Another Owner of Luna!
Chen Xiliang only delivered clothes and wouldn’t discuss company matters with outsiders, and Wang Mingming wouldn’t have been interested in how many owners Luna had. When she suddenly heard that Xia Xiaolan was another owner of Luna, Wang Mingming’s cheeks flushed slightly.
Of course, the cabin was quite stuffy, and everyone’s faces were flushed. With Wang Mingming wearing makeup, that slight redness went unnoticed.
As the agent was about to say something more, Wang Mingming coughed:
“Say no more. We’re in the wrong regarding the Luna matter.”
Ji Jiangyuan closed his eyes and leaned back in his seat.
Among Hong Kong’s many celebrities, Wang Mingming wasn’t the most famous or prestigious. Yet George specifically spent heavily to invite her for the advertisement – a targeted attack against Xia Xiaolan. And after his mother’s wedding banquet was ruined, she still managed to focus on developing her business. Ji Jiangyuan couldn’t always warn Xia Xiaolan; even he had been kept in the dark initially about inviting Wang Mingming.
When he came to Pengcheng this weekend, he discovered that Xia Xiaolan had learned about it around the same time. There was nothing more to say.
Life was truly a tangled mess. Was Wang Mingming suitable for the golf course project?
Ji Jiangyuan had studied Wang Mingming’s credentials and felt she wasn’t quite ready. While she had a good fan base, she wasn’t considered high-end. A golf course wasn’t meant to attract ordinary citizens… They couldn’t afford either the membership fees or the associated real estate.
Wang Mingming didn’t align with the golf course project’s positioning!
Bill, who Harold left behind, didn’t understand this. From the perspective of project responsibility, Ji Jiangyuan wanted to remind Bill.
But this action would undoubtedly be a betrayal of George.
George had treated Ji Jiangyuan flawlessly, like his own son in every way. Ji Jiangyuan felt deeply conflicted!
The cabin was small, and Xia Xiaolan couldn’t ignore the commotion behind her.
Hearing Ji Ya tell Wang Mingming’s agent about it, Xia Xiaolan wasn’t surprised. Zhou Cheng was Luna’s other owner, but his identity wasn’t suitable for public shareholding. The shares were under Xia Xiaolan’s name, and she had privately signed an agreement with Zhou Cheng.
Xia Xiaolan had indeed been involved in creating this brand. Ji Ya had put in considerable effort to learn that Luna wanted to hire Wang Mingming for advertisements… It was already settled. While Wang Mingming’s contract breach irritated Xia Xiaolan, it was due to Chen Xiliang’s insufficient caution and Luna’s limited funds. What Xia Xiaolan wondered now was why Wang Mingming was following Ji Ya back to Beijing.
Ji Ya had been based in Pengcheng for quite a while, and Xia Xiaolan remembered she had a studio in Wangfujing.
Following a high-end custom route, it had been neither hot nor cold in China’s current economic environment. Xia Xiaolan had never considered Ji Ya’s studio as a competition.
Was Ji Ya finally going to focus on her studio now?
Xia Xiaolan put herself in Ji Ya’s position. If she were Ji Ya, how could she turn the tide, quickly crush Luna, or rather, destroy both Luna and Blue Phoenix?
Win through the capital, quickly launch her clothing brand, follow Luna’s route but with better quality and lower prices, and invest heavily in promotion!
Ji Ya couldn’t afford this, but George could. Although Ji Ya’s wedding banquet was ruined by herself, word spread that her wedding cost several hundred thousand US dollars… Being able to spend that much on a wedding meant George had more financial power than Xia Xiaolan had thought.
To compete against Luna, Ji Ya could create her brand for suppression.
What about Blue Phoenix?
Someone like Ji Ya wouldn’t admit defeat even at death’s door, as long as she still had breath.
If she had methods to compete against Luna, she would naturally suppress Blue Phoenix’s business too. After all, Blue Phoenix was now entirely managed by Liu Fen – how could Ji Ya watch her mother be comfortable?
“Perhaps Ji Ya has combined these two matters. If she relies on burning money for malicious competition, it will affect both Luna and Blue Phoenix in the short term… It depends on how Ji Ya spends this money and for how long.”
Xia Xiaolan had hoped to expand Luna’s recognition and open more than five Blue Phoenix branches in Beijing before her departure abroad.
Now it seemed there was a challenge.
What could she say – hope Ji Ya wouldn’t disappoint her too much?
So far, Ji Ya hadn’t shown much business acumen; who knew if she had hired any strategists? As the plane landed, Wang Mingming’s agent was still occasionally glaring at her. Xia Xiaolan couldn’t bear it anymore:
“Breaking contracts casually for more money, showing no regard for contractual spirit, how dare you turn things around? Luna might be a small brand, but I wish Miss Wang Mingming continued success and hope she never has to wear small brands!”
What was there to be smug about?
Xia Xiaolan, who deserved to glare, was staying composed, yet Wang Mingming’s agent wouldn’t let it go?
Xia Xiaolan didn’t even give Wang Mingming and her agent time to react, hailing a taxi and heading straight home.
Wang Mingming’s agent Le Feng pointed at Xia Xiaolan’s back, stuttering “you, you, you” without completing a sentence.
Ji Jiangyuan didn’t want to see this Le Feng, and his expression was cold even when speaking to Ji Ya: “I’m heading back to school. Excuse me!”
Ji Ya’s expression didn’t change. After Ji Jiangyuan left, she smiled and explained to Wang Mingming and her agent: “Don’t mind the young people. Luna’s female owner is called Xia Xiaolan, she’s my son’s university classmate. Young men don’t understand business matters; he always thinks I’m bullying his classmate.”
Wang Mingming was genuinely surprised. Ji Jiangyuan was a top student at Qinghua University, and if she was his classmate, wasn’t Luna’s other owner Xia Xiaolan also from Qinghua University? Starting a business while still in school – as far as Wang Mingming knew, usually only children from wealthy merchant families would do this.
Hong Kong university students were also distinguished between excellent and ordinary based on their school performance.
Those who could run their businesses weren’t unheard of, but Wang Mingming didn’t know any!
Agent Le Feng thought from a completely different angle: “Fortunately, you rejected Luna’s advertisement. This brand is run by students still in school, students playing around with family money. The brand will go bankrupt in a few days. Getting unpaid for the advertisement would be secondary; the main issue would be losing face!”
Le Feng’s words made Ji Ya smile.
She also thought Luna wouldn’t last long.
Luna had been established for so long without making much splash. Ji Ya looked down on Xia Xiaolan’s development speed, believing that if she focused on creating a brand, it would be ten times stronger than Luna!
“Come on, let me show you my studio, a place where inspiration bursts forth, and where I’ll create my brand!”
Ji Ya brought Wang Mingming and Le Feng to Wangfujing. In 1985’s Beijing, this was an extremely prosperous area. Ji Ya’s studio was decorated luxuriously, with two American designers inside. As design assistants took Wang Mingming’s measurements, she looked around:
“This is every woman’s dream place, Mrs. Wilson. I truly envy you.”
Ji Ya had changed into a new outfit. Wang Mingming’s envy was justified – this place was called a studio, but it was more like a design center serving Ji Ya alone. Since opening, the monthly earnings weren’t even enough to cover salaries!
But now this situation was about to change. Ji Ya gave Wang Mingming a reserved smile: “There’s nothing to envy. From now on, we’ll be working partners. Here’s to our successful cooperation!”