The Pentium Era - South to North

Zhang Chen left Shangri-La and drove to Sijiqing Fabric Market. While driving on the road, he remembered that he hadn't been to Cai Jinxiang's place for a long time.

The Sijiqing Fabric Market is still the same, and Cai Jinxiang's stall is still in the same place. When he saw Zhang Chen, Cai Jinxiang laughed and said, I thought you would never come here again.

"Why?" Zhang Chen asked.

"I've been paying attention to you. Now that your business is so big, the fabrics I have here are no longer suitable for you. You need to place an order of tens of thousands of meters now, right?"

Zhang Chen nodded and said, that's true. However, the reason why I rarely come to this market is that I turned to it.

"I know that you are now focusing on cotton and linen. I went to your Ban Mu Tian store to see it." Cai Jinxiang said.

"Then why don't you go to my office to play?" Zhang Chen said, "My office is not far from Half an Acre of Field."

"I know, it's upstairs in the M-Zone. I've been to the M-Zone many times. It's very good. The concept is advanced. That market is different from all our markets."

Zhang Chen looked at him and said, "You didn't come to my office to sit in the dynamic zone. How come you forgot about me, an old friend?"

Cai Jinxiang smiled and asked Zhang Chen, "Do you still want some tea?"

Zhang Chen said drinking. He knew that Cai Jinxiang was deliberately changing the subject. The reason why he did not answer his question was that he felt that he and he were different. It turned out that both of them were setting up stalls in Sijiqing, one selling clothes and the other Selling fabrics, but now, you no longer set up a stall, the roles of both parties are different, and people don't look for you. This is just a matter of common sense.

I don't know why, Zhang Chen felt a little sad.

Zhang Chen and Cai Jinxiang said that now in Taipei, we already have our half-acre store on Zhongxiao East Road.

"Really? Then I will go back to Taipei and take my family to see it."

"The store owner is a woman, her surname is Lin. If you tell her that she is my friend, she will definitely give you a discount when you buy clothes."

"Okay, thank you."

"By the way, Boss Cai, let's have dinner together when we have time. I also have a friend who is also from Taiwan. We usually have dinner together. When he comes from Taiwan, we will all get together and get to know each other." Zhang Chen said .

Cai Jinxiang nodded and said yes.

Zhang Chen stood up and looked for fabrics, and he was not disappointed. He found suitable fabrics here. At the same time, he found that Cai Jinxiang had changed almost all the fabrics here since he had not been here for a long time.

Zhang Chen suddenly had an idea. If he had been focusing on cotton and linen fabrics, would his vision become narrower and narrower, and he would not be able to even name many new fabrics?

Why not just like painting, try other fabrics from time to time. In this way, it is actually beneficial for you to understand cotton and linen more deeply.

You can also try to design some other styles, and the sample clothes you make can be sold in stores even if they are not mass-produced.

It can even be provided directly to He Hongmei. If she receives an urban-themed script, she can use it.

The biggest advantage of doing this is to keep your hands from getting raw, cultivate your ability to handle various fabrics, and keep yourself from falling behind. If you indulge in one thing for a long time, you will often develop blind spots.

Having made up his mind, Zhang Chen immediately selected forty or fifty kinds of fabrics at Cai Jinxiang's place. The fabrics he had here were still the same, ranging from half a piece to two or three pieces at most.

Cai Jinxiang looked strange on the side and asked, can you still use these fabrics now?

"Collection." Zhang Chen smiled.

"collect?"

"Yes, collection. The fabrics you have here will be gone if you miss them. If you like them, collect them first. When you use them, you won't have to look for them."

When Zhang Chen said this, he remembered that He Hongmei actually needed such a fabric library.

Cai Jinxiang was a little dumbfounded. He said, I understand. The main thing is that I have money and don't care.

Zhang Chen said to him: "By the way, every time you deliver fabrics from now on, just call me and I'll come over and take a look first."

Zhang Chen has decided to build this fabric warehouse. Anyway, after moving the elastic cotton needed for making winter clothing samples in the design center's warehouse to the factory's warehouse, more than half of it is still empty.

Cai Jinxiang said okay, so we are going to start doing business again?

"Yes, but I didn't bring any money today. I'll have someone bring it to you tomorrow."

Cai Jinxiang smiled and said, am I still afraid that you will run away?

Zhang Chen asked Cai Jinxiang to calculate the money, and then called Xiao Sheng and asked him to come over and take the fabrics to the design center.

Cai Jinxiang was still calculating, Zhang Chen was about to leave first, and told him that he would just hand over the order to the driver later.

After sitting in the car, Zhang Chen called Lao Wan and asked him, which construction site of yours currently has carpenters?

Lao Wan asked, Mr. Zhang, what are you going to do?

"Make some wooden shelves."

"I'll ask the carpenter to come over and do it somewhere."

“The design center here on Tiyuchan Road.”

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, then I'll have the carpenter come over right away to measure the dimensions." Lao Wan said.

After hanging up Lao Wan's call, Zhang Chen dialed Lao Tang's number again and told him that he needed help with something. Lao Tang said yes, I will come right away. Where are you going?

"Go to my office. I'm at the entrance of Sijiqing Fabric Market now. I'll be back soon."

As soon as Zhang Chen arrived at the office, Old Tang arrived immediately. Standing at the door, he shouted: "Commander, what are your orders?"

Zhang Chen hurriedly waved him in. Zhang Chen asked: "Is there any way to create the effect of watermark woodcut on fabrics?"

"What fabric?"

"acetate fiber."

"Chemical fiber? Direct printing is difficult, but there are ways." Old Tang said.

"What can we do?" Zhang Chen asked.

"First make a set of stencils and overprint them color by color on rice paper. After completion, dry the screen stencil and transfer it to the fabric," Lao Tang said.

"In this case, will the moist and refreshing effect of watermark woodcut still be retained?"

"Exactly the same." Old Tang said, Zhang Chen nodded.

Zhang Chen has already thought about it. The upper body and waist of Miss Gong's outfit borrow elements from the cheongsam. It is white in color and mainly decorated with fake placket and buttons, as well as the piping of the stand-up collar. The left shoulder blade is decorated with silver thread. Hand embroidered a plum blossom.

Aren't you going to walk on the red carpet? From the waist down, Zhang Chen planned to make it look like a floor-length evening dress, with plum blossoms printed on the skirt.

Zhang Chen knew that there would be many actresses wearing floor-length evening gowns to attend this event. In addition to the upper part of Zhang Chen's dress absorbing elements of cheongsam, the highlight of the lower part is This pattern is printed on white acetate fabric, with vigorous black branches and plum blossoms as red as blood.

Watermark woodblock printing technology is a unique technology in China. It is based on my country's traditional woodblock watermarking method, combined with modern printmaking technology, absorbing Chinese painting ink techniques, using ink and water-based pigments, and printing on absorbent rice paper and filter paper. Out of the woodcut prints.

It not only has a vigorous and honest, bright and clear texture impression, but also can achieve a dripping, hazy and elegant misty rain artistic conception, which is endlessly interesting. This is a copper engraving effect flower pattern that may be found on other celebrities' floor-length dresses. How? Not even comparable.

Zhang Chen could already imagine how the surrounding people would react when Miss Gong came dragging the plum blossoms that were full of water vapor and full of vitality.

"Old Tang, do you have a good plum blossom version?" Zhang Chen asked.

"Where is the seal?"

"The hem of the floor-length evening gown needs to be a little more colorful."

Old Tang thought for a moment and said, "How about using Guan Shanyue's?"

Zhang Chen said yes, so he would use his.

Xiao Sheng walked in from the door and asked Zhang Chen, where were the fabrics from the fabric market put?

Zhang Chen said, put it in the design center first. There are two white ones that I tied together with a rope. You can bring them here first.

Zhang Chen opened up the fabric that Xiao Sheng sent in, cut a large piece, handed it to Old Tang, and told him, you print a sample first, and I will see the effect.

"So careful?" Old Tang smiled secretly, turned to look outside the door, and asked Zhang Chen: "Aren't you making it for the boss lady?"

Zhang Chen shook his head and said no.

"You are so dedicated, is there anything going on?"

Zhang Chen smiled and said: "Yes, if there is a situation, you must be very careful."

"Fuck, what kind of beautiful woman wants a handsome man to be so flattering?"

"Stop being so nagging, just finish the work for me." Zhang Chen scolded, "I'll tell you which beauty it is when it's finished."

"Okay, then it's settled." Old Tang took the fabric and left.

Zhang Chen called Ge Ling over and asked her, "Have you studied floor-length evening gowns?"

Ge Ling nodded.

Zhang Chen smiled and said: "I know you must have studied it. Do you often imagine yourself wearing it?"

"No, women wearing evening dresses are often killed." Ge Ling said.

Zhang Chen laughed loudly: "Whose novel is it? Is it in Xemili's novel again?"

Ge Ling nodded again.

Zhang Chen stood up, picked up the two pieces of fabric, and said to Ge Ling, "Let's go and see what should be done with the hem of this evening dress."

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Zhang Chen spent three days making the costume. During the period, He Hongmei and Miss Gong came here once. They saw Zhang Chen's design draft and fell in love with it.

He Hongmei and Xiao Zhao accompanied Miss Gong to their Ban Mu Tian specialty store and picked out some clothes. He Hongmei and Xiao Zhao also accompanied her to dinner. Liu Ligan knew about it and must go there. Zhang Chen He scolded, "Three women are eating, why are you joining in the fun?"

"I'm going to see Sichuan girls, not Miss Gong." Liu Ligan shouted.

"When did you become so interested in Sichuan girls?" Zhang Chen asked.

"It's been a long time since I've had a quarrel, and I'm a bit itchy." Liu Ligan said.

Zhang Chen sent the clothes to Shangri-La. When Miss Gong saw it, she was so surprised that she was speechless for a long time.

When He Hongmei and Qianqian helped her put on the dress, she looked left and right in the mirror, then looked at Zhang Chen standing behind her in the mirror and said, This is it, this is it, it is what I imagined, Thank you!

In the evening of that day, He Hongmei and Miss Gong left together. To prevent any accident, she asked Zhang Chen to make another one for her exactly the same. After it was made, Qianqian sent it to Beijing.

At Cannes in May, there was a lot of beauty. When Ms. Gong, the oriental face considered the most beautiful in the Western world, appeared on the red carpet with Chen Kaige and Leslie Cheung, it really caused a sensation. Even the CCTV News Network broadcast this message The word "amazing" was used.

Many media headlines read: "Oriental beauties stun Cannes".

When He Hongmei and Wenwen went to Zhang Chen's office again, they told him that many people want to ask you to design dresses. Master, you are not familiar with this industry. If someone comes to you directly, you must not accept it yourself. Let them all go. They went to find Wenwen.

Wenwen is right, we are not second-rate or third-rate actors. If we have money, we will design for her. We need to set up the score. In this industry, Mr. Zhang, let me tell you, the score must be big. We would rather be good than fine. Indiscriminate.

Zhang Chen laughed.

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