Meizong Wealth Life

Chapter 97 Yes, I bought Victoria’s Secret

Chuck suddenly felt that Jamie might not have a serious brain disease.

Why is he buying a lingerie store?
"Of course to give all men, no, gentlemen, a decent place to buy underwear for women."

Jamie answered matter-of-factly.

"By the way, that's exactly what the Victoria's Secret store we're in was about when it was founded."

Chuck was speechless on the spot.

This store is going to close down!
No, it has closed down.

While the two were talking, a woman who looked like the store manager came forward and regretfully told them that the store had closed down.

"A lot of thought must have been put into renovating this store. Isn't it a pity to close it like this?"

Jamie asked.

The woman shrugged.

What's the use of bothering?The location here is not very good, and the sales volume of the store has been unable to cover the rental cost for a long time. After gritting its teeth and persisting for two years, the company still had no choice but to close its doors.

Today, only the 10 Margaret Street store in Columbus, Ohio, is still open in Victoria's Secret.

But it is said that it will not last long.

Jamie left a business card for the woman. The address on it was Chuck's speakeasy, and the phone number was also Chuck's.

"I remember that the boss of your company is called Roy Redmond, right? Please tell him that my friend is very interested in taking over Victoria's Secret. If he is willing to sell, let him come to this place to find us."

After finishing speaking, in the woman's surprised eyes, she asked Chuck to leave together.

As soon as he went out, Chuck started to complain loudly.

"You are obviously interested in buying this underwear store, so why are you using me as a cover?"

Jamie turned his head and looked seriously at Chuck who was speechless.

"I remember you said before that you are envious of me, but this is actually what I want to say to you."

"Not everyone can do what they want without caring about worldly opinions like you."

Chuck replied angrily:
"I didn't expect you to think so highly of me. Do you need me to say thank you?"

Jamie shook his head.

"No, you just have to answer me, do you really want to be like Hugh Hefner?"

Chuck looked at Jamie confused.

Does this have anything to do with what they are discussing?

Jamie shrugged and replied:
"Of course it matters, because if you're not going to buy this lingerie store, then I'm going to have to sell Hugh Hefner the idea that will bring this lingerie store back to life and get everyone's attention."

Chuck couldn't help but sarcastically said:

"What, you're going to put all Hugh Hefner's bunnies in Victoria's Secret underwear and appear in Playboy magazine and tell all the men to buy these sexy underwear for your women!"

Jamie pointed hard at Chuck.

"You can be bolder in your ideas."

"Hugh Hefner created the bunny girl, a classic sex symbol. Victoria's Secret can also create its own sex symbol. I would like to call it a Victoria's Secret angel with wings."

“Imagine what it would be like if a group of supermodels with angelic faces and devilish figures wore different and fashionable wing decorations on their backs, wore various styles of Victoria’s Secret underwear, and walked on the T stage in high heels. scenery?"

“The most important thing is that all men can sit in the audience with the ladies openly and enjoy this unique fashion show, instead of just going to Playboy’s private club or making secret purchases like bunny girls. Playboy magazine.”

Looking at the stunned Chuck, Jamie finally admitted:
"Part of the inspiration for the underwear show came from last night, and part of it came from the original intention of the founder of Victoria's Secret to create this brand."

“Roy Redmond created Victoria’s Secret in order to make it easier for men to buy underwear for women in a dignified way. Now we can also make it so that all gentlemen can sit under the catwalk and watch the Victoria’s Secret angels enjoy themselves. Taking over this brand to showcase their sexiness will be a historic progress!”

"If you can do that, I think you've surpassed your idol, Hugh Hefner!"

In Jamie's view, Chuck is definitely the most suitable candidate to take over Victoria's Secret.

After all, Chuck has a reputation.

And Jamie had to scratch his head just to explain the Victoria's Secret Show and the inspiration for the Victoria's Secret Angel to his girlfriend and father.

It can’t be said that he got the inspiration after having sex with Miranda Kerr, the former Victoria’s Secret Angel, right?

Chuck had no such worries.

In the future, he can even openly change his supermodel girlfriend every once in a while and create a persona of "a tough Victoria's Secret boss and a smooth supermodel girlfriend".

It just makes up for the regret that there is no little plum in this world.

When Chuck finally got tired of playing and ran towards Blair, the ultimate destination in life, the combination of the two paved the way for Victoria's Secret's transformation.

After getting married, the Victoria's Secret boss can naturally change to Blair, and the brand positioning can also shift from satisfying male aesthetics to paying more attention to women's needs.

In this way, we can smoothly cope with the series of declines in performance, stock price, and eventual bankruptcy caused by public visual aesthetic fatigue and the awakening of women's rights in the post-Victoria's Secret era.

Coupled with Blair's mother's clothing company, the two parties can join forces to break through the limitations of a single underwear product and achieve diversified brand development.

The next day, at the Bass family's family dinner, Jamie was also invited to attend as Serena's boyfriend.

At the dinner table, Chuck had an evil expression on his face like a "Crooked Dragon King" and announced in public that he had bought an underwear company.

Cough!

Bart Bass wiped his mouth with a napkin and glared at his son with anger on his face.

It was already embarrassing for Bart to run a striptease underground bar, but now he actually announced the purchase of a lingerie company in front of the family.

Originally, Chuck and Jamie invested in Steam together before, and Bart was very pleased, thinking that this kid had finally changed his gender.

I didn’t expect that this would happen when I turned around!
Lily gracefully stopped Bart, who was about to get angry, and turned to ask Chuck what was going on.

At the same time, Serena also glanced at Jamie beside her and found that her boyfriend was not surprised by this.

Obviously, Jamie knew about this in advance.

This made Serena also become somewhat interested in this matter.

Chuck enjoyed the different reactions of his family members, cleared his throat and said proudly:
"I had a model girlfriend some time ago. Of course, we broke up recently because I forgot to give her a gift for her birthday. I admit that it was indeed my fault, but when I wanted to save her, I went to her favorite underwear store. When I went to the store to buy her a gift, I found out that the store had closed down.”

In the end, the gift was not bought, and the girlfriend naturally broke up.

Although everyone present except Jamie was more willing to believe that the reason why the other party broke up with Chuck was not because of the gift, but because of his philandering.

But everyone was obviously interested in Chuck's story.

Without interruption, Chuck continued to tell the legendary entrepreneurial story that Jamie had made up for him. "I was extremely depressed at the time and asked the workers who were closing the store for the contact information of the owner of the underwear store. I learned that he was planning to sell the company due to poor management."

Serena interrupted curiously and asked.

"So you bought it?"

Chuck shrugged indifferently and asked Serena:

"Any questions?"

Serena held her forehead with her hands, her expression speechless.

Why does Chuck think he can bring this company back to life after buying it? Even the founder himself can't run an underwear company?
Since she had just repaired her relationship with Chuck, Serena did not point it out directly.

But Bart had no such concerns and pointed out the problem on the spot without any politeness.

Chuck was prepared. He said he had come up with a great publicity idea and invited everyone to go to his speakeasy the night after tomorrow, where he would show everyone his creation.

Bart's face was livid and he warned Chuck in a stern tone.

This joke is not funny at all!
Inviting Lily and Serena to a strip bar is definitely the craziest and outrageous idea Bart has ever heard.

Before his father really got angry, Chuck explained unhurriedly:
"Don't worry, it's just a normal underwear show. The models are wearing stock products from the underwear store I bought from. It's not the kind of performance you imagined."

As soon as Bart's expression softened, a sentence suddenly came out of Chuck's mouth that made his blood pressure soar.

"By the way, don't you boast that you never go to places like that? How did you know there was that kind of show in my bar?"

Bart was so angry that he threw down his napkin and left the table angrily.

He needs to go to the bathroom to cool off.

After successfully irritating Bart, Lily became the main person asking questions at the dinner table.

She curiously asked Chuck how he came up with the idea of ​​doing a lingerie show in a bar.

"Because I missed my ex-girlfriend, I suddenly came up with the idea when I was drinking alone in a bar. Let the dancing girls on the stage wear Victoria's Secret bras. Maybe it would help me get back the good times I had with my ex-girlfriend."

Serena was the first to express disbelief.

Chuck, who is more diligent in changing women than clothes, when did he change to such an affectionate persona?
Chuck didn't care whether Serena believed it or not and continued:

"I asked them to imitate the models on the stage, and unexpectedly found that the effect was pretty good. Although they wore almost as few clothes when dancing, the effect was completely different. Inspired by the bunny girl's style, I also I decided to add some other decorations to them, and found that the effect was unexpectedly good.”

"Trust me, once you see those decorations, you will agree that this is a great idea!"

Lily nodded. Although she also had great doubts about what Chuck said, as a stepmother, she was still willing to show her support for Chuck's entrepreneurship.

"Is there anything I can do to help?"

That's what Chuck was waiting for.

Immediately he took out a newspaper that he had prepared a long time ago. There was a photo of Lily with a powerful white-haired woman.

"I heard that you are very familiar with Miranda, the editor-in-chief of Runway magazine. I would be very honored if she could come to see this underwear show the night after tomorrow."

Lily, who was usually elegant, changed her expression after hearing this "excessive" request.

Who is Miranda?

The devil of fashion.

For any fashion show, the organizers will compete to invite you to sit in the front row for the best viewing position.

Whether they are Hollywood superstars or top fashion designers, they are all proud to sit next to Miranda.

Miranda's daily photos are either with Chanel's Lafayette or with the boss of LV.

Now Chuck actually wants to invite the other party to an underground striptease bar to watch an unknown underwear show.

If Miranda can agree, there are only two possibilities.

One is that Miranda is crazy.

The other one is what Chuck is doing right now.

Hire someone who knows Miranda well enough to invite someone she can't refuse.

It just so happened that Lily met this condition.

Although this proposal was strongly opposed by Serena, Lily still gave it serious consideration.

Finally she looked at the man at the dinner table who had been silent.

"Jamie, what do you think?"

The reason why Lily asked this was because she and Miranda met at a cocktail party once. At that time, Miranda already knew about Serena and Jamie being together.

At that time, Miranda mentioned that her two children were loyal fans of "Percy Jackson" and their favorite thing to do was to pester Miranda and ask when they could see the second novel of "Percy Jackson".

Regarding this issue, Miranda had actually already inquired about it through some of her relationships with publishers.

Because the film and television rights of "Percy Jackson" have been sold to Weststar Films, the two parties have agreed on the publication time of the remaining four novels in the series.

The second part of the novel will be published this Christmas.

But Miranda's two children couldn't wait any longer and kept pestering her about it every day.

In the end, Miranda had no choice but to find Lily and ask if she could get the manuscripts behind "Percy Jackson" from her in advance.

Just last time, Serena gave the manuscript of the second part of "Percy Jackson" as a gift to her younger brother Eric.

Lily borrowed the manuscript from Eric and gave it to Miranda.

Because she believed Miranda would never leak the book manuscript in advance, Lily did not tell Jamie about it.

Now that it's time for Miranda to "return the favor," Lily thinks it would be more appropriate to leave the decision to Jamie.

Against the pressure of his girlfriend's gaze, Jamie and Chuck looked at each other.

"I think it would be a good decision to invite Miranda."

Lily nodded along.

She still has great trust in Jamie.

Even though Jamie spoke for Chuck because of some private deal with Chuck, Lily still decided to trust Chuck this time.

Just when Bart came back from the bathroom, he was very surprised to learn about his wife's decision.

Although he would not object in person, Bart, who was full of suspicion, had already made up his mind to go back to Chuck and find out what was going on.

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