Rebirth of the little Actor – 40
40 – “As for those who look down on me… don’t bully young people into poverty!”
Although in consideration of the long voyage, in fact, on the first day early in the morning, An Xing was woken up by the alarm clock. He grumbled and climbed up, to get ready to go to work.
After washing up and changing clothes, he came out of the bedroom. Xiaoning next door happened to open the door. An Xing was stunned for a moment and said hello to the boy.
“Good morning, Ning Rong~”
“Call me big brother.”
“……”
The teenager puffed out his little round face and turned his head away pretending not to hear. As he walked past Ning Rong, he couldn’t hold back his curiosity and looked into the door of the boy’s room, which was not yet closed, and the layout of the room was visible.
The two of their rooms were next to each other, and about the same size, except that the furniture in Ning Rong’s room was all new, and in a minimalist style. Because of the use of environmentally friendly materials, there is no need to dry and ventilate, and last night Ning Rong moved in to live.
Just because Ning Rong brought very little luggage, the room was still somewhat empty.
An Xing walked a few steps ahead, and couldn’t help but turn back.
“If you need anything, you can talk to Auntie Zhang and Uncle Li. If you don’t want to go shopping, you can tell Dad’s secretary, Brother Xu, so that he can arrange for someone to go and buy it. Your room is so empty, there are too few things!”
Ning Rong’s footsteps paused for a moment, feeling that this little fool’s caring demeanor was really inviting. He hooked the corners of his mouth, but simply said:
“Don’t look back when you go down the stairs, and watch where you’re going.”
An Xing was stunned. Oh my god! Ning Rong was the same age as him! How come he talks like Brother Shen and like Dad at the same time!
After all, only I have retained my youthful look.
An Xing turned around and went downstairs sighing, not even thinking about the fact that maybe it was because of his excessive liveliness that he made people around him worry too much and age before he did.
The number of people going to work together has changed from two to three, which makes no difference to Uncle Li. On the other hand, An Xing originally wanted to take a taxi to the company, but after being pulled into the car by Ning Rong, he still couldn’t react.
When the car started, An Xing returned to his senses and fastened his seatbelt first, before he was shocked.
“Wait a minute dad, do the three of us let Uncle Li send us to the company together?”
An Zhaoming is puzzled: “Or what?”
“……”
An Xing was confused, what about the promise to keep Ning Rong’s identity a secret first? If Ning Rong came down in a car with An Zhaoming in front of the company, then all those fools would know that Ning Rong was problematic, right?
An Zhaoming’s eyes were displeased, feeling that his own pup was really stupid.
“Old Li will drop you off at the intersection, you two will have to walk in on your own. Besides, even if we came down from a car, those people would only think that Rongrong is your friend or classmate, how would they think that Rongrong is my son?”
Huh, that’s also right, oh. An Xing was silent. He thought hard and asked again:
“Won’t An Hao tell the truth about Ning Rong’s identity? And then start a rumor that he just came in based on his connections and actually doesn’t have any skills, and then bully him ……”
After all, An Hao was so bad that he had rumored about him, an innocent artist, before!
Ning Rong didn’t hold back and reached out to rub a handful of his little curly hair, interrupting the chattering teenager.
“Don’t worry, I have it all in my heart.” He said indifferently, “Have a good day at work, I’ll find you for lunch at noon.”
An Xing shook his head from being ruffled, looking at Ning Rong and then at An Zhaoming. An Zhaoming turned around and smiled at the cub.
“Listen to your brother, just go to work properly.”
An Xing rubbed his cheeks and obediently answered.
“Okay.”
*
After not coming to work for a few days, there were some subtle changes in the atmosphere of the design department – An Xing can tell this from the decrease in the number of snacks stuffed into his arms. “Teacher Xiao, what’s going on?”
The young man carried the snacks to the workbench, approached Xiao Rui, covered his mouth and asked in a low voice.
“Why do I feel like… someone is always staring at me?”
And this line of sight is not a friendly, very repulsive and vigilant look, which makes An Xing very confused.
Although he was parachuted into the Design Department, he had a special identity and there was no conflict of interest with these designers. And because the designers had free working hours, he hadn’t clashed with anyone either. It couldn’t be said that he was loved by everyone, but at least no one had been hostile to him before.
But this time when he came back from his vacation, An Xing actually felt hostility in the design department, which was strange.
Xiao Rui was working on the design drawings on the computer and glanced at the teenager when he heard the words, thinking that this little fool’s intuition was quite sharp. He didn’t say anything and waited for An Xing to gather his things and sit next to him before he opened his mouth and faintly said:
“There’s a jewelry design competition in November, and I’ve already signed you up. The person participating in the competition with you is a new designer in the company who has not yet become a full-time employee. You have to perform well.”
An Xing: ?
The teenager’s almond eyes opened wide, his light curry-colored eyes trembled, like a frightened little animal, and he straightaway froze, only coming back to his senses after a long time.
“Design, design competition?” An Xing stammered, “Teacher you are talking about, the one design competition that the association hosted this year?”
Xiao Rui let out a “hmm”.
The country has a history of thousands of years, the ancestors were broad, and in modern times the economy has taken off, the jewelry market has always been large, and there are several design competitions every year. There are several design competitions every year, and the design competition hosted by the National Jewelry and Jade Jewelry Association once every two years is very popular in the industry.
An Xing understood: “Is it in the name of the company, I was enrolled in the brand culture group of finished product evaluation?”
“Right.”
An Xing understood.
The design competition was divided into three categories, namely the design group, the craft group and the brand culture group, of which the design group’s participation threshold was the lowest, as long as a design drawing could be submitted on the line. The brand culture group, on the other hand, is limited to quotas submitted by enterprises or studios, and the entries need to be in the form of finished products.
That is to say, to participate in the design group of the competition, and tens of thousands of designers may be competing for ideas, and to participate in the brand culture group of the competition, the competitors are a lot less, of course, the opponent strength is also much stronger.
And there is a very important point, that is, the brand culture group of entries, as long as the ranking, you can directly in the official online shelf sales, and sales commission to the designer.
Enterprises have a limited number of entry quotas, which will be given to emerging designers with a promising future to help them make a name for themselves so that they can sell their products in the future – designers are not drinking fairy dew, and they design products in order to support their families and create profits.
An Ning Jewelry has five entry slots this time, one of which was given to An Xing, naturally there will be other designers who are not convinced. But An Xing is also An Zhaoming’s son, so even if those designers are not convinced, they don’t dare to say anything openly, and can only glare at An Xing in secret.
An Xing was a bit helpless.
Xiao Rui glanced at the seated teenager and raised his eyebrows.
“I thought you were planning to have a Saint Father’s episode, and say something stupid like a fair competition, and give the spot to someone else.”
“???” An Xing was shocked, “Do I look that stupid!”
The youth was indifferent, “Yes.”
The Xiao family and the An family had a cooperative relationship, but Xiao Rui was actually not familiar with the An family. He left the country a long time ago, and when he came back, he chose An Ning Jewelry by himself because he wanted to work in the design industry.
Since he entered the company, the only thing he got personally involved in was helping his boss with his stupid son at home. — Until his silly nephew’s life was saved by An Xing, and only then did he develop a slightly closer relationship with the An family.
So after the quota was finalized yesterday, Xiao Rui received a message from An Zhaoming, hoping that he would help persuade An Xing so that this little fool could never give up his entitlement.
This can be difficult to kill for Xiao Rui, as he never persuaded people. Yesterday, he thought for a long time, and today, he felt that it was really not feasible to force the little fool ……
Then An Xing said that he was OK and had no problem competing.
Meeting the youth’s gaze, An Xing blinked innocently.
“Although other people are jealous …… but I’m just very qualified to compete ah, in every sense of the word.”
Growing up beside Shen Qing and having interests of his own, An Xing has long been independently designing quite a few things, from the ragdoll toys he designed as a child to the more complicated hand puppets, later there were beautiful waifu clothes, and then delicate jewelry …… With his family schooling laid out here, An Xing has a bit of an art element in his body.
Up-and-coming, promising designer An Xing, no problem!
Secondly, companies do not select quotas based on strength, level or reputation, but mainly based on the profits that contestants can create for the company. Since everyone is a new designer, An Xing is quite confident.
The teenager crossed his arms and proudly puffed out his chest, his hand clapping his small chest.
“Mr. Xiao you don’t worry ba! I will definitely get back a good ranking!”
Not expecting this little thing to be so confident, Xiao Rui raised his eyebrows.
“Then you cheer up.”
He buried his head in drawing the design, only speaking again after a while.
“If you need my guidance, just say so.”
An Xing nodded with a “hmmmm” and pulled out his cell phone, and was about to send a message to Lu Tian Shen to report that he was going to participate in the competition when he first saw Xiao Yi’s message.
Imaginative: Xing Zai, your cousin is such a jerk, stay away from him!
An Xingxing is so dazzling: [I’m here to eat melon.jpg] What did he do!
Imagination: My accident this time was caused by a problem with the brakes. They put the problem on the new car repair technician, saying that he had falsified his resume and wanted the old technician to take the blame.
An Xing froze, and only after half a day did he hesitantly type a few words and then delete them again. It took a while of hesitation before he slowly replied:
Then, Brother Yi, this time someone wants to harm you so they did something to your car?
Imaginative: Remove the “someone”, it is my illegitimate brother.
Imaginative: An Hao introduced to me that car dealership, and definitely has contacts with my illegitimate brother, xing zai you be careful.
An Xing honestly promised. He actually still has some things he wanted to ask, but he is not that familiar with Xiao Yi yet, so he is somewhat unable to ask.
After hesitating for a while, he changed the topic and asked Xiao Yi if he had any good jade materials recently, which he planned to use for the competition – since he was competing with the finished products, he had to do everything himself, from design to production, so of course he had to pick the raw materials well.
The Xiao family’s jade business had not yet been handed over to Xiao Yi, but the Xiao family had priority in selecting good stones. Xiao Yi quickly replied, saying that there is no problem, and that he would let his uncle take you to pick the stones, and even give you discounts on the cost of the stones!
After all, he was the one who was going to be self-reliant in the future, so he could definitely save a little bit. An Xing happily sent over a few cat hug emojis to Xiao Yi, checking the memo to find raw materials off the memo.
Xiao Rui was doing his own thing. Occasionally he looked up and saw An Xing poking at his cell phone. When he looked up again, he saw An Xing looking at the computer. No matter which time, this little thing had no intention of composing a work.
Xiao Rui: ……
Forget it, I guess it’s because I’ve been on vacation for too long and still haven’t gotten into the swing of things, so let this little thing relax for the morning.
If An Xing knew that Xiao Rui thought about him so much, he would definitely have to raise his paws in protest. Is he that playful? He wasn’t. He was clearly looking for inspiration.
However, Xiao Rui didn’t make a sound, so naturally An Xing didn’t know anything until lunch time, when he was pulled by Xiao Rui to the company cafeteria.
“The elevator hasn’t left yet, Mr. Xiao hurry up we ……”
An Xing , who walked a few steps tightly and wanted to enter the elevator, just watched, the elevator door closed in front of himself. While the elevator was obviously still empty, the people inside did not move at all, nor did they help block the door.
An Xing: ……
Xiao Rui slowed down after seeing the person in the elevator. A real designer must have a cool demeanor, and can’t pounce like a little idiot and still be shut out of the elevator door.
When he approached, he was met with a pair of round almond eyes of the teenager, light curry eyes that were damp, like a small animal begging to be petted and comforted.
“Why didn’t they press the elevator for me?” An Xing aggrieved.
Xiao Rui lovingly stroked the little fool’s little curly hair.
“Because there’s someone in there who’s been squeezed out of the competition by you.”
“……”
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An Xing didn’t say anything and continued to wait for the elevator.
Xiao Rui shot a few glances and casually asked, “You’re not angry?”
The teenager instantly clenched his small fists in anger.
“I’m not going to waste my time on these things. Since I’m representing the company in the competition, I’m going to get awards for the company! The work sells well! To earn money for dad! There’s no time to be angry!”
“As for those who look down on me… don’t bully young people into poverty!”
Xiao Rui: ……
Xiao Rui’s eyes became more loving.
As expected of you, little fool, Long Aotian’s quotes are so cute.
T/N: My first language isn’t English, and there may be some grammatical errors. But I try not to deviate from the author’s narrative. If there are any errors or nonsensical sentences, feel free to comment.
