Chapter 202: Musical Inspiration
They set off the day before Chinese New Year's Eve, and they could already feel the atmosphere of the New Year in City A. Although modern people pay less and less attention to traditional festivals, the 'Spring' Festival is still different. Even the people in the waiting hall are not as many as expected.
"Probably everyone is rushing to China, and no one has to go out for the Chinese New Year like we do." Yan Juan smiled apologetically, "Actually, you should spend a reunion with the old man at home." ”
"I'm doing it for business, and the idea of 'a natural pair' is very 'great', and the launch of two sets of diamond rings has received a very good response." Yan Yixin used official business as an excuse, and it seemed that he could have no taboos.
"Listening to Liu Li, we have received a lot of orders?"
"Yes, couples who are going to get married next year hope to be able to buy a 'natural pair'." Yan Yixin pinched her nose dotingly, "It's all your idea!" ”
Yan Juan smiled embarrassedly, and could only say that she walked six years ago.
"Ah, by the way, your year-end red envelope has been hit on your card, a total of 196,000."
"How much?"
"Two hundred thousand is still four thousand."
Yan Wan looked at him stunned: "Red envelope...... So many? ”
"This is based on the sales commission, and three of the products you designed have entered Yan's annual sales list, which is the most 'good' in Yan's history. Liu Li once had three models in the top 10 at the same time, but the overall ranking was not as high as yours. ”
"Huh? But I ......" Yan Juan felt a little dizzy.
"Rewards are announced after the year, so you can have a luxurious New Year."
Yan Juan felt a little dizzy, she worked hard for a year, and her annual salary was only 60,000. Who knew that the year-end bonus of a 'sex' red envelope actually gave her almost 200,000!
"Next year, your monthly salary may go up again. If you feel that there are not enough people, dress up and apply for two assistants, your level is a little lower than Liu Li's them, but the monthly salary should reach more than 8,000. ”
"Could it be that the Yan family gave me too much? How do I feel like I'm in a dream......" Yan Wan muttered.
At the beginning, she worked two jobs a day, and the combined monthly salary was only 1,500, and she was as tired as a cow.
"Not much, I'm not favoritism." Yan Yixin smiled, "Don't worry, these are what you deserve." I know. The conditions offered by the Lu family are more generous, but for my sake, you will not leave. ”
Yan Wan glanced at him, still immersed in this sudden windfall. I plan how to use it, but when I think about it, I don't seem to have anything to 'spend' a lot of money. If Mother is still around, she can 'hand' the money to Mother, what joy and happiness it will bring her!
"It's our flight." Yan Yixin took Yan Xuan's hand and reminded.
"Huh? I haven't heard the news of London! Yan Wan asked curiously.
"Who said we were going to London?" Yan Yixin raised his eyebrows in surprise, "We're going to Vienna." ”
Vienna, of course, is also a famous city, but the problem is that their trip this time is not to visit the mountains and rivers, but to purchase diamonds! London is the distribution center of South African diamonds, and although Austria is a tourist destination, it has become more and more sought after by Chinese people in recent years, but it seems that there are no diamonds, right?
"If we take the box from De Beers, I'm afraid we're going to lose a lot of money. It just so happened that Vienna took advantage of this music festival to postpone the New Year's concert, and a batch of diamonds will be 'traded' there, and the scale of the 'trade' is not too large, so let's go over and see the situation first. If we can get a piece of it, we'll be able to do it in London. ”
"Oh...... But Austria doesn't produce diamonds! Yan Juan still didn't know why.
Yan Yixin smiled: "London doesn't produce either, right?" ”
"Ah, yes, those things South African diamonds. You mean that some of the diamonds went straight to Vienna without going through London? ”
"Clever."
Yan Yixin's praise made Yan Juan a little embarrassed. Does he have to explain it to understand later, is this also smart?
"I still miss the British Museum, and although Vienna has been famous for a long time, I really don't have much to say about music." Yan Qian laughed at himself.
"London is still going to be there, and the amount of 'trade' that is difficult to achieve cannot meet our plans for next year. In fact, Austria is one of the most inhabitable countries in the world, although it is a landlocked country, it has the beautiful Danube River, and there are dozens of lakes in the salt lake area. Coupled with the Alps, it can be said that it has a unique geographical environment. You're going to love it. ”
"Oh." Yan Wan replied, ashamed that he didn't have more knowledge about Austria.
Yan Yixin saw that she was not very interested, and threw out a person's name: "Have you heard of Princess Sissi?" ”
"I've watched movies before, and I watched them in the *** hall, and I can't remember exactly what the plot is. Our classmates especially liked the 'flower' umbrella of her clothes, as well as the open-top group, which could highlight her waist very much, and felt that this was the aristocracy. ”
"Of course, she is a Bavarian princess, an Austrian queen, she is not a nobleman, who is a nobleman?" Yan Yixin smiled, "It's just that this princess is a tragic 'sexual' character, and she has never been at odds with her mother-in-law, Queen Mother, Sophie, although she has a son and two 'daughters', but she was forcibly adopted by Sophie since she was a child." ”
"Ah, this queen mother, it's really hateful!" Yan Juan immediately denounced, "I remember that at the end of the film, Sissi doesn't seem to be in Austria, right? She was sick at the time and went to recuperate, was it pneumonia? ”
"Depression." Yan Yixin corrected her paradox, "The place where she stayed for the longest time was Hungary, where she is loved to this day. In fact, the Austrians have a long history of remembering her, and to this day, Princess Sissi's souvenirs abound. If you like her, you have plenty of opportunities to see her statues and portraits, even in small towns. ”
"But she was still forced to go to the country and leave home, and I think she must have been very depressed in her heart. It can be seen that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is not a special case of firewood, rice, oil and salt, and in the upper class, this contradiction is afraid to be more prominent, because the imperial power is also added. Yan Juan was a little emotional.
"Don't worry, I don't have a mother, so you don't have to worry about that." Yan Yixin said with a chuckle, Yan Juan came to his senses, and his face turned red.
"I didn't mean that, I just ......" she glared at him, her cheeks puffing out.
"Okay, I just wanted to give you a reassurance. Your father-in-law is very easy to deal with, and he likes you very much. ”
It took half a minute for Yan Juan to realize that Yan Yixin was referring to his father.
"But your grandfather ......"
"Now that you are the Yan family's cash cow, where can grandpa be so stupid? I didn't say I'd marry you now, he was so happy that he turned a blind eye. As long as I don't cross this bottom line, grandpa won't deal with you at the moment. Otherwise, I would still be so at ease? ”
Yan Wan glanced at him, but he was very useful in his heart. With her own ability, at least let her get out of the crisis of Old Man Yan temporarily. This is completely different from the feeling of hiding under Yan Yixin's wings.
Walking through the streets of Vienna, you can truly understand the meaning of "the land of music". In groups of three or five, playing and singing, in every corner of the square, you can see the onlookers performers. Or like-minded friends, or a family of four or five.
"Everyone in Vienna knows at least one instrument, so every family, pulling it out is a small musical group." Yan Yixin introduced, "I made an appointment to see diamonds tomorrow, and I can go to the golden 'color' hall tonight to watch the performance." ”
"The Golden Hall?" Yan Qian knew very little about Austria. However, just by listening to the name, you will know that the so-called hall must be resplendent with gold.
"Yes, the venue where the annual New Year's concert takes place in Austria has almost the world's influence, and it is estimated that one billion people will watch the event via televises."
"Then I'm going to listen to the snow in the spring of the sun too." Yan Juan stuck out her tongue and said with a grin, "If you fall asleep halfway, don't laugh." ”
"Won't it?" Yan Yixin exaggeratedly shouted.
The concert hall was overcrowded, but there was no noise in the crowd. No one was holding a snack like popcorn 'flowers' to eat and watch, except for the thunderous applause that erupted at the end of one movement, which was almost unpleasant.
After enjoying a musical feast, Yan Juan returned to the hotel and muttered, "I now understand why Austrians are so keen on music." If I feel this kind of environment every now and then, I would like to learn both instruments. ”
This night's dreams were full of large and small notes.
When I woke up two days, Yan Juan said: "I want to design a series of jewelry with the theme of musical instruments, and the material can be crystal, so the random 'sex' of carving is relatively large." ”
Yan Yixin woke up relatively early, because he was afraid of waking Yan Juan, so he didn't turn on the light, but was just reading a document through the light through the window screen. Hearing her "declaration" of getting up 'bed', I was stunned for a moment.
"Ah, it's better to use diopside, it's your mining area, don't worry about not having high-quality diopside, think about it, every instrument is translucent green, how beautiful it is!" Yan Juan was immersed in his own ideas, his face was excited, "Except for the piano, which is not easy to handle, I think other musical instruments can find a suitable artistic image." ”
Yan Yixin smiled bitterly: "It won't be long before I will become a designer." Your inspiration will burst at almost every moment. Maybe I'd like to make a wider range of itineraries that will keep you inspired. ”
"Who told you to take me to the Golden Hall yesterday? Although there are not many musical cells, the atmosphere is still very contagious. As a result, my night was full of notes and violin in my dreams. ”
Yan Yixin couldn't help laughing: "It shows that you have a good sense of music, no wonder your designs are always full of aura." Art is, in a way, interconnected. ”
"What time is it today? Will we still have time for breakfast? Yan Juan glanced at his watch and suddenly exclaimed.