Chapter 26 Advertising Plan
The boss saw Ji Hanxi coming over and, as if he had come up with a good idea, deliberately smiled and asked, "Hanxi, what brand are these shoes? How much are they? Are they a popular style this season?"
"I..." Ji Hanxi looked down at the small leather boots on his feet.
These shoes were just bought casually and are not branded. But because they are very comfortable to wear, they became her favorite item.
Although she has made some money now, she really can't bear to spend tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy a pair of shoes that she rarely wears.
"It's not a brand name, it's not the latest fashion, and it doesn't cost over ten thousand yuan," she answered truthfully.
"Oh, it can't be anything other than a brand name! Someone here is very picky and won't tolerate cheap shoes on his carpet. Come on, let's go talk somewhere else and stop annoying him."
The boss walked towards her and tried to take her away seriously.
Ji Hanxi had a bad memory of this carpet and didn't want to step on it at all. Hearing this, he turned around.
"Come in."
Vivienne's voice came from behind. Ji Hanxi turned around and saw him looking at them with a serious look.
His face was expressionless, but Ji Hanxi knew that deep down he still looked down on non-luxury goods. His contempt and arrogance hadn't changed from the beginning to the end. He had simply learned to hide that disparagement well, not letting his emotions show.
In her eyes, Vivienne was still the same Vivienne, with no essential difference. But in her boss's eyes, she had undergone an unexpected transformation.
So, she teased him in a sly tone, "Oh, now you don't mind that outdated and cheap shoes will dirty your carpet?"
"You don't have to come in."
"ah?"
Of course, the farce ends with them all walking on the carpet into the room.
Ji Hanxi hesitated for a moment at the door.
Vivienne's voice was half-smiley, "It's not like you haven't stepped on it before, why are you hesitating now?"
“…”
It was because she had stepped on it before that she was hesitant.
Her hesitation wasn't because she thought cheap shoes would stain the expensive carpet, but because she was deeply impressed by what happened after she stepped on the carpet...
The last time she stepped on the carpet, she was just venting her anger and didn't pay much attention to the feeling. But today, the moment her feet touched the carpet, she felt it was so soft.
The carpet was soft, and his body was soft too. Stepping on the carpet felt like stepping on his body...
Ji Hanxi was shocked by her own thoughts. Oh my god! What on earth was she thinking? Help! This is a bit abnormal!
"By the way, do you have any opinions? Hanxi, are you daydreaming?"
She was daydreaming when her boss's voice brought her back to reality. "Ah... I'm sorry, I accidentally..."
"It's okay, it's okay. I'll repeat what I just said. You can't slack off this time."
"What are you thinking about?" This was Vivienne's question. His eyes fell on her face, meaningfully, as if he could see through her inner thoughts.
"Nothing." Ji Hanxi turned her head away, not wanting to see him.
"Ah... then let me repeat what I just said. Epoch has invited you two to shoot the cover of the new issue, and the time is scheduled for this Saturday. What are your thoughts on this? Do you have any objections? Will there be any conflicts in the schedule?"
Ji Hanxi had heard of Epoch magazine. Unlike the five major and two small magazines that rely on celebrities to boost sales, Epoch, while a well-known magazine brand, wasn't restricted to using celebrities as models. Rather than celebrities, they preferred using internet celebrities or ordinary people with unique styles.
Moreover, their family became famous through shooting Vanity Fair, and they like to create an exaggerated feeling of prosperity, luxury and decadence.
The most popular set of photos in the past two years was taken of Vivienne in Shanghai last winter.
On a bitterly cold night, the area below was bustling with activity, the lights ablaze. A diverse crowd relegated to the background: vendors, eaters, drinkers, noisy, flirting, fighting, begging, crying. The cascading rain from the sky wasn't snow, but casually tossed US dollars, scattered by the wind. The fame and fortune of this foreign land were all vanity.
The wind as cold as a steel knife ruffled his long hair. His eyebrows and eyes, which could not be more delicate, gave him a sense of superiority that was deliberately different from the vulgar and messy people in this flashy and bustling city.
The lighter lit a banknote, and the dancing flame was blown by the wind, sometimes brighter and sometimes dimmed. The paper-white face was finally imprinted with a hint of warmth, but his eyes were still indifferent, as cold as the ashes left after burning.
Since becoming famous, Vivienne has shot a cover for Epoch magazine every year. Her expressiveness and extravagant style are a perfect fit for the magazine.
But……
"But my fame is far less than that of Teacher Vivienne. Isn't it inappropriate to shoot a double cover of the magazine with him?" Ji Hanxi couldn't help but blurt out the question in his mind.
"Hey, don't think like that. I specifically asked the person in charge, and you are the most suitable person, do you know that?" When the boss said this, he moved closer to her and lowered his voice, as if he was afraid that someone would hear him.
"You've gained the fastest following in the company's history, even more than Vivienne did back then. The theme of this shoot is about the struggle for fame and fortune, with the new replacing the old and the old fighting back. The two sides clash over money and power, and this is the perfect fit for you two."
"Hmm..." Ji Hanxi didn't know how to describe it.
She had indeed always wanted to compete with Vivienne for these things, but was it really a good idea to have her naked ambition laid out in the open?
"Do you think there's a problem? If there is, just speak up. Only by speaking up can it be solved. Or is your schedule not suitable and you need to adjust it?"
"No, I don't have any problem. I'll just follow the boss's arrangements." Ji Hanxi figured it out after hesitating for a while. There's nothing wrong with being ambitious and having insatiable desires.
Perhaps it's just like what Yaxin said, with the changing times, gentle, graceful, selfless, and altruistic personalities are no longer popular. Now people prefer the unyielding characters who take revenge and fight back. Otherwise, her mean-spirited "Green Tea" account wouldn't be so popular.
"Okay, that's fine. What about Vivienne? Does Vivienne have any questions? Do you have a minute?"
"Anything is fine."
"That means you agree. Okay, then I'll have the department contact Epoch to confirm that you two will be shooting a double cover on Saturday."
Ji Hanxi nodded. She felt that shooting for this magazine should help her career reach a higher level.
Although she didn't really want to face Vivienne recently, compared with her career, these seemed insignificant.
"Boss, is there anything else?"
"Ah, it's okay."
"If you're all right, I'll go back first." She rushed over early in the morning and hadn't had time to eat breakfast. Now her stomach was burning.
"Well, go ahead."
When Ji Hanxi left the room, the conversation between the boss and Vivienne started again. She had no intention of listening, but she heard every word of it.
The boss said, "Vivienne, what's going on? Your followers haven't been growing as fast as before. Have you reached a plateau? Look at Hanxi, her followers are growing so fast. Aren't you envious? Aren't you jealous?"
"Why are you jealous? This is what she deserves."
"Wow, that's really true. I didn't know you were so kind and generous. By the way, why don't you expand into a new field? Hanxi, in addition to making short videos, is also planning to go into acting. If you create a small account and try a new field, it will definitely bring more benefits."
"What track?"
"Selling gay, gays are the most popular nowadays, you can definitely make a lot of money by selling such a beautiful face like yours."
“…”
"Hey, I just remembered that there's a big blogger with millions of followers who's been trying to find you to sell gay stuff. Let me show you what he looks like. He's quite handsome, a very masculine type."
"I think you two are quite suitable."
"Hey! Why do you say that? I'm..." a straight man.
"Both are ugly things."
"...You, you, you, if you don't want to sell it, then don't sell it. What's with the personal attacks?"
"Why don't you just die?"
"You're so vicious! You deserve to be single! I came up with a way to increase your traffic, and you scold me instead? And you even said I was suitable? I'm a straight man and I have a girlfriend who works at the company. Unlike you, you don't even know if your future partner will be a man or a woman, so what's the big deal about just selling yourself out? Do you have the guts to refute my last sentence?"
When Ji Hanxi returned to the content department, he ordered some takeout for himself. It was almost 10 o'clock now, so he didn't need to eat lunch after finishing the meal.
She ate her rice ball slowly, replied to the messages in the team, and then clicked on Crush's WeChat.
I didn't dream about him last night, what a pity. Perhaps it's because I don't interact with him enough. If I interact with him more and communicate with him more, I might be able to see him in my dreams.
But what to talk about?
Ji Hanxi repacked the half-eaten rice ball, held it in front of him and took a photo.
Of course, the rice ball is not the focus. The focus is the sweet and spicy outfit and body curves that are inadvertently revealed when taking pictures.
She didn't show her face, as it would have seemed too deliberate. She mainly wanted to steer the conversation towards the object in her hand rather than her face.
"breakfast"
"Photo jpg."
Ji Hanxi regretted it as soon as he posted it and immediately withdrew the photo.
What's so good about posting a rice ball? It's not a fancy breakfast. Posting it like this makes her look poor and unsophisticated... Although she is indeed poor, she can't show it.
Moreover, the rice ball looks very strange with the deliberately twisted posture. If it were a small cake or coffee, it would be better. The rice ball gives people a very practical and filling feeling, which does not match the hot girl's short skirt today.
"What was withdrawn?"
"nothing"
"Sent to the wrong person"
"Eating breakfast now?"
"yes"
"My boss called me upstairs for a meeting."
"I'm coming down now."
"I'm so hungry."
There was no reply from the other party. Ji Hanxi saw that the other party was typing, but the words were canceled before they were sent. What did he want to say to her? Words of comfort? Or something else? After a while, the text still didn't come. Maybe he didn't know what to reply, so she changed the subject and asked:
"That's right."
"I want to make a note for you."
"What should I note? Name?"
"The name is just a code name"
"You can comment on me anything you want."
"Well……"
Is this still possible?
Why are you being so secretive? You don't even tell me your name?
In fact, Ji Hanxi could have asked the boss the name of the handsome mixed-race guy, but asking others and asking him in person have different meanings.
"The name is too common"
"Everyone can shout"
"Give me a nickname."
"You are the only one who knows"
Ji Hanxi stared at the message he sent, stunned. Oh my god! How could this man be so scheming? How could he be so capable?! He asked her to pick a nickname, a nickname only she knew, so that she could be the only one to call him that... Was this considered being treated differently by someone she liked? Did this mean she was the special one?
Just when she was being seduced and unable to extricate herself, the door of the content department was suddenly pushed open, and someone poked his head out and shouted:
"A friend of Teacher Vivienne's opened a Cantonese-style dim sum shop. They're having a soft opening today. To support her business, Teacher is treating everyone in the company to dim sum. The takeout just arrived, and there's so much food! Everyone, come and try it!"
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