Chuck suddenly felt that Jamie was not afraid that there was something serious in his brain.

What is he going to buy a lingerie store for?

"Of course to give all men, no, gentlemen a decent place to buy underwear for women."

Jamie replied as a matter of course.

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

Chuck was speechless on the spot.

This store is going to close down!

No, it's already out of business.

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

"Isn't it a pity that this store should have taken a lot of thought when it was renovated in the first place?"

Jamie asked.

The woman shrugged.

What's the use of putting your mind to it? The location is not very good, and the store sales have not even been able to cover the rental cost for a long time, and the company still has to choose to close after gritting its teeth for two years.

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

However, it is said that it will not last long.

Jamie left a business card for the woman, with the address of Chuck's speakeasy on it and the phone number from Chuck himself.

"I remember the owner of your company was Roy Redmond, right? Please tell him that my friend is very interested in taking over Victoria's Secret, and 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 called Chuck to leave together.

As soon as he went out, Chuck complained loudly.

"It's obvious that you're interested in buying this underwear store, why are you using me as a cover?"

Jamie turned his head and looked at Chuck with a speechless face.

"I remember you said before that you envy me, but this sentence is actually what I want to say to you."

"Not everyone can do what they want like you who don't care about the world's eyes and do whatever they want."

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 quizzically.

Does this have anything to do with the topic they're discussing?

Jamie shrugged and replied:

"Of course it does, because if you're not going to buy this lingerie store, then I'll have to sell Hugh Hefner the idea that will bring the lingerie store back to life and make a lot of noise."

Hearing this, Chuck couldn't help but sarcastically:

"Why, are you going to have Hugh Hefner's bunny girls all wear Victoria's Secret brand underwear, be featured in Playboy magazine, and tell all men to go buy these sexy lingerie for your women!"

Jamie pointed hard at Chuck.

"You can be a little bolder."

"Hugh Hefner created the classic sexy symbol of the bunny girl, and Victoria's Secret can also create its own sexy symbol, I would like to call it the winged Angel of Victoria's Secret."

"Imagine if a group of supermodels with angel faces and devilish bodies wore fashionable wing decorations of different shapes, and then wore various styles of Victoria's Secret underwear and walked on the catwalk with high heels, what kind of scenery would it be?"

"The most important thing is that all the men can sit in the audience with the ladies and enjoy this one-of-a-kind fashion show, instead of going to Playboy's private club or sneaking up Playboy magazines, as they do with bunny girls."

Looking at the stunned Chuck, Jamie finally admitted:

"Part of the inspiration for the underwear catwalk came from last night, and part of it came from the original intention of the founder of Victoria's Secret to create this brand."

"At that time, Roy Redmond created Victoria's Secret in order to make it easier for men to buy underwear for women decently, and now we can also let all gentlemen sit under the catwalk decently and watch the Victoria's Secret angels show their sexiness to the fullest and take over the brand, which will be a historic progress!"

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

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

After all, Chuck's reputation is out there.

And Jamie had to scratch his scalp just to explain the Victoria's Secret show and Victoria's Secret Angel inspiration to his girlfriend and father.

It can't be said that he was inspired by rolling the sheets with Miranda Kerr, the Victoria's Secret Angel in his previous life, right?

Chuck has no such concerns.

Even in the future, he can change to a supermodel girlfriend at intervals in the open, and create a character of "iron-clad Victoria's Secret boss and flowing supermodel girlfriend" externally.

Just to make up for the regret that there is no little plum in this world.

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

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

In this way, it can smoothly cope with a series of performance and stock price declines in the post-Victoria's Secret era due to the public's visual aesthetic fatigue and the awakening of women's rights and interests, and finally go bankrupt.

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

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

At the dinner table, Chuck had an evil and crazy expression like a "crooked mouth dragon king" on the corner of his mouth, and announced in public that he had bought an underwear company.

Ahem!

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

Having a striptease speakeasy in front of him was enough to make Bart feel embarrassed, and now he actually announced in front of the family that he had bought a women's underwear company.

Originally, Chuck and Jamie invested in Steam together, and Bart was very relieved, thinking that this kid had finally changed sex.

I didn't expect to turn around and make this one!

Lily gracefully stops Bart, who is about to lash out, and turns to ask Chuck what the hell is going on.

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

Obviously, Jamie knew about it in advance.

This made Serena take some interest in the matter as well.

Chuck enjoyed the different reactions of his family, cleared his throat and said proudly:

"I had a model girlfriend some time ago, and of course we broke up recently because I forgot to give her a gift for my birthday, and I admit that it was really my fault, but when I wanted to make amends, I went to one of her favorite lingerie stores to buy her a gift, only to find that store was closed."

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

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

But everyone was clearly interested in Chuck's story.

With no one interrupting, Chuck begins to tell the legendary story of the startup that Jamie had helped him make.

"I was so depressed that I asked the workers who were closing the shop for the contact information of the lingerie store owner, and I learned that he was planning to sell the company because of poor management."

Serena asked curiously.

"So you bought it?"

Chuck shrugged indifferently and asked Serena:

"Any questions?"

Serena put her hand on her forehead, her expression speechless.

Why does Chuck think that he can bring the company back to life after he buys it, even the founder himself can't run it?

Because she had just repaired her relationship with Chuck, Serena didn't directly pick it out.

But Bart had no such concerns, and unceremoniously pointed out the problem on the spot.

Chuck was prepared, saying he had a brilliant publicity idea and invited everyone to his speakeasy the night after, where he would show off his ideas.

Bart's face turned pale, and he warned Chuck sternly.

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 Daddy gets really angry, Chuck explains unhurriedly:

"Don't worry, it's just a normal underwear catwalk, the models are wearing all the stock goods I buy from that lingerie store, and there is no show like you imagined."

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

"Anyway, don't you boast that you've never been to that kind of place? How did you know that kind of show was in my bar? ”

Angry, Bart dropped his napkin and left the table angrily.

He needed to go to the bathroom to cool down.

Success angrily walked Bart, and the main force of questions at the dinner table became Lily.

Curious, she asks Chuck how he came up with the idea of doing an underwear show in a bar.

"Because I miss my ex-girlfriend, I suddenly came up with an idea when I was drinking alone in a bar, and let the dancing girls on stage wear Victoria's Secret underwear, maybe I can get back to the good times I had with my ex-girlfriend."

Serena was the first to disbelieve it.

Chuck, who is more diligent in changing women than changing clothes, when did he change to play such an affectionate character?

Chuck didn't care whether Serena believed it or not, and continued:

"I asked them to imitate the models on stage, and it turned out to be pretty good, even though they were dancing with about the same few clothes, but the effect was very different, and I decided to add a little other decoration to them inspired by the bunny girl's look, and it turned out to be surprisingly good."

"Trust me, if you see those decorations, you'll agree that it's a brilliant idea!"

Lily nodded, and although she also had great doubts about Chuck's words, as a stepmother, she was happy to show her support for Chuck's entrepreneurship.

"Is there anything I can help with?"

That's what Chuck was waiting for.

Immediately, he pulled out a newspaper that had been prepared long ago, with a photo of Lily with a powerful white-haired woman.

"I've heard that you know Miranda well, the editor-in-chief of Flyover magazine, and it would be a great honor for me to see her the lingerie show the night after tomorrow."

Lily, who was always elegant, changed her face after hearing this "excessive" request.

Who is Miranda?

The female devil of the fashion industry.

Any fashion show will be invited by the organizers to sit in the first row of the best viewing position.

Whether it's a Hollywood superstar or a top fashion designer, everyone is proud to be able to sit next to Miranda.

And Miranda's daily photo is either with Chanel's Lafayette or with the LV boss.

Now Chuck actually wants to invite the other party to an underground strip bar to watch an unfamous lingerie show.

If Miranda could agree, there would only be two possibilities.

One is that Miranda went crazy.

The other is what Chuck is doing right now.

Ask someone who is familiar with Miranda and can't refuse an invitation.

It just so happens that Lily fits the bill.

Although Serena strongly opposed the proposal, Lily gave it a serious consideration.

Eventually, she looked at the man at the table who hadn't spoken.

"Jamie, what do you think?"

Lily asks this because she and Miranda once met at a drinking party, and Miranda already knew about Serena and Jamie together.

At the time, Miranda mentioned that her two children were big fans of Percy Jackson, and their favorite thing to do was to pestering Miranda to ask when they would be able to see the second part of Percy Jackson.

Miranda had actually inquired about this issue through some of her own relationships with publishers.

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

The second part will be published at Christmas this year.

But Miranda's two children couldn't wait anymore and pestered her every day to talk about it.

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

It just so happened that last time Serena gave the manuscript of the second part of Percy Jackson as a gift to her brother Eric.

Lily borrows the manuscript from Eric and gives it to Miranda.

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

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

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

'I think it would be a good decision to invite Milan to the show.'

Lily nodded.

She still has a lot of trust in Jamie.

Even though Jamie spoke for Chuck because he had some personal deal with Chuck, Lily decided to trust Chuck this time.

When Bart came back from the bathroom, he was surprised to learn of his wife's decision.

Although he didn't object to it in person, the suspicious Bart had already made up his mind that he would have to ask Chuck about what was going on when he went back.

There are only two more today, ask for a wave of monthly pass support!

(End of chapter)