After Bankruptcy, the Billionaire Asked Me to Marry Him!
Chapter 400: Buried by the Waves

Chapter 400: Chapter 400: Buried by the Waves

"Ye, this way please..."

Miranda’s secretary was polite, and who else could be following behind but Ye Li?

Dai Qingzhou: !!!

"Grace, I am Danne from Dane Studio. Do you remember we met last year?"

Putting on a smile, Dai Qingzhou spoke to Miranda’s approaching secretary, "I had previously arranged an appointment for this meeting with Miranda."

"Danne!"

Grace suddenly remembered.

Dai Qingzhou was delighted.

Grace then replaced her expression with a formal smile, "You scheduled the appointment for the day after tomorrow at ten in the morning, correct? Miranda will be returning to Miami tonight, so you’ll be welcomed to the studio for a meeting the day after tomorrow morning."

After speaking, Miranda looked at Ye Li behind her, "Ye, please come in!"

Dai Qingzhou was stunned.

At this moment, she, Miranda, were both in Paris.

It was only a matter of a few words, which could be said in a few minutes.

Yet the other party instructed her to meet at the Miami studio at the appointed time???

Ye Li entered the room.

Grace and the assistant went in afterwards.

One brewed coffee while the other warmly invited Ye Li to sit.

The door slowly closed.

In the hallway, people were bustling around.

An inexplicable panic arose in Dai Qingzhou’s heart.

It felt like, even though she hadn’t left yet, the tea had already gone cold.

"Ye, you truly surprise me!"

In the lounge, Miranda’s bright smile added a touch of graceful aging to the wrinkles on her face and at the corners of her eyes.

"If I offered you an olive branch, would you accept it, Ye?"

Miranda looked at Ye Li and asked.

Ye Li looked astonished, "You are my idol; your olive branch is a great encouragement to me. However... I have established my studio, and I have to be responsible to my partners and the designers in my studio. Miranda, I’m sorry!"

"It’s alright!"

Seemingly having anticipated Ye Li’s response, Miranda blinked, "You won’t join my studio, and you won’t join anyone else’s studio either, right?"

Ye Li nodded.

Miranda spread her arms with a smile, "As long as I confirm that you won’t become my enemy, that’s the best outcome for me!"

Blinking, Ye Li couldn’t help but laugh, "Not now, but what about the future? I believe one day, my Ye Li’s Studio will go international!"

"That’s alright..."

Miranda chuckled as she waved her big hand, "By then, maybe I’ll have turned into a breeze, or become bird feed, eaten by pigeons at Freedom Square. By that day, it will be you young ones’ world, I won’t see it, so I won’t mind."

Initially wanting to comfort Miranda, saying that day was still far off.

But seeing her humorous words and carefree demeanor, Ye Li didn’t speak further.

The two exchanged a smile.

Outside the corridor, Dai Qingzhou patiently waited for a long time.

Seeing the people at the venue starting to leave, and no sign of Miranda’s lounge door opening.

Dai Qingzhou hurriedly left.

Rushing back to the venue, as soon as she entered, Dai Qingzhou saw the dejected Lydia and, beside her, the uneasy Qiao Li An and Jiang Chengcheng who didn’t dare to breathe.

"What happened?"

Dai Qingzhou looked accusingly at Lydia, "Didn’t I ask you to find Bella and Pierre?"

"Mr. Dai..."

Lydia’s gaze shattered, "Bella, the editor-in-chief said we didn’t even make it into the top ten, so we can’t collaborate this year. After seeing our other products, Pierre said... said he wasn’t interested."

Dai Qingzhou’s eyes darkened.

Lydia gritted her teeth and reported, "When Pierre looked at the works, Judy was there. She said, she said..."

"What did she say?"

Dai Qingzhou’s face turned worse.

Judy is a Chinese-American, a schoolmate of Dai Qingzhou’s when she studied jewelry design in Paris.

Not only that, but the two worked together in Miranda’s studio for some time.

In previous jewelry exhibitions or fashion parties, the two affectionately called each other senior sister and junior sister.

Yet after Dai Qingzhou returned home to establish Dane Studio, Judy founded her studio in the USA, their relationship transformed into what people in the circle often called, a facade of sisterhood.

Privately, both harbored a desire to outperform each other.

But the two worked in different countries, without overlapping in brand impact and commercial scope, so things were superficially amicable.

However, as Dane has declined in the past one or two years, Judy’s demeanor in public meetings has evidently turned unfamiliar.

"She said, ’the Yangtze River pushes the waves forward; the waves die on the beach.’"

Knowing whoever tells this tale would be unlucky, but if she didn’t tell, Judy would find another way to inform Dai Qingzhou.

By then, she would only be miserable.

Lydia braced herself and said, "She said you should learn to cut losses in time, take advantage of Dane’s current reputation, and quickly cut losses before being drowned by newer waves on the beach."

After Lydia finished, silence enveloped the surroundings.

Behind her, Qiao Li An and Jiang Chengcheng hung their heads, silently reciting the 10,086th "Invisible me."

Reason told her, even without Ye Li, she would still face the same situation.

After all, Lydia didn’t even make it into the top ten.

But there was Xie Chenlu burning Dane with his blaze.

And Ye Li recklessly taking in Xie Chenlu.

Dai Qingzhou was furious.

For a moment, Dai Qingzhou even thought whether these remarks were arranged by Ye Li through Judy.

Deliberately making Judy taunt and ridicule her now, to drag her and Dane into the mud.

What does Ye Li want?

Using the "Radiant" competition as a stepping stone for fame, to build a bridge for Ye Li’s Studio to ascend, and take down her Dane?

Ha!

Pushing against the tide!!!

They say you can’t become obese with one bite, but Dai Qingzhou felt that Ye Li was beyond confident, she was arrogant!

Just an international gold award; at most it could make Ye Li famous overseas.

Her Ye Li’s Studio?

Still a long way to go!

Cooling down from anger, Dai Qingzhou made a call back home, "Get everyone to pause their current work and go full throttle in preparing for next month’s competition. This time, make sure to stomp on those Imperial City studios, including Ye Li’s Studio."

In August, Mo Du will host an official jewelry competition.

Compared to an international jewelry competition like Radiant, domestic categories are much more specific.

After observing the two days of competition, Dai Qingzhou had figured out Ye Li’s design style.

She knew diamonds inside out with her unique creativity.

Including Xie Chenlu, who was also of that style.

But the jewelry exhibition named "Shaoguang" in Mo Du focuses on a national aesthetic.

In Ye Li’s Studio, only Wan Mingyi could fit that style.

Even Xie Chenlu was out of place.

When the time comes, watch Dane thrash Ye Li to make her understand, bravery without experience comes at a cost.

The deputy on the phone responded, promising to draft a detailed competition plan before her return.

Dai Qingzhou’s expression relaxed slightly.

Then thinking about the evening gala, she hurriedly glanced at her cellphone, "Return to the hotel, prepare for tonight’s main event."

"Yes!"

The group of four rushed out.