The Ink Painting Association's daily activities were held in an old bungalow with a long history under the Art Association. It was located on both sides of the path lined with golden leaves.
Huo Sishen was worried that Gu Shishi was out for some fresh air today, so he brought Mrs. Lin and Si Yi to the cafe opposite the bungalow to have afternoon tea while waiting for his wife to finish her activities and go home together.
He repeatedly reminded her to call them if she needed anything and that they would be there in three minutes.
However, when Gu Shishi saw Gu Jiangxin's side profile emerge from the staircase on the second floor, she instantly forgot all about his instructions!
Damn, this dog daddy had chased her all the way here!
Damn, this dog daddy had found out about her identity?
Damn, this dog daddy was here to stop her?
Her mind was full of shit. When she realized what was going on, she immediately hugged her stomach and ran like a deer into the small cubicle behind her.
This was the first time Gu Jiangxin had come to the association's building.
Thus, when he went upstairs, his gaze immediately fell on President Huang Chuan, who was talking to someone at the staircase. He smiled and went up to greet him.
He did not notice anyone entering the small cubicle, nor did he notice that Gu Shishi was present.
The few old men who were talking to Gu Shishi were shocked by her sudden escape.
"Eh?"
"What's wrong with this little girl?"
Gao Xiue, who was standing closest to her, saw her hugging her stomach and quickly followed her in. Before she went in, she shouted at the men around her, "Men, don't come in!"
On the other side, Gu Jiangxin had already explained his intentions to Huang Chuan. "I'm here to ask for a painting, President Huang."
Huang Chuan did not look happy.
Previously, when Gu Jiangxin came to look for him at the exhibition, he had already politely rejected him.
He had already told him clearly that he could not do it, so why did he continue to be so untactful?
Huang Chuan could not help but glance into the room. When he realized that Gu Shishi was not around, he felt relieved. "Mr. Gu, I've already told you, but …"
Halfway through his sentence, he paused. Both of their surnames were Gu.
Now that Gu Shishi had left early, was it because she saw this Mr. Gu?
They knew each other and were not on good terms? Then why was this person here to ask for a painting? Did he not know that she was the painter?
Having lived for so many years, Huang Chuan instantly thought of many things.
Gu Jiangxin smiled and said that he was here today to ask for a painting by President Huang Chuan.
Huang Chuan's expression changed, and he pulled a long face on the spot. "I didn't do anything big!"
Previously, he thought that the other party was sincere in his request for the painting, but from the looks of it now, that wasn't the case at all.
He really didn't like this impatient manner of buying from anyone!
Gu Jiangxin's face stiffened.
He had been doing business all his life and had always been very tactful. However, this time, he had actually been snubbed.
"President Huang, it's my mistake. Please listen to me …"
Gu Shishi clutched her stomach and ran into the small room. She closed the door and leaned against the wall. Only then did she come to her senses.
Why was she running?
She wasn't guilty, and she didn't do anything wrong.
"Shishi, are you on your period? Your pants are dirty. I have a jacket. Can I get it for you? "
Gao Xiue followed them in. She was a kind grandmother in her sixties or seventies.
"No, no, Grandma Gao."
Gu Shishi blushed.
Gao Xiue was stunned. "Then why did you run in while clutching your stomach?"
Gu Shishi was stunned. She looked down and realized that she had unknowingly covered her stomach tightly.
She instantly found the answer.
She had run in because she was subconsciously afraid that Gu Jiangxin would go crazy.
If he knew that she was an ink master and couldn't get a painting, how could a room full of grandpas and grandmas stop a strong man like him if he went crazy?
She couldn't fight with him now.
She rubbed her stomach and quickly found a place to sit down. She wondered if she should send a life-saving message to the big boss now.
"You're pregnant?!"
Gao Xiue looked at her and suddenly understood.
Gu Shishi blushed even more and nodded.
"Are you not feeling well? Then we should call a doctor. Why did you run in? There's only a brush and ink in this room. There's no bed to lie down on. "
Gao Xiue hurried over and held her hand.
"Don't be afraid. Old Qi is the doctor outside. I'll ask him to come in and take a look at you."
"Grandma Gao, I'm fine. It's just that there's someone outside …"
Gu Shishi didn't feel any pain at all. She had no choice but to tell her the whole story of how she had taken precautions and hid in the room first.
It didn't take much time for her to settle the matter with just a few sentences.
Gao Xiue opened her mouth wide and only came back to her senses after a long time. "Oh my god! There's such a person?! "
She had studied painting all her life and didn't know that people could be so despicable.
Gao Xiue had a common enemy and immediately tapped on her phone.
Gu Shishi raised her eyebrows.
In the blink of an eye, a message popped up on her phone!
[Xiuxiu: Everyone, the man outside is Shishi's father! But he has never raised Shishi and even married her off to form an alliance! Now he wants to ask for Shishi's painting to please the leaders in the city. He still doesn't know that the ink master is Shishi!]
[Xiuxiu: Don't be nice to him! And don't expose that Shishi is in the small room! Do you understand?!]
At this moment, the people inside and outside the room who were looking at their phones immediately looked at Gu Jiangxin with unfriendly gazes.
Those who didn't have time to look at their phones were pointed at the screen by the people beside them and motioned to read the message.
Suddenly, the atmosphere on the second floor became very strange.
Old people were usually protective of their own people.
The old people in the organization were even more protective of their own people.
When Huang Chuan saw the message, he almost lost his composure and wanted to chase them away on the spot.
"President Gu, please go back. We don't sell paintings here. "
"Old Mr. Huang, do you still remember me? I'm the one from the previous auction … "
President Zhou, who came with Gu Jiangxin, smiled.
But before he could finish, Huang Chuan waved his hand impatiently. "I don't remember! I'm old, how can I remember?! "
President Zhou was embarrassed.
Gu Jiangxin's chest tightened. She had never been so embarrassed before.
"Old Mr. Huang, I respect you as an old artist, but don't you think you're being too rude? You're a guest. Even if we can't make a deal, we're still benevolent. "
General Manager Zhou was also put on the spot.
Gu Jiangxin's face was already dark. "President Huang, you might not know, but who owns this land? In the past few years, we've sacrificed a lot to support the government. According to the market price, the monthly rent for this building is fifty thousand yuan. "
Gu Jiangxin only found out about this when he came here.
This building was rented to Guo Jia twenty years ago, and the rent had only been increased three times.
If it weren't for him, these old people might not even be able to afford a one-bedroom apartment, let alone a small bungalow for their activities!
These "artists" didn't know their own worth!
Even if they took the paintings to auction, if they weren't pursued by rich people, they would be worthless!
Huang Chuan was shocked.
This building was allocated by the city and didn't belong to anyone in the association.
He didn't expect it to be rented.
But he was surprised and quickly put on a straight face. "Then President Gu can take it back. We'll move out."
Gu Jiangxin's face darkened. He could only wave his sleeves and prepare to leave.
However, a voice came from the small room.
"Please wait."
This voice sounded a little old.
"You want an ink painting with a big touch? Wait for two hours and come back to get it. "
When these words came out, everyone in the room was a little shocked.
Gu Jiangxin was surprised and happy. "You're the ink painting?"
Of course not.
Gao Xiue shook his head in the small room, but he read the words written by Gu Shishi. "I'm only making one. If you want it, you can take it. If not, please leave immediately."
"The price is thirty million yuan."
Gu Jiangxin frowned slightly, but he quickly felt relieved.
Thirty million yuan. If it was a master's work, the price would be reasonable in an auction. It was a little too high in daily transactions.
However, he had gone through a lot of twists and turns to ask for a painting. He had wasted a lot of time and even had to be thick-skinned to ask for a painting. Finally … he had it!
All of a sudden, he felt that thirty million yuan wasn't too much! On the contrary, it was a little lucky!
"Okay, master is straightforward! Thank you, master! I'll come back in two hours! "
When everyone saw him bowing respectfully to the small room, their expressions became even more strange.
They could all tell that the person who spoke was Gao Xiue.
After he left, the old people couldn't help but go to the small room.
"Old Gao, what's going on?"
"Little Shishi, the president will help you block that person. Why are you drawing!"
"It's more like drawing a p for him!"
"If the president doesn't help, there's still me, Old Lei. What's there to be afraid of? Don't be a coward!"
"Come to my house for meetings in the future! Sigh, I don't want to stay in this place to have anything to do with this kind of person! "
Everyone felt indignant for Gu Shishi.
Gu Shishi sat on the chair, feeling touched and grateful.
"Seniors, don't worry. I've thought about it. I'll draw a painting for him. It can be considered as a break between father and daughter."
Initially, she had planned to ignore Gu Jiangxin. She was halfway through typing the message she wanted to send to the big boss to pick her up. However, halfway through, she heard Gu Jiangxin mention this small building. His words were filled with threats, so she deleted the message.
If he wanted it, then she would give him a 'big gift'!
"Wait a moment, I'll draw it for you."
Gu Shishi smiled, stood up, and walked to the side of the drawing table.
The brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone for the exchange meeting were all ready-made.
Although everyone felt indignant, they restrained themselves and watched from the side when they saw that Gu Shishi's expression seemed to have a hidden meaning.
Gu Shishi dipped the ink into the water and drew mountains and rivers skillfully.
"Eh … Little Shishi, the mountains you drew are a little strange …"
Not long after, someone exclaimed in surprise.
Gu Shishi smiled. After a few strokes, her ink turned to the stream at the bottom of the mountains and rivers.
A small bridge, flowing water, and a house.
Her strokes were very smooth. The old people who were watching quickly forgot the knot in their hearts. They forgot that this painting was for Gu Jiangxin, and they seemed to have forgotten the strange way she drew mountains and rivers.
Gu Shishi stood beside the flowing water and quickly turned into a man in a yellow robe. He held a book in his left hand and a bucket in his right hand. The water stains on his sleeves and the corners of his robe spread out and spread to the ground, darkening the color of the yellow soil.
After a few strokes, a slightly exquisite house was completed next to the bamboo forest path in the painting.
In the warm room, a woman with a bright red hibiscus flower in a bun was applying yellow flowers to the mirror.
She had drawn countless paintings of court ladies for [The Flowery Room]. Many of her practice works had been abandoned.
Now, she could draw these people easily!
Everyone couldn't help but sigh at her fast hand speed and exquisite characters.
But the more they looked, the stranger their expressions became.
"If you ask me, Little Shishi, you can ignore him, but don't joke about painting. The works we usually make have to be reasonable and complete. Otherwise, if you develop a habit of doing things casually, it will easily affect your thinking. "
Old Lei looked for a while and sighed.
"Look at your mountains and rivers. What season is it? Why is it that one moment the mountains and rivers are covered in snow, and the next moment there is a hibiscus flower on this woman's head? "
"And how can there be such an exquisite house between mountains and rivers in the wilderness? The woman in the warm room is dressed luxuriously, and the man is also wearing luxurious clothes to fetch water? It doesn't make sense! "
Old Lei frowned and couldn't help but grumble.
"Hey, aren't you just piecing things together? What's in the lake? Why is the sun drawn like the moon? No matter how exquisite the painting is, it doesn't make sense … "
Halfway through his sentence, Gao Xiue, who was beside him, hit his arm with a pen.
"What? Did I say something wrong? "
Old Lei couldn't help but stare.
Gao Xiue gave him a 'you're stupid, you don't know' look. "Old Lei, you're old. You should read more books."
"Hmm?"
Old Lei was stunned. Seeing that everyone around him was laughing at him, he immediately refused to accept it.
"What? Don't you feel it?! "
President Huang Chuan gave him a profound smile.
If he had a beard on his face, he would want to touch it and pretend to be an expert.
"Flowers in the mirror, the moon in the water, do you know?"
Old Lei stared. After a while, he slapped his thigh and suddenly understood!
"Flowers in the mirror, the moon in the water? So that's how it is. Flowers in the mirror, the moon in the water, means that everything in the painting is fake?! "
Gao Xiue narrowed her eyes and smiled. She took out her presbyopia glasses and pointed at the painting paper. "In addition to the abnormal seasons and characters, look at the bamboo forest around the path and the plate texture on the bucket in the man's hand. Are they familiar? This is a bamboo basket! Drawing water with a bamboo basket is all in vain! "
Huang Chuan also smiled and came over. "The painting of this mountain also has the meaning of a mirror image. These two mountains seem to be one big and one small, but they are actually the same mountain. It's just that the left and right sides are swapped. That's why we all felt strange before. "
Old Lei could only raise a finger and rush to Gu Shishi. "Little Shishi, you're awesome. Old Lei is convinced!"
Gu Shishi smiled and continued to dip the water and splash ink to color the green mountain.
Yes, the painting seemed complete, the strokes were smooth and sharp, and it implied peace. But from the beginning to the end, it was an illusion that could not be realized!
From the purple bamboo forest to the man and woman, to the house, lake, and two mountains … Those who knew the art would notice that something was wrong if they looked closely.
Gu Jiangxin wanted to paint it.
She would give it to him!
No, she would sell it to him for 30 million!
There were some things that he should not think too highly of!
Although it was said to take two hours, it was actually so time-consuming because the painting needed to wait for the ink to dry layer by layer.
It did not take that long to actually start painting.
So by the time Gu Shishi finished painting, she had already told her story to the old grandpas and grandmas in the room. The old people who heard it all blew their beards and glared at her. Some of them even had red eyes.
When Gu Jiangxin arrived on time, he realized that the old people in the room were looking at him with eyes full of ridicule.
But just as he was about to think about it carefully, a white-haired old woman took the painting with both hands.
"This painting is called 'East'."
She put the painting on the table with one hand and handed a note to Gu Jiangxin with the other.
"Transfer the money to this bank account."
Gu Jiangxin took it and looked at it.
The recipient was Gao Xiue.
He immediately smiled and temporarily put the strange feeling behind him. "So it's Master Gao. I've heard a lot about your ink painting."
At this point, he hurriedly checked the seal on the painting. When he saw the familiar words "ink painting" in the red mud, he was completely relieved.
The old men here didn't really welcome him.
Because he had mentioned that this house was his, these old artists felt threatened, right?
But if they did not do that, how could he have gotten this painting?
As Gu Jiangxin thought about it, he looked at the table.
"What a good painting of 'East'!"
The sun was high in the sky, and water came from the east.
Wearing a yellow robe, keeping a mistress in a golden house.
The meaning … was really too good. It was far better than the three paintings on display!
In feng shui, water was wealth. Wealth came rolling in from the east.
The sun rose high in the sky. It was the time of the day when the sun was at its brightest.
And in ancient times, other than the emperor's family, who could wear yellow?
This meant that the man in the painting had reached a high position in his career, and his family was naturally harmonious with a beautiful woman.
As a man, what more could he ask for?
Enough!
That was enough!
No matter how calm Gu Jiangxin was, he could not help but laugh excitedly at this moment.
The meaning of this painting was just right for someone like District Chief Liu!
"Okay, I'll get my secretary to transfer the money to Master Gao now! Thank you for your hard work, Master! "
Gu Jiangxin could not hide his joy.
"Jingde Real Estate has a small detached villa not far away. In the future, if Master wants to organize activities, you can let me know. It's open to the masters every week for free! The masters won't have to share this address with other associations anymore! "
Give a big stick and a big jujube.
Gu Jiangxin had always been good at appeasing people.
However, the old men were sneering in their hearts. They did not show it on their faces and praised the painting endlessly.
"President Gu has good taste."
"This painting is indeed exquisite and thoughtful. Congratulations to President Gu for obtaining a masterpiece!"
"It can be passed down to the future generations!"
Gu Jiangxin was even more proud. He deeply felt that his goodwill had made the artists give in again!
As for President Zhou, who claimed to be an expert in painting, he praised the painting with 'smooth lines', 'neat freehand', and 'vivid characters'. This made Gu Jiangxin feel relieved. He felt that although 30 million yuan was expensive, it was not a big loss.
After paying on the spot, they carefully held the painting and returned with satisfaction.
The old men in the room were laughing so hard that their stomachs were cramping!
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