Chapter 113: The Orchid Fair (I)
Kan Youchang is the president of the Jiangcheng Orchid Association, and this time he held an orchid fair in Jiangcheng, of course he hopes to sell the orchids in Jiangcheng. And in order to make Jiangcheng's orchids sell at a high price, it is natural to let Jiangcheng's orchids win awards first. If Wang Haosheng, the God of Wealth, came to the Lanchang Fair to buy flowers as before, then Kan Youchang would certainly welcome it. But Wang Haosheng and Yin Jia teamed up to sell flowers, which made him feel vigilant.
Donghai City does not produce orchids, so Kan Youchang is not afraid of what Yin Jia, the president of the Orchid Association, will do, he is afraid that Wang Haosheng will spend a lot of money to buy high-quality orchids from other places to steal his limelight. As the host of the Lan Fair, Kan Youchang spent a lot of effort to arrange this exhibition, and he would not do it if he made a wedding dress for others.
"If we don't lose people, President Kan doesn't have to worry about it. You'd better keep patrolling and don't make any mistakes. If something goes wrong with our pots of flowers, you can't afford to pay for it. ”
Yin Jia also didn't have a good impression of Kan Youchang. Don't look at the two of them are presidents of the Orchid Association, but their philosophies towards orchids are completely different. Yin Jia is an orchid expert and advocates for the conservation of orchid resources. Kan Youchang, on the other hand, is an orchid speculator who values the benefits of orchids. Both cities have applied for the Lanchang Fair this time, and Yin Jia and Kan Youchang still have a layer of competition, so it is even more wrong.
"Don't worry! I'm still waiting to see what kind of good flowers you have, and there is no problem. We'll see you tomorrow. Kan Youchang and Yin Jia didn't speculate, and after saying a few words, they went to continue their inspection.
"Hmph~ The villain has a will. The organizing committee is also blind, how can he be allowed to hold this Lanshan Fair. Yin Jia complained behind his back.
"Lao Yin, don't be angry. The organizing committee chose Jiangcheng, not Kan Youchang. When it comes to orchid resources, our Donghai City really doesn't take advantage of anything. Gong Shou persuaded on the side.
"In the past, we didn't have much to spend in the East China Sea, but this time we are going to be in the limelight. If we can win more than half of the special gold awards, there will be hope for us to apply again next time. Wang Haosheng said.
"Lao Wang said it well! We will succeed in the next bid. Yin Jia waved his fist and said.
Seeing that the orchids on display were all in order, everyone walked around the venue and watched other people's orchids before leaving the venue and returning to the hotel. This time, Wang Haosheng's accommodation is also the most famous five-star hotel in Jiangcheng City-Jiangcheng Hotel.
Su Zhengping and the four old men are old, although their bodies and bones are not bad, they can't be compared with young people. After arriving at the hotel, the four of them took a shower and didn't want to move. Zhong Huan and Peng Lei are different, they are both coming to Jiangcheng for the first time, so they naturally want to take the opportunity to have a good time.
It is said that it is a good trip, but in fact, there is not much time, and the tourist attractions will definitely not be able to go. Zhong Huan and Peng Lei could only follow Su Ke to visit the night market, experience the nightlife of different cities, and eat some flavorful snacks.
Jiangcheng's breakfast and supper are very famous, there is a saying that you can taste Hubu Lane early and eat Jiqing Street at night. Su Ke took Zhong Huan and them to visit Jiqing Street. Although this famous snack street in Jiangcheng is only less than 200 meters long and more than ten meters wide, there are countless snack stalls. The diners who go shopping are even more lively.
Duck neck, shrimp balls, bean skin, hot dry noodles, stinky cinnamon fish...... All kinds of special snacks are dazzling, which makes Zhong Huan and Peng Lei drool. The three of them strolled from the evening until dark, and then they had enough of their snack addiction. Zhong Huan and Peng Lei didn't remember that the hotel had a free buffet dinner to eat until they couldn't eat anymore, and they couldn't help but regret that they didn't have some stomach.
After a night of silence, everyone rushed to Fenghu Park early the next morning and entered the venue one step ahead of the tourists. Today's auction hall is different from yesterday's afternoon's desertion. All exhibitors and individuals gathered in the exhibition hall and stood in front of their orchids to prepare.
"Why did everyone come so early today?"
Zhong Huan looked at the time, it was not yet six o'clock. The start time of the exhibition is 8 o'clock. He thought he had arrived early enough, but he didn't expect to find that the exhibitors had basically arrived after entering the venue.
"That's how the Lanhai Fair was arranged. Before the exhibition starts in the morning, the jury of the organizing committee will screen the orchids in the venue and select the new orchids for special votes. Only orchids with special tickets are eligible for the New Product Special Gold Award. From eight o'clock when visitors enter the stadium to twelve o'clock when they close is the time for tourists to vote. The 100 pots of orchids with the most votes are the winning orchids. If a pot of orchids does not get voted by the organizing committee, but is very popular with tourists, it can only win a gold medal. Only the new orchids that have been voted by tourists and approved by the organizing committee can get the special gold award. ”
Gong Shou listened to Zhong Huan's question, and introduced the selection rules of the Lanchang Fair. The reason why everyone arrived early was to wait for the screening of the organizing committee.
"Who are the judges of this organizing committee? It can't be that President Kan, right? Zhong Huan asked with some concern.
"Hehe~ Kan Youchang is just one of the judges, the other judges are the presidents of the Orchid Associations and the leading figures in the orchid industry, and I am also one of the judges, so you don't have to worry about someone cheating. Let's talk first, I'll report to the organizing committee, and I'll see you later. Yin Jia dispelled Zhong Huan's doubts and turned to leave.
"Big brother, should we open the box now?" Peng Lei saw that the orchids in the venue had basically removed the packaging boxes for transportation, so he asked Zhong Huan.
"Xiao Peng, you don't have to worry. This box is very easy to beat. Now let's tear the seal first, and when the judges of the organizing committee arrive, we will open the boxes one by one and surprise them. ”
Wang Haosheng has been in business for many years, and he is the best at speculation. He has been refusing to unpack, just to maintain a sense of mystery. This sense of mystery is not to attract Kan Youchang's attention, but specifically to attract the attention of the judges.
Zhong Huan and Peng Lei are both participating in this kind of activity for the first time, and they have no experience at all. Of course, whatever Wang Haosheng says, they do. When they unsealed the wooden box covering the orchid, they heard a commotion at the entrance of the exhibition hall.
A few people looked in the direction of the gate and saw more than 20 judges entering the venue under the guidance of Kan Youchang. Among the judges were men and women, old and young, and two of them were foreigners at a glance.
The exhibitors who were all standing in front of their orchids just now, when they saw the judges of the organizing committee entering, they immediately became excited, as if the star chasers saw the idols in their hearts, and they couldn't take care of their own flowers, and they all surrounded them.
"President Kan, I am the little grandson of Haichuan Orchid Garden! You can be sure to let the judges look at my flowers first. ”
"President Lee, do you remember me? I'm Xiao Lu of Lucky Orchid Garden. My flowers are over there, we're fellow countrymen, you must vote for me. ”
"Professor Zhuge didn't expect you to be a judge too. I've read your article on orchid disease prevention and control, and it's really well written! I'm a fan of your books, and you'll definitely take the time to take a picture with me in a while, even if my flowers don't win an award this time, I won't be here in vain to see you. ”
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The judges present are all giants in the orchid industry, ordinary people may not be familiar with them, but for orchid friends who love orchids, they are rare idols. Therefore, Lan You, who participated in the on-site exhibition, was very excited one by one, and began to surround the judges.
"Ladies and gentlemen, let's be quiet. Today's time is relatively tight, and we have to see all the thousands of pots of orchids on site before visitors enter the park. So if you have anything you want to talk about, you can wait for the experts and the president to select this year's new orchids. Wait a while to give everyone time. Now let's let the judges make the selection. ”
Kan Youchang raised his hands and suppressed the voice of Lan You around him. After he finished speaking, he found that Lan You, who was surrounding the judges, was quiet, so he turned to the first few judges of the organizing committee behind him and said, "Tell me in what order we are going to take a look?" ”
"When I entered the door, I saw that your central booth was the most conspicuous, and the flowers must be good. How about we look at the middle first, and then look at the two sides? ”
The speaker is Li Huitian, president of the Capital Orchid Association, who has a high reputation in the orchid industry and can also be regarded as a representative figure of the presidents of the orchid associations in various provinces and cities. His love for orchids is extraordinary, and he can't wait to see the best flowers at this year's orchid fair.
President Lee's words may not be true. According to President Kan's temperament, this best booth must be the most expensive, and it is not necessarily whether it has the best flowers. I think it's better to look around first, and then look at the middle, so it's fairer. ”
Professor Zhuge Tang is from Yunnan, a province that produces orchids, and belongs to the representative of the academic school among the judges. He has a very good relationship with Chairman Li, and his opposition is not to refute his face and compete with him, but because Zhuge Tang is fair and honest, and he doesn't like those bosses who rely on power and bully people and oppress people with money, so they insist on starting from a cheap booth.
"This ...... Mr. Sanyou, what do you mean? ”
Kan Youchang didn't know whether Li Huitian and Zhuge Tang had a good relationship, and he was a little blind when he saw that they had different opinions. However, he was also a little anxious, and he handed over the right to speak to the foreign guest representative Sanyou Yangzheng.
Sanyou Yangzheng is not tall, not young, with a Huanghuali cane in his hand, and his all-white hair is meticulously combed, looking very imposing. He listened to Kan Youchang's question, and he didn't need to translate, so he said in fluent Chinese: "There is a word in your opera called the finale, which means to leave the good things at the end. So I agree with Mr. Zhuge that let's look at both sides first, and then look at the middle. ”
"I didn't expect Mr. Sanyou to like to listen to operas, it seems that you have a deep study of my country's traditional culture. Then according to what you said, let's look at the two sides first, and then look at the middle. ”
Kan Youchang smiled when he heard Sanyou Yangzheng speak. The first half of the sentence is equivalent to agreeing with President Li's statement that he is spending money in the middle, and the second half of the sentence obeys Professor Zhuge 's opinion, which is really cunning and cunning.