Afterword (4)

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"Are Aoyama and Kiyokage okay?" Liu Dong changed the subject, breaking the silence between the two.

mentioned her two children, Jiang Yan's pretty face, which had always been tense, showed a rare touch of tenderness. At this moment, she is no longer a powerful and feared super killer 'Nuwa', but just an ordinary mother.

"They're all good!"

"In a few months, Kiyokage should be in elementary school, right?" mentioned this daughter who was often not by his side, Liu Dong felt a little guilty and at the same time extremely pitiful.

"Hmm!"

"Why didn't you bring them over this time?"

"I don't want them to have too much to do with the Liu family!"

Looking at the determined look on Jiang Yan's face, Liu Dong couldn't help but say helplessly: "Yan'er, in fact, the Liu family does not have as many ...... of deceit and power struggle as you imagined. ”

"Even if you don't have it now, can you promise it never will? With so many of your sons and daughters, can you guarantee that they will compete completely fairly for the inheritance of the Hanhua Consortium in the future? Looking at Liu Dong's silent expression, Jiang Yan's originally fierce tone also calmed down, "I don't want my children to participate in the cruel family competition in the future!" I only hope that they can grow up healthy and happy! ”

"They are my Liu Dong's sons and daughters, and the future is destined to be ordinary!" Liu Dong said calmly.

As a father, he would never allow any of his children to have a child. Whether they want to or not, they will go through the strictest training from an early age!

"I know! However, I don't want Qingshan and Qingying to join the battle for the inheritance of the Liu family. The world is big, and there are many ways to succeed! I believe that my son and daughter would have been able to achieve extraordinary achievements even without the help of the Liu family! ”

"Yan'er, why are you so stubborn, Qingshan and Qingying are also surnamed Liu, they are also the descendants of the Liu family, and this connection is always severed!" Liu Dong said with a headache.

"I know! I'm not going to cut it off either! ”

Looking at Liu Dong, who was about to continue speaking, Jiang Yan interrupted: "I came this time to celebrate the opening of your museum, why don't you take me to see it first!" ”

Hearing this, looking at the calm look on Jiang Yanqiao's face, Liu Dong knew that he would definitely not be able to convince the other party in this situation, but there was still a long time to go, and he still had time to change Jiang Yan's mind!

"Okay!" Liu Dong nodded somewhat helplessly.

Then, he walked out of Haiyuan Hall with Wang Qiang.

And the security guard who was specially on duty in Haiyuan Hall looked at Jiang Yan who came out behind the curator, his face was full of disbelief and uneasiness. They had been here for most of the day, and they had never seen anyone other than the curator and the staff of the pavilion enter Haiyuan Hall.

Liu Dong didn't say much about the apprehension of these security guards. With his help, the whereabouts of Jiang Yan, who had already entered the Baodan realm, were no longer noticed by the security guards who were only in the Mingjin realm!

"Where are we going from?"

"That's it ahead!" Liu Dong pointed to the place in front of him, which was covered by lush forests and trees, as if at the entrance of the subway station.

According to Liu Dong's planning, more than 150 scenic spots on the surface of the Old Summer Palace Museum are simply for exhibition, and their existence is to let future generations once again appreciate the peerless style of the complete period of the famous 'Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens'.

What should really be called a museum, the place where the exhibits are stored is in the underground of the Old Summer Palace.

To access the first floor of the museum, located 50 meters below the surface, you need to use an elevator. Considering that the museum is likely to have millions or even tens of millions of exhibition visitors every year in the future, in order to ensure smooth access, the museum has placed nearly 200 elevators and 30 strictly controlled stairs in the entire space from the basement floor to the surface!

Because the museum has a backup power supply, the 30 direct staircases are generally not open. It is only used as an emergency under special circumstances.

Accompanied by Liu Dong, after walking out of the elevator, Jiang Yan was suddenly shocked by what she saw in front of her.

Over the years, she has been well-informed. Although I have not seen all of the world's famous places of interest, I have seen most of them. Naturally, the Louvre and the British Museum have not been left behind.

But even the world's four most famous museums are not as majestic as she sees at the moment.

I saw that a marble straight road about 50 meters wide stretched from Jiang Yan's feet to a small distance, and the straight-line distance was no less than two thousand meters!

On both sides of this straight are two rows of giant pillars with a diameter of two meters and a height of 10 meters, each spaced fifty meters apart. And between the pillars, there is a giant bronze statue with a height of about 8 meters.

These bronze statues are made of extraordinary materials and have vivid expressions, which are obviously from the hands of famous artists.

In addition, at the top of this straight road, there are two rows of huge and gorgeous crystal lanterns, which illuminate the entire museum and illuminate it brightly.

"It's majestic!"

"Of course, I wouldn't have spent ten years building it! …… Let's go, I'll take you around! ”

After nodding, Jiang Yan followed Liu Dong out of the elevator. But before she could take a few steps, she noticed that there was another wide avenue on her left and right that was the same as the straight road in front of her.

However, the avenues on the left and right sides are not straight but arcing. The bollards are no longer two rows, but only on one side close to the outer wall.

"The patterns on these pillars don't seem to be the same!" After approaching, Jiang Yan was somewhat surprised.

"It's really different! On the left is a Chinese-style coiling dragon column, while on the right is a European Roman column! Moreover, the statues are also varied, with Chinese mythological figures such as Pangu, Nuwa, Zhurong, and Xuanyuan on the left, as well as Chinese sages such as Confucius, Mencius, and Laozi. And on the right are Western mythological figures such as Zeus, Athena, and Poseidon, as well as Western sages such as Socrates and Caesar! ”

"Why is there such a difference?"

"Hehe, it's easy! Because on the left is the Chinese exhibition area dedicated to Chinese cultural relics. On the right is the European Pavilion! These architectural decorations are just for the sake of distinction! Liu Dong explained.

Nodding clearly, Jiang Yan asked curiously after looking left and right: "How many different exhibition areas does your museum contain?" ”

"If you just count the large exhibition area, there are a total of eight on the first floor, which are the China Pavilion, the Asian Pavilion, the European Pavilion, the Africa Pavilion, the Americas Pavilion, the Shipwreck Pavilion, the Natural Science Pavilion and the Machinery Pavilion! …… There are more detailed divisions in the large exhibition halls, such as the Chinese pavilion, which has four exhibition halls: painting, sculpture, treasure jade and comprehensive pavilions; Among the European pavilions, there are ancient Greek and Roman pavilions, sculpture pavilions, painting galleries and comprehensive pavilions; The Natural Science Museum has a fossil pavilion, a nature pavilion, and a science pavilion! ”

"In addition, these pavilions are also divided according to types, and in terms of time, we are also divided into modern pavilions, the medieval pavilion from 500 AD ~ 1500 AD, the ancient pavilion from 500 BC ~ 500 AD, and the antiquity pavilion before 500 BC!"

"All of these pavilions add up, and we have a total of 139 different pavilions!"

Speaking of this, Liu Dong also showed a strong pride on his face, all of which was the result of his years of hard work, and it was also his highest ideal.

Of course, compared with the four major museums in the world, such as the Louvre and the British Museum, the Old Summer Palace Museum, which has been developed for more than ten years, has the full support of Liu Dong, but there are still some gaps in the background.

However, this gap is not in the high-end exhibits, but in the richness of the variety of pavilions.

Fortunately, this is not impossible to catch up, and Liu Dong's rich financial resources are enough to make up for this gap for the Old Summer Palace Museum.

Under Liu Dong's introduction, Jiang Yan also has a general understanding of the Old Summer Palace Museum.

In addition to the pavilions mentioned by Liu Dong, the entire exhibition hall on the basement floor of the Old Summer Palace Museum probably presents a gossip shape.

The eight directions of Qian, Kun, Xun, Zhen, Kan, Li, Gen and Dui represent the eight exhibition areas of the museum, and each exhibition area is divided by a straight road about 50 meters wide.

In addition, the eight major exhibition halls are divided into four parts according to the time of the birth of the exhibits. From the inside out, it looks like four circles are set together. Of course, there are also arc-shaped channel divisions between each circle. Neat and clear, with a pleasing order.

Of course, not all pavilions are divided in this way. Like the Natural Science Pavilion, many of the specimens of plants and animals are modern. Therefore, when it is divided here, it is arranged according to the specific exhibition hall. For example, the outermost and largest pavilion is reserved for the biology pavilion, and the exhibits are mainly specimens of some animals and plants. On the inner floor is the fossil exhibition hall, including dinosaur fossils and plant fossils collected by Liu Dong. On the first floor of the interior is the Astronomy Pavilion, which exhibits some meteorites and special ores, as well as various cosmic images.

As they spoke, the two of them had already walked to the center of the museum.

"Why is there so much space here?"

Looking at the idle area in the center of the exhibition hall with a diameter of nearly 100 meters and no buildings, Jiang Yan couldn't help but wonder. What's more, what's even more amazing is that the top of this free area is actually transparent, and if you have good eyesight, you can clearly see the clear water at the top!

"You'll find out right away!"

"It's still mysterious!"

Although she said that, Jiang Yan was even more curious in her heart! Because her five senses could detect it, the underside of this circular area was also empty. Although the use of special glass isolates the line of sight, Jiang Yan can feel it.

Because of Jiang Yan's curiosity, Liu Dong didn't stay too much on the first floor, and soon took her to the second floor by the elevator next to the central circular square!

The distance between the second and first floors is only 20 meters, but the height of the second floor itself is 130 meters!

However, compared to the astonishing distance of more than 100 meters, what shocked Jiang Yan the most was everything she saw in front of her.

"Is this a city?"

Hearing the incredible amazement of the beautiful woman, standing on the exhibition platform on the highest floor of the second floor of the museum, looking down at the holy city of 'Aztlan', the essence of the huge Aztecs at his feet, Liu Dong wandered with indescribable satisfaction and happiness in his heart.

Originally, he didn't plan to recreate this huge ancient city directly in the Old Summer Palace Museum, but in the end, he listened to Li Lao's suggestion, since sooner or later he had to let it be born, so he simply went with the Old Summer Palace!

With his current strength, he is enough to withstand the attention and criticism from all over the world after the birth of this ancient city.

However, it is not easy to bring this ancient Aztec city back to life intact! In order not to damage the magnificent effect of the 'self-evident without lights' presented by those huge fluorites, Liu Dong considered carefully placing it underground.

In order to let the light in, he deliberately imitated the topography of the valley where the Aztland was located, leaving an 'exit' with a diameter of about 100 meters that could lead directly to the surface. A large amount of special glass is used in the middle to cover up.

However, compared to this 'hole' that is deliberately set aside for light to enter and exit, the real difficulty is how to support this huge space.

If you use thick cement columns, even if the second layer is more than 100 meters high, it can fully ensure its stability and strength. But if this is the case, it will undoubtedly cause a serious obstruction in the line of sight. The grandeur of the ancient city of Aztland will be severely affected.

Finally, after careful calculations, 288 giant steel columns with a diameter of about 20 meters were used around the second floor to share the huge weight of the first floor.

Then, in the center of the ancient city, a giant transparent special glass pillar with a diameter of 50 meters with high toughness and strength was used as the main support.

In this way, the space on the second floor is finally strongly supported. There is also the magnificent and magnificent ancient city of 'Aztlan' that Jiang Yan sees now!

"Can I go in and have a look?"

Looking at the seven pyramids shrouded in the intense and hazy green glow of fluorite, Jiang Yan's heart rarely had a strong desire to visit.

"Of course! The entire Old Summer Palace Museum belongs to our family, you can see it anywhere you want! Liu Dong said with a smile.

"Then come with me!"

Liu Dong just wanted to agree, but at this moment, the mobile phone in his pocket rang. After taking it out and taking a look, he smiled bitterly at Jiang Yan: "I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you for the time being." Today, the Old Summer Palace Museum opens, and I, as the owner and director of the museum, can't be there! ”

Jiang Yan could also understand Liu Dong's difficulties, so after thinking for a while, she nodded, "Then you can go, I'll walk around here by myself!" ”

Nodding, looking at Jiang Yan's cold and peerless face, Liu Dong took a step forward, picked up the pretty face of the beautiful woman and kissed her on the forehead, "I'm done, I'll come to you!" ”

"Hmm!"

Although the two are now considered old husbands and wives, in the face of Liu Dong's affection, Jiang Yanqiao's face still showed a trace of shyness.

After telling Wang Qiang about some things that need attention in the museum, and then instructing the museum staff, Liu Dong came to the main entrance of the museum under the continuous urging of Li Lao, that is, on the square outside the Zhengda Guangming Palace.

At this moment, this large square covering an area of more than 5,000 square meters is already crowded, in addition to a large number of celebrities from all walks of life who were invited to participate in the opening ceremony of the museum, more are ordinary people in Beijing who come to see the style of the Old Summer Palace.

"Elder Li!"

"It's coming!"

"Hmm"

Seeing Liu Dong, the old man hurriedly turned around and explained: "The time is almost up, you are also ready to prepare to welcome the guests!" Especially the foreign devils on the list, my old man doesn't know any of them! ”

Smiling slightly, Liu Dong said: "I know, they just leave it to me!" ”

"If only you understood! Today is a big day, we can't afford to make mistakes! ”

"Rest assured, everything is ready for a long time. Nothing can go wrong! ”

Liu Dong's words fell, and before Li Lao could say anything, a vehicle had slowly stopped at the end of the red carpet that stretched to the periphery of the square.

"Let's go!"

"Hmm!"

Nodding, Liu Dong sorted out the cyan robe he had specially put on today, and strode behind Elder Li.

Before the two of them could get closer, two old men who got out of the car, also wearing robes, had already taken the first step.

"Old Li, congratulations to Mr. Liu!"

"Rejoice, rejoice! I didn't expect the two presidents to come together, which really made our museum flourish! ”

In the face of Li Lao's compliment, even Hong Changshan and Xia Guofei, who are the presidents and vice presidents of the Beijing Collection Association, did not dare to take it big, and hurriedly said politely: "Don't dare, Li Lao has an overreputation!" It's a pleasure to be here today! ”

"You're welcome, please!"

"Good, good!"

After the two arched their hands, they walked inside under the guidance of the museum staff next to them.

After Hong Changshan and Xia Guofei, more and more people came here, basically all of whom were famous and surnamed people in the collection of Beijing.

"Elder Li, Liu Dong!"

Looking at Zhou Bin, Li Yuncong and Li Zekai who came down from the extended Rolls-Royce, Liu Dong smiled and said, "How did you get together?" ”

"What's so strange about this, it's not like we don't know each other!" After greeting Li Lao, Zhou Bin smiled and hugged Liu Dong.

"yes!" Li Yuncong nodded in agreement.

"Liu Dong, this is a little bit of our Li family's heart, congratulations on the opening of your museum!" Li Zekai took a long gift box from his entourage and handed it to Liu Dong.

"Thank you!"

On this occasion, Liu Dong was not polite, took the gift box in Li Zekai's hand and handed it to the museum staff who were responsible for receiving gifts and registering next to him.

Of course, Zhou Bin and Li Yuncong, who came with Li Zekai, would not be empty-handed, but they handed over the gifts to Mr. Li.

"Elder Li, Liu Dong, you are too busy today, let's go in first!" After seeing another car coming behind him, Zhou Bin smiled.

"Hehe, you boys are not outsiders, go in and find a place to sit by yourself!" Li Lao Dao.

"Click......!"

When Zhou Bin and Li Zekai said goodbye to Liu Dong and walked along the red carpet inside, a large number of cameras around them instantly lit up, and the density increased by three or four times compared with before.

This is understandable, for the news media, Zhou Bin, Li Zekai and other business predators are obviously more well-known and important than the usual low-key antique collectors and connoisseurs who rarely appear in front of the media!

After all, for the vast majority of ordinary people, the antiques industry is still an industry with a relatively small audience.

After Zhou Bin and the others entered, there were more and more business predators who made a special trip to congratulate Liu Dong. With the current scale of the Hanhua Consortium, most of the people who can get invitations to the door, except for the domestic business people who knew Liu Dong in the early days, are the world's top 500 giants, and even the most ordinary are the presidents or chairmen of large multinational enterprises.

Their arrival quickly stirred up the sensitive nerves of the hundreds of domestic and foreign media who had gathered for the opening of the Old Summer Palace Museum.

The density of the flashing magnesium lights can almost make people's eyes sparkle, and its fiery degree is almost no less than the press conference of the Information Office of the State Council!

However, if you think this is the extreme, you are really wrong.

When two black Mercedes-Benzes drove over with the Rolls-Royce Phantom in the middle, especially the famous Prince William and Princess Kate, the media at the scene were almost crazy.

They never imagined that the opening of a private museum in China would bring in the famous Williams from all over Europe and even the world.

"Liu, congratulations!"

Because Li Lao and William didn't know each other, it was natural that the matter of welcoming guests this time was handed over to Liu Dong.

"Rejoice! William, Kate, I'm glad you were here this time! ”

After nearly ten years of dating, Liu Dong and William can now be regarded as close friends!

"Hehe, Liu! You're so polite every time! Kate smiled, and after noticing that there was another car coming behind her, she turned to her husband and said, "William, Liu is inconvenient now, let's go in first!" ”

"Alright! Liu, we'll talk later! ”

"No problem!"

After personally greeting a museum staff and asking him to lure William and his wife in, Liu Dong was also relieved.

"I didn't expect your kid to be so well-travelled that he even knows people from the British royal family!" Li Lao said with a smile.

"It was also a coincidence to meet William! To be honest, I was quite surprised that he could come this time! ”

"Alright, we'll have time for more if there's anything else. …… This time it's probably your kid's friend again! Looking at the blonde foreigner who got out of the car, Li Lao said.

"Steven, Clark! I didn't expect the two of you to be together this time! ”

"Originally, I wanted to come over by myself, but I couldn't get rid of it when I was entangled by this guy. I had no choice but to come over together! Steven Rockefeller still had his usual humor.

"Steven, damn it! Don't make me so embarrassed, I'm not begging you to come along! With that, Clark Ford hugged Liu Dong.

"I'd love to have you here, but what do you two mean empty-handed?" Liu Dong said with a smile.

Over the years, although the Hanhua Foundation has competed with the Rockefeller family and the Ford family, there is no shortage of cooperation. More than ten years of intercourse have made their relationship stronger and deeper than the simple exchange of interests before.

"I knew you'd ask!"

As he spoke, Steven Rockefeller took out a gilded name card from the inside pocket of his suit and handed it to Liu Dong.

"Look at it, it's all in there!"

"This is mine!"

As he spoke, Clark Ford also took out a gilded name card and handed it to Liu Dong.

First opened Steven's famous post, only to see that it was written in neat simplified Chinese characters: Rembrandt's "Jewish Bride", Monet's "Water Lilies", Xu Beihong's "Old Man with a Stick", Shang Dynasty Bronze Gluttonous Pattern Fang Yi, Kangxi Colorful Dragon Pattern Jar, a total of nearly 15 pieces of at least 10 million, or even hundreds of millions, hundreds of millions of precious works of art appeared on the post.

Clark Ford's name tag is no slouch either, with authentic paintings by Van Gogh and Picasso on top of the collection, in addition to the majority of Chinese artworks.

"Well, we're interesting enough, right?" Clark laughed.

"Of course! Thank you very much! ”

Liu Dong said with a smile.

In fact, he knew in his heart that this list might be out of reach for ordinary people, both in terms of the value of these works of art and the extent to which they were almost priceless. But for a large American family that has always had a hobby of investing in art and has an astonishing fortune, it is not too easy to prepare this gift list.

However, simple is simple, and it is another matter if you are reluctant to take it out.

Therefore, Liu Dong is still very grateful to Clark Ford and Steven Rockefeller for this gift list.

"It's good if you're happy! We'll go in first! Oh, by the way, Liu Dong, it is estimated that Andrew and they will arrive in a while, remember to arrange for them to sit farther away from me! Steven said.

"Okay, no problem!"

Knowing that the Rockefeller and Morgan families, who have made some unpleasant trouble in oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico over the years, Liu Dong did not refuse.

"Elder Li!"

After seeing the two of them enter, Liu Dong handed the name card in his hand to the old man.

"Hey, these two people are really generous enough, each of them can be called a first-class cultural relic!"

"yes!" Liu Dong smiled and nodded.

"It seems that the opening ceremony of the museum was really done right, but the artworks in today's congratulatory gift are enough to open up a few exhibition halls!"

Regarding Li Lao's words, Liu Dong smiled and didn't say much.

If it weren't for a lot of benefits, why would Liu Dong bother to hold an opening ceremony and spread invitations all over the world.

After Steven Rockefeller and Clark Ford entered, it didn't take long for Andrew Morgan, Royce Dupont, Matthew Mellon, his brother-in-law Rudolph Wigenstein, the son of a Russian tycoon, Roman Shatov, and Syed Abdullah, a member of the Saudi royal family who cooperated more and more deeply with Liu Dong in the petrochemical industry.

These wealthy children are also extraordinarily generous. Other people's congratulatory gifts are one or two, or two or three, and they are all given in ten or twenty pieces.

Said, who made a lot of money by cooperating with Liu Dong, was even more a local tyrant, and directly sent Liu Dong nearly 100 precious works of art. He also has a lot of money and has no land to spend.

With the gradual arrival of important people on the invitation, the opening ceremony of the Old Summer Palace Museum has really begun.

However, just when Liu Dong and Li Lao were about to go back to preside, a black red flag sedan suddenly appeared at the corner of the highway. If it's just a Hongqi car, it may not be nothing, but 9 Hongqi cars are put together, and the license plate of the middle one is still 0002!

Seeing this license plate, Liu Dong and Li Lao glanced at each other and understood who was coming.

"Xiaodong, let's pay attention to it next, especially security!"

Looking at the solemn look on Li Lao's face, Liu Dong also knew the seriousness of the matter, and said immediately: "Don't worry, with me here, no one can touch a single hair of the prime minister!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Liu Dong released his relics without hesitation.

Today, the relic's radius, which has reached a radius of 4,000 meters, is enough to strangle all dangers in the cradle.

As the convoy slowly approached, the surrounding media and ordinary people onlookers also quickly became in a commotion, and more and more people understood who was coming.

After the nine Hongqi cars stopped, sixteen capable guards quickly formed a seemingly loose but actually tight realm circle around the Hongqi cars in the middle, and an old man in a black suit walked out of it.

And the moment he stepped out of the car door, the flashing lights around him quickly reached the highest ever. The sound of 'clicking' pictures almost never stopped.

"Prime Minister!"

"Welcome, Prime Minister!"

"Old Li, I'm here uninvited this time!"

"You're welcome! You're more than welcome to come to us! ”

"Mr. Liu, although I, an official, don't say that I have a clean breeze on my sleeves, but I can't compare with you, so I didn't prepare any valuable gifts, only a piece of writing by myself, and I hope to accept it!"

"You're so kind! There is a saying that 'a word is a thousand gold', and your word is the best gift! Liu Dong hurriedly said.

What he said was both a compliment and a truth, and the handwritten letter of the second-in-command of the republic was not something that anyone could be qualified for.

"Prime Minister, please!"

"Hmm!"

Afterwards, the three of them walked along the red carpet into the square that was already full of guests.

Not surprisingly, the Prime Minister's arrival also sent the other unprepared guests to exclaim. Although Liu Dong's own strength is extraordinary, the Liu family has a deep background, and the reconstruction of the Old Summer Palace is of great significance, the treatment that can make the country's second-in-command appear is still unexpected by most people.

However, surprise is surprise, and after surprise there is always peace.

And in this surprise, the opening ceremony of the Old Summer Palace Museum has really begun.

Originally, according to the procedure of the ceremony, Liu Dong, the director of the Old Summer Palace Museum, gave the opening speech, but now that the prime minister is present, it is naturally not his turn!

Fortunately, in the final ribbon cutting, Liu Dong had a share!

After Liu Dong, Li Lao, the prime minister, and Prince William, who was invited to the stage, picked up scissors to cut the red silk together, and pulled off the red silk covering the plaque directly above the entrance of the museum.

"Knock ......!"

A bronze bell that shook the sky suddenly rang.

The bell rang one after another, heavy and continuous, vibrating the ear drums at the same time, as if to indicate that the once destroyed Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens ushered in a new life.

And Liu Dong, who listened to the bell ringing in his ears, looked at all the people under the rostrum who looked excited, happy, expectant, or curious, and his eyes seemed to become blurred for a moment.

The experience of the past fifteen years passed in front of him like a beautiful oil painting, reminding him of the past and reminding him that after fifteen years of hard work, he finally realized his former ideals.

Looking up at the six big characters in italics of 'Old Summer Palace Museum' shining with golden light in the morning sun, Liu Dong's heart floated with an indescribable satisfaction.

"I have no regrets!" (To be continued.) )