The reason why Fiona Young is called the queen of fashion is not only because of her amazing talent, but also because of her autocratic temper. She would love someone to death, and hate someone to death, and her biggest taboo is to watch beautiful things being destroyed by ignorant people.
Ding Ning's actions completely touched her sore spot, while Lin Dan's design really hit her itch. As much as she loved Lin Dan's design, she hated Ding Ning's suppression. She is not stupid and she would have figured out the trick here, but so what? She is the master of the fashion world and she doesn't have to save face for anyone. Now that she is here, she will not watch an excellent designer being suppressed by another mediocre designer. Who gave him the courage?
Ding Ning buried his head tightly, his face turned from pale to red, and he actually wished he could turn into a wisp of smoke and disappear on the spot, so that he wouldn't have to face Fiona's humiliation and insults anymore. It was not until now that he realized how Lin Dan felt three days ago. Everything he had done to her was now being done to her again by Fiona. It was as if he had been stripped naked in public. The feeling of shame was enough to make him want to faint on the spot.
Fiona continued to criticize his work, while the others listened attentively, occasionally casting glances of sympathy or contempt at him. The prestige he had worked so hard to build up in the design and development department has completely collapsed. After today, no one will be willing to obey his orders, and will only devalue him in their hearts.
On the contrary, Lin Dan, who was once despised by him, now received a lot of envious or admiring glances. It’s not that they can’t see that her work is excellent, but when this excellence is recognized by fashion industry bigwigs, the effect is completely different. From today on, her position in R&R is as solid as a rock, and no one can suppress her in the slightest.
Ding Ning couldn't stand it anymore. Without waiting for Fiona to finish, he stood up suddenly and whispered, "Boss Lei, I've been fired, right? Then I'm leaving now."
Fiona said in a sharp voice: "How dare you interrupt me?" Well, compared with Ding Ning, she is the real violent one. Jun.
Lei Jin patted the back of Fiona's hand soothingly, then slowly said: "Don't be in a hurry, go find Special Assistant Ming to sign a confidentiality agreement before you leave." Ding Ning was very aware of R&R's next big move, so he had to be on guard.
"Okay, you can rest assured about the confidentiality." Ding Ning gave a sarcastic smile. He was not optimistic about Lin Dan's business plan at all. It was simply a fantasy for R&R to occupy the Chinese market with affordable clothing! In his view, what R&R did was like a nobleman who degraded himself to begging on the street and ended up earning nothing but a few copper coins. Of course he would keep it a secret for them, because he wanted to wait and see how they would go from being ambitious and full of confidence to being destitute and bankrupt, and Lin Dan would become the sinner of R&R! He waited to see what would happen to her!
Ding Ning waved his sleeves and left, and the conference room fell into an eerie silence.
Lei Jin tapped the table with his knuckles, and his tone became very gentle: "Fiona, let me introduce you to someone. This is the genius designer you mentioned, the one whose hands have been kissed by God."
"Oh, my God! It's you! I spotted you as I walked into the meeting room! Honey, you are so beautiful. If I hadn't seen your talent with my own eyes, I would really advise you to change your career and become a model. You have a very unique temperament and you can dominate the catwalk!" Fiona shouted excitedly. She is a face control and she loves all beauty!
Lin Dan stood up and hugged her, communicating with her in fluent French. The two hit it off immediately and had a great conversation. They discussed the design draft and modified some minor details. During this process, Fiona felt more and more deeply the feeling of spiritual harmony. As soon as she put forward each idea, Lin Dan could quickly tell the other part. She and she were like two sides of a coin, both similar and different, with both resonance and disagreement, which then collided to create more brilliant sparks.
They spoke very fast, and almost no one could keep up except Lei Jin and a few foreign designers. However, this did not prevent everyone from realizing how much Fiona loved Lin Dan. She would always hug her tightly, give her a kiss on the cheek, or hold her hand, laugh and say a few words of praise, and her affectionate look was as if she was protecting her own child.
Lei Jin smiled at them, but his eyes darkened when Fiona kissed Lin Dan.
Li Tiantian didn't understand a word she heard, but she wasn't anxious at all. Instead, she held her chin with her hands and looked at Sister Lin happily. She just knows that Sister Lin is the best, and a villain like Ding Ning is nothing!
Lin Dan and Fiona discussed for more than half an hour, revising more than 20 design drafts again and again, and then distributed them to various designers, explaining in detail why they wanted to make such changes, what the principles were, and what the advantages were, trying to make everyone able to learn something useful from them. After that, they spread out the works of other designers and reviewed them one by one, praising the good ones, explaining the bad ones, and making certain modifications and improvements. Since Lin Dan knew both Chinese and French, and occasionally communicated with several foreign designers in English and Italian, she unknowingly took control of the pace of the meeting and performed far better than Ding Ning.
Lei Jin didn't say a word, but just looked at Lin Dan with deep and incomprehensible eyes, as if she was the only existence in this space.
Li Tiantian noticed his strangeness, and while Sister Lin and Fiona weren't paying attention, she crumpled up a small ball of paper and threw it at him, mouthing a silent question: "What are you looking at?"
Lei Jin glanced at her coldly, then continued to stare at Lin Dan.
Li Tiantian curled her lips and also used the word "痴". He looked at his dear Sister Lin with a cold and solemn look. Oh my god, Sister Lin can speak several languages and is as fluent as her native language. She is so cool!
The meeting lasted for more than four hours, mainly because Lin Dan and Fiona were chatting so happily that they often started discussing their respective design concepts and forgot about the design drafts. But it doesn’t matter, because every word they say is an inspiration to other designers, which can help them suddenly realize and take a step forward.
Lin Dan is a very introverted person. If you don’t get to know her in depth, you will never understand how outstanding she really is. After the meeting, everyone looked at her completely differently. Her design skills and leadership abilities were fully demonstrated. Even if Ding Ning was not there, she could still control the overall situation.
The coffee had gone cold, and the design drafts piled on the table were collected one by one by Lin Dan and Fiona and divided into different groups. More than twenty works were eliminated and replaced by Lin Dan's works, but no one dared to complain because the gap between these works was so obvious that even a blind person could tell the difference.
"Mr. Lei, these are the shortlisted works. Would you like to take a look? If there is nothing else, the meeting can be ended." Lin Dan handed the folder to Lei Jin.
"Well, I'll look at it later. Before the meeting ends, I have two announcements: first, from now on, Lin Dan will take up the position of chief designer; second, the position of design director will be temporarily taken over by Ms. Fiona Yang. Does anyone have any opinions?" Lei Jin said slowly.
Li Tiantian covered her mouth to prevent herself from laughing out loud, while the others shook their heads silently, accepting this sudden news without any psychological barriers. In fact, they can already foresee that when Fiona finishes her trip to China, the position of design director will be taken over by Lin Dan, as she has the ability to do so.
Lei Jin was very satisfied with everyone's performance and stood up and announced: "The meeting is over, let's go to work."
Everyone stood up one after another and filed out of the meeting room. Fiona hugged Lin Dan tightly and wanted to invite her to dinner.
Before Lin Dan could speak, Lei Jin had already rejected her request: "Dear, Lin is not having dinner outside. She has a little baby waiting for her at home."
"Oh, okay, okay, family is also important, I understand." Fiona automatically defined the little baby as a baby, and left with a smile, and said that she would make an appointment for lunch another day, or go to Lin Dan's house for a gathering.
Lin Dan agreed to all of them and sent President Lei and the new design director to the elevator. When she returned to the design department, she was greeted by thunderous applause. Several foreign designers were the first to hug her and praised her talent. No matter what the other designers thought in their hearts, they had to pretend to be convinced on the surface. This is the workplace. Capable people may be buried, but there are always opportunities for them to rise.
Li Tiantian clapped her hands until they turned red, her face filled with uncontrollable pride and joy.
Lin Dan smiled and nodded at everyone, then pressed his palms and said calmly: "Okay, let's get back to work." He was not at all proud of the promotion or salary increase.
"It's really stable!" Someone muttered, and then everyone looked thoughtful. Yes, in this office, the person who climbed the fastest was Lin Dan, and the person who behaved the most low-key was also Lin Dan. She never got angry when she was suppressed, and she never got carried away when she was reused. If she didn’t succeed, who would succeed?
Lin Dan picked up the little boss who had been left in the rest area, stroked its fur and fed it a few biscuits, then waved to call Li Tiantian over from the office next door.
"Sister, is there anything wrong?" Li Tiantian took out a notebook.
"It's not business." Lin Dan took out a recorder from his pocket and whispered, "You didn't understand the meeting just now, did you? I recorded the content and will translate it for you sentence by sentence when I get home. Starting tonight, you have to learn French with me. By the way, how is your English level? If it's not good enough, I will teach you too. You have to spare two hours every day to learn the language. It will be good for your future development."
Li Tiantian was stunned for a long while before she said with red eyes: "Sister, I must have accumulated virtues for several lifetimes to be able to live with you? Today I love you more than yesterday!" After she finished speaking, she hugged Lin Dan and kissed her hard.
The little boss squatting on the desk let out an angry growl, and after Li Tiantian slipped away, he immediately threw himself into Lin Dan's arms and licked the places where she had been kissed carefully.
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