Chapter 507 - 283: Teaching the Old Couple a Lesson

Just as Qi Sheng was on a wild shopping spree with his girlfriends at Taikoo Li and the International Gold Center,

the entire fashion world was thrown into an earthquake of epic proportions by an official announcement from the Prada Group.

Prada, the renowned blue-blood luxury brand, had been acquired by a conglomerate from China.

The Prada family did not disclose the specific details of the transaction.

However, the total transaction value reached a staggering 15 billion US Dollars.

What shocked many people even more was that this acquisition was unlike other mergers and acquisitions in the luxury sector.

Those usually involved a year or two of back-and-forth negotiations alone.

This massive deal, however, was completed in less than 24 hours—a truly lightning-fast acquisition.

Compared to the mysterious Chinese conglomerate, the LVMH Group’s acquisition of Tiffany seemed downright petty.

The market caps of Tiffany and Prada were not far apart.

The LVMH Group had formally proposed the acquisition back in November of last year.

Yet they were still endlessly bickering with Tiffany over the price.

Seeing the Prada family sell themselves off so decisively for a payoff in the tens of billions of US dollars, Tiffany grew envious and issued an ultimatum to the LVMH Group.

The total price was still the previously agreed-upon 16.2 billion US Dollars.

Not a penny less.

Worst-case scenario, they could also sell out to that mysterious Chinese conglomerate.

Given the other party’s terrifying financial power, swallowing up the Tiffany Group, a company of a similar size to Prada, should be no problem at all.

Having just returned home after a shopping spree with his girlfriends, Qi Sheng had a two-hour-long video call with Shen Wan, the Perfect Level talent who was already leading a team to take over the Prada Group.

A Perfect Level Talent Recruitment Card worth a billion was certainly the real deal.

Forget a mere Prada Group.

Even if all the luxury brands in the world were merged into one, Shen Wan had the ability to manage them all in perfect order.

Not to mention, Qi Sheng had also specifically dispatched two Master Level talents and one Grandmaster Level talent to assist him.

They were Xu Min as the Chief Financial Officer and Wang Zhao as the Chief Human Resources Officer.

And, as the Prada Group’s Creative Director, Zhou Jiecheng.

Since Qi Sheng had plenty of Talent Recruitment Cards to spare, he decided to arrange some capable subordinates for Shen Wan.

This would help him take full control of the Prada Group as quickly as possible and inject new Vitality into it.

Among them, Zhou Jiecheng faced the greatest pressure.

The fashion circles of Europe and America were inherently exclusionary.

As a designer of Chinese nationality, he would naturally face a great deal of scrutiny and doubt.

The previous creative director of Prada had been an heir to the Prada family.

For him, an outsider, to take charge of Prada’s most important department—design—the pressure was immense. Fortunately, Qi Sheng had given him complete creative freedom.

But he had to submit his designs by the end of February at the latest.

They were for Milan Fashion Week, the most important event in the entire fashion world.

As a blue-blood luxury brand, Prada would naturally not be absent from Milan Fashion Week.

Zhou Jiecheng had only one month to prepare and produce his designs.

These would then be handed over to Prada’s factories to produce samples.

After that, he would have to select suitable models and shoot a global promotional campaign.

This level of pressure was enough to make many designers break down.

But for him, a Grandmaster Level designer, it was like a gentle breeze.

Across the entire fashion world, only the recently deceased Karl Lagerfeld and a few other legendary designers recorded in history were worthy of the title "Grandmaster."

How capable was Karl Lagerfeld?

At its peak, Chanel could even go head-to-head with Hermes.

Among all luxury brands, it was solidly in second place, eyeing the top spot.

This just shows how formidable his abilities were!

Zhou Jiecheng was a designer of the same caliber as Karl Lagerfeld; his skills could only be greater, never weaker.

’If it’s from the System, it must be top-quality. Not only are they highly capable, but they’re also loyal to me.’

Qi Sheng didn’t hide his video call with Shen Wan from his girlfriends.

Among them, Gu Pan was the most excited.

Filming for *Flowing Golden Years* wouldn’t start until the middle of the month at the earliest.

Since she had nothing else to do, she had come to Chengdu to find Dong Bai.

As a result, she overheard a secret that nearly made her jaw drop.

’The mysterious buyer who acquired the Prada Group was actually her boyfriend?’

For a moment, Gu Pan felt her head spin.

Once Gu Pan came to her senses, she eagerly trotted over to Qi Sheng, blinking her big eyes at him.

"What is it?"

Qi Sheng had just ended the video call and saw Gu Pan’s expression.

He didn’t need to guess to know that this girl definitely wanted something from him.

"Honey, I want to be Prada’s spokesperson."

Gu Pan shook Qi Sheng’s arm, starting to act cute and spoiled.

After all, for Qi Sheng, it was just a matter of saying the word.

"Spokesperson?"

Qi Sheng pinched Gu Pan’s little cheek. Seeing her expectant face, he shook his head with a helpless sigh.

"Your status isn’t high enough right now. Rashly giving you a spokesperson role will only backfire on you."

When your abilities don’t match your position, disaster is sure to follow.

Right now, Gu Pan had less than a million fans.

Giving her the title of spokesperson would bring nothing but harm to both Prada and Gu Pan.

Qi Sheng was determined to elevate Prada to legendary status, to compete with top-tier luxury brands like Chanel and LV.

Naturally, he wouldn’t do something that would damage the brand’s image.

"Okay..."

Gu Pan pouted, knowing that Qi Sheng was right.

"You’re unhappy just like that?"

Qi Sheng chuckled and lightly tapped Gu Pan on the tip of her nose.

"I can’t give you the spokesperson role, but being a brand ambassador isn’t a problem."

"Brand ambassador?"

Gu Pan’s eyes lit up, and she obediently let Qi Sheng stroke her long hair as if she were a cat.

"Once *Thirty Years Old* becomes a hit, you’re sure to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Bai Yulan Awards."