Chapter 163: Recruiting a Disciple

"Try it!" Xia Xue saw Wu Yuezhen's surprised expression, but she didn't do anything excessive. Instead, she smiled and put the needle and thread back into the tool box, put the clothes back on the workbench, and gently adjusted them, then smiled at Wu Yuezhen.

"Yeah! OK!" Wu Yuezhen nodded to Xia Xue, and it took her a long time to react. She excitedly called someone to call the model over.

Wu Yuezhen couldn't help but be more and more amazed as she watched the model put on the clothes that came to life. She still couldn't come back to her senses and didn't know how Xia Xue did it.

If the dress before was a defective product, then now it has become a living work of art. Wu Yuezhen circled around the model a few times and pulled at the shoulders. The more she looked, the more surprised she became. But after the surprise, the problems that followed also came out indirectly. Her expression couldn't help but become a little gloomy.

The more she looked, the more surprised she became. But after the surprise, the problems that followed also came out indirectly. Her expression couldn't help but become a little gloomy.

Wu Yuezhen is a smart person, and Xia Xue is not stupid either. When the model was there, Wu Yuezhen didn't say anything even if she had some ideas in her mind. Xia Xue just stood aside, waiting quietly, without any impatience.

"Wu Yuezhen." After the model went out, Wu Yuezhen looked at Xia Xue, smiled slightly, stretched out her hand and said to her.

"Xia Xue." Xia Xue returned a polite smile and stretched out her hand to shake Wu Yuezhen's.

"It's almost lunch time. Would you like to have lunch with me?"

"It's almost lunch time. Would you like to have lunch with me?"

In front of the workbench, Wu Yuezhen and Xia Xue held hands. They were about the same height, had similar expressions, and even spoke the same words. These two girls didn't look like strangers meeting for the first time. The tacit understanding between them was like that of old friends who had worked together for many years. They were in perfect harmony.

After they finished talking, they couldn't help but smile at each other. That smile was so sincere and indifferent in the sunlight.

After the meal, Xia Xue found that she and Wu Yuezhen not only got along well, but also had many similarities, such as interests and hobbies. They even liked the same food.

"Really? You learned it by self-study?" Wu Yuezhen was very curious about Yu Xiaxue's excellent embroidery skills. During the conversation, Wu Yuezhen admired Yu Xiaxue for being self-taught.

Facing Wu Yuezhen's admiring and envious eyes, Xia Xue couldn't help but smile a little unnaturally. She didn't belong to this space in the first place, and there were some things she couldn't explain clearly.

"You are so smart, you can learn it if you are willing to learn." Xia Xue really likes Wu Yuezhen. After going through so many things, she still has a good eye for people. Wu Yuezhen's eyes are sincere and not calculating.

Moreover, although she was the chief designer of YJ, she was not arrogant at all and was also very humble. Just based on these points, Xia Xue was willing to trust her.

Rather than saying that there is something about her that attracts Wu Yuezhen to approach her, it is more accurate to say that there is something about Wu Yuezhen that attracts her.

Sometimes, that's how it is between people. Just being attracted to each other is enough.

"Then are you willing to teach me?" After Wu Yuezhen asked this question, she felt that she was a little rash. She was not afraid that Xia Xue would refuse, but she felt that her request was a little excessive.

"Of course you can. In fact, even if you didn't mention it, I would still like to tell you how to deal with it. Then you can teach other people. After all, a garment that has been designed must reflect its soul! If there is no suitable embroidery, the design pattern that has just been modified will be in vain." Xia Xue did not refuse and agreed readily.

After the two reached a consensus, Xia Xue was very busy in the next few days. After all, Xia Xue was not an employee of JY, ​​so it was not suitable for her to go to JY every day. So the two discussed it and decided to stay directly at Wu Yuezhen's apartment. Fortunately, Wu Yuezhen studied fashion design and application, and had a certain understanding of embroidery needles. She was relatively quick to get started. Three days later, Wu Yuezhen finally achieved some results.

During these three days, Xia Xue was busy with this matter with Wu Yuezhen. She did not return to the Xiangfu, but just called Xiangquan and Sun Wenhong every day to chat about family matters. She also told them that she had to help a friend these days. They gave her space and did not ask too many questions, only telling her to take care of herself. As for Xiangye, Xia Xue did not care at all these days whether he went back to live or not. Anyway, although she brought dinner back every day, he only went to eat that night.

Three days passed like this. Wu Yuezhen looked at the finished product she had embroidered. It would have been fine if it had not been compared with Xia Xue's. But when the two finished products were put together, Wu Yuezhen found that no matter how she looked at it, the finished product in her hand seemed to have lost its soul.

"It's great that you can learn this in three days!" Xia Xue couldn't help but comfort Wu Yuezhen softly as she looked at her depressed look. Back then, she might have had to study with the eldest girl for several years to reach Wu Yuezhen's current level. It was already amazing that Wu Yuezhen could learn this well in three days.

"The problem is that with this kind of embroidery, the quality of the whole dress will be greatly reduced." It would have been fine if Xia Xue hadn't comforted her. Once she comforted her, Wu Yuezhen couldn't help but feel even more upset. Clothes are the soul of the designer, and no design team is willing to see the gap between the things designed by the team and the finished product. Moreover, after Xia Xue's improvement, the soul of this dress is even more noble and gorgeous. She didn't want to ruin this dress because of this embroidery problem. But Wu Yuezhen also deeply realized that Xia Xue's words were not exaggerated at all. With Xia Xue's embroidery, it is difficult for even professional embroiderers to achieve it.

"Come, give me your embroidery." How could Xia Xue not understand Wu Yuezhen's idea? But this is also an irreconcilable contradiction in reality. She reached out to take the finished product from Wu Yuezhen's hand, and saw the needle in her hand pricked, and in just a moment, the whole embroidery immediately became alive. Although the sense of life was not as strong as her own embroidery, it was more than a hundred times stronger.

"How could this be?" Wu Yuezhen was a professional designer, and she was pleasantly surprised to find the difference. She opened her mouth wide, and Xia Xue's stitches and lines simply refreshed her understanding of embroidery.

"There is no problem with your needlework. The only problem with this piece is that the overlapping parts between the needles are a little tight and a little loose, so it looks uncoordinated. It will be much better if you change your technique. The main problem now is whether JY's supplier has any embroidery masters. If not, I suggest that this be changed to a pressed-on model and produced in limited quantities. This way, the quality can be guaranteed and the price can be increased. Kill two birds with one stone. But if this is the case, then I'm afraid that other designers will have opinions. After all, the main design has already been decided and it is the soul product of this season." Xia Xue looked at Wu Yuezhen. Although her suggestion was the best suggestion, for a team's design, the pressed-on model must be the main concept of the entire design and the best design. It is the soul of this season's products. She doesn't know that compared with the original main axis model, the design concept of the other set is better.

"No, it's the best idea to use this as the main product and limit it. I don't think anyone in the team will have any objections. Xia Xue, can you allow me to include your name in the list of designers? Because you gave it its soul." Xia Xue's idea was indeed the best one. Just as Xia Xue had considered, the signature piece designed by the entire design team was already good. However, before, this was because the dress had not been modified and had no special elements. But now, it is a work with soul, not only with special elements, but also with the JY logo as a striking characteristic symbol. Among all the works, I'm afraid there is no one more suitable than this one.

"No, I'm not JY's designer for now. There's no need. But there's one more favor I can do for you. That is, after you discuss how many limited edition pieces you want to release and place an order, have the embroiderer start embroidering. After the embroidery is done, you can send it here for me to check. This may be more meaningful."

"Thank you, but I cannot get the knowledge I want."

Although the embroidery method Xia Xue used was a bit complicated, and it was a layered embroidery, but fortunately JY is a very powerful group, and in less than two days, the embroidery of the limited edition 299 pieces of clothing had been completed.

Originally, embroidery could be done at the end, but because this set of clothing is the final product of the entire design and is limited in quantity, it will not be made again after this batch is completed to prevent the design of this set of clothing from being stolen or counterfeited. So after everyone discussed it, embroidery was changed from the last process after cutting to the first process. Although this will make the subsequent work more difficult, everyone thinks it must be done this way.

In two days, all the works were completed. Wu Yuezhen was the chief designer and had the decision-making power. This also made it easier for her to send the products to Xia Xue for inspection. So after the factory was finished, she had all the finished embroidery products sent back to her apartment.

Wu Yuezhen was very touched by Xia Xue's selfless help. She had long regarded Xia Xue as a close friend, and could not help but worry that she might be a spy sent by the rival company. She habitually told Xia Xue everything and discussed with her, letting her share all her joys and sorrows.

When the finished product was on the way, Wu Yuezhen couldn't wait to call Xia Xue. When Xia Xue received Wu Yuezhen's call, she was walking with Xiang Quan in Xiang's residence. Xiang Quan knew from Xia Xue's call that a friend wanted Xia Xue's help. He gave her almost unconditional support and immediately asked the driver to take Xia Xue there.

After Xia Xue arrived, the two began to work together. Wu Yuezhen was responsible for the first pass, and Xia Xue was responsible for checking the products that Wu Yuezhen thought had problems. They would see what the problem was and then work together to make the final repairs.

Although these 299 products were all embroidered by professional embroiderers, Xia Xue had really reached the level of perfection in embroidery, and she had her original embroidered patterns for comparison. Wu Yuezhen picked up the products embroidered by professional embroiderers and became picky.

Designers are very particular and persistent in their pursuit of quality. Xia Xue took over the products selected by Wu Yuezhen and indeed felt that they were not refined enough. After the two reached a consensus, Wu Yuezhen was not polite anymore and would directly pick out any products that she thought had problems. But when it came to Xia Xue, she was even more picky. She even picked out some more.

So, I repaired as many as I could. I threw aside those that looked like they would lose some soul if I repaired them. While repairing them, I said to Wu Yuezhen, "After you have selected them, calculate the number of those I have thrown aside, and then find the two best embroiderers and ask them to embroider more. Maybe one or two more pieces will be enough."

This batch of products was embroidered by the ten best embroiderers from the embroidery workshops that the group originally cooperated with. Wu Yuezhen has been keeping an eye on it for the past two days. But even so, she couldn't be perfect. First, her embroidery skills were not up to Xia Xue's level, and second, although the embroiderers were the best, they still had many shortcomings. There was no way, in this era, there were fewer and fewer people who could do this kind of handwork.

"Okay." Xia Xue was more professional than her. At this moment, Wu Yuezhen had unconditional trust in her. She responded to Xia Xue and began to check the products in her hand.

Time was too tight. Even if it was just an inspection, Wu Yuezhen still spent quite a long time. When she finished the inspection, she found that it was already dark. When she looked at the time, she realized that it was already past nine o'clock in the evening. Seeing Xia Xue's focused look, she did not disturb her. Instead, she picked up her phone and asked the canteen to prepare two dinners and send them to her apartment. She went to do the work that Xia Xue asked her to do, and quickly selected the two best embroiderers and made a phone call to communicate with them. The factory was also willing to cooperate. So she had no hesitation in asking the factory to go down and prepare, and to ask the embroiderers to be there.

After everything was ready, the food from the cafeteria was delivered. Wu Yuezhen brought it in and then called Xia Xue to have dinner together. Because they had something to do, they ate dinner very quickly.

After dinner, Wu Yuezhen told Xia Xue that she had to go to the factory to get the embroidery parts done overnight, and asked Xia Xue to take a rest first.

Xia Xue looked at the full room of work and refused directly. She told Wu Yuezhen not to worry about her. She continued with her work and could just rest here if she was tired. Although Wu Yuezhen had only known Xia Xue for a short time, she knew her personality well. She didn't show any affection, just said thank you and turned around and left.

Xia Xue knew that time was tight and the task was heavy. Naturally, she did not rest for long and continued to revise the embroidery at hand. Anyway, Xiang Ye would not look for her when he returned, so it would not be a problem even if she did not return tonight.

Moreover, Wu Yuezhen and her team are not so anxious about the new designs released this season, hoping that they will be liked by the market. It is more like Xia Xue wants to use this opportunity to test the waters and see whether her creative ideas and the design concepts with retro style will be accepted by the people of this era. This is also a crucial battle for her. If it succeeds this time, it will play a good role in promoting her future work. However, looking at the embroidery that needs to be modified on the ground, she can't help but feel helpless. The level of embroiderers in this era is really not very good. If she wants to create in this direction, it is estimated that the embroiderers will really have to work hard to cultivate.

So, two people who both care about the results, fought in different scenes, both of them were fighting to the death. No one complained of being tired, and no one backed down. They devoted themselves wholeheartedly, just wanting to complete this mission in the best condition.

Before she knew it, the sun had come out. Xia Xue, however, did not move at all, and worked on the unfinished work at hand. She did not know how much time had passed, but she felt very hot. She stretched out her hand to block the sunlight, and thought it was because she was exposed to the sun at that time, and did not care. After getting up, she felt a little dizzy, but she had not slept all night. Seeing that it was already past eight o'clock, she got up to stretch her muscles, went to the small kitchen to get a bottle of milk and put it in the microwave to heat it up, had breakfast, and took a shower. Seeing that there were only a few embroidery pieces left on the ground that needed to be modified, she sat down without taking a break and started working again.

She was dazed when she heard someone ringing the doorbell. She stood up, overcoming her dizziness. She thought it was Wu Yuezhen coming back with the embroidery, and ran to open the door without thinking much.

After the door opened, she only saw a blurry figure. The man was tall and handsome. But no, he was not Wu Yuezhen. However, Xia Xue fainted before she could see who the man was.