Meizong Wealth Life

Chapter 116 Ugly Betty
Looking at the reporters in the audience who all raised their hands, Chuck's lips curled up proudly.

His purpose was achieved.

Serena looked away from the TV screen and looked at Jamie standing beside her.

"Is this the script you designed for him?"

"No, this was improvised by him. It seems that he does have the talent to be an actor."

Serena was noncommittal.

She mainly couldn't stand Chuck's cocky dragon king's proud face, but everything else was fine.

The conference site.

Nate and Dan looked at each other in shock.

After a while, Dan spoke first.

"Are you sure Chuck is serious? The expression on his face when he spoke just now always makes me think he is deliberately teasing everyone?"

"It's possible!" Nate nodded in agreement, "But based on my understanding of Chuck, I think it's more likely that he wasn't joking."

Dan's eyes widened.

"Is he really going to publish this novel?"

Dan wanted to ask, what is Jaktu?
He, a second-generation rich man who can inherit billions of dollars at home, would care about the royalties from his novels?

Nate shook his head. He also couldn't understand Chuck's operation at this time.

However, Nate can guess a thing or two about other people's reactions to this matter.

For example, Chuck's father Bart Bass, if nothing else happens, he will definitely prevent the publication of this novel.

Just like the Hilton family bought back Paris' video tape from the San Fernando Valley Film Company at a high price.

As it turns out, Nate was right.

The next day, Bart Bass made it clear in an interview with a media outlet that he would prevent "Fifty Shades of Grey" from being published.

Dan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the news, but at the same time he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

Chuck raised everyone's expectations at the press conference. If "Fifty Shades of Grey" can be published taking advantage of the situation, sales will definitely explode.

Now that Bart has spoken, it is estimated that everyone will have no chance to see this novel again.

As a result, the next day, all the major bookstores in New York put "Fifty Shades of Grey" on the shelves, still smelling of ink, which slapped New York real estate tycoon Bart Bass in the face.

At this time, the media in New York were all in a panic and devoted their front pages to reporting on this incident.

What Paris Hilton failed to do back then, Chuck Bass has done now!

Less than half a day after the new book was put on the shelves, all the major bookstores were sold out.

According to subsequent statistics, in just half a day, "Fifty Shades of Gray" sold 50 copies in New York.

Publishers are already urgently printing and replenishing supplies, but as the novel spreads across the United States, the printing speed of the novel still cannot keep up with the enthusiasm of readers to buy it.

Especially among the girls at Constance High School, they would be embarrassed to say hello to others if they didn't have a copy of "Fifty Shades of Grey" in their hands.

In order not to be left out by her classmates, Constance's girls directly raised the price of a copy of "Fifty Shades of Grey" from more than ten dollars to several hundred dollars.

In order to be able to read "Fifty Shades of Grey" as soon as possible, Poppy spent $[-] to buy a copy from another girl.

Because of this incident, the girl went to the principal to file a complaint against Bobi.

The principal, Ms. House, promised to severely punish Poppy, but after that, she asked the girl if there was any way to get more "Fifty Shades of Grey".

Because she didn't buy it either.

In just one week, "Fifty Shades of Grey" directly landed at No. 1 on the New York Times best-selling novel list.

The sales volume of 500 million copies set a new record in the American publishing industry.

No novel has ever sold so many copies in such a short period of time.

On the one hand, book sales are a long-term trend. Unlike movies, which are released for more than a month, a best-selling book can often stay on the list for more than a year.

This is the case with "Percy Jackson and the Fire Thief" and "Weakness", both of which are still firmly in the top ten of the New York Times best-selling novel list.

On the other hand, publishers will not print so many books to keep in stock. If sales fail, the extra books will become waste paper.

However, the publication of "Fifty Shades of Grey" is somewhat unusual.

Judging from such rapid sales, the publisher has at least one million copies in stock before the novel is officially put on the shelves.

Moreover, when stocks are sold out in various places, being able to replenish them in such a timely manner has obviously been discussed with the printing factory.

Now looking back at the series of turmoil before the novel was put on the shelves, the media suddenly realized that they thought Chuck was doing crisis public relations, but in fact it was simply a premeditated publicity campaign.

When everyone rushes to report on this matter, they are actually giving free advertising to the novel.

The Wall Street Journal published a special article analyzing the truth behind the popularity of "Fifty Shades of Grey", and incidentally gave the novel another wave of free advertising.

New York, the office of the editor-in-chief of the legendary fashion magazine "Mode".

Daniel Meade, a second-generation rich man who had just been appointed editor-in-chief of the magazine by his father, sat down on his desk.

On the sofa in the sitting area opposite, Chuck was leaning on the sofa in a standard Geyou lying posture.

Jamie on the side crossed his legs and was flipping through the advertising plan provided by the magazine.

It is said that this plan came from Daniel Meade himself, and he proudly mentioned this matter to the two of them just now.

Although they were both playboys, Chuck and Daniel Mead were not very familiar.

There is more than five years age difference between the two.

Before Chuck graduated from high school, Daniel Meade had already graduated from Harvard and started working in the family business under his father's arrangement.

But Daniel's father, Bradford Meade, knew Bart.

This time "Fifty Shades of Grey" is published and distributed by a subsidiary of Meade Publishing Group.

Hearing that Chuck was planning to place an advertisement for Victoria's Secret underwear in a fashion magazine, Bart specially recommended his old friend's "Mode" magazine.

It just so happened that "Mode" had just been handed over to Daniel Mead, and both parents were interested in letting the two young people have more contact with it.

But after meeting, Daniel discovered that although Chuck was nominally the boss of Victoria's Secret, it was Jamie who really made the decisions.

Daniel very cleverly kept bringing up the topic of the recently popular "Fifty Shades of Grey", but Chuck didn't really buy it.

He saw that Daniel was trying to please him, which just showed that Daniel was not very confident in the advertising plan.

Jamie's expression after reading through the advertising plan also illustrates this point.

Very ordinary, not that creative that makes people shine.

Seeing Jamie close the advertising plan in his hand, Chuck stood up from the sofa and walked over to shake Daniel's hand.

"We need to take your plan back and discuss it again. I will notify you immediately of the results."

Daniel's expression changed on the spot, and of course he could hear the perfunctory meaning in Chuck's words.

"So there is something about my plan that makes you feel unsatisfied, right?"

When he said this, Daniel looked directly at Jamie.

Jamie shrugged and asked Daniel if he wanted to hear the truth.

Daniel answered without hesitation.

"Of course!"

"The truth is, there is nothing about your plan that satisfies us!" The speaker was replaced by Chuck.

This kind of offending thing is usually done by him.Daniel was stunned on the spot.

Of course he knew that Chuck had that kind of unscrupulous character, otherwise he wouldn't have made such an astonishing move as publicly publishing "Fifty Shades of Grey".

But Daniel was a little surprised that Chuck spoke so directly.

Chuck didn't even look at the advertising plan. Why did he say such a thing?

At this moment Jamie suddenly spoke.

"Mr. Meade, I assume you have never personally bought underwear for your female companion, right?"

Daniel was stunned for a moment.

Of course he had given underwear to female companions, more than once, but these things were left to his assistants.

Key assistants also often "part-time" as Daniel's female companion.

But that's all in the past.

Now when he mentioned an assistant, the first image that came to Daniel's mind was an ugly girl wearing braces and old-fashioned black-rimmed glasses.

That was the assistant specially hired by father Bradford for Daniel.

The only reason Bradford chose the other party was that it was absolutely impossible for Daniel to sleep with the other party.

Daniel had no choice but to disobey his father's arrangement and could only find a way to force the girl named Betty to resign.

After coming up with a bastard idea to prank the other party, Daniel succeeds in achieving his goal.

Jamie's voice continued, interrupting Daniel's wandering.

"Mr. Mead, Victoria's Secret's product positioning has never been purely based on male aesthetics. Unfortunately, all I see from your advertising plan are models posing in various sexy and seductive poses."

“If this was an ad that appeared in Playboy, I might still think it was a good shot, but the main subscriber group of Mode is women. Just imagine how they would feel after seeing such an ad? "

"In fact, the vast majority of women cannot have a perfect figure like a model. If Victoria's Secret underwear is only attractive enough when worn on models, then it will be a complete failure for our products."

There was one more thing Jamie didn't say.

If they want to show the effect of Victoria's Secret underwear on models, they also have a Victoria's Secret show in preparation.

This underwear show will be co-operated with the fashion industry's trend-vane "Runway" magazine.

There is no need to repeat advertising on "Mode".

The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is about building a brand, and advertising on "Mode" is to clarify product positioning and get closer to female consumers.

Daniel also designed the advertising plan according to male aesthetics. It's no wonder Jamie is satisfied.

Seeing Jamie and Chuck preparing to leave, Daniel hurriedly stopped the two.

This was his first advertisement since he became the editor-in-chief of "Mode". If he messed it up, he would not only disappoint his father, but more importantly, it would make a bunch of subordinates in the magazine laugh at him who were not convinced that he was the editor-in-chief.

"I also have an advertising counter-proposal here. It was... designed by my assistant. I guarantee that this plan will definitely meet your requirements."

Chuck glanced at Jamie and nodded.

Daniel immediately ran back to his desk and rummaged through it.

No!

Looking up, Daniel smiled awkwardly at Chuck and Jamie.

"I forgot. I asked my assistant to take the plan and modify it. I'll get it back right now."

After saying that, he immediately turned around and walked out of the office.

After watching Daniel leave, Chuck looked back at Jamie in confusion.

Since you don't like Daniel's plan, just leave.

Even Daniel himself didn't like the assistant's plan. What's the use of them staying here besides wasting time?

"What do you think of Daniel's vision?"

Jamie asked suddenly.

Chuck replied boredly as he looked through Daniel's advertising design plan just now:

"This guy has a good eye for selecting models. Unfortunately, as you said, there really isn't anything that stands out in terms of creativity."

Jamie asked.

"That is to say, you also agree that he has no vision, right?"

Chuck nodded and asked Jamie:

"Don't you think so too?"

"It's precisely because this guy has no vision that I decided to stay and take a look at the plan he didn't like. Maybe there will be unexpected surprises?"

Of course Jamie was lying.

The real reason why he stayed was that he recognized Daniel as a character in an American TV series in his previous life, and the real protagonist of that TV series was Daniel's assistant.

"I found it!"

The office door was flung open.

Daniel strode into the office holding a folder, with a bit of happiness on his face that he didn't have time to hide.

Almost, this folder was cleared away as useless waste paper.

Although I'm not sure whether this plan will be favored by Jamie, now I can only treat it as a dead horse.

Jamie took the folder and looked through it carefully.

Chuck also moved his head curiously.

During this period, Daniel had been observing the changes in their expressions.

Seeing that Jamie flipped through the entire advertising plan and closed it neatly without any intention of returning the folder, Daniel felt relieved.

He knew he made the right bet this time.

"Mr Dutton, what do you think about this plan -"

"It's great. What Victoria's Secret needs is this kind of advertising solution that shows product functions from the perspective of ordinary women."

Jamie took the initiative to pass his hand to Daniel.

"Before officially signing the contract, can I meet your assistant who designed this plan?"

The smile on Daniel's face froze for a moment, but he immediately adjusted it and explained with regret:
"She just had a day off today."

There was a flicker of suspicion in Jamie's eyes.

The boss is at work, but the assistant is taking a break. Isn't this an excuse too far-fetched?
Daniel also realized this and quickly remedied it:

"She has something to do at home and has asked for leave, but I can call her back right away."

As he spoke, Daniel took out his cell phone, but before dialing, he checked with Jamie again.

"Mr. Dutton, are you sure you really want to see my assistant? What I mean is that she looks very, very ordinary, even a little... ugly."

Before Jamie expressed his position, Chuck on the side became interested first.

He looked at Daniel with a slightly embarrassed expression with interest.

I had only heard that Daniel was a playboy like him before, but I didn't expect that this guy had such strong tastes.

　The American TV series involved in this chapter is titled "Ugly Betty". I will continue to take leave. There is still only one chapter today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)