my friend

To say that Zhang Zhili is stupid, he is not too stupid.During this period of time, Lin Xiao devoted himself fully to his work, and working overtime until evening was commonplace. Marvin thought that Lin Xiao could go on vacation after being busy for more than ten days, but Zhang Zhili sent someone to do tricks and set a time limit. Marvin also began to worry that Lin Xiao would get sick from exhaustion.

Marvin went to the company every morning to meet in a hurry, and then went straight to the Qoros Museum, watching Lin Xiao work.In the beginning, Marvin was able to receive calls from Assistant Qin in time, but later he didn't even answer the calls very often, and he always replied at night.Fortunately, it is the off-season for the auction house, and there is no complicated business that Marvin must handle personally.

In the restoration office, Ah Zhi and others pouted at the rubbings of the San family.

"Too dirty!"

"Could it be that the foreigner posted it in the kitchen as a statue of the Stove King?"

"Nonsense, foreigners don't eat fried vegetables!"

"Smell it, it smells like oily smoke!"

"Tsk tsk!"

Lin Xiao's restoration team was all present, and everyone complained incessantly.

"Okay, you guys!" Lin Xiao stopped everyone, and then said, "Wash up first!"

The restoration work of the rubbings of the San's disk was officially launched.

"Ms. Lin, wash it now. I'm afraid there will be only a few rubbings left after washing." A student pointed to several curls and said.

Li Zhi was happy, and said with the appearance of a senior: "Don't you understand?"

"This rubbing has too many places to be bonded. The adhesive contains water. Wet from the back to the front, it will leave deep and shallow marks, and it will not be washed evenly after that time."

"Ms. Li, come here." The student handed the wet towel to Li Zhi.

Li Zhi handed the towel to Lin Xiao calmly, and said, "Look at how Teacher Lin washes it."

Lin Xiao was also unambiguous. He took the wet towel and squeezed it. He felt that the temperature and water content were moderate, so he tried to wipe it on the corner of the rubbing.The black and yellow of the rubbings immediately weakened, and the towel became extremely dirty.

"Wow!" Several people around pressed the rubbings and were surprised: "One piece didn't fall off, and they didn't even move."

Lin Xiao explained: "Dirty is mainly a mixture of dust and oil stains. Clean water at a suitable temperature can clean it. I heard that there is a kind of knife technique that can carve tofu into silk. This is the test of strength and precision. We can regard the whole rubbing as three layers, the first layer is oil, the second layer is ink, and the third layer is the backing. When you start, you should use the strength on the first layer, close to the second layer, but not hurt To the third floor."

After Lin Xiao finished speaking, he also felt that empty lectures are useless, and it is difficult to understand by explaining alone without hands-on experimentation.

"You have a try." Lin Xiao turned over the towel and handed it to one of them.

The man looked at Lin Xiao with some hesitation.

Li Zhi said: "What are you afraid of? I am afraid of practicing kung fu. If you practice well, it is your own ability, and no one can take it away."

The man still hesitated.

Lin Xiao smiled and said, "I will make up for the injury."

That person took the towel and boldly started to try it.Everyone gathered around one after another and conducted the trial under Lin Xiao's guidance.

After three rounds of washing in this way, it was afternoon. Marvin does not allow Lin Xiao to work overtime, Lin Xiao is a little unhappy.He didn't know what Zhang Zhili was doing behind his back, so he was impatient for a week's time limit. Marvin didn't explain either.He didn't want Lin Xiao to know about these dirty things.

Seeing Lin Xiao's displeasure, Marvin intentionally found a topic and said, "Why haven't you seen Shiyuan come over recently?"

Lin Xiao always smiles when mentioning the lively and lovely Li Shiyuan.But today Lin Xiao just said lightly: "Shiyuan has been busy moving recently."

"Oh?" Marvin raised his eyebrows, as if he didn't know anything about it.

It's okay for him to remain calm, but the more he pretended to be ignorant, it made Lin Xiao suspicious.

"Because Tan Jialin moved away, Shiyuan couldn't afford the rent."

"Oh, that's right." Marvin was still playing.

Lin Xiao couldn't help turning his head to look at him.

"Tan Jialin went to the United States to study, didn't you know?"

Realizing that Lin Xiao's tone was becoming more and more strange, Marvin felt a layer of cold sweat crawling up his back, sticking to his shirt.He couldn't help twisting, thinking: always afraid of Lin Xiao like this, when will this problem be corrected.But he was really guilty about this matter. Tan Jialin was indeed "exiled" to the United States because of the unwarranted pregnancy incident.The reason why he got caught in that incident was, in the final analysis, because he was afraid of Lin Xiao, hey.

"Hey..." Marvin sighed.

"Just... concentrate on your work and don't think about other things." Marvin said vaguely.

"Xiu Nian." Seeing that Marvin seemed very embarrassed, Lin Xiao didn't insist on asking.

Hearing Lin Xiao calling his name, Marvin's heart suddenly softened, and he almost wanted to confess truthfully.After several struggles, he thought of a new topic.

"Will you accompany me to New York when you finish this part?"

"To New York?" Lin Xiao asked suspiciously.

"Yes... I... The Peninsula Hotel in New York has coupons, let's spend them to save waste."

Lin Xiao chuckled, "Going to New York to stay in a hotel for a coupon?"

"Yeah, the family is big and the business is big, so we should be frugal!" Marvin said more and more outrageous.

Lin Xiao has never been disgusted with Marvin's fallacies, and asked with great interest, "When are you going?"

"Next weekend."

"Next weekend..." Lin Xiao has always had nothing else to do, but he still doesn't forget his birthday.I didn't expect Marvin to be so attentive.

After a moment of silence, Lin Xiao took the initiative to pat Marvin's hand.

"Good," he said.

Next, the restoration of the rubbings of the San's Disk entered an important stage.

In the restoration studio, the rubbings were laid upside down on the table, and Lin Xiao and Li Zhi gathered together.A few days ago, I focused on making adhesives, that is, A Hong, who made the paste, was also squeezed into it.

"Tell me, why did you choose silk for sticking?"

"Bo!" Ah Hong answered bluntly, causing everyone to laugh.

Lin Xiao handed him a stack of shards of silk, and asked him to find the ones with similar textures.This rubbing has never been repaired, and there are countless places to be glued.

Holding the magnifying glass, Ah Hong said aggrievedly, "I'm alone? You'll feel dizzy."

Li Zhi thumped his head violently, "You still don't see enough, and you won't get dizzy if you watch too much."

"Zhuang Zhuang, Ah Cheng, you and Ah Hong will watch together, and I will give you half an hour."

If you look at it for too long, you will indeed feel dizzy. This is related to the physiological structure of a person, and has nothing to do with how much you practice.So Lin Xiao asked the other two to help Ah Hong.

"Is the glue ready?"

"Okay." Someone handed Lin Xiao a jar with a brush in it.

"What is the ratio?"

"Two percent."

Lin Xiao rubbed some glue with his fingertips, thought for a while, and said, "Let's adjust it to one percent. This rubbing has never been repaired. Start with the lowest one, and if it doesn't work, increase it."

Lin Xiao gently brushed the back of the rubbing with his palm, where hundreds of thin silk strips will be pasted, and then the fate paper, the backing paper, and the wall, to fill up the ink color, can be regarded as complete.

Even though the rubbings of the San's plate are not very precious, in Lin Xiao's eyes, they are treated equally as treasures.What's more, it appeared at the right time, so that he could conduct a complete practical operation with the team members at the end of the teaching work, so he couldn't help but feel more pity for it.

It took three days to complete the repair work of the silk paste alone.

Because Lin Xiao had to bend over and lie on the countertop to make up for the whole process, which made Marvin feel very heartbroken.This point coincides with Joyce who came to visit the class.

Joyce watched for a while and then got up to drink tea in the office outside.

Marvin joked to the past: "Does this hurt? Don't worry, a man's waist won't be broken easily!"

"Fuck you, talking nonsense!" Joyce gave him a blank look.

"Yes yes yes, I'm talking nonsense." Marvin begged for mercy.

"By the way, Lin Xiao's birthday is coming soon, and this year's birthday is a bit sensitive..." Joyce talked about the business.

"Well, I know, I plan to go to New York with Lin Xiao."

"Going to New York?"

That was the place where Lin Zhou passed away, also at the age of 33.Lin Xiao is about to celebrate his 33rd birthday.

"Why, what are you afraid of?" Marvin crossed his arms and looked cynical.

"Hehe...you are really good." Joyce smiled.

"Of course, when did the senior sister miss it." Marvin meant himself and also Li Zhi.

Joyce remembered the third person.

"I heard from Chen Wei that he wanted to take Lin Xiao back to Taichung. It is his hometown and the scenery is very beautiful."

"Chen Wei?" Marvin chuckled.

"He just thinks about it, let him go back to his hometown and think about it!"

"Tsk! Be more polite, Chen Wei is Lin Xiao's senior after all."

"If I didn't see that he and Lin Xiao are classmates, I would beat him every time I saw him!"

Marvin thought that every time he went to the hospital, he could only see Chen Wei doing useless work on the sidelines, so he didn't get angry.

"Why are you so violent!" Joyce frowned, dissatisfied.

"Hey... I just talk about violence, but I can't really do it."

It turned out that Marvin's move had another meaning.

"You're really..." Joyce reacted, laughing out of anger.

Inside the Bolin Auction House, Assistant Qin found Manager Fang and asked him to go to the conference room.

When the two arrived at the conference room, Manager Lu was already waiting with another person.

"What's the matter?" Manager Fang sat down and said.

When there is no Marvin in charge of the overall situation in the company, it is usually the oldest manager, Manager Lu, who is in charge of the internal affairs, Manager Fang, who is in charge of the external affairs, and Assistant Qin coordinates from them.

Manager Lu said, "There are certain circumstances."

He pointed aside, and the robust young man in a black short-sleeved shirt pointed at by Manager Lu reported to everyone.He himself is responsible for the security of the warehouse. The warehouse is in the basement of Bolin's office building, and the security has always been comprehensive.For particularly valuable auction items, if the consignor has the ability, he will hire a third-party professional security agency or a vault to keep them. The security costs during the auction will be paid by Bolin.If the auction item is not very valuable, or the sender has no conditions, it will be placed in Bolin's warehouse for safekeeping.Now that the spring auction has just passed, there are no particularly valuable things stored in the warehouse.

The security supervisor reported to everyone: A security guard offered to resign the day before yesterday, and he verbally agreed to go to the company today to go through the resignation procedures, but this person did not come to work yesterday, nor did he come to the company to go through the formalities today.Contacts with his family were unsuccessful, and people who knew him said he had traveled abroad.

"It's a bit sudden, and it doesn't conform to the company's regulations." Manager Fang said.

"His financial situation is not good, and it is unreasonable to travel abroad suddenly. And he was in charge of the night duty the day before he offered to resign." The security director continued.

"Oh?" Manager Fang's face became serious.

"Has the warehouse been checked?"

"It has been checked. There is no abnormality in the closed-circuit TV, the entry and exit registration is complete, and no one has brought in or taken out anything. The items kept in the warehouse have no signs of being tampered with."

Assistant Qin said: "Maybe you won the lottery and got rich, so you resigned?"

Assistant Qin's joke was the one that hit the heart of the few people.

The fear is that the security personnel will get ill-gotten gains and do things against the company.But nothing was missing.

"I remembered one thing." Manager Fang said.

"The accountant told me before that when I went to declare taxes, I was messed up by the people from the tax office. The list they got was more than a dozen more than what we actually reported. It was based on the list we made when the spring auction was just launched. "

"This roster is public." Manager Lu said, "Could it be that our finances made a mistake."

"There is no such possibility." Manager Fang was sure.

"Then how did you deal with it?"

"Later, the head of the tax office came out to apologize, and we completed the tax return according to the normal process. Because the director of finance and the other head of the tax office are distant relatives, I asked him to come forward to arrange a dinner. According to him, it was indeed an oolong. .”

Manager Lu said in a deep voice, "There are some problems when these two things are put together."

Manager Fang nodded and said to Assistant Qin, "Call the boss."

The phone was connected, and Marvin was on his way to "Haoxia Shop". After listening to it in a hurry, he also felt that there seemed to be something strange between the two things.But looking at it separately, the tax office has completed the normal tax declaration, and Bolin's accounts can withstand investigation, so he is not worried about this.As for the warehouse, all the things stored in it are worthless, even if it is set on fire, he can still afford to pay.

So he asked the three of them to pay attention to whether there are any abnormalities in the company in the follow-up. Other than that, they will wait for him to come back from the United States before investigating in detail.

While Marvin was out, Lin Xiao called his senior Chen Wei back.

Chen Wei talked for a long while, and then he talked about Lin Xiao's birthday on the weekend.

"Senior, I'm sorry, I'm going to America this weekend."

"With Marvin?" Chen Wei was not particularly surprised.

"Ah."

"Actually...Joyce has already told me." It turned out that Chen Wei already knew.

"I'm sorry, senior." Listening to Chen Wei's lonely voice, Lin Xiao was full of apology.

"It's all right. I think... I think..."

"Well, senior, tell me."

"Since you have decided...I think you can...heh..." Chen Wei began to speak incoherently.

"I know this time is very sensitive. I think you will be hospitalized for a while after you come back from the United States. Now that you have decided... to start a new life, I think you should spend your time on treatment first, and always... always To find out why."

"Well. I have already resigned from the museum. I will find you when I come back."

"Okay, I'll wait for you to come back."

In the evening, Marvin and Lin Xiao took Sixth Brother to the park for a walk.The two had their own concerns and did not talk as usual.

The restoration of the rubbings of the San's Disk has entered the final stage.

In the calligraphy and painting restoration group, only half of the people can be said to have real art skills. Lin Xiao has not studied art systematically. Based on the consideration of tending to perfection, he handed over the work of color correction to Acheng who had studied calligraphy since childhood.

"This rubbing is probably from the middle and late Qing Dynasty, and the earliest ink in our museum is also from the period of the Republic of China."

Li Zhi returned from picking up the materials from the warehouse and reported to Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao thought for a while, then suddenly smiled.

"I know where there is ink from the mid-Qing Dynasty, you can go to the study area to get it."

"Go pick on the inkstone?" Li Zhi curled his lips.

"There must be fragments. Director Li must keep them, and we won't need much."

"I... I won't go!"

Director Li in the study area is notoriously tight-lipped.

"Ha...you ask Master Uncle to accompany you."

"Then I'll go by myself!" Li Zhi pouted and went out to beg for ink.

After almost an hour, he returned to the studio with a bitter expression.

"Hey!" He opened the small plastic bag in his hand, "It's only asking for so much, then Director Li is really mean! Angry!"

"You have worked hard." Lin Xiao took it with a smile.

"Ah Cheng, save it!"

Everyone held their breaths and watched Acheng lightly trace one stroke after another on the rubbings from a hundred years ago.Although Ah Hong was just watching, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.I secretly made up my mind to learn calligraphy.

Lin Xiao sensed Ah Hong's emotions, and said with a smile, "Want to learn seal script?"

"Hey..." Ah Hong nodded as if accepting his fate.

"The more you look at it, the more charming it becomes."

"This cursive script looks rough and clumsy at first glance, but after a long time, it looks simple and cute." Ah Cheng said with a sigh of relief.

"Stop showing off, I'll spank your ass if the painting is crooked!"

"Haha!" Lin Xiao and Ah Zhi straightened up, amused by the two young men.

At this point, Lin Xiao just felt that the work of teaching has begun to succeed.The group of young people who have persisted until now are sometimes lively and active, sometimes timid and cautious, but they are never sloppy in their studies.Today, several relatively talented people have each found their own good and favorite directions, and at the same time found the motivation to keep learning.There is also my junior brother Azhi.You can rest assured.

Finally, came the framing stage.

After nearly a week of busy work, everyone has developed feelings for this rubbing of the Sanshi plate.Zhuang Zhuang carefully lifted the entire rubbing, facing the light, and looked at the dense silk on the back, like a small tadpole swimming in a pond, light and agile.

Under the infiltration of clean water, the rubbings become soft again, and a layer of life paper is pasted on it, and the air bubbles are carefully driven out. After the combination is stable, the backing paper is pasted on.Then "on the wall", Lin Xiao took a half-dry towel and pressed it over and over again.Wait until the water evaporates completely, and then go through careful mounting, and finally you're done.

Lin Xiao showed the rubbings of the restored San's plate to everyone.

This is really true, the roll is unwinding freely, shaking silently.

The entire rubbing is light brown in color, and the curly surface is neat, and it is no longer dirty like it was before.Looking closely at the cursive seal script above, each one is patchwork and natural.As Ah Cheng said, it is lively and interesting but not frivolous, heavy but not blunt, curved but not weak, every word is so simple and cute!

"Everyone is here, I have one more thing to tell you."

Lin Xiao looked at everyone's faces seriously, and said:

"Tomorrow, I won't come to work in the museum anymore. From now on, Azhi will be in charge of our team."

"Ah?" Everyone knew in advance that Lin Xiao had a plan to adjust his work, but the time still passed too quickly.

Li Zhi was appointed as the team leader, and there was an upward adjustment in rank, but there was no joy on his face.He lowered his head, staring at the countertop without speaking.

"Mr. Lin, don't go!"

"Yeah yeah!"

Everyone asked Lin Xiao to stay.

Lin Xiao tried to maintain a smile, and said: "I know, most of the restoration work is very boring, and I also came from this stage. The usual practice is to lay the foundation for work, and it will be much better after passing this stage. You have to... find some hobbies for yourself, such as playing basketball, cycling, playing the piano... you have to learn to relax moderately."

"Mr. Lin..." Ah Cheng's eyes welled up with tears.

"Every one of you is excellent. In order to pass on these old antiques..." Lin Xiao choked up a little, "I'm sorry, Ah Zhi, I'm talking about inheritance again."

"It has been a pleasure to work with you all these years, and it has been an honor for me."

"thank you all."

After speaking, Lin Xiao bowed to everyone.

Everyone quickly helped him up.

Li Zhi said: "I'm not as easy-talking as Mr. Lin. You should work harder in the future. I will spank anyone who is lazy!"

After being disturbed by him, everyone finally forced back the tears that were about to well up in their eyes, and everyone gathered around and hugged each other.

Lin Xiao said to himself, Qoros, goodbye.

As the sky darkened, the street lights came on one after another.Lin Xiao leaned against the co-pilot, closed his eyes, and looked very tired.

No matter how exciting a drama is, there will be a curtain call in the end.Fortunately, when Lin Xiao felt lonely, he still had himself by his side. Marvin thought to himself, gently holding Lin Xiao's hand.