Nie Miyue's place is right at the back gate of Tsinghua University.
When Ye Wangchuan drove over, Nie Mi had been standing at the gate waiting for a while.
The black Phaeton slowly stopped on the side of the road not far from him. Ye Wangchuan got out of the car and called him, "Mr. Nie."
"You're here." Nie Mi just noticed Ye Wangchuan coming over and walked towards him: "I have something to show you."
Ye Wangchuan closed the car door, stood tall, noticed the cowhide bag in Nie Mi's hand, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said in a low and mellow voice: "...Is it related to Nian Nian?"
"Yes." Nie Mi handed over the cowhide bag with a serious expression: "You will know after you take a look."
Ye Wangchuan reached out and took the cowhide bag, tore off the plastic cover, opened the bag, took out the documents from it, and looked at them one by one.
The content is purely in English, and the brief translation is that Qiao Nian's arrangement originally won first place, but after discussion by the organizing committee it was decided to only give him an Excellence Award.
The reason was that a distinguished sponsor of the prize believed that the guzheng was not a musical instrument in the strict sense, and an arrangement based on the guzheng naturally could not be considered an arrangement that met the requirements. However, since Qiao Nian participated in the competition, they still gave him an Excellence Award as an encouragement.
Ye Wangchuan's dark eyes fell on the address to the distinguished sponsor of the bonus in the middle - Mrs. Nie.
He held the paper between his slender fingers, raised his head, and asked Nie Mi: "Mr. Nie, when did this happen?"
Nie Mi rubbed his brows and replied, "This evening."
The relationship between Qiao Nian and Ye Wangchuan was an unspoken secret in the Beijing circle, so Nie Mi certainly didn't need to hide anything from him.
So she frowned and said to him, "Actually, the school and I knew three days ago that Qiao Nian's arrangement won the first place in this competition, but the organizing committee hasn't announced the ranking yet. I knew that Nian Nian won first place, so I didn't rush to tell her."
"I originally planned to wait until the organizing committee announced the rankings and then give the trophy to her."
Qiao Nian was busy all day long, and Nie Mi was too embarrassed to bother her over trivial matters.
Who knows that something that is set in stone could go wrong!
"Around 8 o'clock this evening, I received an email from the organizing committee. The content on it was similar to the document you saw. Then I received a cowhide bag delivered by the organizing committee..."
Nie Mi mentioned this in a bad tone: "Just as the organizing committee sent an email, their official documents were mailed to us right after! Where in the world can you find such a fast courier, especially when it comes to cross-border mailing, how can the timing be controlled so perfectly?"
"It's obvious that they hastily decided not to give Nian Nian the first place this afternoon, and then asked someone in China to print a document and stamp it and send it over."
After all, the other party is one of the internationally prestigious competitions, yet they are openly engaging in shady dealings.
How could Nie Mi not be angry!
He received an email from the organizer and contacted the staff immediately. However, when he questioned them over the phone, the staff hesitated and said that there was no room for maneuver...
Qiao Nian just lost the first place!
Nie Mi was extremely angry, but there was nothing he could do to the other party.
"I suspect someone is deliberately playing tricks behind the scenes, otherwise the organizer wouldn't have hastily canceled Nian Nian's first place without even coming up with a reason."
"I know who it is."
While he was talking, Ye Wangchuan had already finished reading all the documents in his hand without even raising his eyelids, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.
Nie Mi reacted strongly and immediately asked, "Who?"
(End of this chapter)