Chapter 65 Chapter 65 The tenderness that only she can see
Xin Tong was a little uncomfortable with Jiang Chongyan's distance from her.
He ignored the topic brought up. He didn't answer questions asked directly. Even when someone greeted him, he would just glance at him and then look away.
When Xin Tong spoke to him for the third time and he ignored her, and she watched his tall and cold back walking away, she felt a little angry.
No wonder people say he is difficult to deal with!
This sentence reflexively popped up in her mind.
But then she was stunned.
Xin Tong immediately realized that, yes, he was actually such a person.
He has no manners and doesn't care about socializing at all. He's the same to everyone and it hasn't changed.
Xin Tong seemed to finally realize how exceptional and special the young master's previous invitations and help, as well as the intimate contact that went beyond the limit that she resisted but had to accept with gritted teeth, were.
Such a rare tenderness.
It seems that she is the only one who can have it.
The kiss, which no one mentioned again, created a rift between the two of them.
There was a huge gap between the two, and she couldn't help but feel aggrieved.
She thought that being treated so coldly would make her sad and upset for at least a while.
I can't help but curse him behind his back, confront him openly, or try to find some way to redeem the relationship...
But she immediately realized: Haha, it seems okay.
Xin Tong is such a heartless person.
Her heartlessness comes from the fact that she meets too many people.
Interact with people more, talk with people more, and have more contact with people.
Having spent so much time in brothels, a kiss mixed with the aroma of persimmon wine was enjoyable but indifferent in her eyes.
There are too many new things in her life that constantly attract her attention, and she can't put too much energy into one thing.
Like now.
She had been doing nothing for more than 20 years, and returning to her country to seize the family property became the only important thing in her life.
Her most important task at this stage is to make Kelly a success, come up with a hit product, and launch the new collection in time for next spring and summer.
*
Xin Tong went to see Jiang Yuanbin every morning, made clothes in the afternoon, and thought about plans in the evening.
The only way to exercise is to go to the market, the only reading material is my own notes and Jiang’s customer information, and the only leisure and entertainment is to browse the street photos of trendy people on Anfu Road on XHS.
The flowers in the Jiang family's old mansion have been replaced with a new batch, and the gardener takes good care of them every day. When she is tired of studying, she will go to the garden and stay quietly for a while, feeling that she is also growing in the soil and swaying with the wind.
When she went out in the morning, she could smell the intoxicating scent of green grass in the air. At night, she wrapped herself tightly and walked on the street, feeling the increasingly cold weather in Wucheng. She left early and returned late, and she was the only one on the street, and the only one in the world.
In such a busy and intensive period in such a short period of time, she felt unprecedented peace and tranquility.
Everything is full, ideas and knowledge flow like water. She has new inspirations and new ideas every day, and is full of curiosity and interest in everything every day.
She could feel that she was making progress every day, that she was upgrading step by step, that she was confused but also guided in the vast sea of professional knowledge, and that she was making progress bit by bit.
She started with 8 items in Jiang's customer database and gradually expanded it to 150 items.
She has a lot of videos and photos stored on her phone, and notebooks filled with notes.
She stayed in Jiang Yuanbin's studio every day, and the pungent smell of wet cloth heated by the iron had become her accustomed olfactory memory.
She is familiar with the properties, characteristics and prices of all common fabrics on the market.
She has fully experienced the job content of each link, including designer, buyer, pattern maker, sample maker, etc., has gone through all the details of the practical process, and knows the operation of most patterns and processes on the market.
She can give a comprehensive evaluation and modification suggestions for any piece of clothing at first sight. She knows what kind of design will have what kind of visual effect, what kind of fabric will bring what kind of production cost, and what kind of pattern details will give people what kind of wearing experience.
At the end of November, she went to the Kelly factory again.
The last time she came here was a few days after she returned to China, when Gao Zhengguang brought her to see the new season's samples.
At that time, she was looking at a new season women's suit jacket over and over for a long time, and could only instinctively say "ugly". Other than that, she couldn't put any other words into her head.
But this time when I came back, my mood was completely different.
The person in charge, in the spirit of introducing the new clothes for the next season, boasted about how many improvements had been made in the craftsmanship, how expensive the fabrics were, how many times the design had been revised...
But she frowned three seconds after getting the clothes.
A quick look at the whole thing reveals at least five or six problems.
Even if we take into account various factors such as the factory cost of garments, it is still far inferior to the top brands of the same type on the market.
——It is indeed “ugly”.
But now she can understand why it is ugly.
When Xin Tong saw this kind of "ugly clothes" now, her first reaction was to find it a little funny. If she showed this to Jiang Yuanbin, she wondered how many times the old man would roll his eyes and scold her to death.
Xin Tong said nothing, turned the clothes over again, and looked at them carefully for a few seconds.
She could already figure out how everything should be changed.
Know what is bad and how to correct the bad, and you will know how to do good.
Xin Tong put down her clothes and walked out of the factory.
At that moment, she knew she had fully entered the industry. Looking back, despite the twists and turns along the way, she realized she had come a long way in just three months.
*
The first day of December.
Xin Tong brought a laptop and drove her pink Rolls-Royce to Kelly.
He called the design director Ai Ling to the conference room. With a serious face, he projected the plan for the new series for next spring and summer season, which he had worked on for several nights, onto the big screen in the conference room.
…
This is a somewhat fragmented proposal. It's missing a lot of details.
Caobao used to muddle through his study abroad, finding substitute teachers and writers for all his classes. He had never made a presentation, so his PPTs were all messed up.
There is no template, the fonts are not uniform, and it doesn't look like something made by someone who studied art.
——But Ai Ling, who was sitting below, looked more and more solemn as he watched.
Although the plan is incomplete, it contains all the key and important parts.
There are market research results, analysis of new season fashion trends, and sources of design inspiration.
The new spring/summer collection, "Wind," features a pale pink palette and is characterized by lightness, comfort, freedom, and elegance. Xin Tong single-handedly determined the key looks and overarching development direction, selecting fabric styles and patterns, laying out the bulk of the costs, and highlighting every detail of the pattern and craftsmanship. She has even produced eight examples.
At the end of the whole show, Xin Tong even took out two sets of clothes and placed them in front of Ai Ling.
——This is the key look sample she made herself.
If the design department had to work on this entire plan plus these two sets of samples from scratch with more than a dozen people, hold discussions with the merchandise department, and pass down tasks layer by layer...it would take at least a month until the pattern makers and sample makers could make a complete sample.
But Xin Tong did it all by herself.
…
Ai Ling stood there in a daze.
She didn't have any special communication with this boss, most of it was just at the work level. Her only impression was that he was straightforward, didn't care about the work and only paid, so he was considered a very good boss.
However, the whole city of Wucheng knew about the reputation of this rich and famous lady as a "fool" and a "waste" before she came to Kelly.
Ai Ling knew that she came here with the goal of saving Kelly, but Ai Ling never had any hope.
Ai Ling agreed with the personnel changes and institutional arrangements since Xin Tong took office, but she never felt that this boss could make any professional contributions or provide any guidance.
——Don’t even mention giving any guidance, I just hope she keeps silent and doesn’t get involved.
This is to avoid giving blind orders and causing more trouble than is possible like He Xiangrong did before.
It’s not difficult to appoint a few people and invite them to have afternoon tea.
But to ask this clueless daughter of a wealthy family to achieve something in terms of business value that the previous elite CEOs have not been able to do, isn’t this a fantasy?
...Ailing sat there, still a little bit incredulous.
But then he realized that simply making something wasn't very meaningful; quality was key. Ai Ling's first reaction was to focus on the eight designs.
Xin Tong noticed her gaze and added:
"Oh, I'm not very good at using graphics software, so the drawing on the PPT isn't very good. Take a look at this paper draft."
After following Jiang Yuanbin for three months, the old tailor did all his work by hand-drawing. Xin Tong was also influenced and took out a stack of paper design drafts and placed them in front of Ai Ling.
Ai Ling graduated from a top art university in China, studied abroad at the Royal Academy of Arts, and also has work experience as a design director for major fashion brands.
After just a quick glance, Ai Ling knew what was going on.
Kelly was positioned as a commuting suit for working women from the very beginning, so its style is always serious, old-fashioned, and old-fashioned, and never steps out of the framework.
Such suits rely heavily on regular patterns and fabric craftsmanship quality, but due to long-term funding shortages, large quantities of low-quality products and previous leadership's erroneous interference, the only thing that could save them, the pattern and fabric craftsmanship, have also lost their advantage.
The first of the three things a new official does when he takes office is to overturn the old ways and make great strides in innovation.
The eight styles in this new spring/summer collection for next year are light, flowing, and free at first glance. Their distinct characteristics perfectly align with the theme.
Light pink is the main color, and the overall series is harmonious and unified in color. The design is not too new or eye-catching, but retains the basic style of the suit. On this basis, the fabric, color, and tailoring are repeatedly adjusted in a unified manner. All designs are to achieve a fresh and free effect.
The addition of short skirts and half skirts is a big change. There are trendy elements. At a glance, you can tell that the key look and other styles are following the trend and are close to the aesthetic of women aged 20-35.
Among these eight models, almost every one of them is at the level of 85-90 points.
Ai Ling asked herself, "There are one or two designers in Kelly's design department who are capable of creating something like this. But under the pressure of massive spending, they're all just using AI and copying others' designs to get by. A piece of this quality hasn't appeared in a long time."
She put down the design draft and picked up the two samples.
As soon as I unfolded it, my heart skipped a beat.
The cuts are incredibly precise. Every detail of every item, from blazers to pants, skirts to shirts, is perfectly sized and hung on the mannequin. The most common areas for problems, such as the armholes, pockets, and hems, are flawless.
If the pattern is good, the whole outfit will make you look slim, energetic and relaxed. That’s almost half the battle.
The fabric is great. It's incredibly good. It's a spring/summer silky quality, light and soft without feeling cheap or tacky. Instead, it looks luxurious and flowing when plucked.
I don’t know where Xin Tong found this fabric.
The workmanship is of exceptional quality. The buttonholes are authentic and feature a placket. The shirt piping is smooth and free of foreign matter. The crotch joints at the front and back of the pants feel smooth and comfortable. Every detail is clean and neat.
This requires very good technology.
...After carefully looking at and touching everything, Ai Ling fell into deep shock.
If the previous design scored 85-90 points, then these samples are at an absolutely high level of 98 points.
She sat back down, her face still a little dazed.
Xin Tong had finished all the presentations and was a little nervous. "What do you think?"
Ai Ling looked up at her, stunned. "...very good."
"But, Boss. Now there is a very important question."
"The original plans for next spring and summer are already in production at the factory. Even if this plan and direction are good, it's definitely too late to redo it. Most importantly... the order fair is over."
"Hmm. So here's my thought,"
Xin Tong looked at Ai Ling and said word by word,
"Since there is no trade fair, there is no need for distributors. Next spring and summer, the products will be available directly on the Kelly online store and in Kelly's offline stores."
"For the entire new season, I'll only be stocking the 'Wind' collection, with only fifteen pieces. I'm not focusing on quantity, I'm focusing on quality. With only these fifteen styles, I demand meticulous design for each one. I demand that all the patterns, fabrics, and craftsmanship are exactly as I planned. I'll oversee the entire process, from design to sampling to production."
"The final sample is confirmed in December, delivered to the factory for production in January, and completed and put on the market at the end of February."
"I take full responsibility for this entire plan."
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