Rebirth 1983: Building My Business Empire

Chapter 221: Chapter 210: The Most Beautiful Campus Belle Chapter 221: Chapter 210: The Most Beautiful Campus Belle Lu Jiaxin guessed that she would appear in a gossip magazine and that the magazine would portray her in an unflattering light, but she was completely wrong. The gossip magazine praised her throughout, saying she had exquisite makeup and her clothes were very characteristic. They called her the most beautiful school beauty of Hong Kong Middle School, and even used her photo for the magazine cover.

When Feng Lihua came to pick her up after school, she mentioned this to Jiaxin and showed her the magazine, jokingly adding, “Very pretty. You definitely live up to the title of the most beautiful school beauty.”

Lu Jiaxin took a look and indeed, the photo was very pretty, and she really could claim the title of the top school beauty in Hong Kong.

When she got home, she called Su Heyuan to ask if he knew about this. Su Heyuan didn’t follow gossip normally and had been busy the whole day, so he hadn’t heard about it before her call.

Su Heyuan was a bit worried when he heard the news and said, “Jiaxin, those people are using gimmicks to boost magazine sales. It’s not a good thing for you.”

Lu Jiaxin said with a laugh, “This gimmick the magazine is playing with is a good thing for us.”

Su Heyuan asked with some confusion, “How is it a good thing for us?”

Lu Jiaxin explained, “You should immediately publish a piece in the gossip newspaper or magazine saying the dress I wore is one of this season’s new releases from Qirui Clothing Company. There’s our company’s logo on the dress, and I will respond with a photo when the time comes. With today’s free advertisement, letting people know that my outfit is a new release from Qirui Company, we should be able to bring in more orders.”

Su Heyuan asked hesitantly, “Will that really work?”

Lu Jiaxin replied with a smile, “You wouldn’t say that if you saw the magazine cover.”

You have to commend the skills of that gossip magazine’s photographer. She looked incredibly beautiful on the cover of the magazine, like a princess straight out of a fairy tale. And the beautiful dress added a lot of points to the princess.

Su Heyuan immediately asked his assistant to buy the magazine, then he asked, “You just mentioned that the dress on the magazine cover is one of this season’s new releases. How many designs are there in total?”

Lu Jiaxin answered, “I’ve designed six dresses.”

After seeing the magazine cover, Su Heyuan suddenly understood why Lu Jiaxin said this was an opportunity. Having been here for over a year, he had made some friends, and some of those friends were in the media business.

Once the arrangement was in place, Su Heyuan drove to see Lu Jiaxin and as soon as he saw her, he asked, “Jiaxin, you mentioned six new designs. Show them to me.”

After looking at them, he looked at Lu Jiaxin with changed eyes and said, “Lu Jiaxin, you should not apply for the finance department, but for apparel design instead. Really, don’t waste heaven’s gift.”

Having worked in a clothing factory for several months, he knew very well how difficult it was to design a hit. For someone like Lu Jiaxin, it was like being spoon-fed by the gods.

Lu Jiaxin said, “I don’t like to repeat myself. Big Brother Su, an opportunity like this is rare, let’s seize it.”

Su Heyuan said, “The day after tomorrow and the day after that, three newspapers and magazines will publish our advertisement.”

Newspapers and magazines have to arrange their layout in advance, so tomorrow’s won’t catch up.

After nodding, Lu Jiaxin then said, “If the advertisement gets a good response, we’ll wait to announce Qirui is preparing a new product launch, and then we’ll invite social elites to view it.”

“A new product launch? You mean to have a fashion show?”

Lu Jiaxin replied, “Yes, have a fashion show, invite models to showcase our clothes, and it’ll depend on you how many people you can invite.”

Su Heyuan assured her that he would handle it, “These clothes are designed by you, the fashion show definitely can’t miss you, the chief designer.”

Lu Jiaxin was not only unprepared to participate in the fashion show, but she also didn’t want people to know she designed the clothes, “No worries, many artistic people are quirky. Just say Green doesn’t like to socialize and prefers not to be in the spotlight. The more mysterious Green is, the more the paparazzi will dig, and the more topics there will be, which is good for the company.”

Surprised, Su Heyuan asked, “Green, as in the color? Are you using it as a codename?”

“It’s not a codename, it’s my artist name. I really like green because it represents hope, life, and youth…”

Su Heyuan fell silent for a moment and then said, “Jiaxin, you’re new to Hong Kong and haven’t dealt with many things outside. Some wealthy people in Hong Kong like to pursue young, beautiful, and famous girls. The company using you for advertisements will draw their attention. I know you’re not greedy for wealth and won’t be corrupted by their monetary advances, but I worry some will resort to unscrupulous means to achieve their goals.”

“When can Xiaoxiao come over?”

Understanding her, Su Heyuan said, “She should be able to come over next week. Hong Kong is different from the Mainland, there are many gangs here. These people do everything from murder to compelling prostitution. With just Xiaoxiao and Feng Lihua, I’m worried they won’t be able to protect you.”

Lu Jiaxin chuckled and said, “Big Brother Su, you’re overthinking it. Those rich heirs have plenty of women flocking to them, they wouldn’t stoop to such vile means; and the societies with a bit of money wouldn’t take such dirty work. I’m not an ordinary citizen; my aunt knows quite a few people and has money herself, the cost of kidnapping me is too high to be worth it.”

The likelihood of a kidnapping was low, but the chance of being tempted into corruption was higher. The former had high consequences since she was accompanied by bodyguards, while the latter could be accomplished with a bit of effort. Thinking of this, she felt that she needed to be careful not only with her safety but also with her diet from now on.

“Still, you need to be careful.”

Lu Jiaxin nodded and said, “Don’t worry, Sister Feng takes me to and from school every day, and when Xiaoxiao arrives, we’ll have one in the open and one undercover.”

Su Heyuan felt it still wasn’t enough. Xiaoxiao was good at martial arts but wasn’t trained with firearms, and due to her youth, she lacked experience. As for Feng Lihua, he didn’t trust her. Firstly, because the woman had a child, which made her vulnerable, and secondly, because security company bodyguards wouldn’t risk their lives to protect their employer.

After pondering all night, Su Heyuan called Xie Kaixiao the next day to express his concern, “Uncle, Jiaxin trusts Gu Wenfeng a lot. Could we ask him to protect her? It wouldn’t be for very long, at most a year, and once the attention dies down, it’ll be fine.”

When he didn’t respond, Su Heyuan said, “Uncle, Jiaxin is planning to donate two million to an orphanage on the Mainland. Two million in exchange for Gu Wenfeng’s protection for a year, that’s fair, right?”

“Is this your idea, or is it Lu Jiaxin’s?”

Su Heyuan spoke for Lu Jiaxin, “This kid is simple-minded, she didn’t even consider using the donation to make demands. The He Family has ill intentions, this might be their planning. Uncle, not to mention this kid’s mother is Yichen’s lifesaver, just think about how this kid cares for the Mainland, she’s so talented and will surely give back when she grows up. Uncle, we should protect her.”

The last sentence moved Xie Kaixiao, who then said, “I’ll need to ask Gu Wenfeng for his opinion. If he’s willing, I’ll have him come over as soon as possible.”