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After Isabella returned to Chicago, she moved back to her downtown apartment within a few days.

One is that there is only one carriage in the family, but there are three frequent travelers who need to use it.

Besides, she and Caroline had a lot to say.

On the first day Isabella moved back, Caroline saw her new bookshelf in the living room at first sight after returning home. It was already neatly filled with two rows of picture albums and fashion collections collected by Isabella. clothing magazine.

"I put the bookshelf here so that we can read these materials together in the future."

""Nineteenth Century Costumes", "Victorian Dress Revolution", my God, these are all "Paris Fashion" magazines, and there are also magazines from the past few years!" Caroline looked at the covers of several books, her tone Get excited right away.

Although I have known for a long time that Isabella brought back a lot of books and albums, when Caroline touched them with her own hands, she really realized what Isabella said, "Take them all home, I don’t want to give up any of it.”

Here, Caroline leaned against the bookshelf and flipped through the books one by one. On the other hand, Isabella retrieved a kraft paper package from the house and put it in Caroline's arms.

"A present for you", Isabella winked a little mysteriously.

"Thank you, but didn't you already give me gifts two days ago?" Caroline asked curiously. When Isabella came back, she brought gifts to every family and friend. Very unique jewelry.

"Open it and see if you don't know."

Caroline opened the kraft paper upon hearing the words, and found that there were several thick French acquisition manuals inside.

"Didn't you say in your letter that you started to learn French a few months ago? So I brought you my old notes and textbooks that I thought were useful." Although Isabella's temperament was brighter than before, The two of them talked in private, but they were still soft-spoken.

It's just that this tenderness caused an awkward smile on Caroline's face because of the word "French".

Now most private schools will have French and Latin courses, and French can be said to be the most popular foreign language in this era, and to some extent it is a must for the upper class.

When Caroline was a salesperson, no one cared about it, and she didn't have much need for it.

But with the change of her work content and identity, many of the customers and businessmen she contacts now come from the upper class.Usually, people don’t deliberately communicate in foreign languages, but on certain occasions, such as the Meisi special membership activities, someone will always speak a few words of French.

So Caroline felt more and more that she should take time to learn this language.

But whether in this life or in this life, Caroline is not familiar with this language.Her knowledge of French in her previous life was limited to those of her classmates from the School of Foreign Languages ​​who chose French as their second foreign language, and most of them regretted it.

"I haven't heard you mention it for a while, how are you doing?" Isabella asked with a smile looking at Caroline's expression.

"Just, I learned the numbers", and then there is no more.

Although there are many cognate words in English and French, it is still not easy to learn.Coupled with her busy schedule, Caroline didn't have time to find a teacher for systematic study.

Moreover, language is not like work-related knowledge, which needs to be applied immediately, and it is not like her previous research on fashion collocation and writing, which interests her.The combination of these reasons led to Caroline's lack of learning motivation, and her learning progress has been stagnant for the past two months.

Isabella patted her arm to express her understanding, "It's okay, now that I'm back, and I have so many French books, I believe it will be no problem to learn with your ability."

Caroline pursed her lips and smiled, suddenly feeling that the album she was flipping through weighed a thousand pounds.

"By the way, didn't you tell me before that you have something to discuss with me?" Caroline swore that she didn't want to change the subject.

Isabella helped Caroline pick up the French book so that she could put the picture album back on the shelf,

"That's right, I want to ask you about Meisi's design department."

"Are you interested in our design department?" Caroline immediately became interested when she heard her mention this aspect.

There are not many people in the design department of Meisi, and there are only three permanent employees at present.Initially, this department was only responsible for helping select stores to select products, and designed some accessories and basic clothing for Meisi’s self-operated factories. Now it also occasionally serves Meisi Department Store.

Caroline has already seen the design works brought back by Isabella. Whether it is the shoes she was good at before or the clothing that she has regained her love in the past two years, they are all very attractive.If she is willing to join the design department of Meisi, it will surely help promote the process of Meisi's own high-end clothing.

But Caroline would not invite rashly, she cared about Mei Si, and also cared about her friends' thoughts.

"I'm just curious. I've seen quite a few clothing studios and private stores in Paris, but I haven't seen the design department of this kind of shopping mall."

"Are you planning to open your own private store?"

Isabella nodded, and the two of them sat on the sofa together, "Yes, I do have this idea. If it is convenient, please tell me your opinion, Caroline. When it comes to business, you are better than me. I've done a lot."

Caroline thought about it and talked about her understanding of the market here.

"Presumably you also know that as the clothing produced by assembly lines and semi-assembly lines becomes more and more popular, ordinary personal clothing stores have been declining in recent years.

Of course, with your design style, it is more aimed at high-end clothing, so this aspect is not too affected.Just like Meisi, the high-end clothing we cooperate with is mainly custom-made clothing, which are actually all from private stores. "

Isabella smiled, "I grew up here, and I just came back from Paris. I know very well that the center of fashion has never been in the New World, let alone in the middle of our New World, but I still came back. Because I believe Over time, there will be room for us to grow here."

"If you want to develop this aspect in China, you need to consider a lot. But you also have your advantages. You come back from Paris for further studies, and you also have contacts here, and there is Uncle Andrew's shoe factory for back support. I I can also give you advice." Caroline continued.

To be honest, Caroline herself has never dreamed of setting up a brand store.At the beginning, she proposed to establish a preferred store, and later she firmly chose to cooperate with Meisi in exchange for shares. Isn't there a reason for wanting to participate more in the establishment of the store and leave some shadow of her own.

"The design department of Meisi is probably different from the design store you want to build, but since you are interested, why don't you choose a time to visit?"

Isabella naturally agreed, she still had some words to say, but she was not in a hurry.What's more, Caroline has been hearing about the development of Meisi in letters for the past two years, and it is one of her original intentions to see it with her own eyes.

On the afternoon of the rest day, Caroline brought Isabella to Meisi's self-operated factory.At present, Max's design and sample department is located in an independent two-story building next to the factory.

"This is the design department of Meisi."