Floriography: Red Roses
Chapter 12
“Oh... hi! I. uh. I heard a little bit about you. I'm Violetta, greetings. Sit down, we will start after everything is complete yes, soon.”
Louis and Juan walked away, and Violetta slowly nudged Tracy.
“That's it? The madman?” Violetta's Whisper.
Tracy nodded slowly.
“He is invisible.. crazy.” Violetta leaned her body towards Tracy, while stealing glances towards her
Louis.
“Iya. Because you didn't see him while he gripped your hand and yelled at you.” Tracy muttered as she gritted her teeth. He clicked his tongue. Why did that person have to be in the same place as him in this moment?
“If you want to go back to the hotel I don't mind, Trace.”
Tracy shook her head.
“I was present as a member of your team today right? I have to be professional too.” Tracy straightened her body.
Violetta gave a small laugh and patted Tracy on the shoulder.
“I like the professionality of it. Just ignore him, he's dealing with Jasper, right? I'm Jasper's fiance but that doesn't mean I should like him because Jasper likes him.” Violetta thrust her fist towards Tracy and Tracy smashed her fist into Violetta's hand.
“Sis for life.” Tracy grinned towards Violetta.
Violetta nodded. “Sis for life.”
Tracy glanced at Louis a few times, but the man seemed busy talking to Juan who looked quite familiar to him. Tracy is safe for now, but after this show ends, she is unsure about what will happen.
Not long after, the table started to fill up, and Violetta asked the server to come over and serve appetizers. Violetta cleared her throat, and the room became silent for an instant.
“Good day, friends and colleagues. Thank you for taking the time to be here.
Before we start to talk about the presentation of Naka in Tokyo, we Naka team would like to say a lot of thanks to the Kyoto team who have done an amazing job.” Violetta clapped her hands and everyone followed.
“Alright, for now I want to introduce all the teams present here, so that we can work better in Tokyo. Starting from myself, my name is Violetta Nakajima, I am the founder of Naka Fashion Magazine and CEO of Naka Collection. I came with 4 people from Naka's first team, on my left is Juan, our photographer Juan will help direct the photographer who will be present on the day of the show, so if you have any questions about photography or videography, please contact Juan.” directly
Juan bowed slightly, smiling and staring at everyone in the room.
“There is my manager and assistant, Reth, who will later do the quality control of the event, making sure everything goes well and according to plan. He will also do time-running and checking the room and so on, so the event team can contact Reth directly for further information.” Reth sat across from Violetta and he nodded his head while waving his hands awkwardly.
“Then there is Candice, who will do makeup and model hair. Candice will be in-charge for all the backstage stuff, so please don't bother Candice too much in the day-h, because she works alone, styling all these models, so please don't bother Candice too much, there will only be two others who will help the model change clothes, so Candice will be quite busy in the day-h.” Candice sat down next to Tracy, and she just smiled shyly and gave a small nod.
“The last one is Tracy, a team of Naka journalists who will complete all the results of the press conference, as well as my interview. Tracy is also because one thing or another will be wearing the Ocean Tears dress that will always be presented later, so Tracy will be quite busy doing two jobs at the same time, so please no one bothers Tracy too.” Tracy nodded and only smiled, staring straight at the empty spot next to Reth. He did not even want to look at people and see the artificial smiles that everyone would give him.
“The photography team here is Louis Troya from In The Moment Photography and Carolina Pierce from Monochromatic Studio. Videography will be assisted by Derrian Macler from DM Studio.”
Violetta went on to introduce all the other teams, four event teams, two Tokyo guys, one Paris Fashion Week guy, and another one from America, another one is the one that will help Candice backstage and one lighting team.
“There will be one person who will take care of the music and one more person who will take care of registration and marketing, but both of them can not be present today.” Violetta again made sure of the paper she was holding, making sure nothing was missed.
Tracy again felt a sharp gaze from her left side, and she glanced back to her left this time. He found Louis frowning and looking at him. Louis raised an eyebrow, looking at Tracy with a very annoying face.
Tracy raised her eyebrows.
“What?” Tracy moved her lips. Louis grunted softly, shook his head and sat back up straight.
Tracy was not upset yet, the waiter came to bring her appetizers, warm cupmushi. They begin to eat lunch with light talk and Tracy quickly forgets Louis sitting far to his left. Candice, who was sitting next to him, was a sweet girl and after talking long enough with him, they turned out to be a good match as well.
Unlike Tracy's shadow, it turned out that lunch was light and quite smooth. After the main course was presented and all the teams finished eating, Violetta spoke again.
“Because we are a core team, and I want to be able to work with this team to go far, because it is likely that this team will be called back, not just for Naka, he said, it's possible for J&K, or other works, because of Naka and J&K&K himself is planning a new clothing line specifically for casual clothing that can be sold to the public and of course we will need a team as well. I want us to be open to each other. Is there anything you want to ask me or the Naka team about the show later?”
Tracy is a little nervous, but Louis shows no signs of causing trouble.
The questions thrown at Violetta turned out to be quite professional. Starting from the move between the Show to the press conference, also the difference between Kyoto and Tokyo shows. Tracy is focused on listening and from Violetta's image, it seems that the Tokyo show will be held much more lavishly with more attendees. Because this time not only VIP guests, but there will be public guests who are allowed to buy admission. The price is quite high, of course, avoiding random people, and Naka customers, or J&K, or other brands around them will be given fast-track.
In addition, the collection shown will amount to double Kyoto. Violetta will also be showing ten new pieces of her collection that will be released next month, still around Japan, a collection of floral-themed winter clothes, Frozen Flower.
After everyone gave their questions, Violetta let out a small sigh.
“You know? After seeing the matter with the Ocean Tears, I also felt that there would be two problematic dresses in my Frozen Flower collection. I have a long coat with a complicated tailed design. Another one is a floral sweater, with a satin span skirt that I hope stops just below the calf and ankle. But I'm not sure if that skirt will fit on which model. Do you mind if you try both dresses later? I know my request is outrageous, but I swear we will pay you as a model with a reasonable rating.” Violetta explained at length. She seemed excited when imagining her collection dresses. Tracy knew very well, Violetta was eager to see Tracy become a successful model. Because for Violetta, her dresses always look better on Tracy's body than on Gracy's body. Violetta had hired Gracy to debut her work, but the ratings were not very good and some senior designers instead expressed criticism about the shape of the dress that did not match the model she chose at the time.
After that Violetta was always careful with her model choices. Because Violetta's dresses are eccentric and bold, she won't change the way she designs, but she will do anything to make them look exactly the way she imagined.
Tracy could only nod with a smile. He has been splashed too deep, at this point it will not affect how many dresses he displays. Too many magazines and television stations have taken pictures of him in Kyoto, so why not make a little money from this?
“No problem, Vi. I presented your work in public yesterday, so no need to take responsibility, use me as you wish. If I can still do it I want to help you.” Tracy smiled then moved closer to Violetta a bit. “But I'm not kidding ya, I want to be paid.”
Tracy laughed and Violetta let out a small laugh.
“I'm not kidding Trace, actually. I've plunged you into this problem, rice has become porridge, why don't we all add topping and eat the porridge after all this is done?”
Tracy nodded. She also knew Violetta was uncomfortable, asking Tracy for something like this, but it was true that they were both present as co-workers while they were in Japan, so there's no point in feeling bad for each other right now.
“Agree Vi, let's give it our best.”
As for what happens in the future, let it happen.
