Splendid in bag

Chapter 23

In the morning, after Lewis finished washing up, he walked from the second floor to the lobby, and saw Miss Lianzi who just came back from the door.

Lewis asked: "It's so early, why are you still going out?"

Sister Lianzi smiled and replied, "I don't know why the eldest young master has a good mood, so that someone bought a set of special cups for Irish coffee."

Lewis was slightly taken aback when he heard this.

Speaking of which, the previous two drinks in the wine cellar were very "amateur", that is to say, "unprofessional" Irish coffee.

The Irish coffee you usually drink in the bar is served in a special cup, with beautiful color layering and cream topping.And what Hughes made was a cup of dark stuff, and he didn't even add sugar last time.

Lewis smiled. For some reason, thinking of such an "unprofessional" or even "unpalatable" Irish coffee, his tongue turned sweet.

Lewis knew that Hughes was a perfectionist, and he even planned to give Hughes enough time to study, and only asked Hughes to drink Irish coffee when the time was right.

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Lewis looked at the product brochure slowly in the company, while the creative director sitting opposite him walked on eggshells.The name of the creative director is Zhou Zhifen. He is a man in his 30s. Like many designers, he is gay and quite refined.

Zhou Zhifen is still quite nervous now, because he knows that although Lewis looks very easy to get along with, he is quite strict in product control.

"Well, this one is very good." Lewis said, "I can see your hard work."

--Oops.

Zhou Zhifen understood that as a boss, Lewis would never say harsh words, but as long as he said "very hard", it meant "not enough".It's like commenting on a girl's appearance and saying "she looks very healthy", it's not a nice thing to say.

Lewis smiled and said: "I think this series still lacks some inner connection."

"Yes, I will continue to work hard." Zhou Zhifen replied.

Lewis pondered for a while, then suddenly said, "Do you think our product line is too complicated?"

Zhou Zhifen was stunned, and said for a while, "No, isn't Hermès the same?"

"Well, do you have to compare with Hermès?" Lewis smiled wryly, "Would it be inappropriate? After all, there is only one Hermès in the world. No one can learn from him."

"That's true." Zhou Zhifen nodded, "So, what are you going to do? Shrink the product line?"

"Do you think shrinking the product line is a good idea?" Lewis asked rhetorically.

Zhou Zhifen was stunned, and said, "I think... this seems to give a signal that our company is failing."

"I think so too," Lewis said, "It should be more appropriate not to expand on the original basis."

"Yes," Zhou Zhifen nodded, "We can focus on our core business, such as clothing and bag decoration design. We can expand after these brands have a certain influence."

"Well," Lewis said after thinking for a while, "but if I also want to develop new genres, in the form of new brands, what do you think?"

Zhou Zhifen was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Lewis planned to expand the product line by opening a new brand.

"Ah, this..." Zhou Zhifen replied based on his industry experience, "If the funds are sufficient and the personnel are in place, of course there will be no problem."

According to Zhou Zhifen's observation of working in "Shangyuanchun" these years, Lewis does not have the problem of insufficient funds, but it is difficult to say about personnel.After all, it is easy to recruit people, but it is difficult to recruit talents.To build a successful brand, talent is the core competitiveness.

Lewis nodded and said, "That's what I thought too. But I just met a perfumer..."

"Perfume?" Zhou Zhifen was a little surprised, "Are you planning to be a perfume brand?"

"Yes." Lewis replied, "You're surprised?"

"Ah, it's a little..." Zhou Zhifen explained again, "I mean, you haven't shown any interest in this."

Lewis said with a smile: "That's right, I'm also surprised that I have such an idea."

Zhou Zhifen could only nod his head and said, "If you have an idea, let's do it!"

Lewis was pleased: "I am glad you are so supportive of my decision. But I think other executives may object."

"Yeah!" Zhou Zhifen nodded, "After all, what they consider will be very practical. They think that you start a company just for a moment of interest, but it doesn't matter. Why should you listen to them? You are the boss, and they should listen. You are right."

Lewis smiled: "Yes, thank you for your encouragement."

Zhou Zhifen likes working with Lewis very much.

He's been in the business for a while, and he's worked with a few big names, none of whom are as willful as Lewis.Some executives worried that Lewis didn't have the control of a business man.However, Zhou Zhifen likes Lewis's childish innocence, his spirit of going through mountains and rivers to make good things regardless of the cost, and for his own idea, which cannot be seen in those successful entrepreneurs.

Such casualness sometimes makes people like it, sometimes makes people jealous, and sometimes makes people feel very uncomfortable.

But none of this affected Lewis.

Lewis made a phone call, contacted Shao Dangui, and asked her if she planned to cooperate with him on a new brand.

Shao Dangui's reaction was not as enthusiastic as Lewis imagined.

Shao Dangui asked, "Do you have a plan in place?"

"Not really," Lewis said, "but we can take our time."

Shao Dangui smiled wryly: "Since the company started, it has been spending money every day, how can we take it easy?"

"I understand, but it doesn't mean that we will start a company tomorrow." Lewis said, "I want to settle this matter first, slowly figure out a good plan, and then proceed with the matter of starting a company."

Shao Dangui nodded and said, "I know, but I still want to run my own independent studio, and I don't want to participate in the game of capital."

Lewis suddenly smiled.

Lewis's smile has always been reserved, but this time it was different. He smiled "haha", like a hearty young man.Shao Dangui was also infected by him, laughed twice, and said doubtfully, "What's so funny about this?"

"No, of course it's funny." Lewis said with a smile, "Don't you think I'm someone who knows how to play capital games?"

Shao Dangui thought about it carefully, and it seemed to make sense: "Yes! Hahaha! Lewis playing capital games? It's quite funny!"

Lewis and Shao Dangui exchanged a few words briefly, and decided to make an appointment to meet again for a detailed discussion.

Compared to Lewis' leisure, Hughes seemed quite busy.

These two days, Hughes was busy learning how to make Irish coffee.

Hughes even tinkered with this in his free time in the office, only to find that Irish coffee is not easy to make, and the beautiful layering is even more difficult to grasp.His secretary, Ms. Mary, really didn't understand why her boss suddenly had the mood to tinker with this. She even complained to her boyfriend about it: "The office smells of whiskey and coffee."

The boyfriend replied: "It's okay, as long as it doesn't affect your work!"

"Why not?" protested Mary. "I've had my third Irish coffee!—and it's a failure!"

Mary felt really suffocated.

When Mary drank bartending for seven or eight days in a row and felt that she was about to get high in the office, Hughes finally succeeded in the experiment and could show off in front of Lewis.

Sitting in the wine cellar, Lewis saw Hughes pull out a full set of tools, methodically heat the sugar, caramelize it, and cover the mix layer by layer, revealing the colorful Irish coffee cups. In the end, Hughes even took out a lighter and lit a cluster of fire on the wine.The wine glass immediately burned a romantic aroma of wine.

Lewis seemed to be back when he was a child, looking at it with joy, and applauded cooperatively, saying, "It's great."

Hearing Lewis' praise, Hughes was really happy, more than anything else.