Chapter 353: “Hurry up and come over. I think we have our designs for the new season.” (3)
Shu Yan’s eyes lit up when she saw the first design. The designs were simple and poised. Most importantly, it had Chinese elements in them. A set of the fall clothed used the lucky cloud as its main theme and was very eye-catching.
Picture: lucky cloud designs
Source: nipic.com
Pictures: lucky cloud designs, more abstract
Source: piczhan.com
“These are all your designs?” If the girl in front of her was the one who designed all these, then they had definitely struck gold.
“Yes, I never received any assignments since I have joined the company so I had been doing designs on my own. I have some more at home as well.”
Shu Yan put down the design drafts. “Okay, I get it. Go back to your spot first.”
Xia Ruo bravely checked out Shu Yan’s look but she couldn’t read anything from Shu Yan. She left in disappointment. Did Boss Shu not like her designs? But she didn’t sound that way. She could only leave and wait for the outcome now.
Immediately after Xia Ruo had left, Shu Yan called up Hu Ruixue right away. She finally let her excitement shown. “Hurry up and come over. We have our new styles now.”
Hu Ruixue came quickly and her eyes beamed when she saw the design drafts that Shu Yan had in her hands.
“These are from one of our designers?” said Hu Ruixue incredulously.
Shu Yan’s advantage was that she knew the trend for the next few decades. Otherwise, Hu Ruixue definitely had better eyes than her.
If Shu Yan could tell, then so could Hu Ruixue. When she set her mind on high-end women’s clothing, she had considered Chinese elements. She didn’t expect that someone had already done it and they meshed very well together.
“Not bad, eh?” Shu Yan pulled out the lucky cloud design sets specifically. “What say we modify this a little and use them for our fall/winter styles?”
“But I like this chrysanthemum series too,” said Hu Ruixue as she pulled out the chrysanthemum series on. Shu Yan, too, liked this one a lot. The series included Malan chrysanthemum, small feverfew chrysanthemum, and daisies. They were equally eye-catching.
“This will work for early fall. I think lucky clouds are better for late fall.” The flower series was more refreshing and more fitting for early fall.
“Okay. Let’s do both sets.” Hu Ruixue appreciated some of the other designs. They were not as good as the lucky cloud and flower series, but they were still quite good after all. “You still haven’t told me who designed these.”
The few well-known designers at their company were recruited by headhunter companies. Hu Ruixue had seen their work and none resembled what she was looking at now.
“An intern.”
“Intern?” Hu Ruixue was shocked. Hu Ruixue didn’t think much of it when Shu Yan said to have the interns submit their designs drafts as well. She didn’t think that they would truly strike gold. “What is going on with Allen? How is this intern still an intern and not a permanent employee yet and not being valued?”
Allen was the lead designer that she had recruited for top dollars and he was also the head of the department. If he couldn’t even tell good designs from bad, then there was no reason to keep him at Yanxue.
“Allen may not know about this either. I want to talk to you about this. This intern came to me directly and handed these to me. She said her team lead attended the same university as her and they had some conflicts back then. As such, she had received pushbacks since she joined our company. I feel that we need to look into this. Our company hasn’t been around for very long and we already have people who are abusing their powers. This is a very dangerous sign.”
Hu Ruixue slammed her hand down on the table and said angrily. “Hot dang, a team lead is power tripping? We don’t even know if this is a single incident or there had been more. If that was the case, did that mean many talents had been driven away before we discovered them?”
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. She picked up the phone and called Allen. “Come to Boss Shu’s office right away.”
They have just had that big issue this morning and he was now being called to meet with the two bosses. Allen was somewhat worried.