Chapter 51 Garden
After breakfast, Liu Wangxue planned to take Pengpeng and Xiaoci to the pet hospital again to ask the doctor to take a look or do some deworming. After all, they fell into the lotus field yesterday, and she was worried that they would not be properly washed and whether they would be infected with parasites. She would feel relieved if she went to see a doctor.
Wenxi didn't go with them, as she had a video conference this morning. Some things needed to be arranged, and the studio's recruitment plan would be launched in the next two days, so she needed to confirm the process and requirements with each team.
It’s the middle of the year now, so it may be difficult to recruit people. Models are not so difficult, as the mobility of this profession is very high, but designers, operators and other positions may be a little difficult.
Most workers who are willing to change jobs will wait until they get their year-end bonus, and those outstanding graduates are basically divided up by the market during the spring recruitment.
The timing was not good at all, but there was nothing we could do. Wenxi said, "Try your best. If it doesn't work, we'll just have to recruit someone else first. Otherwise, we'll all be exhausted. When the autumn recruitment starts in the second half of the year, we'll start looking again."
After finishing the business talk, Wenxi's assistant began to whine: "Sister Xi, when are you coming back? You've been gone for a week! Our studio is so busy right now, and you're the only one out there having fun."
Before the assistant had finished howling, several team leaders started complaining, and finally said, "Are you not happy with your life anymore?"
These team leaders, including the assistants, are all Wenxi’s juniors. Some of them have been working with her since the early days of the studio, and the others joined later.
Outside of work, Wenxi was not serious at all and often mingled with them. In addition, they were juniors, so they were closer psychologically, so they were more unrestrained when talking in private.
Wenxi put down the pen and leaned back on the sofa leisurely: "To be precise, today is only my sixth day here, not a week. Xiaoyun, you will be fined for being so careless."
Assistant Xiaoyun imitated the robot voice: "Your friend has gone offline~"
"But life here is really comfortable." Wenxi shared with them yesterday's experience of digging lotus roots in the fields, and then sent the link of Liu Wangxue's account on Shiliu Video to the group, "My best friend's cats and dogs are super cute."
Everyone clicked in to watch, and there was a person drinking water whose sense of humor was so low that I almost spit out laughter all over the screen.
At the end of the meeting, Wenxi painted a tangible pie for everyone: "Everyone work hard, and after we finish this press conference with Porcelain, I will bring you here for team building."
We are all single, who doesn't like to go out and play? Everyone immediately started discussing: "Sure! Sister Xi, can we go to the fields to dig lotus roots?"
"It was already winter then, where would there be lotus roots for you to dig?"
"I want to go catch crayfish. I've only eaten them but never caught them."
"I said winter!"
"I want to go pet the cats and dogs!"
"Are there hot springs? It would be nice to soak in them."
"How about hiking or camping? Is there any?"
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After the meeting, a notification popped up in her mailbox, so she logged in to check. The sender was Porcelain's son, Joshua.
It was a long email, and Wenxi read through it quickly.
Joshua first thanked her for the design ideas, then expressed his love for gardens, then explained the changes in the design direction, and then mentioned his girlfriend's suggestions.
Finally, he wrote: "I am applying for a tourist visa to your country. If nothing goes wrong, I will land in Beijing next Wednesday. I look forward to our meeting."
Wenxi's hand, which was touching the snacks, stopped in mid-air.
After getting Li Yu's permission that day, Wenxi sent the video to Joshua via email that evening. It took two or three days before he finally received a reply.
Next year's spring and summer collection will be presented by Porcelain. The entire design concept is created and directed by Joshua, and the costumes for the show are designed jointly by Wenxi and Joshua.
A successful and impressive fashion show requires not only outstanding show pieces but also careful consideration of the setting theme.
Joshua's designers have come up with several versions of the design drawings, but he is not satisfied with any of them. He even started to scold them angrily: "You are here to work, not to retire! Look at the drawings you have drawn, where is the word 'design'? Did you eat it up? What I want is an oriental, classical and elegant aesthetic, not a hodgepodge of things copied here and there and stitched together!"
The designer was also very upset. The only thing about their brand was that the founder was Chinese. They had been around for so many generations, and which generation of designs had ever had oriental elements? Their young master suddenly had the idea of tracing back to the origins, and the eldest master actually had no objection.
But it’s hard for these designers. They have never studied Hanfu, and their understanding of Eastern culture is limited to the uneven media. These pictures were produced after many all-nighters.
When everyone was in a state of panic, Joshua, who was about to start scolding again, received an email from Wenxi.
He knew about miniature landscapes, but he had never seen Jiangnan gardens. He opened the video with curiosity and was instantly attracted.
Joshua watched the video several times, but he still wanted more. So he searched online and even found some official documentaries produced by Country Z. As he watched, he was inspired and not only re-drew the design of the clothes, but also made a sketch of the show design.
After doing all this, Joshua found several landscape designers from Country Z who were relatively active on social networking sites and had a certain degree of attention. He then followed the clues and found some designer accounts that specialized in miniature gardens, and browsed through the relevant content they posted.
Then he looked at the sketch he had drawn and cursed inwardly: "How could I draw such garbage?!" He crumpled it into a ball and threw it into the trash can.
Joshua thought about it for a long time and decided not to do the fusion, and directly designed the show venue as a Jiangnan garden. But when he started to draw sketches, he felt that something was missing halfway through.
The trash can was soon filled with waste paper.
He had been thinking about this matter and had lost interest in dating. But he still liked his new girlfriend, so after receiving the invitation, he still went on a date.
His girlfriend noticed that he was distracted and asked him, "What happened to make you so distressed?"
Joshua was thinking about it and said it out loud.
When his girlfriend Zerlina heard this, she laughed: "Joshua, when I was studying in Country Z, I went to many places, including the private gardens and even the water town in Suzhou, as well as the royal gardens in Beijing. Do you know what my biggest feeling is?"
"What is it?"
(End of this chapter)
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