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Chapter 122 sTRay (Subscribe)

Ryan stood in front of a huge floor-to-ceiling window overlooking Manhattan's Central Park. Standing here, he could see most of New York's urban landscape, and even the annoying noise of New York disappeared completely. He was now in the famous "Skyline Apartment".

These are several super high-rise apartment buildings on the edge of Central Park. The area of the apartments ranges from dozens to hundreds from the lowest to the highest floors. On the top floor, the apartment is a duplex with an area of more than 600 square meters. "Billionaires" are not even considered one here. According to Olsen, her two sisters are the "poorest" among the neighbors.

"They'll be here soon." Ryan heard Olsen's voice behind him.

Turning back, I saw Olsen standing in the empty living room. It might not be appropriate to describe it as a living room, but rather a "hall". The height of the first floor here is two to three times that of an ordinary house, and it occupies a large area. Being in it gives people a completely different feeling, not to mention the decorations in the hall, the waterfall made of artificial crystals falling from the stairs, the art ornaments as high as a person, the contemporary art abstract paintings hanging on the wall, and all kinds of low-key, luxurious and exquisite furniture that Ryan couldn't even name.

Ryan had a good time today and his eyes were opened.

Compared with the real rich people, he felt that he might not even be considered a nouveau riche.

If Ryan hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would have been hard for him to connect Olsen with what he saw. He had been to Olsen's bedroom and it was very ordinary.

"I only live here occasionally." Olsen shook her head.

She once helped Ryan and worked under him, but later had a falling out with Ryan. Later, she reconnected with Ryan. The negative information that Scooter revealed before was handled by the lawyer introduced by her sister.

At this moment, the door of the entrance elevator opened.

The two women walked straight into the room and threw their handbags on the table. The old Mexican maid came forward to help them take off their coats.

"Are you Ryan? Welcome." Ashley Olsen took the initiative to step forward.

Ryan has done his homework, and the one with longer hair is Mary-Kate Olsen.

Ryan kissed the twins on the cheek.

"I heard from Olsen that you want to start your own fashion brand?" Ashley Olsen asked Ryan to sit down.

“It’s not a fashion brand, it’s launching a fashion collection,” Ryan responded.

He simply thought that the MV that appeared in his mind and the series of clothes worn by the adult body Ding Ri were quite unique in style and might be marketable. It just so happened that the Olsen sisters were deeply involved in this field, so he approached the Olsen sisters.

"Do you have any design experience?" Mary-Kate Olsen looked Ryan up and down.

The answer is self-evident. The clothes Ryan wore looked quite casual and not at all "star" feeling.

"If you want to sell products, you must first become a fashion icon yourself. You have to learn from Kanye West." Ashley Olsen held her chin with one hand and said thoughtfully.

The word "icon" directly means "symbol" or "icon". People who can be called icons are the vane of the fashion circle. Their clothes often cause others to imitate them. For example, Ashley in front of Ryan, she recently likes some fashion items that look "sloppy", such as ripped fishnet stockings, dirty sneakers, and her hair looks a bit sticky. This is called the "homeless wandering" style by some fashion editors. A few years later, this style will be frequently used by a female singer, that is, Qian Po. It can be said that Qian Po at that time was completely copied from Ashley Olsen. The ancestor of this style is Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of Nirvana.

Another typical example is Kanye West. He is different from the traditional black rappers who came from the streets. His mother is a college teacher and he himself majored in fine arts. He was the first black singer to wear Ralph Lauren's American college style. There is no need to elaborate on what he later did, selling coconuts and the like.

But for Ryan, "fashion" is just like the abstract paintings on the wall, very "abstract". He can neither understand them nor is he interested in them. He comes here purely because he thinks he can make money.

"So, just like the right to speak, a fashion icon is someone who has more right to speak?" Ryan tried to say. This is his own understanding.

The two sisters looked at each other, and Mary-Kate Olsen nodded: "You found the key to the problem."

In the fashion circle, who has the most say? It is naturally Anna Wintour. The "devil girl" in "The Devil Wears Prada" had to wear sunglasses to show off even when standing next to Queen Elizabeth II. She is the editor-in-chief of the American version of Vouge. It is said that when she appreciates a designer's work, if she frowns a few more times, the designer will most likely lose his job. In short, she is very cool.

The one Karlie Kloss wore before was actually the Chinese version of vouge, so she had Chinese elements on her at the time, and the photo shoot in the stadium also catered to the Olympic theme.

"Ok, I'll try to change my look and style." Ryan nodded, ready to copy the look of Ding Ri, dyeing his hair light blonde and becoming a real yellow-haired man. "So, do you have a finished design element?" Ashley asked.

"Of course." Ryan snapped his fingers at his assistant, who took out some papers.

Ryan took out the paper and showed it to the sisters.

Ao Mei also came over, took one look and laughed out loud, then quickly covered her mouth.

There were scribblings all over the paper, just like the rough drafts in an elementary school student's art class, and those little figures could only be said to be "starting to take human form."

"Did you draw this?" Ao Mei asked with a smile.

Ryan nodded. “It’s a little scribbled, but that’s exactly what I had in mind.”

In addition to the MV, he also obtained a lot of live performance versions of this song through visual perception. In these versions, Ding Ri wore many sets of "high street style" fashions, and Ryan tried his best to depict these fashions on paper.

The Olsen sisters did not laugh like the younger sister. They just looked at them briefly at first, but soon they sensed something. They took the papers and looked at them carefully one by one.

In 2004, the movie "New York Time" invested and starred by the sisters was nominated for the Golden Raspberry Awards and failed at the box office. So the two quickly transformed and joined the fashion circle. Although they are not very good at designing, at least they have won many design awards and can be considered professional designers.

They both immediately sensed something special about Ryan's exceptionally sloppy sketch.

"Is this what you thought?" Ashley looked up, her expression much more serious than before.

"One hundred percent." Ryan nodded.

"Let's talk about the specific details of the cooperation," Mary-Kate Olsen followed.

The sisters' eponymous line of jeans and pastel-colored tops sells nearly a billion dollars a year at Wal-Mart, with sales totaling $7.5 million last year.

The sisters later launched the high-end fashion brand The Row, which has been called "America's answer to Céline in the Loro Piana and Phoebe Philoera eras." It is sold in 37 countries around the world.

No wonder Jay-Z and Kanye West later collaborated on the single "Niggas in Paris" and the lyrics read "In my opinion, Prince William chose the wrong woman. If it were me, I would marry both Mary-Kate and Ashley."

Both of them have large businesses and have a complete one-stop service from design, production, distribution to sales. In addition to being the spokesperson and founder of the series, Ryan can also get a share of the sales.

"In order to distinguish it from previous series, a brand new series name must be established," said Ashley.

"How about just calling him Stray?" Ryan suddenly had an idea.

This word means "deviate, get lost, get lost". It's no use to claim to be great and noble these days. You have to be unique and different to satisfy the target users' need to show off. Moreover, this word also coincides with Ray's stage name.

"That sounds good. Young people nowadays like the feeling of traveling alone." Ashley nodded.

"You can also capitalize TR." Olsen interrupted.

Ryan thought this was a bit childish, but since someone had brought it up, he wouldn't deny it.

"By the way, what exactly happened between you and Olsen?" Mary-Kate Olsen suddenly changed the subject and turned the topic to Ryan and Olsen's sister.

(End of this chapter)