City’s Best Divine Doctor
Chapter 717 - 0718: Fashion Industry Insiders [Fourth Update]

Chapter 717: Chapter 0718: Fashion Industry Insiders [Fourth Update]

Upon hearing this, Count Charley guessed that the old fox definitely wanted to disassociate from himself and that religious matter, surely having flown to the United States under some pretext.

However, Count Charley did not voice his speculation; since Armand had arrived, it meant that the old fox didn’t dare to cut off all ties completely.

"Armand, this is Doctor Ye."

Count Charley said.

"I had already guessed it!"

Armand was also very surprised; the young man before him looked even younger than he had imagined.

Armand?

Cars?

Ye Qiu quickly surmised the identity of this man, saying, "I have guessed your identity as well."

"Really?"

Armand asked.

"The head of the Armand Family, the beacon of France’s Citroën automobiles!"

Ye Qiu said in fluent French.

The three major French car brands—Peugeot, Citroën, and Roewe—now under the French government’s capital injection, Peugeot and Citroën had merged into the PSA automotive group.

And the PSA automotive group was second only to Volkswagen in Europe, so it was clear that this Mr. Armand was not a simple character.

Armand was surprised; he hadn’t mentioned anything, and Count Charley hadn’t either, yet Ye Qiu had figured it out.

Zhou Wenting had been in Europe for such a long time, and she hadn’t noticed it.

"Correct, this is one of the heirs to the Armand Family, Viscount Armand, who is also one of the Vice Presidents of the PSA automotive group in Europe."

In Huaxia, it wasn’t common to see many Peugeots and Citroëns, but here in Europe, they practically ruled.

Therefore, this member of the upper echelons was also a young elite in the automobile industry.

Ye Qiu was quite interested in cars, especially luxury cars, although he considered Peugeot and Citroën more as the choice of transportation for the average middle class in his country.

Standing there, Armand realized that Ye Qiu had a profound understanding of cars; he specifically asked Ye Qiu why PSA’s car brands were selling so poorly in Huaxia, far behind those from America, Japan, and Germany.

Ye Qiu knew that Armand was intentionally testing him; after all, even professionals might not understand this issue, let alone him, an outsider.

Asking Ye Qiu now, wasn’t it just asking for the sake of it, or deliberately making things difficult for him?

Suddenly, Count Charley, Viscountess Louise, Zhou Wenting, Viscount Armand, and the other young women in evening gowns were surprised to find that Ye Qiu was speaking extensively in French.

Finally, Ye Qiu said, "PSA is not well-known in Huaxia, and besides, its positioning is expensive, and its style updates are too slow. The consumers who can afford it are unlikely to focus on this car brand."

Listening to Ye Qiu speak like that, Armand seemed contemplative, but after all, he wasn’t in charge of the Huaxia region but was responsible for Europe.

He was just curious to ask Ye Qiu, to see whether he was worth networking with.

If Ye Qiu came recommended by Count Charley, and seeing that Ye Qiu had some abilities, Armand knew that this young man was not to be underestimated.

After talking with Armand, Ye Qiu had an exchange with the other distinguished guests, similar to what had happened before, they exchanged contact information. Of course, Ye Qiu did not have his own business card, while these people all had their own, and it wasn’t easy to just give out their cards to someone else.

Ye Qiu had almost collected everyone’s business cards just a moment ago!

When the introductions of the nearly important guests were almost finished, there were still a few left, gathered around drinking and chatting.

Count Charley directly led Ye Qiu over, and those gentlemen in suits and the ladies in evening gowns, the younger women, when they saw Count Charley coming over, hurriedly greeted him.

"Dr. Ye, I’ll just briefly introduce their identities to you," said Count Charley.

"This is Mr. Armand, a director of the Lancome Group!"

"This is Mr. Gabriel, a director of the Chanel Group!"

"This is Viscount Christian of the Dior Group."

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Count Charley merely gave a brief introduction to these people’s identities, so very quickly, Ye Qiu understood what these upper-class individuals did.

The Lancome Group represented cosmetics, Chanel represented perfumes, and LV bags were one of the most popular women’s bags under the Dior company.

France has always been the country of romance, and Paris is one of the four major fashion capitals of the world, producing companies famous for cosmetics and companies for clothing.

Now, by merely introducing these people’s identities, Count Charley probably would have caused other women to scream if they were there.

Ye Qiu thought of the Xingyue Group owned by sisters Shen Yueru and Shen Xingru and their lingerie and clothing. He felt that there might be potential collaborations between Xingyue Group and these high-end brands of clothing and cosmetics.

Therefore, compared with his prior interaction with the French upper-class individuals, Ye Qiu appeared to be much more enthusiastic.

This left Count Charley, Zhou Wenting, and Viscountess Louise puzzled, wondering if Ye Qiu was actually interested in these things. But they felt it was impossible!

With Ye Qiu’s ordinary attire, how could he possibly be interested in these things?

And the upper-class individuals, upon seeing Count Charley introduce them to this plainly dressed young man, simply nodded and greeted him.

Because they felt they were unlikely to have any social interaction with this young person, there was no need to be overly warm.

Ye Qiu knew he needed to attract their attention.

After quietly speaking to a young maid standing next to Ivan the butler, the maid thought she had misheard, but realizing that she hadn’t, she could only fetch the design drafts and pencils as Ye Qiu had requested.

"Dr. Ye, what is it that you intend to do?" asked Count Charley, curious.

"These individuals are the representatives of the Paris fashion world; I want to exchange ideas with them!" Ye Qiu replied.

These people certainly were among the most important individuals in the fashion capital of Paris, whether it’s Lancome cosmetics, Chanel perfumes, or LV bags, as well as the other various types of jewelry they wore.

However, Ye Qiu’s attire gave them a peculiar impression. If a person doesn’t have a bit of taste, not even a bit of fashion sense in their dress, how could they possibly exchange ideas with them?

They felt discussing with Ye Qiu would be completely generational, with no possibility of meaningful exchange.

Yet Ye Qiu appeared very confident!

About ten minutes later, the young maid hurried back, bringing the requested design drafts and pencils.

In Count Charley’s large castle, naturally, such items were on hand, including these drafts and pencils, typically kept in stock.

Count Charley, Viscountess Louise, Zhou Wenting, and those around from the fashion world only watched as Ye Qiu took a pencil and then on a piece of design paper, in not much time, sketched out a design of women’s lingerie and a set of clothing design drawings, resembling an evening gown.