After school, Wen Xinya came to the teacher's office.
The substitute teacher of Wen Yaya's class is named Ji Shihan, who is already in her forties and has been teaching at Capital University for more than ten years. She is one of the more senior teachers at Capital University. She is not only very famous at Capital University, but also a world-renowned jewelry design teacher. Every year, from all over the world, there are countless students who love the profession of jewelry design and try their best to get to know her. Even if they cannot become her students, it would be good to receive some guidance from her. According to her, several of the famous jewelry designers in the world today are her students.
This is why, when Yan Menglu just heard that the teacher was very likely to choose her as an incoming student, she became so jealous that she lost her mind and even provoked her in public in front of the whole class.
After Wen Xinya entered the school, she received guidance from Teacher Ji. Although she mastered a lot of knowledge, she did not digest it well. She benefited a lot from the guidance from Teacher Ji on several occasions.
So, when she learned that Teacher Ji asked her to go to her office after school, her heart was filled with joy and excitement. Even if she could not be accepted as an undergraduate, at least she could get some guidance from her.
The office door was not closed. Teacher Ji was sitting at her desk, buried in reading documents. The sunlight shone on her profile, and she looked focused and wise. Such a scene made Wen Xinya almost unable to bear to disturb her.
Wen Xinya knocked on the door twice gently.
Ji Shihan raised her head, took off her glasses, and said with a smile, "Come in!"
Wen Xinya followed instructions and walked into the office and sat on the sofa.
Ji Shihan said with a smile: "What you said in the classroom before was very good!"
She taught too many students. On the first day of school, in the first class, she only said the first sentence once. Everyone listened carefully, but only a few students could really take her words to heart and even remember them every year. However… those students who could really remember her words in their hearts have achieved great success so far.
Wenxinya is the few people who are remembered and kept in mind.
This made her appreciate this student even more.
Wen Xinya's face turned red immediately, and she felt so ashamed: "I was just using the teacher's words to show off my skills."
Ji Shihan looked at her with a meaningful smile: "You are not borrowing my words, because these words did not come from my mouth."
"Then... who said this?" Wen Xinya was a little curious. After all... when she first heard this, she felt her soul touched. She felt that this sentence was full of wisdom and convincing.
Ji Shihan said: "This person is your mother, Mo Yunyao."
Wen Xinya was shocked: "My mother!"
Ji Shihan laughed. Her smile was filled with reminiscence and longing: "Back then, your mother and I went to France for the first time to participate in the French Fashion Jewelry Design Competition. At that time... although we were a little famous in China, we were still unknown internationally. We did everything we could to get the qualification to participate in the competition. We almost made a name for ourselves in the design competition after passing five levels and defeating six generals. However, a well-known designer who participated in the competition insulted us, the Z people, on the spot, saying that we, the Z people, were not worthy of being jewelry designers, such a noble profession. He even asked to disqualify us on the spot."
Wen Xinya had never imagined that Teacher Ji Shihan actually had such a relationship with her mother. She knew very little about her mother, and she did not expect to have the opportunity to hear such a story about her mother from other people's mouths. She felt indescribably excited and happy.
Ji Shihan smiled and looked at Wen Xinya: "The situation at that time was the same as what you encountered before, except that we were facing top jewelry designers from all over the world, as well as well-known judging groups and tens of thousands of audiences. Your mother made such a speech in such an occasion. After she finished speaking, some people mocked and disdainfully, some sneered, and some gloated. I still remember that the first applause came from a judge from the French royal family. He was very excited and stood up and hugged us on the spot."
In that era, the country was very weak, its diplomacy was also quite weak, and foreigners were discriminatory towards the Chinese. Wen Xinya could imagine the situation at that time, and she felt a sense of pride in her heart.
Ji Shihan laughed, "It was also because of those words that the judge kept giving us high scores in the following competitions. I was eliminated in the semi-finals and took fourth place, while your mother... because of her design style, was not liked by one of the judges and got a low score and ranked second, becoming the true uncrowned king. The 'Dragon Soul' designed by your mother is still collected in a French museum."
Wen Xinya knew about the Dragon Soul set, because it was a set of men's accessories, including a tie clip, cufflinks, watch, and ring. The design concept was based on the dragon totem believed by the Chinese, and the design had a strong Z country humanistic color. It amazed everyone at the time, because everyone knew that this was not a design pattern prepared by her mother, but an impromptu design by her mother. In this way, her mother demonstrated her patriotism and the unique pride of being a descendant of the dragon, and slapped the faces of all those who despised and insulted the Z country people on the spot.
It was also because of this incident that my mother established her unparalleled position in the jewelry design industry in Country Z.
At the same time, Wen Xinya was also quite shocked. She didn't expect that at that time, Teacher Ji Shihan actually got fourth place. No wonder Teacher Ji Shihan had such a high status in the design industry.
Ji Shihan looked at her and smiled gently: "Your mother and I are good friends. Strictly speaking, you should call me Aunt Ji."
After Wen Xinya entered school, she did not reveal her previous friendship with Yun Yao. She just wanted to see if she inherited her mother's superb design talent.
As it turned out, she did not disappoint.
At present, it seems that her design talent is not much inferior to Yun Yao, and her foundation is very solid, and the knowledge she has mastered is quite extensive. She has seen her design works, which are quite spiritual, but not mature enough, and her professional system knowledge is still a little weak. She is a piece of unpolished jade with greater plasticity than Yun Yao. As long as she is carefully carved and given time, she will surely shine with unparalleled brilliance.
Wen Xinya knew that Teacher Ji Shihan had such a relationship with her mother, and she was not as reserved as before: "Aunt Ji, I will tell you more about my mother in the future."
Ji Shihan nodded with a smile: "Your mother was truly a brilliant and talented person back then."
Mo Yunyao was a generous woman. When they met, they often exchanged design experiences. She never kept them to herself and she also received a lot of guidance from her. Facing a woman like that, you couldn't even feel jealous. She knew that she would never be able to surpass her in design, so she finally decided to study at Beijing University and then began to teach.
After Mo Yunyao died, she received a book of her design experience accumulated over the years. With this design experience, her attainments in design reached a new level.
Therefore, even if Xinya really had no talent for design, she would keep her by her side, treat her as a personal student, and teach her wholeheartedly.