"Other things? How so?" Ye Qing's colleague didn't quite understand her thoughts.
Ye Qing paused for a moment and said, "As you know, we are currently cooperating with Nancheng University to set up a specialized class on traditional clothing. Before finalizing the agreement with them, we launched a garment. If it sells well, everything will be fine. But what if it doesn't sell well and they find out and stop cooperating with us?"
"No cooperation? Really?" Ye Qing's colleague didn't quite understand her concerns.
Ye Qing asked, "Why should we cooperate with Nancheng University?"
"We say it's for the sake of inheritance, but we're not doing charity. Of course, there's the meaning of inheritance, but it's more about advertising for our studio. After all, having such a signboard is more effective than prime-time TV commercials."
Ye Qing agreed wholeheartedly, “Yes, that’s the purpose. Our goal is to make a profit. If the school cooperates with us, the first thing we need to do is ensure that we can recruit students. If our clothes sell well, it will be easier to recruit students because everyone can see the business opportunity. But what if they don’t sell well and the school feels there is no business opportunity and recruitment is difficult? Although we will provide most of the funding for this class, the school will also have to contribute a considerable amount of manpower and resources.”
If they couldn't see a future together, it's not hard to understand why they stopped cooperating.
It must be said that Ye Qing analyzed the situation very thoroughly.
After listening, the colleague looked at the menswear design draft in his hand, remained silent for a while, and said, "Boss, I think your analysis is very correct, but I still think we should draw the design draft first. Once we have the design draft, we can discuss whether the style will sell well. Without the design draft, discussing these things now is futile."
Ye Qing, who was still hesitant, suddenly understood after hearing what her colleague said. She instantly realized that she was worrying unnecessarily. The design drafts hadn't even been completed yet, and she was already thinking about whether it would sell well. This was obviously a false proposition.
Patting his forehead, Ye Qing said, "I misunderstood. Here's what we'll do: you assign the task first, and have everyone design a draft for us to see. Before the deadline for this new model, we'll have a meeting to discuss whose draft we'll use in the end. Finally, we'll use the design that everyone in the design and sales departments agrees on for the pattern making."
“Okay, I’ll go tell everyone right away.” The colleague stood up with great enthusiasm. She herself really liked this element, and it would certainly be a good thing if it could be mass-produced.
After taking a few steps, he turned back to Ye Qing and asked, "Boss, should we make the women's version a matching couple's style with this men's version?"
Ye Qing thought for a moment and said, "No need for that. We don't mass-produce men's clothing, since our main focus is on women's clothing. This men's clothing was made to negotiate with the school. Now that it's made into ready-made clothes, it's because we promised someone else. You could call it custom-made."
The colleague nodded, understanding Ye Qing's meaning: "Okay, I understand."
After the other person left, Ye Qing originally thought about drawing one to show, but after thinking about it, she decided to leave the opportunity to her other colleagues in the studio.
Although the studio's name is Ye Qing, its development cannot rely on Ye Qing alone; it requires everyone's concerted efforts.
That's why everyone's doing well allows the studio to thrive.
So Ye Qing put down his pen and stopped drawing.
Just then, the office phone rang. It was Xi Yue calling, saying she needed to speak with Ye Qing about something.
It was still early before the end of the workday, so Ye Qing asked Xi Yue to come over.
Xi Yue hadn't arrived yet, so Huang Fei came to find Ye Qing first.
Ye Qing and Huang Fei met during the Chinese New Year. Ye Qing originally planned to travel with Xi Quan during the New Year, but because Xi Yike was too young, even though Xi Yike had been drinking formula since birth, Ye Qing and Xi Quan were worried about leaving her at home, so they didn't go out.
Because Huang Fei was traveling, Ye Qing only saw him once during the entire New Year period. Now that Huang Fei had come looking for her, Ye Qing was happy.
Before asking anything, Ye Qing's heart skipped a beat when she saw Huang Fei's expression: "What happened? Why do you look so worried?"
Actually, Huang Fei wasn't frowning or looking preoccupied. Ye Qing used "frowning" because she couldn't think of a suitable word for the moment.
Huang Fei stared at Ye Qing for a moment: "It's nothing, but I..."
"What's wrong? Is something the matter?" Ye Qing was a little worried at first, but looking at Huang Fei's attitude, it didn't seem like a big deal, so she wasn't so worried anymore. She poured Huang Fei a glass of water and placed it in front of her, ready to listen to Huang Fei tell her what was wrong.
From Huang Fei's attitude, Ye Qing could tell that Huang Fei probably wanted to find someone to talk to.
"Do you know what Huang Yu does?" After finishing his water, Huang Fei remained silent for a long time before asking Ye Qing.
Ye Qing was stumped by the question. Upon hearing Huang Fei's words, Ye Qing instinctively wanted to say what Huang Yu did, but the words caught in her throat. She looked at Huang Fei and realized that since Huang Fei had come all this way to find her, Huang Yu's profession must not be what everyone thought.
So Ye Qing swallowed the words that were about to come out and asked, following Huang Fei's question, "What?"
"If he hadn't said it himself, I would have thought it was a TV show."
Seeing Huang Fei's unusually strong emotional fluctuations, Ye Qing knew it must be something big. She recalled what Xi Quan had said a few days ago, that Huang Yu had helped resolve the issue of someone threatening Huang Fei's previous film crew. Now that she thought about it, Ye Qing had been just chatting casually, but Xi Quan had acted as if he was deeply wary.
"What exactly did he say?" Ye Qing asked.
Huang Fei's eyes widened: "Normally I wouldn't have thought about this at all, but now that I know, if I think about it carefully, I can find some clues. It's just that because I've never thought about it from any other perspective, many times, even though I've noticed something unusual, I haven't given it much thought. Tsk tsk tsk..."
Actually, Ye Qing didn't really want to know much about Huang Yu at first, since they weren't that familiar with each other. They only had a little more interaction because of Huang Fei.
But perhaps because Huang Fei is an actress, she speaks with such emotion and feeling that it evokes empathy and makes people want to know what really happened.
"What exactly happened? Tell me! You're telling me like a storyteller, it's keeping me on the edge of my seat, I'm so curious about how the story will go," Ye Qing teased Huang Fei.
Huang Fei wasn't intentionally keeping Ye Qing in suspense; she was just too surprised. The process of telling Ye Qing was actually a process of slowly digesting the information herself. Now that she had almost digested it, she didn't bother with any more build-up and just told Ye Qing directly.
Ye Qing stared in disbelief, his mouth agape in astonishment for a long time.
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