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Chapter 969: Chapter 850: I Don’t Design Things for Money (Please Subscribe!)
For example.
Once, the Teacher asked, "Tang Qing, what is the most important thing in a news interview?"
Tang Qing answered, "Finding the interviewee."
Look at that.
So insightful.
So profound.
It’s just that the Teacher was somewhat at a loss whether to laugh or cry because the answer was obviously a bit off-topic, and yet it seemed not entirely wrong.
The Teacher then asked, "What do you do if a passerby being interviewed on the street doesn’t cooperate?"
Tang Qing replied, "Here’s a hundred bucks for ten minutes of your time."
Simple and effective.
Of course.
All this was part of the fun in the classroom.
Afterward, Tang Qing would provide some so-called ’standard answers’, along with some personal analysis and insights, which generally earned him a kind smile from the Teacher, who thought that this kid was quite spirited and not rigid in thinking.
What a pity.
Tang Qing wasn’t their student.
...
In the classroom.
To accommodate Tang Qing’s habits.
Lin Jiaxue also followed him to the back row, where she asked why he preferred it there; Tang Qing’s response was that he didn’t like having strangers behind him watching, as it made him feel insecure.
After he put it that way, Jiaxue suddenly felt a similar sentiment.
From then on.
She too began to enjoy sitting in the back, liking the ’special feeling’ of being able to see everyone without being seen herself, a bit like having a sense of ’control over everything.’
Anyway, it didn’t really matter where they sat; it’s not like they couldn’t hear the Teacher speak.
Jiaxue listened attentively to the class.
Tang Qing did his own thing—drawing.
Since the last time he drew a design effect picture for his Uncle Kai’s electric car, Tang Kai had not even thought about hiring a design company. Recently, to increase the variety of products offered by the company, Tang Kai had Tang Qing design some new electric cars. 𝑛𝘰𝑣𝑝𝑢𝑏.𝘤𝑜𝘮
In addition to two-wheelers.
There were also three-wheelers, single-wheelers, and even four-wheeled golf carts and sightseeing cars.
Although he didn’t earn a cent for the designs, seeing his designs turn into commodities hot-selling across the world and liked by a large number of consumers was quite a happy affair.
One by one.
Sheet by sheet.
Sketches of the appearance from various angles were rapidly produced in Tang Qing’s hands.
Parts.
Dimensions.
Meticulously noted.
As for electric cars, after a few days of intensive studying, Tang Qing had done considerable research. He understood the components, the functionality, and the technical requirements as well as any professional mechanical designer.
Therefore, Tang Qing’s current design was not limited to appearance.
It even included the dimensions and parameters of every part.
In essence, he alone was equivalent to a whole technical department.
Jiaxue occasionally glanced at Tang Qing’s work.
Then looked affectionately at the person who was drawing.
Now a professional herself, she recognized the difficulty of his task, which had escalated to a level where even industry masters would have to kneel, drawing complex mechanical designs as accurately as computer-aided designs without using a ruler or any assistance.
"Done," Tang Qing put down his pen.
He stretched his arms, a habit he practiced even though he didn’t feel tired at all.
"Tangtang, all finished?" Jiaxue leaned over and whispered.
Tang Qing smiled slightly.
His right hand wrapped around Jiaxue’s waist, he leaned in and planted a kiss on her cheek. Jiaxue shyly looked around and, seeing that no one had noticed them, relaxed.
"Job done, the yacht is in the bag," Tang Qing said with a laugh.
Even though Uncle Kai didn’t pay him for his designs.
There were still rewards.
Tang Kai learned that Tang Qing got a seaview villa, but since a villa couldn’t be gifted, and an airplane would be of little use to Tang Qing, and Tang Qing didn’t like sports cars, then something else must be given. Since it was a seaview villa, how could one go without a yacht?
So, Tang Kai prepared to gift Tang Qing a large yacht.
Upon hearing this offer,
Lin Jiaxue couldn’t help but sigh, never did she imagine that a day would come when relatives would gift each other so ’generously.’ Such gifts seemed rather common among the gifts given by elders, Lin Jiaxue thought.
But it wasn’t a giveaway for free.
It was exchanged for Tang Qing’s talent, his artistic talent.
Lin Jiaxue took the thick stack of sketches from Tang Qing and began to flip through them, liking them more and more. She looked up at Tang Qing, "Tangtang, can I keep these sketches?"
"Of course you can. I’ll send the digital version to my uncle when I get back, and then this copy is yours. Just don’t try to copy my drawing method, being able to draw a person or scenery is enough for you."
Tang Qing reassured her, if Lin Jiaxue took this as her goal, she would probably be troubled by it for her entire life.
"Okay," Lin Jiaxue smiled and nodded.
At that moment,
melodious music began to play.
The last class ended.
After the teacher left,
the counselor walked in.
He emphasized the precautions for the May Day trip, and then left coolly, prompting cheers from the students, who left in groups. The thought of a seven-day vacation was exciting, even though half of them planned to sleep through it in the dormitory.
"Jiaxue, I saw you looking at Tang Qing’s drawing all class, what is it? Can I take a look?" Zeng Rou leaned in with Ning Jing and Gu Man right behind her. They had made plans to mooch a meal at Tang Qing’s house that night.
"Sure," Lin Jiaxue happily handed them over.
Zeng Rou took the sketches and couldn’t hide her amazement, "Wow, such a beautiful car, Tang Qing, did you draw all these?" Ning Jing and Gu Man also gazed at the sketches with shining eyes.
In their eyes was the word ’admiration.’
They had seen Tang Qing draw people and objects, but it was their first time seeing him draft mechanical designs.
"Could it have been drawn by you?" Tang Qing retorted.
Unperturbed by Tang Qing’s tone, Zeng Rou chuckled, "Tang Qing, your product design is really amazing, the electric car looks so good. My family is also in electronic products. How about you design a nice-looking product appearance for us too?"
"Nope," Tang Qing replied directly.
"Why not?" Zeng Rou pouted.
Tang Qing smiled and said, "I don’t design things for money."
At this, Zeng Rou rejoiced, "That’s easy then, I just won’t give you money."
"I..."
Tang Qing was at a loss for words.
"Pfft," Lin Jiaxue couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
"Haha."
"..."
Tang Qing was both amused and annoyed, saying, "You actually said that out loud."
Far from ashamed, Zeng Rou grinned, "Hehe, what’s wrong with that? You’re not short on money. You must already have so much that it doesn’t even fit in your home’s safe. Giving you money would be an insult to your design skills."
"Is that supposed to be a compliment or just cheeky?" Tang Qing was speechless.
"Of course it’s a compliment!" Zeng Rou flashed an innocently harmless smile.
Rolling his eyes, Tang Qing said, "...You win, but just give up that idea. This is for my uncle’s company’s design. I didn’t take money for it, but I did exchange it for a yacht. If you want a bargain, it’s not going to work."
"..."
Now it was Zeng Rou’s turn to be speechless.
So this stack of sketches was exchanged for a yacht.
Could it get any more luxurious?
Seeing there was no way to coax the sketches away, she shifted her interest to the yacht, "Tang Qing, where is the yacht? Can I visit it?"
Tang Qing shook his head, "Not yet, it’s still under construction in the shipyard. It won’t be ready until summer vacation. Isn’t your family from Guang Province? You can come and visit for a few days during the summer."
"Alright! Oh, where are you planning to go for May Day?" Zeng Rou asked excitedly.
"Just around Shanghai, my cousin and her friends are coming." Tang Qing had intended to go home for the holiday, but Qin Shi made a fuss about visiting Shanghai, and somehow convinced the whole family.
He had no choice but to take on the task of entertaining them for May Day.
"This May Day, my family is going to Europe. Our flight is tomorrow afternoon; I’ll bring you back some gifts."
"Even if you bribe me, I’m not designing for your family."
"Stingy! Jiaxue, you’re not going to do anything about this? If he keeps up this stinginess, he’ll probably never buy you new clothes again in the future."
"..."
