Once these words were said, everyone became quiet again.
The person who proposed to put the work on the shelf and the first person to do so was indeed Stella.
If this was also within the organizers’ rating range, then it was reasonable for her to get a high score for her reaction and resilience.
But at this time, someone suddenly said softly, “What if she knew in advance that she should do that, who knows.”
The staff continued saying, “Since you guys have decided to participate in this competition, you should believe that we, the organizers value this competition very much. The competition is fair and impartial throughout and there will be no faking. If there are still people questioning the nature of the competition, in order to avoid results that you guys find unacceptable in the subsequent competitions, you guys have the right to choose to withdraw from the competition now.”
Once these words were uttered, the entire hall became completely quiet. No one spoke anymore.
The staff continued, “That’s it for today. Please go back to prepare your works for the rematch. The deadline is ten days later. When the time is up, please bring your works here again, I’ll be waiting for you here. Lastly, I sincerely wish all designers a good result.”
As the staff left, in the hall with dead silence, someone finally began to speak and mutter in a small voice.
“I think they’re really playing us for a fool. They don’t say what rules are there in advance and actually let us guess, who the hell can guess it.”
“Yeah, those who know will think that we are here to participate in the designer competition but those who don’t know may think it’s a brain teaser. I feel that the organizers don’t give a damn about us as they arrange it in such ways. They’re apparently thinking that we’re begging them.”
“Come on, when that person said just now, how come you guys didn’t say a word. Now, you guys keep complaining. Instead of doing this, you should think about the competition.”
The group of people left the stage in the midst of complaining. Just after Stella left the scene, a woman ran up to her, “Hello Ms. Radomil, I’m Charlotte Boyce.”
Stella had heard of her name before. She was also a designer who became famous in the past two years who was only one year elder than her.
“Hello.”
Charlotte did not beat around the bush and directly stated her intention, “May I have a word with you, I…I’ve drawn your work.”
Stella nodded, “Sure.”
Charlotte did not expect that she was so nice. She even froze for a few seconds before saying and smiling, “Let me buy you a cup of coffee then, there is a café not far ahead.”
Stella glanced at the watch. Thinking that she had nothing to do anyway, she agreed, “Alright.”
While sitting in the café and after ordering coffee, Charlotte said, “In fact, I quite like your work. I even bought your Puppy Love’ Series previously. It was just that I never had the opportunity to meet you. When I saw you in the opening ceremony before, I also dared not go and say hello to you.”
Hearing this, Stella was a bit surprised, “Why?”
After chatting with Stella for a while, Charlotte found that Stella did not hide anything about her design and would say what she wanted to say. She was indeed much better than those so-called seniors who were as proud as a peacock.
Seeing that the time was late, Charlotte got up and said, “I’m sorry to have delayed you for so long. After the competition, I’ll treat you to dinner.”
“It’s okay, it’s what I should do.”
The two of them went out of the café one after another.
In a black car not far away, Modesty’s eyes narrowed when she saw this scene. She handed the album in her hand to the man beside her, “These are all my previous works and drafts. You can just imitate this and then add your usual design style into it.”
Arthur Barnett took it and said with utter confidence, “Leave it to me, don’t worry, there will be no mistakes.”
Modesty said, “Half of the money promised to you has already been transferred to your account. When the thing is completed, I’ll transfer all the rest to you at once.”
“No rush, no rush. Then let’s wish us good cooperation in advance.” As Arthur said, his hand caressed Modesty’s thigh. She frowned and pulled his hand away, “Show some respect!”
Arthur laughed twice, “I thought we were the same kind of people since we’re doing this kind of thing. Fine, fine, I’ll show respect.”
Finished speaking, Arthur tidied up his tie and got out of the car with the album that Modesty gave him.
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