Chapter 47 Rose Pink Dress
Cui Huiyi took Yue Ning to Zhao Xiru's company.
Zhao Xiru's company is located in a building in a prime location in Central. The lobby after the elevator is right in front of the front desk. When the girl at the front desk saw Cui Huiyi, she said, "Ms. Cui, Miss Zhao is in the office."
Entering the office, the staff were busy answering the phone in the cubicle. Except for the lack of computers on the desks, this place was no different from the office Yue Ning remembered in his previous life.
Before reaching the door of Zhao Xiru's office, Yue Ning heard a voice like a cat with its fur standing on end: "You should find someone else. I won't sponsor or guide you. You need to be sexy all the time, be open, and follow the aesthetics of the human body. Isn't it just to satisfy the vulgar hearts of you old perverts who want to see the breasts of female stars? Liu Jilian is only eighteen years old. Can't you film this detailed outdoor promiscuous scene in a subtle way? And you have to use gorgeous gauze costumes? Right, right, I'm not a director, I don't understand, you can find someone who does. I don't know what you call flattering but not vulgar, sexy but not lewd. In my opinion, this scene itself is vulgar and disgusting."
Zhao Xiru hung up the phone with a bang, and Cui Huiyi walked in with a smile: "Who offended our Miss Xiru?"
Zhao Xiru took a deep breath and calmed herself down. Suddenly, she saw Yue Ning, whose eyes lit up like a cat seeing a mouse. She rushed over and said, "Oh my God! I must let that old pervert Huang Yuxiang come and see me. If he can't make a movie, he should just admit it. Don't blame the movie's failure on the fact that the beautiful woman wore too many clothes."
Yue Ning was puzzled by the look. Zhao Xiru said, "This fabric is so beautiful and luxurious."
Yue Ning admitted this point. This is Hangzhou Luo, which is woven by craftsmen using wooden looms. In her previous life, it could be said that it was priceless.
In this era, the value of the traditional craftsmanship in the mainland cannot be reflected. The fabric of this shirt is only more than 30 yuan. In the eyes of the working people in the mainland, can this delicate and difficult silk material be compared with the Dacron fabric that costs a few yuan a piece?
She said: "This is Hang Luo, which is one of the three treasures of Southeast Asia along with Su satin and Yunjin. In recent years, wooden looms have been regarded as outdated production methods and have almost been eliminated. They are almost extinct in the market. I also saw this fabric in the Friendship Department Store in Yuecheng and bought it immediately."
"This dress is well made. The style is simple but very tasteful. And the craftsmanship is not worse than those masters in Hong Kong who make cheongsams for rich ladies." Zhao Xiru carefully looked at Yue Ning's top, then looked down at her pants and a pair of embroidered slippers on her feet. "These slippers are very finely crafted. They are not the flowery slippers in Hong Kong."
"They are all from Yuecheng Friendship Department Store. The shoes are bought ready-made. I just like the delicate embroidery. From the introduction, it seems to be a Southeast Asian style." Yue Ning said with a smile.
"Well, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia all wear similar slippers. We have them in Hong Kong, too." Zhao Xiru took a step back and looked at Yue Ning's outfit. "The gray one you wore last night was also very nice. You looked very elegant in it. But I have to say that this one today is even more fascinating to me."
"That piece is sambo satin, the only piece of material left. It could only be used to make children's clothes, but the color was unpopular and no one wanted it. I liked it and bought it, so I made a sleeveless top. Can you believe it? That piece of material only cost twelve dollars." Yue Ning couldn't help but share what he bought cheaply and what he liked.
Zhao Xiru was stunned: "So cheap?"
"I also made a coat with indigo-colored brocade and a waistcoat with white brocade and lotus flowers. The waistcoat cost more than fifty yuan, including the work and materials, and the coat cost more than sixty yuan."
Zhao Xiru was startled. "I went to Xiangzi with my mom to buy fabrics for a cheongsam two days ago. I picked a piece of ordinary brocade fabric, which cost more than 3,000 yuan. With the labor cost, it cost more than 5,000 yuan."
Yue Ning had to show off: "I bought less than 100 yuan of fabric and made more than a dozen pieces. Of course, the styles I made were relatively simple, and most of them did not have as much manual work as cheongsams. I paid the old tailor couple 100 yuan for the work, and the old couple were very happy. After all, the couple's monthly salary is only more than 80 yuan."
"No, I have to go to Yuecheng."
"Go! Go! Let's go together. I'll take you to find fabrics and the old tailor couple. They are very good at handwork." Yue Ning said excitedly, "After you go to Yuecheng, you will definitely want to go to Hangzhou, Suzhou and Beijing."
On the way here, Cui Huiyi introduced the background of the Zhao family to Yue Ning.
Like Cui Huiyi’s maternal grandfather’s family, the Zhao family moved some of their assets to Hong Kong during the war years. Like Li De, they settled in Shau Kei Wan and opened spinning and textile factories.
With the influx of population into Hong Kong in the 1950s and 1960s, the Zhao family seized the opportunity to open a clothing factory, taking orders from large overseas companies. Today, the family has become an OEM factory for many major overseas brands.
Zhao Xiru was influenced by her surroundings since she was a child and she liked painting. After studying in Italy and France, she opened such a company when she came back. In addition to operating her own brand, she also obtained the sales rights of two overseas brands in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.
The Zhao family is in the business of making clothing and fabrics, and Zhao Xiru is an expert in this field. If they can cooperate with the mainland, then perhaps they can help revive handicrafts like Hang Luo, which only has a few looms left.
In addition, Yue Ning went to Abang's house to get some clothes, and she knew what a bamboo building was. The bamboo building had a narrow front, and the passage inside was dark, with six or seven families crammed into the small space. At Abang's house, his parents slept on the bed, and his two brothers slept on the floor. Even if they rolled up their bedding, there was no room for one more person. If Abang's parents were introduced to Zhao Xiru, perhaps it would give them another way out.
"Just based on the fabric of the shirt you are wearing, it's worth a walk." Zhao Xiru was even more excited.
"Okay, okay! Take Ningning to get her hair cut. While she gets her hair cut, we can talk to her." Cui Huiyi reminded them.
Zhao Xiru nodded: "Let's go."
Zhao Xiru became famous because she provided styling guidance for one of Liu Jiayao's concerts.
She became famous, so she opened a beauty, hairdressing and fitness center in this building, providing an all-in-one service from head to toe.
Moreover, there is a department store on the ground floor of the building. After all, her brand is not a luxury brand. When necessary, she can also accompany the guests to the department store downstairs to make selections.
In Central, where every inch of land is valuable, in order to ensure that the distinguished guest would not be disturbed while getting her hair cut, a single room like this was arranged with a shampoo girl and a teacher Tony.
Yue Ning communicated with teacher Tony according to his preferences in his previous life. Cui Huiyi and Zhao Xiru sat on the sofa, drinking coffee.
"How did Huang Yuxiang offend you?" Cui Huiyi asked Zhao Xiru.
Yue Ning saw in the mirror that Zhao Xiru's eyes were almost rolling up to the sky. Zhao Xiru said, "He said he wanted to shoot a TV series about Emperor Minghuang of Tang and Yang Yuhuan. It's a TV series with attitude. So he asked me to be the styling director."
"The newcomer who was forced to act in that kind of movie by her gambling-addicted mother?" Cui Huiyi asked.
"Yes, it was Liu Jilian who had super fair skin and a hot body. He asked me to design Yang Guifei's gauze dress for this film, and of course I agreed. But he asked me to design another one, when Emperor Minghuang of Tang took Yang Guifei on horseback, and took off her skirt while riding, and he also said that this was an important plot..."
Cui Huiyi sighed, "Stripping has become a trend now. Not to mention the midnight theater, even during prime time, if you don't expose your upper body, you have to say a few dirty words, for fear that you won't get any exposure below."
"Ningning, you should be careful when you go on "Let Down Your Guard" later. Wen Yan loves to dig up these things, and he even thinks they are frank, claiming that he is a romantic man without being vulgar, and that sex and food are human nature." Zhao Xiru said, "Liu Jilian was asked by him before, whether she really did it or not during the filming. Liu Jilian was honest and said she really did it. He kept asking her about her feelings, and she cried on the spot."
"He pursued Luo Cuizhu and praised her to the sky. He even wrote a novel based on her. Luo Cuizhu married him. Luo Cuizhu caught a cold and was blowing her nose at home. He couldn't accept it and filed for divorce after six months of marriage." Cui Huiyi gossiped about the male host's past.
"But Yang Yuhe is an old customer of your grandfather's. He shouldn't embarrass you."
"It doesn't matter. I have no experience in this area. He really wants to know. So all I can talk about is sheep breeding techniques and sheep postpartum care."
Zhao Xiru spat out a mouthful of coffee and choked to death. Cui Huiyi handed her a tissue and said, "Wipe it off."
Yue Ning's hair was cut, and Teacher Tony took a mirror and looked at the back of Yue Ning's head for her to see.
The Hong Kong city of this era is indeed at the top of fashion, and teacher Tony's craftsmanship is impeccable. Yue Ning looked at himself in the mirror, trying to find the feeling of his previous life. His face has not lost its childishness, and he lacks a bit of momentum.
However, even in her previous life, she only had that aura occasionally. In most cases, she appeared in front of the public with a smile on her face, giving people a particularly approachable image. It didn't matter whether she had that aura or not, Yue Ning put on a friendly and lovely smile again.
"Ningning really suits short hair. This smile and face are so cute, I want to give her a kiss." Zhao Xiru walked over and looked at Yue Ning in the mirror.
Yue Ning moved over and put her face close to Zhao Xiru's. They looked into the mirror together: "Sister, let's get close!"
Cui Huiyi pretended to be unhappy: "Now that we have a new sister, we don't need the old one anymore, right?"
Yue Ning also hooked Cui Huiyi, and the three of them looked at the mirror together.
After letting go, Cui Huiyi asked, "Did you do this with Qiao Junxian last night? I was like, how could my sister kiss a boy casually?"
"Don't try to trick me. The answer will be revealed tonight. I have agreed with Brother Zhiyuan that we must ensure the highest ratings tonight." Yue Ning waved his hand, "I have spared no effort for the ratings."
Zhao Xiru hugged her and said, "Baby, can you help me advertise?"
"What advertisement?" Yue Ning asked.
"Can you wear my clothes on the show tonight?" Zhao Xiru asked.
"Let's go and take a look together!" Yue Ning did not agree immediately. Everyone has their own image management, although she thought Zhao Xiru would not be outrageous.
Zhao Xiru pulled her and said, "Let's go!"
Zhao Xiru took her to their clothing showroom. Judging from the posters and the clothes on the models, the colors were very bright and lively. It can be seen that Zhao Xiru's brand is young and fashionable.
"Ningning, don't change your Hangzhou silk blouse. Wear it with this skirt?" Zhao Xiru said.
Yue Ning looked over and saw a rose pink high waisted skirt...
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