Chapter Twenty-Seven: The First Encounter
Director Yu nodded to everyone present, then cleared his throat and said:
"Today, Mr. Shen held a separate meeting for the design department, one is to cheer you up, and the other is because in two weeks, you will leave for Paris, so a series of preparations after the selection is also imminent, and I will briefly introduce to you the rules of the selection competition, unlike previous years, the judges of the selection competition are the design masters who have appeared in internationally renowned fashion magazines, for the sake of fairness, all entries are kept in the archives for the record, and the selection will only be presented with works, The merits of the works are determined by the judges' votes, so until the results of the pre-selection of the works are announced, even the judges do not know the owner of the work. β
Director Yu paused and then said:
"In addition, as in previous years, if you go to Paris to participate in the exhibition and win the award, you will be rewarded with corresponding rewards, and I hope that you will continue to work hard in 'Genesis'......"
Three days later, the results of the selection came out, and 14 of Lin Yuhao's 20 works were approved, and Lin Yuhao accounted for nearly one-third of the 30 works that went to Paris for the first tour, which is also unprecedented in the recent decades of 'Genesis'.
"Old Yu! Unexpectedly, after 20 years, someone broke the record of seven of your works being shortlisted for the Milan Tour Exhibition that year! Shen Yankang admired the works that were about to be exhibited and admired the authenticity.
"I've always felt that this kid is a genius, just like a dark horse, Lao Shen, which can't help but remind me of a person." Yu Sinian and Shen Yankang get along more casually in private, and they have been commensurate with Lao Shen and Lao Yu for decades.
"Who has this kind of talent and has to fight with you?"
"Lin-Yu-Ting--" After a long pause, Director Yu finally slowly spit out a name.
"Lin Yuting--" Shen Yankang pondered.
"Old Shenβ" Director Yu saw that Shen Yankang had not moved for a long time, and called softly.
"I'm sorry! Old Yu, you see I remembered more than 20 years ago. β
"I always felt that his design style was a little similar to the man back then, but how could this be possible after more than 20 years?"
"Hearing you say that, I really see some similarities." Director Yu stared at the work in front of him and fell into deep thought.
"Or, I'll arrange the personnel--"
"Don't act rashly yet, maybe it's a coincidence! By the way, it seems that the leader of the fifth design team is still vacant? β
"What do you mean?"
"I didn't mean anything else, I just found that his ability is far more than just being a famous designer."
"I know what to do, but the fifth design group has just been established, considering that the members of the group are all young people, and most of them are excellent, and the works of other groups shortlisted this time are also very good, so I want to train him for a while, and after the tour, if his results are really as we imagined, it will be expected and logical to improve at that time."
"Alright! It's up to you. β
After a few days of rushing, finalizing, and tryouts, Lin Yuhao already felt a little tired, but fortunately, the next thing was the matter of the edition room and the operation department, and the 'Genesis' specially arranged a week of rest for the design department, and Lin Yuhao was ranked in the first batch, but he did not return to Y City immediately, but planned to rest in Jiangcheng for two days before going back.
He first bought some daily necessities in the mall, and then prepared to go to the supermarket to buy some simple fast food, at the entrance of the supermarket, he smelled the fragrance of chestnuts, followed the fragrance inquiry, he saw a small stall selling fried chestnuts, so he stopped, involuntarily walked towards its stall.
Because looking at the piles of round chestnuts on the stall, he suddenly remembered the scene when he was a child, when he and Yu Han and Chu Ning went to the wild to pick chestnuts.
I remember that he was only eleven or twelve years old at that time, as long as it was school time, even when he was doing his homework, Yu Han and Chu Ning would stick to his side, they would often follow the big children in the village to the mountains a few miles away to pick wild chestnuts, at that time they only knew that those wild slabs were very cute, but they didn't know that they could also be eaten, so after picking it back, they just took it to play and remembered.
Some children are very naughty, they first use the tip of the knife to cut out large and small round holes in the chestnut shell, and then hollow out the chestnut meat inside, and the smaller children use it as a whistle, although the sound quality is a little monotonous, but for the children at that time, it is easy to satisfy.
Some older children will symmetrically dig the chestnut into two round holes the size of cigarette butts, take advantage of their own adults do not care, quietly steal two cigarettes, and then learn to swallow the clouds and spit out the smoke like adults, but this kind of naughty children are always a few, because after being discovered by adults, they will always inevitably be beaten.
"Sir, would you like one? 15 yuan a portion for raw and 20 yuan for cooked. Suddenly, the little girl at the stall shyly interrupted his recollection.
"Apologize! Please help me with two cooked copies! Lin Yuhao quickly reined in his emotions and said to the little girl.
As usual, Chu Ning went to the cafeteria after class to have a hurried meal, and then hurriedly went to the piano room to pick a quiet room and practiced the piano for two hours, but when she returned to the dormitory downstairs in the podium room, Aunt Housekeeper got up and stopped her, and Aunt Housekeeper said to her:
"Chu Ning, right! Step back, turn around, and the classmate under the pine and cypress tree is looking for you. After saying that, the housekeeper sat down lazily again.
"Looking for me? Butβ" Chu Ning thought something was happening, so he did as Aunt Steward said, and then found that there was indeed a figure under the pine and cypress trees not far away, to be exact, it was the person Fang Weizhen said that he stood under this building every day for a night, but she had just passed in front of him, and he didn't say to look for her! So she turned back and whispered to Aunt Steward:
"Auntie! Are you mistaken? I don't even know him! β
"It's okay if you don't know! You'll know it now when you go. β
"Butβ"
"Classmate Chu Ning, I've been waiting for you for a long time." Chu Ning was trying to maintain his point of view on the basis of reason, when a voice sounded behind him at the right time.
"I'm right! People are looking for you. Aunt Sheguan was so childlike that she winked at her.
"Uh--, classmate, are you sure you're not looking for the wrong person? I don't seem to know you. Faced with Aunt Sheguan's good show, Chu Ning had no choice but to turn back to the man.
"Don't you mind chatting here?" The man looked at Chu Ning with a smile, and didn't forget to bow to Aunt Sheguan, presumably thanking Aunt Sheguan for her warm sausage!
Chu Ning looked at the classmates who came and went around him, and from time to time some classmates looked back at the two of them, so he walked under the pine and cypress tree first with some discomfort.
After standing still, she looked back at the man, but found that he was also walking towards her in the right mood, and by the light, she looked at the height of the man and the Lin brothers, deep eyes, straight nose, sexy and thin lips with a smile. With such carved facial features, Chu Ning's first reaction was that he should be a half-blood.
At a distance of less than ten meters from the pine and cypress trees, there were many girls who frequently sent autumn waves to the house, and many boys who sent the girls back to the dormitory exchanged heads with him, and some gave him a thumbs up and made some cheering movements. And the man nodded and smiled at them in a friendly way, making Chu Ning even more uncomfortable like a lamb to the slaughter.
When the man walked in front of Chu Ning, Chu Ning finally couldn't help the question in his heart and said:
"Are you sure you're waiting for me?"
"That's right! There is no lie. The man's slender hands casually put into his trouser pockets, and he bowed his head to Chu Ning.
"Your name is --, Zhang Shaoyang?" Chu Ning raised his head to meet the man, but in his mind, he struggled to recall the name Fang Weizhen had said when he mentioned this person last time.
"It's like a fake!"
"Since you're waiting for me, why didn't you stop me when I passed by?"
"Chu Ning, so far, I don't have anything wrong with you, but every day I see your busy figure shuttling through the huge campus of Wuyang, I feel very pleasing to the eye, this is simply the greatest enjoyment for me, and the rest is not very important, so you don't have to have too much pressure." Zhang Shaoyang looked around casually, and then looked down at Chu Ningdao.
"You-" Chu Ning was ready in her heart, she thought about Zhang Shaoyang's thousand answers, who knew that this person was so arrogant, she had a good impression of him one minute, and the next second she was angered by his arrogant words.
"If you want to enjoy the scenery, you don't have to wait under the trees all night, and there is no scenery in the girls' dormitory, all with a face, a mouth, a nose, and two eyes, but it is better to go to the lake in the backyard of the school to enjoy the night view, I believe that the scenery there is much more beautiful than here."
The enraged Chu Ning was not easy to provoke, she was like a hedgehog that had been pricked by a needle, and her words immediately became sharp, but after she finished speaking, she realized that it was extremely inappropriate for them who were still strangers.
Because as long as the students are stupid in Wuyang, they know that the scenery in Wuyang at night is charming everywhere, but the lake in the backyard of the school she said is a taboo, because the light there is the darkest place in Wuyang, so it is not only impossible to go to the lake at night to enjoy the beautiful scenery, but it is very likely to scare one-on-one couples.
"Huh! I didn't expect that girls who don't usually like to talk too much, but there are times when they are sharp, but you like this are more attractive to me. Zhang Shaoyang watched Chu Ning's expression change in vastness, and his face was full of smiles again.
"Megalomaniac, I don't have so much time to spend with you enjoying the scenery, so I don't want to accompany you." After Chu Ning finished speaking, he left Zhang Shaoyang, ignoring etiquette, and walked towards the dormitory building embarrassed and ashamed.