Chapter 40
Xu Qiao carefully recalled the past, but did not remember when and where Cheng Lang had the opportunity to measure her with his own hands.
She was unconscious in front of him, and she had only fainted from hypoglycemia at the Beicheng National Exhibition Center and fell asleep with a fever at the Yujin family in Milan. But in both cases, if Cheng Lang could do anything to her, would he still be worthy of living?
After thinking about it, the only possibility is that a few days ago, he visually measured her measurements and cups in the bathroom.
Xu Qiao hugged himself tightly.
Did she look so eclipse at first glance? The foam and rose petals couldn't stop his titanium alloy dog eyes?
Moreover, this visual level is too talented for a man who is not a tailor and has never had a woman.
This is just a primary school chicken. When he graduates successfully, can’t he fly into the sky?
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After Christmas Eve, the selection of the jewelry design competition officially kicked off.
The selection is divided into two stages. The first stage is the judges' group to select fifteen shortlisted works from the entries of the professional group and the newcomer group. The second stage is the thirty shortlisted works and the online voting is publicly accepted for online voting.
The initial expected scale of this folk event is not large, and the competition system is designed relatively roughly. According to the competition charter, the two stages will be efficiently and quickly won within five days.
However, the sponsors that Townsend kicked at the end became a heavy gimmick, causing a lot of sensation in the jewelry circle, causing the number of newcomers to entries several times compared to expected. Under pressure, the organizers had to work overtime during the Christmas holiday.
Even so, the online public voting process was postponed until twelve noon on the 29th Brussels time.
The voting channel was officially launched at 7 pm Beijing time.
In order to create a sense of ritual of "the imperial examinations" and the people in the studio worked overtime together, gathered in front of Pi Dan's workstation to wait for the finalists. As soon as they arrived, they urged him: "Come out, press f5!"
The web page was refreshed, and fifteen works of the newcomer group were presented on the screen in the form of thumbnails. Pi Dan confirmed at a glance that the necklace he designed was not selected and lamented: "It's true that there is no me."
"The competition among the newcomer group is so fierce, and it is normal for thousands of troops to cross the single-plank bridge to lose the election." Everyone patted his shoulder to express comfort, and asked again, "Where is Yu Li?"
Xu Qiao did not disclose the design drawings in advance to anyone other than Yu Jin. Everyone didn't even know whether her design direction was a necklace bracelet or a earring brooch. They could only click the large picture and start from scratch based on the signatures in the lower right corner of the manuscript scan.
The progress bar has been pulled by half, and almost all European players are. Pi Dan is a little reluctant to continue: "There is no Chinese, and the judges must be biased towards local players."
"Don't be discouraged, there are five more pictures!" Su Shan pushed him.
Pi Dan slowed down and then pulled down to the 14th picture. Finally, he saw the Chinese characters signs. He was delighted when he saw that they were three characters, and hope was lost again.
"The last one is here, be mentally prepared." The comforting words were already running the train in Pi Dan's mind, but as the mouse rolled, his thoughts suddenly stopped.
Before everyone's eyes moved to the signature in the lower right corner, they were fixed in the center of the screen like him.
This is a ring design drawing called "feather".
A pure-colored royal sapphire is held up on the minimalist platinum ring. The gem is carved into soft feathers, and the three-dimensional carvings are vortexed, just like when the deep blue lake surface of Lake Baikal is wrinkled by the wind, it is light and rippling. But in such softness and lightness, the feathers are flying in a hard and tenacious manner, with a stubborn upward force.
If you didn't see it with your own eyes, it would be hard to imagine that two such contradictory "complexes" could be fully interpreted by a gem at the same time.
And just like the height symbolized by the color of Royal Blue, when such a gem appears in front of you, you will unconsciously think: It seems that only by looking up can you deserve the stunning beauty of floating outside the world.
The thunderous sound of breath rang out in the quiet space.
The shape of this gem made everyone have an answer in their minds before confirming the designer’s name.
Pi Dan stared at the words "Yu Li" in the lower right corner of the scanned image over and over again, sniffing enviously.
Su Shan slowly wiped the corners of her eyes, saw the crystal clearness of her fingertips, and said excitedly: "My God, am I crying by beauty? It turns out that beauty crying is real!"
"Master," Rosa took a deep breath and said to another jewellery craftsman next to her, "I really want to hit this ring. If I could shoot this ring with my own hands, I would have no regrets in my career..."
Fei Zheng was nearly forty years old and didn't communicate much with these juniors. He didn't know much about the game details. He shook his head and said, "The picture is a good picture, but according to a one-to-one ratio, the required raw stones are at least 80 to 90 carats. This kind of clarity sapphire is too rare and it is rare to encounter in ten years."
"Teacher Fei, you're so busy with Village Network!" Pi Dan pressed the back button and pulled the page back to the homepage, "Do you think this Burmese sapphire is OK?"
Fei Zheng narrowed his eyes: "This piece is OK, so you don't have to cut too much corners according to this shape. What is this design drawing?"
"It's tailor-made for it!" Pi Dan affirmed his guess, "Yu Li, no, you should call Teacher Yu. Teacher Yu is going to go for the gold medal this time."
Su Shan held up his face: "This is too cool!"
Everyone gathered together in a verbal conversation. The two craftsmen had already begun to discuss the creation techniques. Suddenly, Lin Bai said, "Hey? Why did Miss Yu's ranking rise so slowly?"
To be fair, the initial sorting of shortlisted works was distinguished by the order of the manuscripts submitted by the designer. Xu Qiao was forced to sharpen his guns in the face of the battle because his painting skills were not solid enough. Several versions of the manuscript were scrapped in the early stage. When uploading the works, it was already the last few hours before the deadline, so he was ranked last.
As the voting channel opens, the sorting of fifteen works will change in real time according to the vote count.
"Yes..." Su Shan saw a necklace design drawing leap from thirteenth to seventh, and then jumped to third place. Looking at Xu Qiao's ring design drawing, one by one, one by one, and after a few crawling, he still couldn't move. "What do these people think about it! Sister Yu Li's design drawing is a staring flock, okay? Brother Pi Dan, vote for Sister Yu Li, I'll turn on the computer right away!"
While checking Xu Qiao's work, Pi Dan voted and stopped her: "No need to open it, you can only vote for one IP."
"Then why did the votes of other people rise so quickly?" Su Shan was stunned. He searched the information of several newcomers in the front row with his mobile phone. After searching for a round of searching, he shook his whole body, "Oh, I have goosebumps, why are these newcomers all legends on the Internet?"
"What legend?"
"It's like the closed disciple of a famous teacher, which design college has the highest scholarship winner, but it's so exciting!" Su Shan pointed to the necklace design drawing that seemed to be open, "The second place is the debut of a twelve-year-old genius girl? No wonder it's like a monkey. It turns out that the selection is not the design, but the story behind the designer?"
"What about our Teacher Yu? Isn't there a beautiful story?"
Su Shan held his cell phone and said awkwardly: "There is no such person on the Internet in ancient and modern times, China and abroad. This is the real grassroots..."
Rosa and Lin Bai looked at each other and whispered: "The boss didn't even protect Xiaoyu? Not to mention anything else, Xiaoyu's face is called a beautiful designer, and when it is promoted online, the effect is amazing. The appearance culture is something that can be eaten all over the world."
Lin Bai shook his head: "Miss Yu seems to be very low-key in this regard."
"How can you eat low-key these days?" Seeing Xu Qiao's work stopping at the eighth place, Pi Dan was so angry that she almost smashed her mouse, "Where is Teacher Yu?"
"I'm preparing new works in the studio." Lin Bai replied.
Su Shan started to moan again: "We Sister Yu Li is too uncontested and down-to-earth!"
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Xu Qiao is indeed "down to earth".
In the second floor studio, the person who was so angry that he was furious was walking around the room with his cell phone in his hand and rushed to the phone and said, "Is this what you asked me to make mental preparations?"
Cheng Lang had just finished a six-hour meeting. He walked out of the conference room with his mobile phone, pointed at Gao Rui at the senior executives who had caught up with him, signaled to have something to tell him to give him a special assistant, and then went straight back to the office, unbuttoned the suit and sat down, and said warmly: "Since you don't want to show up, you have to accept it, and get used to such unfairness. The operation methods you see now are not shady, but regular marketing. Netizens believe that if you like their stories, they are naturally willing to pay for them."
"I understand the truth, but I still don't accept it..." Xu Qiao said with a puff, "They are so full of fanfare, I, an unknown grassroots, have no chance to win. The voting time is only 48 hours, and the momentum in the first few hours has basically determined the situation."
"Being able to turn the tables in an unfair situation is an opportunity to prove your strength. You should be glad that your first game was not a boring tailwind."
Xu Qiao paced back and forth in front of the floor-to-ceiling window: "Can you still make waves for me just by this broken dish?"
"Little girl," Cheng Lang smiled, "I have never lost before. As long as you follow me, you won't lose."
Chapter completed!