Obsessive Tycoon and His Swan Girl
Chapter 97 - 97 97 Designer J

Chapter 97: Chapter 97: Designer J Chapter 97: Chapter 97: Designer J The agent never dared to complain about her with words like “just make do” again, but it became difficult to hear those words from her mouth again.

Jiang Zhe asked, “Didn’t you say you had something else?”

“Yes, there’s something else,” Xu Jin said. “For this album cover, we’ve selected several sets of clothes, but I still feel somewhat dissatisfied. Can you take a look for me?”

“Show me,” Jiang Zhe said.

Xu Jin had the assistant bring over the clothes.

Xu Jin and Jiang Zhe had been friends for several years now. The fact that Jiang Zhe was a famous clothing designer was known to no one, except for Xu Jin and the two most capable people around her, the agent and the assistant.

Xu Jin came to know Jiang Zhe’s identity by a lucky coincidence.

The costumes for the character that made Xu Jin famous were ostensibly provided by the Jiang Family, but in reality, they were all personally designed and handcrafted by Jiang Zhe.

Originally, Jiang Zhe wasn’t supposed to go to the set. As the renowned clothing designer J, she only needed an artist’s measurements and the character’s personality to produce solid designs and works.

Who would have thought that Liang Jinlan insisted on taking Jiang Fanyue to the film crew for networking, and just then, another male character’s costumes kept having issues. Jiang Zhe’s email was filled with problems caused by that one person, prompting her to decide to go see what was actually happening.

Initially, Liang Jinlan flatly refused to let Jiang Zhe join them at the set. However, too lazy to argue with her, she let Jiang Zhe come along but put her in the props department, ordering her to stay there without wandering off or meeting the director and actors.

The props department was close to the costume department, and Jiang Zhe had no interest in what was going on outside anyway. She only wanted to check the costumes and leave, so she didn’t mind.

When Jiang Zhe first arrived at the set, nobody paid any attention to her, a girl just over ten years old.

She stayed with the props department, unnoticed by anyone, while Liang Jinlan was busy socializing with Jiang Fanyue.

During lunch and dinner, the crew was too busy to pay Jiang Zhe any mind, neither asking if she wanted to eat nor if she needed water.

In the evening, Jiang Zhe, who was in the costume department looking at clothes, was accidentally locked in by staff leaving for the day.

Liang Jinlan and Jiang Fanyue had completely forgotten about her and left by car.

Jiang Zhe, alone in the deserted costume department, didn’t find it too hard to bear.

She had a habit of keeping some bread and mineral water in her backpack, so eating and drinking weren’t an issue.

However, the costume department was located in a warehouse, and someone had turned off the mains outside, cutting power to the air conditioning and preventing air from circulating. Jiang Zhe woke up in the middle of the night feeling suffocated and extremely uncomfortable.

That day, Xu Jin had a scene at five o’clock in the morning. He liked to prepare in advance, so he arrived at the costume department after two to find a quiet place to review the script and also to get his costume. Upon opening the warehouse door, he came face-to-face with Jiang Zhe.

Xu Jin didn’t ask much, smiling as he handed over his assistant-prepared breakfast—an ear of corn and an egg—to Jiang Zhe. He also had a female assistant come over to ask Jiang Zhe what difficulties she had encountered, where her family was, and to help her call home.

Jiang Zhe refused, and noticed that his costume was slightly ill-fitting.

How could the costumes she designed and made by hand not fit properly?

Jiang Zhe saw the problem immediately: the reported measurements for him and another male actor were incorrect.

His had been recorded shorter and plumper, and the other male actor’s taller and larger.

That’s why the other male actor’s costumes constantly came back for Jiang Zhe to adjust, but no one mentioned altering Xu Jin’s—understandable considering he was a minor figure in the industry. As long as his clothes were passable, no one demanded a perfect fit.

It wasn’t hard to imagine that misreporting the sizes was done on purpose by someone.

With a professional designer’s eye, Jiang Zhe could see Xu Jin’s physique was of a perfect golden ratio, so it wasn’t strange if others were jealous and tried to sabotage him.

With Xu Jin’s shoot approaching, Jiang Zhe didn’t have time to return and alter his clothes, so she took a needle and thread and altered them on the spot.

The agent and the assistant didn’t manage to stop her in time, and Jiang Zhe finished altering Xu Jin’s costume.

The altered size fit him exceptionally well.

Naturally, Jiang Zhe went ahead and altered all of Xu Jin’s subsequent costumes in one go.

The altered costume suited Xu Jin excellently, complementing his image just right.

If Xu Jin’s rise to fame depended on this role, and the whole drama was sponsored and supplied with clothes by the Jiang Family, then Jiang Zhe was undoubtedly the biggest contributor to its success.

Thereafter, Xu Jin would wear Jiang Family’s clothes several times a year, not as a gesture of reciprocation to the Jiang Family, but solely because he remembered and valued Jiang Zhe’s help.

For important occasions, Xu Jin would also seek Jiang Zhe’s advice on outfit combinations.

Like for this album cover.

The assistant wheeled over a whole rack of clothes, and Jiang Zhe picked one up for a quick look.

This time, Xu Jin’s album style was youthful, with the clothing mostly consisting of simple light colors.

Xu Jin always felt it wasn’t eye-catching enough.

He changed into a white T-shirt and shorts that everyone thought looked good, but it seemed a bit plain, as if missing something.

“How about adding a tie?” Jiang Zhe casually grabbed two ties, one red and one green, quickly unravelled them, and combined them into one, draping it around Xu Jin’s neck.

Tall Xu Jin was accustomed to letting her manage the styling, he slightly bowed his head and bent down, allowing her to make the adjustments.

Jiang Zhe effortlessly tied the tie for him.

The somewhat bland outfit was quickly infused with a different vibe.

The excessively goody-two-shoes style, with the addition of the contrasting tie, seemed like adding passion and conflict to youthfulness.

It matched the style of his songs very well.

The manager slapped his forehead, “How did we not think of that?”

Jiang Zhe withdrew her hands, “The observer sees clearer than the player.”

The assistant handed over a phone to Jiang Zhe, “Look, I just took a photo of you two. Doesn’t it have a great vibe?”

In the photo, Xu Jin had his gaze lowered, while Jiang Zhe had one hand on his shoulder and the other was adjusting the tie.

The background was filled with colorful halos.

“Not bad,” said Jiang Zhe.

“Why don’t we use this photo as the cover?” The manager loved the photo, which unintentionally captured a unique style.

“Whatever,” Jiang Zhe was indifferent.

Xu Jin spoke softly, “Send me the photo.”

The assistant sent it over.

Jiang Zhe had been sitting for a long time and stretched her limbs, “I’m going to the restroom.”

Restroom.

Jiang Fanyue had been in the meeting room for a long time, already visiting twice.

Xu Jin avoided seeing her, and there was little she could do about it, sitting across from Liang Jinlan, feeling quite pressured.

Sitting on the toilet, she was clueless about what else she could do.

The door opened, and two people came in, chatting casually as they entered.

Jiang Fanyue heard they were two young girls talking about work.