After Reborn, I Became the Bigshots' Beloved

For all the freshmen at Beijing University, everyone knows that there is an exceptionally talented classmate in the Law School named Lu Sheng.

Coming from a wealthy family, with a fiancé from the crème de la crème of the elite. Not only is she beautiful, with a great figure and personality, but she also possesses a top-level, God-like intelligence and numerous mysterious identities.

Each time one of her identities is revealed, it's as if she's a super big shot in a surprising field.

However, everyone thought that all of Lu Sheng's identities had been revealed before the semester started, as all six fields of the 6-star membership had been matched.

No one expected that in the second week after the University started, big shot Lu Sheng would reveal yet another identity!

After military training, Beijing University kicked off the freshman fashion design competition with an environmental theme.

All freshmen could sign up for this competition, which required using materials often considered waste to create upcycled fashion pieces.

The competition was divided into three rounds. The first round was a preliminary where contestants submitted their design sketches through their respective faculties, with 50 works advancing to the semi-finals.

In the second round or semi-finals, contestants needed to create a finished garment based on their sketches using their materials. The judges would then select 20 pieces based on photographs to progress to the final round.

The final round took the form of a fashion show held in the auditorium, where models wore the twenty finalists' designs as all freshmen watched.

To ensure fairness, the creators of each piece remained anonymous. After each showcase, the audience could vote if they liked a design.

The final ranking was based on the total votes received by each design, with first, second, and third prizes awarded, and encouragement prizes for fourth to tenth place.

Such upcycled fashion, after all, used limited materials like plastic bottles, old umbrellas, Styrofoam, mosquito nets, used shopping bags, etc., making it hard to create something astonishingly new.

The initial designs, like a mermaid gown made from purple plastic bags, a trendy jacket from plastic cardboard, and a grass skirt from fallen leaves, all looked great.

But what truly took everyone's breath away, leaving them in awe, was the last gown to hit the stage.

It was a gown made from yellowing old rice paper.

Layered and superbly tailored, it perfectly outlined the model's figure, enhancing her exceptional temperament.

The cut and design made it hard to believe it was made from old rice paper; it looked more like high fashion couture from a luxury brand.

But what really made it extraordinary was that the rice paper had calligraphy written on it.

Under the magnified view from the stage, one could see the delicate brush strokes, the flowing lines, majestic and grandeur, beautifully elegant and rationally profound.

The bottom of the gown was artistically blended with ink wash, merging with the natural yellow of the rice paper, creating a dreamy, misty rain ambiance.

This gown was stunning!

Every aspect of the tailoring and design was exquisite, and the calligraphy on the rice paper gave it a traditional Chinese flair.

It could not only serve as a dress but also as a medium to promote traditional Chinese culture.

As expected by everyone, the national style ink wash gown eventually garnered the highest votes, nearly unanimously winning first place in the competition.

The moment the winner took the stage, the audience was both surprised and felt it was exceptionally fitting when they saw Lu Sheng.

Geniuses don't follow reason.

Lu Sheng can play piano, compose music, box, shoot arrows, navigate investments, and even cure illnesses. So what if she has a bit of talent in design too? She's just that incredible.

Seeing Lu Sheng win didn't surprise anyone.

According to the rules, these twenty gowns would be auctioned at a charity gala, with the proceeds going towards buying books for children in impoverished mountainous areas.

However, waste materials are still waste. The wealthy attending the charity event would spend maybe a few thousand dollars symbolically buying a gown for the sake of philanthropy.

Truly getting a high price for a gown made from waste material seemed impossible.

The school estimated that if all twenty gowns could sell for around ten thousand dollars, that would already be good.

However! All this changed due to a Weibo post Lu Sheng made that night!

The competition was an internal school event, naturally not causing any social stir.

But Lu Sheng's post on the night of the competition catapulted the hashtag #BeijingUniversityEnvironmentalFashionDesignCompetition# to the second spot on trending topics.

And the exploded first spot trending was #LuShengMrs.Qiangwei#.

[@Lu Sheng: Hi everyone, I'd like to introduce a part of my identity I've never revealed before. I've won the world fashion design competition three consecutive years as Mrs. Qiangwei. This identity was never publicly shown because I was underage when we competed, so someone else always appeared on my behalf, which led to much speculation about me. But now, I guess it clears up some of that confusion for you all.]

[I participated today in an in-school environmental fashion design competition at Beijing University. The competition's intent was great, and it was charitable. The proceeds from the auction of the works will be donated to the mountainous regions.]

[The last rice paper ink wash gown was personally designed, tailored, and made by me. If you're interested, feel free to bid on it.]

Lu Sheng's Weibo post was understated yet landed like a bombshell.

Mrs. Qiangwei!

The universally known Mrs. Qiangwei in the fashion world! The legend worshipped by independent designers all over China! Founder of the brand The Thorn Birds! And yet again, she turns out to be Lu Sheng??

Soon, The Thorn Birds' official Weibo shared Lu Sheng's post.

The official account stepped in to confirm, silencing any doubts.

But frankly, only a small portion doubted; the majority had grown used to it.

Unfamiliar online fans were still skeptical, while those acquainted with Lu Sheng went off to watch the competition's fashion show live stream.

That night, the phone of the competition organizer, also the Director of the Student Life Department at Beijing University, was flooded with calls.

Confused, the Director asked the Deputy Director who Mrs. Qiangwei was, questioning whether Lu Sheng was indeed a famous designer and if her gown could fetch a high price, perhaps one dress for $10,000?

The Deputy Director took a deep breath: "Director, you know nothing of Mrs. Qiangwei's fame. That gown made from waste by Mrs. Qiangwei herself, $10,000 would barely be a rounding error."

What the hell.

Even the Director couldn't help but exclaim in shock.

The next day's charity auction was held online, with 100,000 people rushing in as soon as it started.

When Lu Sheng's gown was up for bidding, the online attendees skyrocketed to over three million, an unprecedented spectacle.

The starting bid for the gown was $100, which quickly escalated to $1 million. Yet even at a million, a few big shots wouldn't back down, continuing to bid against each other.

Exactly who these big shots were remained a mystery to the netizens.

They speculated that these bidders were likely major corporate CEOs. Winning the gown as a charitable act meant major corporate publicity under Mrs. Qiangwei's name, which was far more effective than spending millions on advertising.

However, while everyone was bidding, someone unexpectedly placed a $10 million bid, instantly clinching the deal.

$10 million, for a gown made from old rice paper? Even for corporate exposure, such a price was incredibly steep!

The account ID was—[Ilovebaby]

Ilovebaby?

Well, it seems the identity of the big shot wasn't all that hard to guess.