Li Rui stared at the painting and saw that the background was an endless mountain range. The forest was dense and the grass was overgrown. In the mountains, an ancient temple could be vaguely seen. The hall was old, but the eaves were clear and the temple walls were thick. It gave people a sense of seclusion. Outside the temple, there was a small path that meandered down the mountain and finally crossed a wooden bridge that led to the outside world. The entire painting was painted in black and green, but it perfectly depicted the characteristics of the mountains, stones, forests, grass, temples, bridges, and rivers. It could be described as vivid and lifelike. After looking at it, it gave people a feeling of tranquility and seclusion. They couldn't help but want to find such a secluded ancient temple and hide in it for a few days of peace.
"Good painting!"
After Li Rui saw it, he could not help but praise it. However, he was puzzled. Although the painting was not bad, would the Provincial Agricultural University's Principal like it?
Hearing his praise, the beautiful woman expressionlessly picked up a bamboo stick with a fork on the head from the side. She lifted it up and took down the painting. She rolled up more than half of the painting in her hands, then turned around and walked towards the west. "Come here."
Li Rui raised his hand and wanted to stop her because he did not have confidence in the painting. However, when he saw that the beauty was so calm, he swallowed his words and quickly followed her.
The beauty walked into a small room in the west and put the painting on the table. She took out a seal from the drawer and stamped it on the painting with a solemn expression.
Li Rui looked closer and saw that the words on the seal were in seal script. He could not recognize a single word. However, he saw that the seal was made of red jade and was sparkling and shiny. It seemed to be a first-class seal. He became more and more suspicious. Where did this beauty come from?
The beauty stared at the seal on the painting and said indifferently, "I usually don't use seals when I sell paintings. I don't use this one either. Today, I made an exception and used this seal because you were in an emergency. However, you don't have to thank me. I'm just compensating you for the time you spent waiting for me to finish the painting. I don't want you to keep talking about it. "
Li Ruixin thought that this girl handled things clearly. He smiled and asked, "What's written on this seal?"
The beautiful woman didn't answer and said, "Three thousand dollars! My painting costs one thousand and my chapter costs two thousand. Cash or credit card? "
Li Rui was stunned, not because she asked for too much money, but because the price of the seal was higher than the value of the painting itself. This was too amazing. He asked curiously, "What seal is that? Why is it so valuable?"
The beauty ignored him. She rolled up the scroll and tied it tightly with a ribbon. Then, she took out an antique rectangular box from the bookcase behind her and put the scroll inside. She closed the lid of the box, locked it, and pushed it in front of him. She raised her head and looked at him coldly, as if she was asking, "Can I pay now?"
Li Rui already knew that she was a woman with excellent painting skills and a strong background. Seeing that she was very confident, he did not think too much about it. He made up his mind and took this painting to give it to the headmaster of Provincial Agricultural University. It would be good if he accepted it, but if he did not accept it, he would think about it later. Anyway, there was no better way now. He nodded and said, "I'll pay with my card!"
After paying three thousand dollars, Li Rui thanked the beautiful woman and went downstairs with the box. The beautiful woman also wanted to close the door and follow him downstairs.
When they were about to reach the door, Li Rui looked at the painting on the wall and suddenly thought of something. He stopped and asked, "Why don't you sell your paintings with seals?"
The beautiful woman said, "People who love paintings love the scenery and artistic conception of the painting, not the seal."
Li Rui said, "If you use the seal, won't you be more famous?"
The beautiful woman asked coldly, "What's so good about being famous?"
Li Rui was stunned and looked at her deeply. He thought that this girl's temperament was really strange. He did not ask any more questions and left.
The next morning, at 6: 45 am, Li Rui saw Ling Shuyao, Li Jing, and Jin Rui, three familiar women downstairs. Beside them were a few cadres from the Municipal Office and the Municipal Education Bureau. There were also three official cars that formed the team for this trip to Provincial Agricultural University.
Li Rui carried the painting box and walked to Li Jing. He patted the painting box and said, "Mayor Li, I bought this as a gift."
Li Jing was slightly surprised. He stared at the painting box and asked, "What's in it?"
Li Rui said, "It's a landscape painting. It's quite well drawn. I hope that the headmaster will like it."
Li Jing frowned and said, "A painting? Didn't you say that it's not easy to buy paintings? Famous paintings are too expensive, and ordinary paintings are too expensive. Then what did you buy? Don't tell me that you bought a famous painting with a huge sum of money. "
Li Rui shook his head and said, "Of course not. It was drawn by a nameless artist. That artist knows the Provincial Calligraphy and Painting Association very well. She told me with certainty that this painting will definitely move the other party. If the other party doesn't accept it, she will be responsible for all our losses."
Li Jing smiled bitterly and said, "Monetary losses are not a problem, but I'm afraid that the headmaster will be unhappy again. Then it will be harder to deal with public relations in the future."
Li Rui sighed and said, "But we don't have a better idea now. We can only give it a try."
Li Jing nodded and said to Jin Rui, "See if everyone is here. If everyone is here, let's get in the car and set off."
Five minutes later, the last cadre arrived. Everyone got in the car and the three cars drove to the provincial capital, Jingnan.
Li Rui sat in Li Jing's car and sat on the left and right side of her. Not long after they set off, Li Jing became interested in the painting and asked Li Rui to open it to take a look.
Li Rui opened the box and took out the painting scroll. He untied the ribbon and unfolded it as much as possible for her to take a look.
Li Jing didn't know much about paintings. At most, she could understand the scenery on the painting. She couldn't understand anything more detailed. She roughly glanced at it and nodded, "The painting is quite good. Uh … how much did you pay for this painting?"
Li Rui answered truthfully.
Li Jing said, "Okay, give me the receipt later and I'll reimburse you. Three thousand? It's not expensive, but for an ordinary artist's work, it's not cheap. To be able to set such a price, you can see the author's confidence in her work. But I'm still a little worried that the headmaster might not take this painting seriously. "
Li Rui put away the painting scroll and said, "There's no point in worrying about this now. Let's go and take a look first. What I can tell you is that this artist was once invited to join the Provincial Calligraphy and Painting Association, but she refused. In other words, she didn't take a liking to them. In other words, the headmaster, who is the vice president of the Calligraphy and Painting Association, is far less skilled than this artist. He should admire her painting. "
Li Jing nodded and didn't say anything else. However, her slightly nervous expression showed that she was worried about this gift.
They didn't say anything on the way. Before nine o 'clock, the motorcade arrived at the provincial capital. After another ten minutes, they arrived at the Provincial Agricultural University campus. Li Jing, Li Rui, and the others were embarrassed by what happened soon.
Not only did the Agricultural University not send an equivalent reception team, but they only sent the assistant headmaster and the office director downstairs to welcome Li Jing and the others downstairs. After bringing them into the reception room, they didn't care about them. Other than a bottle of mineral water in front of everyone, no one from the university greeted them.
It was fine if no one greeted them. The headmaster should have come out and talked to them. After all, they had already made an appointment with the Provincial Agricultural University through the General Office of Qingyang Prefecture yesterday, but the headmaster still refused to show up. Li Jing and the others were all left in the reception room. No one paid attention to them for a quarter of an hour.
Although Li Jing and Li Rui had expected that they would be slighted and rolled their eyes at by the Provincial Agricultural University, they didn't expect the other party to play it so ruthlessly. They didn't care about their face at all. But in fact, was there such a big hatred between Qingyang Prefecture and the Provincial Agricultural University?
Li Jing was even more indignant. She was, after all, a deputy mayor. Although the headmaster of the Provincial Agricultural University was at the level of a department, it was only a nominal position. He didn't have much power in the local area. Even if the headmaster wasn't attentive to her, he should at least have the most basic respect. Well, this showed that he didn't hesitate to do Kung Fu. It was really abominable.
Jiang Songbei, Li Jing's big secretary and one of the deputy secretaries of the General Office of the Municipal Government, came with her. He got up and came to Li Jing's side. He asked in a low voice if they should go out and talk to the assistant headmaster.
Li Jing said with a sullen face, "Do you still need to ask for my opinion?"
Jiang Songbei was scolded by her in public. He was very embarrassed. He said "yes" and stepped out of the reception room.
Li Rui watched him leave. He thought to himself that this big brother really didn't have good eyesight. This kind of thing should be done directly. Why did he have to ask for Li Jing's opinion? As a big secretary like him, he probably wouldn't be recognized and put in an important position by the leader even if he worked for ten or twenty years.
Jiang Songbei went out for less than two minutes. He came back accompanied by the assistant headmaster.
The assistant headmaster went straight to Li Jing's side and said with a smile, "I'm really sorry, Mayor Li. Our headmaster was just about to come over, but he was suddenly delayed by a phone call. Could you please wait for a while? That phone call was very fast. It should be done in a while. "
When Li Jing heard this, although she was very unhappy, she couldn't complain, let alone get angry. That would make her seem narrow-minded. She said in a light tone, "It's okay. We came to visit your school with sincerity. We can afford to wait."
The assistant headmaster was also a smart person. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to become the headmaster's assistant. He heard the hidden dissatisfaction in her words and said with a smile, "Okay, then I'll ask Mayor Li to bear with us. I'll go back and urge the headmaster." After that, he turned and left.
Li Jing looked coldly at him leaving the room. After he left, she sneered and whispered to Li Rui, who was sitting next to her, "He doesn't know how to lie! He's just a small assistant. How dare he urge the headmaster? Does he think we're all fools?! "
Li Rui smiled and secretly thought about what he should do to break this deadlock. Otherwise, who knew how long he would have to wait?
At this time, the assistant headmaster had already pushed the door open and walked into the headmaster's office not far away from the reception room. He walked briskly to the big office table inside and told a 50-year-old old man sitting inside about Li Jing's reaction just now.
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