Chapter 64: A Different Kind of Romance
Obviously, young people aged 18 or 19 care most about the transition of financial independence from children to adults.
Being able to make money on their own is very attractive to young people at this stage.
Pan Yunyan couldn't help but said to Du Ruolan seriously, "Really, now I think it's a bit of a stretch for you to be worthy of him. With his current all-round abilities, if he wants to find a girlfriend, he can find any kind of girlfriend. You still have to get your mind right, otherwise it will be really hard."
Du Ruolan warned her best friend: "You don't want to do it yourself, do you?"
Pan Yunyan did not shy away from saying, "If you can't do it, then I'll do it. I have a very good attitude. What's mine is mine after all. Even if it's not mine, I'll try to see more of it."
Du Ruolan gritted her teeth!
Because Jing Xiaoqiang completed the first order within twenty minutes, for three hundred and seventy yuan!
I sold a set of blush, foundation and eye shadow to this piano professor at the music college.
This price is considered a huge sum of money these days!
But I feel that for Citi imported cosmetics, this price is very cheap.
In fact, what Jing Xiaoqiang specified were several cheap cosmetics chain supermarkets under the old Citibank brand. Most of the products were trial packs that cost only a few dollars each. This kind of one-stop cosmetics specialty store has appeared in Hong Kong since the late 1980s.
With Lu Xi's intelligence, he could easily find it in HK.
It gathers popular styles of various brands for general consumption, with a wide variety of trial packs of nail polish, lip gloss, blush and foundation priced at HK$10 a bottle.
But for the mainland where the concept of fashion has not yet been developed, almost no one knows about it.
Everyone is still struggling to have enough food and clothing , so how can they have the time to seize this place?
Even the very few people who have become rich first in the country are still eyeing those famous brand cosmetics.
In fact, for professional makeup artists, famous brands are all deceptive.
It's nothing more than relying on fame to steal trust. Quality is the safest and most foolproof option.
In terms of effects and features, the endless stream of new models are the best. Jing Xiaoqiang has never seen most of the brands, but he knows where to buy them reliably. After the category is specified, the flight attendants just need to look for them according to the words.
Now, the flight attendants of Lu Xi's airline have already started to visit such stores to search for goods on every flight, ahead of their peers across the country.
This can be seen from Jing Xiaoqiang's past two training courses. As long as he specifies, the flight attendants can prepare in advance.
From this perspective, Jing Xiaoqiang almost has his own personal express hotline!
The shipping cost is very low.
The piano professor was very satisfied because Jing Xiaoqiang helped her with a simple makeup. The two also exchanged some ideas on piano playing techniques and left their contact information so that they could get in touch with her if they needed anything in the future.
This also reminded Jing Xiaoqiang to make a business card, which would be the main sales model of "MIYA" in the future.
Originally, Du Ruolan wanted to name it Good Luck, Pan Yunyan suggested calling it Guangcai Cosmetics Shop, and Luo Li also carefully contributed Meiya.
Jing Xiaoqiang chose the last one, but used English letters: "The company is called Meiya, and the store is called Meiya. Now everyone is calling it Universal Asia Pacific. We should polish the brand a little bit."
Du Ruolan curled her lips. Fortunately, someone passed by on the road at this time. Seeing her eager to try, she was about to rush out to solicit customers.
Jing Xiaoqiang quickly closed the door: "I just came to take a look today, there's no rush."
Pan Yunyan is very good at choosing the right time: "Boss Jing, do you want to have a meal to celebrate the opening? We haven't even had dinner yet."
When I got back to the school cafeteria, there was no food.
Jing Xiaoqiang was not stingy and walked.
On the way back to school, we found a restaurant. The four dishes and one soup made Pan Yunyan say that the food was an improvement. Since she came to school for a month, she really missed her mother's cooking at home.
Luo Li was very reserved about the company dinner, and Du Ruolan still only looked at Jing Xiaoqiang, perhaps her head was filled with more and more question marks.
It was precisely this exploratory mentality that made her fall deeper and deeper.
Because Jing Xiaoqiang still only ate his own diet meals, he asked clearly when he entered the door: "I didn't walk past the clothing market just now. Look over there. Those people are called "qiaobian molds". Do you know what they mean? They are called "touts" in Pingjing dialect. They specialize in helping sellers to boost business. Go over there. The area in front of the Overseas Chinese Store is full of "pile molds", that is, scalpers, squatting there to sell foreign exchange and tickets. You can make money from this these days, but the three of you have already entered the country's most advanced drama academy. It would be a pity if you still make yourselves look like molds."
Lori held the bowl and looked at the street vendors and hawkers in the distance, as if she was thinking about something.
Pan Yunyan put the bowl on the table and ate. "Entering the drama academy is only the first step in a long journey. The school rules for the four years of college prohibit filming. If I don't seize some opportunities to hone myself , I will not be able to get a role for several years after graduation. I probably won't be able to eat this bowl of rice for the rest of my life. It's impossible not to be anxious, so I have to prepare for both."
This pretty and charming girl slowly began to show her true qualities.
Du Ruolan only looked at Jing Xiaoqiang: "What about you? You haven't put your mind on studying at all. You went out to work at six in the morning. Now you are still opening a store. Have you been selling cosmetics all this time?"
Otherwise how could it be so familiar.
Jing Xiaoqiang looked at her and said, "You're comparing yourself to me? How did you feel when other girls compared themselves to you during your college entrance exam?"
Du Ruolan smiled self-deprecatingly: "Now that you put it that way, I understand a little bit."
Jing Xiaoqiang gestured to his lunch box and said, "I'm not bragging. I know exactly what I'm doing and what my goal is. Just talking about fitness and self-discipline, I'm better than most people. This is the capital for the next few decades. The three of you have much richer starting chips than most people. Are you taking good care of it and increasing its value?"
Pan Yunyan must have listened to it, and nodded gently: "In the future, if you teach me more about fitness and body shaping, I will work hard."
Luo Li was surprised to include herself in the list: "I... I, how could I dare not compare with two beautiful ladies? And I am in the Department of Drama and Literature, not the Department of Acting."
Jing Xiaoqiang reminded her, "When it comes to acting, you don't necessarily have to compete in appearance. Appearance is just a passing line. If you pass the passing line, those who score 70 or 80 points may be more malleable, but those who score 90 or 100 points may be burdened by that appearance for the rest of their lives, such as Pan Yunyan. You may be stuck in your acting career. Yes, it may be easy to play a vixen or a bad woman, but if you do it more often, not only will your acting career be limited to the role you are familiar with, but the screenwriter, director, etc. will think of you as a role. What if there is no such role this year? There are only a few opportunities in a few years, what if someone else can grab it more easily? An actor of the same type with better backstage connections than you can completely block your future."
Pan Yunyan was suddenly shocked. How could a girl of eighteen or nineteen have the ability to plan her entire life?
Jing Xiaoqiang's college days were also not like that: "Let me give you another example. Our stage design department has a scenery painting major, and usually the students have the best painting skills. Various backdrops and even the huge posters outside the cinema that are more than ten meters high are their standard work. But who would have thought that just a few years later... Now Hong Kong and foreign countries already have those inkjet printers. Once they enter the country, all the paintings are sprayed by machines. The computer just needs to give the pictures. No matter how good a person is at painting, it is not as efficient as that. Technology kills hand-painted paintings in seconds. There is no future for them. It will be difficult to change after a few years. The four years of college are actually used to find the most suitable future for oneself, but it is indeed necessary to make more preparations as Pan Yunyan said."
In his previous life, he was useless in China. He was too arrogant to learn computer technology to keep up with the trend, so he ran to Citibank where there were more stage opportunities. In the end, he could only do various jack-of-all-trades jobs besides being a security guard and vice president.
The three girls were stunned. Such vision and experience were beyond their imagination.
Even the seniors and teachers they once admired did not give them this kind of stimulation.
Jing Xiaoqiang pointed at Luo Li and said, "You just have this kind of changeable foundation. It may be related to your love of literary fantasy. You have more inner dramas. Be bold. Why can't you try acting during your four years in college? Even if you can't become an actor, at least you will have more experience and feelings when writing scripts. You can act and express yourself, just like many good directors are also good actors. Isn't it a waste to learn acting from them in the past few years?"
Lori was shocked and felt like a whole new world had opened up before her.
Du Ruolan waited for a long time, but Jing Xiaoqiang was still chewing. After he finished eating, she asked, "What about me?"
Jing Xiaoqiang rolled his eyes at her, "You should get rid of your love-mindedness. Look at these two, they are as cunning as a shower head. They are racing against time to improve themselves. I never hang out with them in the dormitory. I am so busy. You still have the time to do these things. You are wasting God's gift. I am talking about you. Nowadays, even a little improvement can make your next few decades of life better. I really want to slap you in the face."
Du Ruolan listened to Jing Xiaoqiang's harsh words, and the love in her eyes only became stronger, but the corners of her eyes were already curled up: "Well, besides my parents, you are the only one who treats me so sincerely. Not only did you not harm me, but you also urged me so much. I am so lucky in this life. This is my romance."
I kind of like your overbearing style, but you don’t like me.
Jing Xiaoqiang complained in his heart, does this little girl know what romance is?
Women are more aggressive, men are slower.
This is the truth.
