The right way to rescue someone who has been out of the closet

Chapter 9 Design Draft

Ye Lan was so embarrassed that she couldn't bear it. Fortunately, Tan Qin didn't ask too much about this question, and instead cared about his wound.

[Male God: It's been almost a month since your operation, remember to come to the hospital to remove the stitches. 】

Ye Lan hurriedly replied: OK, when are you free?

[Male God: Next week, I didn't arrange surgery on Wednesday. 】

Ye Lan checked the schedule, and it was the deadline for the order. As long as the design draft was handed over to Fei Yuande, he could ask for leave and leave early.

After making an appointment with the male god, Ye Lan finally couldn't bear the sleepiness, and fell asleep with her mobile phone in her arms.

When the deadline came, Ye Lan walked past Min Wenwei's temporary office and walked to the door of Fei Yuande's office with her finished design draft in hand.

Secretary Yan Hui gestured to him to indicate that Fei Yuande was there, Ye Lan thanked her and knocked on the door to enter.

"Mr. Fei, this is the design draft of Wanhua List, please see where you need to modify."

Fei Yuande took it, glanced up and down, and put it into the folder casually: "I'm a vulgar person who doesn't understand your designs, as long as you think it's good. I'll give it to Min Wenwei later, so that he can get from Li as soon as possible." Get out of here."

"Yeah." Ye Lan responded, and glanced at the next door.After rejecting Min Wenwei last time, Ye Lan thought that he would not show up in Limei, but Min Wenwei still reported to Limei every day, rain or shine.Although she didn't harass Ye Lan anymore, the major customers are stationed inside the company, and Li Mei's employees who have been sloppy all the year round are a little panicked.After a long time, Fei Yuande received a lot of complaints, which was very annoying.

"Speaking of which, Ye Lan..." Fei Yuande picked up the teacup, slowly blew away the floating leaves, and started the mode of making homework.

Ye Lan's heart tightened.

"Do you still remember when I met you?"

Ye Lan was stunned: "Of course."

At that time, he left Wanhua like a bereaved dog, struggling to find a job every day.As expected, Wanhua kept his word and notified all the major jewelry companies in the industry, no matter where he went for an interview, they were all rejected.Only a few small jewelry processing factories need his manuscripts, but they don't accept original designs, as long as the imitations of the works of large companies are the same.

He had no choice but to continue to rely on Ye Ying for relief, all his self-confidence collapsed in an instant, he lived in the shadow of darkness every day, and he didn't know when he would see the light again.

It was at this time that Fei Yuande came to him. He wanted to set up a jewelry design company, but he couldn't find a designer.He heard about Ye Lan from a processing factory he was familiar with, so he came to try his luck.The two hit it off immediately, Fei Yuande established a company, and Ye Lan joined Limei.

It's a pity that Ye Lan is not well-known at all, and he is notorious for plagiarism. Not only the big companies in the industry don't buy it, but also well-known design competitions reject his works. Ye Lan's original works can't be sold at all.Seeing that the company was about to close down, Fei Yuande had no choice but to go back to his old business and asked Ye Lan to imitate the same style of celebrities, which has managed Limei until now.

But even so, Fei Yuande has always encouraged Ye Lan's creations. Every time the company makes some money, he is willing to share a part of Ye Lan's original designs to make a small amount of finished products and hang them in the store for sale.Although the mass production cannot be achieved, and there is no way to sign it, but seeing the design drawing become a real thing, Ye Lan's life finally shines a glimmer of hope.

Therefore, Ye Lan was very grateful to Fei Yuande, and when Min Wenwei came to poach a role, he would refuse without hesitation.

"You know, when I first came to you, I wanted to make my own original designs. I used to resell cheap jewelry, and I made a lot of money, but in the end, I always found it meaningless. In the past two years, I have forced you to draw a lot for my livelihood. If you don't want to draw a picture, you feel wronged, and I know it."

Thinking of the past, Ye Lan was also a little moved: "Don't say that, I don't feel wronged by working for the company."

Fei Yuande waved his hand and put down the teacup: "I have been trying to transform the company. You have talents and I have resources. What we lack is an opportunity. Now Wanhua is actively looking for us to cooperate. As long as Wanhua approves our design, After that, you don’t have to draw those same styles again.”

"Well, you are doing it for my own good, and I know it all."

"It's good that you understand. When you rejected Wanhua's order, I won't ask you why, but I hope you will stop conflicting with Min Wenwei for the sake of the company. After this hurdle, Limei opened the original market, if you don’t want to, Limei can stop cooperating with Wanhua.”

"It's not that serious," Ye Lan raised her head and forced a smile, "I have nothing to do with Min Wenwei, and it won't affect the company."

"That's good," Fei Yuande breathed a sigh of relief, "You go, I'll send the design draft to Min Wenwei later."

Ye Lan returned to his seat, and suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to ask Fei Yuande for leave. He stood up and heard Lu Qiaoqiao asking Hua Hui: "Who is this Min Wenwei, and why does Mr. Fei take it so seriously?"

Hua Hui pulled up a chair and sat beside her, and smiled: "Even President Min doesn't know, how dare you say you're in the jewelry industry?"

"Oh, I graduated from the English Department, how can I be as professional as you!" Lu Qiaoqiao blushed and thumped him, "Tell me quickly."

"Then let me give you some science first. Since you have joined our industry, you should know about Wanhua Jewelry and Fengxi Jewelry, right?"

"I know this. Wanhua and Fengxi are the No. [-] and No. [-] brands in the jewelry industry. Fengxi is a century-old brand, and Wanhua seems to be a new brand in the past few decades. The two have been competing fiercely and are incompatible."

Ye Lan thought for a while, then sat back down.He is self-taught in jewelry design, but he doesn't know much about the grievances and grievances between jewelry giants.

Hua Hui threw an M&M into his mouth and said, "Yes, in the past, Fengxi's family was the only brand in the emperor. Their family focused on pure gold jewelry, and the older generation liked it very much. But his family hardly innovated. The times have passed, and Min Zhihong, the chairman of Wanhua, seized the opportunity and surpassed Fengxi in one fell swoop, becoming the number one in the industry. Fengxi's chairman Wen Weihe was powerless in managing the company, and his son severed ties with his family early on. , as a last resort, he married his daughter Wen Yamei to Min Zhihong. Wen Yamei was only in her twenties at the time, and Min Zhirong was the same age as Wen Weihe, over 50 years old."

"Old husband and young wife, this Miss Wen is so miserable!"

"Worse things are yet to come! After marrying Min Zhirong, Wen Yamei became pregnant not long after. Wen Yamei has been in poor health, and Min Zhirong insisted on giving birth to her when she was old enough to have a child. In the end, Min Zhirong chose to keep the child. "

Lu Qiaoqiao gave a small "ah": "Then Miss Wen died just like that?"

"Yes, to commemorate her, Min Zhirong named his son 'Min Wenwei'. Min and Wen are the surnames of two families, and Wei is the great Wei."

"Hey, is it the great Wei?" Lu Qiaoqiao was surprised, "How did I remember that there was no single 'Wei'?"

"Don't worry, just listen to me." Hua Hui made a fool of himself, but Lu Qiaoqiao was very annoyed and threw a ball of paper at him.Hua Hui avoided it with a smile, and continued: "Less than two years after Wen Yamei's death, Min Zhirong had a second marriage. The second marriage is said to be a divorced woman named Wei Peiyao, known as 'Mrs. Wei'."

"Ah... isn't that the stepmother..."

"That's right. Originally, Wen Weihe married his daughter to Min Zhirong in order to marry Wanhua and develop together. As a result, Min Zhirong remarried as soon as his daughter died. Of course, the Wen family didn't want it. Besides, Min Wenwei is still so young, and his stepmother can treat him well." At that time, the Wen family had a falling out and used all means to get Min Wenwei back, but Min Zhirong refused to let him go, so the Min family and the Wen family completely broke up."

"If you put it that way, Min Wenwei is quite pitiful."

Hua Hui blinked slyly: "On the contrary, after marrying Min Zhirong, Wei Peiyao not only has no rebirth, but also treats Min Wenwei as her own, and raises him carefully. When Min Wenwei was a teenager, Min Zhirong passed away and died. Let Mrs. Wei manage the group temporarily as the chairman of the board before Min Wenwei becomes an adult."

Lu Qiaoqiao frowned: "You talked for a long time, but you didn't say why Min Wenwei changed his name?"

"This was requested by Min Wenwei on his own initiative. In order to thank Mrs. Wei for her support, he offered to change the last word of Min Zhirong's name to Mrs. Wei's surname after Min Zhirong's death."

"So that's it," Lu Qiaoqiao clapped her hands excitedly, "So Min Wenwei's name is a composite of three surnames!"

"Keep your voice down!" Hua Hui stretched out his hand and tugged at her, then looked in the direction of the office, "That's right, but that's not the point."

"What's the point?"

"Think about it, what Min Zhirong said was that before Min Wenwei became an adult, Mrs. Wei would temporarily manage the group. Look at how old Min Wenwei is now. He just became the CEO of Wanhua Jewelry a while ago. The position of chairman , is still occupied by Mrs. Wei!"

"That's right! Wow, the grievances and grievances of the rich and powerful are so complicated! I thought Min Wenwei was so annoying before, but now I feel a little sympathetic to him!" Lu Qiaoqiao's eyes flashed, "Our small company is just like Xiao Shui. It looks like a pit, and you can see to the end at a glance, how simple it is.”

"Hey, what do you know? When the water is clear, there are no fish. The depth of a big company is the depth of the water. There are many crouching tigers, hidden dragons!"

"Come on, you, if you are a dragon, can you still nest here?"

The two started laughing and joking, Ye Lan closed his eyes and leaned on the seat, remembering the scene when he walked out of Wanhua Building.

He had longed for Wanhua so much, thinking that he could start from here and climb to the pinnacle of life, but unfortunately his lucid dream was shattered, leaving only a shattered pain in the end.

Thinking that he might never have the chance to step here again in this life, he looked back with nostalgia.The glass curtain wall of Wanhua Building reflected the glare of the sun. A black Bentley was parked where he walked out, and the filmed windows were rolled down, revealing a pair of eyes.

Those eyes are extremely beautiful, brighter than obsidian, more charming than black pearl, colder than basalt.Ye Lan froze for a moment, he had never seen anyone with such eyes.

Seeing that he was still not leaving, the security came over to chase him away.Ye Lan hurriedly took two steps with the cardboard box in his arms, and when he turned around again, there was no car on the spot.

Mrs. Wei...is it...

"Jingle Bell--"

The sound of the phone pulled Ye Lan out of his memory, he picked up the receiver, and it was Yan Hui's voice: "Boss Fei told you to go to the meeting room now."

Ye Lan looked at the clock on the wall, and it was still early for the appointment time with the male god: "Understood, I will go right away."

Pushing open the door of the conference room, Ye Lan saw Min Wenwei sitting at the table with an ugly face, with a few sketches in front of him.Fei Yuande was sitting opposite him, and when he saw Ye Lan coming, he waved hurriedly: "Here it is finally? Sit!"

Ye Lan settled down: "Mr. Fei, Mr. Min, what do you want from me?"

"Ye Lan, Mr. Min has read your design draft. He has a few questions that he wants to discuss with you. You should answer them carefully." Fei Yuande pushed the draft paper with his fingers, and the draft paper slid along the clean desktop. In front of Ye Lan, she turned around and stopped.

Ye Lan lowered her head, and what was spread out on the table was the design draft she had just handed to Fei Yuande.He looked at Fei Yuande, who spread his hands and winked in Min Wenwei's direction.

Ye Lan understood, it turned out that she was looking for trouble.Last time he didn't agree to Min Wenwei, this time Min Wenwei will definitely have to pick and choose on the design draft.

Min Wenwei looked at the small movements of the two, and snorted coldly: "Your design draft is called 'Guardian'. With all due respect, I really don't see the meaning of 'Guardian'."

"President Min, don't be angry." Fei Yuande stood up to smooth things over, "Maybe Ye Lan has his own ideas, let him explain."

Min Wenwei raised his chin proudly: "Okay, tell me."

Ye Lan picked up the design draft and nailed it to the display panel in the conference room, pointing to the pattern and said: "My initial inspiration came from the Marvel movie "Guardians of the Galaxy". There is a scene in the movie where the tree man's arms grow countless branches, Protecting the heroes..." He glanced at Min Wenwei out of the corner of his eye, and sure enough, his expression became even uglier.

"...This brooch is divided into two branches from above, symbolizing the arm of the tree man, slowly extending out intertwined branches, embracing the red heart-shaped gemstone in the middle. The branches use AU750..."

"Wait," Min Wenwei raised his hand to interrupt him, "What kind of material are you going to use for the small green gemstones dotted on the branches?"

"I'm going to use peridot because the color of peridot is most like new green leaves."

"Peridot? The price of peridot under one carat is so cheap, at least you have to replace it with chrome tourmaline or tsavorite, right? That's fine. What are you going to use for the red heart-shaped gemstone in the middle?"

"Uh... my thoughts are garnets."

"Enough!" Min Wenwei slammed the table, "Ye Lan, it's a personal grievance between you and me, can you have some snacks at work? You got inspiration from some popcorn movie, aren't you kidding? Hua's positioning is advanced customization, so you just draw a few branches to fool me?"

"I..." Just as Ye Lan was about to argue, Fei Yuande brought to his mind the entrustment of taking care of the overall situation. He endured it and swallowed the words of refutation.

Min Wenwei took a few steps forward and tore off the design draft, and threw it on the ground angrily: "Ye Lan, what's the matter with you, you used to dare to use even Kashmir sapphires. You have been in a small company for a long time, and you can't see high-end products anymore? Peridot and You know the grade of garnet in your heart. What price can this kind of broken stone be sold for? Has it reached the five-figure mark? Our customers are all high-class people. If you design these cheap goods, who would buy them so much?"

Ye Lan looked at the artwork with a crack pulled out on the ground distressedly, and said helplessly, "It's not because of the price..."

"why?"

Ye Lan shut up.From his personal profile on Weibo, he saw that the male god's birthday is in January, and garnet is January's birthstone.He couldn't say such a personal reason.

Min Wenwei was annoyed by his silence: "I don't blame you for not having studied jewelry design systematically. As long as you come to Wanhua, I promise to find the best teacher for you. You can barely stay in such a small place to learn." Why? You don’t think about making progress all day long, and the materials you use are getting lower and lower. Do you still want to make a good design?”

"I'm sorry, I made you laugh at the small place." Fei Yuande stood up, and said with a half smile, "If there is a problem, we will fix it, but it's not appropriate to poach people in front of me. ?”

Min Wenwei paused, then turned his head in embarrassment: "Sorry, Mr. Fei, I didn't mean that..."

"If you have something to say, we, Limei, always put the customer first. Since the customer has a request, we will change it until you are satisfied." Fei Yuande tugged at the corner of Ye Lan's clothes, "Is it Ye Lan?"

Ye Lan didn't move.

Fei Yuande frowned secretly, and pulled him hard again.

"I won't change it."

"What?" Min Wenwei was furious, "Ye Lan, let me tell you—"

"Okay!" Ye Lan interrupted him coldly, picked up the design draft on the ground and patted it, "I'm not feeling well, I've made an appointment with a doctor, you guys talk slowly, I'm leaving first."

Taking advantage of the moment when the two were stunned, he walked to the door, opened the door of the meeting room, and left behind him heavily.

There was a loud "bang" from the door, and the world was suddenly quiet.

He glanced at the clock, it was just in time to rush to the Central Hospital.

【small theater】

Qin Qin: Why haven't I appeared yet?

Nian Gao: [The other party didn't want to talk to you and threw a Ye Lan at you]

Qin Qin: [The other party caught Ye Lan you threw and had a good time]

Ye Lan: ...