Li Shi graduated from Tanzhou Normal University. Naturally, many of his college classmates stayed in this city like him.
However, this city has a permanent population of more than five million. He never expected that he would meet his college classmates here!
We have been in the same class for four years, and our dormitories are next to each other. We often play ball together and never admit our mistakes.
What a coincidence.
Before he had time to think too much, he realized that the one who fell was his old classmate. Li Shi quickly accelerated and trotted over.
"Liu Zhengdong, are you okay?"
At this time, Liu Zhengdong had already stood up and was rubbing his knees. Hearing this, he looked up and his face immediately showed surprise: "Li Shi, what a coincidence."
After recognizing Li Shi, Liu Zhengdong seemed to feel embarrassed, and quickly said: "It's okay."
Then he walked over and helped up the electric car, turned to Li Shi and said: "Li Shi, I have an order that is coming soon. I won't talk to you anymore. I'll contact you via WeChat."
With that said, he drove away in the undamaged electric car.
Looking at his back and the butt of the electric car, Li Shi was a little confused. After a while, he shook his head slightly.
"Shitou, do you know that person just now?"
Wang Yuelan came over.
"Yes, my college classmate."
"Ah~, is he okay?"
"It looks like it should be fine."
Li Shi focused on the woman and asked, "How was the meeting?"
The few passers-by who had been gathered around him had dispersed. Wang Yuelan hugged his strong arm and said truthfully: "My nephew is very good. He has grown up a lot. Nothing else is interesting... His parents' attitude towards me is better than before." I'm a lot more enthusiastic, but very fake. Between my words, I always want to test whether I'm getting rich."
Li Shi smiled and said: "The one we met is a rich woman, the very good-looking rich woman from Qiuye. We agreed that she would make money to support us in the future."
Wang Yuelan laughed when she heard this, thinking of Qiu Ye who was far away in Yangcheng, and her previous bad mood disappeared instantly.
She let go of her arm, took out her mobile phone from her bag, and started sending a message to Chen Qiuye.
Now they both find free time to chat intermittently all day long, and sometimes Li Shi doesn't know how they have so much to talk about.
In comparison, he seems to be the "outsider".
Li Shi turned his head and looked at Wang Yuelan who was typing. He also took out his mobile phone from his pocket and flipped through the group of classmates in the university.
He had already set the "Do Not Disturb" mode for this group, and the last message in the group was from last week.
He looked back through the chat history, and found that everyone was chatting about something different, most of which were discussions about popular events on the Internet.
Li Shi checked specifically and found that Liu Zhengdong had not spoken in the group.
Looking at the faces and names of his college classmates, he fell into memories for a while.
The most frequently discussed topic in the university group was their respective destinations. When they first graduated, some people went to training institutions, and some, like Li Shi, went to various small companies, but most of them returned to their hometowns to take civil service and career examinations.
Of course, after all these years, only a few people can "come ashore". Some people have been taking the exam for several years, wasting their time, and finally struggling in the turbid river water.
Liu Zhengdong is one of them.
During his college years, Liu Zhengdong was one of the kind of classmates that Li Shi envied. His family was rich, and his parents gave him at least several thousand, maybe even tens of thousands of yuan in living expenses every month. He usually spent money very arrogantly, and it seemed that he never Never been short of money.
Li Shi still remembers that about two years after graduation, when chatting in a group of classmates, Liu Zhengdong said that he had still not been able to go to school after taking the civil service examination and was planning to continue working for three years. At that time, he took on several part-time jobs in soft articles and lived in a cramped rental house. After staying up late to catch up on work, I felt a lot after seeing the chat records in the post group.
At that time, I was thinking that many times, the starting point where others are born is already the end point that I cannot reach even after a lifetime of hard work. Only a family like Liu Zhengdong, who is not short of money, can be willful and content at home and take the exam after graduation.
"Logically, even if he hadn't been admitted to the civil service, he would have had no choice but to inherit the family business in his hometown of Jianning City. How could he come to Tanzhou to deliver food?"
Li Shi found Liu Zhengdong's WeChat account among the university group members, and originally planned to send a message to ask him about his situation - not why he came to Tanzhou to deliver food, but how he felt about his previous fall. , it seemed that he had fallen badly, so I thought it would be better to suggest that he go to the hospital for a check-up, so as not to realize that he had suffered internal injuries.
But he immediately remembered the awkward look he had when he saw her. After hesitating for two seconds, he thought it was better to forget it.
When they reached the shopping mall, the two of them did not rush to pick up the car. Instead, they found a restaurant for a meal and then drove to the northern suburbs.
After sending Li Shi to Sunshine Village near the Garden Ecological Park, Wang Yuelan went back first.
It's not far from Phoenix Bay. It takes about twenty minutes to drive. She can just pick her up after the event is over.
This is a very beautifully built village. Walking in the village is like walking into a garden.
After a little observation, Li Shi discovered that in addition to the venue where the event was held, a private art gallery called "Banxingzhai", the village also had an RV camping base, a butterfly ecological park, and very beautiful B&Bs with various decoration industries.
At the entrance of the art museum, Li Shi saw Cheng Feng and Mi Wei beside her.
There were many people around them, and it was Mi Wei who noticed Li Shi's arrival first. At her reminder, Cheng Feng came over to say hello.
This is a woman with a relatively plump figure. After a brief conversation, I feel that she does not have much of the gentleness of women from Jiangsu and Zhejiang water towns. On the contrary, she is very capable, and she looks like a professional elite at first glance.
There were many people attending the event this time. After a few words, Cheng Feng went to entertain others. Li Shi and Mi Wei walked inside and came to the exhibition hall.
"Li, your painting is at booth 21. Do you want to go and take a look first?"
What's so good about his own paintings? This time, he wanted to see other people's paintings.
Li Shi shook his head: "Let's see the exhibition first."
Miwe followed him: "Okay, let's go together."
After walking a few steps and looking at two paintings, Li Shi always felt like someone was staring at him. After paying closer attention, he realized that they were actually looking at Mi Wei beside him.
Only then did he temporarily turn his attention from the paintings on display to this foreign girl whose Mandarin was getting better and better.
Miwei is wearing a black sweater today. She is not particularly tall, about 1.63 meters tall, but her body proportions are very good. This sweater shows off her figure very well. If you look closely, she is quite tall. Big-hearted.
But the most eye-catching thing is her thick blond hair and her very beautiful facial features modified by exquisite makeup under the blond hair.
It would be difficult to see such a beautiful exotic beauty even in her hometown or anywhere else in Europe and the United States, let alone in China.
It’s no wonder that it attracts frequent glances from people around.
After all, most of the people in the exhibition hall are painters and painting enthusiasts. When seeing good materials, it is inevitable to use the professional observation skills trained for a long time.
Well, everyone has a love for beauty.
Li Shi looked at her face for a moment and then withdrew his gaze.
This foreign girl is quite good-looking, but there are so many good-looking women in the world. How can you fall in love with just one of them when you see one?
He still focused on the works on display.
Of course, I occasionally communicate with Miwei about the skills and artistry of these paintings.
As a painting lover with good artistic accomplishment, Mi Wei knows how to paint, but her orientation is very broad and tolerant. She always praises every work she sees, saying how good it is.
A very thoughtful review, but it sounds a bit like a request from the curator Cheng Feng.
She was a beautiful woman with blond hair and blue eyes. She spoke fairly fluent Mandarin and soon attracted a bunch of people around her.
In addition to the invited painters, the people looking at the paintings in the exhibition hall are also art lovers. They come from all walks of life, but they are undoubtedly interested in painting, and they have one thing in common, that is, their economic conditions are poor. Yes, he is a potential painting buyer.
Cheng Feng went to such great lengths to organize an exchange meeting with an exhibition, so naturally she was not just interested in art.
Today's society is full of hustle and bustle, and everyone comes and goes for profit.
At least ninety-five percent of people do.
Li Shi found peace amidst the commotion and was still able to focus on appreciating paintings even among the crowd.
But the more he looked, the more disappointed he became.
After reading forty or fifty works one by one, there were no more than three paintings that caught his eye and felt that they had reached the level of proficiency.
One of them is his own work.
"The name of this young painter exchange meeting is quite impressive."
This private art gallery is very large. After viewing all the paintings, he did not wait for Miwei who was surrounded by others, and entered the courtyard behind with an invitation letter alone.
The backyard was decorated as a party scene, and there were already many young painters chatting in pairs.
Li Shi was not used to socializing on such occasions, but he still walked over, trying to blend in and listen to what they were talking about. The main purpose of coming this time was to listen to these professionals talk about painting so that he could develop his own view.
But after listening for a while, he found that everyone was either saying that the event was better than expected and more people came, or they were talking about what interesting things happened to so and so when they went to collect photos. Others were talking about cars, Gossips about houses and celebrities in the entertainment industry...everything was talked about, but no one talked about painting.
"Perhaps this is an occasion where everyone just wants to relax and unwind."
Seeing the situation at the scene, Li Shi immediately gave up his plan to find someone to talk to about painting.
After a while, Li Shi chatted in various ways, thinking about not participating in the later activities, going out for a walk directly, and then asking Wang Yuelan to pick him up early. When Mi Wei came to the backyard from the front.
She swept around and went straight to Li Shi. When she got close, she immediately said with a smile: "Li, I knew you were here, and I have something good to tell you!"
There was a brief silence in the venue for half a second. Li Shizi saw Mi Wei for the first time. When he got closer, he found that her black knitted sweater with a large arc had a work ID card that said "Recommendation Officer" Three big characters.
Well, this blonde foreign girl is really Cheng Feng's support.
Li Shi was even more surprised when he heard her words: "Good thing, what good thing?"
Mi Wei couldn’t wait to say: “Someone has asked for the price of your painting!”
She spoke with joy. As soon as she said this, the surrounding area became completely quiet, and everyone who was still talking looked over.
There is exploration, curiosity, envy... There are also some LSPs hidden in the art team who are specifically staring at Mi Wei, a foreign girl.
Li Shi was also surprised.
He had long known that the exhibition at this exchange event was of a sales nature, but Cheng Feng also told him that it would be difficult for a complete newcomer in the painting world like him to sell paintings at once.
Especially his painting is still a sketch.
The subsequent experience was very novel. Following another staff member to the office on the side of the exhibition hall, Li Shi experienced the experience of making money selling paintings for the first time.
This feeling is particularly wonderful.
I am even happier than when I made money by taking private photos of Wu Yuan.
Although it's only a few thousand dollars.
Because there were bids for his paintings at the art exhibition, after returning to the backyard venue, many people took the initiative to chat. The final result was that he had five new friends on his WeChat account.
The subsequent activities, whether they were speaking on stage individually or creating collective themes, were quite boring.
There were other programs in the evening, but Li Shi planned to leave early at 4:30. After Wang Yuelan sent a WeChat message to say that she had arrived, she immediately went to the front exhibition hall to find Mi Wei and told her that she planned to go back.
There were not many people in the exhibition hall at this time. Mi Wei was chatting with a man she just met today. After hearing this, she immediately said: "Li, did you drive here? Can you take me to the city by the way?"
Li Shi pointed to the card placed high on her chest: "Don't you need to continue working?"
Mi Wei took off the work permit she wore around her neck and said with a smile: "No, I am a free worker. Just tell Cheng Feng on WeChat."
The two of them walked outside, and the man who had been chatting with Mi Wei also came out with them. This man was in his thirties, wearing a suit and leather shoes, with a smile on his face. He was very familiar. He kept taking the initiative to chat with her along the way, and said that he too Have to drive back.
When they arrived at the parking lot near the entrance of the village, they saw Li Shi walking towards a black Bentley first. The man who originally wanted to turn in the other direction to pick up the car immediately followed him.
"Teacher Li, I have always admired great painters like you. I just forgot to leave my contact information. Can we add WeChat?"
Li Shi looked at the man who was catching up with him. He saw that the expression on his face seemed to be very expectant and sincere. He didn't care whether it was true or not. He was in a hurry to go back and directly added him using his WeChat account - anyway, he added it. You can delete it at any time, it doesn't matter.
After getting in the car, Mi Wei immediately said: "Li, this person came to see you and added WeChat after seeing your car."
"Well, maybe." Li Shi said with a smile: "Ignore him, come, let me introduce you. This is Wang Yuelan, Sister Lan. This is Mi Wei, an international student from South China University. I and the organizer of this event She introduced me to Fang Wufeng, and today, with Mi Wei’s interpretation and publicity, I sold my first painting in my life, haha, I made a small profit of thousands!"
Just after the introduction, Li Shi felt the phone in his hand vibrate several times. He originally thought it was the person who added WeChat just now. After unlocking it and taking a look, he found that it was not, it was actually Liu Zhengdong, a college classmate he met by chance at noon!
"Hello, old classmate, are you busy?"
"Would you like to come out and get together tonight?"
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