my friend

The wet rainy season came to an end at the end of April, leaving May with comfortable sunshine and temperature.

When Marvin came out of the office, still wearing his suit, he felt very hot, as if his back had been glued to his close-fitting shirt.He could go home and change into dry clothes before going out, but he didn't want to waste time.So he got into his car, took off his suit and tie, and rolled up his shirt sleeves above his elbows.People look energetic, no matter how they dress up, it is good.

Without thinking, he started the car and drove towards the Qoros Museum.

Recently, Lin Xiao always got off work very late. Marvin would first go to the "Hao Xia Shop" to buy a large box of pastries and drinks, and bring them to Lin Xiao's office to feed his class of students, so as to teach them not to always Teacher Lin, Teacher Lin's, surrounded Lin Xiao and chattered non-stop.After Lin Xiao got off work, they went to have dinner together, then took the sixth brother for a walk, and finally went back to their respective homes to rest.Such an arrangement can make Lin Xiao feel relaxed and comfortable.

Carrying snacks and drinks, Marvin came to Lin Xiao's office area by the familiar way, but did not find him.Someone recognized Marvin and explained to him: "Ms. Lin is in the restoration studio."

"Restore the studio?" Marvin put down the things in his hand and asked in confusion, "Isn't it here?"

"I only do simple repairs here." The man was not polite at all, he raised his hand and opened the snack box, picked out a piece of taro cake and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Go out and turn right, and then go through two doors. Put the high-value and difficult ones over there to do." He mumbled while chewing.

"Two more doors?" Marvin repeated.

This is not difficult for him to understand, and he is also very aware of the necessity of such a setting, so he continued to ask:

"Then how do I get in?"

"Swipe the card."

"Credit card?" Marvin crossed his arms and squinted at the guy who only cared about snacks.

"What and what!"

The man pointed to the badge before reacting.

"Oh...you didn't..."

He patted the scattered crumbs on his hands.

"Then I'll call Teacher Lin and see if I can take you in."

Marvin thinks this guy doesn't look very shrewd, but he's not stupid either.Also, Lin Xiao's students, how could they be bad?

Lin Xiao probably agreed, and this man grabbed another piece of snack and put it in his mouth, and then led Marvin out. According to the route he just said, he used his badge to pass through two security doors, and finally arrived at the real restoration center for work. room.

Lin Xiao was busy with a dozen young people. Marvin didn't go up to say hello, but found a seat near the entrance and sat down.

The room is square and not small, with a visual estimate of more than [-] square feet. Marvin looked at it and saw that the walls around it were covered with drawing paper. Under the drawing paper, there were probably wooden boards. Marvin thought that this should be Which process is it.

There is another door in the back of the room, which is closed.There is a small control panel on the wall at the door, which should be a system for controlling temperature and humidity.

Under this humble building, I don’t know how many similar studios exist.It seems that the strength of Qoros Museum should not be underestimated.

Marvin thought.

Lin Xiao was bowing his body and working together with the people beside him.

"You chose the wrong paper." He said looking at the rice paper with a hole in his hand.There was no reproach in the voice, but the young man who was mentioned blushed instantly.

Lin Xiao didn't stop because of this.

"One point thicker than this."

"Have you brought the silk?"

"Teacher Lin, take a look."

Another person held four or five pieces of silk in both hands, and raised them in front of Lin Xiao.

"What do you think?"

The man thought for a while and picked out a piece from it.

"I think this texture is the closest."

Lin Xiao took it and held it up in front of everyone.

"Everyone come and see."

Everyone came forward and expressed their agreement.

"The observation is very detailed." Lin Xiao said.

"In another 10 minutes, I'll see how the adhesive on Ah Hong's side is doing. I can bring it when it's ready."

"Ok."

Time just flows away in these trivial tasks every minute and every second.Lin Xiao finally straightened up, he raised his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose, his face was a little tired.

When the people were almost gone, Lin Xiao found Marvin sitting at the door.

"When did you come in? I didn't notice at all, I'm so sorry..."

"Ha! I was observing secretly, how could I let you find out easily?" Marvin laughed.

"Let's go, let's eat first." Lin Xiao moved his joints and raised his spirits.

The two walked out of the building side by side, the sky was already dark, and the breeze blew a little coolness, making people relax.

The sound of the engine of a sports car came, breaking the silence at the moment.

"Yo, who is so high-profile?"

The sound of the engine caught the attention of Marvin and Lin Xiao. They saw a white convertible sports car passing by. The co-driver was a young man with a round head and a round face. He raised his hand to greet Lin Xiao: "Senior brother! See you tomorrow !"

Then go away.

"That's not... that's not... Joyce?" Marvin was startled.

Lin Xiao also saw clearly, and saw him nodding with difficulty.

"My senior sister... and... my junior brother? When... how..."

Lin Xiao felt unacceptable.

When he said this, Marvin raised an eyebrow and retorted: "What's wrong? Is there anything impossible?"

Lin Xiao knew what Marvin meant, so he smiled a little: "I didn't mean that, I just wondered when Ah Zhi made the move, even I was kept in the dark."

"Joyce is so good, he must strike first. This Zhi is really good, with vision and courage!" Marvin praised Li Zhi endlessly.

After being bombarded by pornographic news, Lin Xiao finally regained some energy.He was sitting in the co-pilot, flipping through the discs Marvin stored in the car.

"Listen to this." Without looking at it, Marvin squeezed one out of it and put it in the car record player.

The clear sound of the harp gurgled like spring water. After listening to it for a while, Lin Xiao gradually sank his body into the seat.

Marvin held the steering wheel with his left hand, leaned towards Lin Xiao with his right hand, and held Lin Xiao's hand.

Lin Xiao broke free and said strangely, "Why, drive hard."

Marvin smiled and put his hands back on the steering wheel.

"The artist's hand," he said.

Lin Xiao smiled: "I'm just a craftsman."

Marvin didn't answer, just shook his head with a smile.

"Did you notice any difference today?" Lin Xiao asked.

"Hmm..." Marvin thought for a while and said, "There seem to be fewer people."

"That's right." Lin Xiao said, "There were 13 people in my group at the peak. Now counting Ah Zhi and me, there are only 9."

Lin Xiao sighed regretfully: "It's hard work, and talents cannot be retained."

"I can set up a fund, and the high salary should attract more people."

"Thank you." Lin Xiao then shook his head and refused.

"If you don't love this industry, you won't be able to do it for a long time with a high salary."

"So you're different."

"Hehe..." Lin Xiao smiled and changed the topic: "The content of the teaching is almost the same."

"Oh?" Marvin became interested.

"Then we can plan where to travel."

Lin Xiao glanced at him, and continued on his own, "Actually, there is only so much that can be said, and that's all there is to repeat."

"You have done your duty very well." Seeing that Lin Xiao seemed a little lost, Marvin comforted him.

"Now I can only talk with them on paper, and my usual work is also a small matter. Many skills can't be really mastered until I practice it once. It's a pity that the more precious and large-scale calligraphy and paintings in the museum, when my master was there The host has repaired it for a round, and if there are no accidents, it will not be a problem to preserve it for decades."

"Don't worry, and Ah Zhi, you are from the same school, I don't think your master is a partial person." Marvin joked.

"Hehe... Ah Zhi is still young after all."

"Why, are we old?"

"Okay, let's not talk about this." Lin Xiao ended the conversation with a smile and let Marvin concentrate on driving.

At night, Marvin was lying on the bed, raising his hand, imagining Lin Xiao's posture, swaying it so confidently.The rice paper, which couldn't be any thinner, was lightly lifted by Lin Xiao and blocked in front of him, and Lin Xiao's dim facial features could be seen.Lin Xiao held the color palette, leaned over the painting, and carefully compared the colors.

The question Lin Xiao thinks about is to help or not to help? Marvin pondered.

In an office building, the elevator door opened, and Zhang Fumao and several assistants came out.A short and fat figure flashed past him, Zhang Fumao immediately dissatisfied: "What is he doing here again?"

An older assistant replied, "Master, I'm here to do something."

The figure that flashed was Fu Mao's son Zhang Zhili.

"Don't give him money!"

Zhang Fumao roared and walked into the office with a sullen face.Zhang Fumao couldn't hide his anger every time he mentioned his disappointing son.

After entering the office, the assistant closed the door and reported to Zhang Fumao: "The young master took away the rubbings of San's plate."

"What?" Zhang Fumao frowned.It was in his private collection, bought along with rubbings when he bought the rubbings a few years ago.Because there is no celebrity seal, no postscript, and the Sanshi plate is still well preserved, so it is not of much value, but the seller calculated it in it in order to increase the price of the rubbing.The preservation is even worse. To put it bluntly, it can be regarded as a pile of fragments.

"How much can it sell for? What the hell is he thinking?" Zhang Fumao couldn't figure out his son's way.

"This..." the assistant smiled apologetically, "It was because it wasn't worth a lot of money that I took it with the young master. The young master said that he wanted to take this... to vent his anger."

Zhang Fumao rolled his eyes, realized his son's playfulness, and snorted: "Idiot!"

"Actually, it's good for the young master to do this." The assistant moved closer to Zhang Fumao's side and whispered, "You can hold him back..."

Inside the Qoros Museum, Lin Xiao received a call from Director Shen and hurried to meet his uncle Wang Maochuan in his office.

There was also a young man with an unfamiliar face in the office, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, with his hair combed meticulously. Wang Maochuan was drinking tea with him.

"Director Shen, Xiao Lin, this is Mr. Wu, let's get to know each other." Wang Maochuan introduced each other.

Mr. Wu looked like a shrewd businessman, he immediately stood up and shook hands with Director Shen and Lin Xiao.

"Director Wang, please help me explain." Mr. Wu looked very modest.

"Director Shen, you should also help publicize this matter. Xiao Lin, this is how it happened..." Wang Maochuan said.

It turned out that Mr. Wu was running a hardware business in Taipei alone, and the two elders and their family members had settled in Australia for many years.According to Mr. Wu, his father found a rubbing of a San family plate in an antique shop in Australia. Although the scroll was already in tatters when he bought it, he still cherished it very much. The only problem was that he could not find a master restorer in Australia, so he sent his son I brought it back to Taipei, hoping to restore this rubbing intact, and it was a wish.

Lin Xiao took the rubbing and unfolded it carefully. Seeing that the whole strip was almost broken, he felt a burst of regret on his face.

"This is Xiaolin, the leader of the calligraphy and painting group." Wang Maochuan introduced.

"Expert Lin." Mr. Wu said politely.

"Don't dare." Lin Xiao declined with a smile.

"Expert Lin." Mr. Wu still did not change his words, explaining: "This thing is probably not of high value, so after I brought it back to Taipei, I didn't take it seriously, but yesterday I received a call from home saying that my father was seriously ill ..." At this point, Mr. Wu sighed and complained to himself: "Blame me. I didn't expect my father to take this rubbing so seriously."

"Father wants to see how it looks like when it's fully restored. That's just one wish. Afterwards, I'm willing to donate the rubbings to the Qoros Museum."

"Most overseas Chinese have a complex. You are still young, and you can only understand it when you are our age." Director Shen comforted him.

Lin Xiao heard this, unfolded the rubbings again, and observed carefully.This rubbing is neither big nor small, about 80 cm high and 60 cm wide. It is full of thick black ink rubbings, without celebrity seals and inscriptions. It is really hard to call it a treasure, but Mr. Wu's idea is more precious than the rubbing itself.Besides, Lin Xiao also thought about finding a work that is difficult to restore and finish it with the students.So he asked, "When will Mr. Wu leave for Australia?"

"It's set for next Wednesday."

"Then there is still a week left." Lin Xiao said and looked at Wang Maochuan.

"Director Wang, I think it should be fine."

"Okay, let Li Zhiduo help you." Wang Maochuan nodded and instructed.

"It's very much appreciated."

"Boss Wu is really polite."

Marvin thought that Lin Xiao could get off work early today, so he reserved a restaurant and planned to plan a vacation with Lin Xiao.But on the phone, I learned that Lin Xiao had received a new job, and it coincided with the idea he mentioned yesterday.

Is there such a coincidence? Marvin doesn't really believe in such a coincidence.He told Assistant Qin to follow up on the rubbings of the San family to investigate in detail.

Seeing that the time was approaching seven o'clock, Marvin started to plan another thing.

He first called the Peninsula Hotel on New York's Fifth Avenue and booked a suite.Then he pursed his lips together, entered a series of numbers on the mobile phone, and sat upright involuntarily while waiting for the connection.

"Xiu Nian?" A middle-aged man's voice came from the other end of the phone. He had just woken up, and his voice was a bit hazy.

"Yes, brother." Marvin licked his lips and smiled at the mobile phone.

"Xiu Nian, grandpa just praised you a while ago, and you did a good job in the spring auction."

Strictly speaking, Marvin's eldest brother is a cousin, the eldest son of his uncle, and he is in charge of the family's current group business, known as Mr. Feng.However, since Marvin follows his grandfather's surname, he doesn't care about cousins, and President Xiao Feng is almost ten years older than Marvin, so he simply calls him big brother.

"In a while, I'm going to Taipei for business, and I'll stop by your Bolin for a visit." The eldest brother probably rarely receives calls from Marvin, so he said it on his own.

"If you want to be so upbeat early, why bother to be talked about by your grandfather every day, is it okay to be alone in Taipei? How about helping you find a chance to come back to Vancouver?"

The relationship between Marvin and this eldest brother is acceptable, but it is by no means good. At this moment, he suddenly throws an olive branch, just to see that Marvin can really make some achievements, and intends to win over Marvin.

"Brother, I am... I have something to ask you." Marvin interrupted him.

"Oh?" President Xiao Feng cleared his throat, "What's the matter?"

"Thinking about... borrowing your private jet."

"...Xiu Nian, I just praised you a few times, and you..."

"Brother." Marvin coquettishly flirted with his elder brother for the first time, and began to stalk him.

"For this spring shoot, I rely on the help of many friends, so I want to take them to the United States to relax and relax, and it is also to maintain relationships!"

"Okay, okay, for your sake of Bolin's sake, let me lend you!" President Xiao Feng obviously couldn't resist the sudden brotherhood.

"Thank you brother!" Marvin grinned into the air.

After closing the line, Marvin sat on the boss chair and turned around, feeling very satisfied.

Assistant Qin knocked on the door and came in to report to him.

"Find out what happened to the rubbings."

"Huh? So fast?" Marvin was surprised.

In fact, it is not difficult. It is a matter of a few phone calls to find the rubbings along with the information of the collectors.

"The rubbings are in Zhang Fumao's private collection. I asked Director Shen again. It was sent by a man named Wu Hao. This Wu Hao runs a hardware store and has a personal relationship with Zhang Zhili."

"Shit!" Marvin cursed.

It seems that Zhang Zhili made his own decision this time, but he used his brains. He must have investigated Marvin and knew that he had a close relationship with Lin Xiao. He also knew that Lin Xiao had resigned from the museum because of his poor health, so he did this. It's better to drag Lin Xiao down if this junk thing wants to drag Lin Xiao down.So there is no coincidence, it's just someone deliberately pandering to it.

"fool!"

In terms of Zhang Zhili's views, Marvin and Zhang Fumao maintained the same view.

Seeing that Marvin was angry, Assistant Qin quickly said, "There is another piece of good news."

"what?"

"Already contacted DrAndrew!"

"Oh?" Marvin put on a smile when he heard that.

"In late May, DrAndrew will go to the University of California, San Francisco to give lectures and a surgery tour. I can meet him at that time. I have faxed the information of Dr. Lin to DrAndrew's assistant."

"Isn't that the University of California School of Medicine? Lin Xiao's alma mater!"

This is the real coincidence.

"Good! Really good!"

Marvin praised repeatedly.