Love Affairs in Melbourne-Chapter 226 - 223 Target Disassembly

"Mom, when did she start clinging to me? It’s always been me chasing Yan Yan.

Even if there was any clinging, it was me clinging to her, in high school and still the same now.

You wouldn’t have called her during high school and said she was shameless, would you?" Qi Yi didn’t know with what kind of emotion he had just asked those questions.

Qi Yi’s mother didn’t directly answer his question.

"My colleague will stay in New York for a week, and she has a niece studying there. You should be able to go back in the next couple of days; remember to treat her to dinner when you return."

The subtext of Mrs. Qi’s words was that treating her colleague to dinner was more important than anything else.

Originally, treating his mother’s colleague to a meal could make her happy for a month or two, and Qi Yi felt that such a matter was still very valuable.

But this time, Qi Yi directly hung up the phone and turned off his mobile.

This was the first time he had ever hung up on his mother as long as he had lived.

Qi Yi finally understood why Yan Yan had been so resistant to meeting his mother.

Yan Yan had only told him that his mother wanted her to convince Qi Yi to attend Peking University.

She hadn’t said a word about anything else.

Qi Yi had always felt that Yan Yan’s definitive breakup with him in high school was extremely excessive.

But if his mother could say shameless things about Yan Yan even now, he could imagine what she might have said to Yan Yan back then without needing to hear it.

After hanging up the call, Qi Yi returned to his seat, and the Yan siblings’ conversation about dreams continued.

"Qi Yi, my cousins think I should go to the London Graduate Fashion Week and use it as my starting point. What do you think?" Yan Yan didn’t wait for Qi Yi to sit down before asking for his opinion.

"I don’t have any particular opinion," Qi Yi said, choosing a seat next to Yan Yan and, under the table, taking her hand, trying not to show his mood on his face.

"Who’s asking for your opinion? I’m asking for your advice, okay?"

Yan Yan was about to pull her hand away, but looking at Qi Yi’s expression, she thought he might have realized that his public display of affection had upset her and had come to sit next to her to appease her with a quiet hand-holding, so she didn’t actually throw his hand away.

"Advice? Aren’t you the one who knows best where you want your dream to start and end?

I think you don’t need advice; you just need to follow your own heart," Qi Yi’s heart was filled with regret, now feeling that nothing was more important than making Yan Yan happy.

"Little Qi Zi, can’t you show a little more sincerity? Even Ye Mo is thinking about how to make me an overnight sensation at GFW," Yan Yan said with a look of disdain glancing at Qi Yi.

"With your ambition, you probably look down on the relatively obscure London Graduate Fashion Week.

But from what I’ve heard your brother say, it seems like the London event is the most direct and effective pathway at the moment.

I think this week, specifically for graduates, could also be considered a decent starting point.

Still, we’re outsiders, our thoughts are orthodox, and the advice we can offer is limited.

It’s up to you to weigh the pros and cons.

Waiwai, being as unique as you are, might even have your own creative approach.

Give it some thought; you don’t have to rush your decision," Qi Yi spoke in the tone he most often used with Yan Yan.

Qi Yi didn’t think much of it, and Yan Yan was accustomed to it, but the others at the table were overwhelmed by their display of affection.

"Can we still have a decent conversation?" Yan Ling directly expressed dissatisfaction with Qi Yi and Yan Yan’s public displays of affection.

"Brother-in-law, it turns out my sister needs someone like you to sort things out.

It’s really an eye-opener.

You were like a male god in our high school.

Why don’t you have the reserve a male god should have?" Jiao Zhifei also didn’t stand on the side of the table’s only couple.

With everyone commenting like this, Yan Yan also started feeling that Qi Yi was acting a bit strange today. Could it be because she didn’t go to see him at the hotel in Milan right away?

But losing a passport, that sort of thing has high priority abroad, and it wasn’t that Yan Yan did it on purpose. Qi Yi shouldn’t even be unable to understand that.

"Personally, I still hope to start at Paris Fashion Week.

I’ll look into it; prepare for both options from now on.

No matter what, I now have a confirmed path I can follow.

So it is good to have brothers and sisters~

I’ve been protected by my older brothers growing up, allowing me to grow up carefree and happy.

And now that my younger brother is grown up, he can advise his older sister. I am truly relieved," Yan Yan wasn’t able to make up her mind at the moment.

If it was before the designers’ dinner in Florence, knowing she could go straight to the London GFW, Yan Yan would definitely have given it a try.

Now, she would have to think about whether there was a better way.

For Yan Yan, the most important issue now was to get a clear understanding of the ins and outs of the Four Fashion Weeks.

As Zhifei had just explained, the Four Fashion Weeks have evolved into many models; the biannual autumn-winter and spring-summer events in February/March and September/October can only be considered the best among traditional fashion weeks.

A brand can’t take the same season’s products to two different fashion weeks.

But if you only pick one show per season from the Four Fashion Weeks to showcase a brand’s complete image, especially when many brands have more than one distinct sub-brand focus, it’s certainly not enough.

Top luxury brands doing fashion shows never intended to be limited to the traditional Four Fashion Weeks; for example, Paris has its own Haute Couture Fashion Week.

Nowadays, there are countless fashion weeks all over the world which would fill all 365 days of the calendar and still not fit them all.

Japanese designers indeed gained international recognition through Paris Fashion Week, but that was back in the ’60s and ’70s.

Now, should the same way and path still be followed?

Yan Yan hasn’t had the time to ponder this question in depth.

For the past two years, Yan Yan had been focused on improving her design skills, without spending time on marketing and promotion.

If she still considered herself a student, she would only drift farther from her dreams.

Indeed, it was time to prioritize the establishment of a brand and marketing promotions.

"Let’s integrate our available resources then break down our goals, and finally, see how much capital we need to prepare," Yan Yan shared her most genuine thoughts.

Yan Yan spoke of breaking down goals with the same tone as Yan Ling when discussing marketing.

When it came to discussing their brand dreams, these siblings were cut from the same cloth.