novellhall Chapter 42: The Fashion World's Nuclear Bomb Has Arrived
Chapter 42: The Fashion World's Nuclear Bomb Has Arrived
The entire end of November.
Wei Yi has been busy.
He's busy working on his first film.
Despite the intervention of Tian Erzhuang, Mu Deyuan, and others, Beijing Film Academy also provided full support.
However, for many things, he, as the director, still needs to take charge personally.
For example, the location selection and site scouting are ultimately his own doing.
This task is crucial to the style and final product of the work, so it's best not to let others do it for you.
Casting is another very important task.
Wei Yi wants his works to have their own style, and he cannot shirk this responsibility.
Finally, Fan Binbin interfered.
So Li Binbin and her sister, who had already made plans with him several days ago.
It's almost December.
Neither of them had yet managed to meet Wei Yi.
This even made Li Binbin complain.
She threw a tantrum in her own apartment.
"Who does he think he is? He just got lucky and took a few good photos, and he just got a high score on his exams, right?"
Li Binbin said impatiently to his younger sister:
"I've been practically begging for it for free, and they won't even give us a chance to meet!"
Li Xue smiled wryly: "I feel the problem might lie with Fan Xiaopang..."
"It's not just a possibility. It definitely is!"
Li Binbin gritted his teeth: "That country bumpkin girl, I really misjudged her back then!"
This goes back a few years.
At that time, Fan Binbin had just finished playing Jin Suo not long ago.
She was signed with Qiong Yao's company at the time.
Qiong Yao's third sister didn't pay much attention to the chubby Fan Xiaopang at the time. Xiaopang was just a dispensable maid in Qiong Yao's company.
Later, at a party, Fan Xiaopang met Li Binbin, who shared the same name as him.
Who is Little Fatty?
They are adept at assessing situations and making judgments.
At the time, she was young and willingly took on the role of a younger sister. Her performance made Li Binbin, who had already become famous for "Young Justice Bao", feel sorry for her.
Li Binbin then introduced her to Wang Jinghua.
This led to Fan Xiaopang buying out his contract with Qiong Yao's company, joining Huayi Brothers, and a series of subsequent developments.
To some extent.
Li Binbin and Liu Xuehua, actresses who starred in Qiong Yao dramas, can be considered Fan Xiaopang's mentors and benefactors at different stages of his life.
The former enabled her to successfully play the role of Jin Suo, while the latter helped her get involved with Wang Jinghua.
Therefore.
Li Binbin always felt superior to Fan Xiaopang.
Moreover, at this time, Little Fatty had not yet emerged, and in some ways, he was really just a little "Li Binbin".
This naturally made Li Binbin look down on this former little sister from the bottom of his heart.
But now?
Now, Fan Xiaopang has actually embarked on the path to the international fashion circle.
Compared to Deng Wendi, with whom Li Binbin is dating, she seems to have more influence in the fashion world.
What's really putting Li Binbin on edge right now is that this girl is most likely behind it all.
All her hopes of getting to know Wei Yi were dashed.
Everyone has a temper!
Li Binbin angrily retorted, "I'm not seeing this person! Whoever wants to see him can go see him!"
But what she didn't expect was...
She just said that this morning.
She regretted it that afternoon.
The reason was something even Wei Yi himself hadn't anticipated.
2005 years.
November 30th.
The wind is very strong in Yanjing today, blowing sand and dust in a howling sound.
China World Trade Center, 66th floor.
In front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Genting Western Restaurant.
Fan Xiaopang's fox-like eyes drifted towards the elevator entrance for the twenty-eighth time.
Binbin's agent, Zhang Chuanmei, whispered, "Binbin, I... I'm a little nervous, what should I do?"
"Mom... I'm nervous too," Fan Xiaopang replied softly.
The mother and daughter were nervous simply because they were, in a sense, "accessory" today.
Fan Xiaopang knows.
I am standing here today not because she is Fan Binbin.
It's not because she played Jin Suo, nor because she was one of the "Four Dan and Two Bing" actresses.
It was because of the set of photos Wei Yi took of her.
Because Anna Wintour chose those photos in the preview for the international edition of VOGUE.
She was merely a "sample" of Wei Yi's works.
Sudden.
The hostess at the elevator entrance straightened up.
The elevator doors then opened.
The first person to come out was Chen Chen, the brand director of LV China, whom Fan Xiaopang had met several times before.
He was wearing a navy blue suit today, and his face looked tense, revealing obvious nervousness.
The second is Zhang Yu, editor-in-chief of VOGUE China, whose performance was slightly better than Zhang Chen's.
The third was a foreign woman, whom Fan Xiaopang had met before.
At last.
A woman in her fifties came out.
She had a blonde bob haircut, wore a simple white shirt and black trousers, and carried no jewelry, designer bags, or even light lipstick.
Anna Wintour.
She took off her sunglasses, glanced at the decor, and said a sentence in English.
Zhang Yu, acting as the translator, spoke with a tense voice: "Has Mr. Wei Yi arrived?"
Chen Chen's forehead was sweating, and he replied in a low voice.
Zhang Yu's tone betrayed his undisguised embarrassment:
"Mr. Wei said he might be ten minutes late... because he had to finish Professor Mu Deyuan's practical photography class first, where he would act as a teaching assistant."
The entire room fell silent.
The Chanel China Vice President, who arrived early to greet the "Devil Wears Prada," nearly dropped his champagne glass.
The Hermès brand representative opened his mouth, but didn't say a word.
Fan Binbin lowered her head, desperately trying to suppress it.
It's so hot and humid.
This guy is really daring.
Fortunately.
The elevator doors rang again very quickly.
A young man wearing a black windbreaker came out, carrying a takeout Americano in his hand.
Wei Yi glanced at the room full of fashionable celebrities in suits and ties, and elegant gowns.
Finally, he gestured with his chin towards Chen Chen: "Director Chen, get out of class ended late, there was a bit of traffic. You weren't too late, were you?"
Anna Wintour turned around.
Their eyes met.
Wei Yi didn't bow or bend over; he strode over and extended his hand: "Hello, you must be Ms. Wintour, right? I'm Wei Yi. Sorry to keep you waiting."
Anna looked at him.
Eighteen years old, wearing a windbreaker, not even finished his first year of college, and all the top people in the entire Chinese fashion industry, including himself, were waiting for him.
She took his hand: "Wei, you look even younger than in the photos. Tell me, how did you manage to capture those nuances of shadow under the midday sun?"
Ok.
She spoke English.
Wei Yi was speaking in Chinese just now.
Although he got a perfect score on his English exam in the college entrance examination.
But that was actually thanks to the system.
His own level is only around 60 or 70 out of 100.
Switch to spoken language.
He could only get a general idea from what he heard.
It's still half guesswork.
It was even more impossible for him to answer Wintour's question in English.
"E-Teacher Q-Teacher Honey".
He could only say, "My English isn't very good, could someone please translate for me?"
Fan Xiaopang: "..."
Chen Chen: "..."
Zhang Yu: "..."
The top executives of a host of international brands in China: "..."
In the end, it was Zhang Yu, the editor-in-chief of VOGUE China, who had to step forward and take on all the responsibility as a translator.