Li Jingshan looked at the red beans on the pendant, but the corners of her mouth were hooked. She didn't think that those were twists and turns, but that it was the best arrangement from God. Even at that time, because he was too poor to use high-grade rubies, he turned to red beans instead, which happened to reflect the lovesickness, but it was not just to make it a token of love.

She suddenly thought of something, her face flew red, and with a narrow smile, she asked, "Do you know, what does that red bean represent?" ”

"Acacia beans, doesn't it represent acacia?"

Li Jingshan shook her head, leaned close to Ruan Mingyu's ear and whispered a word.

Ruan Mingyu's eyes widened: "......" didn't expect to be caught off guard by Li Jingshan and teased by her. Then he laughed, put his arms around her and pecked her on the lips again, "My lady is such a wonderful person! ”

Seeing that Li Jingshan was about to be annoyed, he hurriedly put his arm around her shoulders and comforted, "We have exchanged tokens, and even the birds have already laid eggs, what's wrong with calling you a lady." I'm still waiting for you to call me to listen? ”

Li Jingshan couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to drill down. She bowed her head to hide the embarrassment, but her fingers covered her heart. She wore a pendant inlaid with pearl shell buttons, which had been rubbed against the light.

Li Jingshan thought that in the future, she would redesign and inlay this pearl shell button and give it to Ruan Mingyu, which was the gift he left to her when they met for the first time, a thought, a hope.

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In Tianqiao Hall, the students began to sweep the streets and visit jewelry shops.

Although this assignment only requires the submission of drawings, it is the beginning of truly understanding the market and establishing your own style. Most of these trainees used to be in the shop, only responsible for processing jewelry according to the drawings, and only did the work of craftsmen. When they arrived in Tianqiaotang, they began to design their own artwork, so this first step was especially important for them.

Therefore, the students not only carefully studied the goods of Jingbao Pavilion, but also visited the major jewelry shops in the capital to analyze and compare the advantages and disadvantages of each one.

Li Jingshan had done such a thing as early as Minzhou, and now she is familiar with it. Now among the remaining students, only she and Meng Shu are women, and the two meet to go shopping, which is the welfare and fun in their studies. When I come back, I will draw what I see and think, combine my own design, and form an assignment.

Five days later, the homework submitted by the students was submitted to the directors of the Jingbao Pavilion, and the gentlemen of Tianqiaotang were jointly reviewed, and a copy of the drawings was drawn by the painters, which was displayed in the lobby for the students to observe and evaluate.

Everyone gathered in front of the work, chattering and making analysis and comparison. The most discussion fell on Li Jingshan's homework.

Unlike most of the students who make a complete set of heads, Li Jingshan follows her habit of designing Dragon Boat Festival ornaments in Minzhou - designing different styles in the same shape. This time she designed a set of moon-running plackets.

This set of six plackets is made of different shapes, and the craftsmanship is mainly jade carving and burnt blue, and each pattern is an abstract Chang'e running to the moon.

"This Chang'e running to the moon is a fusion of dance and opera, right?"

"Or the image of the flying sky in the mural, graceful and colorful."

"It's not enough to only have the shape of the characters, the fusion of colorful clouds and streamers is really ingenious!"

"Hehe, the colors also match well, I'm ashamed of myself."

Li Jingshan was busy being modest, saying "pass the award" and "how dare you" in her mouth, and when she looked up, she saw Ye Qing smiling at her and giving her a thumbs up. She was in a very good mood, playfully clenched her fists, and made a gesture of "acceptance" by people in the rivers and lakes.

"Ah Shan, your design will definitely be chosen." Meng Shu pulled Li Jingshan and was sincerely happy.

"I've taken your good word." Li Jingshan smiled, but she wanted more, and she also hoped to win the point of the highest sales amount when selling.

She turned her head, but was met with an unkind gaze. Yuan Yu'an stared at her coldly, and when he saw her coming, he pulled out a smiling expression, and said to Li Jingshan, "Miss Li is really ingenious and designed, Yuan admires it." ”

Li Jingshan returned the salute lightly, watching him turn around and walk away, his eyes glancing at Yuan Yu'an's work. Yuan's works are rigorous and regular, almost all of them are symmetrical compositions, which look upright and atmospheric, but lack a little vitality.

Li Jingshan finished evaluating in her heart, and then turned around, but heard Meng Shu and Ye Qing say in unison, "That person is not pure, it's better to be careful." ”

Li Jingshan smiled, "That's exactly what I want to say." ”

Then all three of them were silent at the same time, not wanting the man to affect their good mood.

The results of the selection came out quickly, and a total of seven works were selected this time, in addition to Li Jingshan, Yuan Yu'an, Ye Qing, Meng Shu, and others' works were all picked up by the head of Jingbao Pavilion.

Later, Guo Xijiu commented in the hall: "The reason why these students were selected can be seen from the works that they have done jewelry design before, rather than just starting out. At the same time, you can see the personal style in it. For example, Miss Li's spirit and elegance, Miss Meng's dignified and elegant, Yuan Gongzi's rigorous atmosphere and so on. I also hope that other students who are not selected will try their best to explore and design good works as soon as possible. ”

Everyone said yes.

"Designing jewelry is different from craftsmanship, which cannot be achieved with much practice, but you can feel the style and routine from practice. It's just that the design is most afraid of sticking to the old ways, please keep it in mind. Guo Saijiu finally said, "You can also design some accessories to practice every day, and if they can be included in the store, they can also be counted in points." ”

All the students comprehended the words of Guo Saijiu, and after leaving the school, they all obediently entered the Tiangong Workshop to design the next batch of works.

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Every year in the Mid-Autumn Festival, major jewelry shops will show their magic and carry out grand promotional activities. This year's "Joyful Reunion" Mid-Autumn Festival event at Jingbao Pavilion has caused a huge response in the jewelry industry.

Until mid-September, the industry was still talking about it, and as soon as Ruan Shao's shopkeeper took over Jingbao Pavilion, he made several big moves in a row to push Jingbao Pavilion to a new height.

Now in the private room of Juxian Building, it is a celebration reception for the jewelry industry. The shopkeepers of the major jewelry stores in Kyoto will be in attendance. Such a cocktail party is not only a good time to contact feelings, but also a good time to exchange news. Now it's not time to open the table, and there are already many shopkeepers sitting around the table, chatting excitedly.

"I don't mention the daily sales amount, and it is said that even the annual sales quota has been completed ahead of schedule. It's only the third quarter! ”

"These are the little things. In addition to Si Zhenfang, the previous officials couldn't look down on the jewelry of other stores, and at the Mid-Autumn Festival that day, I saw that Lord Liang of the Ministry of Rites was also on the scene, and there were several court officials. ”

"Isn't it? If Jingbao Pavilion can pry open the door of this circle, it is not as simple as completing the sales quota in advance! ”

Those with little qualifications hurriedly asked, "You mean, Jingbao Pavilion...... Are you going to fight against Si Zhenfang? ”

"Shhh The person who answered glanced at the door and whispered, "Tonight, the shopkeeper Ruan Shao of the Jingbao Pavilion and the shopkeeper Li of Si Zhenfang will be there, so polish your own tricks and see." ”

The man wanted to ask again, but the downstairs running hall sang loudly, and reported loudly: "The Ruan Da shopkeeper of Jingbao Pavilion has arrived!" You're in, please—"

Everyone hurriedly looked at the door, only to see the door move lightly, and the young man pushed the door in, which immediately made everyone's eyes light up.

Ruan Mingyu was dressed in a dark blue embroidered moire brocade robe, which made his skin as white as jade; The cuffs of the placket are inlaid with gold silk wavy patterns with 10,000 characters less than the head pattern, and a white jade belt is wrapped around the waist, and the three treasures are attached to the placket, and the noble atmosphere of the whole body is coming.

He held the ink fracture fan in his hand and bowed to everyone, his eyebrows were lightly raised, the corners of his lips were curled and raised, and his smile was like a spring breeze, "The younger generation is too late to be rude, and I ask all the seniors to forgive their sins." ”

Everyone was busy greeting this gift, and some people saw Ruan Mingyu for the first time, and they couldn't help but secretly wonder that the head of Jingbao Pavilion was so young, such a young man of twenty years old, mixed in among their uncles who were not confused, it was simply a sight.

As a result, the praise of "heroes out of youth" was endless.

Ruan Mingyu smiled modestly, "It's just that all the uncles enjoy food, how dare they call heroes." ”

"Where, it has only been a year since the shopkeeper Ruan took over Jingbao Pavilion, and he has launched several big moves in a row, and the aftermath of Hua Chaohui is still there, such as the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the store of Yue Reunion is also in full swing," someone sighed: "It's really terrifying." ”

This remark caused another chorus. Ruan Mingyu waved his hands and thanked him.

Someone at the door snorted coldly, "It's really terrifying." Shopkeeper Ruan has great ambitions, but I am afraid that in a few years, we old things will ask Shopkeeper Ruan to eat a meal. ”

Everyone was silent, and turned their heads to see Li Zhiqing's shopkeeper in Si Zhenfang. Si Zhenfang is the place where the jewelry industry in Beijing is located, and everyone is busy getting up and saluting.

Li Zhiqing returned the salute, walked to the main seat with a pace, raised his eyebrows, and said to everyone: "Thanks to all my colleagues, I have let Si Zhenfang sit in this position for many years, and now, is it about to change hands?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, wondering if Li Zhiqing had heard Fang Cai's conversation, and hurriedly made up for it, "Where does the shopkeeper Li say, naturally you will sit in this main seat." ”

"yes, yes. Si Zhenfang is in charge of the royal jewelry, who would dare to sit here if you don't sit here? ”

Li Zhiqing smiled lightly: "The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, there is a way that is terrible in the future, and Li does not dare to hold it up now." He answered the words of the people, but his eyes kept watching

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Ruan Mingyu smiled slightly, "Si Zhenfang has always been a good character in the capital, and you deserve to sit here." You please! ”

Li Zhiqing's face looked better, and he bowed his hand to everyone and sat down.

Ruan Mingyu saw that he was worthy of a chair, and he folded the fan in his hand, and the words "picturesque rivers and mountains" came to his face with a hearty ink color.

He shook the fan lightly and said with a smile: "It's just that there are talents from all generations of the country, and each of them will lead the way and be able to show the wind for a few years." If this chair really changes hands in the future, it is not significant. ”

Li Zhiqing's face changed, and he was about to have a seizure, but he saw Ruan Mingyu Shi Shiran walking to a table with a vacant seat next to him, and said with a smile, "The younger generation has just arrived, and he has no name or position, so he doesn't know where to sit, can he sit at the last seat at this table?" ”

How dare everyone say no, and hurriedly let him go to the main seat, but Ruan Mingyu really only sat on the last seat, chatting and laughing with people as if nothing happened. Ruan Mingyu is accustomed to communicative methods, and after a while, the atmosphere on this table is lively, making Li Zhiqing on the other side of the main table glare, and he can't get angry.

Ruan Mingyu held the wine glass, glanced at the main table from the corner of his eye, raised his eyebrows, and showed a very faint smile.