Chapter 86 Betting
Tao Shouxin had a design class today. As soon as he reached the stairs, he heard some commotion coming from the fifth floor. He climbed up the stairs and saw twenty or thirty students gathered at the door and window of classroom 2.
There was also a student who did not belong to his school - Qiao Yadong.
He frowned and asked in a deep voice, "What are so many people doing here?"
The students were all afraid of the teacher, especially when Tao Nanfeng was in the classroom. No one dared to speak, for fear that whoever spoke up first would be remembered by Professor Tao and leave a bad impression.
Tao Shouxin looked at Qiao Yadong and said, "You speak."
Qiao Yadong walked up to Tao Shouxin and told him what had happened with a smile.
When Tao Shouxin heard that Tao Nanfeng and Zhou Ruowei had made a bet and agreed to complete a three-hour quick sketch in the drawing classroom, he couldn't hide the smile on his face and went to the window to look over.
Tao Nanfeng was focused and immersed in drawing.
Zhou Ruowei had a little sweat on his forehead and was also writing and drawing on the paper.
Tao Shouxin laughed and scolded: "This kid is getting more and more courageous."
After that, Tao Shouxin straightened up and said to the students watching nearby: "Since my son Nanfeng is participating in the competition, I will withdraw from the judging panel to avoid affecting the judging results."
Qiao Yadong also smiled: "Professor Tao, your decision is very wise."
The students next to them were a little scared. One girl said weakly, "Professor Tao, we believe you are fair. No one has asked you not to be a judge."
Tao Shouxin smiled slightly, and the majesty on his face diminished a little.
"It's okay. I took the initiative to withdraw. It has nothing to do with you. I am Tao Nanfeng's father. There is no way around it. Since Nanfeng wants to participate in the competition, I naturally have to avoid suspicion."
He couldn't help but boast: "My Nanfeng's design level is very high, I feel very relieved."
After Tao Shouxin finished speaking, he put his hands behind his back and pouted at Qiao Yadong: "You stay here and watch. I'm going to class."
Qiao Yadong stood up and accepted the order, smiling: "Okay!"
Three hours is neither long nor short.
On an A3 drawing, draw the frame, use two-thirds of the space to draw the building plan, clearly identify the functional areas, and use one-third of the space to draw horizontal lines and write the design description.
The sunlight shines through the window glass and into the room.
Tao Nanfeng's profile is extremely beautiful, with a graceful jawline, a straight nose, long and dense eyelashes, a full forehead, and black hair tied into two long braids that hang smoothly down from the ears and fall on her chest.
Qiao Yadong finally had the chance to look at Tao Nanfeng openly, his eyes almost greedy, from her forehead to her chin, and then from her chin to the top of her head... over and over again, wanting to engrave this beautiful picture in his mind forever.
On the other side, Zhou Ruowei also calmed down after a moment of panic.
Entering the first semester of the senior year, most of the professional courses have been completed, and the next semester will enter the graduation design stage. Zhou Ruowei was famous in college, not only for his handsome appearance, but also for his excellent academic performance.
Although three hours was indeed a tight time, the well-trained Zhou Ruowei immediately recalled the design works he had completed.
He was an employee of a construction machinery factory. He was assigned to the factory as a technician after graduating from high school. After working for two years, he was recommended to go to university, of course, thanks to his parents' connections in the construction department. He accused Tao Nanfeng of being a relative of someone with connections, which actually had a bit of the humor of "the pot calling the kettle black when one is fifty steps along the way".
At home, he once heard his parents praise the design of a cadre dormitory for a chemical plant, saying that the design concept of the building plan was advanced and that improvements had been made to address two common problems.
First, the privacy between the living room and the bedroom is insufficient, and the bedroom door faces the living room;
Second, the kitchen and bathroom are too small and inconvenient to use.
Because he was studying architecture, Zhou Ruowei specifically asked his parents for design drawings, studied them carefully, and memorized them in his heart.
The time for the quick design was too tight, so Zhou Ruowei decided to take a shortcut and borrow the design drawings of the cadres' dormitory of the chemical plant. This design will be appreciated by parents and will definitely win the favor of the judges.
In the first item of the design specification, he wrote that the residents were: employees of the unit and families of four.
I glanced at Tao Nanfeng and saw her writing instructions on the right side of the drawing. Her neat and beautiful engineering handwriting was eye-catching.
Zhou Ruowei's heart trembled and his brows furrowed.
How could Tao Nanfeng, a student in a cadre training class, write such standard engineering characters? Could it be... He suddenly thought of what Tao Nanfeng had just said.
——My father is Tao Shouxin, which is one of my confidences.
As his attention was distracted, Zhou Ruowei realized that half of the time had passed, but he had just started drawing his building plan. He quickly shook off the random thoughts in his mind and hurried to continue drawing.
Time flows quietly.
The student who volunteered to be the supervisor was very responsible. When the time was up, he asked the two to stop writing, collected the drawings, filled in the agreed class and name in the icon in the lower right corner of the drawings, and then rolled up the drawings and handed them in.
"These two designs were signed with pseudonyms. We will explain this to the judges when the shortlist is announced."
Tao Nanfeng raised his hand and stretched. The three-hour quick sketch design had put his brain in a state of high tension. It was truly a physically demanding and exhausting activity.
Turning around, he met Qiao Yadong's focused gaze.
Tao Nanfeng smiled at Qiao Yadong, walked down from the drawing chair and began to clean up the desk.
Zhou Ruowei walked over, stood in front of Tao Nanfeng, and his tone became serious.
"Tao Nanfeng, if you can make it to the finals, then you win, and I bow to you and apologize; if I make it to the finals, then I win, and you admit that you are not as skilled as me. If we both make it to the finals... then it's a draw, how about that?"
For the first time, Zhou Ruowei regarded Tao Nanfeng as a fair competitor.
In the past, Zhou Ruowei thought he was a professional and did not take Tao Nanfeng, who studied at a technical college, seriously at all.
But this time, after accepting Tao Nanfeng's challenge and designing a quick sketch in three hours, he could see that Tao Nanfeng's professional level and ability were definitely not lower than his own.
An expert can tell whether something is good or not with just one look.
You don't have to look at her design plans. Just by looking at her skillful drawing movements and smooth writing posture, you can tell that Tao Nanfeng is definitely a professionally trained designer.
During his college years, Zhou Ruowei started with "Architectural Drawing", then "House Architecture", "Principles and Methods of Architectural Design", and now he is engaged in various types of architectural design since his senior year. He received training from teachers in the course teaching process from shallow to deep and from easy to difficult, which enabled him to have the ability to complete design works independently.
But what about Tao Nanfeng? She was just a student in the infrastructure cadre training class and had only attended university for one year, but she was able to complete a residential design task within three hours, which showed that she had a solid foundation and had worked hard.
No matter how proud Zhou Ruowei is, he cannot go against his conscience and say that Tao Nanfeng is a fool.
Tao Nanfeng glanced at him with a sharp look in his eyes, and said calmly: "Since it's a competition, let's compete to the end. A draw is boring."
This sharp edge hurt Zhou Ruowei.
He had clearly lowered his stance and given both sides a way out, but Tao Nanfeng didn't appreciate it at all!
Zhou Ruowei is more pleasing to the eye for this residential design, as he has a plan and a blueprint in mind. That was a design that even his parents had praised. After making some minor changes and submitting it this time, it will definitely make it to the finals.
Zhou Ruowei felt so pent-up that he wanted to vent his anger. He gritted his teeth and said loudly, "Let's compete to the end!"
There are five members in the supervisory group, all of whom are members of the Student Union. Seeing the two men staring at each other, looking like they were going to fight to the end, they all laughed.
"Okay, then let's compete to the end. If both of you can make it to the finals, we will cheer for you together and see who ranks higher in the end."
Zhou Ruowei stared at Tao Nanfeng and said, "If you lose, remember to bow to me and say in public - I'm related to you!"
Tao Nanfeng snorted coldly: "If you lose, remember to bow to me and say in public - I look down on people!"
The two looked at each other and were disgusted with each other.
Tao Nanfeng turned and left, his back looking neat and tidy.
Zhou Ruowei stared in a daze as the graceful figure moved farther and farther away from him, stamping his feet in anger. This Tao Nanfeng is so cold and hard, so unlovable!
Tao Nanfeng walked out of the drawing classroom with his drawing tools and walked towards Qiao Yadong with a smile: "Why are you here?"
The drawing board was thick and heavy. Students would hold it with the bottom edge against their waists, but Tao Nanfeng was different. She held the drawing board in one hand and the T-square in the other, making it look like a piece of cake.
Qiao Yadong reached out to take the drawing board from her hand, but Tao Nanfeng moved away: "Are you still unsure of my strength?"
Thinking of the long-lost nickname "Tao Sanchui", Qiao Yadong smiled: "At least give me a chance to show off a little bit."
The two smiled at each other, and there was a tacit understanding flowing between them.
Zhou Ruowei, who followed out, saw this scene and felt extremely sad for some reason. Although he gave up pursuing her after being knocked down by Tao Nanfeng, he could not suppress the jealousy in his heart when he saw her talking and laughing with other boys.
"Tao Nanfeng, no wonder you didn't accept my pursuit, it turns out... you have someone else you love."
As soon as these words were spoken, a sour smell filled the entire corridor.
When Qiao Yadong heard this, he felt so happy. Even though she knew that she was not the one Tao Nanfeng loved, she was still envied by the boys in her school. It was such a beautiful misunderstanding.
Tao Nanfeng rolled his eyes at Zhou Ruowei and opened his mouth, wanting to explain something, but then he felt that explaining to Zhou Ruowei would be too much of a compliment to him, so he closed his mouth.
There were chaotic footsteps coming from the other end of the corridor, and several mature-looking students hurriedly ran down the stairwell.
"Tao Nanfeng, I just heard that you are going to participate in the residential design competition?"
"I heard that you made a bet with a senior student of architecture? You stood up for our college class."
"Is there anything we can help you with? Our class of thirty-one students fully supports you!"
Most of the members of this infrastructure cadre training class come from grassroots units. They are all practical talents in civil engineering. There are more men than women, and their ages range from 20 to 30 years old. Due to the tight course schedule and unit affairs, we rarely communicate with each other and seem to be rather loose.
Suddenly, they heard that Tao Nanfeng was going to participate in a residential design competition and made a bet with the students in his undergraduate class. Suddenly, they shared a common hatred and were united as never before.
The class monitor Qi Ming is the oldest and is the head of the infrastructure department of the Jinglian County Chemical Plant. After receiving the news, he immediately notified his classmates and hurried to the drawing classroom. He happened to meet Tao Nanfeng coming out and ran over happily.
Qi Mingxue saw Zhou Ruowei standing in front of Tao Nanfeng and his face turned cold: "This classmate looks so arrogant, I guess he is the Zhou Ruowei who said that college students are not eligible to participate in the residential design competition?"
Zhou Ruowei had no choice but to deny it: "No, no, no, I didn't say that."
Tao Nanfeng was very touched to be surrounded by a group of classmates who came to support him.
He has someone backing him up. If we don't give him a beating now, when will we?
Tao Nanfeng smiled and said, "No, no, no, Zhou Ruowei said this. He stood in front of the notice board and said that it was ridiculous for a layman from the infrastructure cadre training class to want to participate in a professional competition!"
Zhou Ruowei's face suddenly turned red when someone repeated his words word for word.
Qi Mingxue is the leader of the unit and the head of the Infrastructure Section, in charge of the unit's construction projects. He often teaches and directs construction workers at the construction site, and he is full of authority.
He walked up to Zhou Ruowei, his face solemn: "Student Zhou, please apologize!"
More and more college students came and stood beside Tao Nanfeng, glaring at Zhou Ruowei and shouting, "Apologize!"
There were echoes coming from the corridor, which frightened Zhou Ruowei so much that cold sweat ran down his back.
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