Since we are both reborn, of course I would choose the rich woman!

Chapter 149 Hu Xiaoyu: Where is Lu Yao?
March 30th, sunny.

The weather in Shangnan was very good that day, or rather, the weather in the entire Jiangnan area was very good, with clear skies and bright sunshine, and everything was thriving.

In such good weather, Hu Xiaoyu took the special car sent by Rong Nianqing and arrived at the Nancheng New District in Shangnan early in the morning, next to Rong Nianqing's Huasheng Life Plaza.

Rong Nianqing had been waiting at Huasheng Life Plaza for a long time. Before the MPV that Hu Xiaoyu was riding in stopped, Rong Nianqing quickly stepped forward to greet him.

As the electric door opened, Rong Nianqing saw Hu Xiaoyu, who was dressed up carefully, getting out of the car.

Today, Hu Xiaoyu is wearing a black cashmere knitted high-necked long dress. The drapey knitted long dress makes Hu Xiaoyu's figure look slim and beautiful. Under her cashmere high collar is a simple, clear, but full and shiny pearl necklace. Hu Xiaoyu's long black hair is also tied up with a silver hairpin.

Apart from this, there was no other decoration on Hu Xiaoyu's body.

But she put on a slightly brighter makeup today. Her fair face and rosy, plump red lips made Hu Xiaoyu look beautiful and charming.

As soon as Rong Nianqing saw Hu Xiaoyu, she praised him sincerely: "Director Hu looks so beautiful today."

Simple and beautiful, the outfit, which is mainly black and embellished with pearls and silver hairpins, does not lose its solemnity.

Hu Xiaoyu smiled and said, "Today is very important and special, so I dressed up a little. Otherwise, it would be too inappropriate. President Rong, do you want to take me to the meeting?"

Rong Nianqing smiled and said, "Don't you want to take a break?"

Hu Xiaoyu smiled and said, "Take a rest after you finish reading it, so I can have a better idea of ​​what to do."

Rong Nianqing turned around and led the way: "Okay."

Under the guidance of Rong Nianqing, Hu Xiaoyu followed to a deep pit not far from Huasheng Life Plaza. This deep pit and Huasheng Life's underground parking will be connected in the future. There will also be a dedicated road leading to Huasheng Life Plaza, making it convenient for customers who are here to go to the shopping plaza for consumption.

But now, a temporary giant dome is covering this deep pit. Next to the dome, a spiral staircase built with a metal steel frame is like a downward spiral thread, allowing guests from all over the world to reach the ground below through these spiral stairs.

The foundation of the deep pit under the dome has been laid, and the self-leveling floor has been completed in the main area of ​​the venue.

When Hu Xiaoyu followed Rong Nianqing to the bottom of the deep pit, he could vaguely see the light from outside the curtain, but the cold wind outside could not blow in at all.

The venue is surrounded by curved walls made of glass bricks. The curved walls are staggered with each other, and with the reflection of ambient lights, it creates a very atmospheric feeling.

The most eye-catching thing in the venue is the red glass waterfall on the side of the venue. The glass waterfall has been isolated by a huge glass cover and has become a decorative landscape of the venue.

At the front of the venue, right next to the glass waterfall, is a wall with niches, in which are displayed sculptures that represent various traditional Chinese craftsmanship.

In the dark environment, the venue is filled with a deep and mysterious atmosphere, and even has a little bit of religious secrecy and sacredness.

After Hu Xiaoyu had looked around the venue, Rong Nianqing came to the front of the venue, that is, in front of the niche wall, and said, "This will be our podium. When we explain the product, a large movable screen will drop from the top."

"This location."

Rong Nianqing came to a display stand under the alcove and said, "This is where our work will be displayed. After the introduction, the auction will still be held on the stage."

Combined with Rong Nianqing's introduction, Hu Xiaoyu already had a rough idea of ​​the speech to be given in the afternoon.

After listening to this, Hu Xiaoyu smiled at Rong Nianqing and said, "Did you, President Rong, design this venue yourself? It's very clever and has a lot of artistic conception."

This practice of designing natural wonders indoors is also often used by Chanel's design director Karl Lagerfeld. Last year, the themes of the three major fashion shows created by Chanel were: Broken Walls, Earth and Forest.

Karl Lagerfeld is very good at and loves to create spectacles indoors, and the themes of many of his shows are related to nature.

The show organized by Rong Nianqing is also related to nature, but Rong Nianqing's design concept also incorporates humanity and even family and country.

When Hu Xiaoyu looked closely at the glass waterfall, he saw many tiny, glittering golden inlays inside. After careful examination, he realized that they were actually names of people. Combining the area of ​​Shangnan and the bloody waterfall, it was easy to guess what this meant.

In terms of the shocking spectacles of the show, Hu Xiaoyu felt that Rong Nianqing's skills were no worse than those of the top designers in the fashion industry, and might even be better.

Rong Nianqing smiled and said, "I love to hear you praise me, Xiaoyu. I put a lot of thought into this venue. It's not complete yet, and there will be changes when it ends."

Hu Xiaoyu smiled and said, "Then I'll wait and see."

Rong Nianqing said, "You have come from afar, let's go and rest first. The auction will not be open until 1pm, and it will not officially start until 2pm."

"it is good."

Hu Xiaoyu agreed and looked back around.

There were many people accompanying Rong Nianqing, and there were many people busy in various places in the venue, but Hu Xiaoyu looked around but did not see the person she wanted to see.

"Maybe it's still early and he hasn't come yet."

Hu Xiaoyu remembered that the guy was usually quite busy. Thinking of this, Hu Xiaoyu stayed in a high-end hotel in Nancheng New District under the arrangement of Rong Nianqing. Before resting, Hu Xiaoyu specially read the auction process and her speech.

At 11:30 in the morning, Hu Xiaoyu was awakened by the alarm clock. After getting up, she simply washed up, touched up her makeup, and rearranged her appearance, becoming as exquisite as when she went out this morning.

Hu Xiaoyu was not actually that nervous when facing such an occasion, because many of the people who came to the venue were her uncles or even grandfathers. As for those she didn't know, she didn't need to care about them.

The only thing that causes her mental stress is probably the media cameras.

But Hu Xiaoyu had talked a lot in front of the camera during her growth process, so she was familiar with dealing with this kind of small mental pressure.

After packing everything, Hu Xiaoyu waited quietly in the hotel suite.

At half past twelve, Rong Nianqing came and knocked on the door on time, and took Hu Xiaoyu to the venue to welcome the important guests. Hu Xiaoyu's family has great influence in Hangzhou and has a wide network of contacts.

Xiao He, Chen and Li who came this time are also familiar with Hu Xiaoyu's family.

In order to show support for Rong Nianqing, three elders from Rong Nianqing's family also came. Rong Nianqing brought Hu Xiaoyu to meet these big guys one by one.

As more and more bigwigs and wealthy people gather at Huasheng Life Plaza, the streets near Huasheng Life Plaza are filled with all kinds of luxury cars, including both flamboyant sports cars and steady and atmospheric business cars.

It seems like a luxury car exhibition has been set up around Huasheng Life Plaza.

Many young ladies from the WW circle and socialite circle in Shangnan and even other places gathered around like sharks smelling blood.

They not only come here to take photos and check in, but also hope that they can be noticed by some rich man here?

As a man, even if he has no shortage of food, but gets tired of the delicacies around him, he will also think of going out for a hunt to get some coarse grains to clear his stomach. Even if he can't become rich overnight, at least he can get some gold dust after being opened by the golden key.

Gold powder is still money no matter how little it is.

As check-in selfies are uploaded to the Internet, the coffee shops around Huasheng Life are booming, and Huasheng Life is gradually beginning to transform into a "high-end check-in spot."

If it continues to incubate in this way, Huasheng Life Plaza will soon become a popular check-in spot like Sam's Club and IKEA.

Compared with the bustle at Huasheng Life, the number of people attending the luxury goods show and auction at Xinbai Plaza seemed sparse and deserted.

Lu Yao specially organized people from the MCN company to wait on both sides and send back photos in real time.

The developments at Xinbai Plaza so far have been very strange. After a series of moves by Huasheng Life, even many wealthy people who went there were attracted away by Rong Nianqing using the "celebrity effect", but Xinbai Plaza has been very quiet so far.

Lu Yao would not think that the other party was about to admit defeat. The calmer the other party was, the more it meant that Tao Sixing was planning a big move behind the scenes.

So Lu Yao made preparations for both scenarios.

If Tao Sixing really wanted to start today's auction showdown in such a bleak way, then Lu Yao's navy and marketing accounts would be merciless and attack the opponent's brand tone with all kinds of poisonous sarcasm.

Although it is unlikely that Tao Sixing would do this.

The other preparation is to act according to the situation, and at least we have to suppress the opponent's tone through information channels.

Lu Yao was in charge of the MCN company and responded to the information sent by Qi Lianbian at all times. It was not until almost an hour later that the people Lu Yao sent to Xinbai Plaza finally reported back the first-hand situation at the scene.

A helicopter stirred up the air currents above Xinbai Plaza. After circling several times, the security guards in Xinbai Plaza immediately rushed out to clear the area, allowing the helicopter to land safely in Xinbai Plaza.

Tao Sixing strode out of Xinbai Plaza with his head held high, shook hands and greeted the blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigners who got off the helicopter, and asked his secretary to take them into the auction venue.

Then, the marketing editor who was assigned to Xinbai Plaza kept sending back one video after another.

Different helicopters flew in from afar like dumplings and landed at Xinbai Plaza. The whistling sound of helicopter propellers tearing through the air was heard one after another.

Many media reporters who were already waiting near Xinbai Plaza were suddenly excited!

They took pictures crazily at Xinbai Square and sent them back to their respective units for search.

After a search, I found that all the people who came to Xinbai Plaza were bigwigs from abroad.

President of Bain Capital's Strategic Planning Department.

President of Blackstone Capital Far East Human Resources.

Yinrui heavy money
Lanshan Capital
Golden Bridge Investment
As various media organizations searched, one important name after another appeared on their search pages, which excited the media reporters who were waiting at Xinbai Plaza.

I thought Xinbai Plaza was in decline, but I didn't expect there were experts here.

Lu Yao also collected all the information at the first possible moment, and then immediately compiled it into a document and sent it to Rong Nianqing: "Xinbai has taken action, but their actions are a bit strange."

Rong Nianqing was currently greeting and chatting with important guests at the venue, but she was also keeping an eye on the updates on her phone, because Lu Yao had already told her about the division of labor, and the lack of movement from Xinbai Plaza made Rong Nianqing a little worried.

So after seeing the special message, Rong Nianqing immediately apologized and walked aside to check the message. After she glanced at the message sent by Lu Yao, she opened the document and saw the names in the document, Rong Nianqing raised her eyebrows.

They actually brought in overseas capital?

With overseas capital coming to show support, the auction enthusiasm and transaction price at Xinbai Plaza are expected to not be particularly bad. However, Rong Nianqing couldn't help but feel excited when he saw the news.

Rong Nianqing couldn't help but send a message to Lu Yao: "We did a great job this time. Come with me to meet Tao Sixing later."

Lu Yao could feel Rong Nianqing's excitement and excitement from her words, but he didn't know why Rong Nianqing was so excited, but he still agreed.

After chatting with Lu Yao, Rong Nianqing continued to send messages to various parties using his mobile phone.

Tao Sixing is a cautious and meticulous person, and he shouldn't reveal any clues in this wave, but it's better to be safe than sorry, so Rong Nianqing still needs to notify the people behind her to do a good job of surveillance.

Rong Nianqing was busy. After chatting with others in the meeting room, Hu Xiaoyu found Rong Nianqing and said, "Mr. Rong is busy."

Rong Nianqing raised her head and smiled, "I'm almost done, what's wrong?"

Hu Xiaoyu lowered his head and remained silent for a moment, then pretended to ask casually: "Where is Lu Yao? Today is such an important day, why didn't he come?"

Rong Nianqing raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "It's my fault. I forgot to tell you that Lu Yao will not come today."

what?
Hu Xiaoyu was stunned. He’s not coming?

How could he not come? Why didn't he come?

Seeing the obvious surprise in Hu Xiaoyu's eyes, Rong Nianqing took the initiative to shoulder the blame: "He is helping me with more important things, so he won't come today."

Hu Xiaoyu suddenly felt an uncontrollable sense of loss in her heart, and she suddenly thought of what Lu Yao said to her on the day he left - "We won't have many opportunities to meet in the future."

The more than one month that the two of them spent together was like two lines occasionally intersecting, entangled for a while and then going their separate ways. Is that right?

Hu Xiaoyu felt like a huge stone was pressing down on her heart, making her feel depressed and even having trouble breathing.

But why is this happening?
Rong Nianqing noticed Hu Xiaoyu's strangeness and immediately smiled and said, "I have an appointment with Lu Yao tonight to meet our opponent. Let's go together and have dinner together."

Hu Xiaoyu took a deep breath.

When she heard Rong Nianqing's arrangement, she was actually struggling in her heart. She felt that she shouldn't do this, and even felt that there was something wrong with her mentality. But there was also another impulse surging in her heart, which made her unable to say no.

Hu Xiaoyu hesitated for a moment and forced a smile: "Okay."

She is not an indecisive person. She is brave and dares to love and hate.

So she shouldn't be muddle-headed, hesitant and conflicted. She should be clear-headed and face herself soberly.

Rong Nianqing raised her wrist to check the time: "It's almost time, let's get started."

After saying that, she took the lead and walked towards today's stage. After she picked up the microphone to test the sound, the venue in the deep pit suddenly became quiet.

Rong Nianqing smiled at the bigwigs and rich people in the audience and said, "Hello everyone, I am Rong Nianqing, the CEO of Huasheng Life Plaza, and also the design director of "Yong". I am very happy to meet you all here. "

As soon as he finished speaking, thunderous applause broke out in the conference hall.

Rong Nianqing raised her hand to suppress the applause, and began to explain the meaning, birth, and design concept of the brand "Yong" as the applause subsided. As Rong Nianqing spoke, the huge screen slowly fell from mid-air and began to present one magnificent picture after another of intangible cultural heritage skills.

Just from looking at this PPT, you can tell that Rong Nianqing has indeed put a lot of thought and effort into this.

Under the blessing of the venue atmosphere and the vivid and grand PPT presentation, many audience members felt that time passed very quickly.

Especially some local tycoons who made their fortunes in a rather barbaric and rough way, they learned a lot of knowledge here that they had never known before. The intangible cultural heritage tributes carefully selected by their ancestors from the nine clans made them feel a strong sense of pride in their hearts.

Many petty bourgeoisie people will particularly praise foreign luxury goods and concepts, but this group of people actually does not have much money in their pockets.

The truly wealthy ones understand what "luxury" and "prestige" mean. They don't care about design concepts or trends. They just want one thing:

High-end atmosphere and top grade!
And it has to be the kind that can be placed on the leader’s desk.

In this case, foreign high-end luxury goods are no longer enough.

The value of antiques, calligraphy and paintings, ceramics and jade is highlighted here.

Mr. Du, a domestic marketing genius, accurately grasped the mentality of these bigwigs and successively launched such unique "luxury products" as "8848" and "Little Can Tea".

In a sense, "8848" and "Xiaoguan Tea" are true luxury goods, because one of the essences of luxury goods is "extremely low cost performance."

The design concept and product value of "Yong" are completely different from those of "fraudulent" products such as "8848", but the concepts of national style intangible cultural heritage, royal tribute, luxury and extravagance have been deeply rooted in people's hearts through the narration of Rong Nianqing and Hu Xiaoyu.

This is the “self-empowerment” of the product.

Because kesi was a real "royal tribute" in the past, brocade, which was a lower grade than kesi, was something that only the rich and powerful could afford.

So, if you use this to ask for favors in the future, is it better than Chanel or Hermes? Compared with these nouveau riche brands, Yong seems luxurious and has connotation. The key is that the materials used are very interesting.

When you take this bag out and show it off, people will wonder what material it is made of.

You said it was kesi.

And then they haven't even heard of it, so now's your chance to show off, right?

If the other person knows about "kesi", wouldn't it be a good topic to talk about after you sit down? You can also compliment them on their "wide knowledge" and "extensive memory", and the relationship will become warmer after a few exchanges.
Just learn the Chinese way of dealing with people.

Lu Yao highlighted these selling points when helping Rong Nianqing review the manuscript. Many wealthy people at the scene lit up when they heard them, and by the time they got to the stage, they couldn't contain their desire to buy the product.

After the brand and product introductions were over, Rong Nianqing took the microphone and said with a smile, "Just now when I was in the audience, many attendees urged me to start the auction quickly."

"But this time we are using a pre-sale method. You can watch the product images on the big screen and make your selection, and then the auction will begin."

There was a buzz of whispers from the audience, but Rong Nianqing was not at all panicked.

She said calmly, “We will present our carefully crafted work to you within two months after the auction ends. At that time, I will personally present our carefully polished work to you.”

Oh?
This is very interesting!

What is Rong Nianqing's identity? If she personally presents and delivers it, will there be no media present at the scene?

How could this be an auction of luxury goods? This was clearly a chance to pay for a chance to meet and take a photo with President Rong in person!

Now, regardless of whether there is a physical object or not, the wealthy people at the auction venue in Huasheng Life Plaza are all rubbing their hands, wanting to compete for the top spot.

Rong Nianqing went on to say, "The products we are auctioning this time are divided into several styles. One is a work that has been recolored from our original work. Currently, there are four colors: green, gold, blue, and gray-gold."

"The white prototype we are displaying on stage is a unique piece and is not for sale, but only for exhibition."

This caused another commotion among the bigwigs in the audience.

Next, Rong Nianqing introduced the Suzhou embroidery style and customized style.

With the product introduction completed, the auction at Huasheng Life officially began...but the weird thing is that this group of bigwigs and tycoons were actually bidding based on pictures.

……

On March 30th, there were two auctions in Shangnan, and they were held simultaneously by two opposing groups.

Before the auction was held, the two companies had already engaged in a fierce public opinion war in Shangnan and on the Internet, but in this kind of public opinion war, each of them said they were right and I said I was right.

Since the winner cannot be determined in public opinion, we can only use the most popular and secular way to evaluate and see which side is more popular in the market.

So Xinbai Plaza used foreign high-end luxury brands as a gimmick, and Huasheng Life used Chinese style and intangible cultural heritage as a selling point.

Huasheng Life used domestic bigwigs to siphon away the wealthy bigwigs who originally belonged to Xinbai Plaza, and Xinbai Plaza then received bigwigs from nowhere to form a luxurious lineup.

The two sides have been almost evenly matched so far, and the final deciding point will be which side's auction amount is higher and the shocking result is greater.

Because Rong Nianqing spent a lot of time promoting the brand, Xinbai Life Plaza started the auction first. However, under Tao Sixing's control, the amount and pace of Xinbai Plaza have not fluctuated much.

He has to be on guard against Rong Nianqing.

It was not until Rong Nianqing started the auction that the first-hand information was delivered to Tao Sixing through Tang Jingjing.

Looking at what he was thinking in his hands, Tao Sixing felt his scalp tingling.

“No physical auction?”

"Rong Nianqing personally presented and delivered it?"

Tao Sixing's scalp tingled when he saw these tricks one after another. He sat behind the scenes and watched it once and then watched it again. Finally, Tao Sixing suddenly stood up and smashed the tablet in his hand with a loud bang.

Tao Sixing, who had remained calm until now, finally lost his composure and broke down. He scratched his head in annoyance: "Is she sick?"

"When did Rong Nianqing come up with all these tricks?"

(End of this chapter)