When Wan Mingyi met Ye Li, Ye Li's studio didn't even exist yet.
Ye Li herself said that according to her original plan, she would start her studio after graduating from university.
In short, the studio came first, and then Xie Chenlu and his six apprentices came together.
Not to mention they've only been at the studio for two months.
But why does Xie Chenlu seem to know Ye Li better than she does now?
No, that's not scientific!
She denies it!
Wan Mingyi stared intently at Ye Li on the stage.
As if the outline of her past life had already appeared in her mind, Ye Li's brush did not stop for a moment, and the whole person looked like a beautiful painting of a lady.
The other designer would sometimes wield his brush quickly, and sometimes ponder quietly, appearing calm and composed.
The room was completely silent.
drop.
drop!
As the 10-second countdown began, everyone on and off the stage instinctively straightened their backs.
drop!
"Time's up!"
As the host spoke, Ye Li and the designer from the challenge team simultaneously stopped writing.
Who wants to go first?
The host asks a question.
Their eyes met, and the designer on the challenge let out a soft sigh of relief, "I'll go first!"
The drawing board was revealed to be a bracelet.
"I drew inspiration from Master Xie's ideas, so I chose black pine, a common material in Tibet, for this piece..."
Abandoning all gemstone categories, the designer lightly touched the bracelet, filling it with a brownish-black color, exuding a rustic charm.
“The bracelet is made up of 99 pine beads strung together, and another 13 beads are carved into cattle, sheep and clouds.”
A bracelet that long as a necklace could wrap around the wrist at least three or four times.
Auspicious clouds and cattle and sheep complemented each other, and the audience on and off the stage seemed to see Tibetan herders with their hands clasped together and their expressions of piety as they prayed to the heavens.
The string of beads that she had worn for a long time was hanging between her hands.
Images flashed through my mind: markets, tourist attractions, general stores...
Tourists each carried several bracelets, chatting happily, planning to take them to the temple to pray to the Buddha, and if they were lucky, to meet a famous lama who would bless the bracelets before they could take them back to give as gifts to relatives and friends.
Applause erupted in the hall.
Even the judges on the panel nodded to each other, their eyes full of praise.
Wan Mingyi was so nervous her heart was practically jumping out of her mouth.
Turning back, Xie Chenlu still looked as calm and collected as ever.
Wan Mingyi: ...
That makes her seem so impatient!
"Now, it's designer Ye Li's turn..."
The host turned to look at Ye Li.
Ye Li generously displayed her drawing board.
There was a moment of silence at the scene.
"This...isn't that going too far?"
"Is the time of these big shots different from the time of us ordinary people?"
"Yeah, it was only 10 minutes, and she only has one hand. How did she design the whole set of works?"
"Oh my god, thank goodness she didn't sign up!"
"..."
On Ye Li's canvas, the central piece is a necklace.
Similar to the designer who challenged her, Ye Li's work did not use gemstones, but rather irregularly shaped cubes of wood.
Gray, yellow, blue, and red wood blocks of different colors are mixed together, exuding a free and easy ethnic minority style.
The pendant is a smooth stone of an irregular shape.
On the stone, there is a smooth curve running from bottom to top.
It can be understood as the trajectory of the rising sun.
It can also be understood as a passing gust of wind.
Or perhaps, a seed, a drop of rain, a stairway to heaven.
"Rebirth, as the name suggests, is going to hope... For me, hope is colorful; it can be anything I like. A wisp of wind, a flower, a butterfly... In short, hope is rebirth!"
Ye Li's explanation confirmed the guesses of the designers in the audience.
Applause rang out one after another.
The designer from the challenger team looked utterly ashamed of himself.
The single-wheel necklace, Ye Li's Rebirth, and the Challenger Designer's Rebirth, are made of different materials and have different designs, but both are full of ethnic minority characteristics.
However, one has an antique color and a sense of age.
A bright color that fills people with hope.
Each has its own merits.
Among Ke Yeli's works, there is also a pair of earrings and a ring.
Each item has its own merits.
When combined, they create a different kind of wild beauty.
Everyone seemed to see the sacred and majestic high priest in the ritual.
It was as if I could see a newlywed bride with her hair adorned with pearls and jade.
Or perhaps, young men and women dancing barefoot around a bonfire.
The flames were leaping.
Men and women are jumping.
The necklaces hanging around their necks and the bracelets wrapped around their wrists were also jumping.
A dazzling and wild beauty.
The judges on stage had eyes full of admiration.
The designers in the audience were even more amazed.
Wan Mingyi was stunned.
From the beginning of the studio's establishment, she and Ye Li have been working on designs together every day.
It is rare to see Ye Li create works in this style.
She thought it was because she wasn't good at it.
So, it was because she didn't want her to feel too frustrated?
Turning back, I saw Xie Chenlu standing to the side, his expression no different from that of the judges on the stage.
It was as if he knew from the very beginning that Ye Li would win.
Wan Mingyi: !!!
A commotion arose from all around.
When Wan Mingyi turned around again, she saw the judges on the stage displaying their scores.
The final scores of the two players were also displayed on the big screen.
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