Chapter 40:

Xu Qiao carefully recalled the past, but did not remember when and where Cheng Lang had the opportunity to personally measure her.
She was unconscious in front of him. She only fainted with hypoglycemia at the Beicheng National Exhibition Center, and fell asleep with a fever at Yujin's house in Milan. But in these two cases, if Cheng Lang succeeded in treating her, she would be worthy Alive?
After thinking and thinking about it, the only possibility is that he checked her measurements and cups in the bathroom a few days ago.
Xu Qiao hugged herself tightly.
Really see her so brilliantly at a glance? Can foam and rose petals stop his titanium dog eyes?
Moreover, this level of visual inspection is too talented for a man who is not a tailor and has never had a woman.
This is just an elementary school chicken. When he graduates successfully, can he not fly into the sky?

After Christmas Eve, the selection of the jewelry design competition officially kicked off.
The selection is divided into two stages. In the first stage, the judges select 15 shortlisted works from the professional group and the newcomer group. In the second stage, 30 shortlisted works are open to online voting.
The initial expected scale of this non-governmental event is not large, and the competition system is designed to be relatively rough. According to the rules of the competition, the two stages will be quickly and efficiently decided within five days.
However, the sponsorship item that Townsend kicked in at the door became a blockbuster gimmick, causing quite a stir in the jewelry circle, causing the number of entries in the rookie group to double than expected. Under pressure, the organizers had to work overtime during the Christmas holiday to catch up with the process.
Rao is the case, the online public voting session was postponed until 12 noon on the 29th, Brussels time.
The voting channel was officially launched at 7pm Beijing time.
In order to create a sense of ritual of "the imperial examination list", everyone in the studio worked overtime collectively and gathered in front of Pi's station to wait for the finalists. As soon as the point was reached, they urged him: "Come out, press F5!"
The webpage was refreshed, and the fifteen works of the newcomer group were displayed on the screen as thumbnails. Pi Dan confirmed at a glance that the necklace he designed had not been selected, and sighed: "Sure enough, there is no me."
"The competition for the rookie group is so fierce. It's normal for thousands of troops to cross the single-plank bridge and losing the election." Everyone patted him on the shoulder to express their relief, and then asked, "Where is Yuli?"
Xu Qiao did not disclose the design drawings to anyone other than turmeric in advance. Everyone didn’t even know whether her design direction was a necklace, bracelet or earring brooch, so they could only click on the big picture and follow the signatures in the lower right corner of the scanned manuscript. Start from scratch.
Most of the progress bar has been pulled, almost all of them are European players. Pi Dan couldn't bear to continue going down: "There is no one Chinese. The judges must be partial to local players."
"Don't be discouraged, there are five more!" Su Shan pushed him.
Pi Dan slowed down and then pulled down to the fourteenth picture, and finally saw the Chinese character signature, and was happy to see that it was three characters, but hope was lost again.
"It's the last one. Be mentally prepared." The comforting words had already ran the train in Pi Dan's mind, but as the mouse rolled, his thoughts were suddenly stagnated.
Before moving to the signature in the lower right corner, everyone's eyes fixed on the center of the screen just like him.
This is a design drawing of a ring named "Feather".
The minimalist platinum ring holds a pure-color royal sapphire. The gem is carved into a soft feather-like shape. The three-dimensional carvings on it are scroll-shaped, just like when the deep blue lake of Baikal is wrinkled by the wind. A circle of light rippling ripples, but even in such softness and lightness, the feathered posture is hard and tenacious, carrying a stubborn upward force.
If you don't see it with your own eyes, it is hard to imagine that two such contradictory "complexes" can be fully interpreted by a single gem.
And just like the height symbolized by the color of royal blue, when such a gem appears in front of you, you will unconsciously think: it seems that only looking up can you be worthy of its amazing floating outside the world.
Exclaimed gasps sounded in the silent space.
The shape of this gem made everyone have an answer in their hearts before confirming the designer's name.
Pi Dan stared at the word "Yuli" at the bottom right corner of the scanned image over and over again, sniffing enviously.
Su Shan wiped the corner of his eyes slowly, saw the glitter of his fingertips, and said excitedly: "My god, am I crying by Mei? It turns out that such things as Mei crying are real!"
"Master," Rosa took a deep breath and said to another jewelry craftsman next to her, "I really want to make this ring. If I can make this ring by myself, I will have no regrets in my career..."
Fei Zheng is nearly forty years old. He doesn’t usually communicate with these juniors and doesn’t know much about the details of the competition. He shook his head and said,
The picture is a good one, but on a one-to-one basis, the rough stone needed is at least 80 to 90 carats. Sapphire of this clarity is too rare, a rare encounter in ten years."
"Teacher Fei, you can connect to the village network!" Pi Dan pressed the back button and pulled the page back to the homepage. "Do you think this Burmese sapphire will work?"
Fei Zheng narrowed his eyes: "This piece is fine. You don't need to cut and waste too many corners according to this shape. What is this design drawing?"
"It's tailor-made for it!" Pi Xian affirmed his guess, "Yu Li, no, it should be called Teacher Yu. This time, Teacher Yu went to the gold medal sapphire."
Su Shan cupped his face: "This is too shabby!"
The crowd gathered around each other in a rush, and the two craftsmen had already begun to discuss the crafting technique, and suddenly heard Lin Bai say: "Hey? Why is Miss Yu rising so slowly in this ranking."
For the sake of fairness, the initial ranking of the shortlisted works was based on the order in which the designers submitted the manuscripts. Xu Qiao was forced to grind his guns due to the lack of solid foundation in painting skills. Several versions of the manuscripts were scrapped in the early stage, and it was the last few hours before the deadline to upload the works. , So it comes last.
With the opening of the voting channel, the ranking of the fifteen works will change in real time according to the number of votes.
"Yeah..." Su Shan stared at a design drawing of a necklace, leaping from thirteenth to seventh like a rocket, jumping to third, and then looking at Xu Qiao's ring design. A ground tortoise climbed quickly, and after a few crawls, he didn’t even move. "What vision are these people! Isn’t this design drawing of Sister Yu Li stand out from the crowd? Brother Pi Dan, please vote for Sister Yu Li, I Go and turn on the computer now!"
Pi Dan checked Xu Qiao's work and cast a vote, and stopped her: "No need to open, only one vote can be made for an IP."
"Then how did the votes of other people rise so fast?" Su Shan stared at him, using his mobile phone to search for the information of several new jewelry designers in the front row, and after a round of searching, he was shaking all over, "Oh, my goose bumps are all up, these newcomers Why are there legends on the Internet."
"What legend?"
"It's like a closed disciple of a famous teacher, and a winner of the highest scholarship from a design school. It's so exciting!" Su Shan pointed to the design drawing of the necklace that seemed to be opened just now. What kind of necklace is actually the first work of a twelve-year-old genius girl? No wonder it’s like a sky monkey. Dare to love this selection is not the design, but the story behind the designer?"
"What about our teacher Yu? Isn't there a nice story?"
Su Shan held the phone in embarrassment and said, "No such person has been found on the Internet, ancient and modern, this is the real grassroots..."
Rosa and Lin Bai glanced at each other, and whispered: "The boss didn't Xiao Yu? Nothing else, just the face of Xiao Yu, who was named as a beautiful designer, and promoted it on the Internet. That effect It’s amazing. The culture of beauty is something that can be enjoyed all over the world."
Lin Bai shook his head: "Miss Yu seems to be very low-key in this respect."
"How can I have a low-key meal these days!" Seeing Xu Qiao's work stopped at the eighth place, Pi was so angry that he almost smashed his mouse. "Where is Mr. Yu?"
"Preparing new works in the studio." Lin Bai replied.
Su Shan started to babble again: "Our sister Yu Li is too uncontested in the world, let's keep our feet on the ground!"

Xu Qiao is really "down to earth."
In the studio on the second floor, a person who was angry with a pufferfish was walking around the room with his mobile phone and said on the phone, "Is this the psychological preparation you asked me to do?"
Cheng Lang had just finished a six-hour meeting over there. He walked out of the conference room with his mobile phone and pointed to Gao Rui to the senior executives who had followed him, indicating that he had something to confess to his special assistant, and then went straight back to the office. Sit down with a suit button, and said warmly: "Since you don't want to show your face, you have to accept and get used to such unfairness. The operating methods you see now are not shady, but regular marketing. Netizens believe and like their stories. Naturally willing to pay for them."
"I understand the truth, but I'm still not convinced..." Xu Qiao narrowed his mouth. "They are so fanciful. There is no chance for me, an obscure grassroots, to win. The voting time is only forty-eight hours. The momentum of the first few hours is basically set. It’s down."
"It is an opportunity to prove your strength to be able to come back against the wind in an unfair situation. You should be thankful that your first game is not a boring tailwind."
Xu Qiao paced back and forth in front of the French windows: "Is it possible for me to break the waves?"
"Little girl," Cheng Lang smiled, "I have never lost. As long as you follow me, you won't lose."
Xu Qiao stopped in a daze.