Zhu Yunxing smiled bitterly and said: "It's very simple, it's just a matter of interest!"
Liu Qingyu said with some surprise: "How can he, a master of calligraphy and painting, have an interest relationship with these officials and businessmen?"
Zhu Yunxing said: "This is actually not complicated. Because Zheng Guowei is a master of calligraphy and painting, his calligraphy and painting are still quite valuable in the calligraphy and painting market of Tiandu Province. Of course, as for how much it is worth, different people have different opinions.
Standard. As far as I know, according to the market price, one word of Master Zheng’s calligraphy works is 1,000 yuan, while one square foot of calligraphy and painting works is 2,000 yuan! Normally, it is still worth this price. Of course, Master Zheng’s works
The reason why it is not very high is firstly because Master Zheng is a generous person and likes to give away his works, and many officials have collected Master Zheng's works. Secondly, because the market capacity of calligraphy and painting in Tiandu Province is limited.
Of course, for ordinary citizens, they still won’t buy Master Zheng’s works even if they are half the price. Even if they want to buy them, they can’t find a channel to buy them. Master Zheng’s works are generally only sold by businessmen and
Circulation among officials. And it seems that Master Zheng himself seems to have a strong ability to control the sales price of his works, which is the real reason why the selling prices of his works are never high."
Liu Qingyu rolled his eyes when he heard this. He always felt that something was not right here.
It stands to reason that as a calligraphy and painting master, who doesn’t want his works to be more valuable and sell as high as possible. But why does Master Zheng use this method to control the sales price of his works? This is very important to him.
Are there any benefits?
There is no benefit in thinking about it. You must know that as an artist, in this generally impetuous society, how do you measure the value of your art? The selling price of your works! Many artists inflate the prices of their works in order to hype their works.
, and even spend huge sums of money on advertising in major train stations and various crowded places to increase their popularity. What is it for? It’s not just money! The higher the reputation, the more money.
But why does Master Zheng insist on controlling the sales price of his works?
Although Liu Qingyu only met this Master Zheng once, Liu Qingyu could tell that this Master Zheng was definitely not as gentle and gentle as he seemed on the surface, because there seemed to be a trace of venom in his eyes.
This shows that this person is definitely a ruthless person.
Moreover, when this person looks at others, his eyelids are turned up, which shows that this person is very powerful. This can be seen from the greetings he just had with the deputy mayor and the businessman. At that time, the calligraphy and painting master was just
Vice Mayor Sun exchanged pleasantries, but as for the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau and several wealthy businessmen next to him, he didn't even mean to show humility.
How could such an obviously powerful person be someone who knows how to be restrained in doing things and doesn't like to take advantage? How could he give up the benefits he was about to gain?
Absolutely impossible. But he did it anyway, which shows that there is definitely something wrong with this person.
Almost at that moment, Liu Qingyu's brain quickly analyzed a lot of things.
The two of them entered the hall while chatting and went directly to the partition where Zhu Yunxing decided to sit down.
What was very unfortunate was that in the booth directly opposite the booth where Liu Qingyu and his friends were sitting, the same calligraphy and painting master Zheng Guowei and others who had just walked in were sitting there.
Since the entire private room is separated by a movable screen, the size of the partition is adjusted according to the number of people booked. Therefore, the partition on the opposite side is obviously larger than Liu Qingyu's private room.
The two sides are only separated by a corridor, so they can see each other. However, since they are six or seven meters apart, when they speak to each other, if their voices are lower, they may not be heard by the other party.
After Liu Qingyu and Zhu Yunxing sat down, they ordered their dishes and started chatting.
After chatting for a while, the food was served, and the two of them chatted and ate happily.
At this time, Liu Qingyu's WeChat message rang. Liu Qingyu opened the WeChat message and saw that it was from Cao Shuhui. He asked Liu Qingyu what he was doing.
Liu Qingyu said he was eating.
Cao Shuhui said: "I don't believe it. Are you picking up beautiful women again? I want to see what's going on at the scene. You can send it to me."
In desperation, Liu Qingyu could only take out his mobile phone and shoot a video around the entire private room, especially Zhu Yunxing, so as not to make Cao Shuhui suspicious.
Now Liu Qingyu feels speechless sometimes. Since experiencing this explosion, Cao Shuhui has become more and more attached to him. Almost every night, she calls or sends WeChat to check Liu Qingyu’s position, which makes her
Liu Qingyu was a little helpless. But Liu Qingyu also knew that Cao Shuhui had a deep love for him. And Liu Qingyu also knew that Cao Shuhui was not worried about having an affair at all, because Cao Shuhui was a very considerate person to him.
Confident people. But this does not prevent Cao Shuhui and Liu Qingyu from making such little jokes. This is also a way of coquettishness invented by Cao Shuhui because the young couple cannot get along with each other for a long time.
Liu Qingyu naturally doted on Cao Shuhui, the hero who gave birth to twins for the Liu family, and would not refuse Cao Shuhui's various requests.
After Liu Qingyu took a look around the entire partitioned private room and took pictures, he sent it to Cao Shuhui and immediately said: "Honey, look, the person opposite me is Zhu Yunxing. You should be relieved this time, right?"
Cao Shuhui then snorted and said, "Huh, I guess you have a conscience."
When the WeChat chat between Liu Qingyu and Cao Shuhui was in full swing, in the partition opposite, Deputy Mayor Sun Qingcheng saw that Liu Qingyu had just taken out his mobile phone and took pictures around their partition, and at one point,
The situation on their side was also photographed.
Sun Qingcheng's face darkened immediately.
As a deputy mayor, he knows very well that the eight regulations and six prohibitions are now strictly implemented, and it is very sensitive for officials to participate in various banquets. Originally, he did not want to come to such an occasion today.
He participated because he knew that according to his level, he could not get a private room in Tianfu Hotel. At most, he could only book a private room. Although there was a certain degree of privacy, there was still a certain risk of exposure.
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But since tonight's dinner was organized by Zheng Guowei, the master of calligraphy and painting, he had to give it face. Moreover, he had already heard about Chu Xiongjin and Le Wenqiang, two big figures in Tiandu's business circles. Since Zheng Guowei personally organized the dinner for
He had to give face to the matchmaking between the two. After all, many times, he still needed to rely on Zheng Guowei. And because the dinner was in the evening, it was not during working hours, and he did not eat and drink with public funds, so he reluctantly did so.
Came over to participate. And he also knew that there were quite a few leaders who came to attend private dinners at Tianfu Hotel. Everyone here knew each other tacitly. Even if they were sitting next to each other, if they weren't close to each other,
If it's close, everyone plays their own game to avoid accidents.
But just now, Sun Qingcheng saw Liu Qingyu taking a video with his mobile phone, which made his nerves tense.
As a deputy mayor, he was quite vigilant. Therefore, Sun Qingcheng frowned and said, "Master Zheng, did you see that the man opposite us actually used his mobile phone to talk to us?"
Shoot.”
When Sun Qingcheng was talking, Liu Qingyu happened to be taking pictures around their private room with his mobile phone. After it was over, Liu Qingyu immediately sat down and sent a WeChat message to Cao Shuhui.
Seeing this, Zheng Guowei's face darkened and he said directly to the two bodyguards: "Go over and delete all the videos and photos on his phone."
The two bodyguards immediately stood up and walked towards Liu Qingyu and the others.
These two bodyguards were the same two bodyguards who pushed Liu Qingyu and Zhu Yunxing before.
When Liu Qingyu came in, one of them reached out to Liu Qingyu with a gloomy face and said, "Give me your phone."
Liu Qingyu couldn't help but frown: "Give you the phone? Why?"
As he spoke, Liu Qingyu put his cell phone into his pocket, his face looking grim.
This is the first time Liu Qingyu has seen someone so strong and unreasonable, especially when the two of them pushed him and Zhu Yunxing aside savagely when they were going up the steps. Liu Qingyu knew this well.
I remember clearly that now, these two people actually wanted to get their mobile phones.
This made Liu Qingyu quite unhappy. Therefore, Liu Qingyu responded forcefully without hesitation and did not give the other party any good looks.
Seeing that Liu Qingyu had installed his mobile phone, the bodyguard who was close to Liu Qingyu immediately became dissatisfied and reached out to grab Liu Qingyu's collar, trying to arrest Liu Qingyu.
How could Liu Qingyu let him catch him? He pushed the other person's hand away with one move of his hand and said coldly: "Don't use your hands or feet."
Seeing this, Zhu Yunxing was a little unhappy.
After all, Liu Qingyu is also his guest. Now that he is inviting Liu Qingyu to dinner, these two people are trying to steal Liu Qingyu's mobile phone without asking any questions. Isn't this obvious bullying?
Thinking of this, Zhu Yunxing stood up angrily and said coldly: "Two friends, what do you mean? We are eating our food well, and you come over to snatch my friend's mobile phone. What is the meaning of this? Do you think this is right?
Don’t you know robbery is illegal?”
"Pa!" The bodyguard behind him slapped Zhu Yunxing hard on the face with a big mouth. He glared at Zhu Yunxing coldly with fierce eyes and said: "It's none of your business. Just stay alone and don't nag me again."
I'm going to cut you off!"
After saying that, the bodyguard also pointed his finger at Liu Qingyu and said with a sinister expression: "You kid, take out your phone immediately and delete all the videos and photos on it. Otherwise, you will never leave this room!" Mobile phone
