Chapter 195
It was a design for a dress.
It came with matching jewellery.
A tiara, earrings, necklace, bracelet, anklet, plus rings.
It looked a lot and cumbersome, but it didn’t make it feel cumbersome.
Zhong Zhiyan’s eyes were glued to the sheet of paper.
She had never seen such a well-developed design before.
Although she hadn’t graduated from high school yet, she had been to many parties.
Every time she finished choosing her dress, she had to go and choose the jewellery to go with it, and sometimes the jewellery would be difficult to choose because of the colour and style of the dress.
Sometimes it was difficult to choose jewellery because of the colour and style of the dress. Even a slight mistake in choosing would make it look out of place.
Zhong Zhiyan has also studied design.
After all, Jade Zhai was the first industry of the Zhong Group, and she was going to enter the Zhong Group in the future, so she could not convince the public without knowing design.
So she could tell that the design of this design was perfect.
Even those patterns on the gown had been delicately drawn out.
If such a gown could really be made, it would definitely be able to cause a sensation in the design world.
It should be that the Zhong Group is going to hire a new spokesperson for Jade Zhai and got the designer to draw the diagram.
There have been many designers in the past, and Zhong Zhiyan has followed them, but none of the drawings were as good as this one, even skin deep.
But it was such a perfect design that had been thrown away just like that.
But Zhong Zhiyan could understand.
The better the designer, the more perfect he is.
If a stroke was not good enough, it would be scrapped and started again.
However, Zhong Zhiyan was not interested in this design, she was still in school and the matter of Jadeite Zhai was not her concern.
She just looked at it and then withdrew her gaze.
After greeting Master Zhong again, Zhong Zhiyan carried the rubbish bag outside and threw it in the big bin outside the iron gate.
She went back to continue her studies and just happened to bump into Mu Shenzhou who had returned from outside in the courtyard.
In the past few days, Mu Shenzhou had been leaving early and returning late, without asking her to follow him, not knowing what he was doing.
Zhong Zhiyan guessed that it should be something to do with the imperial capital.
Mu Shenzhou had been thinking about something, so he didn’t see Zhong Zhiwen.
He frowned tightly, obviously having encountered a problem.
“Shenzhou, what’s wrong with you?” Knowing that this was a good time to strike up a relationship, Zhong Zhiyan greeted, “Did something happen?”
“Ah, Zhiyan.” Only then did Mu Shenzhou wake up from his own thoughts, he was still gentle with Zhong Zhiyan, so he casually mentioned, “There’s a clothing design company over at my mother’s house, something happened and there are no suitable designs.”
He didn’t say much, and went into the villa.
Mu Shenzhou had been living in the Zhong family for almost a month now, and according to Mrs. Zhong’s instructions, Zhong Zhiyan had learned a lot about what was going on in the imperial capital.
Although Mu Shenzhou’s mother, Mrs. Mu, was not comparable to the Mu family, her background was not low either.
The 13th ranked clothing industry in China was run by Madam Mu’s family.
Only that Madam Mu’s family did not focus on this clothing design company, but more on electronic products.
Design drawings?
Zhong Zhiyan suddenly thought of the scrap she had just seen, and her heart thumped.
She ran back and found the design in the big bin outside before she let out a sigh of relief.
It was a discard, so that meant it was unwanted.
She could use it for a while, so it was fine.
It was worth it to get the attention of the Mu family in exchange for a discarded draft.
Anyway, it was also a designer hired by Zhong’s group, so it was considered their own.
When the time came, she would give a word to Master Zhong, who wouldn’t blame her.
**
The room.
“Hey, mum, I’ve contacted all the designers on this side of Shanghai City as well, and they’re still not qualified.” Mu Shenzhou sighed, “It’s not like you don’t know how high the vision of those professors from the Royal Academy of Arts in O Chau is.”
“If you don’t have something new to say, you won’t even get into the preliminary rounds, let alone win a prize.”
Mrs. Mu naturally knew: “It’s not easy to find them in the imperial capital either, all the top designers have been invited long ago, forget it, let’s see, if it doesn’t work out, we’ll have to stop participating.”
The Royal Academy of Arts is not just a university, it is also the world’s art hall.
Quite a few international competitions are organised by the Royal Academy of Arts in o Continent.
Including this time’s costume design competition.
If they could win the competition, their company would be able to come to the fore.
They had participated in previous competitions, but they had all stopped at the final.
But this is the only one that is special, because this time there is no theme and the designers are allowed to create whatever they want.
Instead, the difficulty was even higher.
“There are still a few days left, I’ll look for more.” Mu Shenzhou said, “Mum, you shouldn’t just focus on the top designers either, go to the small shops, you might be able to come across them.”
Mrs. Mu didn’t think she could find a designer this way at all, and didn’t nod her head.
After Mu Shenzhou hung up the phone, he thought for a moment and prepared to call an aristocrat he knew abroad.
There was a knock on the door at that moment.
He put down his phone and turned his head: “The door is unlocked, come in.”
Zhong Zhiyan cautiously walked in, “Shenzhou, not disturbing you, right?”
“No.” Although annoyed, good cultivation kept Mu Shenzhou from losing his temper, “Is there something wrong?”
“Just now I heard you say something about not having the right design.” Zhong Zhiyan put her hand behind her back and squeezed the paper tightly, hesitating for a long time before handing it over, “What do you think about this?”
Mu Shenzhou originally did not have any hopes, so he just took a casual look.
When he looked at it, his gaze froze.
He immediately took the design over and looked at it for a full three minutes before raising his head, his tone unable to hide his excitement, “Which designer drew this?”
Zhong Zhiyan did not expect him to react so strongly, and her fingers squeezed again, apprehensive: “Why, I just drew it casually because I had nothing to do.”
“You drew it?” Mu Shenzhou’s expression took on a serious look for a few moments, remembering that Zhong Zhiyan had Chinese painting skills at her disposal.
And this set of design drawings also used some Chinese painting materials.
Mu Shenzhou couldn’t help but sigh in admiration, “Zhiyan, then you are really a genius.”
At such a young age, you were so talented in design.
“It’s nothing.” Zhong Zhiyan smiled, “I was watching you get anxious and see if I could help you, it’s good if I can.”
“Can, too much can.” Mu Shenzhou said, picking up the phone, “I’ll talk to my mother’s side.”
With a design, making the costume was going to be much easier.
**
First Light Media, Shanghai City Branch.
After throwing away ten scrap drafts, Ying finally drew a design she was quite satisfied with.
She had only studied oil painting under Chino Feng before, but had never been involved in costume design.
There were four outfits on this one design.
Two dresses and two trouser suits.
It was a purely oriental style and looked very original.
The female secretary picked up the design and looked at it, and it dawned on her, “Boss, you designed this using the four divine beasts?”
“Mm.” Ying Zigui opened the computer, “From left to right, Vermilion Bird, Xuanwu, Green Dragon and White Tiger.”
“That’s awesome.” The female secretary marvelled, “This subject matter has been used by quite a few designers, but it’s not as good as what you’ve drawn, boss.”
Just looking at this design, it was as if she could see what these four divine beasts from ancient Chinese mythology looked like.
When comparing the designs sent up from below the company, they looked somewhat inadequate.
The female secretary rubbed her head, “Boss, how did you think of designing the clothes yourself?”
“Money.”
“……”
The female secretary was confused for a moment.
Then she took out the paperwork and looked at the awards for the competition.
For the first place, there was one million dollars.
But for the designer, the money in the award was not the most important thing, what was important was the popularity, and the future offers from major brands.
The female secretary was puzzled: “Boss, our company is not poor, it’s quite rich, why do you have to do it yourself just for a million dollars?”
Ying Zigui raised her head and asked in a serious manner, “Would anyone mind having more money?”
The female secretary: “……”
Not really.
She could not wait for the money to bury her.
“Then I’ll have the branch over there rush to make these four costumes.” The female secretary nodded, “The materials will definitely be of the finest quality, and also go order diamonds.”
To take first place in the costume design competition held by the Royal Academy of Arts in O Chau, it was not enough just to have the designs.
The design concept, the intention and the model that will walk the stage at the end are all missing.
“Boss, this pattern is quite nice.” The female secretary noticed that each outfit vendor had a cluster of patterns, some on the cuffs and some on the collar, “But I don’t get it, does it mean something?”
Ying raised an eyebrow slightly, “You’re quite perceptive.”
She took a red marker from the side and casually traced those floral patterns on the paper again.
With the red outline, the female secretary could see it clearly now.
She hesitated for a moment and said with some uncertainty, “Is this a ‘charm’ character?”
Chapter 196
“Well, seal script.” Ying Zigui put his hand on his chin, “You can use it as a security mark.”
The female secretary understood.
Generally speaking, designers would leave little eggs in their designs that only the designer himself could understand.
There used to be a designer who specifically embroidered words on the garments he designed.
But normally it was not visible, and the words only glowed when it was completely dark.
The female secretary was still curious: “Why the word ‘charm’?”
It didn’t seem to have anything to do with the design theme of the four outfits.
“It’s a random name I’ve come up with before.” Ying Ziji slowly stretched out, and his tone of voice added a bit of low mute, “Use it, don’t think too much about it.”
The female secretary had the good sense not to ask again, “Boss, are you going to attend the show then?”
“No need.” Ying Ziyi yawned, “Just find someone to replace you.”
The female secretary was already used to her boss’s personality: “Then the designer’s name will be the word ‘charm’?”
The entry still needed to be marked.
“You see to it.” Ying Zidian nodded slightly, “I’ll read the script for a while.”
The female secretary went down.
After a while, there was another knock on the door.
Ying Zidian didn’t look up, he was still looking at the computer: “Come in.”
The door opened and Shang Yaozhi walked in, still fully armed.
He stood hesitantly, suddenly not knowing what to call him.
Up to now, Shang Yaozhi hadn’t been able to understand why Ying Zigui had become the executive director of Primeval Light Media all of a sudden.
As if she could see through his inner tangle, the girl lifted her eyelids, “Call it whatever you like, it’s just a code name, it’s not a problem.”
“Miss Ying.” Shang Yaozhi paused before continuing, “I’m here to tell you that before I left Star Entertainment, I also made a drama that will be broadcast soon.”
“I know.” Ying Ziyi looked up, “A Republican drama, Star Entertainment let you bring in the company’s female stars, and made a point of firing up the cp.”
Shang Yaozhi sighed with a faint bitter smile, “It’s like that, so I was wondering if it would bring trouble to the company.”
Ever since he had won the film award, he had been approached with more scripts.
His agent said that since he was determined to enter the film industry, he would have to do fewer dramas.
But both he and his agent are under the control of Star Entertainment.
With his family around again, he has to do whatever Star Entertainment tells him to do.
So whether he was doing films or dramas, or was occasionally asked to be a mentor on variety shows, he was asked by Star Entertainment to always bring other stars from the company.
Before this drama, he was also invited to be a mentor for the singing and writing group of Youth 101.
Under his group, there was a trainee from Star Entertainment.
Only this trainee was so bad that even though Star Entertainment moved during the fan voting, they still couldn’t send this trainee to debut in the end.
And this time, because of the forced cp firing, his fans were deeply tortured.
“It’s no trouble.” Ying Ziyi blandly, “You’re an A-list signing, the company was originally going to take care of everything for you, don’t worry, several TV stations are buying that drama of yours, as well as video platforms.”
“If you do a conservative calculation, there’s a few tens of millions, it’s not a loss.”
This is the appealing power of the top stream movie emperor.
Not to mention, because of what happened a while ago, Shang Yaozhi’s popularity had gone up another level, and his fans were united like never before.
Shang Yaozhi nodded, and after thinking about it, he added, “Miss Ying, quite a few people in the circle have asked me about who the divine doctor I met is, but I haven’t said anything.”
“I heal people, depending on fate.” Ying Ziji’s eyes moved slightly, “If there is a destiny, I will meet them all.”
Although Shang Yaozhi thought it was ridiculous to bring the dead back to life, it did happen.
What’s more, everyone in the entertainment industry believes in it more or less.
He felt that Ying Ziyi had saved him from life and death, and must have paid the price a*sociated with it.
“Not bad.” Ying Ziji gave him a look, “You’re better to save.”
Saving an ordinary person was still something she was comfortable with, as long as his longevity hadn’t run out.
“Then thank you in advance, Miss Ying.” Shang Yaozhi nodded, “If there’s anything I can order, I will do it.”
“There is one.” Ying Ziyi mused, “The company has a series of clothes, two for men, and I need you to promote it then, but seeing as you, are not forced to.”
“Small matter.” Shang Yaozhi smiled, “As I said, if Miss Ying needs anything, just mention it, as long as I can do it.”
After he exited, he met with his agent.
The agent was busy welcoming him, “Yaozhi, how did it go, did you meet the executive director of the first transmission?”
“Yes.” Shang Yaozhi didn’t intend to reveal Ying’s identity either, “How did it go after your small number infiltrated the fan base?”
He really couldn’t understand why he was a big man and why 80% of his fans would be mum fans.
The agent’s expression stiffened at the mention of this.
He let out a sigh and took out his phone, “It’s not much use, look at it yourself.”
Shang Yaozhi clicked on it and once again saw a screen full of cubs: “……”
**
Qing Zhi.
Ying Yuexuan was originally from the cla*s of excellence.
After going to o continent as an exchange student for a year, she would still go to cla*s 19 when she returned.
“Ying Yuexuan, the female …… Yuexuan.” The cla*smates all greeted her, “You’ve been away this year, we kinda miss you.”
Ying Yuexuan was always sensitive, so she naturally noticed the change in the way her cla*smates addressed her.
She was puzzled, but didn’t put much thought into it.
She took out the gifts she had prepared and distributed them.
The cla*smates were all very happy when they received the gifts.
The boy at the table saw that Ying Yuexuan was writing and drawing in her book. Curiously, he asked, “Yuexuan, what is this?”
“The study materials I brought back from Yilan Public School, I’m going to give a copy to my sister.” Ying Yuexuan smiled, “But it’s all in English and my sister can’t read it, so I’m translating it.”
The moment these words came out, the entire cla*sroom fell silent.
All eyes, with a few moments of surprise, were focused.
Ying Yuexuan froze, “What’s wrong? Is there something wrong?”
“Yuexuan, there’s no need.” A cla*smate said, “Ying Zidian doesn’t need this.”
“What are you talking about laughing.” Ying Yuexuan frowned, “It’s because she needs them that I brought them back.”
If Ying Zidian’s academic performance could go up, Zhong Manhua wouldn’t be so paranoid.
Zhong Zhiyan laughed and didn’t remind her, but her words contained a bit of sarcasm: “Why did I hear that she has moved out of your house? Do you still treat her as your own sister?”
However, she was so concerned that she didn’t know that Ying Zidian was the top student in the mid-term exams?
She quite despised Ying Yuexuan.
Master Zhong’s heart was so biased, and Ying Yuexuan didn’t even react.
She doesn’t expect Ying Yuexuan to do anything, she has to do it herself.
When she gets involved with the Mu family, her status will also rise.
**
The make-up day was joyful for the students of Cla*s 19 because it meant that they could listen to Ying Zigui’s lectures more.
In this final exam, Cla*s 19 also broke into the top six, making the head teacher happy to have an extra bun.
Ying Zidian got off the podium and wiped his hands.
“Ying Dad, are we going out for a get-together tonight?” Xiu Yu took her by the shoulders, “There’s nothing to do anyway.”
“I can’t today.” Ying Ziji picked up his school bag, put one hand in his pocket and nodded slightly, “I’ll go and deliver a medicine.”
Even though Fu Yunshen’s wounds healed faster than anyone else’s, being strong and healthy was not bad at all.
She knew that Fu Yunshen did not live in the Fu family either, but in a private flat in the city centre.
It was not far from Qingzhi. Twenty minutes away.
Although it was a private flat, the security system was tight and there were many celebrities here.
Fu Yunshen gave her an access card to facilitate her entry.
Ying scanned the surroundings, went inside the door of the flat and did the lift up.
She opened the door with the key, put her school bag on the sofa and went to the bedroom inside.
The door to the bedroom is open.
The man is half leaning against the wall, his mobile phone in his hand, his head inclined to look out of the window, on the phone.
The side of his face is handsome, the wind and the look of clarity.
He tends to be gentle, even with a cat and a dog, and he is patient enough to bandage their wounds.
It was hard to imagine that someone who had been through a long darkness could still be so gentle.
But at this time, a bitter aura of murderousness surrounded him, wrapped in hostile intent.
The peach blossom eyes, which had always been curved, were now also coated with a layer of frost.
It was as if the blade was refined in the fire, stern and dazzling, ready to cut down at any moment.
Just standing there, it was like a lofty mountain, extremely oppressive.
Ying Ziji knew he should be busy with something, and her hand paused, ready to withdraw.
But then she heard a word, very clearly, coming out of that ancient black mobile phone.
It would have been hard not to hear it.
“Sir, the ibi side is starting to recruit, are you really not going to come and have a look?”