Chapter Fifty-Eight: Three Designers
Seeing these three drafts, Stolko breathed a sigh of relief and said: "At this time, I think the French cultural scene should calm down, as long as they calm down, the media will naturally have no ability to shake our foundation." ”
As long as Zhou Nan's scholarship is recognized, then everything else is just a small section. Even though he had done things for the Germans in the Netherlands, he had never dealt with anyone else, so it wasn't a moral disadvantage.
Most of the people in this era have their own camps. For example, why Camus and Sartre, a pair of good friends, later became lifelong enemies, it was because of their different beliefs.
Sartre was captured by the Germans in World War II and 200 people were tied together, and at that time, he experienced the power of the community, so he has always believed in communism very much, and can even be called fanatical.
Camus, on the other hand, was an extreme liberal because he had studied the Soviet Union's executive policy, and hated unscrupulous means to achieve his goals, inhumanizing mind control, and cruel means of eliminating dissidents.
So these two people later turned from friends to enemies, and if Camus hadn't died early in a car accident, the struggle between the two would probably not have lasted only a few years.
Etinny nodded and said, "Now, they can only write something about Jonas's experience, why hasn't Pierre come back yet?" ”
Pierre was sent to Arnhem, the Netherlands, to wait for the media there to clear Zhou Nan's name, and then return to Paris with the evidence. Then, Zhou Nan and they will have to deal with "Le Monde".
"Le Monde" didn't realize Zhou Nan's determination at all, and after Zhou Nan complained painlessly on the first day, they thought that Zhou Nan and they had no means, so they still didn't stop attacking Zhou Nan in the past two days.
Now Zhou Nan has set off a craze in France, and the sales of "General History of the World" have been rising, and the better the sales, the more fierce their attacks will be, and in order to attract attention, they have even moved out the white race supremacy.
Zhou Nan and the others were used to them first, and Heitinga had been collecting evidence from all sides, and carefully studying the contents of each of their manuscripts with a lawyer he hired from Paris. As long as any of them violated the law, they registered them and nailed the evidence with various legal provisions.
This time, they deliberately used "Le Monde" to kill chickens and monkeys. In Heitinga's view, the most important thing is to use racial discrimination to get everyone's attention, and to promote Zhou Nan.
However, in Zhou Nan's view, propaganda is only secondary, and the most important thing is to make everyone stop making a fuss about their Chinese identity in the future. More importantly, it will leave a good impression on the Europeans and enhance the survival status of the Chinese.
After the curtain of the Cold War is opened, the living environment of the Chinese people will be even worse, and it is time to make some preparations.
However, although there were some differences in the understanding of the details, the purpose was still the same, so Zhou Nan did not have the heart to correct their thoughts.
"Jonas, Lucy, Ann and Lelon's designers are here."
It was Landers from the Propaganda Department who sent Audrey over who spoke, and Rotentum was not used to big cities and was not familiar with France, so he stayed at home to help Zhou Nan guard his house and did not come with him.
"I'll be right there, make me a few cups of coffee first." Zhou Nan called out Audrey, and then said to Etinny: "Continue to pay attention to the mood among the reporters today, perhaps, we can get through the reputation crisis without waiting for Pierre to return." ”
"I see."
Called Audrey, who was stretching in the bedroom, he took the fashion drawings he had drawn and went to the reception room.
Since it was specified that the Lelong fashion store should send an assistant designer and ask them to send a few more people to make it easier to choose, they sent four people at once.
Zhou Nan noticed at a glance the handsome and handsome Hubert Givenchy who was nearly two meters tall and handsome, he was really "beautiful" when he was young!
However, it is obvious that among these four people, he is only nineteen years old this year, and he is the one with the lowest status.
Zhou Nan originally wanted to have a chance to have a relationship with Givenchy, so he didn't care much about other people. But listening to their self-introductions, he was shocked at once.
Because among the four people, except for one designer named Sabwater, Zhou Nan, has never heard of it, and the other two people can be called famous.
The oldest is Christian Dior, the founder of Dior, who was born in 05 and is forty-one years old this year. Originally, he was a designer, but because he left Paris during the war and returned to the position of an assistant designer, he had to be relegated to the position of assistant designer for the time being.
The other is Pierre Balmain, the founder of Balmain, who has competed with Dior all his life in the fashion industry, plus a founder of Givenchy, this Lelong fashion house is really extravagant, and even uses these three people as assistant designers. (This is real history, not made up by old demons.) )
The four assistant designers obviously value this opportunity, because as long as they can satisfy Zhou Nan, they may be able to become real designers.
As soon as the delicate Audrey entered the door, she was stared at by four pairs of eyes, and they knew very well that they could be invited to come over for the purpose of designing clothes for her.
This made Audrey very unaccustomed to it, and she snuggled up to Zhou Nan's side a little shyly, embarrassed to look at them. She wasn't trained to be calm and natural in plain sight.
Zhou Nan directly explained his requirements, to let several designers design the packaging for Audrey, and let them each design a set of clothing for Audrey.
Several designers did not hesitate, stared at Audrey one by one for a while, and then drew their own pictures.
The unknown Sabwater was ruled out by Zhou Nan almost at the beginning, and when the design drawings of several people were drawn, Zhou Nan confirmed this even more. Because his style is classical and luxurious, which is almost contrary to the trend of the future, it is no wonder that he and the three masters still did not mix.
Among the remaining three people, Zhou Nan really didn't know how to choose.
Needless to say, Givenchy's simplicity and elegance match Audrey's style very well, but at only 19 years old, his style is not yet fully mature. Of the four, his design is the least perfect.
Dior is the most famous, but his style is gorgeous and elegant, which is slightly incompatible with Audrey's style.
As for Balmain, his style is intellectual and elegant, which matches Audrey's style, but don't forget that Audrey is only seventeen years old.
Therefore, Zhou Nan is a little dissatisfied with the designs of several designers, which is also why he is more nitpicky.
Of course, he didn't show this, but took out his own design and showed it to the four of them.
Zhou Nan's painting skills are very good, although his specialty is ink landscape painting, but sketching is a basic skill, and drawing design drawings is not a problem for any painter.
Of course, Zhou Nan does not belong to the design drawing, there is no size, no structure, only the finished clothing on the portrait.
When several people saw Zhou Nan's design drafts, they were stunned one by one, and turned to look at Audrey, who was still young, immersed in their own fantasies.
Zhou Nan drew ten sketches for Audrey, which are almost the ten most classic looks in her life, including the beauty of her short hair, the nobility of Hepburn's head, and the elegance of her hair with oblique bangs.
In addition to her grace in her old age, Zhou Nan painted almost all of her most beautiful sides.
Moreover, Zhou Nan deliberately accentuated her eyebrows, which also made Audrey on the drawing look unusually beautiful.
And the fashion on her body also includes breast-length skirts, skirts, coats designed by Givenchy for her, as well as some beautiful costumes in movie roles.
Dior couldn't help but wonder and asked, "Mr. Zhou, since you already have so many design shapes, why do you still want to come to us?" Every design here is enough to make a splash in the fashion world. ”
Zhou Nan explained: "Because this is already the most beautiful Audrey in my mind, I am not a professional designer, and I don't know how to turn such a style into a real thing, let alone what kind of fabric to choose." What's more, I don't know how to match fashion and keep up with the trend. I was looking not only for a designer for my wife, but also for her to find a long-term stylist. ”
Several of them understood and became more excited, because Audrey is so beautiful, and making her a trendsetter in the fashion industry means that they will become a new force in the fashion industry.
Zhou Nan continued: "After reading the design drawings of several of you, I also have a rough decision in my heart. Mr. Sabwater, your design style obviously doesn't suit my wife, so I'm sorry. ”
He laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "It's true that I'm not good for young girls, but that doesn't mean my design is bad." ”
"Of course."
As soon as Zhou Nan's words fell, he stood up and said, "Then we don't have to delay each other's time, farewell." ”
Zhou Nan was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect him to be so impatient, and from his emotions, he could also feel that he was discriminatory against Zhou Nan as a Chinese.
Since this is the case, Zhou Nan also directly asked Landers to send off the guests. He left the room, Zhou Nan calmed down the distractions in his heart, and said to Dior: "Mr. Dior, I actually admire your design, but you have a keen sense of expression and unique beauty in the nobility and luxury aspects of a woman, but Audrey is not such a style. ”
The 41-year-old Dior, who was poor in his youth, has long since worn out the edges and corners of his personality, otherwise he would not have succumbed to the position of an assistant designer now.
He nodded and said, "But I can change, I believe in my ability to appreciate beauty and create." ”
Zhou Nan shook his head and said, "Changed the style, is that still you?" ”
Dio shook his head with a wry smile and said, "So, I'm also eliminated?" ”
"Although your style doesn't seem to suit my wife at the moment, I appreciate your talent, and I don't know if you are not willing to open your own design studio, I may be able to fund you."
Dior raised his head in surprise and looked at Zhou Nan, who couldn't even speak for a while.