Interstellar Travel: Becoming a Dress-Up Game Designer

Chapter 147

The studio staff were exhausted and didn't want to deal with the players, so they pretended not to see them.

After the event, they enjoyed a nice meal, and Lin Shuying generously announced, "I'm taking a five-day vacation starting today!"

"Boss, I love you the most!"

The employees cheered.

It's great to have a holiday; they're going to grind games.

Due to the accident, this event will be extended by one week.

After the game was fixed, players entered the game and were greeted by a sky-blue origami crane fluttering and flying towards them.

Upon opening, I found a message that the event had been extended for another week.

The players were very happy.

After finishing watching it, I rushed back to where I had been, only to find, to my dismay, that the half-finished project was gone!

"Waaaaah, the panda I painstakingly carved is gone."

"My sculpted Chang'e!"

"Mine is still here, but the good paint layer is gone."

After players discovered the game was fixed, the timeline was pushed back six hours.

Lin Shuying was unaware of the extension announcement when it was posted, so no compensation update was made.

Zhang Zhongxia logged off and told her the situation, "Boss, should we restore the data?"

Lin Shuying: "Can it be restored?"

Wei Linwei and his assistant spent half a day trying to recover, but they couldn't.

Lin Shuying said, "It's alright, we'll just give everyone some compensation when the event ends."

She was familiar with this process; she used to receive server shutdown compensation when playing games, although it wasn't much.

She should make one too.

It seems there were previous server shutdowns, but no compensation was offered. Let's just save them up and give them out all at once.

I don't want to think right now, I just want to sleep. I'll think about it later.

Although the game progress was set back six hours, the players had no complaints.

When the game was offline, everyone immersed themselves in it and realized that the previous work could have been improved upon. Those with a penchant for detail meticulously refined their creations in the holographic world, planning to redo them based on the later versions.

For most people, quitting a game after six hours is just right.

Some people are just unlucky, but you can't say it.

If Qingfengyi were to shut down again, their hearts wouldn't be able to take it. But considering they had just hosted a visually stunning fashion show, they decided to give the designer some face.

Although the fashion show only had about one million live audience members, the live stream became a sensation across the entire galaxy.

In the past century, apart from military training and school training camps, there have been very few offline activities of this scale.

Once the holographic world is established and perfected, these activities will all be held there. It is more convenient to control and people can easily go there. There are no safety issues and less consumption.

Let people from all over the galaxy participate.

People generally agree that this kind of event is not suitable for offline events, as it would be a waste of various resources.

However, the Qingfengyi event has sparked considerable debate about whether it's a good idea for StarCraft to move all such events online.

There are many benefits, but are those really the benefits that humans pursue?

I can't explain it.

But those who went to participate were very happy; it was a joy that involved the entire body and all five senses in a state of excitement and exhilaration.

It's popular.

Yes, it's popular.

However, none of this mattered to Lin Shuying. After resting, she planned to make herself a cheongsam. This fashion show really rediscovered the beauty of the cheongsam, and she couldn't resist making one for herself.

Choose a dark blue velvet fabric with sky-blue butterflies, dark red small flowers, and tiny pink polka dots. Don't cover the entire design; instead, sparsely embellish the fabric.

The hem slit is very low, around knee-length.

It is made of plain black velvet, woven and sewn with eight gold butterfly rims.

The stand-up collar is also gold, instantly giving it a luxurious feel.

There's a reason why people love gold; gold really exudes luxury and makes you feel rich just by looking at it.

Whether used extensively or as a small accent, it looks beautiful.

Some of the best designs are particularly grand and magnificent.

After finishing the shoes, Lin Shuying also made a pair of high heels in the same color scheme. The shoes had a pink butterfly on the front, which was very eye-catching, and the pattern of the same design was turned into gold.

After putting it on, I felt so energetic.

It is paired with a butterfly bamboo fan with a red tassel at the bottom, and a blue cat's eye stone on the tassel.

On her right wrist was a sky-purple ice bracelet, and she wore a pink pearl necklace. She also wore bamboo leaf earrings.

Her hair was simply styled in an updo, adorned with a white jade hairpin with a small emerald green bamboo leaf hanging from its tip.

Xia Chunqi's eyes lit up. "Sis, it's so beautiful! I want to take a picture of you!"

Lin Shuying smiled and said, "Okay."

Finally, we took a set of photos.

They pulled out all of Lin Shuying's wardrobe, a total of 103 outfits.

The photos were taken, made into a promotional video, and posted to the studio's account.

Many fans were envious.

There are photos of her gazing out the window, lounging on a chaise lounge, engrossed in her craft, and smiling gently at the camera.

Every single one is so beautiful.

"Ugh, designer, if you're so capable, don't post videos, post pictures instead!"

"I need pictures! Pictures, pictures!"

"I want this picture as my game background image, it looks so good!"

"Yeah, a new one every day, ugh."

"Don't you care about the designers keeping so many of their own clothes? So many beautiful outfits haven't been made into the game!"

"Yeah, these clothes are so beautiful, designer, are you worried we can't afford them?"

"Don't underestimate my wallet, hurry up and get in!"

Lin Shuying won't be wearing it; of course, she'll wear the best herself.

When it comes to dressing to a certain level, the best clothes are of course unique.

Otherwise, those wealthy people in her past life wouldn't have pursued unique private orders; most of what she did for herself was privately made.

At most, employees use it to learn skills, and they can do it themselves.

Lin Qiaoqiao also cleverly avoided accepting orders for custom-made clothes similar to Lin Shuying's, a move that could elevate Lin Shuying's status.

This influence is subtle and gradual. Later on, people will have the thought: "Ah, it's designed by Lin? It must be good!"

This kind of influence is very valuable.

After finishing the clothes and relaxing a bit, I started brainstorming compensatory items for the event's conclusion.

Flipping through my notebook, which contains notes I keep, this event is about lacquerware, so how about giving away a set of dragon and phoenix lacquer carvings?

The lacquer carving is not large, about one meter high and half a meter wide.

The phoenix raises its neck and takes flight, its wings half-open, its tail fluttering, and its legs tucked under its belly. Its gaze is fixed firmly on the upper diagonal, as if it intends to spread its wings and soar high into the sky.

Chinese people have no resistance to things with auspicious meanings. They like anything as long as it has a good meaning.

This idea is reflected in every aspect of life, such as "peace and safety in small things," "rising step by step," and "getting promoted and making a fortune."

Speaking of this, Lin Shuying suddenly felt like organizing an event called "The Matter of Fortune and Misfortune: Know and Wait for the Right Moment".

Let's get right to it and start our work inside the holographic capsule!

Players were getting bored with the immersive art experience, so the event ended.

The most anticipated event this time was the Creation Ranking, because most players created their own unique lacquerware.

Some players spent the entire event grinding for ten sets of rare items and creating their own lacquerware designs, truly putting in a lot of effort.

I kept revising the draft, constantly adjusting the colors and details, all to make it the best piece of work.

On the eve of the event's end, many players expressed their feelings about how difficult it was for them, and they could better understand the difficulty that the ancients had in creating this technology.

But I also experienced the joy of immersing myself in something.

It seems that the easier life is for people, the less they have the time to reflect on and seek out things they love and can immerse themselves in.

Lin Shuying silently observed everyone's reflections, but she actually had many thoughts in her mind.

Interstellar people generally have basic survival guarantees and sufficient resources, time, and energy to pursue their dreams. However, in her era, many things were defined and restricted.

Especially for many hobbies, without sufficient resources to support them, pursuing dreams is a laughable thing for most people.

Some people resolutely embark on the path of pursuing their dreams, only to end up battered and bruised.

There are very few lucky people like her.

A large portion of the lucky ones also succeeded because their dreams aligned with the mainstream world.

She felt happy once again, both in the past and now, that she was on the path she most wanted to take.

Soon, the announcement that the event had ended came down.

The players excitedly arrived at Yaochi and tacitly chose to watch the leaderboard.

Sure enough, this week's Creation Ranking is full of lacquerware designed by the players themselves, and each one is more beautiful than the last.

In addition, the rewards are no longer the same fixed set as before, but brand new prizes specially customized for this event!

In the crowd, the player who won first place jumped up excitedly, "Ahhh, Qingfengyi, I love you!"

She was aiming for first place, but she didn't know that Qingfengyi would change the prize and give her a completely new one.

In other words, the prize she received was unique!

The announcement stated that the prizes are only available to the leaderboard in this event.

Players who didn't make the list are envious.

"Qingfengyi, you're so unethical! If you had just said so, I would have been number one."

"Exactly! If they hadn't told me beforehand that they were going to change the prize, I definitely would have come in first!"

Lin Shuying made this decision on the spur of the moment because all the entries on the list were so amazing and deserved better prizes.

The first-place lacquerware piece was a pleated screen that recreated many of the transition scenes from the Qingfengyi series. It was meticulously crafted using mother-of-pearl and colored lacquer, bringing each scene to life.

After getting to know more, I learned that this player is a master painter, which explains why he can achieve such a level.

So beautiful!

It is also very meaningful to Qingfengyi, as it tells Lin Shuying and the players that there are indeed people who have gained a lot of meaningful things here.

Many players were moved to tears while watching.

The first prize is a Suzhou embroidery table screen with a lacquered frame. The frame is made of sandalwood with a red lacquer finish and has a faint fragrance.

The top is simply decorated with flowing cloud patterns in gold paint.

The gold lacquer used is a reddish-gold color, which is hidden within the red as much as possible so as not to overshadow the Suzhou embroidery.

The Suzhou embroidery is a double-sided design of peonies and pheasants. The peonies are pink and purple, set off by green leaves, and the flowers are in full bloom with great grandeur and rich detail.

The golden pheasant, with its brightly colored and vibrant plumage, stands proudly on the rockery where peonies bloom.

Suzhou embroidery is one of the most outstanding embroidery styles in China, capable of capturing the details of everything on fabric with individual silk threads. It possesses a vibrant sheen and expressive power, attracting countless admirers.

In Lin Shuying's time, a top-quality Suzhou embroidery could sell for tens of millions of yuan.

It is also one of the technologies with a very large price difference.

The cheapest are tens or hundreds of dollars, while the most expensive are hundreds of millions.

It was truly shocking.

At that time, many people admired Western art and luxury goods, believing that China had no luxury goods or art. Lin Shuying even argued with many laymen about this, which sometimes made her feel quite helpless.

From her perspective, Chinese luxury goods and art are positioned too high up, making them difficult for certain types of people to see.

Chinese luxury goods are truly luxurious, and their artworks truly possess artistic merit.

Each one is genuine and of high quality, which is truly admirable.

The West emphasizes the stories behind artworks; do Chinese artworks lack stories?

The production process itself is the best and most touching story. The effort behind each piece tells everyone that the work truly deserves its title as a work of art.

Luxury goods are the same; regardless of aesthetics, technology, design, color, etc., which aspect is not unique?

However, many people just can't see the dazzling brilliance of the treasure in their own hands, and instead stare at someone else's stone, thinking it's rare and priceless.

When someone else finds a piece of quartz in their stone, they suddenly feel like the white jade in their possession was carved out of that stone...

He never imagined that someone else would covet his jade so much that their eyes would turn red, and they would search for similar pieces of quartz, and as they kept finding similarities, the origin of everything would become theirs.

........

Suzhou embroidery made its appearance, instantly captivating the players, who all looked at the screen with envy.

"Lacquerware can be paired with embroidery? I never expected that."

"So you're not number one, that was amazing!"

Do you want to fight?

"I don't have time to fight you. I'm going to ask that beauty if she can sell it to me. I'm really missing that screen."

Many players nearby scoffed, "Ask everyone around here, who doesn't need it?"

After getting his items, the player quickly went home, changed his appearance, and came back again.

Her inbox was overflowing with messages asking to buy things and adding her as a friend, but she didn't look at them, and dared not look at them.

The price offered by such a wealthy person is simply irresistible; I couldn't resist it at all after seeing it!

The next two hundred people all received different prizes. The top prizes were pretty good, including various lacquerware ornaments, while the lower prizes included lacquerware bracelets, embroidered sachets, and so on.

What you give isn't the point; everything Qingfengyi gives is excellent.

The key point is that these items are limited edition and one-of-a-kind!

Who understands the heart of a collector?

Having acquired one treasure allows you to spend the equivalent of two treasures to entertain guests and show off...

The exciting part here has ended, and the exciting part begins over there as people change costumes.

The prize for first place this time is a set of costumes: Red Robe and White Fox Legend.

The hair is white, paired with a large gold hairpin that forms a semi-circular fan shape at the back of the head.

At the very top, a peony crown divides the scene.

A sky-blue hair ribbon fluttered behind her.

She wore a red dress, somewhat similar to a cheongsam, with a strapless design, paired with a gold gauze outer garment.

Below are high-heeled red embroidered shoes, with a red strap tied all the way up to the knee.

It can be seen from the slit in the clothes, appearing and disappearing intermittently.

The most stunning thing is the white shawl, which can change shape!

After the player put it on, the shawl initially hung loosely on his arm, then slowly flew up and began to strangle the player's neck. Just when everyone thought something dangerous was about to happen, it transformed into a long-tailed fox that coiled around the player's neck.