It's so comfortable talking to smart people; it saves a lot of effort. Yunling gave Bingniang a thumbs up and then said:
“Auntie is right. But instead of saying which one sells better, I would prefer to put it another way: give customers more choices, or even two more choices.”
Bingniang thought Yunling was truly born to be a successful businesswoman; her speech was so refined and pleasant to listen to. She was truly talented.
“Ling’er is right. Take my Man’er, for example. During the Lantern Festival, she would hold her father’s hand and want to buy this and that. Her little mouth would chatter incessantly, and her father and I couldn’t carry all the bags.”
"If we do as you say, and have those ten young ladies wear the styles and show them off, one after another, people might see this and want it, and some who are not short of money might buy them all. Ling'er, this method is really good."
Yunling certainly hoped that everything would go as Bingniang said, wanting to buy this and that, but the current situation didn't give her that confidence yet.
The runway, the models, the invited guests, and even the style of the bras are all still issues. As the saying goes, when the time, place, and people are all in harmony, everything will be successful. She also hopes to have such luck.
Yunling said happily, "Auntie is right, but we can't skimp on any of the things we need to figure out. We can't be too careless, or we'll mess things up ourselves. In that case, we can't blame heaven or earth; we'll just have to bear it ourselves."
Bingniang knew that this matter was not as easy as it sounded. Just the fact that she had to wear it and show it off was already a huge headache. Besides, she couldn't help much with other things, so she could only hold her ground and do a good job of sewing so as not to hold anyone back.
"Ling-jie, what should I do? Should I sew the breast pad the same way as before?"
"Yes, Auntie sewed up all the remaining wool felt, and I'll cut it later."
Bingniang responded and began cutting the wool felt.
After returning to her own courtyard and having dinner, Yunling led everyone in a face-slimming exercise before starting her late-night work. She dipped a brush in ink and first drew on paper the proper bras worn by the ladies of the brothel, and then began to innovate on that basis.
She changed the original round cups to triangular ones, considering them as one style. Furthermore, based on the triangular cups, she changed the thickness of the straps, making them wide or narrow, or whether they were wrapped around the neck or crossed at the back, creating a variety of styles.
Yunling then changed the original round cups to teardrop shapes. She preferred the design of the cotton fabric on the surface of the teardrop-shaped cups, as it would make them appear more dynamic.
She envisioned designing the cotton fabric in a small wave shape, either along the edge of the bra pads or under the elastic band. She also suggested combining two colors to create several different styles.
Furthermore, you can embroider on cotton fabric, such as embroidering flowers and plants, or embroidering the twelve zodiac animals. These are all acceptable.
The third type that came to Yunling's mind was a half-cup bra, which was cut in half from the original round cup. This type wouldn't be too stuffy and would also be slightly sexy.
Yunling became more and more excited as she thought about it, and her writing speed increased considerably. After screening and eliminating options, she finally decided on twenty-four bras: seven triangle bras, seven teardrop bras, five half-cup bras, and five round bras, as their first step in opening the door to the fashion show.
For darker colored cotton fabrics, she preferred to make triangular bra cups, such as in crimson, dawn red, lapis lazuli yellow, apricot yellow, amber, chestnut, and sapphire blue.
Half-cup bras, since they inherently have a sensual feel, can be matched with appropriate colors, such as tea white, tea color, jade color, peach color, and light yellow.
As for the remaining cotton fabrics of other colors, they were all used for teardrop-shaped bras. As for the combination and clash of colors, that was left to Bingniang to decide on the spot.
Yunling put down her brush, stretched lazily, and waited for the ink on the paper to dry before folding it up and going back to her room to rest.
**
The summer wind still carried a sultry and scorching feeling, so Yunling simply took everyone up the mountain. Firstly, it would be nice to cool off under the big trees, and secondly, the place was spacious, making it easier to practice walking the catwalk in a straight line.
Xiao Bai and Da Hei followed Yun Ling all the way, and were originally her caring guards, but once they got to the mountain, they were like wild horses that had been let loose, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Yunling couldn't stop them no matter how much she called, so she took a deep breath and said to the crowd in front of her:
"Today we're going to practice catwalking. Catwalking is a bit different from how we usually walk. When we walk normally, our feet are parallel, but when we walk on the catwalk, we need to walk in a straight line, just like a cat walks."
Yunling used her special ability to sense the direction of Dahei, and then called out in that direction:
"Big Black, come back."
"Big Black, Big Black, calling Big Black."
"There's fish bone soup to drink."
As soon as the words were spoken, a dark cat's head rustled out from the bushes, and with a "meow," Big Black slowly approached with its charming cat-like gait.
"You can see this, this is the catwalk you are going to learn, your two feet are in a straight line."
Dahei couldn't smell the fish bone soup Yunling mentioned, and seeing Yunling using it as a walking demonstration, its cat anger flared up instantly. It let out a fierce "Meow!" and walked away without looking back, making everyone present laugh.
Seeing that the atmosphere was right, Yunling officially got to the point.
"Before we go on stage, before we walk, we need to open our shoulders, relax our shoulders, and not hunch our necks or shoulders. We need to repeat to ourselves a few times, 'I can do it,' 'I am the best in the world,' and then look straight ahead."
"Don't worry about who's sitting in the audience, who you see, or what you hear. Just keep your eyes on the front and do your job as a model. Everything else is irrelevant to you."
"Furthermore, when walking the runway, you need to control your facial expressions. Like I said before, just focus on doing your own thing and don't pay attention to others."
"You don't have to smile, but don't look like you're suffering from a deep-seated grudge. You can smile, but don't grin and grin like an idiot, like you've found a piece of gold. You have to find the right balance yourself. Do you remember these words?"
The others replied, "We've all remembered."
Yunling nodded. "In that case, let's walk the runway together."
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