back from trouble

Today happens to be July [-]st, the anniversary of the return of Hong Kong, and the opening day of the auction.The choice of this day is purely coincidental and has no special meaning.

As he expected, in addition to businessmen and celebrities, reporters from major media, and many internationally renowned first-line fashion designers were present.Xiaocheng had already done his homework before, and when he glanced around, he saw a few people who could be named.

The auction will not officially start until the next day, but a few precious silk fabrics will be exhibited today for journalists and guests.It is said that one of the ten exhibits today is a rare treasure-the embroidered statue of Avalokitesvara during the Northern Song Dynasty.The treasure is solemn and exquisite.

Apart from this, the other nine exhibits are all priceless.

In addition to these ten exhibits, an extra booth was specially set up this year to invite exhibitors.

The exhibits invited to participate in the exhibition are from Xiaocheng.

Laughing at the notice he received before boarding the plane the day before yesterday, he didn't expect it at all.

He had inquired about it before, and wanted to know if it was possible to get the quota for the first day of exhibition through special channels.As a result, people in the industry informed that the chairman of this exhibition is Eisen.After talking, he laughed as if he didn't quite understand, and then said, this exhibition has strict procedures, and it has been very fair in the past three years since its inception. He gave up.

Smiling, he was quite surprised. Of course, he knew that there must be many twists and turns behind such a large-scale event. It is fair and just... only because of its relative level and scale.Like many exhibitions, if they are not arranged in advance, they are likely to be arranged in an inconspicuous booth, and they will not be noticed at all during the exhibition period of several days.And the auction items sent will also be ranked in the worst bidding time, and there is no way to reflect their value.

He was ready to spend money, but he was told that we have to abide by the rules.

Xiao Cheng didn't know if he had gone the wrong way, or if the organizer really did what the insider said.

Not long after, he actually received a call from the organizer, informing him that the exhibit "Fuchun Mountain Dwelling" he submitted had been allocated to the invited exhibitors on the first day.

Although it was an exhibition booth arranged separately, he was really overjoyed to be able to exhibit on the first day.

However, laughing into surprise, I did not forget to ask what the ten exhibits were.

It was inconvenient for the other party to disclose, so he only said four words - "Treasure handed down from generation to generation".

Xiao Cheng knew it in his heart.

If so, it would be extremely rare for him to get the chance to exhibit on the first day.

After all, fabrics such as embroidery, like calligraphy and painting, are antiques with great collection value.In terms of this alone, his woven Kesi has no chance of being compared with those treasures since the Song Dynasty.

On the huge LED screen at the front, the eleven exhibits exhibited today are scrolling, and the last one is "Fuchun Mountain Residence" sent by Xiaocheng.

On the six-meter-long scroll, the famous painting "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" of the Yuan Dynasty was restored by the method of Kesi. The wood is green, dense and dense, the shade is suitable, and the pavilions, fishing boats and small bridges are dotted in it, which makes people feel refreshed.

On the screen, a six-meter-long scroll is completely embedded between two transparent glass sides, and it rotates slowly for a circle. It is unbelievable that the back of the fabric is the same as the front, with the warp and weft broken like carvings.

It hasn't been officially exhibited yet, it's just the picture on the screen, which has caused a lot of whispers since just now.Because such a beautiful work of art, 80.00% of the process is done by machines!

This is Xiaocheng's special plea to Wang Jinyuan and several other famous Kesi masters, and it took more than a month to complete it after many experiments on the basis of machine weaving.

He has already noticed that this "Fuchun Mountain Dwelling" has obviously attracted the attention of many people.

Laughing with a wine glass in one hand, he was in a good mood.

Someone beside him spoke——

"Mr. Xiaocheng, Chairman Eisen hopes to have a brief meeting with you before the opening ceremony." The guide wearing a badge invited him politely.

"Chairman Eisen?" Xiaocheng put down the wine glass in his hand, his tone was full of doubts, he didn't remember any direct contact between himself and the organizer of this exhibition.

The man just smiled and repeated, "Please come with me."

Xiao Cheng followed him all the way around the banquet hall where there were many cups of wine, and passed through an aisle, the noisy human voice suddenly became indistinct.They took a special elevator to the top floor of the convention center.

Then he pushed open the door of the conference room.

A full floor-to-ceiling glass window makes the entire meeting room very bright.Next to the curved steel-wood-glass conference table, there are several big red sofas, and a gray-haired foreigner is already waiting inside.

"Welcome." With a serious expression and a standard British pronunciation, he stretched out his hand towards Xiaocheng.

Smiling, he took two quick steps forward, stretched out his right hand, and said in English, "Thank you, hello."

Then he looked at the other party politely. This is a typical British gentleman, well-dressed, polite, with a meticulous tie and no dust on the leather shoes.In Hong Kong, British people are not uncommon, but he did not expect that the chairman of such a traditional silk textile exhibition and auction would be a foreigner?

"Please sit down." The other party bent slightly and made a "please" gesture to him, but he didn't sit down, but asked, "What would you like to drink? Coffee, tea, or something else?"

"Don't bother," Xiaocheng looked at the time deliberately, "The opening ceremony will start soon, maybe you..."

He prolonged his tone a little, then paused, expressing his meaning tactfully.

"Please wait for a moment." The British gentleman bowed apologetically, "Mr. Eisen will arrive soon. He attaches great importance to meeting you. Due to traffic reasons, he has to be late for a while, but He repeatedly asked, please be sure to wait for him to arrive."

Smiling into a twitch of eyebrows, I was taken aback, but didn't show it.

Just a noncommittal answer.

So this is not the "Eisen"?

But how did the other party know about him, and why did they want to meet him?

Xiaocheng doesn't mind spending some time waiting, provided that the object being waited for has this value.And this "Chairman Eisen" obviously has this value.

It's just that the waiting time is a little too long?

Xiaocheng glanced at the time, it has been 10 minutes, and the opening ceremony will start soon.He is not interested in the opening ceremony, he is interested in the people who attend the opening ceremony.

Smiling into a slight frown.

Immediately heard the English gentleman sincerely apologized to him and asked him to wait a moment.

Xiao Cheng didn't have the patience to wait any longer.

He stood up and said that he had to leave. If Chairman Eisen was still willing to meet with him, they could make another appointment, and he was very happy.

Then he resolutely rejected the other party's sincere persuasion, opened the door and walked out.

Yes, meeting Eisen, the chairman of the exhibition, may benefit him far more than an opening ceremony.But remember, it's just "maybe".He didn't know anything about Eisen's intentions, so he was at a disadvantage from the beginning, and his momentum was even weaker after waiting for a long time.

Even if Eisen arrives in the end, they have already lost the basis for equality.

If it is true that Xiaocheng is "an important guest" as the other party said, how can he be made to wait for more than half an hour when they first meet?

Smiling into disapproval, he felt that he was already very polite.

The elevator door opened, and a person walked out and passed him.He walked right in and pressed the button.Just before the elevator door was completely closed, he vaguely saw someone looking back. In just a few seconds, he couldn't see the other person's face clearly, but seeing the number in the elevator keep decreasing, he suddenly thought of one thing——

If this is indeed a dedicated elevator.

So could that person just now be...?

But this is not important anymore, Xiaocheng didn't intend to go back to confirm anything, when he walked into the hall, the opening ceremony had just started.

At the same time, in the meeting room on the top floor.

Eisen pushed the door open.

This is a young man wearing a brown three-piece suit. He clearly has an oriental face, but he speaks with a fluent Oxford accent.

"Will," he looked around, "where's my guest?"

The butler lowered his eyes and apologized for his negligence, "That gentleman is not willing to spend too much patience waiting for this kind of thing, but if you allow me, I still want to say that 35 minutes is indeed too long."

"Oh, okay." Eisen gracefully unbuttoned his suit, took off his coat and handed it to the housekeeper, then stretched his suit pants and sat on the sofa.

He glanced at the untouched coffee with a smile, and said, "Please bring me a cup of coffee too, it should be stronger."

Then he leaned back on the sofa, but his back was still straight, and there was a polite but distant smile on the corner of his mouth, and his every move showed excellent upbringing.

Soon, the coffee was served.

Eisen picked up the coffee and took a sip, and did not give up on the previous topic, "Since he is so impatient, well, I don't have much patience. Will, help me call Smith and tell him to follow plan b. Start the acquisition, three months... oh, don't make that face, I know what you mean... well, then a little more time, for the sake of coffee, four months, money is not a problem, I want to have that A factory, and patents of course. Trust me Will, it's going to make us a lot of money."

At the opening ceremony of the auditorium, the chief of the Ministry of Culture of the Special Zone was delivering a speech.

It is nothing more than expressing the hope that the cultural undertakings of the special zone will be more prosperous and the economy and industry will flourish.

Smiling, while sipping his wine, he listened dispensably, a little bored.

He was waiting for the speeches to finish and open the showroom.

Although he has admired it countless times, under such an occasion, he was a little impulsive, and couldn't wait to take a look at the appearance of "Fuchun Mountain Residence" under the spotlight.

The opening ceremony will be broadcast live globally simultaneously, and the [-] exhibits exhibited separately on the first day will be presented to the whole world through countless lenses.

All eyes.

Laughing and looking forward to it.

As a result, the host's voice suddenly came from the rostrum, "...The next guest, Mr. Xiaocheng, who we invited to participate in the exhibition, will explain to us the Kesi work he brought - 'Fuchun Mountain Dwelling'."

Before this, he was not notified at all that there was such a link.

He laughed for a moment, but didn't move at all.

He does not intend to appear in public at this time, and it will be broadcast live globally simultaneously.

Minutes later, still no one on stage.The host had no choice but to adapt to the situation, and introduced the craftsmanship of Kesi, etc., and described Kesi as beautiful.By accident, I just gave Xiaocheng a free advertisement.

Xiaocheng was listening in the audience, when suddenly someone approached from behind, he looked back, a staff member with a nameplate smiled, approached him and asked in his ear, "Are you Xiaocheng?"

"what happened?"

Smiling, Cheng turned slightly sideways, and looked at the stage again. Could it be that he was so persistent that he insisted on speaking on stage?

"I need your help with something."

The other party said politely, and moved a little closer, but his right arm retracted at the same time.

His expression twisted, and then, in an unnatural arc, he swung his arm vigorously——

The cold light of metal flashed past.