"Of course the former," Feng Yu replied calmly and confidently.
Hearing her answer, Lin Fengmian didn't hold back at all. "Fine. You said you're here as Miss Feng. Then may I ask why you modified a Voa dress without permission? Do you look down on Voa's designs?"
"Not at all."
There was no trace of panic on Feng Yu's face. Instead, she was surprisingly calm. "The dress I'm wearing is one of Voa's designs from three years ago, which is still regarded as a classic to this day."
Lin Fengmian looked at her, his face showing no expression that could reveal his attitude. "Just because it's a classic, Miss Feng, you can modify my work at will?"
Kelly, standing beside them, turned pale with fright. She couldn't figure out Lin Fengmian's mood at all. If he was dissatisfied with her boss because of this, and if this matter got out, and then some black fans were hired to make a big deal out of it...
The consequences would surely be troublesome.
Kelly clenched her fists, sweating for her boss. But since her boss dared to come here, she must have a way to handle it.
The staff in the audition hall who didn't know the situation began to whisper among themselves.
"It's too much! This is just for attention!"
"Right! How could she modify Mr. Lin's painstaking design at will?"
However, Feng Yu seemed not to hear these accusations. She shook her head and said seriously, "Voa started its high - end private customization route last year. For the rich kids, they like to pursue uniqueness. But why do we have to have a fixed mindset and think that only one - on - one customization for them is called private customization?"
"If it's not one - on - one, how can it be called private customization?" Lin Fengmian asked again.
"We can offer private customization for the rich kids, and they're willing to pay for it. Then why don't we sell the classic designs and let them design according to their own unique ideas? Isn't this also a form of private customization?"
Feng Yu looked at the Voa directors in front of her curiously and continued, "Nowadays, more and more young people like to spend time on DIY design. Why don't we just let go? Isn't this a new trend and a new way of private customization?"
The directors around looked at each other and all thought that what she said made sense. After Voa's reform, the company's total profit had indeed increased significantly. But due to the price increase, they had also lost some customers.
If they adopted the classic + original design model, they could indeed win back the lost customers. It could also give the second - and third - generation rich kids a sense of freshness without losing the current customers.
There was an innocent and confident smile on Feng Yu's face. "Under the concept of private customization, if we can open branches across the country and allow customers to recreate the classic designs in the stores, we can not only increase Voa's popularity but also expand our customer base and target a wider market."
Suddenly, applause rang out.
Fu Qianchen asked curiously, "Strange. Am I the only one who thinks Miss Feng's idea is great?"
Seeing Fu speaking, the director beside him immediately chimed in, "Of course. Miss Feng's idea is really good. In this way, we don't have to waste the classic designs we've stockpiled before. We can still sell them according to Voa's 'private customization' concept. Why not?"
Feng Yu pursed her lips and smiled. "Actually, I really like Mr. Lin's designs. And I'm just an outsider. If there are any flaws in my modification, I hope Mr. Lin won't be angry."
"Thank you."
Finally, a smile appeared on Lin Fengmian's face. "Thank you, Miss Feng, for giving new life to my work. And Miss Feng looks so beautiful even without makeup in this dress."
Everyone was reminded by Lin Fengmian's words and only then noticed that Feng Yu was actually auditioning without makeup today.
Auditioning without makeup. One must have a lot of confidence in themselves to do so!
Looking at her delicate face without any makeup, paired with this red short dress that perfectly outlined her small waist and showed off her unmatched long legs.
Overall, she looked sexy yet elegant and noble.
"It's all about the clothes," Feng Yu said with a smile.
"Nonsense! That's not true at all!"
The assistant jumped out again. Her face looked extremely bad as she almost blurted out, "Your dress is clearly—"
The smile on Feng Yu's face froze, and there was a hint of sharpness in her eyes. "It seems that Sister Xi's assistant knows a lot?"
Lin Fengmian frowned and asked seriously, "What's going on?"
The staff behind the door looked around nervously, afraid that this matter would be traced back to them.
The supervisor received Lin Fengmian's order and left the audition hall to investigate this matter.
One of the staff members, afraid of being fired by Voa if found out, voluntarily stepped forward and said, "Mr. Lin, I'm sorry. I originally wanted to report this to the supervisor first, but Miss Feng said she didn't want to make a big deal out of it and cause negative news, so we didn't report it."
She paused for a moment and told the truth. "Actually, Miss Feng's dress was maliciously cut. In a hurry, Miss Feng had to modify Mr. Lin's design by herself."
"The dress was cut?"
"So Xiaoyu wasn't being a diva. She didn't modify the design for attention. She did it out of necessity?"
"Sister Xi and her assistant have been in the audition hall all the time. But her assistant jumped out to accuse her, which means..."
"Shh! Don't make wild guesses. Do you have any evidence?"
Zhang Xi's face darkened, and she gave her assistant an incredulous look.
"It wasn't me. I really didn't do it!"
The assistant knelt on the ground in a panic and cried to Zhang Xi, "Sister Xi, I didn't cut her dress. I just saw the cut - up dress beside me when I was getting your dress in the dressing room!"
"But Sister Xi swore in the dressing room just now that she would definitely get the endorsement. Could it be Sister Xi..."
"No way? How could Sister Xi do such a thing to harm Xiaoyu?"
"It's hard to say. It's all about interests. After all, only she and Xiaoyu are competing for the endorsement now. Getting the Voa endorsement means getting into the threshold of luxury brand endorsements. Who wouldn't be tempted?"
The staff on the scene began to suspect that Zhang Xi had tampered with Feng Yu's dress.
Zhang Xi's assistant was sobbing. Suddenly, she stopped, stood up, walked up to Feng Yu, pointed at her and scolded, "You did it on purpose! With Sister Xi's strength and popularity, why would she care about a small star like you?"
Feng Yu: "..."
"You cut a classic dress on purpose just to get the endorsement and then made yourself out to be the victim, right?" the assistant gritted her teeth and poured all the blame on her.