"Then ignore Phoebe." Stanley said.
Violet shrugged her shoulders, "That's all that can be done."
Now that she didn't know where Ivy was, there was no way for her to answer Phoebe.
So she could only pretend to know nothing.
In the evening, notification came from the organizers that Julian had been kicked out of the competition and had received a three-year ban.
That means Julian can't enter any design competitions for those three years.
But really, Julian's current situation isn't much different from being banned - after all, it's the one who does these nasty things at international competition and gets banned by the General Association.
The General Association is not a sub-association, the General Association represents the authority. As long as the designer who is punished by the order of the General Association, the file resume will leave a stain, at the time when others in the General Association found that she has a deficiency of virtue, they will not use her.
In particular, some major clothing companies and some fashion magazines will not accpet such designers.
Such resistance, without dissent, is blocked.
So Julian, even if her ban is lifted after three years, those competitions will stop her in her tracks and won't let her participate, and even if she's talented, she'll have to stay at the bottom for the rest of her life, being a small designer or seamstress, or working for someone designing, just like Miya.
So as a designer, you must not do the wrong thing or you can't afford the consequences.
"Julian is really harming herself now, she has ended up in this situation herself and dragged her partner Abby into it. Abby also has no way to participate in the subsequent competition, she has to stop here, Abby is pissed off. She called me just now and said she would find time to beat Julian." Aimee said as she came over with a plate of fruits and sat down beside Violet.
Violet was checking the fabric for the making of the gown and sighed when she heard this, "It can't be helped, it's a partner after all. The costume designer is gone, so we can't let a jewelry designer do the costume design as well."
"That's why Abby is so angry, obviously she didn't do anything wrong and she was dragged into this by Julian. Abby was aiming for the top three and now she's stuck at the fourth mark and she's eliminated in such a way, she could not endure it." Aimee said as she ate a piece of watermelon and shook her head.
Violet put down the fabric sheets and prepared to pick those up and put them on a shelf to the side.
Seeing this, Aimee hurriedly put down her fork and squeezed her aside, "I'll do it, I'll do it, it's inconvenient for you with a big belly, and a fabric is heavy, you sit down and rest well."
"Thank you then." Violet held her back and sat down again, smiling gratefully.
Aimee waved her hand, "It doesn’t matter."
With that, she picked up the fabric and went to the shelf, arranging it as she added, "Now the country behind Abby has also learned of this, and I heard that they are very angry, and some of the more radical ones have gone straight to the embassy of Julian's country to cause trouble."
"I've heard that Abby is the jewelry design talent of her country, right?" Violet suddenly asked.
Aimee put the fabric away and clapped her hands as she walked back, "Right, Abby's country is known for all kinds of diamonds and crystals, is also the origin of jewelry designers, so jewelry design is especially revered, but as Western jewelry design developed, the jewelry designers of Abby's country gradually lost their fame until Abby appeared, and Abby was even rated by the nation as a ten-year A rare genius."
"So Abby is getting a lot of hope from her country." Violet said as she rubbed her chin.
Aimee nodded, "Yeah, Abby's country wanted Abby to reignite the title of jewelry design country, so they had high hopes on Abby, and Abby wanted to get the title and bring honor to her homeland, but now everything is ruined, and Abby's nation is so shaken that I doubt it even rises to a diplomatic issue between the two countries."
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