Annie came over for their meeting.


    The staff had arrived, check-in wasplete and she had to speak to them about some information about thepetition.


    The five of them sat around the sofa, Conor didn’t dare to touch Helena again, she sat on the west sofa and he sat on the east sofa, with a two-metre long coffee table separating them.


    Annie said, “The organizingmittee has assigned a housekeeper to each participatingpany, and I am the housekeeper responsible for you. I am responsible for arranging and informing you of your food, amodation, study and creative time during thepetition. If you have anything to do, you can talk to me directly. If there are no idents, we are going to spend 45 days together.”


    JJ led the apuse.


    They apuded along.


    Helena was distracted as she looked at her hands: what was wrong with her hands? How could it be so strong? When Jasper told herst time, she even said that Jasper was trying to set her up.


    Annie took out the documents and handed one out: “There are 108 jewellerypanies in A City, of which 53 are involved in jewellery design, of which Wan Gu, Abi, Zhaofu and the Yip’s, these fourpanies are among the leading jewellery designers.”


    “This is first jewellery designpetition held by the Howard Group and it will be held once a year in the future.”


    “As this is the first time, the entry barrier is low, no screening of entries is required.”


    “All 53panies have signed up.”


    “Apart from Angle Jewellery, which is a four-person entry, all the otherpanies have ten people, which makes 524 designers in A City.”


    “There were 209 jewellery designpanies registered from out of town.”


    “The Howard Group is responsible for the food and amodation of all entrants, but you will need to pay for your own travel expenses to and from the event. So far, we have received calls from 36panies who have dropped out of thepetition, and there are still 49panies who are hesitant toe over topete.”


    “If the number of people from outside the province is a thousand, that’s a total of 1, 524 people. It’s a big expense to feed and house so many people.”


    “Mr. Jasper doesn’t need ordinary designers with soulless works, and he and the organizingmittee have discussed and decided to start thepetition with a three-day round elimination system. If an individual’s overall score is below the average, it will be eliminated and leave.”


    Annie looked around, “Did I make myself clear? Did you all understand? Are there any questions?”


    William was Helena’s senior, he had a solid background and a mature style, which made him difficult to eliminate.


    JJ was a trainee, but she was gifted and intelligent, and she said she had no problem.


    Helena said there was no problem, she came out of the actual battle and was confident in whatever and however she wasparing.


    Finally only Conor remained.


    Conor shrugged, “There’s only one first prize, so just win one of the three of you.”


    In the meantime.


    Other housekeepers were also informing these messages.


    Somepanies were moreid-back.


    Somepanies were in a mess: “When I signed up, they didn’t say a three-day round elimination system. If they had, I wouldn’t havee.”


    “What can we do in three days?”


    “What can be designed in three days?”


    “Three days is not enough time to make a small sample, I’d better pack up and get ready to go back!”


    “The Howard Group tricked us into making noise and then tried everything to force us to get out early, shame on it.”


    ……


    Reba was flustered.


    What was about the knockoutpetition? How it was carried out? If it was a livepetition, did she have to go home in the first round!


    She called Hugo: “Dad, can you call Mr. Jasper and ask him what the elimination rounds are. If Helena doesn’te to thepetition, I still have confidence in my heart. But when shees topete, I’m in a panic. Dad, you know how good I am, I can’tpete with her yet.”


    Hugo gnashed his teeth in hatred, “Have you found her yet?”


    Reba said, “The list sheet only shows that she is at Angle Jewellery, it didn’t show her room number. I went out to try to find her, but the organizingmittee has a rule that participating designers from differentpanies could not visit each other’s doors. I live on the 13th floor and I can only go from the 13th floor to the restaurant, to the conference room, to the designated ce, not to any other amodation floor. Dad, I can’t find her.”


    “You inquire about it.”


    “I did, but I failed.”


    “You go and wait for her in the restaurant, she always has to eat.”


    “I just went to the restaurant and there were hundreds of people in there. I looked around several times but couldn’t find her, so I messaged her toe out for dinner and she said they were eating inside the room. I asked her what room number she was in. She said, “Guess!”


    Hugo wanted to kill her: “If she spoils my good deed, I’ll chop her up and feed her to the dogs.” Thinking about it, it wasn’t right: she was driving a new car today, visually estimated at a million or so, where did she get the money to buy a new car? A new car fitted to her from Angle Jewellery?


    “Who are all the participants in the Angle Jewellery?”


    “In total, there are just four people from Angle Jewellery participating in thepetition, Helena, Conor Campbell, William Sharp, and another one called JJ.” Reba only knew William, not Conor.


    Hugo thought he had misheard: “Who? Say it again? Conor what?”


    Reba read to him word by word: “Conor Campbell.”


    Hugo was dumbfounded and fell onto the sofa, his eyes zed over: It’s over! It’s over! I didn’t expect that. Angle Jewellery is actually Conor’s newpany!


    He had heard before that Conor wanted to be in the jewellery business.


    But his two sons had no mother and needed him to spend time with them, so he could not spare any more time for such big projects.


    Now he took the opportunity to promote himself. In this way, he can save a lot of time in preparation.


    Now that he was here, the first ce was something he’s bound to win. Helena was very capable and William was an elite in the industry, once the two of them joined forces, no designers were no match for them.


    Conor was destined to be the winner!


    No, no, no! He could not win.


    Reba’s voice came over, “Dad, what’s wrong? Is Conor scary?”


    Hugo did not speak, his mind whirling fast: 30 billion cannot be lost, the first ce cannot be lost, Jasper, the big backer, cannot be lost. Conor only has money, he does not know how to do design, if Helena and William are squeezed out, he cannot win thepetition.


    He didn’t know who JJ was, but after driving them away, what chance did JJ have of winning?


    Hugo narrowed his eyes and gave Reba an order: “Reba, no matter what methods you use, you must force Helena and William out, and you must not let them participate in thepetition. If they take part in thepetition, we will be finished. By then, not to mention losing the thirty billion investment, Elias will again ignore you like before.”


    Reba thought: Elias had to be hers! She must squeeze into the upper ss circle!


    Thinking of Elias made her hate again: she was on a happy honeymoon at the moment, but now it was just the two of them out having fun, and she was here alone, suffering and tormented.


    What were they doing at this moment?


    Having sex?


    Reba was jealous and scared: Elias was a man, and if he fell in love with Scarlet, he would lose interest in her, so she had to win.N?velDrama.Org holds text ? rights.


    She covered her stomach, slid to the floor and called the housekeeper: “My stomach hurts, my stomach hurts so much …… call my sister, call my sister over, I’m scared, I’m scared ……”