A perfect life begins with changing the timeline.

Chapter 337 Shopping Bags

In the first half of the year, the two places were the most severely affected: Guangdong and Beijing.

So, Sister Zhang and the others were also really holding back.

There were quite a lot of people here this time, but it's a pity I still didn't see Brother Sun.

Otherwise, Li Mu would really have to thank him properly.

As usual, Li Mu was the croupier.

However, instead of using his nimble fingers to manipulate the game, he dealt the cards to the people at the table without using any skill whatsoever.

He had absolutely no interest in gambling, or in games like mahjong, dominoes, or poker.

Old Swindler's instincts kept him away from all these things.

Avoid it if you can avoid it.

But they couldn't resist the fact that these people loved to play.

Sure enough, it was only a little past 11 a.m., and the highest win or loss at the card table had already reached 400,000.

This amount of money is nothing to the Lisboa Casino, but if it were outside, it would be an astronomical figure.

Just after Li Mu finished dealing a round of cards, his phone rang.

Upon seeing the caller ID, Li Mu answered the call:

"Feed".

"Sister Ding and I are here! Where are you guys?"

"The usual place."

"Okay, let's go up now."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yujing asked:

"Bingbing's here?"

"Okay, I'll be right up."

After hearing Li Mu's words, Zhang Yujing suddenly became a bit gossipy:

"Xiao Li, speaking of which, you two have been dating for two years now, right? How's it going? Any progress?"

When she brought it up, the men were fine, but the older women all started to look gossipy.

Clearly, they were more interested in this gossip.

Li Mu, who had flipped over three community cards, scratched his head, glanced discreetly at Brother Bie's side, and then smiled:

"I just bought a house in Yanjing."

"Oh?!"

The eyes of the older women lit up instantly:

"Are you getting married?"

"Has the date been set?"

"What are you two planning to do about Bingbing's career? Will you go public with it?"

After a few questions were posed, Li Mu quickly shook his head:

"We're not planning to go public yet, and we're not even sure if we'll hold a wedding ceremony. We'll probably just get a marriage certificate at most. After all, since you introduced her to your connections in Hong Kong, her career is going really well right now. It's never good for actresses to get married. So... we'll probably just get a marriage certificate at most, and the wedding banquet and other things... we'll do it when we decide to go public."

He didn't hide anything and told the truth directly.

There's no need to hide it, after all, Sister Zhang is definitely one of my girlfriend's benefactors. And if I don't make this clear, she might think something like "she didn't even invite me to her wedding," which would make it difficult to get along with her in the future.

As expected, upon hearing this, Zhang Yujing showed a look of emotion:

"You really love her."

An older woman next to me said:

"That's true, but Bingbing's willingness to marry him shows that their feelings for each other have reached a certain level."

Just then, there was a knock on the door, and then Ding Aizhi walked in first, followed by Fan Bingbing.

"Ha, speak of the devil, and he appears!"

As Zhang Jie spoke, Li Mu looked at his girlfriend, who was wearing baggy jeans, a plain t-shirt, a baseball cap, and a mask, and seemed to be without makeup, and nodded secretly.

That's good, very low-key.

Needless to say, her looks are far superior to those of the average person.

If she were to put on makeup or something, no one else in the room would be "visible." So this sense of proportion is just right.

"What did they say about us?"

Ding Aizhi was somewhat curious.

Zhang Yujing shook his head:

"We were talking about Xiao Li and his wife, did you know? Xiao Li bought a house for their wedding!"

"Oh, really!"

Ding Aizhi looked surprised.

Li Mu was speechless.

That shouldn't be... Didn't your girlfriend tell her?

Xiao Fan also pulled down his mask and smiled shyly:

"Hehe, Sister Zhang, Brother Xu... here you go."

She handed out the large shopping bags to each person according to their number.

Those shopping bags are different from the ordinary paper shopping bags in shopping malls. Judging from the material, they are more like "bags" than shopping bags.

It's about the same size as the kind of bag women carry every day, bright red, with a large V-L logo in the middle on a white background.

At first glance, it looks exactly like a women's backpack.

And that's where Xiao Fan's clever idea came from.

To promote brand awareness, such clothing brands definitely need to have their own unique shopping bags.

But unlike Nike, who likes to use paper shopping bags, she actually particularly dislikes this material.

It may seem like it can hold its own, but it is actually very fragile.

Especially if you accidentally get water on it... She talked to Li Mu about one of the most painful experiences in her life. Once, she used a Nike shopping bag to pack a few clothes and sent them to the dry cleaners. It rained that day, and the paper shopping bag got wet and torn. The bag of clothes fell right onto a puddle of someone else's vomit under a tree by the roadside.

It disgusted her.

Therefore, she particularly dislikes paper shopping bags. However, when she went to Yiwu to order custom shopping bags, she accidentally discovered these nylon shopping bags, which are not only cheap but also sturdy, waterproof, stain-resistant, and wear-resistant.

The price isn't high either; the cost of a shopping bag is less than 7 cents.

She thought to herself, "Why not just use this?" After all, it looks a lot like a backpack, and she could use it to carry things every day. When the boss in Yiwu demonstrated the bag's functionality to her, he first filled it to the brim to show her the capacity, and then he splashed water on it and wiped it with dust...

The boss was demonstrating the functionality, but she saw it as a business opportunity.

It's common knowledge that women's bags contain all sorts of things.

From small items like lipsticks and sanitary napkins to larger items like notebooks and chargers, all sorts of miscellaneous items need to be carried in this kind of backpack.

However, there is also a drawback: this kind of bag can only be used for everyday or business occasions. What if you want to exercise?

You can't exactly wear a tracksuit and carry a Hermès bag, can you?

That style wouldn't be harmonious either.

However, buying a professional sports bag would be too big.

So, considering the sporty attributes of the VL brand and combining them with women's needs, she boldly transformed VL's shopping bags into these nylon fiber bags. She also stipulated that each bag should have at least two buttons, and the design should resemble a basket bag.

Use these shopping bags when buying VL products. These bags are durable and sturdy, so the demand from women is definitely not low.

This is a small detail that helps enhance brand influence.

But it turns out that this method works. When she went to New York and met the yoga teachers she was working with, she noticed that they all used fuzzy shopping bags to carry their changes of clothes.

Therefore, even the styles of shopping bags are now designed by VL itself.

Shoppers don't need to buy any bags that "fit the sporty style".

We'll deliver it right away!

And this effect is clearly very good:

"Wow, this bag is nice."

Looking at the shopping bag that resembled a vegetable basket, Sister Zhang first complimented it before opening it and revealing the brightly colored yoga pants inside.

"Is this a new model?"

"Yes, it's not on the market yet. Hehe, I wonder if you ladies will like it."

"Of course I love them! These pants are so comfortable to wear at home. They're much more comfortable than those stirrup pants, and they're breathable too. Wow, the color is so pretty!"

Hearing Sister Zhang's words, Fan Bingbing was even happier.

Compared to women's initiative, men, including Bie Yan, are more restrained.

Especially Bie Yan, who said with a mix of laughter and tears:

"Bingbing, why are you giving this to me? I don't have anyone around me who wears this."

Sister Zhang smiled and said:

"Give it to Xiaoye. Don't say anything, just try your best, maybe you'll remarry, hahaha~"

Bie Yan was speechless for a moment.

But to avoid bringing up the topic himself, he obediently put the shopping bags aside and asked:

"How's business?"

He had only heard from Xiao Li that Fan Bingbing had started a clothing brand and opened its first store in New York.

However, the specific form it will take is unclear.

"It's going pretty well. We'll be opening a second store in Los Angeles next month."

"Oh? That's great?"

"It's alright. The Americans seem to accept it quite well."

"When are you going to open it in China?"

"I estimate it will take a year or two. After all, I still have the Yishion endorsement. If I come back to open stores right away, it won't sound good. Besides... we only have two stores now. I want to establish a foothold in the US first before thinking about expanding into the domestic market."

Fan Bingbing answered fluently.

Then his gaze shifted to Sister Zhang:

"Sister Zhang, if I ever need money, could I ask you for investment?"

Li Mu's eyes flickered.

I thought to myself, "You're being way too bold."

But Sister Zhang didn't seem to resist much:

"Well……"

She thought for a moment, then looked down at the colorful yoga pants in the shopping bag.

Then he laughed and said:

"Sure. Just let me know if you need money~"

"Hehe, with you saying that, I'll stride forward with big strides!"

"Walking isn't enough; you have to run and fly."