Chapter 493: Current Situation of the Design Department
The current director of An's design department is Hu Xuefei, an older designer who was re-appointed by An Boyuan after Yang Xi was fired. After hearing what happened at the shareholders' meeting, she knew that An Zhisu would come to inspect the design department.
I'm ready.
"Chairman." As soon as An Zhisu stepped out of the elevator, Hu Xuefei came to greet him.
"Director Hu, long time no see." An Zhisu still has an impression of Hu Xuefei. He is a senior designer of Ann brand, and he was once a teammate who fought side by side.
Hu Xuefei was pleasantly surprised: "I didn't expect that the chairman would still remember me."
"I remember a lot of people, but I don't know if they are still working at An's." An Zhisu has been out of the mental hospital for more than half a year, and this is the first time he has set foot in the design department.
"Some people are still there, and some people resigned after Yang Xi became the director of the design department because they were dissatisfied with Yang Xi." Hu Xuefei answered truthfully.
An Zhisu nodded to express understanding.
Hu Xuefei led her into the design department. The entire design department employees were waiting for the new chairman to inspect the department. As soon as she came in, everyone stood up and shouted in unison: "Chairman."
An Zhisu smiled at them and motioned for them to sit down without restraint. Then he turned to Hu Xuefei and said, "Call all the designers to the conference room for a meeting."
The designer she mentioned here refers to the backbone of the design department. Hu Xuefei understood what she meant and called the leaders of each design group to the conference room.
The design department is divided into five design teams, and there is also a logistics team, with a total of six team leaders, who took their seats one by one.
An Zhisu sat in the first place, and Hu Xuefei introduced her to the leaders of each group and the main tasks they were responsible for. The introduction was quite detailed and took half an hour.
An Zhisu also spent half an hour memorizing their names and looks. There were only three old people here, and the other three were newcomers. She had never seen them before.
"Chairman, do you need them to elaborate on their work?" After the introduction, Hu Xuefei asked again.
An Zhisu nodded and said: "I want to quickly understand the market share of Ann brand, as well as your design concept and work plan this year."
The team leaders expressed their understanding one after another. Starting from the first group, they elaborated on their respective work contents in order, including those that have been completed, those that are in progress, and those that have not yet been launched, in extra detail.
An Zhisu listened extremely carefully, jotting down important points in his notebook from time to time. Two or three hours passed unknowingly, and Hu Xuefei's assistant came in to change coffee for everyone several times.
As the sun set and the lanterns came on, the meeting continued. There was an hour's pause for everyone to rest and eat. An Zhisu also went up to accompany Ye Lancheng to have dinner. After that, the couple went about their own business. Ye Lancheng needed to understand and master something more than An Zhisu.
Much more.
"Why is the Ann brand's market share so much lower than last year?" An Zhisu asked, looking at the report provided by Hu Xuefei.
Hu Xuefei said cautiously: "Since the cancer-causing fabric incident, Ann's number of fans has dropped sharply. Later, she experienced Yang Xi's plagiarism incident, which made matters worse, so this quarter's market share is much lower than last year.
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An Zhisu:......
It seems that the two things Hu Xuefei mentioned were caused by her and Ye Lancheng.
Embarrassed.
"Summer clothes will be on the market soon, are you preparing for a press conference?" An Zhisu awkwardly changed the question.
"I have discussed the press conference with the old chairman before. The old chairman means to postpone it for a quarter, let the heat of Yang Xi's plagiarism cool down for a quarter, and wait until the autumn to hold the press conference." Hu Xuefei answered truthfully.
Hu Xuefei only knew An Boyuan's meaning, but she didn't know that An Boyuan suspended the Ann brand's press conference for one quarter in order not to collide with An Zhisu's press conference. He wanted to give all the light to his daughter.
An Zhisu pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: "Then we will follow my father's wishes and suspend the press conference for a quarter. But the launch of summer clothes cannot be so quiet, and it will cool down for a quarter. In the autumn, the market share will
The rate will be even lower. Well, show me the design first."
Upon hearing this, the team leaders immediately pulled out the design drawings from their tablets and showed them to An Zhisu.
When An Zhisu was watching, the team leaders were very worried, fearing that their and their team members' designs would be criticized by An Zhisu as useless. After all, they had seen with their own eyes how powerful An Zhisu's design talent was. Those designs were made by her
The designs of the hands are all popular items of the Ann brand.
An Zhisu carefully read all the design drawings one by one. The design concept is very clear, the design sense is also very strong, and the main colors are also very distinct. Every piece of work is remarkable and consistent with the consistent style of Ann brand.
But An Zhisu was not particularly satisfied, but she also knew that many things could not be accomplished overnight and had to be patient and done step by step, so she did not show dissatisfaction with these works.
An Zhisu randomly picked out a few works and asked, "Are these finished products?"
Hu Xuefei looked at it and nodded: "Yes, the production of summer clothes started a month ago, and the first batch of finished products has already been released."
"Bring it over and let me take a look." An Zhisu said this to the leader of the logistics team. The logistics department is responsible for the warehouse of the design department.
The leader of the logistics team immediately went out to get it.
"There is nothing wrong with your designs. They are remarkable. Let's put these designs into production this quarter. Next quarter, I will lead everyone to design together." An Zhisu praised the designers appropriately.
The designers all breathed a sigh of relief.
The leader of the logistics team came back soon and pushed in a clothes rack with the clothes An Zhisu had just selected hanging on it.
An Zhisu stood up to check. Sometimes the design drawings look good, but the production may not be as effective as the design. Fortunately, the Ann brand has done a good job in this regard, and the production results are better than the design drawings.
"Not bad." An Zhisu nodded with satisfaction and asked: "Has the brochure been taken? Who is Ann's spokesperson now?"
"Our spokesperson has always been Ye Qing, and the brochure will be shot soon. Ye Qing's schedule is very full, and we have been trying to find a time with her. We just confirmed the time with her agent yesterday and will start shooting the day after tomorrow.
"Hu Xuefei replied.
Ye Qing!
An Zhisu frowned: "You are trying to be a big name, right?"
Hu Xuefei couldn't say anything bad about Ye Qing. She remembered that Ye Qing seemed to be the second lady of the Shengshi Consortium, that is, An Zhisu's sister-in-law. She did not dare to complain about Ye Qing's reputation in front of An Zhisu.
"Say what you have to say." An Zhisu noticed Hu Xuefei's concerns and signaled her to speak boldly.
Only then did Hu Xuefei dare to tell the truth: "Ye Qing has always been a famous person and very demanding. She needs us to use a top photography team to shoot her. She often deliberately makes things difficult for us. When we ask her to shoot brochures, she always refuses.
Push it away. We gave up the press conference this year and planned to shoot some advertisements to promote it, but she said that shooting advertisements would require extra money, and charged a sky-high price. We didn’t have that much budget, so we gave up.”
An Zhisu's brows furrowed even more: "Then why not replace her?"
"Our contract with her will expire in two years. If we change it, we will need to pay a liquidated damages. In addition, the design department used to be under the management of Manager An, but she said she didn't want to change it, and there was nothing we could do." Hu Xuefei mentioned.
An Tingnuan became cautious again.
"hehe."
An Tingnuan and Ye Qing have always been in cahoots with each other. No wonder Ye Qing is such a big name, and people in the design department dare not speak out.