In the Taolei Art Gallery, after reading the painter's offer, Li Xuan said to Shu Tao: "Tong Wei's works have given in, and 20 works are priced at 200,000 yuan, regardless of the size. Xu Jia's works are less than 8,000 pairs per square meter, a total of 5 pieces, more than 20,000 pairs of works larger than one square meter, and the largest area is 4 square meters, a total of 10 pieces, while Wang Yueshan only provides four pairs of works. ”

Shu Tao heard it and asked, "Wait, who is Wang Yueshan?"

Lixuan explained: "It's Shanzi!"

"Oh, okay, you go ahead. ”

"Wang Yueshan is the largest...... That is, the 50,000 you saw in the studio that day, and the other three 20,000, and Ma Jun provided a pair of his "Cabbage", and the strange thing is that he did not quote. ”

Shutao thought for a while and said, "Then what does he mean? Will he sit on the ground and raise the price, that is, if we send out brochures and invitations, he will immediately raise the price?"

"I don't think he's going to do that, by the way, he told me he'd come to your gallery in a moment to talk about his work. ”

Shu Tao sighed, feeling that this Ma Jun was indeed not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he could have done something that could have been done quickly and efficiently, but now he was completely dragging his feet alone, and he was angry when he thought about it.

Li Xuan showed Shu Tao the sorted out plan and financial statements, Shu Tao was very satisfied after reading it, and felt that it would be great if there were a few more people like Li Xuan around her, she was overjoyed and said: "You can do it, such a detailed plan, and it has been accurate to the number of screws to reinstall the gallery! ”

Shu Tao looked at the plan and said, "Lixuan, what are these pictures?"

"Oh, these are the concept drawings and construction drawings that I worked on all night, didn't you say that you want to renovate the gallery, I think you are in such a hurry, and next month is your birthday, I will also make it for you as a birthday present. You also know that your gifts are not easy to prepare, you lack nothing, and I can't afford good luxuries, so I used my brains to use them as gifts. ”

Shu Tao instantly felt a warm current in her heart, revealing a shy smile: "Hey, this is the best birthday present I've ever received in my life, and I need this." This is cheating and cheating, this is the intention. ”

"Do you see if there's anything else that needs to be adjusted, and my design, are you still satisfied?"

"Of course I'm satisfied, you have your own opinion on art, you have such good taste, and you know these painters better than I do, and you have made something so good that I can imagine. ”

"Well, then you can show your dad as soon as possible, and when the funds are in place, you will be ready to find a construction team, and your dad should help you make arrangements. ”

"Who asked him to arrange it...... Shu Tao's eyes lit up and looked at Lixuan, "Otherwise, you will be responsible for this decoration, you will do the design drawings, and you will also make the quotation, you know everything best, I don't worry about not letting you do it." ”

Li Xuan hesitated and said, "However, I still have two jobs on hand that have not been delivered." ”

"What are you afraid of, you are so capable, this little thing will not be difficult for you. ”

Li Xuan thought to himself, this is a dilemma, to die and live. On the one hand, if you help Shutao do it, you can make some money, but it is possible to offend her father by helping Shutao, so if you want to rely on her father's real estate to take over the job in the future, it will be no fun, and you will simply kill yourself. On the other hand, if it is done well, and the book peach is satisfied, and her father is also satisfied with it, it may be that the light of the book peach will be reused by Qutang Real Estate to reach a long-term cooperative relationship, and there will be no worries about the source of customers in the future.

He smiled and said, "If you give me a day to think about it, I'll have to see how the work at hand is adjusted so that I can help you." ”

Whatever Lixuan does, he will leave some room for consideration, because no one knows whether the decisions made at will will cause unnecessary trouble later.

"Okay then! It's just one day, don't delay any longer, is Ma Jun here?"

"I'll give him a call!"

After speaking, Lixuan made a phone call, and after a few conversations, he hung up the phone and said, "He'll be there in five minutes." ”

Five minutes later, Ma Jun entered the studio, panting, and said, "Hurry up and give me a drink, I'm tired to death." ”

"Did you come running?" Shumo gave him a roll of the eye.

"I just helped a passerby, she was robbed, I'm chasing the gangster!"

Shutao handed him the water and said, "Childish! ”

Ma Jun smiled and said, "What I said is true!"

Li Xuan interrupted him and said, "Okay, let's not talk about these irrelevant topics, let's talk about your paintings, what the quotation is, you haven't even written." ”

Ma Jun sat down and said, "As for my paintings, I hope they will appear in this form at the exhibition. I put it in the exhibition, it only shows for 15 days, and then the paintings need to be removed, secondly, the paintings are not allowed to be photographed, and finally, the guest list to see the exhibition must be given to me in advance, and I will screen them. ”

When Shu Tao heard this, he said unhappily: "Am I a curator, or are you a curator? Don't you make it obvious that the dove occupies the magpie's nest! I contribute money and effort, but you only produce a painting, and you are still here to point fingers! I don't do it! Who cares about your rotten "Cabbage"!"

Ma Jun smiled and said: "You think about it, we haven't signed the contract yet, you and I can change our minds at any time, I don't mean to force you, it's just that I told my needs." And you've seen the offer, I helped you press down so much, you should thank me. If you don't do it according to my ideas, my paintings will be forgotten, I'm afraid you won't even be able to take a few of them's paintings. Either the price will rise, or this exhibition will not be held, you should think about it. ”

"You!" Shu Tao was in a hurry for a while, as if he was being choked by someone else, and he couldn't catch his breath for a while.

Li Xuan said: "Ma Jun, you will embarrass us by doing this. You know that your painting is a gimmick, and you only let it sit for 15 days, or 30 days?"

Ma Jun put his hand on his head, leaned back on the sofa and said: "I said that I would put it in the gallery for 15 days, and I didn't say that I wouldn't let Shutao put it in my own house for a few days, after 15 days, if you like it, I will borrow you to put it at home for a few days!"

"Ma Jun! You listen to me! I won't do this exhibition! How much trouble do you like, I know you and I have been bad for eight lifetimes!" After speaking, Shu Tao got up and left, Ma Jun was so frightened that he couldn't come back to his senses for a while, and looked at Li Xuan in a daze without saying a word.

Li Xuan gave Ma Jun a look and asked him to chase him out.

Ma Jun immediately got up, followed Shu Tao out, grabbed Shu Tao's hand and said, "What are you doing?"

Shu Tao shook off his hand and said, "What else do I ask you for? Do you know how important this exhibition is to me? If I can't prove that I'm right in front of my father, I can only be trapped in Qutang Real Estate in the future." I just want to be a person who can do things well, I don't want others to say that I'm just a rich second generation who was born with someone to raise nothing!"

Ma Jun let go of his hand and said cowardly: "I know, but I also have my unspeakable secrets, I am also the second generation of officials living in the shadow of my father, the reason why I am cautious and dare not use my paintings to make a show, is also because of my difficulties, can we understand each other a little?"

Shu Tao looked at his pleading eyes, his attitude softened, and said, "Then do as you want, I don't want to lose a big one because of a small one." ”

Ma Jun looked at the book like this, raised his smile, and once again showed his white teeth. At this time, Shutao's phone rang, it was her sister calling, and Shulei on the other end said: "Sister, don't forget to eat together this afternoon! By the way, Mom said that you can bring your friends with you, and she said that everyone is lively together." Speaking of this, Shulei lowered her voice and said: "Actually, she just wants more people on our side to put some pressure on the Yuanshan family, and she can't marry me!"

Shutao smiled and said, "Yo, if he doesn't marry you and moves so many relatives and friends as rescuers, then I won't see your jokes one by one!"

"That's why my mother asked you to bring a friend, but she didn't call any relatives. ”

"How can mom have so many ghost ideas!? She wants to put pressure on the other party, and she doesn't want to make extraneous branches, she is good enough!"

"Don't talk about it, remember to bring your friends over, you can bring your friends who have returned to China to meet you, and let Yuanshan see my sister, who is actually willing to be friends with poor people like his family, hehehe......" Shulei on the other side teased Shutao in the usual tone of her mother and her sister.

Shu Tao rolled her eyes and said, "Okay, I'll see you at dinner!"

After hanging up the phone, Ma Jun was still standing there, and asked tentatively, "Not angry?"

Shu Tao said: "Why aren't you angry? In order to make up for how many white blood cells I killed just now, accompany me to dinner tonight, of course, don't be complacent, I didn't ask you alone, go in and call Lixuan for a while, together!"

Ma Jun asked nervously, "What bureau?"

"It's a family dinner!"

"Alright, let's go together. ”

Shu Tao's play just now really frightened Ma Jun, Ma Jun never expected that the woman in front of him would be so popular, so he liked it more and more. It's just like making a pot of porridge in his own business, if he really gets along with this woman, it's not a troublesome thing, thinking of this, he shook his head unconsciously.

And Shu Tao, seeing the pitiful appearance that Ma Jun showed just now, and didn't know how she did it, she would sympathize with him and pity him, if it was someone else, she would have refused a long time ago, and would not give the other party a chance to turn over at all, unconsciously, she seemed to have fallen under Ma Jun's spell, and sometimes even obeyed him.

Shu Tao suddenly understood that there was no dignity to put in front of love. Since he fell in love with this person, even if Ma Jun was just a statue, she was the emperor herself, and she didn't want to kowtow to this clay sculpture that couldn't laugh or cry, he didn't ask her to do this, it was her willingness, she didn't lower her identity, and he didn't become a big living person she idealized, how much he owed her depends on the weight of her feelings on him, and whether she is hurt depends on herself, not him.

She didn't know whether her feelings for Ma Jun were right or wrong, true or false, good or bad, but she was sure that there was an invisible force that wanted to pull them together.