"I know you're wondering why I use such a traditional blue and white porcelain pattern. Just like the
name of the work, it represents the design style where tradition meets fashion. When traditional
Chinese elements meet international style, it’s a perfect encounter."
Kerry watched Venus talk freely with a pride for her. His wife had grown from a schoolgirl to a great
designer.
"Besides, I want more people to know about our traditional culture. I think that's the desire of every
designer here." Venus continued.
Then her speech was greeted by a roar of applause. Venus bowed her head and breathed a sigh of
relief. She looked at Meiling and found she nodded in appreciation.
She glanced over at Kerry and noticed he was smiling.
"Your description is good. I’m sure we’re going to win this time." Meiling whispered in a low voice.
Venus nodded excitedly.
"Now let's start voting."
The voting uses secret ballot. Everyone has only one vote, and can only vote for one person. The
results of the vote will be presented to the board for review by Kerry.
When the person counted ballot-slips and called out the names of those voted for, Venus got nervous
again. There was a designer who had a similar number of votes to her in the group of Zhijie Li. Every
time Venus won by one vote, the he got one more vote to tie with her.
Suddenly the atmosphere in the meeting room became tense.
In the end, the two of them had the same number of votes. At this moment, the last vote left in
Secretary Liu's hand. She looked down and noticed the writing on the vote was Kerry's. She did not
expect him to vote for Venus.
Venus gripped her dress and stared at Secretary Liu.
"This vote is for Venus," Secretary Liu said suddenly.
All the members of Meiling's group cheered, except for Xinyou.
Venus was so happy. She really didn't know how to express her joy for this. She had won by one vote.
"Venus, congratulations." Meiling gave her a gentle hug.
Kerry let them celebrate their win in the meeting room for a few moments. As the boss, he understood
their excitement and was happy to see his staff competing against each other.
"Congratulations." Kerry reached out and shook Meiling's hand, and then said to Zhijie Li, "Don't get
discouraged. There's still a chance next year."
Zhijie Li smiled awkwardly.
Then someone shouted, "Mr. Ye, your wife has won the competition. Shouldn't you invite everyone to
have a party?"
The conference room was quiet as soon as he finished. On Venus' first day in the company, Kerry had
warned the company members not to give her privileges, but now someone was asking for a party
because of Venus.
"Doesn't that get me in trouble?" Venus thought in her mind.
Kerry looked at everyone calmly, and then ordered Secretary Liu, “Book the biggest private room in
Penglai Restaurant." Then he said to everyone, "Thank you for all your hard work. Let’s go to a party
after work."
People cheered in the meeting room. Penglai Restaurant is one of the most famous seafood
restaurants in Sky City. The food is delicious and is also very expensive.
Everyone thought that since Kerry invited so many people to a luxurious place, it showed that he very
loved Venus. Venus, however, was not impressed. She only felt that this was Kerry's scheme to
manipulate people's thoughts.
Back at the office, Venus sat in her chair and she still felt like she was dreaming. She had actually
succeeded. She'd be on the cover of Fengshang Magazine.
"Venus, you really do a good job this time." The colleague who had brought her the cold medicine last
time came over with a cup of coffee, his face beaming with joy.
"Yeah, Venus, you're really a blessing to our team."
"I'm not as good as you guys describe me to be. In fact, thanks to your help, I can win the competition
today. It's because you guys gave me advice that I was able to create this work. I also want to thank
you all." Venus stood up and said.
"Since you want to thank us, then you can't stop us when we toast to Mr. Ye at the party." a few
colleagues deliberately said after hearing her words.
"I'm definitely not stopping you guys," Venus said. "You guys better get him drunk."
Xinyou didn't want to go to this party. Everyone admired Venus so much, which made her unhappy, but
she had to go there. The gossip had just passed, and she couldn't cause any more resentment from
Kerry.
Soon it was time to get off work. Venus planned to take a colleague's car to go to the Penglai
Restaurant.
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