Ever since Xia Lin saw the French invitation letter, she had been trying to earn her own tuition. He Wenjie had tried to persuade her many times, but she remained determined to earn the money herself. With no other choice, He Wenjie managed to find her a gig as a fashion designer for runway models. At that time, many of the outfits worn on the runway were marketed under the names of master designers, but were actually created by overworked newbies who had just graduated. The master, acting as the final gatekeeper, would put his own name on the best design proposals and pay the original creators an extra bonus. Gathering the talents of many under one banner was standard practice for a true fashion master.
Although He Wenjie knew how things worked behind the scenes, since Xia Lin insisted on earning her tuition independently, she had to accept these conditions. After comparing the pay of the jobs she had found on her own with the one He Wenjie recommended, Xia Lin ultimately chose the latter.
This month, because He Wenjie's design firm had secured several major orders in a row, Yang Xiaoyun, as his secretary, received a substantial bonus, pushing her monthly salary straight past five thousand yuan. She knew she was only getting paid this much because He Wenjie was taking care of her. In private, she had asked around: Lulu, the receptionist, made only twenty-five hundred a month, the base salary for a designer was just one thousand, and the sales reps had it even worse, with a…
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