After the Four Seasons Fashion Show, not only did newspapers and magazines publish extensive coverage of the clothes on the catwalk, but even TV entertainment news reported on it. Overnight, Green became popular, and it became a huge hit. Qirui Clothing Company also entered the public's attention. Orders also flew in like snowflakes.
A week later, Su Heyuan called Lu Jiaxin and said excitedly, "Jiaxin, we received an order of 16 million. I turned down a part of it because the production capacity could not keep up, otherwise there would be more."
Lu Jiaxin said: "The goods delivered to customers must be of guaranteed quality and quantity, without any defects. If the reputation is damaged, our initial investment will be wasted."
Su Heyuan said with a smile: "You don't have to tell me this. My eldest sister has always been very strict about quality. Jiaxin, I will treat you to dinner tomorrow."
Lu Jiaxin politely declined and said, "I have a lot of homework recently so I won't go out for dinner."
Su Heyuan disagreed and said, "You can't bury your head in cram school and homework every day. You have to combine work and rest. Hong Kong is different from the mainland. They pursue all-round development."
Lu Jiaxin is not just studying hard. She has joined the badminton club and the painting club. She used to play badminton and was pretty good at it. She also became more flexible because of boxing and yoga. Her only shortcoming now is her lack of endurance. Once she improves in this aspect, she can compete with the No. 1 player in the badminton club.
After chatting for a few words, Su Heyuan hung up the phone because he had something to do.
On Sunday morning, Lu Jiaxin went to Gu's house to visit Gu Xiuxiu, who was picking flowers in the back garden. After what happened before, there were now two people following her.
"Aunt..."
Gu Xiuxiu waved towards Lu Jiaxin and said with a smile, "Jiaxin, come here quickly, pick any flowers you like."
Lu Jiaxin felt that it was not safe for her to pick the flowers, so she said she could help her pick them. Seeing that she agreed, she took the scissors and the small flower basket and got busy.
After picking a small basket of flowers, Lu Jiaxin and Gu Xiuxiu arranged the flowers in the living room, chatting as they did so.
Gu Xiuxiu said, "Jia Xin, I heard that Su Heyuan's newly opened clothing factory held a fashion show. Now their advertisements are all over TV and magazines. It's very popular."
Lu Jiaxin glanced at Mei Gu, and when she nodded, she said, "Yes, I heard that he received an order worth tens of millions, so his company can be considered to have fired the first shot."
Gu Xiuxiu said that she had also looked at the styles of those clothes, and they were indeed very fashionable: "I heard that these styles were designed by a person called Green. Have you seen this designer?"
If they were chatting privately in the room, Lu Jiaxin would tell her that green was herself, but there were two maids in the living room and two people in the kitchen. She shook her head and said, "No. But I went to see the rehearsal of the fashion show, and the clothes were really beautiful. But they do wholesale, so I can only go to the store if I want to buy."
Her goal is to create her own brand and then open her own store to sell, which is equivalent to a one-stop production and sales. However, this requires a lot of investment, and she doesn't have the time or money now. As for Su Heyuan, he rejected her proposal as soon as he heard it. The investment is large and the return is slow. Like now, the return is fast and the profit is high.
Seeing that he disagreed, Lu Jiaxin stopped talking. It was useless to say more if they had different pursuits. Anyway, they had said it when they started working together. If they couldn't get along, they would break up.
Gu Xiuxiu said, "Haifan has no classes this afternoon, so take Haifan to buy some clothes. This child grows fast, and his previous clothes are a bit too short."
After that, she looked at Lu Jiaxin again and said, "You shouldn't always wear these clothes. Buy more clothes, shoes and bags. Oh, and buy some jewelry. It's not good for a young girl to be too plain."
Gu Xiuxiu asked with interest: "Our Xinxin is so beautiful, have any boys written love letters to you? When my aunt was young, those who pursued me wrote poems and articles to praise me, and published them in newspapers and magazines."
Lu Jiaxin praised her for her charm, making her smile, and then she said, "I have received a few love letters, but now I just want to study hard and go to college, not date."
Gu Xiuxiu was in a very talkative mood today: "I heard from Hong Gu that Nie Zhan likes you very much and is pursuing you. If he is sincere, you can try to date him."
Lu Jiaxin was full of doubts. We had talked about this topic before, why did she bring it up again? But seeing that she was in high spirits, she didn't want to spoil her mood: "Nie Zhan is very good, but people of the Nie family look down on me with my status. Why bother to make myself unhappy!"
What is she now? A mainland girl that even Hong Gu doesn't like. If she really dated a rich bachelor like Nie Zhan, she would definitely be the target of entertainment gossip. And the paparazzi in Hong Kong have no bottom line. They might have three girlfriends even if they went to dinner with Su Heyuan. They would try their best to discredit her. Therefore, she would not date Nie Zhan before going to college.
Gu Xiuxiu said unhappily: "Don't underestimate yourself. You are smart, beautiful, and versatile. You are a perfect match for Nie Zhan."
Lu Jiaxin smiled and said, "Aunt, I'm not looking down on myself. I know myself well. I'm still young and I should focus on my studies. When I learn skills and have my own career, no matter who I date, I won't be accused of marrying above my station."
Mei Gu thought she was rare, and that she would be able to live a good life if she married into a rich family with such knowledge. On the contrary, the second daughter, although she was born beautiful, was too spoiled and had a bad temper. If she didn't change her temper, she would not live a good life no matter who she married.
After arranging the flowers, Gu Xiuxiu took Lu Jiaxin to her room, opened the safe, and took out a red box.
She opened the box and found a set of ruby jewelry inside. She said excitedly, "I'll put it on you. It will definitely look beautiful."
This set of ruby jewelry includes a necklace with a ruby pendant that is as big as her thumb and is six-sided. Such craftsmanship is rare nowadays.
The jewelry was beautiful and sparkling, but it just didn't suit her right now. Lu Jiaxin didn't want to spoil her mood, so she let her put it on.
Gu Xiuxiu nodded repeatedly and said, "It's very beautiful. Jiaxin, this necklace is for you. When you wear it to a banquet in the future, people won't look down on you."
Lu Jiaxin disagreed with her statement. Even if a billionaire was wearing shorts and slippers, people would still say he had personality; before she had her own business, the more expensive the jewelry she wore, the more people would think she was relying on men. This was human nature.
"Aunt, you should keep such valuable jewelry for yourself!"
Gu Xiuxiu touched her smooth face and said lovingly, "Who should I wear this to when I don't go out? I have several sets of jewelry like this. I'll give this one to you."
Seeing that Lu Jiaxin didn't answer, Gu Xiuxiu called Aunt Mei in and asked her to send the jewelry to her room: "You take it because it was given to you by your aunt. By the way, when you go shopping this afternoon, use the card I gave you. You are not allowed to spend your own money."
What could Lu Jiaxin do but agree.
(End of this chapter)