Chapter 278

The next day, Luo Quan's photos appeared in major fashion magazines including "Vogue," "Harper's Bazaar," and "Cosmopolitan."

Chanel's new arrivals are always big events in the fashion circle. As the leader in luxury clothing, Chanel may not be the most expensive, but its sales and reputation are definitely among the best.

Actually, Chanel's most famous product is not their clothes, but a perfume called "Chanel No. 5," which is one of the most expensive man-made liquids in the world, valued at $6,900 per liter.

Although Chanel's perfume has been constantly introducing new products with countless scents, the best-selling and most famous one remains this Chanel No. 5.

Speaking of which, Chanel's perfume will be launching a new model soon. It stands to reason that Chanel could let Luo Quan continue to endorse it.

However, Chanel, having tasted the sweetness, certainly won't use Luo Quan so cheaply.

Luo Quan's endorsement value is now evident in the environment; such a beautiful woman will make any product she endorses look much better.

But if she endorses every new product, the public will easily develop aesthetic fatigue, and the effect will drop sharply.

Therefore, Chanel's top management has decided that unless it is the main product of the season, everything else will be handed over to other contracted stars for endorsement and promotion.

After all, Luo Quan has signed with Chanel for a full five years; there is no need to be in such a hurry to drain her value. Good steel should be used on the blade.

Speaking of which, since Luo Quan endorsed "Forbidden Fruit" yesterday, pre-order orders have been pouring in non-stop.

Because this is haute couture, and it is the haute couture that Chanel values most this year, the top management is determined to market this dress into a classic.

Therefore, when accepting pre-orders, it is much stricter than before. First, the client must provide their name and personal asset proof or a relative's asset proof, so that Chanel can evaluate whether you are qualified to buy this dress.

Generally speaking, these are things only niche brands that claim to be aristocratic clothing can do. Because the positioning between brands is different, no one feels it is wrong.

However, because Chanel rarely did such things in the past, it still received some criticism when the decision was made.

But these criticisms did not last long. There was no way around it; the dress was too good, the advertisement was too explosive, and a mere five hundred pieces were simply in short supply.

If they really opened up the quantity and it became a common item, many customers would definitely be unhappy.

Therefore, quite a few pre-order customers support this decision, mainly because these people have already placed orders and are not afraid of not getting the dress.

And after the decision was implemented, the number of pre-orders also decreased a lot.

Because the asset proof that pre-order users must provide must reach over one billion US dollars.

This directly brushed off a large group of wealthy people who could afford the dress but whose assets did not reach one billion.

Although demand still exceeds supply, at least it is not like before, with thousands of calls coming in non-stop every day.

At this point, an interesting thing happened.

When Chanel was reviewing the various materials provided by customers, they found that over sixty percent of the data were male.

This is actually not strange, because the proportion of male wealthy people in this world far exceeds that of female wealthy people, and it is perfectly normal for the wives of wealthy men to use their husbands' money to buy clothes.

However, a significant portion of these wealthy people providing data are young people around thirty years old, and some are even in their early twenties.

These people are truly rich, basically engaged in real estate, internet, chips, finance, and other industries, but according to investigations, most of these people are currently single, and many don't even have girlfriends.

This is very intriguing. Without a wife or even a partner, why buy women's clothing? Could they all be cross-dressers?

Of course not.

In the subsequent size inquiry session, Chanel finally got the answer.

The sizes provided by these young wealthy people are surprisingly consistent: I want Luo Quan's size!

Well, they are all here for Luo Quan.

No one could have predicted that Luo Quan's advertising effectiveness could extend to this point; it has a bit of that flavor of Chinese fan girls chasing stars.

If it were the dress Luo Quan wore, it might even sell for a high price.

However, these can only be thought about. After Chanel understood the problem, they immediately notified Luo Quan, saying directly that many wealthy people in the world now want to buy this dress using your size.

Adhering to the philosophy that it's a fool who doesn't make money, there was no opposition at Chanel, and they handed the decision to Luo Quan.

If she agrees, sell it; after all, size is just a string of numbers.

It is private if you say it is, but it's not that private.

If she doesn't agree, there's no way; Chanel also has to respect Luo Quan and cannot sell her personal information for money.

Of course, if those wealthy people analyzed Luo Quan's various data with the naked eye, that would be another matter.

As for Luo Quan, she was also a bit confused when she first heard about it. Do rich people nowadays like to act in the dark so much?

If they like her, they should just ask her out on Twitter, although they wouldn't be able to.

Chanel said there are fifty or sixty wealthy people making this request, some are self-made, and some inherited family businesses. There aren't many handsome guys, but none of them are short.

As for money, two words describe it: plenty!

If you made these people's data into a roster, it would definitely crash dating and marriage websites all over the world.

But for Luo Quan, it's just that.

Even if they are rich, can they be richer than her grandfather? None of those in the top twenty of the Forbes rich list are under fifty.

As for this dress, of course, it is to be sold. Why not make money if you can?

The premise is to add money.

Luo Quan didn't think for too long before giving a reply: "Selling is fine, but the price should be 200,000 US dollars more than other clothes."

Opening her mouth for over a million RMB, Chanel was also shocked by such a big request.

But since Luo Quan has relaxed her stance, naturally, they have to honestly reply to those wealthy people.

Interestingly, after receiving the news that Chanel had increased the price, these wealthy people didn't care how much the price had increased at all, but asked in unison: What about Luo Quan? Did she agree?

Nonsense, would we dare to sell it if she didn't agree? This involves privacy rights! Chanel's staff wanted to complain, but still replied with a smile: Yes, she agreed.

The result was naturally a happy ending for everyone; the wealthy people got the clothes in their goddess's size, and Chanel and Luo Quan both made money.

Luo Quan originally just shot an advertisement for the clothes, which was part of the contract and had no extra income, but now that she has made so much money out of thin air, her mood is quite good.

Chanel's Greater China branch asked: Which bank account should this money be deposited into?

Luo Quan said with a smile: "Donate it all to the orphan welfare institutions in China."

In fact, most of her income in China is donated.

Signing with Penguin, the record royalties and copyright fees have been donated to the poverty alleviation work for students in mountainous areas.

Signing with Bilibili, all income from videos and all income from live broadcasts are donated to welfare teams that take care of lonely elderly people.

People say she has stolen the rice bowls of many singers in China, but in fact, she hasn't taken much money at all. The bulk of it has basically been donated, adding up to three or four hundred million!

Although Luo Quan didn't let the person in charge tell the outside media when she donated, she just did these things silently.

But such a large donation, it is impossible not to reveal it at all; at least the government knows.

This is also the reason why official Weibo accounts including the Communist Youth League have repeatedly named and praised Luo Quan.

Otherwise, there are so many talented stars, why is it that only Luo Quan can get such special treatment?

However, Luo Quan doesn't feel she is very noble. After all, for donations, she just says a word and checks the accounts; she hasn't done anything more in-depth.

Compared with those who go to mountainous areas and remote western regions to teach and help the poor, her contribution is nothing.

They are using everything they have to contribute to the country, while she is only taking out a small part of her income; the weight of the two is completely different.

Moreover, this is also on the premise that she can make big money. If the albums she released this year all flopped and she only made ten or twenty million, she probably wouldn't take out money to do charity.

When poor, cultivate yourself; when successful, help the world. First, you must be successful to have the things that follow. She just happens to have more money.

Of course, these are just Luo Quan's own thoughts. Hundreds of millions might just be a small goal for her, but when distributed to those poor families, it is life-saving money. It wouldn't be too much for the whole family to set up a memorial tablet for her and burn incense every day.

In fact, in some places in China, there are families she has helped who have set up memorial tablets for her. Although they didn't burn incense, they placed some wild fruits from the mountains in front of the tablet and worshiped every day.

It's just that Luo Quan doesn't know; if she knew, she would definitely ask them to take these things down.

She is not even twenty years old yet; how can she afford these things?

After finishing the Chanel business, Luo Quan returned to her salted fish state again.

The sales of "I'm Coming" in digital albums have gradually stabilized, but the pre-orders for physical records are still increasing, and it is no problem to become the king of sales in Japan this year.

And the "Girls' Generation" she produced goes without saying; the digital album has already sold more than 20 million copies across Asia, with South Korea accounting for 27% of the total sales.

This is still the case where the Korean version has not yet been launched!

Now Girls' Generation has become one of the top streams in China, receiving endless endorsements, announcements, and performances.

Soon it will be the Qixi Festival gala, and Girls' Generation has been confirmed to appear on Mango TV's Qixi gala, and it is in prime time, which can be said to be quite prestigious.

As for Luo Quan, many TV stations have sent her invitations, but she has refused them all.

Whenever she wants to work hard, the salted fish ideology always gains the upper hand.

Isn't it good to blow the air conditioner in the room in this summer heat? Why go looking for this suffering?

Actually, it's mainly because she has no interest in these. If Bilibili were to hold a summer fireworks gala or something, she would be very willing to show her support; after all, she is an old two-dimensional fan.

Unfortunately, there is no news of Bilibili holding these activities. Except for the annual New Year's Eve gala and the New Year's countdown gala, others are just some small-scale comic exhibitions.

If she really wants to go on stage, she probably won't have this opportunity in the summer; she has to wait until the end of the year.

Generally at this time, the Oiran would walk in a special pace, very slowly. Perhaps Chinese people can't appreciate it, but in Japanese culture, this is one of the most beautiful sights in the world.

In Yuzhou in July 2017, the outdoor maximum temperature was only 34 degrees.

In previous years, the hottest temperature in Yuzhou reached 37 degrees. I don't know if it can break the record this year.

It is said that China's carbon dioxide emissions exceed the standard, leading to global warming and rising temperatures, and Yuzhou's temperature has also repeatedly hit new highs.

However, Luo Quan herself feels that the summer in Yuzhou is not as hot as in previous years.

Perhaps it's because her family was poor when she was a child and could only sleep on mats with fans, but now everyone is rich, and basically everyone has air conditioning at home, so she can't feel the scorching temperature outside.

But for Luo Quan, who just got off the plane, she was already sweating profusely in less than a minute.

Having lived in Tokyo for so long, she thought she had resistance to heat, but now back in Yuzhou, she found it was still a bit of a minor issue compared to a major one.

These two kinds of heat are different. The heat in Tokyo is just direct sunlight, causing the temperature to rise.

And the fire in Yuzhou seems to be ignited from the bottom of people's hearts, burning people's hearts with panic.

But no matter how hot it is, she has to work. Walking out of the airport, she took out her selfie stick, connected her phone, and started a live broadcast.

Wearing sunglasses, she got into a taxi, told the driver to go directly to the city center, and then started interacting with the fans in the live broadcast room:

"Little partners, I've arrived in Chongqing."

Bullet comments:

"!!!"

"Great, you only told us after you arrived?!"

"You hid it quite deep."

"That's good. If you told fans in advance, the airport in Yuzhou would probably have suffered today."

Luo Quan nodded and smiled: "This fan is right. I'm not adding trouble to the airport, traveling low-key, and reducing the influence of celebrities."

"Little girl, are you an internet celebrity from out of town?" The driver turned his head curiously, only seeing Luo Quan wearing a sun hat and sunglasses, unable to see her face clearly.

As Yuzhou has developed better and better in recent years, it has gradually earned the nickname of an internet-famous city. Many tourists and internet celebrities from out of town have made special trips to various attractions in Yuzhou to check in, greatly boosting Yuzhou's popularity and tourism economy.

As a driver who often runs business at the airport, this is the fourth time this month he has picked up a girl like Luo Quan who live-streams while riding in the car.

"No, I'm a local." Luo Quan replied in Yuzhou dialect: "This time I'm back to see my grandparents."

"Oh, is that so." Seeing that she was a local, the driver gave up the idea of chatting with Luo Quan and popularizing various attractions in Yuzhou.

Luo Quan slightly opened the car window to get some air, and also focused on interacting with fans.

Ps. Thanks to book friends Qi Xiang and Wei Xiao Liu Guang for the book coin tips, thank you!