Chapter 75

The award ceremony was held on a sunny day.

Chen Lanjun directly set up the venue in the small square of Mingde University, made a red carpet, laid it at a higher point in the center, set up two colorful tents for the guests to sit, and posted a particularly large red banner: "Xingshiji" Cup Packaging Design Competition Award Ceremony.

"Xing Shi Ji" is the name of a new candy brand.

The performance program was also prepared, and the Mingde University Music Band and the Folk Music Orchestra were all invited to participate. In order to enrich the program, even the retired elderly art troupe was called in.

The performances were, of course, all red, positive and festive.

As the first cheerful version of "Young Friends Come Meet" came on, the crowd that had originally gathered around the place increased. Not only students, but also nearby residents came to watch the fun.

Editor-in-Chief Xu stood aside with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile: "Xiao Chen, your performance was pretty good. It was quite lively."

"Yes, it's a good opportunity to enrich our extracurricular activities." Chen Lanjun said with a smile.

She looked at a reporter brought by Editor-in-Chief Xu, who had a camera hanging around his neck.

"Thank you for your hard work. It's quite heavy to carry."

As she spoke, Chen Lanjun handed over two red bags: "This is the improved candy. It's fun to eat when you have nothing to do, and it tastes good too."

“That’s not good.”

"It's just sugar, so what? It just makes life a little sweeter."

Hearing this, Editor-in-Chief Xu and the reporter smiled and accepted it.

The reporter holding the camera said, "Don't worry, these scenes will look great when used as news illustrations."

Chen Lanjun smiled and nodded, praising: "Every reporter in your agency is very talented. I am not worried at all."

As we chatted and laughed, the performance in front of us flashed by.

The highlight is still the award ceremony, with three awards selected from the five shortlisted works.

Chen Lanjun even took a special look and found that none of the five works was her masterpiece.

…Every profession has its own expertise, she comforted herself in this way.

There is a work that looks like it was painted by Chen Lanjun's roommate Lao Qi.

Chen Lanjun looked at the crowd of students and saw Old Seven. Although this girl still looked indifferent, her hands were tightly clasped across her chest, which was unusual for her. She probably still cared.

After singing and dancing, the school leader walked onto the stage holding a red envelope.

After the usual "brief remarks", the school leader finally opened the red envelope: "The third prize is work No. 2, the second prize is work No. 3, and the first prize is work No. 1! Please invite the authors of the winning works to come on stage to receive their awards."

Chen Lanjun led the applause and cheered "Great!"

Someone took the lead and applause immediately broke out like thunder.

To the sound of the exciting music, several students squeezed out from the crowd one after another. Lao Qi also slowly came out and stood in front of work No. 1.

After asking and checking the information, the school leader pulled the microphone cord and said happily: "I announce that the first place in this 'Lucky Food' Cup Packaging Design Competition Award Ceremony is Li Ran, a student from the Department of Fine Arts!"

With a "click", the reporter pressed the shutter of the camera in his hand in time to freeze this moment.

Three days later, the photo appeared in the newspaper.

In the office of the Xingshiji workshop of the Fourth Food Factory, Atong walked in cheerfully and pressed the newspaper in her hand onto the table with a smile:

"I just followed Old Yang from the Supply and Marketing Department to the State-owned First Department Store and had a talk with the head of their food department. He was a little reluctant at first. But after seeing this newspaper, his attitude softened a lot and he was willing to accept our new product."

She turned her head and looked at Pang Xiaopeng: "Is it okay to mass-produce the candy you improved?"

"What's the problem? It's definitely fine." Pang Xiaopeng said, "I and a few old masters were watching over there to adjust the taste. I ate more than ten kinds of candies alone. I haven't wanted to eat sweets for the past half month."

"That's good." Atong smiled and put her arm around Chen Lanjun's shoulders. "Sister Lan has a solution. We've been busy for so long, and we can finally relax a little."

"It's not time to relax yet." Chen Lanjun raised her head and said, "This is just the first step. There is another task, which is to thoroughly promote the reputation of Xingshiji among ordinary people."

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Ah Zhu is a regular employee of a company. She has no time off during work, so she reads the newspaper from beginning to end every day, without missing a single square.

She also read about the "Xingshiji Cup" packaging design competition in the newspaper.

She had never seen this kind of activity in the news before, and the accompanying pictures looked particularly youthful, so she watched with great interest.

The report was very detailed. It also explained that this kind of design competition is very popular abroad. It said that it can not only train students' design ability, but also improve the fashionability of products, and it means that our product development model is in line with the world.

It was just a kind of candy. They even held a design competition based on some foreign model. Ah Zhu thought it was very strange and had a very shallow impression of "Xingshiji" in her mind.

Maybe when you have time, you can buy some of this Xingshiji candy and try it.

However, for someone like her who only gets things done after a short while, this thought only lasted for a moment, and the next day, she forgot about it. She continued to read the newspaper, go to work, and go home.

There were still ten minutes before the clock-out date. Ah Zhu skillfully put away the newspaper and poured out the unfinished tea in the cup. Then, she walked out of the office slowly, waiting to leave the office building on time.

Other colleagues came out one after another and waited in the lobby, lining up to sign their names on the sign-in sheet before leaving work.

Ah Zhu took the pen and was about to sign when she suddenly heard a burst of extremely joyful music from the street outside, followed by an impassioned male voice:

"Good news, good news. Xingshiji Candy is giving away a big thanksgiving gift at the end of the year! Buy one pound of candy and get one pound of candy for free! From the 5th to the 8th, right in front of the Fourth Food Factory, come and try for free, buy one get one free! Quantity is limited, first come first served!"

When I looked over, I saw a shabby car driving by, with a big red banner wrapped around it, which read "Lucky Food Candy's Gratitude Return, Buy One Get One Free". The car was moving very slowly, like a turtle, crawling slowly across the street, so that those magical slogans were repeated in everyone's ears over and over again.

The name "Xingshiji" sounds a bit familiar, Ah Zhu thought.

"Is this true, buy one get one free?" a colleague said in disbelief.

"What brand of candy is this? Is it from some small factory in the countryside?" asked another colleague.

Ah Zhu shook her head. "Lucky Food Diary was in the newspaper a few days ago. It said that they had organized a design competition based on what was done abroad. It was also very famous."

"If this is the price, it's a good deal." The colleague who just spoke did some mental calculations and immediately said, "How about we go and have a look tomorrow from the 5th to the 8th?"

"Okay, let's go and take a look together." Ah Zhu nodded.

Several other colleagues also agreed and planned to go and take a look together.

It’s cheap, why not take it?