Chapter 158
Huaxia Jiuding? The first thing that comes to mind for everyone who hears it is: What's this name? Can a pot of orchids be called that? Does a pot of orchids bear the weight of the name?
The former Suguan Heding is just a name because the shape can be related, and how can you use the name of the ancient Chinese artifact to name it? Ding is a national heavy weapon, not to mention the nine tripods cast by Emperor Yu to collect the gold of Jiumu, if it is only to attract people's attention to take this name, in ancient times, it was to punish the nine clans. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
On the marble countertop, a flower pot of more than a dozen yuan at most stands on it, and the sword-shaped orchid leaves on it are verdant, and the leaf shape alone is enough to be rated as a treasure, and the shape of the nine flowers is similar, like a small tripod of cyan orchids surrounded by sword bushes.
"It's... Is it a real flower? Zhang Li hesitated to say the question that everyone has in their hearts, growing this kind of flower that resembles a tripod, and there are nine flowers as soon as it opens, everyone's first reaction is that this is absolutely impossible, this is absolutely impossible to be a real flower. Not to mention whether this kind of flower can really grow, orchids generally bloom less, and one plant usually has one or two or three flowers, and I have never heard of an orchid that grows nine flowers at a time.
"Of course." Li Changgong smiled slightly, everyone's reaction was reasonable, if he hadn't witnessed the birth of this flower with his own eyes, he would have subconsciously doubted it.
"You touch it."
With Li Changgong's permission, Zhang Li hesitantly stretched out her finger and gently touched the orchid and the sword leaf, and then approached and sniffed gently.
At this time, a circle of people had gathered around Li Changgong, and there was no shortage of some orchid lovers pointing and commenting on him.
"One Nine Flowers! When will the spring sword also be able to grow nine flowers? ”
"Huaxia Jiuding, this flower also looks too much like Ding, is it artificial?" Most are skeptical.
"It's a real orchid." After personally identifying them, Zhang Li concluded that the touch of flowers and leaves, as well as the indescribable fragrance unique to orchids, could not be man-made. Because she likes perfume on weekdays, she has tried all kinds of perfumes, but there are no orchids.
Later, she checked the information on the Internet and learned that whether it was the French studying perfume or the world studying flavors, none of them were orchid perfumes and flavors, because orchids have tens of thousands of genes and cannot be developed so far.
Even if she doesn't understand orchids, when she sees the appearance of this "Huaxia Jiuding" and smells the refreshing fragrance, she knows that this is a superb orchid, and its value must be beyond her imagination.
Real orchids? Hearing this, a circle of people around rushed forward to find out, and Li Changgong hurriedly opened his hand to protect the orchid, relying on his strong body to stop the crowd.
"Don't worry, don't worry, I'll show you, everyone can see it." Li Changgong picked up the flower pot, and a circle of people gathered around to look up and down at "Huaxia Jiuding".
"The spring sword has hard leaves, strong and upright, and it is strong and strong. It's the best! One exclaimed.
"Thousands of plums and daffodils, there is nowhere to ask for a lotus. This is a lotus orchid! ”
"The scent." The person who was close sniffed lightly, and said with an intoxicated face: "He Lai'er room incense, the four walls are empty valleys." I finally understand the meaning of this poem of the ancients, I have enjoyed orchids for decades, and only this fragrance is worthy of this poem! ”
Listening to the admiration around him, Li Changgong also felt honored, before he came, he was worried about whether no one would know the goods because this flower was too superb, but now it seems that he is thinking too much.
"Huh." A hand suddenly stretched out in the crowd, and Li Changgong quickly grabbed it, "Civilized and appreciative of orchids, gentlemen don't move their eyes."
The man withdrew his hand and smiled, and said embarrassedly, "I just want to see if it's real, nothing else." The gentleman doesn't move his eyes, I don't do it, I don't use it. ”
At this time, several blonde and blue-eyed foreigners also came over, looking at "Huaxia Jiuding" with a look of surprise, and called it ohmygod in their mouths.
"It's a fool's errand." One of the younger ones, half-baked, spoke weird Chinese.
"Huaxia Jiuding." Li Changgong smiled all over his face, and said the name of the potted flower in a straight voice.
The man nodded, repeated, and said in English, "Does the name mean anything?" ”
A group of people who couldn't understand English looked at each other, and the translator at the front desk was about to come in to translate, when they heard a standard English sentence in the crowd.
"It's a legend." Li Changgong said in fluent English that the full name of his major is international trade, and if he can't even speak the international common language, what kind of trade can he talk about? Looking at the surprised eyes around him, Li Changgong sincerely thanked him for the boring days that made him miserable.
"About 4,000 years ago, there was an emperor in China named Yu. During his reign, he once levied bronze from the shepherd of Kyushu, which is equivalent to the current governor of the United States, and cast nine bronze tripods, corresponding to ancient Chinese Kyushu. Since then, the tripod has become a symbol of power and cultural symbols of the state. ”
"Oh, I remember." One of them suddenly exclaimed, "I remember that there was a big cool guy on the lawn of the North Garden of the United Nations Building, which seemed to be called Ding." ”。
"Century Baoding." Li Changgong explained: "Century Baoding is China on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. Gifted by the government, the tripod symbolizes stability, tranquility and peace. It expresses China's best wishes for the United Nations and hopes for peace in the new century. ”
Several foreigners nodded in agreement, and said, "This is the hope of the people of the world, but there are always some hateful warmongers who start one evil war after another. ”
There was a circle of people around who stared at each other, all of them were middle-aged and elderly, and few of them could speak English. Someone hurriedly asked, "Does anyone know English?" Translate it for us. ”
"I will." The beautiful staff member who Li Longbow thought looked like a college student squeezed in.
Li Changgong nodded at her, and said to a few foreigners: "Look, there are nine flowers here, corresponding to Jiuding." Li Changgong said, took out his mobile phone, flipped through the pictures of the bronze tripod, and handed them to them.
Several international friends circulated it, and they all gave a thumbs up and praised: "The mysterious ancient oriental country has a long history and a splendid culture, and there are only a few countries in the world that can compare with it, we came to China this time to feel this culture, I didn't expect to understand China's Ding so quickly, thank you very much." ”
"You're welcome, China welcomes you."
After a few more exchanges, the slightly younger brown-haired man turned his head and said, "We think this pot of flowers is very beautiful, and it has a lot of cultural and historical connotations, we are willing to buy it for 100,000 US dollars, I don't know if Your Excellency is willing." ”
The beautiful translator was stunned for a moment and said it in Chinese.
100,000 dollars! The crowd was in an uproar, according to the current exchange rate, 100,000 US dollars is more than 600,000 yuan, in the past, I could often hear the legend of a pot of flowers for a car or even a suite, but I didn't expect it to happen to me now, everyone looked at Li Changgong to see how he answered.
"I'm sorry." Li Changgong apologized: "I want it to stay in China." ”
Staying in China? What is the reason for this? The man who spoke frowned and said, "Why? If you think 100,000 is too little, we can give 500,000 dollars. ”
500,000! An irrepressible exclamation rang out from the crowd, and everyone looked nervously at Li Longbow, eager to replace him, shouting I do.
"No, it's not about money."
"This flower grows in China, and providence has made it look like this, and I named it Huaxia Jiuding in the hope that it can stay in China, live in the land that named it, and wither in this land." Li Changgong smiled, "It's like the Statue of Liberty, the symbol of the United States, I don't think you will sell it even if others pay more." Because there are things that have nothing to do with money, exist in the will of a country, a people. ”
After saying this, the hall was silent, and the beautiful woman acting as an interpreter looked at Li Longbow, and stars were about to pop up in her eyes.
"Smack, smack." After a moment of silence, the brown-haired man applauded first, followed by thunderous applause.
"You're right." The brown-haired man stretched out his hand and held the hand of Li Longbow tightly, "There are some things that really have nothing to do with money, and I took the liberty of it." My name is Bill Lawrence, am I honored to know your name? He handed over his business card.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Bill, I'm Long Bow Lee." Li Changgong took the business card and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'm a student and don't have a business card." ”
"What? Are you still a student? "Bill was surprised.
"Yes, I will graduate next year, and I will be in the Department of International Trade, so maybe I may be able to do business with my husband in the future."
"It's an honor." "I really want to have that day, and I think it's going to be a great one." ”
The people around heard Li Changgong claiming to be a college student, and his expression was even more strange, you must know that this college student has a huge amount of "500,000 US dollars".
"I'm Chinese, sell me! I'll give 200,000! Suddenly, someone shouted.
"I am also Chinese, sell it to me, I will pay 250,000!" Not to be outdone, the other shouted, which immediately caused a commotion, and the crowd flocked to Li Longbow, shouting the price, but no one knew their true intentions.
Worst! Seeing the crowd rushing towards him with an unstoppable momentum, Li Changgong turned around and pushed the two away, jumped forward, and jumped onto the marble front desk.
"Quiet! Everyone, be quiet. ”
After the crowd calmed down a little, Li Changgong said loudly: "I will put this Huaxia Jiuding on the exhibition, and everyone can auction it at the auction at that time." ”