Chapter 71 What’s Wrong with her Hand?
Annie came over for their meeting.
The staff had arrived, check-in was complete and she had to speak to them about some information about the competition.
The five of them sat around the sofa, Conor didn’t dare to touch Helena again, she sat on the west sofa and he sat on the east sofa, with a two-metre long coffee table separating them.
Annie said, “The organizing committee has assigned a housekeeper to each participating company, and I am the housekeeper responsible for you. I am responsible for arranging and informing you of your food, accommodation, study and creative time during the competition. If you have anything to do, you can talk to me directly. If there are no accidents, we are going to spend 45 days together.”
JJ led the applause.
They applauded along.
Helena was distracted as she looked at her hands: what was wrong with her hands? How could it be so strong? When Jasper told her last time, she even said that Jasper was trying to set her up.
Annie took out the documents and handed one out: “There are 108 jewellery companies in A City, of which 53 are involved in jewellery design, of which Wan Gu, Abi, Zhaofu and the Yip’s, these four companies are among the leading jewellery designers.”
“This is first jewellery design competition held by the Howard Group and it will be held once a year in the future.”
“As this is the first time, the entry barrier is low, no screening of entries is required.”
“All 53 companies have signed up.”
“Apart from Angle Jewellery, which is a four-person entry, all the other companies have ten people, which makes 524 designers in A City.”
“There were 209 jewellery design companies registered from out of town.”
“The Howard Group is responsible for the food and accommodation of all entrants, but you will need to pay for your own travel expenses to and from the event. So far, we have received calls from 36 companies who have dropped out of the competition, and there are still 49 companies who are hesitant to come over to compete.”
“If the number of people from outside the province is a thousand, that’s a total of 1, 524 people. It’s a big expense to feed and house so many people.”
“Mr. Jasper doesn’t need ordinary designers with soulless works, and he and the organizing committee have discussed and decided to start the competition with a three-day round elimination system. If an individual’s overall score is below the average, it will be eliminated and leave.”
Annie looked around, “Did I make myself clear? Did you all understand? Are there any questions?”
William was Helena’s senior, he had a solid background and a mature style, which made him difficult to eliminate.
JJ was a trainee, but she was gifted and intelligent, and she said she had no problem.
Helena said there was no problem, she came out of the actual battle and was confident in whatever and however she was comparing.
Finally only Conor remained.
Conor shrugged, “There’s only one first prize, so just win one of the three of you.”
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Some companies were more laid-back.
Some companies were in a mess: “When I signed up, they didn’t say a three-day round elimination system. If they had, I wouldn’t have come.”
“What can we do in three days?”
“What can be designed in three days?”
“Three days is not enough time to make a small sample, I’d better pack up and get ready to go back!”
“The Howard Group tricked us into making noise and then tried everything to force us to get out early, shame on it.”
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Rebecca was flustered.
What was about the knockout competition? How it was carried out? If it was a live competition, did she have to go home in the first round!
She called Hugo: “Dad, can you call Mr. Jasper and ask him what the elimination rounds are. If Helena doesn’t come to the competition, I still have confidence in my heart. But when she comes to compete, I’m in a panic. Dad, you know how good I am, I can’t compete with her yet.”
Hugo gnashed his teeth in hatred, “Have you found her yet?”
Rebecca said, “The list sheet only shows that she is at Angle Jewellery, it didn’t show her room number. I went out to try to find her, but the organizing committee has a rule that participating designers from different companies could not visit each other’s doors. I live on the 13th floor and I can only go from the 13th floor to the restaurant, to the conference room, to the designated place, not to any other accommodation floor. Dad, I can’t find her.”
“You inquire about it.”
“I did, but I failed.”
“You go and wait for her in the restaurant, she always has to eat.”
“I just went to the restaurant and there were hundreds of people in there. I looked around several times but couldn’t find her, so I messaged her to come out for dinner and she said they were eating inside the room. I asked her what room number she was in. She said, “Guess!”
Hugo wanted to kill her: “If she spoils my good deed, I’ll chop her up and feed her to the dogs.” Thinking about it, it wasn’t right: she was driving a new car today, visually estimated at a million or so, where did she get the money to buy a new car? A new car fitted to her from Angle Jewellery?
“Who are all the participants in the Angle Jewellery?”
“In total, there are just four people from Angle Jewellery participating in the competition, Helena, Conor Campbell, William Sharp, and another one called JJ.” Rebecca only knew William, not Conor.
Hugo thought he had misheard: “Who? Say it again? Conor what?”
Rebecca read to him word by word: “Conor Campbell.”
Hugo was dumbfounded and fell onto the sofa, his eyes glazed over: It’s over! It’s over! I didn’t expect that. Angle Jewellery is actually Conor’s new company!
He had heard before that Conor wanted to be in the jewellery business.
But his two sons had no mother and needed him to spend time with them, so he could not spare any more time for such big projects.
Now he took the opportunity to promote himself. In this way, he can save a lot of time in preparation.
Now that he was here, the first place was something he’s bound to win. Helena was very capable and William was an elite in the industry, once the two of them joined forces, no designers were no match for them.
Conor was destined to be the winner!
No, no, no! He could not win.
Rebecca’s voice came over, “Dad, what’s wrong? Is Conor scary?”
Hugo did not speak, his mind whirling fast: 30 billion cannot be lost, the first place cannot be lost, Jasper, the big backer, cannot be lost. Conor only has money, he does not know how to do design, if Helena and William are squeezed out, he cannot win the competition.
He didn’t know who JJ was, but after driving them away, what chance did JJ have of winning?
Hugo narrowed his eyes and gave Rebecca an order: “Rebecca, no matter what methods you use, you must force Helena and William out, and you must not let them participate in the competition. If they take part in the competition, we will be finished. By then, not to mention losing the thirty billion investment, Elias will again ignore you like before.”
Rebecca thought: Elias had to be hers! She must squeeze into the upper class circle!
Thinking of Elias made her hate again: she was on a happy honeymoon at the moment, but now it was just the two of them out having fun, and she was here alone, suffering and tormented.
What were they doing at this moment?
Having sex?
Rebecca was jealous and scared: Elias was a man, and if he fell in love with Scarlet, he would lose interest in her, so she had to win.
She covered her stomach, slid to the floor and called the housekeeper: “My stomach hurts, my stomach hurts so much …… call my sister, call my sister over, I’m scared, I’m scared ……”