146 The Rainmaker's Privilege (Part II)
How to keep a retained important minister who has the idea of leaving?
Of course, Qiao Yun has many means to deal with the enemy, and even with her subordinates, she is definitely not unmotivated to refer to it, "How to Manage Your Idiot Boss", which is a relatively niche management book after all, "How to Manage Your Idiot Subordinates", "How to Manage Your Ill-intentioned Subordinates", this is the most enthusiastic theme of thick black books over the years. It takes some means to control it, and giving favors in a timely manner is an important skill, including original shares, dividends, company car distribution and even life assistants, but directly giving the entire branch to Chen Indigo obviously can't be counted. Even if you want to give, you should give it step by step, give skillfully, give too much at one time, not only will not make your subordinates grateful, but it is easy to make him feel frightened, and then it will also raise his appetite, what should you send in the future to envelop his loyalty?
Qiao Yun gave the shares, but she didn't actually want to take the opportunity to control him or anything, she didn't even want to keep Chen Di.
"Do you remember the first time we participated in Fashion Week?" recalling the past of calluses in the early days of entrepreneurship is also a good way to play the emotional card and resolve the knots in her heart, but Qiao Yun didn't want to soften Brother Qing, she really missed the feeling at that time. "But at that time, I felt really good, although I was tired, but it was simple, all I wanted to do was the one thing in front of me, and everyone had very little, so it was not easy to suspect each other. β
People are really forgetful, carefully calculated, it was only two years from that time to now, but the things of two years ago have been blurred, how can two people wear masks, running around in a small storefront, sweating down and soaking their backs, so sleepy that they can only take a nap after eating a box lunch, people will add filters when recalling the past, and the bitterness is diluted, only nostalgia and sighs are left, and Brother Qing's expression has become very soft, he no longer seems to weigh Qiao Yun's intentions, and said with a smile, "You are still regarded as a little sister in the store, do you remember?" That designer, what's his name, what is Jiang? He also came over to talk to you and check our bottom. β
"Yes, I don't know how he's doing now. β
"It's been a change of career, the last time I saw him at Fashion Week, I came to the show, and I said he was going to do marketing now. β
"That's how it works, it's really not easy to make something of your own. β
In a word, it seems to bring back the memories of the old days, where were the two of them sitting at that time, tired, but so satisfied.
The discord and suspicion that there have been in the past few years seem to be flattened in the smile of looking at each other, Chen Indigo and Fu Zhan are different in the end, Fu Zhan joined [rhyme], he has what he wants, she seems to be just forced to choose, she is a chess piece chosen by him, but Brother Qing joins only because they want what they want, because they both want to do something of their own. Now that she was the first to leave this dream, Qiao Yun felt that she had to make amends to him.
"[Rhyme] continues this route, commercially it will definitely not be as successful as before, but CY is different, at first glance, CY's excess profits rely on the drainage of [rhyme], but in fact, the model is made, and the real cash cow will not care who is the source. She didn't know that her views coincided with Brother Hong, "This model is the same as seeing and buying, and it should be the mainstream in the future." Instant buy has the traditional fashion week model as an opponent, it may be a bit bumpy, Internet celebrity marketing is facing a blank, CY has seized this blue ocean, continue to expand, the benefits are difficult to estimate. It's like a ride-hailing ......"
She smiled to herself, and put it another way, "It's like B2B, B2C, a blue ocean, there is really too much profit, no matter how big the area of this sea is, I have always stood up and not let Fu Zhan get involved, but he must also realize how big the profit is, if he wants to compete with you...... If you can't play with him, it's better to share some shares with him, and everyone will do it together, Fu Zhan's eating appearance, I think it's okay, and the benefit distribution model won't make it too difficult for you to accept. β
At one time, CY fully undertook the responsibility of giving [Yun] a blood transfusion, but after GA Investment intervened for a while, the situation changed, and now just the annual dividends from CY have allowed Qiao Yun and Chen Di to accumulate hundreds of millions of net worth, and this is only two years - this is just the beginning, how terrifying the profit of CY will reach in the future, Qiao Yun is immeasurable, in her original timeline, no one is so targeted to seize the market, forming a monopoly in a blue ocean. However, it is conceivable that compared with [rhyme], no matter how you look at it, the future of CY will be brighter. "The shares are all given to you, you allocate some to Fu Zhan, and keep the rest in your own hands first, in the future, the cake will get bigger and bigger, maybe you will have to divide it out - this is as if I was responsible for you." β
"What's the responsibility, I don't know what you think happened to me. Brother Qing smiled, he looked at Qiao Yun inquiringly, and it seemed that he was much less dissatisfied than before.
"It's the responsibility," Qiao Yun said, "You may have forgotten, but I still remember." You believe in me, and you just joined the [rhyme], there are so many roads, but you choose this one to go, then I have to be responsible for you. β
"You're already responsible for me. Brother Qing said, his eyes sank, looking at the tips of his fingers. "There are many ways to make money, but what can earn so much?"
"That's different. Qiao Yun smiled and sighed, "It's not about money." β
The room was quiet, Chen Di didn't speak for a while, and after a while, he asked in a low voice, "Why?"
In a word, there are so many emotions that it is almost impossible to resist, and the strongest thing is unwillingness. This feeling of betrayal may be the main cause of resentment, he had trusted her, believed that the two of them had the same dream, but she changed and became caught off guard.
Qiao Yun is also really sorry, she is even more sorry that she didn't take the initiative to explain, maybe the delay is not because the time has not come, she can't see Chen Di's mind clearly, but also because she is still a little weak, subconsciously unwilling to face separation, once like-minded partners were betrayed by her, this guilt is not something that she can wash away by bringing him hundreds of millions of profits, it is really the truth she said, this is not a matter of money.
"Because I want to make my own stuff. She replied with the same words, "And that's not easy." β
No money is only the simplest of many obstacles, money, time, connections, willpower, this road is going farther and farther, and there are more and more things in demand, and millions of profits may still be abandoned, tens of millions, hundreds of millions? What about honor? What about friendship?
"I used to think that design itself involves a certain level of compromise, and at the beginning you want to make something that is recognized, and making money is the easiest way, and if your design is successful, one person, a hundred people say it's useless, and making money is success - that's how I thought at first. β
But in fact, this is also a kind of cowardice, because of the fear of the opinions of critics, so the standard of judgment is handed over to the market, which is also a kind of evasion, because the market can be guided, deceived, and fooled. It has no aesthetics, it's like a simple baby, as long as you master the method, you can easily manipulate it. This answer can satisfy everyone, but not yourself - it can satisfy all designers, but not me. Maybe other designers really think that their design is popular because of their strength, because of their own excellence, they only care about design, and there are other candidates for marketing. They don't see where the magic happens, but I'm different, I put out my clothes myself, I know exactly how it became popular, and once there's no mystery to speak of, this recognition is worthless to you, is it design or marketing?
"To this day, I still remember [Tai Chi] Of course, David made sense, the brand requires a stable design style, but just because he made sense, I saw the irreconcilability of this, constantly repeating the same style of design, like constantly digging in the same land, at first it was very relaxed, enough to take into account the market and self-satisfaction, but the further down the more core, one day you will not be able to avoid this question: are you designing the brand, or is the brand designing you? You're constantly changing, what you want is constantly changing, but the brand can't keep up with the speed, are you going to turn your back on yourself or the brand?"
"It's a tough choice, because the brand itself is not only about honor and money, but also about the people who have worked with you so far, who joined because they had the same dream as you, and they have worked hard until now, do you want to abandon them? All the promises you have made for the development of the brand will also become part of the constraints. Can you turn your back on them, on those who are with you because of their dreams?"
Qiao Yun smiled, "Of course, everyone's reaction is that they can't do it, we always want to keep it the same as at the beginning." But this can't deceive yourself, it's like an unhappy marriage, the hormones are gone, and no amount of other things can make up for it. The only way is to embrace change, otherwise in the collision between the brand and the self, it can only destroy the self. Of course, if the brand survives, it can find another designer and start again β it's not a lose-lose situation. β
"So I can finally abandon our old brand, because I'm more selfish, but I'm not completely self-centered, those who join the team because of money can only choose to endure, but you are different, Brother Qing, Fu Zhan joined the team for his purpose, but you are different, you may have forgotten, but I always remember that at that moment you chose to do it with me because you also wanted to make something of your own - Therefore, if Fu Zhan wants to leave, he can only tear his face with me, but if you want to go, I have to arrange a back road for you, cy may not be so good, but I can only give you these, you can still choose another designer, a more commercial designer, you want to be your own commercial brand, not every designer is the same as me, find a good seedling - I can check for you, and then take a good period of time, communicate well, and you will succeed. β
Of course, she has absolute confidence in him, because Chen Indigo has indeed succeeded, and Qiao Yun wholeheartedly plans for him and outlines a bright future. "With CY as the foundation, if you take the parity route at the beginning, you can become the first listed clothing group in Taobao, and you may not want to copy the model of [rhyme] if you want to be high-end, there will be no shortage of official opportunities, gold plating is nothing more than those few ways, and you will succeed in the same sharesββ"
"So, what about [Yun]?" Chen Di interrupted her, stared at her and asked, "What was [Yun] doing at that time?ββ this year's press conference will not be held, what are you going to do with those clothes?"
Qiao Yun looked at him for a while and looked away.
"[Yun] may be going downhill, the talents are gone, and this stall must not be maintained. She said a little self-deprecatingly, "Thank you if you can train me a successor, and of course, after all, your stake is still there, and it can continue to make you money for a few more years." As for this year's batch of clothes, I thought about it, directly on the official website, send a trial video, may do live broadcasts in the future, and the daily models will be held in the live broadcast room, and it is no longer mandatory to correspond to the T runway show, and it will be reduced to only classic commercial models. β
This is tantamount to returning to the classic big-name model, just adding network elements as embellishments, and there is a sense of turning back in strategy and concept, and it is estimated that it will no longer be like [see and buy] to please investors, and the show and commercial models will be separated to this extent, and the consequences are difficult to say, after all, in the marketing link, the big show live broadcast, star drainage, this is a model that has begun to take shape, and suddenly give up, will the audience still enthusiastically buy it? Chen Di's brows were furrowed together, and Qiao Yun could also see his pity, just like a child who was raised to half an age, and asked you to give up him, this is really not a matter of money at all. "Does it really have to be like this?"
"If I didn't, I wouldn't be able to continue. So even if you know the ending, you have to make such a choice. Qiao Yun said honestly, in fact, she was also a little regretful and a little reluctant - who could really be willing to do it?" Fu Zhan seemed to have given up on convincing me, he should have begun to accept the reality...... After a quarter or two, the performance has declined, and the reviews have been declining, it should only be a matter of time before I am bought out. At that time, you can still come back, with CY with you, the brand [Rhyme] should be able to redo it according to the model you want. β
"By then, what do you have left?" Chen Indigo asked reluctantly, he seemed to be a little confused, "Cy is gone, [rhyme] is gone...... Everything you've created is gone, what do you have left?"
This vision seems to be a bit bleak, and it also grasps the weakness of human nature, which used to be what she feared the most, what she created single-handedly, if she loses it in the end, then how a failure, what is she left?
"I still have my design!"
She was in the mood to offer a treasure, and she chattered and became talkative, "Of course, it's too naΓ―ve to go back and watch [Fire in the Night] now, the technique is okay, but the expression of ideas is really immature, and there are still many places that can be done better, and [Love in Thorns], which are too grandiose and artistically flawed, but these two seasons of design are very happy when they are doing it - pain is also happy pain, you know what I mean?" At that time, I only thought about market factors a little bit, and I thought more about artistic things, how to express myself and express my emotions. In fact, design is like this, expressing emotions, expressing your understanding of beauty, and introducing marketing and marketing in this link, which is equivalent to ruining all its fun, that kind of pain is indescribable pain, and the anxiety when you want to design is not a feeling at all. It's like now, of course, it's not that it's not painful, if it's not painful, I'd have already come up with a new show, but this kind of pain is also very pleasant, it's very enjoyable, it's just polishing my brain, I don't know what to say, all you have to consider is whether your emotions are expressed concisely enoughββ"
For people who don't understand design, she said a little too much, Qiao Yun suddenly realized that she was going off topic, and she didn't care about Chen Di's mood, she curtly suppressed the gushing talk, "Anyway, that's probably how it feels." β
ββ¦β¦ I kind of get it. Chen Di calmed down at this time, and the resentment and incomprehension he had shown before were all swallowed back by himself, he nodded, and confirmed with her again, "CY's shares, really give them to me?"
In fact, his shares in [Yun] were also washed, and he was afraid of CY exposure at the time, so the shares of the two companies were held through shell companies, including Qiao Yun's shares in CY, as long as the shell company was transferred, Qiao Yun said, "If you are willing, we will change it after I finish this design." β
"Then I'll wait for you to make changes, and then join forces with David to buy you out?" Chen Indigo then asked aggressively.
"As long as you can convince ga, I'm fine. How could Qiao Yun not think about this, she chuckled. "CY's shares are given to you, without any strings attached, you can rest assured. β
The shareholding structure of [Yun], GA is the most, Qiao Yun is second, Fu Zhan and Brother Qing are not more than half together, but there are several years of AB shares in the voting rights, Qiao Yun's voting rights, as long as she holds one of the remaining three shareholders, she can vote more than half, but she really didn't think about this, and she didn't expect Brother Qing to be wary of this-or maybe he was just testing something, wanting to test her determination.
What does he want now? What do you value? In the past few years, the business has become bigger and bigger, and he has more and more things to do, saying that he wants to do his own things, but the most work is still spinning with the cottage, the money is enough, not less, but there are more and more intrigues, temptations and changes, Qiao Yun has faced, and he has not less. She knows that she is not a very good boss, she does not deserve to enjoy the service of her subordinates, in the final analysis, their business model does not have a side by side day and night to cultivate feelings, this model itself is full of inducements, lies and manipulation of people's hearts, how to ask the team to simply unite together?
She and Bai Qian are friends, and Brother Qing is more vague and has a heart-to-heart relationship, but because of the entanglement of interests and always separated, how will Chen Indigo choose, he is destined to be a complex person, and he also has his own ambitions, he has been silently operating CY in the past few years, and regards that piece as his own territory, [Yun] This piece of production and online stores is also indispensable, and you can go out alone, but there is also a recent way to take her down, he can be completely justified, because he has not changed, what he wants is still the same, to be his own brand. She is the one who has changed, and it is her willfulness to want to stay, and she should accept such an ending if she is driven away.
But he also has feelings, she took him on this road, and gave him a lot of guidance along the way, Qiao Yun herself thought about controlling Brother Qing, but she didn't claim to be a benefactor and mentor to ask for this loyalty for granted - she really didn't have such a big face, but she knew that Chen Di felt how much she owed her something, maybe he would give her a few years for this old love, stay out of the matter and stay neutral in [rhyme], and wait until Fu Zhan bought her out, and then come back to accept this brand that already has a lot of capital and irreplaceable advantages.
She stared at Chen Di curiously: what choice would he make between duty and love?
"Really?" Chen Di seemed to be a little unsure, and asked again.
"Really. She repeatedly assured her that he would drive her away immediately, or would he give her some time?
Chen Di also thought about it again and again, there were too many thoughts on Qingxiu's face, most of which she couldn't see clearly, and he didn't make a decision right away in the end. "I'm going to think about it. β
Maybe you still have blind faith in her, afraid that after leaving, you won't be able to share the dividends of her miracle again?
Qiao Yun couldn't say that she wasn't curious about the result, but as soon as the door closed, it was about five minutes, and she left everything behind and immersed herself in the design: Fu Zhan wanted to talk to her again last night, re-propose the plan, just kidding, how could she have time to pay attention to him. Fashion Week is close at hand, of course you have to catch up, of course, the idea of separating the daily model from the show model was also ground out by him, but, but-
The original design was completed in a hurry before going to New York, and if you look at it yourself, it is really full of perfunctory traces, and it hurts your eyes to look at it for a second. Fu Zhan proposed to take [Tai Chi] to fill the number, and the next season is pushing the new, but Qiao Yun did not hesitate to veto, it has been more than a year since [Tai Chi], she has new ideas about design and life, and even aesthetics have changed with experience, and the emotions she wants to express are earlier than the original......
Once you put in the work, time flies, not to say that you have gained peace of mind, the design will emerge, the inspiration will be removed, the work will be simplified, and then the simplicity will be increased, this is also a painful process, the idea is important, the way to express the idea is also important, this is like a tower defense game, there always seems to be an ethereal optimal solution, constantly disrupting the elements to rearrange, this process is boring and painful, but for the player, the incentive mechanism is enough to make them addicted. Now that there are no constraints, Qiao Yun plays every time until her brain is exhausted before she is temporarily out, she stretches her waist and almost doesn't fall off the table, "Ouch, yo, I'll wipe it...... It's already nine o'clock!"
Before she knew it, she hadn't eaten for almost ten hours, and as soon as she came back to her senses, her stomach was growling with hunger, and she bent down and crawled forward, looking for her mobile phone everywhere: during the design period, it was usually muted, and she couldn't even make a phone call to find it - oh, stupid, what she was looking for was her mobile phone, how to call to find it?
Finally caught it on the side of the sofa, it was already out of power, plugged in and charged for a few minutes, Qiao Yun pressed the power button, and a lot of text messages immediately jumped out, advertising text messages, business text messages, Chen Indi's long text messages, and concerned messages from family members...... Chen Indigo's long text message?
When did you send it, was it last night? I don't seem to remember the last time I looked at my phone. She quickly flipped back to it, rolled her fingers to the top, and read them down one by oneβthe messages she had sent after today's conversation.
[You said I forgot, but I didn't forget, I always remembered, walking this road, what you want]
[It's really not easy to make your own things, do you know what is the most difficult? It's that you don't have the ability to produce these things. Therefore, the producer is qualified to be capricious, you can only choose to be tolerant and play with her, and if you want to hate others, you can only hate yourself, who makes you untalented? No ability? No talent, and like these beautiful things, you can only accept fate, many times sacrifice your own interests, just to be able to participate in other people's miracles]
[You're right, the deeper you go down this road, the more difficult it will be, no one is willing to be a supporting role for others, and no one is willing to be the tolerant one forever. At the beginning, it was hard to endure and practice to be a body, but now, it is the heart that is refined, and it is your heart that is tested, and if you want to be a better person, making better things is just the beginning, in fact, if you want to be very simple, you may be able to live easier.
[Actually, I really hate you, you only give the brand two choices, unprincipled tolerance of you, or don't have anything to do with you, there is no middle way for us to choose, and we can't compromise at all. Why can you ask someone to do that? It's not fair at all, none of us owe you. I even want to push you into the quagmire, as if that would make you pay for your arrogance. γ
[If only I wanted money, it would be simple]
Money is the most useless thing in the world, and when you own it, you will find that it is actually very limited.
[At least, it can't buy my dream]
[I still want to be my own thing, paying, sacrificing, bearing, at least still participating, at least, until the last moment, I can still be close to it]
[I will even try to prolong this time, prolong the minutes and seconds when this last moment comes, and I will work hard until the last second]
[What do you say this is for?]
He should have drunk a lot, a little drunk, the last sentence was repeated several times, there were typos, and if it was a letter, the handwriting should be crooked. Qiao Yun read these text messages back and forth several times, frowning at his hatred and smiling.
[Maybe it's because that's the only way we can feel alive]
She replied to a brief message, pressed her phone to her chest, leaned back on the couch, and stared at the ceiling. At such a moment, her emotions were relaxed and tense, as if Chen Indigo's struggle overflowed from her mobile phone, overflowed into her heart, and passed through her mind, transforming into indescribable pictures and feelings. This feeling of struggle that is so different from her.
"What should I do with this show?" Suddenly, inspiration sprung up, and the answer to another question emerged, Qiao Yun seemed to have scenes in front of her, "What I want is this feeling of struggle......"
Oh, it's going to be fun. She thought, her energy rushing back into her limbs, the exhaustion swept away, and suddenly she had the motivation to work for another eight hours. There was such an idea before, but she vetoed it without putting forward a discussion, which was too much, and what she wanted to do at that time was an advertising show, and she needed to take care of the audience's feelings-
"Oh, it's going to be fun. Unconsciously, she said something, Qiao Yun jumped up from the sofa, rubbing her hands and looking for a pen, "Need some time......
I found a pen and paper and couldn't wait to draw on the ground, "The design is going to be completely overturned and revised again, and the stage also needs time to be arranged, so I can only wait for March next year...... But why is it only in March?"
The idea quickly took shape, and the feeling flew up, and she laughed as she painted, "Fu Zhan will definitely go crazy." β
"But it's fun just to think about it!"
"I don't know how the public will feel. β
No calculations, no expectations, no pressure, for the first time, so happy, simply curious, how will the public feel about her design? 166 Reading Network