According to the itinerary of the Russian side, after Ivan Zai accompanied Liu Jun and others to visit the Winter Palace, he will have a formal meeting with Liu Jun in the conference room of the Winter Palace, which is the main event. But now there is no hurry, you can take a good tour of this famous palace.

This imperial palace of Imperial Russia, now commonly known as the Hermitage National Museum of Fine Arts, is known as the world's five major museums along with the Forbidden City in China, the Louvre Museum in France, the British Museum in the United Kingdom, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the United States. The wealth of the Hermitage collection is rare in the world.

In the spacious and bright exhibition hall of the Hermitage, there are a total of 2.7 million cultural relics of various kinds, including about 15,000 paintings, about 102,000 sculptures, about 620,000 prints and drawings, about 600,000 unearthed cultural relics, 260,000 works of applied art, and about 1 million coins and medals. The collection is divided into seven parts: primitive cultural history, ancient Greek and Roman culture and art, oriental national culture and art, Russian culture, Western European art history, coinage, and crafts, and is displayed in more than 350 exhibition halls in regional and chronological order, and the exhibition route is 30 kilometers long, so it is known as the world's longest art gallery.

In 1922, the Soviet Union established the State Hermidage Museum. The palace became part of the museum.

Ivan really attaches great importance to Secretary Liu, and really acts as a docent himself. Mr. President's behavior was a great surprise to the officials accompanying him. If Ivan decided to personally rush from Moscow to St. Petersburg to meet with Yoo Jun, everyone can understand that, after all, Jew Jun has a special position in his southern neighbor and is a potential leader. According to diplomatic practice, showing special respect for such a potential leader is a good "public relations tool" that may lay a more solid foundation for good-neighborly relations between the two countries in the future. But Ivan himself served as a docent, which was really a bit too much!

President Ivan has received many heads of state in the past, including the heads of major powers, and it seems that he has never been so polite. This may only be attributed to the fact that President Ivan and Secretary Liu have some "personal relationships" that everyone is not sure about.

Liu Jun also saw from the attitude of the Winter Palace staff that the vast number of Russian people support and admire President Ivan. Especially the Russian girl who was supposed to be an authentic docent, looking at Ivan's ocean-like blue eyes, full of obsession, as if she was willing to die for Ivan at any time!

In Liu Jun's memory, in another parallel world, there used to be a popular song in Russia, called "If you marry someone, you will marry Ivan"! It is estimated that in the reborn world, this song is about to be released!

The charm of Mr. Ivan can be seen from this.

After listening to Ivan's brief introduction to the exhibition hall of the Hermitage National Gallery, Secretary Liu took a breath.

It seems that he will not be able to visit all the three hundred and fifty exhibition halls today. Thirty kilometers is four or five hours at the speed of a march. An afternoon is not enough anyway.

Ivan was naturally well aware of this fact, so he smiled and suggested that Secretary Liu could choose some of these representative exhibition halls to visit.

Secretary Liu made a deep sigh and chose two parts: visiting the oriental national culture and art and Russian culture. In fact, it may not be that Secretary Liu's favorite thing to visit is the cultural relics and exhibits in the two parts, but as a high-ranking official of the republic, he has to choose these two parts if he has to make a choice. In fact, even these two parts may not be able to see them all.

Russian culture is the main component of the exhibition halls of the Hermitage State Gallery, and there are dozens of exhibition halls in this section alone.

However, this time, Ivan did not consult Yoo Jun again, and casually gave a few instructions to Dr. Mikhail, the director of the Hermitage Museum, to the effect that they should lead the way, choose the most important exhibition hall, and control the tour time within two hours. After all, Mr. President is entangled in state affairs, and he can't really be a "tour guide" here0

The Hermitage Museum is distinguished from other museums by cooperating with I\{\}N! Harnessing the power of technology to bring an ancient artistic heritage back to life.

Demonstrate the enormous potential of the Internet and bring the unique art treasures of the Hermitage Museum to the world.

Dr. Mikhail, Director of the Hermitage Museum, said: "We are proud to present to visitors to the Hermitage a noteworthy new project that not only showcases the unique art collection and the Tsar's Bedchamber, but also exemplifies the combination of today's cutting-edge computer technology and extraordinary historical and artistic production.

The architecture and interior of the Hermitage are characteristic, with the parquet floors shining and recognising the "exquisite and durable artistic furniture.

Under the guidance of Dr. Mikhail, Ivan and Liu Jun first visited the Oriental Art Museum. This gallery has 160,000 exhibits dating back to the 4000th century BC. Among them are thousands of ancient Egyptian artifacts, such as sarcophagi, mummies, reliefs, papyrus documents, sacrificial objects and Coptic textiles, as well as the world's largest Iranian silverware, as well as Babylonian, Assyria, Turkish and other antiquities. Although I didn't finish the tour, I just saw the tip of the iceberg, which also amazed the guests.

This is followed by a tour of the Museum of Far Eastern Art. This museum collects. A large number of Chinese cultural relics and works of art, including more than 200 pieces of oracle bone inscriptions from the Yin Shang era, rare silk and embroidery from the first century AD, samples of sculptures and murals in the Thousand Buddha Caves of Dunhuang, as well as porcelain, enamel, lacquerware, landscapes and ladies in China. When visiting the Far Eastern Art Museum, Liu Jun's expression was solemn, and the smile on his face was hidden.

Ivan understood what Liu Jun was thinking, and did not introduce much, but just took a brief tour, and then motioned to the staff to guide the guests to the Russian Culture Pavilion.

Throughout the Winter Palace, the palace was richly decorated, and many halls were decorated with Russian gemstones: malachite, jasper, and agate products, such as the Peacock Hall, which had two tons of malachite, and the parquet floor was made of nine kinds of precious wood. Behind the throne of the throne, also known as George Hall, a map is inlaid with 45,000 colored stones.

The tour lasted almost two hours. Subsequently, the two sides had a formal meeting in the conference room of the museum.

This meeting is still very "businesslike" and follows diplomatic etiquette. The talks were short, and the parties discussed a number of sensitive political issues, of course, the main thing was the future cooperation between St. Petersburg and Magnolia.

Ivan hopes that the two cities can carry out in-depth cooperation in the fields of economy, culture, art and other fields, and Ivan is very happy about the ongoing economic and trade negotiations between the two sides, and looks forward to the two sides reaching a useful consensus. He also said that he would attend the signing ceremony of important cooperation agreements. Antonina and other dignitaries of St. Petersburg could not help but be overjoyed.

After the meeting at the Winter Palace, when it was close to six o'clock in the afternoon, Ivan again invited the distinguished guests from the Republic to dinner.

The accompanying staff informed Secretary Liu that after the dinner, Mr. President and His Excellency the Secretary would hold a private meeting in the hotel suite where he was staying. His Excellency the Secretary smiled and nodded.

This is the real negotiation.

The dinner was still very grand, and the guests and hosts were happy.

After the banquet, President Ivan and Secretary Liu Jun walked side by side into the suite where Secretary Liu stayed. This private meeting was very special, as there were only two people, Mr. President and His Excellency the Secretary, and even the interpreter was exempted, and none of the other attachés were missing. Only Andrei followed into the room, personally acted as a waiter, made coffee and green tea for the President and His Excellency the Secretary, and withdrew. "Secretary Liu, please convey my thanks to Weiye Group! I would like to thank President Liu Qing and the company she leads for their support over the years! Ivan and Yoo Jun sat across from each other at the small round table, and Ivan said slowly with a polite smile on his face.

"Mr. President is so polite. Support is mutual. Many of the enterprises and projects operated by Sheng Ye Group in your country have also received strong support and care from Mr. President, and President Liu Qing also asked me to express my heartfelt thanks to Mr. President. President Liu Qing and I both hope that this kind of cooperation between the two sides can continue for a long time. Please rest assured, Mr. President, that President Liu Qing guarantees that all projects operated by Sheng Ye Group in your country will strictly abide by the laws and regulations of your country! Yoo Jun also smiled, chose the wording, and replied cautiously.

Ivan nodded.

When Shengye Group operated in Russia, it did a good job in complying with laws and regulations, which is why Ivan has always supported Shengye. "Secretary Liu, you should also know more about the current situation in China. Therefore, the negotiation with your country on the project, in terms of process, may not be very ideal. Ivan said, his face grim.

Liu Jun bowed his head slightly and said in a deep voice: "Mr. President, I can understand the current situation in your country. However, I think that the negotiations that we are in progress now, if successful, will be beneficial to both sides. I think this Mr. President should be very clear. Moreover, I do not think that a small number of opponents in your country will be able to get a hard time with Mr. President! Therefore, I sincerely hope that Mr. President will be able to persuade those who oppose it to bring this negotiation to a smooth conclusion as soon as possible. Liu Jun quietly flattered Ivan.

Ivan pondered for a while, nodded slowly, and said, "Secretary Liu, I am personally very happy to see that the negotiations between the two sides can be reached smoothly. I need a little bit of convincing, though.

Yoo Jun smiled and nodded. Five days later, Secretary Liu's visit to St. Petersburg was successfully concluded, and the two sides signed a joint statement, and President Ivan once again made a special trip from Moscow to personally attend the signing ceremony.

Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zong Yaoguo reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the results of Liu Jun's visit. ∫To be continued,!