CHAPTER 325: CHAPTER 322: TRENDING AGAIN

The video of Lin Wanwan playing the konghou that Gu Jingyu released unsurprisingly went viral. She released it while the topic was still trending, which naturally gave her an advantage.

That day, although Lin Wanwan had washed off her makeup and taken down her bun, there was still colored powder in her hair, making her hairstyle very simple.

Yet, her ruqun was so exquisite, even if it was just casual wear, it was a custom-made piece. The quality of embroidery and the exacting style are far superior to those modern revised Hanfu.

Plus, with Lin Wanwan’s stunning beauty added, playing the konghou naturally held a unique charm.

Not to compare her with experts, but from the perspective of dissemination and the general public’s taste, she was a classic case of someone who "could easily rely on looks but chose to rely on talent."

Various netizens left comments.

[This is a meticulously crafted Great Tang ruqun, the aesthetics of the Tang and Song dynasties favored red and green pairing.]

[Above, red and green pairing is really charming!]

[As long as the material is good, the red and green pairing is high-end and classy! Hanfu yyds!]

[While you’re all looking at Hanfu, did anyone notice this konghou looks exactly like the ones in the Dunhuang murals? Here’s the comparison photo! Picture, picture]

[Modern konghou and ancient konghou can’t be said to be identical, they’re completely unrelated. The modern konghou is a hybrid monstrosity of harp, pipa, and zither! Ancient konghou yyds!]

[Miss, this konghou is a classical konghou, right! It’s so beautiful!]

[The sound of the konghou is really pleasant, its artistic conception is profound, I want my kid to learn it too.]

[Above is a tycoon, modern konghou is super expensive. A practice konghou is between 20k to 80k RMB, performance level costs over 200k+]

[Konghou teachers are expensive too, 600 per class is hard to handle, money-draining machine! Instruments for wealthy families.]

The konghou that Lin Wanwan played has a remarkably different appearance from what’s sold on the market, much smaller but perfectly aligned with murals and historical materials. It quickly attracted attention from various big shots in the konghou community.

Old Cui from the Beijing Music Academy soon took notice of this ancient konghou. She compared Lin Wanwan’s konghou playing video with previous ones of classical beauties playing konghou and found both shared an incredibly consistent technique!

Which folk master is this? The technique of playing konghou is completely their own! And it’s not a mere whimsical play; it’s truly flavorful!

Old Cui’s expertise in modern konghou techniques is second to none, few dare to claim first. Most students learned skills that she developed and spread, even her being the pioneering figure of modern konghou, she finds the konghou and its showcased techniques in these videos intriguing.

Whose production is this konghou? Is it a museum custom piece?

Old Cui thought for a moment and called her student, instructing them to try contacting the account owner.

It’s not easy to contact someone without real-name verification on overseas networks, while domestically it’s a real-name system, especially when the account is certified by a brand name, it’s easier to get in touch.

Gu Jingyu quickly relayed this information to Lin Wanwan.

Upon receiving the information, Lin Wanwan muttered to herself, "The internet is so powerful, it connected the two videos so quickly?"

The gap between modern konghou and ancient konghou is vast. Lin Wanwan contemplated anonymously donating one to the museum.

No, no, don’t be so righteous, it could bring a lot of trouble.

Putting aside the trending issue, Lin Wanwan drove to meet the Times Square representative for dinner. That’s right, she’s still working to win over this representative, planning to get the physical store squeezed in.

She looks down on other squares even if they have vacant positions, she only wants the most upscale places.

The strategy is actually similar to when KFC entered China; KFC didn’t select locations, didn’t conduct surveys, just followed McDonald’s. Wherever McDonald’s opened, KFC opened next to it too.

The final result is evident to all; KFC has even surpassed McDonald’s domestically.

Who could have thought in the United States, KFC was just a small fried chicken shop, unable to compare with McDonald’s and Burger King. Because of the location selection, leveraging McDonald’s brand, KFC pushed itself into being a fast-food giant.

Hence, Lin Wanwan is determined to persist with Times Square; once she gets in there, it feels like luxury, high-end and classy!

Only a physical store in Times Square can match the top-notch embroidery brought back from Great Tang by Lin Wanwan!

Lin Wanwan absolutely won’t settle for second best.

Beauty arranging dinner surely has an advantage in terms of appearance, even if someone doesn’t want to do business with her, they’ll give her a chance to meet.

This dinner was naturally arranged in a restaurant within Times Square, Lin Wanwan chose a well-rated place with an average spend of a thousand per person, and even called her cousin Su Yanwei.

Su Yanwei already knew about Lin Wanwan’s plan to enter Times Square, he’s now waiting for her to accomplish this so he can resign and join Lin Wanwan’s shop to work with her.

His past performance at sv wasn’t good, only in the last two months did it start to improve due to serving Lu Shouyue.

He didn’t have to struggle much to leave sv, there’s a slight regret, holding onto the big client Lu Shouyue, but Lin Wanwan is his cousin, since she asked, he naturally agreed.

For Su Yanwei, Lin Wanwan is extremely close. After all, both grew up dining at their grandmother’s house until the eve before his mother’s death when he was in eighth grade.

Later, his dad remarried, almost breaking off contact with their grandmother’s family. As a student, he was helpless, which caused him to become distant from Lin Wanwan.

But that wasn’t his intention, in Su Yanwei’s heart, his grandparents are closer than his grandparents on his father’s side, only he didn’t have the means to repay them as a student.

His grandmother passed away early, and his grandfather also couldn’t wait for his filial piety.

He always thought there was plenty of time; once he earned enough money, he could still honor his grandfather. But time waits for no man.

This is a digression, let’s not talk about it for now.

The person responsible for marketing at Times Square is a man in his forties, called Old Chen, who because of his baldness, simply shaved his head clean.

Old Chen is very talkative, a definite old hand in the business, but even a whole meal didn’t lead to any substantive progress.

Lin Wanwan sensed that Old Chen didn’t take her seriously, merely thinking she was a rich second-generation taking family money just for a lark in entrepreneurship.

During the meal, the counterpart subtly probed Lin Wanwan’s family background, but Lin Wanwan shifted the topic each time, for her family is a matter she doesn’t want to easily bring up.

As for Su Yanwei, he’s articulate, but as he wasn’t clear about Lin Wanwan’s company’s situation, he dared not interrupt casually, lest he appear weak before Old Chen and spoil things.

After the meeting ended, Lin Wanwan drove to drop Su Yanwei off at his rented place.

Su Yanwei’s family is in the countryside; there is no direct subway or bus service to Times Square. He has to change two buses or combine bus and subway for his commute every day, making his commuting time very long and inconvenient, now renting near there for convenience.