Chapter 224: Prosperity and Disappointment
“I’m not refuting your reputation, the key point is that we bought such a good piece of art hoping to treasure it forever. We don’t want to make profits from these calligraphy and paintings.”
"In fact, you two should thank Director Liu more. Because if she didn't want to make you two embarrassed, she advised me to leave some for Mr. Xu. I will keep all the paintings and calligraphy in this library. Son.
“So forgive me for being so hard to obey, I will never sell these paintings and calligraphy. No matter how high the price is. It doesn't matter if Mr. Xu doesn't like the rest of the stuff. I'd really like to buy them all. ”
Well, let’s see how grand this guy’s reasons are and how wonderful his rejection words are.
Not only did they seal up the cracks in the door, but they also used a feint to shoot, and they were able to win over Aunt Liu and defeat the two of them.
Without saying anything, he even gave the two of them a big nest of roast chicken to eat.
It can really be called taking advantage of others and killing three birds with one stone.
So, in the end, both Director Wu and Mr. Xu were deflated.
But Aunt Liu, who was smiling all over her face, was seeing Director Wu and Mr. Xu off.
He quietly put his hands behind his back and gave Ning Weimin a thumbs up.
But this was still not the moment in this unexpected meeting that made Ning Weimin feel most content.
His greatest sense of happiness was actually because Director Wu subconsciously called out Mr. Xu’s name while comforting Mr. Xu while walking.
In a flash of lightning, they suddenly arrived.
Huh?
What did Director Wu call him?
Hua Ming? Xu Huaming?
Could it be that the Mr. Xu who came with Director Wu is...
Is he the collector who is famous in the field of calligraphy and painting and will be flocked to by major auction houses in the future?
Ning Weimin's mind was like a flash of lightning.
After a flash, it suddenly became clear!
The name he heard, the photo he had seen in the "Investor" pictorial in his previous life, and the real image of the Hong Kong businessman in front of him all merged into one.
Yes, yes!
He is Xu Huaming!
Xu Huaming in his youth!
That Xu Huaming is so enigmatic and mysterious that no one knows why there are so many famous calligraphers and paintings!
It seems that I have cracked a shocking secret that no one knows about.
And... and I even cut off this boss's beard!
How cool!
It’s so cool!
So cool!
Think about Mr. Xu’s future status in domestic collection circles and auction houses...
Our comprador Ning is so excited that he can hardly breathe.
He actually took his place in this life and took away this greatest luck by accident?
This life’s opportunities and the wonder of fate are beyond description!
On the way back, there was a strong wind and fine dust swirled.
Hit people in the face without any protection or hindrance.
Despite the sun, the air is still dry and cold, which can freeze people into popsicles.
Among Ning Weimin’s group, not to mention Zhang Shihui, who was sitting on the tricycle escorting the car with him, clutching his coat tightly and feeling extremely cold.
Even the workers who pedaled hard on the three-wheelers shivered with the cold wind.
They were all looking forward to finishing today's errands early and going to a restaurant to drink two ounces of soju.
Only Ning Weimin is different from everyone else. He is just like the God of Fire descending to earth, he doesn’t know cold at all.
His mind is still immersed in the things he experienced today and these people...
The wonderful encounter really made his blood boil!
In the evening that day, the sun was setting in the west.
Ning Weimin wanted to entertain friends from all walks of life who helped facilitate business.
We specially made a special trip to hold a banquet at the "Sambo Lok" of Xinqiao Hotel and set up a sumptuous banquet.
The main guests of the banquet are, of course, Aunt Liu and his wife, Huo Xin and Zhang Shihui.
Since Liu Weijing happened to be off work, of course Ning Weimin invited her too.
Unexpectedly, she also brought a Seagull camera she just bought.
Zhang Shihui took advantage of the situation and asked Liu Weijing to help him take a photo with Ning Weimin, saying that they had not taken a photo together for so long.
After the photo was taken, I didn’t expect that Aunt Liu also wanted to take a photo with Huo Xin and Ning Weimin. Ning Weimin didn't want to refute Aunt Liu's reputation, so he had to bite the bullet and endure the embarrassment to take a photo with Huo Xin.
In the photo, he stood neatly, with a serious face like a soldier ready for training.
Huo Xin pretended to be shy, as if she was a bride.
Zhang Shihui later made fun of this photo, saying it was the most disharmonious group photo in the world, and it had a completely comedic effect.
At the same time, it was in the Qianmen Hotel only three kilometers away from them.
While Xu Huaming was drinking alcohol, his heart was filled with depression and frustration that was even harder to calm down.
If he saw so many good things being taken away with his own eyes today, it was his fate.
If he could suppress his resentment and maintain a peaceful mind.
If we say, he finally paid 40,000 yuan for the things he bought.
I couldn’t find a few masterpieces by famous artists like Qi Baishi and Pan Tianshou.
He could only admit that he was unlucky. After all, it was because of the cheap price that he could barely accept the reality.
But a piece of good news from the port city dealt a heavy blow.
Let him realize that the most precious opportunity in his life has been lost, and he can no longer maintain his grace for this reason.
He couldn't help but feel an unprecedented jealousy towards Ning Weimin, the man who bought most of the paintings and calligraphy.
In just two hours, Sotheby's held its first auction of paintings by Chinese modern masters in Hong Kong.
Fu Baoshi gave Xiong Shiyi a piece of "Mrs. Hunan", and the hammer price was as high as 180,000 Hong Kong dollars.
One hundred and eighty thousand is just a painting!
Although Xu Huaming didn't know how many Fu Baoshi were in the paintings and calligraphy bought by Ning Weimin.
But the last time he entered the warehouse, he just took a quick look and found no fewer than six or seven paintings, all of which were large in size.
According to his estimate, Curry should have at least dozens of them.
God knows what he missed!
He simply couldn’t continue thinking about this!
Such a regret, it would be better if I never knew it!
Even though the difference between people's lives is only one step, it is a huge difference!
…………
Some people are proud and some are frustrated, this is life.
The frustration of frustrated people is often caused by the pride of proud people.
This is the truth of life.
But no matter what, 1981, which is coming to an end, should be considered a good year.
Compared with 1979, when the prices of eight kinds of non-staple foods were raised, and compared with 1980, when commodity prices increased severely, the market price increase in 1981 has stabilized.
In this year, the Beijing consumer price index and retail index only increased by 1.3% and 1.4% respectively, of which food prices only increased by 2.9%.
In the same year, our Republic, while improving its overall economic and spiritual outlook, also began to solve various problems left over from history.
It is the end of this year.
A reporter named Song from the National News Agency branch went to Dong'a County to interview and write a newsletter, "As long as you can hold your head high - Remembering the paralyzed girl Lingling".
Lingling’s scientific name is Zhang Haidi.
When this report came out, not only did Zhang Haidi’s own life trajectory change, but many young people who were moved by this report also benefited a lot.
At the end of this year, forty-seven-year-old Chen Jingrun finally became a father.
This year, Xu Chi's reportage "Goldbach's Conjecture" made the mathematician Chen Jingrun, who had always been unknown, become a household scientific icon.
But until the child was born, their family still lived a life of separation in two places.
Due to the long-standing personnel system and the needs of national construction and development, individual work in the city is uniformly allocated by the state.
The transfer of work must go through complicated procedures and a long wait.
Separation between the two places became a difficulty that many families had to face in this era.
But starting from this year, the Republic has begun to work hard to solve this problem.
In 1981 alone, the state solved the practical difficulties of 300,000 families.
Two years later, under the care of contemporary great men, Chen Jingrun’s wife was also transferred from Wuhan to the capital.
Finally, at the end of this year, the Cross-Strait Friendship Association of Chinese Compatriots was established.
Its role is to assist island compatriots to come to the mainland to do business, invest, build factories, run schools, give lectures, and do research activities.
As a result, countless families and compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, who had been forced to separate and had been cut off from contact for more than 30 years, finally began to resume contact.
Many relatives and old friends who had been separated from each other now have the possibility of getting together again.
(End of this chapter)