Chapter 105: Prelude (1)
September 20th, the second holiday of September.
In the past few days, Xu Chen sent an invitation to all the major officials in Yuzhang City, the heads of the family, and the celebrities and scholars, only saying that he had a new store that would open on the day of the 20th holiday. Therefore, I sincerely invite all guests to attend the ceremony, and also prepare some small programs to help the fun, such as the auction or something, I hope you can have a good time.
Xu Chen's name had already spread throughout Yuzhang County after the night banquet of King Teng's Pavilion, and even the nearby counties knew that Yuzhang City had another great talent. But in fact, the name of a genius is not so easy to use, at least for high-ranking officials and dignitaries, this kind of thing is just a reason for the banquet to cheer up, with such a name, I don't want to invite these people.
Therefore, Xu Chen used a very simple method, when Wang Xian was working in the office, he went straight in, and most of the officials in the office also knew him, knowing that this was an acquaintance who could talk to Lord Taishou for a long time, so they didn't stop him. So Xu Chen took advantage of the gap between Wang Xian and others to talk about things, and went directly to Wang Xian's office, and respectfully sent the invitation to Wang Xian in front of many officials, and invited him to be present on the 20th in public.
Xu Chen actually did this very Meng Lang, but he really didn't have time to let him prepare carefully, although this method was a bit reckless, but there was no doubt that it would be the fastest effective. Xu Chen took advantage of Wang Xian's different view of him, and used the most direct method to make the best publicity for the opening of his new store.
Wang Xian saw Xu Chen's actions, and only felt that this was the impulse of the young man, but he had no intention of blaming, besides, he was already worried about how to make an appointment with Xu Chen again, who let the niece of the family never think about it! Now that Xu Chen took the initiative to invite, Wang Xian was of course only happy!
Seeing that Wang Xian agreed, Xu Chen sent invitations to the other officials present one by one, and the officials saw that Lord Taishou agreed, wouldn't it be too bad to give face to the boss if his subordinates objected!
After getting the officials, it was much easier for the literati and celebrities, Xu Chen used a few jars of the best wine to invite Mr. Xu to run in person, with such an official body as a doctor of literature, plus Xu Chen's talent and fame, as soon as the literati received the invitation, they said that they would be there.
And Xu Chen also wrote in the invitation to the families that there would be an auction at the opening ceremony of the day, auctioning some rare treasures, and revealing some treasure information in advance, even if the families don't believe it, but out of curiosity, they will send people, at least the dozen sets of Liu family's furniture can also let them visit.
On the evening of the 20th, night has fallen, and in the days after autumn, the temperature drops quickly, and ten days ago you can still feel some residual heat, but today it is a late autumn scene, and the autumn wind blows and can roll up a bunch of withered yellow fallen leaves.
It's just that this deserted scene can't dampen the enthusiasm of tourists, and more and more traffic and people begin to rush to Xu Chen's new store in the inner city of Yuzhang.
The seats in the new store are very good, and the customers come quickly, this time it is not an important occasion, and naturally there are no pretentious things.
After the guests arrived, they gathered in twos and threes, laughing with each other and came over.
Xu Chen in order to alleviate the traffic at the door, but also to avoid unnecessary disputes, after all, the gentry and eunuchs who came, and Xu Chen did not have the deterrent power of Wang Xian, so it was naturally impossible to make this group of unruly guys obedient, if there was any trouble at the door because of the robbery of parking spaces, Xu Chen's opening ceremony today would not have to be done.
So Xu Chen borrowed the techniques of the later stations, and artificially drew a tortuous and narrow road at the door, so that they could follow the route planned by Xu Chen, and naturally there would be no trouble.
It's just that Xu Chen replaced the fence with two rows of potted flowers and a long red carpet in the middle, which stretched from the door of the store to the intersection of the street a mile away.
At the intersection of the red carpet, Xu Chen made a large wooden door in the shape of a round arch made of bamboo, which was covered with flowers. There were a few clever men standing next to them, who were looking at the invitations of the guests, and behind the men, there was a huge screen, which was covered with a piece of white silk. After each guest has checked the invitation, he or she will be led to the front of the screen and asked to leave his name on it.
In a large open space in front of the flower gate, the jugglers Xu Chen found were performing hard, attracting many tourists to stop and watch here. And those guests who come will naturally maintain a reserved and demeanor in line with their status in the public, and when they leave their names on the screen, they can also clearly feel the envious eyes of the tourists, and the vanity is greatly satisfied.
At this moment, the guys were leading a middle-aged man to the screen, only to see the middle-aged man pick up the pen on the top of his right hand, the most eye-catching place, and write the word Wang Xian, it was Yuzhang who came in plainclothes to guard too much!
"Miss, Miss, look! What flowers! So beautiful!" said a thin "boy" to another "boy" beside him.
"Don't call me Miss!
"Oh...... Childe!" said the "boy" at the beginning.
These two people are naturally Wang Lin and the maid who came in disguise, originally Wang Lin was going to come in women's clothes, so that the stinky boy could be stunned again. I just thought about it again, this time it was outside, everyone was watching, it was not as good as at home, if I wore women's clothes to go, if I let others see me running to him, it wouldn't be a hurry to stick upside down! Although Wang Lin is heroic, but after all, she is a woman, and that reserve still has to be retained, so she changed into men's clothes again, with such a layer of cover, it will be much more convenient for you to do what you want to do again!
With this kind of intention of covering his ears and stealing the bell, Wang Lin followed the uncle, passed through the circular flower gate, stepped on the long red carpet, felt the fluffy touch coming from her feet, looked at the bright flowers on both sides of the carpet and the crowd on both sides, the elders leading the way in front of her, and the gentle and polite young man at the end of the red carpet, Wang Lin's heart suddenly beat violently, and there seemed to be a feeling calling to her in the dark, she seemed to suddenly understand something, and the scene in front of her seemed to have other meanings。 At this moment, Wang Lin's heart welled up with a strong sense of remorse, how good it would be if she wore women's clothes today! If she wore women's clothes, would she be able to complete this perfect scene in front of her?
Wang Xian, who was walking in front, felt his niece's sluggishness, stretched out his hand and pulled her, called the distracted niece back, and then took her through this short red carpet, leaving Wang Lin's disappointed and nostalgic gaze, staring closely at the red carpet behind him......
After walking the red carpet, Wang Xian came to the door of the store, looked up at the three big characters on the plaque on the door, "Qiushui Pavilion" This is the name of Xu Chen's new store, which is from the famous article written by Xu Chen ten days ago.
Wang Xian looked at it for a long time, and while looking at it, he kept nodding his head and exclaiming with satisfaction: "Not bad!
"Uncle, can we stop being so narcissistic?" Wang Lin, who was interrupted by Wang Xian's reverie, said angrily to his uncle.
"Hehe, hehe. When Wang Xian heard this, he reached out and touched his nose, smiling wryly.
The name of Xu Chen's new store was originally obtained by him from Wang Xian, and Wang Xian directly took such a word from Xu Chen's work, and the three words on the plaque were naturally from Wang Xian's hand.
"Wang ......" Xu Chen saw Wang Xian coming, and hurriedly confessed to the other guests, greeted Wang Xian, and was about to shout, but saw Wang Xian stretch out his hand to signal, and then looked at the other party's plainclothes dress, Xu Chen understood, and quickly changed his words and said: "Wang Shibo, you are here!"
Seeing that Xu Chen was so clever, Wang Xian nodded with satisfaction and said, "Yes! The new store of the virtuous nephew is opened, how can I, as an elder, not come to the cheers?" After speaking, Wang Xian stretched out his hand and handed over a scroll of calligraphy and painting that he brought in his hand, and said: "Elders can't come empty-handed, this thing should be regarded as a congratulatory gift! I wish the virtuous nephew a prosperous business in the future!"
For this Xu Chen, Wang Xian is really getting more and more satisfied, and he is always thinking about making him his real junior, after the last blind date was fruitless, Wang Xian also deliberately went to Xu Fan, thinking that he could get the two juniors together again, so that they could get along more. It's just that Xu Fan learned about Xu Chen's attitude last time, how dare he accept it lightly, so he had to politely refuse, only saying that his apprentices have been busy building a square for the citizens of Yuzhang City recently, so there is nothing to spare.
Although Wang Xian also felt a trace of Xu Fan's coldness, he couldn't think about it clearly after thinking about it for a long time, and in the end it could only be attributed to Xu Fan's love for his own apprentice very much, and he didn't want him to spoil his apprentice's business for these little things of children's love. In this way, Wang Xian not only blamed Xu Fan's indifference, but saw that the other party valued Xu Chen so much, but he was even more determined to match the two juniors.
"If Shi Bo can come, it will give the little nephew a big face, how can the little nephew let Shi Bo break the money again?" Xu Chen hurriedly refused.
"It's not a valuable thing, it's just a painting that I paint casually when I have nothing to do! I hope you don't dislike it!" Wang Xian said with a smile.
Wang Xian's words had come to this point, Xu Chen had no choice but to smile bitterly and shake his head and take it.
After Xu Chen took it, he opened it on the spot, and after unfolding it, he saw that it was a picture of solo fishing on the river, with a flat boat floating on the vast river, and an old man in a cloth on the boat was fishing leisurely and naturally.
Xu Chen's eyes rolled, and his mind quickly thought about the reason and purpose for Wang Xian to send this painting, no way, are you used to it......