Stay Around You Now And Forever novel (Hunter Jackson) novel Chapter 209

The competition today was mainly about teamwork.

The format was simple. The teams were given five hours from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to complete an assigned story.

The difficulty level was super high.

It was also very boring for the judges and the audience.

So, a lot of the audience had left by noon.

While at the judges’ table, nobody left because Young Master Hunter and Young Master Henry were still there.

Both of them were busy with their matter, each with a notebook.

They were the young masters of the powerful families and also the core people of a big group who had one thousand and one things to do, so of course, they could not waste their entire five hours sitting down and doing nothing.

But actually, they really did not need to be present personally.

For this kind of competition, although they had to pick and choose a team, they could actually just ask their subordinates to do that task.

Coming personally was not only a waste of time, but also very boring.

The school authorities of Skyler University had directly set up tables in the stadium to invite Hunter and Henry for a meal.

Whereas, for the participants, the school authorities had prepared fast food for them.

The assigned storyline had a designated direction without specifics. Emily took an hour to thoroughly finish the entire script.

While for Aryan, he had already started to work on the line draft as soon as the first line of Emily’s script was written. Indeed, he did not even waste a second.

Lois was busily pouring teas for the participants and delivering fast food to them. She also cleaned up the table for them.

Whenever Aryan completed the line draft for some parts, he would pass them to Rufus to do the outlining.

Rufus did the same. As soon as there were outlines on a few grids, he would immediately pass them to Sally and Joe.

Overall, it seemed that their team still contained too few people. They only had five but the other teams had at least ten people.

In terms of the number of people, they were only half of the other teams.

Fortunately, Emily’s script was finished quickly and Aryan was also fast in doing the line drafts.

Even though there were only five in their team, their progress was not slower than others.

After Emily finished the script, she helped Aryan to do the line drafts.

At noon, one still could see Aryan doing the line draft seriously.

The heart warmed. This was a scene that could make someone feel touched to cry.

How important was trust among each other?

She believed he would join back while he believed she would not find someone else to replace him.

If anything happened in the meantime or if one of them did not trust the other, the team would be in jeopardy in this competition.

However, they had all made it. They were strongly determined to form a team with each other!

“Emily, have some food first.” Lois handed the fast food box to her.

“Okay.” Emily held the fast food box and inadvertently saw the man sitting at the bottom seat.

He was already sitting at the meal table, facing the competition zone.

When Emily looked up, she felt he was gazing at her.

Her heart raced and when she tried to look at him again, she found out that Young Master Hunter’s gaze was not on her, and she did not know which team he was staring at.

She heaved a sigh of relief and lowered her head to eat, no longer thinking about this matter.

A five-hour competition was indeed boring.

The speed of finishing did not matter today and no participant was allowed to leave earlier. Therefore, how to fully utilize the five hours given would become a challenge for all participants.

The script that was too simple would cause a team to finish much earlier and this would cause the team to have a less competitive advantage.

The script that was too complicated might cause a team unable to finish before the time stated and this would cause the points of the team to be deducted.

In short, every competition was very difficult. However, for a competent team, the more difficult the competition was, the more excited they would be.

The competition today was not hard to guess the winner.

As Aryan had joined back, all the members of the September Drawing Club were in extremely high spirits.

All of them were doing their best.

When the drawings done by their team were displayed on the big screen, the members of the audience were completely intrigued and fascinated.

The style, the plot and the smooth shot were simply incomparably beautiful!

“This can’t be considered comics anymore, it clearly reaches the level of animation.”

“No, it’s still slightly not good enough to be considered animation.”

“Of course, each of the illustrations of the animation requires a few days to be completed.”

“But for comics, this is bound to be a top-notch drawing style.”

…Even the member of Nina’s team was stunned when the mate turned back to have a look at it, “How can it be…so perfect!”

Nina’s hand trembled and she held the paintbrush tightly.

The paintbrush was trembling slightly in her hand, as if it would be crushed at any moment!

She did not need to turn and look back at all!

She knew how good Emily’s talent in writing a script was since the first day of the competition.

She knew better than anyone else about how good Raphael’s talent in line draft was.

The hateful girl by the name of Sally who was in charge of colouring was also transcendent in colouring.

They were indeed an impeccable team! She knew it!

“What are you looking at? Quickly do your task!” The assistant glared at the team member in fury.

The team member hurriedly turned back and continued to do the outlining, not daring to take another glance again.

However, the drawings that were seen through the glance had been completely etched in the deepest part of the memory and could never be forgotten again.

When the members of other teams saw it, they instantly became just like withered flowers.

Sometimes, the loss of a team in a competition might not necessarily due to the outstanding talent of the opponent, but the negative mind set of the team members.

It was clear that the September Drawing Club had absolutely defeated the other teams mentally this time!

Five hours later, the drawings were sealed.

After another 30 minutes, the host announced the results of the competition.

The third place, the Painting Club of Skyler University.

The second place, Nina’s Studio.

The first place, deservedly, the September Drawing Club.

Knowing that there was an award ceremony, those audiences who had left came back now.

The members of the audience gave a big round of applause continuously.

The host invited the guests to give the awards. The award of the third place was given by the leader of Bentson University while the award of the second place was given by the leader of Skyler University.

Nina did not go on stage to receive the award. For her team, second place was clearly a shame.

She never got the second place in this kind of inter-school competition, never!

However, Nina was sitting in the lounge area and was still waiting.

This was because there were two very important slots left.

The Sharp Group intended to choose a team for collaboration. As of now, the September Drawing Club had the highest possibility to be chosen by the Sharp Group.

But, no one could guarantee that Young Master Henry might want to choose others in his mind.

Emily looked so ugly. It was possible that Young Master Henry did not like her and refused to choose her team.

If the Sharp Group really did choose the September Drawing Club, a legendary slot was still available in which the slot would be for the team chosen by Jackson Group.

The news that Jackson Group was going to start an animation production company was not an empty rumour.

Nina had already asked someone to inquire about it. Indeed, Jackson Group had started to make a move.

There was only one September Drawing Club. After it was chosen by the Sharp Group, Jackson Group would not be able to choose it again.

If Jackson Group really wanted to choose a team, then Nina’s Studio would have a very high chance!

Flora was of the same mind.

Although she was not in the top three, Young Master Hunter might still choose her since she was so beautiful.

She was the campus belle of her department and she was even more gorgeous than Nina, so did she need to worry?

For a man who wanted to choose a woman, the talent was not the first consideration but the looks and body shape were the most crucial factors, right?

“Congratulations.” Henry, as the VIP, was asked to personally give the award to the September Drawing Club.

Emily received the trophy from him and held it aloft with her teammates.

Under the stage, photos were taken and the live broadcast was on-going. The atmosphere was bustling with noise and excitement.

Henry received the mike from the host’s hand and smiled at Emily, “We, the Sharp Group, have decided to choose the September Drawing Club as our partner to form a new animation production company, I wonder if the September Drawing Club is willing to accept this?”

Emily and her mates felt a jolt of excitement.

But surprisingly, another tall figure suddenly walked out of the judges’ table.

Another mike was taken by him at a certain moment, “We, Jackson Group are also planning to form a new animation production company next month. We hope that the September Drawing Club will join us as shareholders.”

There was a series of wow from the members of the audience.

This was…a blatant attempt to scramble for someone!

The Sharp Group vs. Jackson Group, Young Master Henry vs. Young Master Hunter, so cool!