After Bankruptcy, the Billionaire Asked Me to Marry Him!
Chapter 431: A Good Show to Watch

Chapter 431: Chapter 431: A Good Show to Watch

Early in the morning, returning to the art museum, Ye Li and his group were simultaneously surprised.

There were even more people than yesterday.

The front rows were sparsely seated, occupied by contestants who had made it to the semi-finals.

The back rows were filled with eliminated contestants and industry colleagues who came upon hearing the news.

The vast art museum was fully occupied.

As the host and judges successively appeared, the corridor steps were also crowded with people.

"After yesterday’s intense competition, congratulations to the 100 designers in the front rows who made it to the semi-finals. Today, you’ll face even fiercer competition."

The big screen flashed, and 100 numbered diamonds glimmered brightly.

The host looked at the designers below the stage and said, "The scoring devices under your seats are still in use. You can choose the designer you want to challenge by their number, or select a color you favor to match randomly."

"Now... start!"

As the words fell, numbers began disappearing one after another.

The numbers on the screen dwindled, and finally, when the last number vanished, it meant that the ten groups had completed their selections.

The stage and the audience instantly fell silent.

"Now, I’d like to interview our top preliminary round winner, Miss Wan Mingyi..."

The host looked at Wan Mingyi, "Miss Wan, could you share which studio and designer you chose?"

"I left the choice to fate!"

Wan Mingyi laughed, showing the tablet in her hand, "I chose my lucky color!"

On the screen, a deep sea appeared.

The host interviewed a few more people, some had chosen their favorite designers, and some had chosen industry idols.

Quite a few had chosen Xie Chenlu.

"Lastly, I’d like to ask Xie Chenlu, who did you choose?"

The host inquired.

Xie Chenlu stood up, showing his tablet.

Number 109.

"109? Who is 109?"

"Being challenged by Master Designer Xie, they must be either a dark horse or a genius!"

"Who is it, who is it? Come out quickly!"

The audience was in an uproar.

Both contestants and eliminated designers glanced around, searching for the person numbered 109.

After a while, a middle-aged man with black square glasses stood up in the second row.

"Isn’t that a designer from Dane Studio? Xie Chenlu was also there before..."

"Looks like there’s some grudge, settling scores through this competition."

"One ranked 5th, the other 10th. Not sure if Master Xie has regressed or if the Dane designer has improved. This will be interesting to watch!"

Discussions erupted everywhere.

The host smiled at the designer number 109, "Wei Chengran from Dane Studio, how do you feel? Are you surprised?"

With a polite smile in response, Wei Chengran sat back down without a word.

He looked at Xie Chenlu’s back with a gaze filled with indescribable complexity.

Whispers spread from all directions, speculating about the grudge between him and Xie Chenlu.

Several seats apart, Boss Dai Qingzhou cast several suspicious glances at him.

As if there was something sneaky between him and Xie Chenlu.

Everyone believed that Xie Chenlu chose him because of a personal grudge.

But only Wei Chengran knew in his heart that Xie Chenlu was giving him an opportunity.

Years ago, they both interviewed together, entered Dane Studio, and had only a few minutes of conversation at the front desk.

After joining, Xie Chenlu, with his talent that amazed everyone at any moment, quickly rose to become Dane’s chief designer.

Meanwhile, he only reached the intermediate designer position after Xie Chenlu left.

Before the fire, on Dane’s internal selection meeting, when "Jiangnan Spring" and "Plum Blossoms" first appeared in the projection, Xie Chenlu slammed the table.

Dai Qingzhou said that Xie Chenlu provided ideas at the time but didn’t say he would certainly implement them into the design plans, so if other colleagues used them first, it wasn’t considered plagiarism.

At most, it was considered as borrowing.

Xie Chenlu certainly disagreed, so Dai Qingzhou initiated a voting decision.

Most voted for borrowing.

Only he and a few others felt it was plagiarism.

Afterwards, a fire turned the Dane jewelry exhibition to ashes, and Xie Chenlu left Dane, disappearing.

Those designers who considered it plagiarism either switched jobs or changed careers over five years, leaving only him at Dane.

Wei Chengran remembers clearly.

The day Xie Chenlu left, dejected and gloomy, the light in his eyes vanished.

"Chengran, thanks..."

Patting him on the shoulder, Xie Chenlu whispered, "For that one vote, I owe you. In the future..."

With a bitter smile, as if feeling he had no future, Xie Chenlu’s voice faded, "If there is a future, I will definitely repay you!"

In the past, it was considered mere courtesy.

But when Xie Chenlu said he chose 109, Wei Chengran knew it was the time.

With his capability, ranking 10th in the preliminaries was probably the best he could achieve.

But because of Xie Chenlu, everyone present knew that Dane Studio had a designer named Wei Chengran being challenged by Xie Chenlu as an opponent.

Winning is absolutely impossible.

But among the 90 people stopping at the semi-finals, he would be the only one everyone remembers.

This was Xie Chenlu’s way of repaying his debt.

Sure enough, the host on stage was enthusiastically introducing the group situation.

In the back rows, a designer had already handed over a name card, with obvious intent to connect.

Gold eventually shines.

Five years passed, he rose from intermediate to advanced at Dane, still far from becoming the chief.

And Xie Chenlu...

His gaze once again fell on Xie Chenlu’s back, and Wei Chengran lightly exhaled in his heart.

In this world, some are destined to shine brightly from birth.

Just unsure of how bright he will shine this time!

Glancing back at Dai Qingzhou’s furrowed brows, Wei Chengran knew that in her mind, he had already been eliminated.

Every second from this moment on, Dai Qingzhou probably wouldn’t be at peace.

Thinking this, Wei Chengran felt inexplicably excited.

Knowing the higher one climbs, the worse one falls, after Dane is slammed ashore by the giant wave, it will surely shatter, and nothing good will come to him aboard Dane.

But Wei Chengran felt inexplicably excited!

Dane has been arrogant for too long!

Depicting themselves as the leader of Imperial City’s jewelry design, yet internally corroded long ago.

Borrowing?

To hell with borrowing!

No one wants you doing it!

Look at Ye Li.

Then look at Wan Mingyi, Xie Chenlu beside Ye Li, and those few young faces.

Thinking that Dai Qingzhou’s unpleasant expression represents countless fresh blood coming in, Wei Chengran felt as if his blood was about to ignite.

He heard his own number being called.

Wei Chengran refocused, seeing several designers including Xie Chenlu standing up.

Knowing the semi-final was starting, and that he was the first group contestant for the PK, Wei Chengran took a deep breath and walked towards the stage.