Gu Anran designed several designs and prepared to let the woman choose a style. She and her assistant drove to the woman's company.
The receptionist led Gu Anran to the meeting room. The woman's company was very large, no less so than Ye Lichuan's company. The decoration style was just like its owner, noble and aloof, making people afraid to approach.
Gu Anran waited a while before seeing the woman. As soon as the woman entered, she said coldly, "You only have twenty minutes."
Gu Anran quickly took out the blueprints and let the woman choose her favorite style. The woman picked up the blueprints and looked at them. The design style was not bad, but this style was a little lacking.
She frowned in displeasure: "Are you wasting my time with scrap paper?"
"I'm giving you another chance. If you can't do it, I'll issue a statement saying you're all talk and no action. You have absolutely no ability."
Gu Anran hadn't expected the woman to be so difficult to get along with, threatening to expose their company at the slightest disagreement.
She had no choice but to agree reluctantly and go back to revise the manuscript until she couldn't think of any better elements.
Back home, Gu Xiaotian rushed into her arms. Seeing her haggard face, he asked with concern, "Mommy, you've been under a lot of work pressure lately. You don't look well. Do you want to rest?"
Ye Lichuan looked gloomy. He looked at his little woman and saw how she had been ruined by that stupid design. She looked like she had lost a lot of weight.
Gu Anran felt a warmth in her heart. She had two incredibly handsome men caring for her at home; what reason did she have not to work hard?
She smiled and hugged Gu Xiaotian, saying, "It's okay, I believe I can do it."
They breathed a sigh of relief seeing Gu Anran full of confidence. Gu Anran continued to look at her drawings. She designed a dress that incorporated some Chinese elements, making it both beautiful and unique.
The bracelet incorporates star elements, which is both girlish and sophisticated without being too flashy.
She looked at her redrawn blueprints with satisfaction; it would be even more beautiful if the finished product were made.
Ye Lichuan had been in the study for quite some time. He noticed that Gu Anran sometimes frowned and sometimes looked happy. Now that he saw how happy she was, he figured she must be almost done with the work.
He then got up and walked over, hugging Gu Anran from behind: "Have you finished the design?"
Gu Anran picked up the blueprints and showed them to him. He nodded in satisfaction. His woman was indeed excellent; the design was quite good.
The next day, Gu Anran met with the woman and went to her company full of confidence.
She waited anxiously for the woman with the blueprints in her hand. Soon, a woman dressed in a bright red suit walked in, and Gu Anran placed the blueprints in front of her.
She began explaining the design elements, and the woman looked at the drawings with satisfaction. She slowly raised her eyes; this was the first time she had seriously observed Gu Anran, and this woman was indeed remarkable.
Skilled and beautiful, the woman's demeanor had softened considerably. She looked at Gu Anran and said, "This one will do. I hope to see the actual product as soon as possible."
Hearing the woman's satisfaction, Gu Anran smiled broadly and nodded repeatedly, "Okay, I will arrange it for you as soon as possible."
Gu Anran took the drill back and started buying materials to cut and make a bracelet.
She selected the fabric for the dress, handed over the design to a reliable person to make it, and found a professional diamond cutter. She stood by and watched the cutting process.
After all, no one can afford to lose something so valuable.
The diamond cutting was completed quickly, and she used that piece of material to cut five diamonds of the same size.
She then sought out a more experienced craftsman to make the bracelet and had a professional diamond setter complete the setting.
She held the finished product in her hand and looked at it with satisfaction; it was truly beautiful. She named the bracelet "Starry Night."
The clothes were finished, and she returned to the company to check the workmanship, including every button. She checked everything herself. Once everything was done and the clothes were packaged, she took the items to find the woman.
The woman looked at the beautiful clothes and jewelry and transferred the design fee to Gu Anran with satisfaction.
After adding another 100,000, the woman smiled with satisfaction: "Designer Gu is indeed worthy of his reputation. He did not disappoint me. I will mention you when I hold the press conference."
Such an important person was willing to endorse her for free, which was a wonderful thing. Gu Anran did not accept the 100,000 yuan and was very grateful to the woman.
The woman asked her maid to put the items in her private storage room, and she planned to have the diamond appraised another day.
She asked someone to take the bracelet to be appraised, and the results came back surprisingly: the diamond was fake.
The woman was furious. She came to YR looking for Gu Anran with the bracelet in her hand. Gu Anran looked at the woman who walked in aggressively and asked with curiosity, "Hello, how can I help you?"
The woman threw the bracelet she was holding into her arms and asked coldly, "You took my real diamond, but you're trying to fool me with a fake?"
Gu Anran asked, looking completely bewildered, "I don't understand. What do you mean? I personally completed every step of the process with my master, without ever leaving his side. How could it be fake?"
The woman looked at Gu Anran with a cold expression: "Ms. Gu, I have always admired talented people. I hope you can give me a satisfactory answer regarding this matter, otherwise we'll see each other in court."
Gu Anran was speechless. She was afraid of making mistakes, so she personally supervised every step of the process.
Because she knew exactly how expensive diamonds were, and where the problem lay.
After venting her anger, the woman stormed off, leaving Gu Anran alone, her head pounding, unable to find the problem.
To pinpoint the problem, she tried to recall the production process. She took her car keys and went to each production site, checking the surveillance footage for each one. All the footage showed no issues, and she didn't reveal the blueprints.
She felt a desperate urge to cry, and the more anxious she became, the less she could figure out what the problem was.
Helpless, she drove to Ye Lichuan's company. Ye Lichuan looked at the usually lively and energetic woman, who seemed to have lost all her vitality and looked utterly listless today.
He walked over, took Gu Anran's hand, and asked curiously, "What happened? Tell me and I'll help you analyze it."
Gu Anran recounted the events of her day to Ye Lichuan, and then described her investigation of the surveillance footage at the workshop.
Ye Lichuan carefully analyzed what Gu Anran had said, and asked sternly, "Besides you, who else has seen the blueprints?"
Gu Anran thought back and realized that the workers had only seen the scattered blueprints and not the detailed blueprints, so they couldn't have copied them.
She didn't show the drawings to the people in the company, so they could be ruled out. Then there were the business partners. Gu Anran recalled the scene at the time. The woman was followed by a servant wherever she went. Besides the woman, the only other person looking at the drawings that day was the maid.
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