Chapter 85 Burning the Cloth Off Jiang Ning's Legs
With the bet with Lu Junyan, Jiang Ning was even more motivated.
The theme for the preliminary round of the New Star Jewelry Design Competition was "The Sea".
The first impression of the ocean is blue, so Zhang Xiaofang and Yang Nan both suggested that Jiang Ning design a piece of jewelry with a sapphire or blue diamond.
Jiang Ning could tell that even now, they still had a biased view of the Heart of the Ocean from the Titanic.
The Heart of the Ocean is indeed a classic. However, it is precisely because of the Heart of the Ocean that Jiang Ning felt that no matter how well later designers tried to surpass it, it would be difficult to do so. If they were not careful, they might be accused of plagiarism and imitation.
Jiang Ning thought about it all day and finally began to write.
When she got tired of drawing, she would lie down on her desk and sleep, and the drawing went more smoothly than she had imagined.
On CL's side, after learning that Jiang Ning had also participated in the Rising Star Jewelry Design Competition, Chu Qingxue gave Gu Qian a task, instructing him to take a picture of Jiang Ning's design drafts for the preliminary round no matter what.
Gu Qian was originally her employee, and he was devoted to her. So she secretly placed Gu Qian in Jiang Ning's studio so that she could keep track of Jiang Ning's movements at any time.
In the general manager's office, Chu Qingxue was drawing.
The jewelry she painted at first glance looked very much like the Heart of the Ocean, but it was even more gorgeous.
Around the original heart-shaped main stone, Chu Qingxue painted three full rings of small diamonds. She believed that this would not only fit the theme of "sea" but also show that her design was a reshaping and upgrade of the past Heart of the Ocean.
She had just finished sketching when her phone rang.
When Chu Qingxue saw that it was Gu Qian who sent her a picture, her eyes lit up instantly.
She opened the picture with great interest, but the smile on her lips gradually froze.
The Rising Star Jewelry Design Competition gives each participant only one week to prepare for the preliminary round.
One week later, submit your design draft and photos of the finished product on the competition's official website. Two weeks later, the website will announce the list of designers who have advanced to the semi-finals and the scores of their works.
Jiang Ning is full of confidence that he will make it to the semi-finals.
Two weeks later, as she had expected, she saw her name on the list published on the official website.
Of course, she also saw Chu Qingxue's.
Even now, Jiang Ning does not believe that his design skills are inferior to Chu Qingxue's.
However, Chu Qingxue had won both of their previous head-on confrontations, which made Jiang Ning dare not underestimate her strength.
In this preliminary round, twenty designers passed, but only Jiang Ning and Chu Qingxue did not use sapphires to showcase the theme of "sea".
They used pearls.
When Jiang Ning saw Chu Qingxue's design works displayed on the official website, she was amazed.
"Chu Qingxue and I are actually so in sync?"
Jiang Ning frowned.
She chose a top-quality Australian white pearl as the main stone, and then used sapphires and small diamonds as accent stones to create a wave brooch.
Chu Qingxue also chose Australian white pearls, but designed them as pendants instead of brooches.
Jiang Ning carefully compared the two and found that Chu Qingxue's pearl pendant also used Australian white pearls as the main stone, with sapphires and diamonds as the supporting stones. At first glance, it was designed like an olive branch, but in fact it was ingenious and could also be interpreted as waves.
It's exactly the same concept as the brooches she designed.
However, her brooch received a lower score than Chu Qingxue's pendant.
coincide?
Jiang Ning drew a question mark in his mind.
What if it's not a coincidence?
Jiang Ning still remembers that when she was Lu Junyan's secretary at Lu's Group, she also served as an FY designer.
And her design... was once copied by Chu Qingxue.
Jiang Ning is not someone who cares a lot about design.
Because design was never her preference.
But now that she has decided to make a living as a designer, she can't afford to be careless.
In the office, Gu Qian brought a steaming cup of coffee to Jiang Ning's side.
His work here is quite complicated, and he often serves tea and water to Jiang Ning, so even if he has been a bit more attentive lately, it won't arouse suspicion.
Gu Qian believes that Jiang Ning is not qualified to be a designer.
Jiang Ning always left his own design drawings scattered around the office. Not only could someone with ulterior motives like him see them, but even bank employees who sneaked in to persuade them to open accounts could see them.
If someone as disrespectful of design as Jiang Ning can become a designer, then Gu Qian feels that he can too.
Chu Qingxue promised him that as long as he worked well as an undercover agent in Jiangning, she would promote him to the head of the design team and give him resources.
In other words, the day Jiang Ning loses the second round will be the day he rises to prominence.
"Jiang Ning, I haven't seen you preparing for the semi-finals lately, and the deadline is almost here!"
For several days in a row, Gu Qian noticed that Jiang Ning was either looking at documents or on her way to look at documents, without even touching a pen, so he couldn't help but ask her about it.
"Don't worry, I've already submitted all the finished products."
After Jiang Ning finished speaking, he didn't see any surprise or congratulation on Gu Qian's face, but rather a sense of panic.
"What’s wrong with you?"
"It's nothing..." Gu Qian shook his head and gave Jiang Ning a fake smile, "I'm relieved that you've prepared everything."
He made up an excuse, left the studio, and urgently contacted Chu Qingxue.
Three days later, the official website of the New Star Jewelry Design Competition updated the list, and ten designers who passed the semi-finals entered the final round.
Jiang Ning and Chu Qingxue both advanced to the next round.
The question for this semi-final was "cabbage".
Ninety percent of designers chose to design a jade cabbage ornament, including Chu Qingxue.
Only Jiang Ning designed a diamond ring.
This time, Jiang Ning finally didn't see any trace of Chu Qingxue's design philosophy in her work.
The only difference between her this time and the last time is—
I didn't draw in the office.
Jiang Ning closed the webpage and sighed.
Lu's Group.
Lu Junyan was sitting in his office, looking at the official website of the New Star Jewelry Design Competition.
He knew that Chu Qingxue had advanced all the way to the finals.
Knock knock!
After two knocks, Xiao Zhang walked in.
"Mr. Lu, tonight's itinerary is to have dinner with Mr. Li at the Longde Hotel."
After Xiao Zhang finished speaking, he did not receive a response from Lu Junyan.
He rarely saw Lu Junyan staring so intently at his phone.
The tip of my left index finger remained on the phone screen.
"Mr. Lu?"
Xiao Zhang called out again.
This time, Lu Junyan reacted, and his finger finally swiped across the image on the screen of a ring shaped like a cabbage, densely set with diamonds and emeralds.
Nighttime, Longde Hotel.
After parking his car, Jiang Ning stepped out, his black business suit giving him an elite air typical of white-collar workers.
She walked into the restaurant and saw Shen Feiyang already waiting for her in the distance.
"Didn't I tell you to dress nicely?"
Shen Feiyang looked Jiang Ning up and down, his eyes like hooks.
"Am I not dressed nicely right now?"
Jiang Ning asked in a cold tone.
"It's pretty, but it's too covered up." Shen Feiyang squinted, his gaze lingering on Jiang Ning's two straight and slender legs. His excessively fiery eyes seemed to want to burn the fabric off Jiang Ning's legs.
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