SWNOVELS Chapter 80
Chapter 80
Chapter 80
The Emerald Cup held every three years would be held in the largest exhibition and conference center in Lantrie City this
time.
The center covered a large area and could accommodate tens of thousands of people at once.
The competition would last for four months. The preliminary round alone would take a month.
A lot of people would compete in the preliminary round, so it would take a long time.
There were three rounds in the preliminary competition, the first round of selection, the second round of semi–finals, and the third round of advancement.
After passing the third round, the real competition started.
The number of participants in the Emerald Cup would increase every time.
600,000 people participated in the competition last time.
This time, the number of applicants exceeded 800,000.
As there were so many participants, the organizers discussed whether they should ask the applicants to submit their design drafts online in the first round.
In order to be open, fair, and impartial, they decided to let the applicants submit their design drafts at the competition sites from the first round onwards. The judges would review their designs on the spot to determine if they were qualified or not.
300 judging venues were set up for the preliminary round of this year’s Emerald Cup.
There were at least five judges at each venue.
These judges were all quite famous in the jewelry industry.
There were 50,000 to 60,000 participants in the first round of the preliminary which would last for a total of 15 days. The competitions would be held in the morning and afternoon each day.
The organizer emailed each participant the name of the conference hall where they would be competing. The competition list and entry number were displayed on the large screen in the conference hall.
Vanessa set off from the Hawk residence in the morning. William drove personally while Yvonne and Vanessa sat in the back.
seat.
Neither of them spoke on the way.
There were a few times when Vanessa wanted to take the initiative to say something, but when she saw Yvonne have her back to her, she forced back her words.
William had already found an opportunity to explain to Yvonne this morning.
However, after hearing what he said, Yvonne grew even angrier and was more certain that Vanessa was a scheming woman.
She believed that Vanessa must have said something to her brother last night and she was doing this to please him.
Before Vanessa got out of the car, she broke the silence. “Yvonne, I hope we both level up smoothly.”
Yvonne rolled her eyes and walked straight into the exhibition and conference center.
She and Vanessa would not compete in the same hall.
She was in Conference Hall 19.
While Vanessa was in No. 77.
William accompanied Vanessa into the center and began to look for Conference Hall 77.
There were so many people in the center and it was crowded everywhere.
Even so, Vanessa still saw Jackson at a single glance.
Jackson came with Elena.
Not only Elena, but Jackson’s mother was also there.
Vanessa glanced at them and calmly retracted her gaze.
Elena had sharp eyes and spotted Vanessa immediately. “Vanessa!” she shouted.
“Number 77 is over there,” William said, wrapping his arms around Vanessa’s shoulder.
“Let’s go.” Vanessa turned her head and smiled at William.
The two of them walked forward.
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A while later, they were in front of Conference Hall 77.
With his arm around Vanessa’s waist, William looked up at the large screen to look for her name.
I saw your name. Number 18. You’ll compete earlier than most participants.”
“That’s right.”
“It’ll be your turn soon,” William said.
“Yeah”
“Check if you bring the design draft with you, William reminded her with a smile.
Vanessa could not help but laugh. “It’s too late to check it now!”
She unzipped her bag, took out the design drafts, and waved them in front of William. I brought two with me. There would be a backup if 1 lost one.”
“You are so smart, William praised her with a smile.
Vanessa chuckled and put the design drafts back into her bag.
After a while, Elena came over and said with a smile, “Vanessa, what a coincidence! You’re also in this hall. I remember that you rarely participated in this kind of competition in the past.”
Vanessa had already seen Elena’s name just now. She didn’t want to talk to Elena, but Elena wouldn’t miss such an opportunity to mock her.
Vanessa said calmly. “People change. I didn’t like durians in the past, but I love them now. I used to like making friends, but now I like to be alone. Miss Jones, won’t you change? A 20–year–old who watches a movie he loved when he was 13 will think it’s childish, right?”
Jackson silently clenched his fists.
He knew what Vanessa was talking about.
She found the movie she liked at the age of 13 childish when she grew up. Did she regret falling in love with him when she was 13 years old?
“Elena, you’re number 3. It’s almost your turn. Seeing her son clench his fists, Sarah frowned and immediately changed the topic.
“Tll try my best,” Elena said ingratiatingly.
“Okay,” Sarah replied.
A moment later, a staff member opened the door of the conference hall from the inside. A voice came from the big screen, “Number one, Mary Lee, please bring your work into the venue.”
The next second, a girl passed between Vanessa and Elena and entered the room.
In less than five minutes, she came out, her face full of joy.
The voice rang out again, “Congratulations to Mary Lee for passing the first round of the preliminary. Number 2, Maya Cruz, please enter the venue.”
Another girl entered the conference hall.
Not long after, she walked out dejectedly.
Elena was number 3, and it was her turn.
Elena raised her chin slightly as she walked past Vanessa.
Vanessa had been whispering to William.
She was trying to distract herself because she could tell someone was gazing at her all along. However, when she looked at Jackson from the corners of her eyes, she found he didn’t seem to be looking at her and was looking at the conference hall in the other direction.
Elena came out a short while later. The voice sounded again, “Congratulations to Elena Jones for passing the first round of the preliminary!”
Hearing that, Elena said to Vanessa, “Vanessa, good luck!”
“If you don’t want to, you don’t have to bless me. After all, there’s no conflict of interest between us. There’s no need for you. to put on an act, Vanessa said indifferently.
They had already fallen out, so there was no need for them to pretend to care about each other.
Elena’s face darkened. She then held Sarali’s hand and said with a smile, “Sarah, Jackson, let’s go. Vanessa might be in a bad mood.
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She wished she could take Jackson’s hand to stimulate Vanessa, but she knew that Jackson might shake her hand off.
Elena had wanted Jackson to come to the competition venue with her, but she didn’t dare to talk to him about it and could only plead with her mother–in–law.
However, she did not know that the reason Jackson agreed to come here was that he knew that Vanessa was participating in the competition as well. He wanted to come over to see her.
“Okay.” Sarah replied. She nodded politely at William before she left.
William pretended not to see it. He put his arm around Vanessa’s waist and said, “Honey, when you win the championship. let me keep the trophy for a couple of days. I want to take a close look at it.”
He had seen Vanessa’s designs before. The matching rings they were wearing now were personally designed by her.
They were unique and indescribably beautiful.
Sarah wanted to say something harsh, but at the thought of the powerful background of William, she struggled to hold back
her anger.
Yvonne and Tracy were assigned to two conference halls next to each other.
Tracy took the initiative to greet Yvonne. “Hi, Yvonne!”
Although Yvonne didn’t like Tracy in the past, she knew that her brother liked her, so she was polite to Tracy and called her by her first name intimately.
After her brother broke up with Tracy, she changed her way of addressing her and called her “Ms. Yost“.
“Ms. Yost, what’s the matter?” Yvonne asked coldly, obviously not wanting to talk to Tracy.
“Yvonne, we can share our designs and experiences like before, Tracy said with a smile.
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