Chapter 21 Hongyu's Obsession
Jia Wenyan really couldn't understand why Hongyu was so obsessed with becoming famous. After all, among all the spirits she had met so far, both Tianxing and Shifengdan were calm and unobtrusive.
Jia Wenyan has always believed that such a personality is in line with the mentality of cultural relics that have been deposited for hundreds and thousands of years. So when faced with Hongyu's obsession with "showing up", she can only attribute this to the instinct of "cosmetics".
She tentatively asked Hongyu what she wanted to do, and then she saw Hongyu take off the two "balls" on her head in front of her.
Jia Wenyan: "So those two on top of your head aren't hair?"
【Don't worry about the details. Let me show you this. 】
Hongyu turned the ball over as she spoke. It turned out that inside the vermilion ball was a whole ball of white cream.
[Yang Guifei's Yuzhen Cream, I have made some simple improvements based on the needs of your generation.]
"Is this the skin care product that Yang Guifei often used in history?" Under Hongyu's instructions, Jia Wenyan took a portion of Yuzhen Cream for testing.
Hongyu also poured out the red jade paste from another ball and introduced:
【White is for whitening, red is for rosy. Use white as the base and red as the finishing touch to create a very natural and rosy glow.】
[How about it? Isn’t it a kind of beauty that beats all the current cosmetics? The most important thing is that it does not use any technology or hard work. ]
"It doesn't have any technology or ruthlessness, but it's full of your super powers as a weapon spirit, right?"
Jia Wenyan looked at the effect in the mirror.
After all, she is a beauty expert who has studied the beauty industry for more than a thousand years. The Yuzhen Cream produced by Hongyu does not give people a false sense of decoration like the common cosmetics on the market.
Its effect is mainly focused on improving the complexion of the face, and according to Hongyu, the Yuzhen Cream she made should be classified as a skin care product rather than a cosmetic.
Long-term use can not only improve skin quality, but also improve a person's complexion.
This is an effect that Jia Wenyan has never seen on any cosmetics on the market.
Then he continued: "Hongyu, really, I know you are good at this, but the problem is..."
[The problem is that I have no way to explain this to consumers, and I, as a spirit, can’t produce cosmetics in large quantities, right?]
Jia Wenyan nodded, and this was obviously within Hongyu's expectations. She took out a small blackboard from somewhere and used a toothpick-like pointer to explain:
[Don't worry, I have already thought of a solution. Although the beauty cream I made has my spiritual power, even without my spiritual power, this formula can still make a very good skin care product. ]
[So there will be no problem in selling it as a product. You can even use this to divide it into two different grades: ordinary and hardcover. ]
[You think of this as a disguised anti-counterfeiting mark. The mass-market version is produced on an assembly line. As for the real boutique version, you only need to ask me to make the original pulp, and then you can use it as a luxury product similar to the palace version.]
[But of course I have already said that if all the Yuzhen creams are to be sold, they must be packaged in a simplified version of the red jade brocade box. In addition, all the outer packaging boxes must be printed with my image logo.]
"That's fine, but can I ask why you're so obsessed with being famous?"
Jia Wenyan thought about it and finally asked this question. Seeing this, Hongyu hesitated for a moment, then looked in the direction of other exhibits in the exhibition hall as if it was difficult to speak, and said:
[Because the spiritual power of artifact spirits is closely related to human beings' understanding of historical relics. The strength of our spiritual power does not only depend on the craft culture we have inherited, but also on how many people recognize and acknowledge us as relics or "culture".]
[I once heard from my predecessors that some cultural products that are widely recognized by the public will break free from the limitations of objects and become real spiritual bodies after they form spiritual totems. This is what you humans call artifacts.]
[I don’t know how much exaggeration there is in this, but I am sure that cultural products that attract much attention can indeed have more powerful power than ordinary objects.]
[Do you know why I still look like a child even though I have existed for thousands of years? That is because no matter how I improve myself, the speed at which I gain spiritual power is much slower than that of other higher-level spirit tools.]
[I know that I am just a makeup box. Whether it is the raw materials or the craftsmanship, I am far inferior to the Three Kings Pot and Dragon Scale Jade, which are born with the symbol of luck.]
[But I won't accept my fate. If one box is not enough, I will get ten boxes. If ten boxes are not enough, I will get a hundred boxes. A little bit will add up to a lot. Even if the ratio of spiritual power I get is very demanding, I will save it up bit by bit. I just want to be the most beautiful one among all the spirit tools.]
Hongyu's voice was choked with hysteria. This was the knot in her heart. She didn't understand why, even though the craftsmanship used by everyone was roughly the same, some artifact spirits could easily obtain the results that they had obtained for hundreds or thousands of years just because they had a better identity.
Of course, as a relic that was fortunate enough to give birth to a spirit, it never denied its luck, but it had to look forward to everything. From the moment it became conscious as a spirit, it was destined not to compare itself with other mortals.
It knows the principle of contentment, but this does not prevent it from wanting to strive for what it wants through its own efforts.
Seeing this, Jia Wenyan stopped talking. She reached out her hand and tried to hug Hongyu, who was obviously sobbing, but Hongyu's figure was as insubstantial as air.
Seeing this, she did not continue to dawdle, but returned to the computer and summarized the product copy while saying:
"I don't understand the operating model of the cosmetics industry, but if you want to achieve the effect you mentioned as soon as possible, I think it's best to find a stable beauty brand to cooperate with."
"I will help you screen the existing state-owned enterprises and buy you some cosmetics from various brands. You can choose which one is the most suitable to be your agent."
"With the quality of your products, if nothing unexpected happens, I think within a few years you will be able to gain more attention than most cultural relics."
"But I have to say this first. The cosmetics market is very competitive these days, and your spiritual power cannot be widely popularized. So once a skincare product of the same category achieves a similar effect as yours, your market benefits will drop sharply."
[Don't worry about this. After all, I have lived for more than a thousand years. I will be responsible for constantly updating my products. So move quickly. We must try to finalize all this before the exhibition at the Yong'an Museum begins.]
"I know. When you become famous, I will have to rely on you to help me with sales."
[Otherwise, if you don't count on me, then do you count on those vases? ]
...The two of them laughed and joked, and a few days later, Jia Wenyan and Hongyu summarized a list of domestic products that could be cooperated with, and handed the news to Zhen Yuandao who was showing off to his old friend.
"Is the teacher here? I have something urgent to discuss with you."
"The museum? It's okay. Your Grandpa Gou is one of us. You don't have to avoid him."
"Okay, teacher, this is what happened. When I was reproducing the red jade porcelain box some time ago, I found a residual recipe of a beauty product that was suspected to be used by Yang Guifei in unofficial historical documents."
"I tried it briefly and it should be the Yuzhen ointment used by Yang Guifei back then."
"Yuzhen Cream...Are you talking about Taizhen Ruby Cream?"
"Yes, I looked at the above formula and did a simple trial test when I was restoring the Terracotta Warriors at the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum Museum.
You see, I don't have any dry skin or sunburn problems these days, so I think this thing should sell well, so I want to sell it together with the simplified version of the red jade porcelain box as a peripheral product. "
"It's a pity that I don't have the qualifications to sell cosmetics. I don't have any idea of running a brand in the long term, so I want to ask you if you can help me connect with these domestic brands."
After Jia Wenyan finished speaking, she handed over the thick stack of business plans in her hand.
Zhen Yuan said: "Okay, let me see."
Zhen Yuan said, and then he started to look through the document that Jia Wenyan handed over.
Bai Fengming, Qin Yunxiang, Runyutang... Runyutang?
"Wen Yan, this is Runyutang. It's an old Chinese brand that has existed since your master's mother's generation. I didn't expect that this old brand before the founding of the People's Republic of China is still alive."
"Wait for me to make the contact for you. If I remember correctly, this should be a purely state-owned enterprise. I will help you connect with the factory." "As long as you find that this formula is as good as you said, the teacher will guarantee you a whole living pension insurance."
"Okay, teacher, I'll leave this to you. I have to go back to Yong'an Workshop to prepare the white porcelain terracotta warriors for the Mid-Autumn Festival. So..."
"It's okay, don't worry, your master will take care of the rest for you. Oh, by the way, Shu Wang's company has moved into your place for a while. What do you think of their company?"
"It's OK. The atmosphere among the staff is quite good. When we were discussing the linkage plan earlier, Zhen Shuwang showed me the results of their current work. Although there are still some details that need to be adjusted, it can be seen that they have indeed realized the historical and cultural elements that you requested to the greatest extent."
"That's good. I trust you to do the job. Ask them to speed up the process. Although there's no rush to produce a work, it's been almost three years since then. Ask them to finish it quickly so that it can be released in time for the Chinese New Year."
"Understood. Goodbye, teacher."
After Jia Wenyan finished speaking, she turned around, closed the door and left Dean Zhen’s office.
Jia Wenyan felt relieved when Zhen Yuandao took over. However, what she didn't know was that at the moment she closed the door, Zhen Yuandao, who had always remained calm, suddenly showed a smug smile like an old naughty boy and said:
"Oh, old Gou, there's nothing I can do. This is the trouble that my apprentice loves to make trouble. Even an old man like me who is about to retire and re-employed has to help him all the time."
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