At the end of November, the Imperial Capital Cultural Exchange Market.

As soon as Shi Yunnan entered the venue, he saw Yuan Rui who was looking forward to him at the door. The other party was wearing a three-piece suit which was rare. After a little grooming of his hair, he lost his childishness and looked a little elite.

"Yuan Rui."

"Ancestor, you've come!" Yuan Rui ran up, with nervousness in his eyes.

When Shi Yunnan heard this address, he immediately laughed, "I'm not late?"

"Sign in first, sign in first!"

Yuan Rui dragged him to the front desk, carefully supervised Shi Yunnan's signing and receiving the license plate, and then secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Shi Yunnan hung the work card he had brought around his neck, and followed Yuan Rui into the venue.

The Teikyo Jewelry Auction Charity Gala has been held for nine times in a row. The jewelry designs of cutting-edge designers once sold tens of millions of dollars in the gala, and they became famous in one fell swoop!

Therefore, more and more designers are attracted.

Where there is jewelry design, there are inevitably wealthy businessmen and ladies who come here for their fame. The sum of the jewelry prices auctioned is also higher than the previous one, and even become the vane of the jewelry design industry in Huaguo.

The auction banquet hall has a large area and is divided into an auction area and an exchange area.

Half an hour before the official auction, Shi Yunnan sat down without rushing, took a thin auction brochure, and led Yuan Rui to the communication area on the right.

A total of 22 designs were auctioned at the ninth charity gala, but the most interesting ones were the last two 'X designs'.

In other words, it is a design that does not show its true appearance on the auction booklet.

"The designer (group) participating in the auction for the first time, the only two best design?" Shi Yunnan read out the rough rules about 'X Design', raising his eyebrows slightly, "I remember you told me that our works are Selected as 'X' design."

Yuan Rui has been busy with their studio's participation in the auction, and knows all about it very clearly. After hearing this, he replied, "The organizer has played tricks, and I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing."

Shi Yunnan asked, "How do you say?"

Yuan Rui explained, "Is this a recognition of our design by the organizer's selection team? But it happened to be arranged at the end of the auction."

On the one hand, it is to stimulate the appetite of the guests for the auction, and prevent them from leaving the venue early after viewing all the auction exhibits.

But on the other hand, the curiosity of the guests has been hooked to the highest point. If the actual jewelry on display does not meet their expectations, it is likely that the auction price will not go up.

After all, as the auction progresses to the end, many guests who really like to collect design items tend to spend their "budget" early, and sit for two hours. How can they have the patience to shoot works that are "not as expected"?

"Don't you hope that your design and our studio can win popularity and fame in this auction?"

Yuan Rui quietly pinned her hopes on, "I listened to my mother on purpose this morning, and went to worship at the temple in Keling next door."

When Shi Yunnan heard the second half of the sentence, he couldn't help chuckling, he glanced at the people around him and teased, "You still believe this?"

"That, it's always good to ask." Yuan Rui was a little embarrassed, and changed the subject, "Anyway, I also hope that your design will become famous! Isn't that beneficial to our studio?"

Shi Yunnan asked again, "Then who owns the other work designed by X?"

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"The Encounter Road is narrow!" Yuan Rui ground his molars subconsciously, and announced a familiar name, "Lingyu Jade Design."

Although Lingyu Design is an established company in the jade design industry, they have never participated in charity auctions before.

This time, for some unknown reason, I took part in the offline screening with my design work, and was selected into 'X Design' at the same time.

Compared with other design exhibits that have already been printed on the auction catalog, the exhibits selected by the two of them for 'X Design' formed a kind of silent competition——

Who is more liked by the wealthy guests at the scene?Whose work can be auctioned for a higher price?

Where there is a comparison, there will be winners and losers.If there is a win or loss, it is inevitable to pull and step on it.

What's more, Lingyu and Yuanshi themselves had peer competition and festivals before this.

Shi Yunnan asked, "Don't you know the design of their home?"

"Well, it's all confidential." Yuan Rui replied, "But I handed in our work at a certain point this afternoon, and I specially hired a special person to guard it, so there will be no mistakes."

Once bitten, twice shy.

Yuan Rui was afraid that Xie Keyue's situation would happen again to Lingyu Yushi, so he protected his own design very carefully, even the money for hiring a special guard was paid out of his own pocket.

Shi Yunnan smiled and said nothing.

In less than a month, Yuan Rui has become "mature and stable" in all aspects, although the milk fat on his face has not completely disappeared yet.

The two walked forward a few steps, Yuan Rui stopped his pace with a bad expression, Shi Yunnan followed his gaze and saw three figures——

Two men and one woman.

One of the young men was Yang Sen, the designer who was poached from their studio and jumped to Lingyu.

Standing among the three was a man about 27 or [-] years old, wearing a three-piece dark gold suit, narrowed his long and narrow phoenix eyes, and stared at the movement around him with a half-smile and thin lips. Can't tell the taste of calculation.

The other woman was wearing a black wrap-chest dress, with long curly hair, exquisite makeup, and red lips. At this moment, she was very close to the man in the dark gold suit, and it could be seen that the relationship between the two was unusual.

In comparison, Yang Sen is more like a worker who follows the leader.

After a brief look, the other party also noticed the existence of Yuan Rui and Shi Yunnan.

The man in the dark gold suit walked over first, cast a playful look around the two of them, and said with a smile, "Young Master Yuan, don't wait three days to treat each other with admiration."

"Is this the designer of your studio?" He gestured slightly to Shi Yunnan, "Designer Shi Yunnan? I've heard of you for a long time."

Yuan Rui didn't show any obvious dislike, and whispered to Shi Yunnan, "Gu Jue, the Lingyu design that was only taken over last year."

His status in Gu's is similar to that of Yuan Rui in Yuan's Yuware, except that he took over the Lingyu Design Department two years earlier.

When Shi Yunnan heard this name, he finally had a little reaction——

In the original book, after Xie Keyue and Yuan Rui enlarged Yuan's jade design, they once acquired Lingyu Design, whose performance was in decline, and Gu Jue was also one of his many "admirers".

Unexpectedly, the situation is now reversed.

Xie Keyue and Gu Jue reached an investment cooperation, but they became rivals in open and secret battles with their Yuan family.

Shi Yunnan quickly restrained his emotions, and showed a little politeness on the surface, "Mr. Gu, you are being polite."

Gu Jue didn't speak, but just stared at Shi Yunnan with great interest.

Perhaps it was because Gu Jue lingered on Shi Yunnan's face for too long, Yuan Rui and the woman in black skirt beside Gu Jue reacted at the same time——

"Mr. Gu, why don't you introduce me?"

"Gu Jue, what are you looking at!"

The woman in the black dress is jealous and wants to regain her own sense of existence;

And Yuan Ruichun belongs to the "rabbit protects the radish", he is deeply afraid that Gu Jue wants to "poach Shi Yunnan away", so he is always on guard.

Gu Jue withdrew his thoughts, and introduced in a casual manner, "This is Song Miaoke, the design supervisor of our Lingyu Design Division."

"I heard that Mr. Shi's design is also one of the finale 'X designs'?"

Song Miaoke raised her jaw slightly, and said something that sounded friendly, but in fact there was a hint of disdain in her eyes, "I'm looking forward to seeing your work at the auction dinner later."

Shi Yunnan glanced at the corner of his lips subtly, but didn't answer.

Song Miaoke probably felt that she had been humiliated, and her breath stuck in her throat.She quickly looked sideways at Gu Jue, as if hoping that the other party could speak for him.

Yang Sen, who was standing behind him, saw the woman's small movements, and his expression flashed speechless.

Song Miao could be said to be the director of the design department, rather than Gu Jue's little lover.

I heard gossip from the employees inside the company that Gu Jue fell in love with Gu Jue as soon as he graduated from an unknown design school. He obviously didn't have much design ability, but he jumped to the high position of design supervisor like a rocket.

What I usually like to do the most is to take the manuscript designed by the interns and make a little 'modification' to become my own work, but because of Gu Jue's partiality, no intern dares to compete with her. contend.

Gu Jue naturally sensed the little lover's intentions, but he didn't really care about it.

To be honest, he was already tired of Song Miaoke, and he was just waiting to dump someone after this charity auction.

However, Yuan Shi, as their long-standing 'rival', finally got the opportunity, how could he easily let go of this opportunity to 'humiliate' his opponent?

Gu Jue turned his attention to Yuan Rui again, and said lightly, "I heard that Lu Zhao'an has resigned from the Yuan family?"

"..."

In one sentence, Yuan Rui's life was tightly strangled, "What's none of your business?"

"Pity."

Gu Jue shook his head regretfully, "The Yuan family may still have a way to survive in the hands of Lu Zhaoan, but if another person takes over, our Gu family may lack a competitor."

These words are explicit and implicit, and they all mean that the Yuan family will go bankrupt under Yuan Rui's hands.

Yuan Rui's face froze, and he tried his best to suppress his anger in public, "Gu Jue, what do you mean?"

"What do you mean? Don't you understand Mr. Gu's meaning?"

Song Miaoke opened her mouth softly, with a needle hidden in the cotton, "Yuan didn't make jade carvings that were in good condition, and changed his career to do jade design halfway, and even came to participate in such a charity auction. Young Master Yuan and Mr. Shi Could it be that the design can't go any further, so you just want to gain a wave of fame through this dinner?"

She was able to stay by the side of Gu Jue who always likes the new and dislikes the old for so long, so she naturally has a way of touting and pandering.

Sure enough, Gu Jue raised his lips when he heard this, and he found it even more interesting when he saw Yuan Rui's angry face gradually flushing——

In the past, when the two sides met on jade occasions, it was always Lu Zhao'an who dealt with it.

Lu Zhao'an has a temperament that doesn't like hard and soft, every time Gu Jue tries, it's like punching cotton with his fist, and he can't arouse the slightest reaction from the other party, so it's very boring.

But Yuan Rui is much more fun.

They are both from a jade family, how can Gu Jue know how much the other party has?It was the spoiled young master who was so well protected by his parents and senior brother!How much real ability can there be?

Without Lu Zhao'an, Yuan Clan is doomed to fail in Yuan Rui's hands!Now diverting to start the jade design is just a dying struggle.

I heard that after Yang Sen and others were scooped up by Xie Keyue, the 'X design' this time was completed by Shi Yunnan alone?

No matter how powerful Shi Yunnan is, how can he compare to the success of Lingyu's entire design department?

Looking at Yuan Rui's suffocated and unable to vent his breath, he felt the pleasure of playing with his opponent in the palm of his hand.

Yuan Ruiluo clenched his hands into fists on both sides, his chest hidden under his suit was rising and falling rapidly.

If he could, he would have punched Gu Jue in the face long ago, but not now, the charity auction strictly prohibits incidents such as fights between designers and design studios, and serious cases will directly disqualify the auction of exhibits .

There are surveillance cameras all around the hall, if he makes a move, he will definitely be caught!

Yuan Rui clenched his fists loudly, but he told himself over and over in his heart to stay calm——

It's okay for him to be insulted by Gu Jue, but he can't implicate Shi Yunnan!

The jade works designed and created by my good friend must not be disqualified for auction display because of my irrationality.

During this period of time, when Yuan Rui invited designers, he received too many rejections and ridicules. Why should he care about this one more time?

Yuan Rui managed to stabilize his mind, looked sideways at his friend with a smile, "Yunnan, let's go, it's almost time, let's take a seat and wait for the start."

Shi Yunnan looked at the mist in Yuan Rui's eyes that he was desperately trying to suppress, and grabbed his wrist without any explanation to stop him from leaving, "Yuan Rui wait a minute, I still have something to say to Mr. Gu and the others."

"what?"

Gu Jue's long and narrow phoenix eyes flashed the joy of the winner, as if he had already won all aspects of the next auction that hadn't started yet.

Look at Yuan Rui's cowardice that he didn't even dare to refute.

Their works can be shortlisted for 'X Design', maybe Yuan's bought them in order to save face.

"Mr. Gu, our jade studio has just started. We need to find ways to accumulate contacts, gain fame, and expand the market."

Shi Yunnan did not hide the purpose of their trip, because every new career needs a beginning process.

He paused, his eyes suddenly became sharp, "And some companies' jade designs are already going downhill."

"..."

The trio of Lingyu were stunned when they heard this.

"Mr. Shi, what you said is wrong, right?" Song Miaoke retorted, her eyes gliding to Gu Jue.

"Did I refer to your Lingyu? You don't need to substitute yourselves, do you?" Shi Yunnan smiled and asked, "Designer Song, dare to ask why you Lingyu came to this auction dinner?"

"You are such a big company, you have been in the jade design industry for so many years, how come you are back to the same starting point as our studio now?"

Seeing Song Miaoke ask questions, Shi Yunnan was actually slapping Gu Jue in the face.

The charity auction has progressed to the ninth session in total. Lingyu Design didn't even bother to participate before. How come it has been two years since it was handed over to Gu Jue, and it has regressed to the point of competing with new jade studios like them?

Wouldn't it be more embarrassing to spread this out?

Obviously without saying a single serious word, Shi Yunnan analyzed Lingyu's current situation, and also firmly grasped the other party's fate.

The joy in Gu Jue's eyes dissipated immediately, and Yuan Rui, who was standing aside, caught the corner of his stiff lips, and suddenly felt a bad breath.

"Also, Yuan Rui is very good, the Yuan family will not fall down in his hands!" Shi Yunnan silently clenched Yuan Rui's wrist, secretly giving support and affirmation.

"On the contrary, Mr. Gu, if he wants to ridicule others, he might as well reflect on himself."

"Although it's the first time I've met the design director of Lingyu, Ms. Song really caught my eye."

Shi Yunnan imitated the other party's 'sarcasm', and before leaving, he did not forget to add a 'comment' to Gu Jue, "Mr. Gu, you have a good eye."

"..."

Gu Jue's face completely pulled down.

Song Miaoke also heard the sarcasm in the words, and blushed on the spot.

It's a pity that Shi Yunnan didn't want to give them any more eyes at all, so he pulled Yuan Rui to the auction area on the left without looking back.

Song Miaoke stared at the backs of the two who were far away, and immediately complained to Gu Jue for being coquettish, "Mr. Gu! Look at these two of them, I..."

"To shut up!"

Gu Jue yelled at her in a rare way, with anger in the depths of his pupils.

Xie Keyue was right.

Shi Yunnan really is a guy who hides a knife in his smile.

Gu Jue adjusted the neckline of his suit, and asked in a low voice, "Yang Sen, what happened to the things I told you to do?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Gu, I've already made arrangements."

Yang Sen, who had been silent all this time, took half a step forward, and asked respectfully and in a low voice, "How about? I'll contact them again to ensure the next smooth progress?"

"Ah."

Gu Jue nodded, and explained cautiously, "This is related to the status of our Lingyu in this auction, let them all do things carefully."

Yang Sen replied, "Okay."

Gu Jue managed to suppress the aggrieved energy in his heart, and the corners of his mouth curled up again—wait, what is verbal prowess?The real contest has not yet begun!

Only then did Gu Jue pay attention to Song Miaoke who had just been scolded and left out, and led her to the auction area to take a seat.

Yang Sen, who was left on the spot, put away his smile, and could no longer suppress the aggrieved and unwilling expression——

He and the other five designers thought that after jumping into Lingyu, he was directly assigned to the newly established 'Second Group of Design Department', and he was promoted to be the leader of the second group at the same time.

I thought that I would get better treatment and room for advancement than Yuan's, but what happened?He actually went directly to the cold palace and sat on the bench!

Their designs are not reused, they will always be requested in a template, and occasionally a good inspiration point will be directly requisitioned by a group of designs.

A designer in the second group expressed dissatisfaction, but Lingyu's senior management ignored it.

Two days ago, some people proposed to resign, but Lingyu's HR director told them——

"It's okay to resign, but the work agreement they signed with Lingyu has not been completed, and they need to pay liquidated damages."

The old design company is like this, there is no human morality at all.

It wasn't until this happened that Yang Sen and the others realized belatedly: Lingyu didn't really value their designs at all, but just wanted to force out Yuan's hidden competitor!

In contrast, they realized that Yuan's original 'cooperation agreement' was a real respect for them, and that is what really valued their ability and design!

So far, they have no turning back.

It is impossible for the Yuan family to want such fools as them, and it is not that simple to leave Lingyu.

Regret?

Regret, so regretful that my intestines are green!

...

Shi Yunnan took Yuan Rui back to the auction area, found their corresponding seats and sat down.

Before the chair could sit still, Yuan Rui threw tears on Shi Yunnan's body, twitching with emotion, "Yunnan, thank you."

"..."

Shi Yunnan was stunned when he heard Yuan Rui's cry, because he was suddenly hugged, he couldn't help but patted the other person's back, "Why are you so nervous? I'm not afraid that others will see a joke."

Yuan Rui withdrew his body, and quickly wiped the water in his eyes, "The Yuan family will definitely rise in my hands! Your investment will not lose money! So you must not believe that Gu Jue's nonsense!"

While wiping his eyes awkwardly, he was afraid that his 'radish' would be pried away by others.

Shi Yunnan was speechless and funny, "Forget it, why didn't I see that your tear ducts are so developed?"

"No, don't talk nonsense." Yuan Rui denied, and began to look around to change the subject.

It was only 10 minutes before the official start of the auction, and most of the seats were already filled with wealthy businessmen who came to participate in the charity auction.

Suddenly, he saw a familiar figure at the door, "Yunnan, isn't that your husband?"

"..."

Shi Yunnan was taken aback, and immediately looked in the direction of his finger.

Luo Lingsheng controlled the wheelchair and entered the hall, besides the work partners Yuan Meng and Qin Jian, there was also a familiar figure - Yu Shuo.

Perhaps there really is telepathy between lovers.

Shi Yunnan and Luo Lingsheng were tens of meters away, yet they were able to look at each other accurately.

Shi Yunnan curled his lips, and immediately stood up, "Sit down first, I'll go find him."

Met my husband, lost my friend.

Before Yuan Rui had time to answer, Shi Yunnan strode towards Luo Lingsheng with great strides.

"Didn't you say you'll be here later?"

"The meeting ended early." Luo Lingsheng replied.

He glanced at Yu Shuo who was beside him, as if he was afraid that Shi Yunnan would be as unhappy as last time, "We met by chance."

Yu Shuo heard something tricky about 'ragging ears', and was shocked but also found it interesting, "Yeah."

"Let me see if there are any good items in today's jewelry auction, buy a birthday present for my mother, and do charity by the way..."

He paused slightly, his tone lowered, "I think she should be happy."

Hearing this, Luo Lingsheng cast a short but complicated look at him, and Shi Yunnan immediately turned his attention back, "Which row and number are you sitting in?"

Qin Jian reported the seat number, "Eight rows in a row."

Yu Shuo answered casually, "I'm in the seventh row."

These positions were all close to the original positions of Shi Yunnan and Yuan Rui, so the group quickly found their own positions, and sat down after adjusting.

"What's the date of your design works?" Luo Lingsheng only cared about his lover's works.

"No. 21, not very much." Shi Yunnan replied.

He suddenly remembered something, and earnestly said, "Don't follow blind bidding when the time comes, I also want to see the true level of my design works in the minds of these guests."

"..."

It was Luo Lingsheng who planned to participate in the auction and was bound to win.

He was silent for several seconds before responding, "Okay, then you can design a little thing for me in the future?"

Shi Yunnan smiled, tilted his head and bit his ear, "Can I design a ring for us?"

Just as Luo Lingsheng was about to answer, there was movement from three or four seats away.

Shi Yunnan looked sideways, and couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

He said to his friend beside him, "Yuan Rui, you are really right, the road to Yuanjia is narrow."

In order to sit next to Luo Lingsheng, Shi Yunnan deliberately asked Yuan Meng and Qin Jian to switch places where he and Yuan Rui were sitting just now.

Unexpectedly, before the chair was warmed up, they met Gu Jue and Song Miaoke in the same row again.

The eyes of the two sides met, and an invisible contest began.

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