Chapter 72
Lao Qi didn't expect Chen Lanjun to be so enthusiastic. He said suspiciously, "Just like the wrapping paper of foreign candies, they are all very beautiful. Our teacher showed them to us in class before."
Chen Lanjun was happy. There were many talented people in Mingde University. These clear-eyed college students were a rare and high-quality workforce in this era.
She is close to the water, so she has to get the moon first.
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Department of Fine Arts, Mingde University, teacher's office.
Hao Yue, a teacher in the Art Department, is sitting at a desk with a glass plate on top, preparing lessons.
Suddenly, I heard someone knocking on the door: "Excuse me, is this the art department office?"
Hao Yue looked up and adjusted his glasses. Standing by the door was a lady with long curly hair that had been permed. She looked quite imposing. Hao Yue asked politely, "Yes, who are you?"
The curly-haired lady took out a work ID from her leather briefcase and waved it in front of Hao Yue.
"Hello, teacher. I'm from the Fourth Food Factory."
Seeing that the visitor was a serious worker from a state-owned enterprise, Hao Yue's original vigilance towards strangers was slightly reduced, and he smiled and said, "Excuse me, what can I do for you?"
The visitor smiled slightly, took out a piece of paper from his briefcase and handed it to Hao Yue.
Hao Yue took a closer look and found that it was actually a competition registration notice.
The visitor explained, "Our factory recently received a large order from Hong Kong. We are trying to earn foreign exchange. The factory leaders attach great importance to it, so they plan to focus on designing our candy packaging. Therefore, they have specially organized a college student design creativity competition and are now recruiting participants."
University Design Creativity Competition? This sounds quite new. Hao Yue asked: "Is it held for college students?"
"Yes." The visitor said, "Our factory leaders attach great importance to young talents. They think that things designed by young people are dynamic and energetic. The final effect must be good, so we specially held such a competition. For our factory, we can get a very good product packaging. For the school, it can also cultivate students' hands-on ability in practice and make students more integrated with society."
The visitor hinted, "We just happen to know some media friends. They heard about our idea of holding a college student design creativity competition. They are very interested and would like to follow up and write a few consecutive reports."
Hao Yue immediately understood what the other party meant. The school could use this opportunity to appear in the news and get some publicity. At the same time, as the first teacher to come into contact with this activity, she could also show her face.
The visitor added, "This is also a good training opportunity for students. As long as you are a finalist, regardless of whether you win a prize or not, you will receive a free candy from us. As for the winner, the prize will also be very generous."
She pointed to the last part of the competition registration notice: "The third prize will be 50 yuan and one kilogram of candy; the second prize will be 100 yuan and two kilograms of candy; and the first prize will be 200 yuan and three kilograms of candy."
Hao Yue nodded and sighed sincerely: "Your factory is quite generous."
Generosity is determined by comparison. Nowadays, if a factory holds an event or competition, it is good enough to get a kettle, enamel cup or flashlight as the first prize.
It's nothing like the Fourth Food Factory, where they give both food and money.
And the first prize is two hundred dollars, which is enough for a college student from an ordinary family to spend for half a year.
Hao Yue made a prompt decision: "Don't worry, we will definitely support this activity!"
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The campus bulletin boards in the 1980s were filled with all kinds of information posters, including those about club activities, poetry readings, and organized English corners... They were dazzling and lively.
This is also the most lively place on campus. No matter if they have classes or not, students always like to come and have a look.
A large group of young people in white clothes gathered in front of the bulletin board, reading the latest notice posted.
"University, Students, Design, Competition..." The tall boy sitting at the front read out the words one by one. The more he read, the more surprised he became.
"The first place winner gets a 200 dollar bonus!"
"What? So many!"
"Where can I sign up?"
…
The college students suddenly became excited and talked about it at once.
The sisters from dormitory 205 who were passing by the bulletin board also stopped and took a look at the excitement.
The dormitory head tapped Lao Qi's back and said, "Lao Qi, are you going to participate in the competition? Are you a professional? You must be better than them in drawing and design."
"Yeah, if we get first place, we can get candy for us all." The roommate agreed with a smile.
Lao Qi turned his head away from the notice board and said, "What's the point of money and candy?"
Chen Lanjun continued, "Indeed. I think what's really interesting is that the first place winner can see his or her own design become a real entity. It can also be sold to Hong Kong, and maybe even abroad! That would really be putting your knowledge into practice and bringing glory to the country."
These words touched Lao Qi's heart. He glanced at her and said, "Your thoughts are quite profound. Indeed, this is what is truly valuable."
"So are you going to sign up?" the dormitory head asked with a smile.
The seventh one nodded: "Just sign up for one. Just treat it as a game."
The enthusiasm of college students to sign up far exceeded expectations.
In just seven days, we received five to six hundred entries.
You have to know that there are only about 3,000 students in the whole school.
On Saturday, in the house under the banyan tree, Pang Xiaopeng looked at the design drafts piled up on the dining table and exclaimed, "I can't believe I received so many drafts."
Chen Lanjun was not surprised: "This competition is something new and fun. There is no registration fee. If you are selected, you can get money and gifts. I have already signed up."
"What?" Atong, who was counting the design drafts, raised his head, "Where is it? Let me see."
"What are you looking at? I have already assigned a number and hidden it."
Chen Lanjun said with a smile.
Since it was a competition, it had to be fair and just. To this end, Chen Lanjun even went to the trouble of using an anonymous scoring system.
The works received are registered and each one is given a serial number without revealing who drew it.
Then send it to the teachers in the Art Department and ask them to do the preliminary selection first.
Even Hao Yue, a teacher in the art department, said: "You guys are marking the same papers as the college entrance examination. It's too formal."
Pang Xiaopeng joked, "If Sister Lan wins the first prize, can we not give her the money?"
"If you don't give it to me, I'll write a big-character poster to expose you." Chen Lanjun said with a smile, "Okay, Xiaopeng, be more stable. Look at Atong."
"I can't compare to you." Pang Xiaopeng lifted up a strand of Atong's curly hair. "You know what, although you look older after having your hair permed, you also look more reliable. How about I get one too?"
Atong snorted: "Your short hair will turn you into a lion dog if you perm it."
"Hello!"
Chen Lanjun leaned against the windowsill and watched the two of them joking and playing with each other.
Turning her head inadvertently, she caught a glimpse of a slender figure appearing at the end of the path outside the window.
Shao Qinghe looked up as if he had realized something, stared at her for a while, and then continued walking.
Chen Lanjun straightened her hair and said to Pang Xiaopeng and Atong, "I'm going to go downstairs for a while. We won't have dinner together."
In order to facilitate the preparations for the competition, Pang Xiaopeng and Atong have been living under the banyan tree these days.
Seeing Chen Lanjun walking downstairs, Pang Xiaopeng was a little confused: "Hey, didn't we originally agree to eat together?"
Atong looked out the window and understood: "Oh, today is Saturday."
Saturday afternoon was the time Chen Lanjun and Shao Qinghe had agreed to meet.
Although Chen Lanjun agreed to let Shao Qinghe pursue her, because she had a lot of things to do and Shao Qinghe was also busy, they actually didn't have much time to meet.
In addition, communication in the mainland was inconvenient, and there was no telephone where she lived. If he wanted to see her, he could only use the most primitive method, which was to walk over to see her.
There were two times when Chen Lanjun was away from home, either because she was at the factory or at a state-owned store. Shao Qinghe returned empty-handed and silently left a card at the door:
"See you Saturday?"
Chen Lanjun added a word at the end: "Okay."
Today is Saturday too.
When she reached the last two steps, Chen Lanjun felt that she was walking too fast, so she stopped on the steps.
After three knocks on the door, she slowly walked over and asked in a long voice, "Who is it?"
There was silence for a moment.
The voice outside the door was smiling:
"You know the answer but you still ask."
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