“Ye Moxuan?” Chen Fei came closer to have a look, and his eyes bulged in disbelief at the mention of that name.
“What is it? Do you know about him? I’ve heard of Ye Moxuan, and he seems to be one of the elites in the business world.”
Chen Fei shot her a strange glance when he heard that, and he explained, “Xinghuo, I’ll have to say that you’re living under a rock; Ye Moxuan is not one of the elites in the business world. If you must describe him, he is akin to the big bosses in the business industry, and he monopolizes the market; well, at least that’s the crude way of saying things. If we are to be elegant with our words, he is the president of an empire…”
“He sounds friggin’ awesome.”
“Baby, you are a female star. Can you please not use terms like ‘friggin’ in the future?” Chen Fei asked her in horror.
“That’s odd. Although the Lin family is doing well… there’s no way we could procure a blind date with the president of an empire. Besides, if Ye Moxuan were truly as awesome as you claim he is, why would he need to go on blind dates? I’m assuming women are throwing themselves at him on a daily basis!”
Chen Fei pondered for a while and agreed with Lin Xinghuo’s theory. “Is it possible that your cousin was fooled? Or… she might have been daydreaming?”
Lin Xinghuo nodded solemnly. “I think she has been fooled; otherwise, why would such an outstanding man agree to a blind date with her?”
“Aren’t you being too harsh to your cousin?” Chen Fei asked as he shook his head.
Lin Qingqing sent another message.
Lin Qingqing: “Xinghuo, who is that woman you posted in your Instagram post? Your goddess? Is she a female celebrity as well? Why haven’t I seen her before?!”
Lin Xinghuo: ‘Oh, she’s not a female celebrity. She’s a designer, who just returned from abroad.’
Lin Qingqing: ‘A designer?’
Lin Xinghuo thought of something. Earlier, Han Muzi mentioned that her company is newly established. Why don’t I introduce Lin Qingqing to her as a client too?
Lin Xinghuo smiled gleefully and made up her mind. Chen Fei, who was beside her, wiped away the sweat beaded across his forehead because he had a feeling someone would be receiving the short end of the stick.
…
Not long after accepting Lin Xinghuo’s order, someone visited the company too. The person fancied her work after looking through them, and she requested Han Muzi for a designer’s evening gown as well.
Han Muzi welcomed all potential clients, naturally.
“To be honest, my cousin recommended me to you.” Lin Qingqing came clean with her identity while smiling warmly to Han Muzi. “I heard that you are my cousin’s goddess, and she introduced your work to me. After going through your work and designs, I truly think they are exceptionally beautiful.”
I don’t even have to guess who her cousin is… because I have a fairly good idea who she is.
Han Muzi smiled faintly while reaching an arm out to Lin Qingqing. “It’s my honor. Thank you.”
“No problem at all, and since you are my cousin’s goddess, you are mine too! I’m counting on you… for my outfit design!”
“Sure,” Han Muzi replied with a nod before glancing at Yan, who then approached her swiftly. “Miss Lin, may I ask if you have any specific requests for your outfit design?”
“Requests?” Lin Qingqing’s eyebrows shot up in surprise before she turned to Han Muzi. “The only request I have is that I hope Shelly can personally design my outfit.”
Yan was rendered speechless by her answer.
It turns out she’s here for Muzi.
“Well, Miss Lin, Shelly might be…”
“You won’t reject me, will you?” Lin Qingqing glanced toward Han Muzi. “I’m here because of you.”
Han Muzi paused for a while before nodding. “Sure, I will personally design for you.”
Lin Qingqing broke into a grin immediately. “Well, thank you. I can’t think of any requests for now. I’ll phone you later once any ideas come up.”
“Sure.”
Both parties then exchanged their contact numbers.
Yan was rather unhappy once Lin Qingqing left. “If you personally design for her, shouldn’t you charge a higher price? Why are you charging the same price as your team?”
“It’s fine; let’s take it as marketing for our company. Look, Lin Xinghuo brought in another client, Lin Qingqing. Who knows if Lin Qingqing might bring in more clients for us in the future?”
However… if Han Muzi had known that Lin Qingqing would end up recommending an old friend of hers, she would most probably have different thoughts.
…
The company finally stabilized under Han Muzi’s management. Although there were still people complaining, Han Muzi was firm with her attitude, so no one would cause any conflict despite trying.
However, the draft was sent back to the team, and Han Muzi requested coldly for them to hand in a new draft the next day.
However, the draft they handed in the next day was worse than the first one, and Han Muzi had to suppress her boiling anger in her chest while she placed their work on the table and scanned her team in silence.
“Is this the level of your work quality, my dear elite designers?”
Zhang Yu lost her temper when she heard that, and she countered in a cold fury, “What do you mean? What’s wrong with our work quality? You handed this to us once you arrived at the company. Do you even know these things? You might even be a newbie who knows nothing about the industry. So how dare you have the audacity to order us around?”
Han Muzi shot her an icy look when she heard that.
Her stare was so cold that it stunned Zhang Yu to the spot.
Zhang Yu most probably sensed the intimidating aura through Han Muzi’s stare, and she flinched involuntarily. However, she fought back anyway. “Am I wrong? What are you capable of designing? Who are you to claim that our work and quality is subpar?”
Han Muzi remained silent, and she handed the draft to Yan. “Make some copies and hand one to each of them.”
Yan went ahead to have the original draft copied.
Meanwhile, Zhang Yu thought that she touched a nerve, and that was why Han Muzi did not have the courage to fight back. Thus, she raised her voice arrogantly. “I’ve touched a nerve, haven’t I? You don’t know how to design at all, do you?”
Leng Yueyue smiled with her eyes narrowed while commenting, “If you have complaints about our work, why don’t you design one yourself? This is just a draft, and if you’re so fussy, I’d like to see how skillful and capable you are.”
Han Muzi remained silent despite the jeering remarks they threw at her, and she waited patiently in silence.
Soon, Yan returned and started distributing the copied draft to everyone at the table.
Han Muzi spread out the original draft and looked through them one after another.
“I did not limit you guys, and I allowed all of you to design an evening dress suited for Lin Xinghuo after discussing among yourselves because I was giving you the chance to find out what stands out and works for her. Plus, you were all expected to accentuate the proportions of her body shape to perfection. True enough, you guys managed the body shape aspect well, but you have all neglected an important point.”
“This is such a joke.” Zhang Yu laughed aloud. “You have just said it yourself that we have managed the body shape proportions; in that case, what else do you have to comment?”
Han Muzi glanced at Zhang Yu calmly before continuing, “Zhang Yu, I believe you did not try to understand Lin Xinghuo before designing this evening gown.”
Zhang Yu paused for a bit. How did she know that?
“What nonsense are you spouting?”
“First of all, your style is not suited for Lin Xinghuo’s temperament. Judging by your draft, your design belongs to an energetic and bubbly style; it’s more suited for a petite young girl who has just debuted in the industry.”
