Chapter 168: Thyme
[Mengyao Competition: The award is well deserved! ] 】
When the fifty flower arrangement works are placed together, full of dazzling, they can't see it, they just feel that they are all colorful and green, eye-catching, each with its own characteristics, which one is good-looking, and the six judges came to the stage to see the works one by one and gave a score.
The list of the ten finalists came out in about ten minutes, and Ai Shangni was one of them.
Chang Xing, who was sitting next to Duan Yiqiao, said: "Yi Yi not only made it to the finals, but with her skills, she will definitely be able to enter the top three."
"Teacher Chang is so optimistic about Yiyi?"
"We've been in other fights together and I've lost to her. Today's competition is held every year, and I participated in it the year before last and won third. Although we only officially met last year, she is better at her skills and this competition will definitely be fine for her."
Duan Yiqiao nodded, "Then I hope she can have a good result."
"Yes."
When they returned their eyes to the stage, the final had begun. Ai Shanni is in the first group, standing second on the left.
Today, she is dressed elegantly, a light white knee-length dress, a pair of flat sandals under her feet, her hair is pulled back of her head, and the whole person looks dry and neat.
She was engrossed in fiddling with the flowers, moving gently with her hands, and a series of movements such as picking, cutting, and placing were smooth and smooth.
In Duan Yiqiao's eyes, her proficiency in floral art is more handy than anything she does as a waitress at Zuozuo Cafe. He thought to himself that when the time of the bridge began to pay off, he planned to save some money to open a flower shop for her and let her do what she liked.
The competition went very smoothly, Ai Shangni was also optimistic about Chang Xing, won the second prize, watching her happily accept the award on the stage, Duan Yiqiao and others were also happy for her.
The whole floral competition ended successfully!
"Who isn't available at night?"
A group of people left the competition site and walked out of the auditorium, where Shangguan Chen asked everyone.
Chen Sijie said that there is a tutor in the evening, and Ai Shangni also has to work part-time at Zuozuo Cafe.
"Can you take a leave of absence now?"
The night shift of the left café is not only Lin Xiaoqi, but also Yang Lishu and Handong shifts, and Ai Shangni is better off now.
Chen Sijie said, "I can't do it, it's too sudden, it's not good."
"Then please take half an hour, right?"
"Chenchen, what are you going to do?"
Everyone was also wondering, only to see her smile and say, "It's all in Chatan District, I invite everyone to our Shangguan Hotel for dinner, just to celebrate the award."
Situ Bingling hugged Chen Sijie, "Sister Najie hurriedly asked for half an hour off, don't delay, you can leave early later depending on the situation."
"That's right, it's just half past four, we'll set off now, and we'll start eating at about five o'clock, if it's too late, Sister Jie will leave early."
Shangguan Chen's enthusiasm, Chen Sijie has never refused. So, everyone went to the Shangguan Hotel for dinner before returning to school.
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The day of the Duan Yiqiao Architectural Design Competition is getting closer and closer, and since he started to sign up, he has tried to stay in school as much as possible, leaving everything in the store to them, and he has no time to worry about it, unless there is an urgent need for him, he will only go to the store.
Most of the time, except for going to the classroom, he is in the dormitory, he has to use the computer to complete the design drawings, the dormitory is only Tang Hao, very quiet, suitable for him to focus on drawing.
In order to give him more time to prepare for the competition, Ai Shangni specially emphasized that he should not pick her up from work, and he hadn't been to Zuozuo Cafe for more than half a month.
On the last day, June 15, Duan Yiqiao submitted his work.
It was a Friday, and Ai Shangni didn't have to work part-time in the evening, so after the class was finished in the afternoon, I asked him to eat out with him.
Ai Shangni ate deliciously and seriously, but saw that Duan Yiqiao was a little absent-minded.
She smiled and sandwiched a fried crispy shrimp for him, and said, "It's rare for Yiqiao to be nervous, but I'm very confident in Yiqiao's work."
Duan Yiqiao stretched his eyebrows and showed a smile, "It's nervous
I guess my confidence in myself may not be as big as yours, I don't know why I feel uneasy this time, I haven't been like this in so many competitions before."
"Maybe it's because you're using the architectural blueprints of the mall to compete that you're uneasy. Nervous is nervous, the meal still has to be eaten, come~" said and gave him another piece of meat.
"Thank you, you eat too."
Duan Yiqiao's uneasiness subsided a little after about five days, and on Wednesday of the second week, the list of 100 finalists was announced online, and he was among them.
Everyone congratulated him for the first time, but he was not so happy, with his understanding of his professionalism, it is not difficult to enter the finals, the difficult thing is to win the award, not to mention the top three, twenty encouragement awards are not so easy to win.
The finals were held three days later on Sunday morning in the academic hall of a university in the Central District. This is a national competition, in addition to the contestants, judges and related staff, the audience is almost all members of the industry and college students in related majors, and they all enter with tickets.
Ai Shangni and others wanted to go to the scene, but there were no tickets, only Lin Jinyou went with them, although his works did not enter the finals, but he had tickets.
However, Ai Shangni watched the live broadcast, watching professionals explain the works about architectural design drawings one by one, and she found that she was right not to go, she didn't understand those professional terms at all, it was good to watch the live broadcast across the screen, anyway, she was just more concerned about whether Duan Yiqiao won the award.
One hundred works, each of which had to be explained slightly, took nearly two hours to finish the introduction of all the works.
"I thought you had no advantage in using the mall design drawings, but after reading all the works, I thought it was quite good. I'm sure if you go out to work now, a lot of architectural design companies will rush to ask for you."
Lin Jinyou applauded and said to Duan Yiqiao beside him.
"If I can win an award today, even if it's an encouragement award, I'll be satisfied."
"I don't dare to pack tickets for the top three, but I can encourage the prize, yours will definitely be able to." Lin Jinyou is still very confident in Duan Yiqiao's work.
The host invited three professionals, who are also judges, to come to the stage to comment on the entries, and there are many works, none of them are commented one by one, and they are generally evaluated, and then they say a few more thoughts on the works that they are more impressed by. Among the works recognized by the first judge is Duan Yiqiao.
Lin Jinyou was more excited than Duan Yiqiao, "Did you hear that, the judge especially praised your work, and there must be hope for the award."
"I hope so."
When the third judge commented, he also mentioned Duan Yiqiao's work and gave it affirmation.
It didn't take long for the 20 encouragement prizes to be announced.
"Oh my God, Ihashi, you shouldn't really be in the top three." Lin Jinyou looked a little excited.
Duan Yiqiao was not necessarily happy, he really rarely had no confidence in himself, but this time he was extremely uneasy, now he didn't even have an encouragement award, and he felt even more hopeless in the top three.
Some of the people sitting in the audience are contestants, some people are very satisfied with the encouragement award, and their faces are full of happiness, and some people know that they have no chance to win the encouragement award, and they have no hope of winning the top three, and the deflated look also appears on their faces.
And Duan Yiqiao is also one of them, although he is not discouraged, but he is not very hopeful.
In the audience, most of the people were even more excited, and the sound of ear-to-ear exchanges became louder and louder. The host hurriedly maintained order on the scene and began to announce the top three prizes.
When Duan Yiqiao's name was read for the second prize, he didn't react for a long time, and Lin Jinyou hurriedly pushed him to the stage to accept the award. In a warm applause, Duan Yiqiao received the trophy and certificate from the hands of the seniors in the industry.
His acceptance speech was simple, emphasizing the location of the mall and the idea of its future redevelopment.
In front of the screen, Ai Shangni and others looked at the award-winning Duan Yiqiao, but they were excited and cheered constantly.
Looking at Duan Yiqiao, who was standing in front of the words of the National Mengyao Architectural Design Competition, holding the trophy and certificate in his hand, his eyes showed joy, which made him even more star-studded.
Ai Shangni was happy for him from the bottom of his heart, he spent so much energy, and he used the architectural design of the mall as his work, which can be regarded as his wish.
While everyone congratulated in the group, they also discussed the celebration of the dinner party in the evening, which was very lively.
The organizers reported the process and results of the competition as soon as possible, and the news came out quickly.
Jinglidu University also immediately posted the content related to the competition on media platforms such as Weibo and forums, as well as the honor of Duan Yiqiao's award.
It has been three years since the last time our students won the top three prizes, which is a great honor for Jinglidu University, especially the architectural design major, which is one of the three characteristic majors.
As a result, Duan Yiqiao has once again become the focus of Jinglidu University.
The next day, on Monday, Duan Yiqiao went to class normally, and everywhere he went, he could hear people discussing his award.
"Yiqiao, congratulations on winning the award!"
"Niu, Yiqiao, second prize, we don't even dare to think about it."
"The shape of that ship is so special and beautiful that it deserves to be awarded."
Everyone's congratulations, Duan Yiqiao smiled and replied, "Thank you!"
Lin Jinyou, who arrived in the classroom later than him, sat down next to him and looked at him enviously, "Yiqiao, Yiqiao, you have become a man of the hour again."
"Let's talk about it today, and forget about it tomorrow."
Lin Jinyou didn't deny this, "But your honor is real, it's always there."
Duan Yiqiao smiled lightly again and sorted out the textbooks to be taken.
In the professional class, every professor who taught praised him without exception, and the pride can be said to be overflowing.
The National Mengyao Architectural Design Competition is not only for college students, but also for the public, and two-thirds of the finalists are social people, after all, the practical experience is there. Because of this, the school generally recommends that students participate in the third year, and there are also people in the freshman and sophomore years, but in the eleventh year, no freshman and sophomore student in any college has won an encouragement award, let alone the first three prize.
Therefore, Jinglidu University does not have great hopes for this, and it would be quite good if it could win the encouragement award.
Duan Yiqiao can be regarded as winning glory for the school and their college and major this time, so he naturally has a high degree of attention.