Chapter 310: Ready, the Show Begins
The craftsman is busy, what is he asking for?! After a bowl of rice, it is the guests who appreciate themselves. Appreciation from the heart, this is the best comfort for a craftsman. What could be more satisfying than having your efforts appreciated?!
"Tomorrow we have a meeting, my brother must come!" He Chengan said to Wei Suhu: "If the old brother is not busy, you can take some time to go back to China and let's take a look." The country has changed a lot now......"
When it came to returning to China, the old man hesitated: "I also want to go back, but now I am a little hindered by going back...... Forget it, don't talk about it! I'll definitely come to tomorrow's exhibition! Brother, don't dislike my cow and drink your good tea! ”
"Hahaha...... Where would I dislike it?! It's too late to greet you, and I hope that the old brother won't dislike the old brother's craftsmanship is ......" The two laughed and talked for a while, and the old man slowly left with the support of the juniors.
Liang Sanping can see that this old man must have something to do with the government. Otherwise, he would not mention returning to China, and his face would be hesitant. Indeed, returning home is a bit risky for him.
In those days, having overseas ties was a felony. So after that crazy year, a large number of overseas Chinese have deep hesitation to return to China, of course! Those who made up their minds to return to China later earned a lot.
And overseas relations, after the reform, have become everyone's pursuit. It is rumored that someone's overseas relatives have left a lot of inheritance. Then he had a big hair and went abroad.
At this time, the pastry chefs are also busy. Naturally, you need a little tea, don't think that there are only refreshments in Western-style tea. In fact, in the Chinese style of tea, there are also tea snacks.
From small snacks of melon seeds and peanuts to two cups of Cantonese breakfast. Chinese refreshments can be described as complex and diverse, from relatively heavy flavor of phoenix feet, pork ribs, and zongzi. and then to the Beijing-style Aiwowo, bee cakes, forks, pot cakes, and baked cakes...... Wait.
Of course, Cantonese morning tea will definitely not be prepared at the venue. So the Beijing style became the first choice. Originally, Liang Sanping and the others had a headache about this situation, did they have to take the pastry chef to the United States?!
Fortunately, the embassy sued them, which was not necessary. The embassy has its own canteen chef, who also makes Beijing-style pastries. On weekdays, when the embassy occasionally entertains foreign guests, it will ask them to help make some traditional pastries and snacks.
There are some of them. Naturally, it made Liang Sanping and their hearts bloom. And the embassy is also starting to prepare materials, at least you have to prepare enough snacks at that time, right?!
According to the plan agreed before, Liang Sanping and the others began to arrange the venue. After a while, a bunch of Chinese knots with Chinese characteristics, a screen of Chinese painting lotus pond at night, and several large carved coffee tables...... And so on spread out in the venue.
"Deng~!" At this time, the teacher who practiced the guqin also came to the venue. After resting for a while, everyone came to their senses and hurried. In this exhibition, everyone doesn't want to make any mistakes. I just want to be complete.
Therefore, after resting for a while, everyone invariably chose to familiarize themselves with the venue first and cultivate tacit understanding. This is the first complete display of traditional culture, and if there is a problem in this area, it will be a big problem.
Therefore, no one dares to slack off. They are all busy trying their best to adapt to the situation here. Then adjust yourself to the best and put your best foot forward.
Liang Sanping is very satisfied with everyone's initiative, and has to admit that the people of this era are very cute. They all want to be able to show their best side, the best side of their work.
Later, many people couldn't do it, and many people's attitude towards work was mostly perfunctory. Perfunctory, perfunctory and want to get by. As everyone knows, you are messing with your days, and in fact, your days are messing with you.
These old people understand this truth better than anyone else, so they work harder than anyone else. They also take this event more seriously than anyone else, they know it. This time they don't just represent themselves. It is the first demonstration of this craft on an international level. If there is a problem with their performance this time, then it may be caused by someone else's misunderstanding of these crafts.
Or. More strictly, zhòng said the last sentence. Their mistakes here may affect the outside world's judgment of the whole country. They are doing their best, and they don't need to be rushed. I endured the discomfort caused by jet lag and took a break and came to the venue.
Looking at the people who came to the venue silently to rehearse, Liang Sanping buried all his gratitude in his heart. Many of them are coming to the United States for the first time, but they are not idle, including the teachers, professors and students.
The students silently helped out at the venue, and they did not choose to visit the more prosperous capital of the United States than Xiangjiang. Instead, he chose to silently help in the venue. From time to time. I also carry things or translate for the masters.
There are still three days left until the exhibition. In the past three days, Liang Sanping and the others escaped to arrange the entire exhibition and rehearsed nervously. Including programs, hosting, tea art demonstrations and tea history introductions...... Wait a minute.
Although there is already a case of abdomen, there are still countless difficulties when it is really faced. First of all, in terms of timing, as the capital of the United States, it is absolutely impossible to have smooth transportation at all times.
Take into account everyone's schedule. Possible delays. Therefore, the opening time of the exhibition is very particular. Then there is the on-site translation, and every word is required to meet: Xinyada.
Translating is not a simple job, especially simultaneous. For those who know, it's not as simple as turning a sentence into another language. In many cases, a mistake in the relay can have extremely severe consequences.
Everyone was extremely nervous and preparing. They only have three days to prepare and adapt, and the foreign affairs department has already told them. This is the first time for this exhibition, and although the scale is not large, there are many big people who have arrived.
Even ambassadors from several countries came. On the one hand, they want to do further exchanges with China, and on the other hand, they also want to show their own sense of existence. After all, this can be regarded as the first cultural exchange collision between China and the United States.
Everyone is very curious and hopes to see what this run-in between the two sides can come out of. In particular, Japan and South Korea are also interested in this cultural exchange exhibition, if China can successfully hold it.
Then it means that they have a good chance to showcase their traditional culture in the United States. This is a great opportunity to show yourself, even though the United States is an ally with them. But in terms of cultural display, the two countries have never taken a very solid step.
Three days passed quickly. The teacher from Jiangsu and Zhejiang and the students of the two academies refused Liang Sanping's invitation to visit the capital of the United States and stayed quietly in the venue for three days.
Although everyone longs to be able to walk around the bustling United States, they are more aware of their responsibilities and obligations. After adjusting their state as much as possible, everyone threw themselves into the preparation.
Finally, it's time to test the results. In the evening of that day, the crowd began to enter the venue under Liang Sanping's contract one after another in an orderly and orderly manner. I saw a group of people dressed in costumes, and even many reporters were taking pictures outside the door.
This exhibition is also a grand event, especially with so many ambassadors appearing at the same time. Naturally, it attracted the attention of the media, and as early as the news of the upcoming exhibition, the major media in the United States began to contact the exhibition party.
Requests to enter the exhibition for interviews. For this kind of good way of promotion, Li Jiacheng naturally likes to see it. After full communication with the Chinese embassy, they cautiously agreed to the request for an interview.
Li Jiacheng didn't have much to do with the media, but Nelson didn't have much contact with these people. I also knew some of the rules inside, and some small gifts were immediately delivered to the reporters under Nelson's advice.
A ceramic tea set with a strong oriental charm, a few bags of good tea. This made these reporters very satisfied. Journalists, it's not a god who doesn't eat fireworks in the world, is it?! Besides, this interview mission does not require whether to be picked up or smashed.
Surrounded by small gifts and a warm buffet hospitality, the newspapers naturally reported almost the same thing: the magical East, a country that has been passed down for thousands of years. The tea culture, which has a history of thousands of years, has turned over the history of tea exchanges between China and the United States.
Some well-intentioned people naturally noticed the report, and then Li Jiacheng and they found that the number of people inquiring about this exhibition began to increase. Beginning to realize the power of this kind of media propaganda in the United States, Nelson naturally became a public relations person.
With Nelson's matchmaking, several of the more influential media outlets began to report information about the show. At the same time, the exhibition was introduced at great length, and even the official personnel of the American side came out to speak on the platform.
As a result, the attention of all parties began to be drawn to this exhibition, which was really the first time to show this culture to the outside world. So, naturally, many people want to find out.
It's a pity that tonight's tickets are only available to high-end people. The exhibition on the second day was for ordinary people. However, to their surprise, the tickets for the exhibition that was originally scheduled for two days were quickly sold out.
As a last resort, they discussed with Liang Sanping to postpone the exhibition to five days. It also limits the purchase of only one ticket per person. Liang Sanping thought twice and decided to postpone the exhibition to four days. But after two days, I will stop for a day to fix it.
It's too often, after all, but it's not a good thing. Some of the masters are not young, and they may not be able to show their best skills under fatigue. Take a break halfway through and adjust before continuing. That's the right thing to do. (To be continued......)