For Youwei, this online swimwear runway show was both a new-product launch and, you could say, a very important piece of marketing.

Everyone in the company, top to bottom, was taking it seriously.

So when Xu Ye walked into the meeting room at ten the next morning, it was already full.

Pei Youwei came in behind him, pushed him down into the seat at the very front, and made a point of introducing him. "This is Director Xu. I'm sure you all know who he is by now. He will have full charge of next month's runway show, and I want every one of you to give him your full cooperation."

Once she had said it, she sat down in the seat to his left.

Xu Ye glanced around and handed the USB drive to Zhang Xiaonuan. She plugged it into the projector, and the plan for the runway show came up on the screen at the front.

"Let's get right to it."

Xu Ye didn't circle around. He was brief and to the point. "I'm sure you all have a good sense of how important this event is to the company. I'm going to walk through the plan and assign the work at the same time. From today, everything you do is under my direction. Whoever does well will be rewarded according to merit after the event. Whoever does badly had better think hard about whether they can stay in the job they're in."

"All right. Everyone look at the projector."

"First, the theme. I've named it Pool Party 2016. As the name says, we're holding this event in a pool setting. I need the logistics team to find a venue suitable for it. The venue requirements are as follows…"

As Xu Ye talked, the staff involved had pens out and were writing fast. Every face was tight with concentration, nobody daring to let anything past them.

"Those are the venue requirements. Now the most important part of the event, which is the models. Who's the head of business liaison?"

A woman on the fuller side raised her hand.…