The plot collapsed after everyone thought it was rotten

Before coming to Paris, Huo Chuxiao never imagined that he would be so tired.

It's not exhausting, it's just dealing with people, it's tiring.

Ever since he came down from the podium with the medal, he met smiling faces all the way, and everyone wanted to say a few words to him. Fortunately, Professor Yevgenia helped him reject most of the criticisms. A cordial invitation from people who draw circles and purely business people.

"You wasted two years in vain, Chuxiao." She said, "otherwise you would have lived such a highly sought after life. And I don't have to worry about these two years for you, I'm afraid I was the most optimistic One of the seedlings of my family gave up writing for some bizarre reasons and went into business. Business is really not suitable for you, brat, you can’t even remember the exchange rate between ruble and RMB.”

Huo Chuxiao shrugged, "This time, I wrote down the exchange rate between Euro and Renminbi, as well as French currency, British Pound..."

The professor showed a puzzled expression: "Are you so eager to sell the painting you just won? I remember that you never cared about money before."

"I've completely broken with my family, so I'm basically broke now."

Huo Chuxiao said it lightly, and the professor is naturally not a hypocritical person. She even said lightly: "Art will favor those who have suffered."

Huo Chuxiao smiled at her, but what he thought in his heart was that he no longer planned to live a day of hardship in his life.

During the dinner, Huo Chuxiao was finally able to sit with Luo Ran.

It was rare to see Asian faces on this occasion, so the old overseas Chinese who chatted happily with Luo Ran seemed very eye-catching.

Huo Chuxiao recognized that face before he introduced himself.

"Professor Tang." He shook hands with the old man without saying a word.

But Mr. Tang waved his hand, "How many years have you been retired... What kind of professor is I? Now I am an old man who has nothing to do. I am entertaining myself with flowers and birds at home. I am so old that I don't even write with a brush very often."

Mr. Tang was also a senior professor of a certain art academy before retiring, and he was regarded as highly respected in the domestic circle.But he specializes in ink painting, so Huo Chuxiao has only heard his name but never seen him.He was also surprised to meet him in Paris this time.

What's even more surprising is that Luo Ran, who can be called a slight hatred of the rich, who always wants to contradict a rich man when he sees a high-ranking rich man like a calf with a red cloth, actually gets along quite well with Mr. Tang.

That kid actually acted as his agent for a while, and relayed Mr. Tang's intention to buy the painting.I am afraid that without him, the two of them would have been able to knock down the price.

Huo Chuxiao knew that his worth would rise after winning the Ilya Gold Award, but it was unexpected that there were buyers asking for prices before the awards ceremony was over.But this is definitely a good deal. Firstly, the communication with compatriots is smoother. Second, Tang’s hometown has a solid background and is an old artist. Home.

To be favored by collectors of this level, Huo Chuxiao felt that he could even dream of buying a duplex apartment in a prime location in the city...

Mr. Tang did spend a lot of money, offered an offer, and specially picked an auspicious number, 88.

Huo Chuxiao knew in his heart that he was a budding young painter. Although the painting had won the Ilya Gold Award, it was only a medium-sized oil painting after all, and the money was deducted from the tax and shared equally with the cost of the entire painting. In the one and a half months spent, the daily salary was basically [-].The total amount was even more than his salary in Jingjie plus tutoring fees for Du Yuan.

And this is just the beginning.

So Huo Chuxiao was very happy, and signed the contract with Tang Lao almost on the same day.

"You came this time, and you brought students with you? I heard that you were also nominated."

Tang Lao suddenly mentioned Luo Ran, and Huo Chuxiao didn't shy away from it, and said calmly, "Bring him to see the world."

"The attitude is neither humble nor overbearing, that's good. He also hits me very well. Although he studied oil painting, he has a lot of interest in Chinese painting. After returning to China, you can contact me as an old man when you have time. Anyway, I am just an old man now. Idlers, the cats and dogs at home are busier than me."

Mr. Tang seemed to have thought of something, and said with emotion: "At my age, my wife has left, and my children have started families and businesses. At the age of 50 or [-], it is the golden age to start a career, and I am busy with my big career every day. Even My little grandson has already gone to the United States to study and take the Ivy League test. Everyone in the family has their own busyness, but I, a bad old man, is left at home to buy some paintings, which is just a comfort. Maybe God, I am also like the old gentleman in your painting, carrying a small bucket, holding a horse, and going fishing."

Huo Chuxiao thought to himself that he wasn't even in his thirties, his career had just started on the right track, he wished he could live alone and devote himself to his career, he couldn't empathize with Tang Lao's world at all.But apparently his paintings can.

Maybe this is the talent that his teachers and classmates said.Or he already had deep empathy when painting, but he didn't realize it.

He returned to the hotel before the dinner was over.Luo Ran naturally followed him.The child has always listened to him, and even if he wants to visit more museums, he will immediately calm down as soon as he speaks.

Their return time was set at noon tomorrow, Huo Chuxiao calculated the time in between, and felt that it should be enough to go back and forth in several countries in the European Union, so he called my sister-in-law.

The original intention was to announce the good news, and it would be nice if we could meet each other by the way.After all, my sister-in-law, a workaholic, basically doesn't go back to China unless necessary, and it's not so easy to meet her.

The call went through quickly.

Huo Chuxiao: "Sister-in-law, are you still working in Doucet? I happened to come to Paris, and I will visit you tomorrow?"

There was silence on the phone for a moment, Huo Chuxiao looked at the time, it was only ten o'clock in the evening, my sister must have not gone to bed yet.

But he always felt that this silence was a little weird.

"Little sister?"

"Xiaoxiao, I'm listening." The aunt finally spoke, her voice sounded exhausted, "What are you going to do in Paris?"

"Participated in a competition and won a prize." Huo Chuxiao thought for a while, then added, "By the way, he sold a painting."

"Really? That's great. Sister-in-law knows that as long as you want to do it, there is nothing you can't do... But I'm not in Dusseldorf, not in Europe. Chuxiao, you have fun and be careful. Sister-in-law is waiting for you back in China."

Huo Chuxiao: "Domestic?"

"It's not a coincidence. I just returned to the country. It's not a little jet lag. I will answer your call in the early morning." The aunt laughed a few times, "Something happened at home, so I must come back. He Oh shit……"

Hearing that my sister couldn't help being rude, Huo Chuxiao realized something was wrong, and asked: "What happened at home?"

"What else can it be, for the company, stocks, and money. You must not get involved, and if you escape, don't think about turning back. I was also begged by your second grandfather to come back for such a trip. No ghost wants to go back to live in this gloomy dilapidated house..."

The sister-in-law probably regained her energy, and vented to him for a while before saying goodbye and hanging up the phone.

It just so happened that Luo Ran had just finished taking a shower, made a bath towel and walked into the bedroom steaming. Seeing Huo Chuxiao's expression, he asked, "Teacher, what's wrong?"

Huo Chuxiao stared blankly at the phone call that had just ended on the phone screen, and said sincerely, "I don't know either."

But apparently the Huo family has not been quiet recently, and even needs to call his sister-in-law back from Europe all the way.

Even without him, those people couldn't live in peace.

Huo Chuxiao suddenly laughed softly.

For some reason, he developed a little fun of watching fire from the other side.

The few days when Huo Chuxiao went abroad happened to be the busiest time for Ji Zongming's work.

Their company's game project is coming to an end, and the first internal test is in progress. He basically has three meals a day in the office. Sometimes it is common for him to catch up with a meeting for several hours and be hungry until the next meal. .

Once again, the three-and-a-half-hour meeting of the top management was coming to an end, and he said: "Okay, the meeting will end if there is no problem."

Only then did everyone move.

Ji Zongming originally planned to stay in the meeting room and continue to think about the strategic direction for the next stage with the whiteboard written just left, but he caught a glimpse of someone who hadn't left from the corner of his eye, and said, "Huo Chuhong."

The person who was called seemed to be in a daze, but when he came back to his senses, his slightly stooped figure sat up straight in an instant.

Huo Chuhong was not as radiant as usual, working as a social cow in the office, but uncharacteristically absent-minded, Ji Zongming couldn't help but look at him twice, showing dissatisfaction.

"At the meeting, I saw you drooping your head. The work during this period is very critical, so don't lose the chain."

"Okay, Mr. Ji, I'm sorry. I'll adjust my status immediately." He said, quickly put away his laptop and water cup, and hurried out of the meeting room. At the door, he met Yu Zhen who had turned back, and the two had a fight. We meet face to face, because we usually have the best relationship, and at work, we are directly under the superior and subordinate, so Yu Zhen always cares more about him.

"Why, didn't you sleep well yesterday? I remember you got off work before nine o'clock." Boss Yu has always been committed to being a personalized and considerate boss, so he is always gentle with his subordinates. In the morning, he found out that Huo Chuhong bought him He didn't care about the wrong coffee, but he obviously noticed something wrong with this kid.

Huo Chuhong cheered up and smiled at him, "It's okay, Mr. Yu. I'll go back and sort it out, and I'll send you the meeting report later."

He has always been serious about his work, Yu Zhen just regarded it as an accidental phenomenon, and didn't take it to heart, nodded, and let Huo Chuhong go back to his station.

He turned back this time to find Ji Zongming.

"Old Ji, have you checked your phone, today's hot search!"

Ji Zongming took an oil-based pen to write and draw on the whiteboard, and said perfunctorily, "Why, the competing company went bankrupt?"

"Dream your Spring and Autumn Dream... Your little Mr. Huo is on the hot search!"

The oil-based pen paused on the board, leaving a small round black spot.

But Ji Zongming turned a deaf ear: "Oh."

"Oh?" Yu Zhen looked at him incredulously, and raised his phone, "What's your reaction? Do you know that he went to Paris to participate in the competition?"

Boss Ji said that he knew more than that, the clothes he wore on Hot Search might have been stuffed in his suitcase by himself.

But he still looked calm: "I know."

"Okay, you, let me tell you why you haven't been home these days. There is no one at home. I really think you have worked hard for the company's cantilever... But Mr. Xiaohuo's is a popular search, it's okay happy event!"

Ji Zongming glanced at the phone like a charity.

But the name was locked on at a glance.

Seeing the position of the hot search No. 20, there is a line of small words: Ilya Gold Award Huo Chuxiao

Ji Zongming tapped the screen with his knuckles and clicked in.

This trending search has probably been on the list for some time. Most of the hot spots are marketing accounts that come from the wind. The tag has nearly [-] million views and [-] discussions.Ji Zongming is currently working on a pre-release publicity plan for the game, and has also added some knowledge to Weibo. Looking at the data of the most popular number one reposts and likes, he knows that the popularity is not low.

The copy of the marketing account is quite long, and it is probably the first time to release information about the art circle. It also introduces the gold content of the Ilia International Grand Prix, and how long the Europeans have dominated the portrait gold award for popular science oil painting. How many years have Chinese people even been nominated? However, in the end, the one who got the most attention was Huo Chuxiao himself.

Ji Zongming almost laughed out loud after just looking at it.

I don't know where this marketing account found the eight-hand outdated information. It even said that Huo Chuxiao is the heir of the Huo Group. He has already held the position of vice president at a young age. They can only go home and inherit hundreds of millions of property."

But the accompanying pictures are quite interesting, the nine grids are all filled, a large picture of the Ilya Gold Medal, two oil paintings "Morning by the River" that won the Portrait Gold Award this time, and the remaining six are all live photos of Huo Chuxiao himself.

Ji Zongming opened one of them.I saw Huo Chuxiao wearing a blue-green vintage illustration collage shirt, a matching chocker around his neck, a pair of simple and slim trousers on his lower body, and luxury brand Chelsea boots. He is passing the security check in front of the museum. He should be waiting to follow him Luo Ran, who was behind him, looked back, his eyes were wider than usual due to the angle of sight, and his mouth was slightly opened, as if to speak.

Ji Zongming's fingers stopped on this photo, and after a while, he sent out a soft "hmm" from his nose.

Yu Zhen: "Huh? What's the matter? Don't pretend to be deep with me. I'm so happy, your Mr. Huo is so good..."

Ji Zongming glanced at him, but said something irrelevant to this hot search: "Call him well, why do you have to add 'your family'?"

Yu Zhennahan.

Ji Zongming said again: "We are friends now, that's all."

Yu Zhen pouted, "Okay, I'm blind, I can't see that you care about others so much that you almost lose your temper."

Ji Zongming carefully sorted things out in the conference room before returning to his independent office.

After closing the door, he turned on the computer, and within a few minutes of receiving the work documents, his eyes suddenly wandered and he ran to the phone.

After hesitating for two seconds, he still clicked on his phone and found the trending search by himself.

But only an hour later, the hot search went up two more places.

And the hits got interesting.

The number of comments on that rainbow fart boasting that Huo Chuxiao is the heir to a wealthy family almost doubled.

The hot praises were nothing more than boasting that Huo Chuxiao won the prize, and then some other voices appeared one after another.

"I really don't understand what men wear nowadays. They are earrings, small diamonds and chocker temptation. Where is the morality, where is the bottom line, and where is the contact information?"

"The heir of the family business + the outstanding young painter + the beauty of a picture that is even better than a star, what kind of Jack Su's setting is this!"

"This is the No.19 man I fell in love with today."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

"Damn sisters, do you have any contact information! Nothing else, I just want to be your sister-in-law~"

"The schoolmate above holds claws! But how did I hear that Senior Huo resigned from his family's company a long time ago and went to work in Jingjie?"

"yxh is really a hot topic, ignoring the facts, Huo Chuxiao has been separated from the Huo family, it is said that he directly bought out the inheritance right with a contract, and now he is just an outsider holding a small share. The Huo family has nothing to do with him. No need Doubt, I work in Huo's, a five-year-old employee, and I stayed in the same office with him back then."

"Isn't he a well-known wimpy boss in the circle? Half a year ago, he was squeezed out of the company by his own brother."

"Upstairs?? I'll put an ear here first.jpg"

"Ah, so there's no billions of dollars to inherit? But he still looks like someone I can't afford..."

"Worthless means winning the Ilya Oil Painting Gold Award, which no Chinese has been nominated for in the past 20 years? Redefining uselessness. People just don't like running a business. Isn't it good to be a super-competent artist?"

"Speaking of which, in the first two days, didn't a gossip account leak the news that the Huo family was fighting among themselves? The handsome guy quit the center of the storm and did not disturb the water. The years are quiet and beautiful. How beautiful it is to win an award for Huahua."

Ji Zongming's eyes flashed, the Huo family is fighting among themselves?

Thinking of Huo Chuhong's absence today, it seems somewhat possible.

This was beyond his expectation.

Although the marriage between him and Huo Chuxiao brought a lot of blood to the Huo family and the Ji family, I heard from Ji Shen a while ago that the company had just negotiated a big deal, and it was the people in the industry who met at their wedding that led the way.Ji Zongming thought that Huo's should be the same. After all, the company has Huo Chuhong, and the executives will occasionally joke that his value has risen again. When Huo's establishes a branch, will he be directly parachuted to be the top leader?

But Ji Zongming thought about it again, that's right, the more prosperous the family is, the more those in the family who are also qualified to compete for the position of heir will be unable to resist.After all, the cake is getting bigger and bigger, and if you divide it, the benefits will double.

As for Huo's family atmosphere, there is obviously no respect between brothers and friends, and a harmonious family.

Ji Zongming reckoned that Huo Chuxiao should have flown back today, weighed the priorities of the work at hand, and decided not to stay in the company any longer, but to go home.

Just give Huo Chuxiao a brief celebration of winning the award.

Ji Zongming thinks that this is what a friend should do.

He greeted Huo Chuxiao in advance, and made a reservation at a two-star Michelin restaurant nearby.

After Huo Chuxiao got to know him well, he didn't mind having dinner together occasionally.What's more, he didn't have any social activities after returning to China. Most of the students from the Academy of Fine Arts were scattered all over the world, so they could only make a phone call to say congratulations.And he didn't bother to deal with the other guys who were hypocritical.

But what surprised him was that Huo Chuhong, who was usually the best at maintaining superficial relationships and contacting him regularly as if completing a task, had been very quiet these days, and had no intention of sending a message to congratulate his brother on winning the award.

Huo Chuxiao looked at the quiet dialog box and smiled.As expected.

He is not a fool, he still can't see through so many things.

Chuhong will only be enthusiastic when his life is worse than he imagined.

Some little boy's mind.

Huo Chuxiao didn't mind too much, after all, compared to what he had experienced before, these were just drizzle.

Ji Zongming made an appointment with him at the entrance of the restaurant. Huo Chuxiao arrived a little earlier because he set off directly from home. He originally wanted to stroll around the shopping mall where the restaurant is located, but suddenly noticed a few men and women not far away who kept coming towards him. Look, they are still discussing something excitedly together.

Huo Chuxiao wondered, was he too sensitive and made a mistake?

As a result, the young men came straight to him.

In groups of three or four, it was a big battle.Mr. Huo, a senior social security officer, was so frightened that he turned around and hid in the toilet.

"Well, I would like to ask, are you Huo Chuxiao?"

He wanted to say no, okay?

Huo Chuxiao was on guard all over, and said stiffly: "...Yes."

Then there was a series of screams, which frightened the front desk of the restaurant to take out the walkie-talkie to notify the mall security.

"God, it's really him, it's really him!"

"It's even more beautiful than the photos! Sure enough, people with fair skin tend to look fat on camera!"

"Well, we are your fans, can I have an autograph? It's the one you signed on the painting!"

The young man took out a notebook as he spoke, and several people rummaged through the backpack before they found a pen.

Huo Chuxiao felt a little dazed, he asked hesitantly, "Excuse me...how do you know me?"

He remembered that Jingjie had never publicized their personal information?

"It's the hot search this morning!"

Huo Chuxiao was educated by the young man with his mobile phone, and only then did he finally understand that the fact that he won the award actually caused a lot of repercussions in the country.

He said that looking at the business mailbox today, there were several strange invitations for brand spokespersons, and he also received invitations for interviews with two magazines.

Huo Chuxiao signed autographs for several people, and one of them wanted a group photo, but he refused on the spot.

Just kidding, it's already the limit for him not to escape, okay, if he is surrounded by a group of people to take pictures... Yaoshou.

Those young people were still excited, asking around him, asking him if he lived nearby, asking him how he wanted to develop in the future, and asking if he was single...

Huo Chuxiao frequently took out his mobile phone to check the time, wondering why Ji Zongming didn't come!

People can't help but chanting, he had just finished slandering when he saw a tall figure coming up from downstairs on an escalator from a distance.

Ji Zongming didn't expect the mall to be so popular tonight, so he spent 5 minutes looking for a parking space.He walked up directly from the escalator, and sure enough, he saw Huo Chuxiao waiting in front of the door.

But what he didn't expect was that there were a few extremely enthusiastic young people standing around.

Ji Zongming walked over with a dazed expression, and seeing Huo Chuxiao was also dazed, so he had no choice but to take the initiative and say, "Let's go, I've reserved a seat."

Those young people looked at Ji Zongming, then at Huo Chuxiao, and suddenly became quiet.

Ji Zongming glanced at them and asked, "Your friend?"

Huo Chuxiao: "I don't know him, I say he's a fan of me."

Ji Zongming was surprised.He could guess that it was the hot topic in the morning, but he didn't expect that he even had fans in such a short time?

He apologized to a few people in a gentlemanly manner, saying that they were going in for dinner, but those children were very sensible, so they hurriedly said goodbye.

But when he walked into the restaurant with Huo Chuxiao, he looked back out of the corner of his eye, and saw that he hadn't left yet, and was gathered not far from the restaurant door, excitedly huddling together and talking to their backs.

Although Boss Ji is not a deep net surfer, but out of his instinctive perception of danger, he always feels... things will develop beyond his imagination?

The author says:

感谢在2022-07-0421:10:23~2022-07-0520:51:09期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: 1 piece of Ningmeng;

Thanks to the little angel of the irrigation nutrient solution: 10 bottles for one chase to the end; 5 bottles for Mrs. Shen Jiu, Jiang Ju Olive, 2 bottles for Ningmeng; [-] bottles for Xiaoyu basking in the sun;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!