Chapter Seventy-Four: Jewelry Case (1/2)
During the first half of the conference, almost nobody had noticed booth eighteen. That was because the booth had been under construction since morning. Not only was there nothing on display, there was even a ‘CAUTION. STAY AWAY’ sign in front of it. In addition, the booth’s location was slightly isolated, which was why people only noticed it when the second half of the conference began. Booth eighteen’s display cabinets were all removed. The only thing left was the one-meter long square glass cabinet at the center of the booth.
An entire booth with only one exhibition cabinet on display – It was the first design of its kind at the Autumn Release Conference.
It was undoubtedly a bold attempt that carried great risks. However, thankfully, Xiao Yu and Yan Jin not only won the gamble, they also received more than what they had expected.
Inside the square glass cabinet, there was a pagoda-style building. It was narrow at the top and broad at its base. The base was built above the ground as it was suspended in mid-air. The upper part of the building towered above, with peaks of uneven heights. The highest point was around half a meter tall and the lowest stood barely above twenty centimeters. The layered ledges overlapped with one another as they intertwined together.
What made it more interesting was that with added special effects, the entire building was surrounded in a world of ice and snow. The ice crystals that fluttered about gradually descended, painting the tip of the ledges with white snow, as if it was in the middle of a harsh winter.
At first glance, almost everyone thought that it was a delicately sculptured model even though it was built slightly smaller. However, this was the Autumn Release Conference and that was a display case made to store jewelry.
If they were to describe the jewelry as flowers, then a case was nothing more than decorative leaves. But right now, this giant green leaf had substituted the flower as it was displayed at the exhibition.
If it was a physical item, it might have been difficult to present the mystical special effects of the falling snow. Although it was possible for the hologram to imitate the actual object, if it was placed together with other physical items, the discrepancy would be obvious.
However, this jewelry case was not an actual item, which was why it could blend in perfectly with the wintery effects. It even possessed the ability to manipulate and change attributes that an actual item would not have.
Every thirty seconds, the windows would open automatically. Those small and exquisite drawers would slide outwards and reveal the hidden precious gems inside the priceless building.
The snow-white wintery scenery was not complete without the red plum decorations.
In contrast to the snowy building, the different types of plum-blossom shaped jewels looked like drops of blood rolling off white silk. The frozen, stunning, purple-red color was hair-raisingly beautiful.
Ten seconds passed, and the drawers automatically withdrew. The arabesque windows closed firmly as if they were protecting that short-lived gorgeousness.
Even the reporters who were attracted over because of the crowd could not help themselves as they sighed in astonishment over this magical scene. The surrounding tourists could not hold back their excitement and fondness over the scenery. The volume of their chattering voices even overtook the sound of the broadcast.
“Oh my god. Isn’t that jewelry case too beautiful? How can anyone bear to use it?”
“It’s totally a work of art.”
“When is the actual item going to be released? I’ll buy it even if I go bankrupt!”
More and more people gathered in front of booth eighteen.
Every exhibition item had a name that belonged to it. This splendid and magnificent jewelry case was named Jade Court – the place where deities reside in heaven.
The wintery background and the word ‘Winter’ on the sign let the audience speculate whether the Jade Court had three other seasonal versions.
The only thing that made the audience feel regret was that even though photography was allowed in the conference, it was impossible to capture the hologram’s effects with cameras. And that was why they were unable to take commemorative photos of that jewelry case made with excellent workmanship.
However, even though the Jade Court was not an actual item, those plum blossom styled accessories were indeed YL’s newly released autumn season jewelry series, Luxuriant Flowers.
To accommodate the exhibition effects of Jade Court, the plum blossom accessories were also projected using the images. However, without a doubt, the actual products of this series definitely existed.
Perhaps some people may wonder, Mr. Mystery’s name was indicated on booth eighteen, so why was it displaying YL’s product’s in the end?
YL’s official weibo¹ had already answered that question yesterday at midnight. It was because at this year’s Autumn Release Conference, YL and Mr. Mystery had established an exceptionally harmonious working relationship.
More accurately, YL was providing a fully sponsored individual jewelry exhibition for the unconventional designer, Mr. Mystery.
They provided the manpower, the exhibition booth, the exhibition items, and they gave their best to groom this newbie designer who was overflowing with talent. Everything displayed the ability and resolution that a top-class jewelry corporation possessed as well as the high expectations that the public had for them.
This official statement could fool the public, but those who knew a little about the situation or those who truly understood this business could see that this so-called ‘collaboration’ was in fact a one-sided publicity stunt for YL.
Indeed, there was no physical version of the Jade Court and it could not be photographed – such a pity wasn’t it? Fret not, the Jade Court was just a jewelry case. The main focus was the jewelry inside – Wasn’t it enough that there were actual jewels?
But, didn’t booth eighteen only have one single glass cabinet display? Didn’t they say that Mr. Mystery borrowed the exhibition work from YL? If that was YL’s autumn season Luxuriant Flowers series, then shouldn’t we quickly head to booth three to have a look?
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After listening to the reporter’s high critiques for both the Jade Court and Mr. Mystery, Xiao Yu sat in front of the screen and felt discouraged when he saw how many people were surrounding booth eighteen’s exhibition area.
He was not worried that Yan Jin would see the original model of the Four Seasons Manor from the Jade Court. First of all, Yan Jin did not possess the gut feeling from a design aspect (Yan Jin: Really?). Second, the Four Seasons Manor was just an inspiration. Xiao Yu even referenced the top three most popular structures and historical sites for the specific modeling. The only similarity was the aspect of having four seasons. For that, Xiao Yu even purposely separated the portions to fix the color coordination – surely Yan Jin couldn’t deduce anything from that.
The reason Xiao Yu was feeling upset was purely because he saw the exhibition booth that was diagonally opposite of booth three – the completely deserted booth eleven.
Under the influence of YL, the exhibition booth that belonged to SI could only be described as miserable.
With Yan Jin’s arrangements, YL used the enthusiasm from the Ragnarok competition to draw the public’s attention in the first half of the conference and the enthusiasm for the mystery designer in the second half of the conference. They made booth eighteen present the grandest non-physical exhibit, the Jade Court, and started a hot topic once again. Not only did it cause booth eighteen to be flooded with people, even YL’s own exhibition booth received a lot of attention that did not lose to the first half of the conference. This was especially true for the Luxuriant Flowers series. With the influence of the Jade Court, its popularity was raised exponentially, and it was estimated to have record breaking sales at the end of the conference.
Later, under the influence of YL’s continuous publicity tactics, the visitor traffic for booth eleven was unbearable for Xiao Yu to watch. He could also predict how much bonus and allowance would be deducted for the human Xiao Yu after the conference. And what followed next would be a long period of time whereby SI would be shrouded by the shadows of failure.
And this was all Yan Jin’s fault, Xiao Yu thought angrily.
Honestly speaking, Yan Jin did not plan to intentionally target SI. It was SI’s misfortune that booth eleven was right in between booth three and booth eighteen. It was terribly awkward to be sandwiched between the two extremely attention seeking booths. Aside from SI, booths twelve to fifteen were in a similar miserable state.
However, in Xiao Yu’s eyes, Yan Jin was without a doubt, the main culprit – the big boss from hell.