Everyone's discussion was abnormally intense. KC, who was originally in favor of Ning Caier, actually stood on the other side and voted against him. From his point of view, Ning Caier still needed more experience, so it was more suitable for her to wait until next year.
At first, she thought that passing the preliminaries wasn't a problem, it was just that she couldn't confirm which stage it would be. However, the battle had given her a show of strength at the very beginning, making her feel extremely flustered. All of her nervousness was actually recorded by the camera, so that it could be displayed in front of the audience in the future.
In the end, Ning Caier's vote was three to two and she became the person with the lowest score out of the ten contestants. The treatment they got during this competition was related to their ranking, such as choosing a room, choosing a workbench, and even receiving funds to buy ingredients.
This caused the people who competed with Ning Caier to feel much more balanced. They all knew that Ning Caier would be selected, but she had fallen behind from the very beginning, so this competition would definitely be more difficult than any of them.
"Why is he last?"
Ouyang Jue and Mike had been waiting in the car the entire time for news, and when they saw that he had received KC's call, they immediately asked about it, but this result made him extremely shocked. Even if Ning Caier was not in third place, she would not be in the last place so miserably, being 20% less than an average person and also sleeping in the worst case scenario, wasn't this a little too harsh?
"If we only look at Cai'er's strength, she should be in the fifth to sixth places, but the last place is the same as the first place, having the most speed of conversation, and also having the most footage. Since we can't get the first place, why not let her be the last place, this way we can guarantee the broadcast's attention, and at the same time soothe the the the resentment of the other competitors." Otherwise, once the team competition begins, she will definitely be ostracized by others. She won't even be able to survive in the middle of the field. "
Mike looked at Ouyang Jue in disdain. These were all the tactics he had formulated, which was why KC had voted against Ning Caier in the first round. Moreover, this was only the first round of the competition. Once the designers were eliminated, the beds and workstations could be restored to their original positions. It was a very beneficial and harmless thing to do.
"Then what if Cai'er is eliminated in the first round?"
Ouyang Jue couldn't help but be a little worried. He didn't care about the outcome of the match, but what he cared about was Ning Caier's self-confidence, if she lost in the first round, it would definitely be a severe blow to her. If Han Yuqi still had to stay here for a few more days, he didn't want Ning Caier to come out too quickly.
"How could the person I taught could lose so easily? Furthermore, she has a strong conviction that she can definitely win."
This faint golden light immediately caused Ouyang Jue to extend his hand, wanting to snatch the bracelet back. Even if he wanted to help Ning Caier keep the items inside, it should be him, it definitely couldn't be Mike.
"We've already agreed that if she can't enter the top three, then this bracelet will belong to me, so she will definitely go all out. You have to know that the explosive power displayed by a woman under pressure definitely surpasses a man's imagination."
What he wanted to say was Han Yuqi. Ning Caier would work hard for the sake of Han Yuqi's blessings and would definitely not lose in the first round. However, he didn't understand what Mike was happy about. If Han Yuqi won, it meant that the two of them had lost.
"No worries, that vice president of yours doesn't like Cai'er at all, so even if she still has him in her heart, I will still definitely win."
His current appearance was even more annoying than when he first refused to cooperate. Ouyang Jue did not want to bother with him, so he pushed Mike out of the car and shouted at Lao Wu: "Drive!"
Ning Caier didn't know what was happening outside of the arena, but her adaptability was far greater than what Ouyang Jue had imagined. This was because the life that was unbearable for the young master, seemed extremely normal here.
The number of male and female contestants this time was exactly five to five. The five female designers were in the same room, which was a suite. The highest ranked contestants could enjoy a large bed and a separate washroom, while the last contestant could only sleep in a temporary extra bed.
However, even the extra bed was a meter wide, and it was 15 centimeters more than the one Ning Caier had slept on at the university. To her, this kind of condition was already an unimaginably high standard.
However, the competition before the television show was a little different than the actual matches. There would be one or two interviews every day, so Ning Caier, who was ranked last in the preliminary competition, was naturally the main target for the interviews.
The director first took a picture of Ning Caier's small bed, then compared the two huge suitcases she brought with her. She did not have her own cabinet, and there was no space in the room, so the two suitcases could only be placed under her bed. However, the height of the bed was very low, so the two suitcases could not be opened up to increase the height of the bed.
The same thing happened in previous programs. If there were a lot of female designers, they would usually wrap everything up in a blanket and place it at the corner of the bed. Then they would curl up in the upper half of the bed and sleep all night.
However, this would inevitably result in things falling out. Furthermore, when looking for something, he would have to open up the blanket and search through everything in it. A designer with a bright appearance and a messy life, this kind of hilarious and embarrassing scene could become the selling point of the program.
"Are we going to open it now?"
When Ning Caier saw the cameras reaching towards her chest, she was still a little nervous. The cameras were all her personal belongings, even though she was sure that the cameras could not shoot anything, because she used multiple layers of equipment.
Every set of clothes was placed in a storage bag, filling up the entire chest. Ning Caier only had to take out the top few bags, and with no effort at all, she pushed the two suitcases under the small bed.
After that, he used a small folding box to place all the bags at the corner of the bed. It looked very simple and clean.
"Is that what your normal life is like?"
It was hard to imagine that someone would get used to this kind of life where everything was in a bag. The house should have a slightly messy smell, which was more like life than these white plastic bags. This kind of arrangement only reminded one of a white hospital.
"It's just a habit, because when I heard that everyone was going to live together, the first thing I thought of was the college dormitory, so I brought all the things I used to use back then."
When Ning Caier went to college, she lived in the 8th room with four beds and eight small tables, filling up the entire room that was around 10 square metres. Not to mention the cabinets, it was fortunate that there was a place for him to hide her luggage, hence everyone in the dorm learned how to survive in this narrow space.
Vacuum pouch was a necessary weapon for every single one of them. Otherwise, in less than three days, their items would be mixed together and they would have to rummage through a pile of junk to find it.
Ning Caier had asked Mike before, he said that the conditions here were much more crowded than in the university dormitory, so she brought with her a lot of tools to survive in the small space. However, she had neglected the difference between a domestic dormitory and an Italian dormitory.
"Miss Ning, can you open the bag for us? We want to see what you chose."
The director curiously looked at the white bags, which only revealed a little bit of color. Designers usually had good taste for accessories, which was one of the things they recorded this time.
Ning Caier quickly opened up the bags. In fact, she only took out the clothes, shoes and toiletries she wanted to wear when recording the program tomorrow. There was also a small box containing the accessories she wanted to wear. These are all chosen by Mike, and are a bit of an exaggeration, but they work well in the show.
These items finally made the director reveal a sincere smile. He focused his camera on a cockroach-like pin. A girl who could tidy things up like this would actually like this unusual accessory. Such a huge contrast was indeed a good selling point.
However, Ning Caier did not have any good feelings towards this needle, she was so scared that she hid herself on the other side of the bed. She clearly remembered that she let Mike take it out.
Although that cockroach looked like it was wrapped by a transparent object, it was, after all, a real cockroach, and it was even alive. When Ning Caier thought of this matter, she couldn't help but shiver, and didn't even have the courage to move it away from the bag.
"You actually like Peter Pan's design. He is a very great artist."
After the director had left, a female designer in the same room actually took the initiative to talk to Ning Caier. She picked up the cockroach brooch and held it in her hands, her eyes filled with a strange light.
Ning Caier had indeed heard Mike say before that this was the work of an artist. He was an expert at integrating living beings into his accessories, making them more agile, and had even invented an ecological environment that allowed living beings to feed themselves. This cockroach would even be able to survive inside for half a month without problem.
However, his work was very controversial. Even though he was using small insects, many people in animal protection organizations still strongly resisted his actions, so the only thing that could be retained was this kind of ornament made from cockroaches. Because it was not one of the animal protection items, otherwise all the insecticides on the market would have been rejected.