Chapter 78

After returning from her holiday in Nancheng, Xu Qiao returned to her studio and continued to concentrate on preparing for the fashion show.

The previous design process was stuck on a pocket watch necklace.

In the process of communicating with her, Pande especially emphasized the finale of this fashion show, a gold Sequin light gauze fishtail skirt with Mermaid fairy tale elements, hoping to customize it with Pocket Watch Necklace.

However, compared with simple jewelry, the design of jewelry combined with clocks is more professional and technical. If you don't master the relevant knowledge and write freely, you may not be able to realize the operation of clocks at all. Pan de once said that the design of this pocket watch necklace is beyond the professional scope of ordinary jewelry designers, and the difficulty can be understood. If Xu Qiao can't complete it, he is ready to contact mature clock designers.

But for Xu Qiao's temper, there must be no "if" in this matter.

Because the tabulation process takes a long time, when arranging the design sequence, she set it in the early and middle stages, and made a "military order" with Pan De, saying that she would definitely take out the work in the middle of April.

Before the Qingming holiday, she spent more than a week grinding for this pocket watch necklace.

The focus of POCKET WATCH necklace is mainly on pocket watch, so we should simplify the necklace as much as possible in terms of visual effect, so as not to be too cumbersome.

But as a jewelry designer, Xu Qiao's strength lies in the necklace, not the clock. In this way, in order to learn from each other's strong points, compared with the technical elements of pocket watch design, its creative idea becomes particularly important.

Xu Qiao's initial idea is to design a "half hunting watch".

The so-called "hunting watch" refers to a pocket watch with a front cover, while the "half hunting watch" refers to a pocket watch with a hole in the front cover for convenient reading. In addition, the pocket watch without a front cover is called an "open face watch".

Considering the display effect of the model when walking on the stage, the shape of the hunting watch is too implicit, and the open face watch is too direct, both of which lack aesthetic feeling, so the half hunting watch becomes the best choice.

In order to match the design concept of the skirt, Xu Qiao has been trying to use the mermaid image on the background of the dial, but the mermaid has long been an element of "rotten Street". On the one hand, it is difficult to design new ideas in modeling. On the other hand, such a simple and crude design of filling in the blanks seems to split the background of the dial and the watch itself into two completely separate individuals, which is a theme I don't think it's hard to do it.

The effect Xu Qiao wants is not to "cater to" the theme, but to "fit" the theme, so she has been stuck in this ring and stagnated.

When Caifeng came back, she developed the photos taken by the photographer. While looking through the photos in the studio, she recalled the details of the three-day and two night trip. When she turned to a photo of the beach, she paused.

The photo was taken at a beach where she and Cheng Lang arrived after sailing for dozens of hours.

The sky is high and the sea is wide. In the distance, the gulls soar. The sun shines on the golden sand. Every grain of sand is bright. When the blue tide moistens the sand, the photographer captures the silhouette of her kissing with Cheng Lang.

At that time, they didn't even remember to follow the photographer, but when they fell in love, Cheng Lang took her waist and kissed her.

After eating dog food, the photographer did not forget to take materials and ran to a high place to take a long shot.

The time is in the morning. The shadow is slanting and lengthening. The skirt is blown by the sea breeze. The timing is beautiful and the composition is exquisite.

Xu Qiao to this picture, looking at two figures, thoughtfully for a while, suddenly blinked, played a ring finger.

Yes.

Once the idea is dredged, the writing will be like a spring of thought. In three days, Xu Qiaohua initially completed the manuscript, and then began to draw by flashlight. In order to catch up with the progress, she spent almost all the time in the studio except sleeping and eating.

Poor Cheng Langgang eats pith and knows how to make love to her. It depends on her face. When she comes home with a tired face, she can't even take off her make-up and is unwilling to toss her around. She quietly serves as the logistics behind a successful woman and lets her sleep and rest.

Among other things, Cheng Lang remembered this pocket watch in his heart.

After the design of pocket watch is completed and handed over to the watchmaking workshop, the fashion show starts from August, which is ambiguous, to the final date.

When Xu Qiao received the notice, it was London time on pander's side. In the afternoon, it was already night in the north city.

Because she caught up with the schedule and got a little free, she had a rest at home for a day. This evening, she and Cheng Lang unlocked several fancy postures together. When she saw the email coming into her mobile phone, she cried to him and said that she couldn't have her birthday this year.

The debut date of the fashion show in Beicheng is August 19, just her birthday. She had been looking forward to what surprise Cheng Lang would prepare for her, such as accompanying her to Huangdao town in maple leaf country to see the aurora, or arranging a colorful cruise ship.

It's impossible to travel now. Xu Qiao sighed and said that he was really a poor boy.

After Cheng Lang was satisfied, he entered the sage mode, and his desire for survival plummeted. He joked that fortunately, the news came in time, and it seemed that the plan to buy an island could be put on hold for the time being. Xu Qiao was so angry that she spent a full hour in the resentment of "the cooked duck flew" and ignored him.An hour later, because strenuous exercise consumed calories, her purring stomach finally spoke for her.

Cheng Lang manages to coax people back by taking the midnight snack.

-

from spring break to Midsummer, Xu Qiao spent half a year working hard to finish her first major project in her career.

On August 19, the "deep sea" fashion show officially opened in Beicheng Art Museum.

Since the announcement of the publicity site, the show has attracted the attention of the industry. At five o'clock in the evening, a group of invited celebrities and senior fashion practitioners arrived at the art museum one after another.

Beicheng art museum's spacious and modern geometric architecture has created a great momentum for tonight's visual feast. In front of the main entrance, "long guns and short guns" gathered, and reporters scrambled to capture the shooting highland one after another, with continuous shutter sound.

Although the reporter's enthusiasm is mostly on the popular stars, when an arrogant Zeppelin car slowly stops in front of the museum door, this scene still stimulates the camera in the hands of everyone.

The two men who stepped down from the back seat of the car, the man in a dark gray suit and the woman in a white star fairy dress, not to mention, but also made the high-end custom-made clothes a bit more expensive, which is more eye-catching than the stars.

It was soon discovered that the couple were the president of Lanson group and his high-profile and public girlfriend at the beginning of the year, the jewelry designer specially invited by panson at this fashion show.

This level of dignitaries is not common to see, not to mention the pair is still the topic of high-class figures, the reporter's camera quickly in the past.

Xu Qiao takes Cheng Lang's arm and walks through the corridor with flashing lights.

They are not in the entertainment industry, and there is no need to take care of the camera. They are still talking to each other all the way.

"Baby, are you a little nervous?" Cheng Lang whispered in her ear.

What he said, of course, is not to face the cameras of reporters, but to face the audience tonight and the industry evaluation after tonight.

Xu Qiao is not the protagonist of the show, but her achievements in the past six months will be tested by the professional eyes of the fashion circle. Even if Pande has been praising her all this time, she can't be nervous.

After all, she disappeared for half a year after the London high-end jewelry show. If she doesn't produce any more works, the industry will soon forget her short-lived newcomer.

In the past, Xu Qiao might be aggressive and say that she is not nervous, but in recent months, they have established an intimate relationship, and all their body language has become tacit understanding. She just moves her fingers, and she will feel emotions by Cheng Lang.

Xu Qiao low hum a: "know I am nervous still don't hurry to take action."

People come and go in the hall of the art museum. Cheng Lang points to the front with a smile: "let the relatives and friends group give you the town hall?"

Xu Qiaoshun expected to see a group of men and women leaning against the central spiral ramp railing.

Zhu Lizheng and Shen Dang were talking about speculation. Jiang put it aside and tried to cut in, which ended in failure. On the side, Yu Jin and Elio are talking and laughing.

Xu Qiao was stunned.

Because of the high standard of this fashion show, the number of invited places is very limited. Pande didn't take the initiative to mention it, so she didn't want to engage in specialization and drag on her family.

As a result, someone left the back door for her.

Cheng Lang took a look over there and said, "Jiang Fang and Shen Dang are just about the same. If you like them, you can see them. If you don't like them, you can't see them. There's only one serious one left."

Xu Qiao didn't have time to ask who it was. Several people noticed this side and met her and Cheng Lang.

"Happy birthday, little princess." Zhu Li started with a smile, "the gift I gave you is in the car of Mr. Cheng. Remember to open it when you go back."

Jiang Fang and Shen Dang raised their hands as above.

Yu Jin and Elio exchanged hugs with her one after another: "happy birthday, our gifts are also in the trunk."

Xu Qiao was so moved that she sniffed: "I'm very happy when you come all the way here. Why spend money?"

"No expense," Yu Jin smiles and looks at Cheng Lang, "the round-trip air tickets and accommodation are all contracted by Xiao Cheng. In the two days since we left Milan, even the store has a special person in charge of taking over."

Xu Qiao followed Cheng Lang and said, "Xiao Cheng is always good at doing things."

"It should be." Cheng Lang nodded with a smile.

There are still more than 20 minutes to go before the opening of the fashion show. Media from all walks of life are competing to interview the stars in the visiting area, and many guests are visiting the venue in groups.

Cheng Lang and Xu Qiao, who don't accept entertainment interviews, have been visiting the art museum for a long time. This is their leisure time.

Several people went to the reception area to settle down. Along the way, Xu Qiao talked about the highlights of the fashion show with Yu Jin and Elio who came from afar.

Jiang Fang has a look at this line of seven people and two couples. Shen Dang is the only one left who should have been with him. But he talks about venture capital with Zhu Li, which leads him to be single.

He walked to the other side of Cheng Lang not very easily: "Mr. Lang, your arrangement is not suitable. One of the seven people has to be left alone. Where do you want me to go tonight?"Cheng Lang gives him a light glance. "Before asking this question, should you reflect on why you are the only one among the seven people?"

That's not poor me. Can you be bullied? Jiang Fang didn't dare to make such a remark. The court said, "listen to him. Is he like a human?"

Zhu Li turned his head and said, "I don't understand people's words. You always eat shriveled food in our little princess every day. If you work hard, you'll be addicted to him."

Jiang Qiqi said with a smile: "what you said is not human. Are you still mad about London

He is saying that on New Year's Eve, he took Zhu Li to work hard to set up a love nest for Xu Qiao and Cheng Lang in the hotel, with a full set of petal fragrance, good wine and delicious food, but his success fell short.

That day, after learning that the plan was revealed, Zhu Li was really blown up by his lack of initiative. In retrospect, he still felt that it was the biggest failure in his mature and stable life.

"I'm not angry for a long time." Zhu Li said in the first half that he was not angry. In the second half, he poured salt on his wound mercilessly. "But boss Jiang is single today. It seems that he hasn't found a girlfriend yet?"

Hearing this, Xu Qiao poked her head out of Cheng Lang's side and said curiously, "has boss Jiang been single for a long time?"

"More than half a year."

"Isn't that your girlfriend who took you to the London Jewelry Fair last time?"

"Well, that's my casual companion."

Xu Qiao and Cheng Lang sat in the middle, with their friends on each side.

Xu Qiao said regretfully, "that girl is very beautiful and has a lovely personality."

"Don't mention it," Jiang sighed, "lovely what lovely! I think her family's pocket money is in tight control. She's good to give her a chance to earn extra money. She'll take my money and go back to men. She'll ruin her fortune and prepare birthday presents for others! "

It really makes the listener cry and the listener sad.

Xu Qiao looked at him sympathetically.

Touching her eyes, Jiang put more anger on his head, gritted his teeth and said, "don't let me find out who this man is."

Shen Dang turned to join the group chat with a smile: "it's been half a year. Are you still investigating this?"

"It's not looking for a needle in a haystack? I only know that she calls them "2B."

Xu Qiao and Shen Dang were in a daze.

"2 what?"

"What B?"

"I see she's making a birthday cake for someone. There's a number 2 and a letter B on the cake." Jiang Fang is upright and vigorous.

Cheng Lang seldom took part in this kind of gossip. He couldn't bear to hear it and said, "the birthday cake half a year ago should be 213, which means February 13th?"

“……”

After a moment of silence, the crowd burst into laughter.

Cheng Lang sighed and said to the three people on Xu Qiao's side, "I'm laughing."

But Xu Qiao is in a trance at the moment.

How does she feel like she's seen the cake?

She whispered to Cheng Lang, "the night when you were drunk and asked me to be cute was the day before Valentine's day, right?"

Cheng Lang hasn't corrected her wrong usage of the word "cute" yet. First, he reads something from her expression.

The day before Valentine's day, he was not very comfortable because he heard that Xu Qiao accompanied song Mian to eat cake for his birthday in a tea restaurant. He drank too much wine in the evening.

It happened to be February 13th.

They just confirmed each other's conjecture when they looked at each other. Suddenly they heard a female voice: "Hello, Mr. Song. Mr. Cheng is in the reception area. Please come inside."

Xu Qiao raised her head in a daze and saw song Mian's black suit with Windsor collar, formally coming towards this side.

Cao Cao didn't arrive as fast as he did.

Cheng Lang explained, "didn't I just say that there is still one person left?"

Xu Qiao suddenly realized.

This is also the "group of relatives and friends" Cheng Lang invited for her.

She stood up and waved to song Mian to show him where she was.

"Sorry, I took over a patient this afternoon. I'm late." Song Mian came forward with a smile.

"It's OK. I'm just about to start now." Xu Qiao waved her hand.

Cheng Lang stood up, took her waist with his arm, and nodded to song Mian: "doctor song."

Xu Qiao peered at him quietly, implying that he would not show any more meaningless love. Song Mian might also have a master!

Song Mian said hello to him with a smile, and then turned to Xu Qiao: "happy birthday, it's not convenient to bring in the gift. He just met Gao tezhu at the door, and he said he would give it to you."

Xu Qiao said thanks.

Although Jiang Fang didn't know song Mian, he recognized him as the eighth person. He patted his thigh and said, "Oh, my partner is here! The wave always depends on the score, knowing that the team will be in pairs. "

Song Mian expressed a gentle and polite attitude towards Jiang Fang's coming to China: "hello."

"Don't you. You're welcome. The General Bureau of wave is all friends when it comes."When the radio rang to remind the guests to enter, everyone in the reception area got up and went to the show.

Seeing Jiang Fang and song Mian walking side by side harmoniously, Xu Qiao takes a look at Cheng Lang and worries about the potential relationship between them.

Cheng Lang than a hissing gesture, that they do not care about this business.

Xu Qiao nodded and decided not to know.

-

at six o'clock sharp, the fashion show starts on time.

Xu Qiao sits in the front row with a straight back. It's not her own show, but she feels her palms are sweating.

She cherishes the efforts of this half year too much. The influence of this show is likely to achieve the result of "success is Xiaohe, defeat is Xiaohe". It's a night of flying into the sky, and it's a night of falling dust.

After the countdown, the lights in the show are all dark for a moment. When they light up again, the eyes are filled with shocking holographic images - echoing the theme of the fashion show "deep sea". The whole show is projected into a dreamy deep sea world. The T-stage is like a bright undersea tunnel, focusing everyone's eyes.

There are people whispering around, mostly marveling at the design of the show.

When the music starts, the model of the show steps on the drum and goes through the undersea tunnel, the audience's comments are put on the fashion.

Xu Qiao vaguely heard someone praise that Pan de would not let people down. She would go to the exhibition hall to order this beautiful skirt.

Someone answered, "let me leave it to you."

The former said: "ah, do you want Yueyue? Then I won't rob you! "

She can't tell the timbre clearly, but judging from the content of her speech, it seems to be Wen Yue and her little sister.

On this occasion, the heroes of the celebrity circle in Beicheng naturally gather together.

Xu Qiao guessed that in addition to watching the show, they might also want to see what she can design and why Pande chose her.

But I don't know whether it's because of Cheng Lang's attitude of "let me be a coquette" or whether she has entered a new stage of her life and is no longer worried about the past injuries. Now, Xu Qiao doesn't care about these people's eyes.

People who hate you will never be sure of you, whether in mouth or in heart.

Let them continue to envy her, despise her and can't do her. And she didn't waste any more precious energy on it.

Xu Qiao quickly blocked these sounds and focused on the show.

There are 48 looks in the show, including 20 pieces of jewelry specially designed for Xu Qiao, all of which are first exposed.

After all, it's Pande's fashion show. Most people's attention is still on the clothes, but Xu Qiao's left and right sides are always paying attention to the jewelry on the model's body.

After carefully examining several pieces, Yu Jin drew close to her and said in a low voice: "Qiao, you have made great progress in the past half year. I guess the jewelry released tonight may lead the fashion trend of accessories in the second half of the year."

With her evaluation, Xu Qiao's heart fell in half.

Although Cheng Lang is not an expert, he also gives some spectators' opinions. He nods frequently and praises her "sense of propriety": "it's not noisy, but it's icing on the cake. She has just grasped it well."

Cheng Lang and Yu Jin are not boastful people. Even if they blow rainbow farts, they will not blow to the sky with their eyes closed.

In particular, Cheng Lang's tone is full of pride of "worthy of being my baby". Xu Qiao thinks his rainbow fart is very sincere.

She leaned up to his ear and said with a smile, "that's always a credit to Lang!"

Cheng Lang holds her hand with a smile.

However, although it's not too much of a fuss, Xu Qiao's design is still in the middle of the process. When the spectators feel a little tired, it attracts a lot of attention.

Other jewelry is relatively inconspicuous in dynamic walking. When a model wearing a stunning Aquamarine crown appears on the stage, some people recall the previous scenes and finally discover the unique style of these jewelry tonight.

Once that's done, people's attention naturally goes to the jewelry. When more and more uninformed audience are talking about fashion and asking about the origin of these jewelry, Xu Qiao is completely relieved.

At the end of the fashion show, the final work came on stage, and everyone around exclaimed. I don't know whether it was for the dazzling fishtail skirt or the pocket watch necklace.

It's not the first time Cheng Lang has seen this pocket watch, but when he sees it again, he is still proud of its designer.

Fine close set technology will be small carat group drill snowflake inlay, in the dial depicts a magnificent sea view. The image of the hour hand is the mermaid, and the image of the minute hand is the prince. Because of the unconventional distribution of the dial numbers and the special structure of the movement, when the time reaches 12 o'clock, the hour hand and the minute hand will meet face to face on the bridge built by the seagulls and have a deep kiss.

in Andersen's fairy tales, the prince married her again, the mermaid turned into a bubble, and the ending was a tragedy which was hard to forget. In this dial, the minute hand chases the hour hand day after day, and the hour hand slowly waits for the minute hand. No matter how hard the process is, they will meet.This idea not only combines the fairy tales of mermaid, the concept of "twelve o'clock" comes from Cinderella's story, and the concept of "Seagull bridging" comes from the legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl meeting on magpie bridge, which can be said to condense countless romantic complex at all times and in all over the world.

When the fashion show came to a successful end and the lights were on, pan de gave a speech on stage, especially thanking her partner, jewelry designer Yuli, and her pocket watch necklace.

Pan de praises here, and the camera moves to Xu Qiao. At the same time, he brings Cheng Lang beside her.

The two appeared on the big screen of the show. There was a rustling sound below, either sighing at the outstanding appearance of the couple, or talking about their origins.

"I once asked Miss Yuli where the design inspiration of this Pocket Watch Necklace came from?" Pander stood in front of the vertical microphone and looked at her with a smile. "She implicitly expressed two words to me - love."

Xu Qiao and Cheng Lang keep a decent smile and look at the big screen in front of them.

As pander continued to speak, the camera gradually drew away, and Xu Qiao suddenly looked at him.

Because she was still in the range of the camera, she quickly recovered her expression management after a moment, but her eyes became a little erratic.

She didn't know if she was blinded. She seemed to see a familiar figure in the back corner of the show through the big screen.

Pander's speech became a fuzzy background sound. She couldn't hear anything clearly, and her eyes ran after the camera to find the figure just passing by.

Cheng Lang seemed to know what she was doing, and patted the back of her hand to appease her.

After the camera completely leaves her, she looks at Cheng Lang in astonishment.

Cheng Lang nodded to her and confirmed her guess.

Pan De's speech in the second half of the speech became particularly long for Xu Qiao. Her heart beat violently, waiting for the fashion show to come to an end. When the audience finally got up and left the show, she stood on tiptoe anxiously, looked at the people in the distance, grabbed Cheng Lang's arm and asked, "where's my father?"

Cheng Lang greets Zhu Li Yujin and others, takes her to the VIP passageway and leaves as soon as possible. On the way, he explains to her: "I sent an invitation to your father and made a reservation for the air ticket. He has always expressed his unwillingness to attend, but I still found that he boarded the flight today. I think he may want to see your debut, but he doesn't know how to face you, so he has been hiding in the corner. Don't worry, he should not be far away

Xu Qiao nodded, his high heels clattered.

Cheng Lang calls Gao Rui. After hanging up, he says, "don't worry, I've stopped someone. It's at the south gate."

Xu Qiaofei rushes to the south gate and hears Gao Rui dragging Xu Kangrong with his three inch tongue.

"Dad Xu Qiao ran over with her skirt.

Xu Kangrong was stiff all over. He turned around, stepped on his feet and pointed angrily at Gao Rui: "I knew it. I knew you were upset and kind-hearted!"

Gao Rui felt the back of his head awkwardly: "Mr. Xu, I also listen to Mr. Cheng's errand."

Xu Qiao walked up to Xu Kangrong angrily and said, "come here, what are you hiding from?"

"Who's hiding?" Xu Kangrong looked at her, "have you ever seen a father afraid of his daughter in the world?"

Cheng Lang stands in the distance and smiles.

Xu Qiao and Xu lie's hard mouth are probably inherited from Xu Kangrong.

Father and daughter were separated for nearly a year, and they met again for the first time. Instead of holding each other in tears, they had a fierce fight on the issue of "hide or not, fear or not".

Cheng Lang doesn't immediately come forward to disturb the reunion of his father and daughter. He gives Gao Rui a wink and asks him to go away.

Until hearing the conversation between father and daughter, the atmosphere eased down, Xu Qiao expressed her concern for Xu Kangrong awkwardly: "where did your fat meat go before? It's so thin! And is your hair too black, just dyed? What's the matter with your suit? The buttons are all loose

"You girl, why do you want to chase your father?"

Xu Kangrong makes an effort to leave. Xu Qiao wants to stop him, but he seems to have no idea of leaving people with words.

Cheng Lang had to go forward: "Mr. Xu, stay."

Xu Kangrong turned to half and stopped.

"Mr. Xu," Cheng Lang said with a smile, holding Xu Qiao's hand, "today is Qiao Qiao's birthday. You've all come here. Let's have a birthday cake with her."

Xu Kangrong cleared his throat and gave Cheng Lang a dry smile: "Mr. Cheng, you'd better accompany her. I won't attract people here, so as not to let people talk about you!"

"Birthdays are at home, of course." Cheng Lang's words solved Xu Kangrong's worries. "I'll accompany her back to the library now, and deal with the party well. Will you wait for us in the car for a while?"

Xu Kangrong hesitated to look at Xu Qiao.

"You can stay one night," Cheng Lang advised with a smile. "I can accompany her for her birthday, but no one can replace her father."

Xu Qiao's nose is sour and looks at Cheng Lang.

To arrange such a bureau today is actually a little work for Cheng Lang. But because of the particularity of this day, this matter to her heart, the weight is extraordinary.She doesn't have many friends and her family is separated, so she has little extravagance. Now Cheng Lang is very satisfied with her missing emotions.

But Cheng Lang doesn't want him to be the only one in her life. He doesn't want to selfishly take her for himself.

On her birthday, he asked her precious friends to come for her from all over the world, and let her meet her long-time missing father.

He gave her gifts, but he also hoped that she would get more gifts from others.

He gave her love, but also hoped that she would get more love from others.

How confident and powerful a person is to love someone like this.

Xu Qiao felt that she seemed to love this man a little more today.

The author has something to say:

· the text is coming to an end, you can order fanwai! Limited by the time line of the text, the story only tells about one stage of Lang and Qiao Mei's life. After that, they still have a long way to go. I will continue to write about the daily life after marriage and raising children in fanwaili. In addition, today's chapter draws out supporting actors. If you are interested in the story of a supporting actor (Xu lie's story will be opened alone, not written here), others can mention it in the comments section. If I have inspiration, I will write it.

·Supplement: the design of the pocket watch is based on van cletta's lover's bridge watch, which is adapted from this prototype.