bayedsolid Chapter 178 Jewelry
Chapter 178 Jewelry
After the exhibition, Yun Jixing and Yu Ru went to a fixed location to attend a banquet and dinner under the arrangement of the brand.
The dining location is arranged in a hotel, which is located on the 88th floor. The view is very broad because the windows are large floor-to-ceiling windows. Guests can overlook most of Hwaseong and take in all the prosperity.
The dining style is semi-self-service. Guests will eat meals arranged by the brand, or they can order fresh ingredients in the buffet area and let the chef cook them according to their favorite tastes on the spot. The city of Ji is close to the sea, and there is a lot of seafood in the local area. The enjoyment brought to people by this banquet is a seafood feast, and the fresh ingredients in the buffet area are mostly seafood.
Yun Jixing and Yu Ru served three different wines to go with the meal, a steamed large yellow croaker, three bowls of fish maw, large abalone, king crab, bird's nest with coconut milk, goose liver, fried prawns, two baskets of steamed dumplings, crucian carp and tofu soup, a pot of sour soup with lettuce, bean sprouts and fish fillet, and the staple food of rice.
The dishes were almost ready, but they didn't start eating yet. They were still waiting for Jun Wuxia and Xi Yizai to join them.
This exhibition was personally organized by Jun Wuxia, and she was also present, but was busy with other things backstage, so she was unable to meet the two at the exhibition. Now that the exhibition is over, she can be free, and taking this opportunity, both parties want to have a simple meal together.
While waiting, Yun Jixing chatted with Yu Ru to pass the time.
"Aru, what do you think of the jewelry you saw today? Are there any you like? Also, you were frightened the last time you went to Rose Manor, so Sister Junjun wants to give you some more gifts to compensate you. She said that no matter which set of jewelry you like at this jewelry exhibition, she can give it to you."
Yu Ru shook her head, "But she had already given me a lot of things to compensate me. I felt that I couldn't accept her things anymore. It would be bad. And they had already learned about my preferences and taboos in advance. It was my own fault that I missed the shadow of the chicken feet and ruined the party."
Yun Jixing took Yu Ru's hand and said, "Actually, what happened that day was no big deal. You are both right. Don't take it too seriously. But this time, please accept everything that Jun Jun and Xiao Xiao are going to give you, okay?"
After the party at Rose Manor that day, Jiang Zaizhou and Jun Wuxia arranged for people to go to Jianshan Yunting to give her compensation gifts, including food and toys, and each item was very valuable. Yu Ru felt that she had messed up the party and was ready to give some gifts to the host to express her apology, but she didn't expect that the host would be quicker to give her the gifts first.
That would have been fine, but she didn't expect that when Xu Huijun had no time to hold a jewelry exhibition, Jiang Zaizhou held a fashion show and wanted her to pick any item she liked from the exhibition and the show. She felt guilty about accepting such a generous gift and had no way to shirk her responsibility.
Yu Ru was silent, she needed to think.
Yun Jixing saw that she was unwilling to accept it, so he said, "Aru, just accept it, really. Sister Junjun, Little Ant, and Xiaochuan feel that they scared you with that kind of food, so they must compensate you."
As he spoke, he shook Yu Ru's hand slightly, "We grew up together, and we know each other's character very well. It's because our values and ways of dealing with people are compatible that we have been able to play together until now. This is rare, and everyone values this relationship very much. Now that you are with me, it means you have joined in, and they value you as well. They felt bad when they saw that you were so frightened that day, so if you don't accept it, it would seem a bit disrespectful."
Yu Ru thought about it again and finally nodded.
Yun Jixing patted her shoulder with a smile, "Yes, that's right, don't take it too seriously. You think it's not good to accept these gifts, but they think it's not good not to give you gifts. If you accept them now, next time at a birthday party or a celebration banquet, you can find an opportunity to give out the things you want to give. Giving gifts is all about reciprocity, right?"
Yu Ru also smiled and nodded.
"So, do you like any of the jewelry in this exhibition? You can buy it if you like it."
Yu Ru gestured "wait a minute" and reached into Yun Jixing's trouser pocket to take out his phone. Unlocking the phone with the password, finding the phone album, and opening the phone album was a smooth process.
This meant that she wanted to take a look at the photos in the album before making a decision. Yun Jixing said, "Then take a look first, and tell me when you are satisfied."
Yu Ru looked at her phone, nodded, and slowly slid her fingers across the screen, carefully checking every photo related to today's jewelry exhibition.
It is no exaggeration to say that she likes every piece of jewelry in this jewelry exhibition and wants it very much, which makes her feel a little incredible and shocked. Her job has nothing to do with jewelry, but because her job requires her to draw various pictures, which is somewhat related to design, she has also studied jewelry a little. It is rare, or even impossible, for a brand of jewelry to have every piece of a whole series that she likes. "Jun Wuxia" jewelry is the first one.
She can see the unique Chinese romance and thought in every piece of jewelry, which is a genuine design. Perhaps because she is also half a designer, this discovery makes her feel inexplicably moved.
In the field of jewelry design, Europe is far ahead. When their jewelry culture flourished and they kept mining to make more beautiful jewelry, China was besieged by many countries for no reason, and the people even had trouble surviving. It was the war that caused this land with extraordinary historical and cultural heritage, which was almost unique in the world, to have a serious cultural and artistic gap, and it almost disappeared without a trace.
Later, the war stopped, the Chinese rebuilt their civilization, and the European jewelry culture took the opportunity to come over vigorously, bringing more art, but also arrogance, prejudice, jealousy, and greed.
The so-called luxury goods of foreigners were like a sharp blade, reaping the benefits crazily among the Chinese people and levying heavy taxes. Not only were people's wallets looted, but even their knees were pierced, and they fell limply to their knees in front of the mountain of gems.
If we trace the origins of the works produced by the well-known foreign luxury brands, we can find that most of the so-called aristocratic families have made their fortunes by plagiarizing, which started a hundred years ago. Things that belong to the Chinese are unscrupulously appropriated, and the true origins of history are blurred and rewritten as it should be. However, the serious rupture of culture and art has made the truth unknown to the Chinese people. Some people even turn against them, using their self-righteous nobility to ridicule their compatriots, and they hate it and keep lingering.
But there is no way, "When the power is strong, the reason is also strong; when the power is weak, the reason is also weak; only when the forces are equal can one talk about reason and public law." The benevolent can be benevolent, it has always been so.
Fortunately, after generations of efforts, the wounds of this land are healing. However, the road is long and difficult. It will take time to find something that has been lost for thousands of years. Europe's monopoly on Asia in jewelry is still alarming.
Whenever she sees what high-end luxury brands are selling and how good and expensive they are, Yu Ru hopes that a similar domestic product can make a comeback. Especially in the jewelry industry, she hopes that a jewelry brand that belongs entirely to the Chinese can go global and beat all those messy high-end jewelry brands, leaving them with bruises and bloodshed.
Finally, hope came, and that is "Jun Wuxia" jewelry.
"Gold has flaws, white jade has flaws", but Jun is flawless. Perfect name, perfect person, perfect design, Yu Ru can't think of a perfect way to praise all these perfections.
Today's jewelry was also perfect and she had a hard time choosing.