"After the previous Shaoguang Jewelry Design Competition, the organizers distributed a feedback form to collect the problems that designers encountered in the competition, as well as their opinions on various aspects such as the competition process, methods, and scoring."
The host raised his hand, and a snowflake-like stack of opinion forms appeared on the big screen. "According to the statistics, one opinion has been highly unanimously agreed upon by the designers."
Several of the feedback forms were enlarged and displayed side-by-side on the screen.
The name was blurred out, so it's impossible to know who wrote it.
The content is almost identical.
The preliminary selection process begins with the judges determining the finalists. These judges are all well-established and renowned designers in the industry, making it easy for them to discern the contestants' stylistic preferences. If someone tries to curry favor with them, the preliminary selection becomes more based on luck, which is somewhat unfair.
Whether it was "Brilliant with You" which ended half a year ago.
The "Radiant Lights" show, which just ended not long ago and is still generating buzz, is still going strong.
The competition formats for jewelry design competitions are almost all similar.
In the preliminary rounds of the competition, many contestants were eliminated before they even had a chance to go on stage and face the judges' assessment.
"Therefore, for the 9th Radiant Jewelry Design Competition, the organizers have made bold changes."
The host's voice was impassioned: "The power of the preliminary round is entirely in your hands, the power of yourselves!"
"The 625 submitted works were randomly displayed by computer, with each work only appearing on the big screen for 15 seconds. Each person had a scoring device at their seat, ranging from 0 to 10, and you could give each work the score you wanted."
"Ultimately, the computer will calculate the overall score. The top 100 contestants will be selected."
After a brief moment of silence, the art gallery, which can accommodate two thousand people, instantly erupted in excitement.
"Although it's cruel, it's a good thing. It makes the competition more intense and the selection process more exciting!"
"What if I give every designer a score of 10, and everyone else does the same? If everyone gets a score of 10, how are the top 100 ranked? This... is that a bug, right?"
"Bug? I don't believe it. If you give your own work a 10, you'll give other works a 10!"
"..."
Whenever someone raises questions or points out loopholes, there are always voices refuting them.
In just a few minutes, the lively scene gradually quieted down.
The designers seemed to have no objections to this fresh preliminary selection.
"Before the competition begins, we would like to announce the organizer's supplementary comments on the preliminary selection process: After the preliminary selection is completed, if any designer raises an objection to their score, we will unconditionally publish the scores of all designers present, with the scores numbered as their seat numbers. The designer who scored the questioned score will be required to provide a reasonable explanation. Those who maliciously give low scores will be disqualified from the competition after review by the judges."
Everyone has someone they want to surpass. If someone maliciously lowers your score in order to get into the preliminary rounds, the one who suffers the consequences will be the one with the dirty intentions.
Almost as soon as the host finished speaking, the hearts of countless designers in the audience sank back into their stomachs.
A round of applause followed.
"I hereby declare the preliminary round of the 9th Radiant Jewelry Design Competition officially open!"
As the host announced the start, the first artwork appeared on the big screen.
The designers on site all looked up.
A jade bracelet named "Yu Meiren" (Poppy).
The delicate silver bracelet, inlaid with emerald green jade beads, complements the highly designed pattern, exuding an indescribable pure and exquisite beauty.
It's as if I can see a beautiful woman in ancient style, wearing a white cheongsam and a jade bracelet, standing next to a crabapple tree.
The beauty is overwhelming.
Someone was looking down and giving a score.
Some people even carefully examined and appreciated it.
Fifteen seconds passed in the blink of an eye.
The second work then appeared.
At first, there were whispers as they exchanged their opinions.
But soon, the designers discovered that 15 seconds was much faster than they had anticipated.
After appreciating the work, offer your critique, and approach it with a learning attitude to grasp its essence, or perhaps discover the weaknesses of the work or the designer.
Not to mention having to look down and give a score.
15 seconds is not enough.
In just over ten minutes, the packed art gallery fell completely silent.
Dai Qingzhou was utterly bored.
She is not a contestant and is not qualified to score.
At first, I gave her a score in my mind, and then I looked at Lydia's score and compared them.
After looking at more than a dozen unremarkable designs, Dai Qingzhou felt that she could understand the organizers and judges a little better.
No wonder the preliminary selections always announce the shortlist directly.
It was really... unremarkable, nothing worth watching.
The judges really worked hard!
This also allowed those self-important new designers at the scene to realize the situation early on, so that they wouldn't all think they were exceptionally talented and that being eliminated in the preliminary round was just bad luck.
Looking around, I saw Ye Li typing away on her phone.
Dai Qingzhou's gaze froze for a moment.
Ye Li was in the same "dazzling" competition scene last time.
At the time, I thought she was being disrespectful, taking advantage of sitting in the back row where no one would notice her, and wondering who she was chatting with.
But it was like this the last time.
It's the same this time.
Dai Qingzhou disagreed.
They were too far away to see clearly, but judging from Ye Li's posture of looking up and then looking down to type, it didn't seem like they were having a chat.
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