private garden of the Hermès family and is not easily open to the public?

"Hi, Xiang. I heard that you are from Beijing."

While Xiang Yang was standing under a fruit tree, looking into the distance and wondering, Axel greeted Xiang Yang with a smile and a cup of coffee.

"Ah, yes." Xiang Yang nodded.

"Coincidentally, I also worked in Shangjing for two years." Axel said with a smile: "When I was working at BNP Paribas, I was sent to Shangjing as the branch manager for two years, and then went to New York."

"That must have been a long time ago." Xiang Yang said.

"Well, it's been a long time." After taking a sip of coffee, Axel looked at the paper cup in Xiangyang's hand and joked, "Do you like drinking ice?"

"Well, it doesn't really count." Xiang Yang speculated for a while, and the other party asked what he meant.

But before he could think about it for a few seconds, Axel patted Xiang Yang on the shoulder very friendly and whispered: "Actually, I also like to drink ice. It's a habit I developed in New York, but after returning here, I Uncle is in charge of too much. You know it."

The uncle Axel talks about is CEO Padrick.

He was sitting in front of the three-legged table with a smile, pulling Flamel to chat with Hardy, as if he deliberately asked Axel to come to Xiangyang.

"Oh, really." Xiang Yang looked over there out of the corner of his eye and said, "If you have a chance, I'll treat you to the restaurant downstairs. Their iced coffee has always been popular with everyone."

"Okay, then if you have a chance, I'll treat you to Shangjing's fried noodles."

Axel raised his eyebrows and stared at Xiang Yang with his deep eyes.

Not in a hostile way, but to observe how the other party will react after hearing this.

"Then forget it." Xiang Yang shook his head, met Axel's gaze and said with a smile: "In Shangjing, the best noodles are eaten at the homes of people in Shangjing, and I will ask my father to cook them himself. , how about letting you taste it?"

"Oh, I remember this statement." Axel pursed his lips after hearing this.

Then he looked in the direction of the three-legged table and said with a smile in a very casual tone: "What you said reminds me of something my grandma often said."

"Really?" Xiang Yang's voice sounded curious.

Axel smiled slightly and explained: "My grandma often said that Hermes is the best land, and it needs to be well cultivated and protected to produce the best fruits."

"Indeed." Xiang Yang found it hard not to agree with this.

Xiang Yang has his own understanding of the luxury goods circle. Compared to Chanel and LV, which are more concerned with marketing, he feels that Hermès can consider itself the best to a certain extent.

Hermès does not have a marketing department, and no one will tell the creative department what kind of market research report to create.

Of course, there are still some market reports that should be available.

And its role in various creative departments within Hermès is for reference only.

After all, each department is still responsible for its own annual performance.

"Okay, let's talk more when we have the chance. Pierre is treating me today, so I won't go and grab it. Next time, we'll have lunch together when we have the chance." After Axel finished speaking, he stretched out his right hand in front of Xiang Yang and looked at it with a smile. Looking toward the sun.

"Okay, thank you first, director." Xiang Yang replied, while extending his hand to the other party.

On the same day, Hermès announced that Axel Dumas will serve as the managing director of the Hermès jewelry department.

Had a great lunch.

When faced with a treat from a capitalist, Xiang Yang would never be polite. If he could eat an extra piece of steak, he would never put an extra bite of bread or salad in his mouth.

After it was over, he did not choose to return to his office immediately, but followed Le Maire back to the director's workroom.

Looking at the messy and scrawled desktop, Xiangyang smashed his mouth.

"It's time for you to find a woman, old man." Xiang Yang joked.

"Costume director of "Downton Abbey," do you need any help?" Flamel sat on the sofa and motioned to Xiang Yang to chat for a while.

"Yes," Xiangyang nodded, and as soon as his butt touched the sofa, he talked about his general idea.

Le Maire also has a high level of knowledge about the historical context of women's clothing.

After listening to Xiang Yang's words, he immediately pointed out what Xiang Yang had overlooked, and this fabric was something Xiang Yang had used not long ago.

"Chiffon became popular in the 1920s, and many floral skirts at that time were made of this fabric. The irregular tailoring of the skirt was very popular. By the way, you should also pay attention to the champagne color at the dinner party. As for the use of other prints, if I remember correctly, there were many Egyptian elements in the popular oriental trends at that time."

"Well, I'll pay attention."

"I will go back and help you look through the information. If I find it, I will bring it to you when the time comes." Flamel stretched and said.

Recently, he has been much busier than Xiangyang. The overall show plan has been come up, but in July he had to delay for a while due to the Haute Couture Fashion Week.

"No, I was busy myself." How could Xiangyang let his private work interfere with Flamel, who was too busy to even shave his beard? He quickly waved his hand.

As soon as he finished speaking, his cell phone dinged, catching his attention.

"It should be a message from Liu Qianqian." He thought, then took out his mobile phone from his pocket, looked at it carefully, and shouted directly in front of Flamel: "Oh no! Who the hell stole more than 130 euros from me?" !”

After saying that, he quickly fumbled for his wallet in his trouser pocket, and then shouted:

"Where's my card! Damn!"

I was confused. I just wrote a chapter about collars and said I was stupid?These things will be used soon. Do you understand them all if you don’t explain them clearly?If you don’t write about Hanfu-related things, you’ll be accused of worshiping foreigners, but if you write about it, you’ll be accused of being stupid?I looked up information about Chinese and Western collars for several days. In order to write about Hanfu later, I even bought a book.On the basis of updating 1960 words every day, I still have to study, for fear that I will make a mistake and fool everyone.Do I follow the example of a certain encyclopedia and describe the Peter Pan collar as a product of the [-]s, and randomly assign the title of Buster Brown collar to other collars to other collars?