Rebirth: The Ascent of a Socialite-Chapter 616 - 248: Song of Triumph (Part 2)
"Moreover, interviewing you guys is only right," Su Ziceng still had some self-awareness. She would also like to be on the cover of such a prestigious magazine, but she didn’t want to be an extra thrown in as a buy-two-get-one-free deal. VOGUE invited Lin Ying because she is currently a hot topic, with her May-December love affair with Master Puwand, at the pinnacle of her time, getting married and then becoming a young widow. And Sister Mu, with her outstanding design talent and her mysterious withdrawal from the scene back in the day, coupled with her heartbreaking love story, any of these could easily become an engaging topic.
But what about her? What Jim mentioned was the "Eastern Three Beauties"; what kind of beauty did she count as? Not tall enough regarding height, not enough buzz regarding topicality.
"Ziceng, VOGUE’s chief editor contacted me several times before, wanting to write a report on my personal experiences, and Sister Mu also had the same experience. The two of us have always not wanted to oversocialize our private lives. That’s because we’re afraid of social opinions and various malicious attacks, but you showed us that opinions and attacks aren’t scary; as long as we dare to face them, we can overcome anything," Lin Ying said sincerely, grasping Su Ziceng’s hand.
"Yes, I was afraid to show my flawed body in front of everyone, and Lin Ying was afraid to face how people looked differently at her marriage. You shouldn’t feel inferior; remember how you handled things when the Su Family fell. You lowered your head, regardless of how others criticized, you never dodged. When your father, and your love, left you one after another, you still faced everything calmly. In front of you, we are the ones who should feel inferior," Sister Mu said with a changing voice.
Sister Mu once thought she was the most tragic person in the world, with sudden family issues, the death of a love one, and career setbacks, but when she saw Su Ziceng, a woman of similar background, willing to use her slender shoulders to push back against the falling sky in the toughest times, Sister Mu felt deeply ashamed.
"So, when VOGUE’s chief editor extended the invitation again, we made a condition that you join us for the interview," Lin Ying agreed with Sister Mu’s words. Su Ziceng had always been her strongest backing, and it was time for her to be the support to Ziceng for once.
"You shouldn’t trouble others like that, I really don’t have anything..." Ziceng mumbled, the almost godlike Su Ziceng described by Sister Mu and others, was that really her? She was only doing what she should.
"No, it’s not trouble at all. We told the editor-in-chief that you were a participant in the Eve Ball and even those pasts you might think are not dignified. After the editor-in-chief heard it, he simply said ’Please extend my most sincere invitation to Miss Su Ziceng; she is the woman most worth interviewing in the world,’" Lin Ying mimicked the tone of the woman known as the mother of fashion, embellished but emotional.
"I..." Su Ziceng could no longer refuse. Director Jim on the side also echoed the sentiment, getting such a fashion titan to utter such words was not easy.
"Alright, then I’ll accept the invitation. Wait, besides this condition, did you not make other, more ’substantial’ demands?" Su Ziceng came back to her senses. It wasn’t easy to make it on the cover of VOGUE, didn’t they make any other significant requests?
"Come on, Ziceng, this is VOGUE!" Lin Ying was speechless. Not everyone can haggle with VOGUE after all.
"No, we need to think of some ways to minimize losses," Su Ziceng gave Director Jim a look, that clearly cunning look chilled Jim to the bone. With three fox-like women in the room, he initially thought Su Ziceng was the most harmless, but now, it seemed Su Ziceng was the most cunning.
While the fox-like women were still planning how to maximize the benefits from the VOGUE interview, on the other side, Wen Maixue got the quarterly revenue report of ZARA.
"Only a five percent increase?" Wen Maixue expected a twenty percent increase in sales growth for the newly opened ZARA, which was a full three-quarters less than her target.
The financial director of ZARA answered very cautiously, "There have been several wars in the Middle East recently, affecting international oil prices, and ZARA is all produced and designed in Spain, which means logistics costs eat up a large part of the profits."
"Can production be moved to our country?" Wen Maixue listened to the financial director’s report, glancing at Pello. It had been an hour or so since the quarterly report was delivered, Wen Maixue arrived later than Pello, but Pello had not even glanced at the financial report until Wen Maixue had finished reading all the data.
Pello should be more aware of the low profit situation than she was, it was not her place to question. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖
"No, the Spanish production of ZARA can maintain the quality of the clothes, and when signing the cooperation agreement with ZARA, it had already been promised that production would not be moved to our country," Pello’s answer seemed reasonable, but his gaze did not shift to the report, obviously distracted.
"What to do then? If it continues like this, by the time Espr launches, we will have no competitive edge," Wen Maixue pushed the report away, quite dissatisfied.
"They don’t have advertising channels, they won’t pose much of a threat for the time being," Pello stood up, indicating that the financial report meeting had ended.
Threat, Su Ziceng shouldn’t have any threatening men around her anymore, her marriage partner? It seems the senior brother miscalculated, after Pello figured things out, he felt more at ease. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation tickets and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation.)
