Chapter 28 Fashion
"Sister, please sit down." Chen Chong stood up, pulled open the chair very gentlemanly, invited Ma Guo Zhiqing to sit down, and after returning to his seat, he said, "I haven't seen you for more than a month, and your style is even better than before, and it is radiant."
"Thank you, Mr. Chen, too, as he is as elegant as ever." Ma Guo Zhiqing put down his bag and said with a smile: "Where is Yuanyuan? Didn't she come?"
"She went to Shenzhen temporarily." Chen Chong picked up the menu and said, "There are some things to do there. It's hard to get through the New Year. Before the Spring Festival, I'm always very busy."
Ma Guo Zhiqing moaned in her nose, and she held her forehead with her hands and said, "Who said it was not? I have been busy lately. From Christmas to now, I have spent almost every day on the plane."
"Welcome to two." A foreign waiter came over and asked in a strong French accent English: "What do you need?"
Chen Chong flipped it over, then closed the menu and said, "I rarely eat Western food. This is the first time I have eaten French cuisine. It is better to hide my weakness than to show off my ugly face. Sister, please help me order food."
"Mr. Chen is so straightforward." Ma Guo Zhiqing smiled implicitly and said, "Are you not afraid of being laughed at by others when you say this?"
"My mother told me since I was a child that there are three factors for success." Chen Chong lowered his eyebrows and said with a straight face: "First, persistence, second, thick-skinned, third, persistence."
Ma Guo Zhiqing covered her mouth and smiled. She picked up the menu and browsed it while saying, "Mr. Chen, Yuan Yuan said you are taciturn and don't like to talk. I don't think so, you are very humorous."
This French restaurant is a very formal and traditional type, with a total of thirteen serving orders, cold appetizers, soups, hot appetizers, fish, main courses, etc. It took several minutes to order good dishes and wine along the way.
"It's so troublesome." After the waiter left, Chen Chong shook his head and said, "The pace of society is getting faster and faster. If this continues, French food will be lost sooner or later."
Ma Guo Zhiqing obviously disagreed with his point of view, but he just frowned slightly, did not refute, changed the topic, chatted casually for a while, and after the appetizer was delivered, she asked, "Mr. Chen, you are a busy person. You are not just treating me to dinner tonight, right?"
"I have always taken good care of Yuanyuan." Chen Chong looked at the foie gras sauce on the plate and said, "I have long wanted to invite you to a thank-you banquet, but I just kept busy every day and couldn't take time."
"We are good friends, and no one takes care of anyone." Seeing that he was hesitant and didn't know how to do it, Ma Guo Zhiqing explained the meal of foie gras sauce, and then said: "Mr. Chen, Yuanyuan said you never do purposeless things, just say anything."
"It's worthy of being a French national delicacy." Chen Chong tried to eat it, then wiped the corner of his mouth and said, "That's right, sister, I'm going to hold a large-scale movie awards ceremony in April, but you know, Hong Kong has never held a similar celebration. Many people participating in the ceremony don't know how to dress up then, so I want to ask you to help and be a consultant."
"Why do you invite me?" After the waiter removed the plate of the first dish and gave it a soup, Ma Guo Zhiqing continued: "I'm not a fashion designer."
"Sister, you are a fashion celebrity, the best person in Hong Kong to wear clothes." Chen Chong said with a smile: "Your Uttnu is one of the most fashionable and tasteful clothing stores in Hong Kong. If you don't invite you, who will I invite if I don't want you.
"Thank you for your praise." Ma Guo Zhiqing was meditating while drinking the soup with the spoon gracefully. After a while, he said: "Mr. Chen, can you tell me in detail about this award ceremony?"
"Yes." Chen Chong said: "The ceremony will be held on the evening of April 12th. It is the concert hall of the Hong Kong Grand Hall. In addition to the film practitioners, there are also some celebrities. The whole process will be broadcast live on H, and all the arrangements are similar to Oscars."
After briefly introducing it, Chen Chong explained some details in detail, such as early planning, advertising, stage layout, broadcasting process, etc. When he finished speaking, the fifth dish had already been served.
"Mr. Chen, I'll finish your talk." Ma Guo Zhiqing put down his knife and fork and said, "I think I'll go to this ceremony even if you don't invite me. This is a fashion feast and should not be missed."
"So, have you agreed to be a consultant?"
"Of course." Ma Guozhiqing nodded and said: "I am in high-end fashion business. Such activities are unsuccessful. The golden rules of the fashion industry, and movie stars are the best fashion salesmen."
"Okay, I'll send someone to take a contract to you tomorrow." Chen Chong ate all his French sheep saddle and said, "It tastes really good."
"But, Mr. Chen." Ma Guo Zhiqing picked up the wine glass and said, "The dresses needed to attend the ceremony are expensive, and the average one costs thousands. The big-name Chanel, for tens of thousands of yuan. The behind-the-scenes staff, such as the Dragon and Tiger Martial Artsman and the editor, may not be able to afford them for several movies. Are you sure everyone wants to wear formal dresses?"
"It's okay." Chen Chong also picked up the wine glass and said, "I will pay for all the dresses of everyone who works in the movie for this ceremony."
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Ma Guo Zhiqing was surprised and said: "The Hong Kong City Hall Music Station has more than 14UU seats. Even if only one-third are filmmakers, it requires more than 400 dresses. As for the most common dresses, one UU will cost more than RU,000 Hong Kong dollars."
"Actually, I have a better idea." Chen Chong and she touched the wine glass gently and said, "I heard that my sister has a good relationship with many European designers. Why not invite them to Hong Kong to tailor the participants in this ceremony and customize the dresses."
"Do you want a private custom dress?" Ma Guo Zhiqing was even more surprised and said, "In that case, each piece will cost at least tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars."
"I didn't say I must hire a top-level fashion designer." Chen Chong smiled, put down his wine glass, and said, "You can invite those talented but not famous young designers to Hong Kong. You can find any kind of fabric in Hong Kong, and the price is cheap. Sister, why have to fly to Europe to buy fashion? It should be the other way around. Let the designer come to work in Hong Kong. This is so great that you can buy the latest fashion without having to go around."
"There is no such conditions in Hong Kong." Ma Guo Zhiqing seemed to be listening to a fantasy. She refuted: "The European fashion industry has a hundred years of inheritance and cultural atmosphere. Paris, Milan, and London are all world-renowned fashion capitals, with top clothing companies and design schools. Only designers can get inspiration and create new fashions. Hong Kong has no background and no atmosphere, and can only produce cheap jeans and have no fashion genes at all. How can design masters come to work in Hong Kong?"
Chen Chong curled his lips. This is how Hong Kong people are, only caring about the present moment and lacking long-term planning. Hong Kong has a developed film industry and high-quality tourism resources. It has the potential to become an Asian fashion capital, but merchants from all walks of life only care about being agents and selling other people's goods. After decades of waste, they finally became a distribution center for luxury goods in the world. They don't even have a top brand in their own country. It is better to have a wedding dress for others than to develop Shanghai for only twenty years.
Chapter completed!