I Have a Wealth Gathering Array-Chapter 284: Rankings

As the days of June passed, the temperature continued to rise, reaching over thirty-five degrees.

"This heat is killing me!" Zhao Kanghao complained as he walked into the dormitory and headed straight for the air conditioner.

Now that there is air conditioning in the dorm, it’s really hard to bear the heat outside once you’ve gotten used to it.

"Brother Zhao, why do you insist on going for a run in such hot weather? It’s like you’re asking for punishment," Zhou Pang said casually while playing a game in his baggy shorts.

Zhao Kanghao said smugly, "I’m doing it to accompany Yiyi. You single folks just won’t understand."

"Brother Zhao, have you and Jiang Yi, you know... done it?"

Seeing his smug expression, Zhou Pang wore a wicked grin and said, "You always seem to be in the dorm, never spending the night out?"

"Shut up."

At these words, Zhao Kanghao’s face turned red, and he couldn’t help but retort, "You dirty-minded fool. I’m talking about a lifelong romance, pure and flawless. You should watch less of that stuff; it’s rotted your brain." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"Impressive, you haven’t even gotten anywhere yet you’re talking so nobly," Zhou Pang gave Zhao Kanghao a big thumbs up.

"Summer vacation is almost here. If you don’t make a move, you’ll have to wait at least another two months."

Zhao Kanghao ignored him and looked over at Li Hanyu.

At this time, Li Hanyu was browsing a website and said, "The Celestial Fortune clothing design competition is about to end. The results will be out soon."

Upon hearing this, the dormitory crowd came over.

The date was already June sixteenth!

And it had been exactly a month since the Celestial Fortune clothing design competition began! The results were about to be announced!

"Our classmate, Ling Yu, participated too, right? And her ranking isn’t low?" Zhou Pang asked.

"Yeah, she ranks eighty-fourth, just barely making it to the Excellence Award," Li Hanyu nodded.

It was surprising that someone from their Business Management class could do clothing design, and quite well at that.

But such a ranking might just be overtaken; eighty-fifth place doesn’t get any reward.

...

At the Celestial Fortune Building, Qin Yun looked at the information on the screen.

"This Xu Xiaomo’s clothing design is surprisingly popular," Qin Yun said with a hint of astonishment on his face.

Although others couldn’t see the exact data, he definitely could.

At this moment, Xu Xiaomo’s votes were clearly ahead of everyone else’s, indicating that many found her clothing design appealing.

Unexpectedly, a true dark horse had emerged in this design competition!

Beside him, Zhao Tianqiang smiled and said, "President Qin, Su Linxia, whom we sponsored, is also doing well."

At present, Su Linxia’s votes put her fourth, and she ranks first prize!

After watching for a while, Qin Yun asked, "Have you investigated the details of Xu Xiaomo and others yet?"

This Celestial Fortune clothing design competition, besides expanding Celestial Fortune’s reputation, also aimed to recruit talent.

The competition targeted all universities in Su Province, so those who stood out were undoubtedly genuine talents who would surely excel when they enter society.

Therefore, Celestial Fortune was keen on recruiting them.

To propel Celestial Fortune Clothing forward, outstanding designers are a must.

"Yes, it’s all been investigated. Once the results are announced, our people will head to those schools, contact them, and invite them to join Celestial Fortune," Zhao Tianqiang nodded.

Of course, since these are students, some even in their freshman or sophomore years, they can’t possibly stay at the Celestial Fortune Clothing Factory permanently, so it would be on a part-time basis.

Qin Yun wasn’t too concerned about this as the requirements weren’t very strict.

The future design department of Celestial Fortune would consist of both official employees of the factory and part-time students.

More part-timers could be recruited since, although they might number more than the current designers at Qin Yun’s two clothing factories, they wouldn’t cost much in terms of salary.

Allocating some funds to recruit these talented designers in advance was quite worthwhile for Celestial Fortune.

"In that case, let’s release the results!" Qin Yun said with a nod and a smile.

At his instruction, the countdown for the clothing design competition finally appeared on the Celestial Fortune official website!

Many people were now watching intently at their computers.

"The clothing design competition is finally coming to an end."

"I wonder who the winners are?"

"Our Nandong University’s Ning Xi is in second place, so she certainly got first prize, which comes with a twenty-thousand bonus."

"Ning Xi’s clothing design is so strong; if she’s only second, who could be first?"

"No idea."

"The first prize gets fifty thousand! If I got that, I won’t have to worry about tuition for four years."

Everyone was discussing it.

Those who knew their rankings were waiting for the announcement to receive their prizes.

Those who didn’t make it wanted to see how many votes the others got and find out who the first and second places were, to see the gap between themselves and others.

...

In a girls’ dormitory at Jiangyuan University, the girls were all extremely excited, waiting for the competition to conclude.

"Xiaomo, you’re amazing! First place, holding onto first place the entire time!"

"When the competition ends, you’ll have fifty thousand in prize money!"

The girls next to Xu Xiaomo said excitedly.

Xu Xiaomo couldn’t see others’ rankings but could see her own. She was first from beginning to end.

So, this fifty thousand bonus was definitely hers!

Xu Xiaomo also felt a bit excited at this moment, looking at the page in front of her, with a slight fist clench in her left hand.

If she gets the money, her two sisters’ tuition fees wouldn’t be a worry, and her grandmother’s life would improve.

...

At Nandong University, in Ning Xi’s dormitory, Ning Xi was staring at the screen, watching the countdown.

Her rank was still in second position.

"It’s the last minute. I wonder if a miracle could happen."

Ning Xi’s roommates watched, hoping Ning Xi could overtake in the final minute.

However, Ning Xi seemed very calm, having already accepted this result in her mind.

"I just want to see who is first,"

she thought silently to herself; being pressed down the whole time and not knowing who it was had left her a bit frustrated.

Thirty seconds... twenty seconds... ten seconds... five seconds...

Finally, it reached the last second, and the screen displayed "Voting Closed."

Ning Xi quickly refreshed the page, and a plethora of names and vote counts appeared, ordered by the number of votes.

1. Xu Xiaomo (Grand Prize), Jiangyuan University, Votes: 811109

2. Ning Xi (First Prize), Nandong University, Votes: 690156

3. Zhou Lele (First Prize), Jinling Normal University, Votes: 661665

4. Su Linxia (First Prize), Jiangyuan University, Votes: 655641

5...

...

84. Ling Yu (Excellence Award), Jiangyuan University, Votes: 115656

...

Numerous rankings appeared, with all the top eighty-four winners specially marked out.