Chapter 3 Illusions at the Exhibition

Qi Luoling walked into the elevator and reached the twentieth floor. On the far left side of the www.biquge.info floor, there are two large shiny glass doors, and on the wall on the left side of the glass door there is a silver-white rectangular sign that reads in black Chinese and Korean: Shanghai Jingyi Creative Design Co., Ltd.

At this moment, Qi Luoling realized that Xu Xiaoya's work unit turned out to be a Korean-funded enterprise.

She couldn't help but glance at the Korean logo a few more times. Since learning that she is a descendant of Korean, Qi Luoling subconsciously began to pay attention to information about Korean.

Qi Luoling pushed open the glass door and walked in, and saw a large open office. There are more than twenty people in the office.

Everyone in the office was sitting in their place, working in full swing, tapping on the computer keyboard and the crisp phone ringing. The staff were well-dressed and walked indoors in a hurry.

Qi Luoling walked to the front desk, and Xu Xiaoya greeted her.

"Come here, come here." Xu Xiaoya pulled her into her private office and closed the door, "How are you doing?" “

Qi Luoling sighed and said in a low voice, "There is no chance to consult the medical records at all, let alone the results. ”

Xu Xiaoya looked at her watch and said, "I'm about to have a meeting, so you can sit in my office for a while, and when I finish the meeting, we'll talk." “

Qi Luoling nodded.

At this time, a young female assistant pushed the door in, "Manager Xu, wait for you alone, Conference Room 1." “

"It's coming, it's coming."

When Xu Xiaoya was leaving, she patted Qi Luoling's shoulder, and Qi Luoling smiled.

Watching Xu Xiaoya leave, Qi Luoling slowly looked at her office.

The air is filled with a faint jasmine scent of perfume, this fragrance Qi Luoling is very familiar, this is Xu Xiaoya's favorite JOY brand perfume.

Xu Xiaoya's office is about thirty square meters. The desk in the middle was large, with a pile of papers, a large bunch of pens, a desktop computer, a teacup, and a pair of soft-soled blue boat shoes under the chair, which I probably changed into when I was comfortable.

The coffee table in the other corner is piled up with colorful clothing and fashion magazines. Jackets and satchels were also littered with magazines.

Qi Luoling came to the coffee table, helped her sort out the messy magazines, and gently picked up her coat. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE BRAND, IT WAS THE GUCCI BRAND. With such expensive clothes, Qi Luoling hung the clothes on the hook behind the door for her.

After everything was sorted out, Qi Luoling smiled, capable women are also like men, and they also need concubines to serve.

This is the world that belongs to Xu Xiaoya, she fought for it back with her bare hands, gritted her teeth, and won it back, which is unbreakable, and she has been rewarded for her efforts over the years.

It is not easy for 26-year-old Xu Xiaoya to climb to this position, I really don't know how she usually copes with this complicated situation?

On the white wall behind the desk hung four large official letters: "It's rare to be confused." “

How did her boss feel after reading these four words.

When she was bored, Qi Luoling picked up the fashion magazine on the coffee table and flipped through it.

It didn't take long for the sound of conversation outside, and the sound of tuk-tuk heels came from far and near. Xu Xiaoya's meeting should be over, Qi Luoling thought to herself.

Sure enough, the familiar footsteps stopped outside the door, and Xu Xiaoya seemed to be talking to a young man.

"Mr. Cui, are you back?"

"Yes, I'll be back when I'm done. Didn't we arrange to go to the exhibition at three o'clock this afternoon? It's two o'clock in the afternoon, and it's about the same time. The young man spoke in non-standard Mandarin.

"Okay, I've just finished the meeting, I'll go with you right away when I clean up." Xu Xiaoya said.

"Okay, good work."

"But you have to wait for me a while, I have a friend here who has come from afar. I'm going to get her set up first. Xu Xiaoya pointed to Qi Luoling, who was sitting on the sofa in the office, and smiled apologetically.

"It's okay. You get busy first. I'll wait for you. ”

The young man turned around and nodded politely to Qi Luoling.

He was suddenly stunned, didn't he see the woman when he was downstairs in the hall? When I first saw her, I had a sense of déjà vu, as if I had seen her somewhere. He tried to recall the fragments of the scene that had been lost in the river of memory, but he failed, and in the end he still did not remember where he had seen her.

At this moment, there seemed to be something inexplicable in her body that strongly attracted him, and the young man involuntarily walked slowly in front of her.

When Qi Luoling looked at him with a smile, the young man looked very delicate, with a small face typical of Koreans, fair skin, single eyelids, small eyes, and thin lips.

"Mr. Cui, let me introduce, this is my little Qi Luoling, this is my boss Cui Zaishan." Xu Xiaoya politely introduced.

"Hello." He held out his hand as if he had known him for a long time.

Qi Luoling stretched out her right hand and politely held his hand.

His hands are warm, his palms are broad, and his bones are distinct.

"Miss Qi, have we met somewhere?" Choi Jae-sun asked tentatively.

"Mr. Cui, your way of accosting beauties is outdated." Before Qi Luoling could speak, the articulate Xu Xiaoya said mischievously.

Choi Jae-sun hurriedly defended: "No, no, I'm telling the truth. ”

Xu Xiaoya laughed and said, "I can't see that our Mr. Cui is still very sincere." ”

Being teased like this, Qi Luoling was very embarrassed, and a layer of blush appeared on her cheeks.

"Let's get down to business, Luo Ling, I was going to accompany you to the Bund in the afternoon, but you see, now that Mr. Cui has arranged a job for me again, we are going to participate in the art exhibition soon. I'll send you back to my house first, and I'll give you the key. Xu Xiaoya said as she took out the key from her handbag and handed it to her.

"I'll be fine when I go back anyway, why don't I follow you to see the art exhibition." Qi Luoling said with a smile.

"Alright then, you can come with us." Xu Xiaoya nodded.

Xu Xiaoya and Choi Jae-sun each drove their own cars on the way to the art exhibition.

Choi Jae-sun drove faster than Xu Xiaoya, and she was stuck in traffic for a while, so she fell far behind Choi Jae-sun.

On the way, Qi Luoling told Xu Xiaoya about the obstruction of going to the hospital to check the medical records.

Xu Xiaoya thought for a while and said, "Don't be discouraged, I'll think of a way to find a relationship." ”

Qi Luoling nodded.

"You fashion designers, how do you go to art exhibitions?" Qi Luoling changed the subject.

Xu Xiaoya smiled slightly and said: "Famous paintings are an important source of re-creation of clothing design inspiration. ”

Xu Xiaoya looked at the big sunflower dress worn by Qi Luoling and said, "The pattern of your skirt is inspired by Van Gogh's famous work "Sun Flower". ”

Then, she pointed to the flowing blue and white skirt she was wearing, and said, "You see, the pattern of my short skirt is inspired by this Japanese ukiyo-e work, but the design has been recreated, and the white tail and blue in the work are combined to make it look fresher." “

"Which painter are you going to participate in today?" Qi Luoling asked curiously.

"Picasso, you should have heard of this famous painter." Xu Xiaoya held the steering wheel in her hand, looked ahead, and said.

"I've only heard of it, but I don't know it, after all, I'm not an art major." Qi Luoling said embarrassedly.

"Picasso was a Spanish painter and sculptor. He is also the founder of modern art and the main representative of Western modernist painting. He sparked a revolutionary breakthrough in the history of modern Western art and the birth of the Cubist movement. Today's exhibition features his classic works. Xu Xiaoya gushed endlessly.

An hour later, they arrived at the Shanghai Art Museum.

In recent years, Shanghai, with its profound modern urban culture, has become an international metropolis, and the fusion of Jiangnan tradition and culture brought in by immigrants has gradually formed a unique Shanghainese culture. At the same time, it is hosting more and more international art events. The world-class art exhibitions hosted by the Shanghai Art Museum are also frequent.

After entering the exhibition hall, the two turned their phones to silent, an act that showed the least respect for art and those who appreciate it.

Walking into the Picasso exhibition hall of the museum, there is a preface at the entrance, about Picasso's life and artistic career achievements. Then they dispersed and admired their works, only agreeing to meet at the entrance of the exhibition hall after their respective visits.

Qi Luoling walked towards the exhibition hall, surrounded by Picasso's works and sculptures placed in various corners. Each work has a description in English and Chinese.

Perhaps a layman, Qi Luoling always reads the description of the work first, and then enters the visual appreciation of the work. Because there are many works, if you appreciate each one carefully, it is a delusion that you have the intention to kill the thief and have no power to return to the sky, especially for people who don't understand art.

Therefore, Qi Luoling first walked around most of the works in the museum, and then carefully appreciated the works she was interested in.

Not far away, a girl in uniform was smiling and explaining to her visitors, and some unrelated people gathered around to listen to her introduce Picasso.

Qi Luoling sometimes got a little closer, listening to the girl's introduction, although this explanation also made her feel a little embarrassed.

She carefully admired many of Picasso's classic works, such as Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, The Woman in front of the mirror, The Three Musicians, Portrait of Carsnler, Bottle, Glass and Violin, Guernica, Dove of Peace, Bust of Man with Hat, and many more.

Finally, Qi Luoling came to a work called "Guernica", and she carefully looked at the Chinese description next to it: the oil painting "Guernica" is a masterpiece of great influence and historical significance made by Picasso in the 30s of the 20th century. The picture shows the scene of the Luftwaffe's frenzied bombing of the Spanish town of Guernica in 1937, indicting the brutal atrocities of the fascist war.

On the right side of the painting is a woman who raises her hand and falls from a burning house, and another woman rushes towards the center of the painting with her deformed legs; A mother with her dead child on the left; On the ground was the corpse of a warrior, holding a broken sword in one of his broken hands, and next to the sword was a growing flower. The picture centers on a cow standing with its head tilted and a horse roaring.

The young girl narrator next to her was explaining: "In 1937, the small town of Guernica in Spain was razed to the ground by the German fascist air force, and Picasso was extremely indignant after hearing the news, so he painted the mural "Guernica" for the Spanish Pavilion at the Paris World's Fair, expressing a strong protest against the fascist atrocities. Picasso throws the symbolic tragedy of war into the blue tones, the light blue and light gray in the contrast of black tones to express the pole of justice, which gathers the full meaning of brutality, pain, despair, and so on. This painting combines the styles of cubism and surrealism, and expresses pain, suffering and bestiality. ”

Suddenly, Qi Luoling felt very, very uncomfortable, her chest tightened for a while, and then her heart suddenly beat violently, breathing became more and more difficult, and the women, children, warriors, cattle and horses in front of her rippled like water lines, and then gradually blurred.

She began to hallucinate, and the painting in front of her gradually disappeared, and another image gradually emerged clearly.

The young Jewish man who plays the Devil's Sorrow is sitting sadly on a piano stool, but instead of playing the piano, he frowns as if he is worried about something. Several people around stood there dumbfounded, not speaking.

Finally, the young Jewish man sighed and said, "Now that the Japanese have established a 'Jewish refugee area' in Hongkou District, will the Japanese build a concentration camp like Nazi Germany in the next step, and then kill us all?" ”。

Then the scene cuts to a bloody scene of mass Nazi Germans wantonly killing Jews, and finally the world is plunged into a kind of deathly darkness......

Qi Luoling was very frightened, and she realized that she had begun to hallucinate again.

She wanted to close her eyes and calm herself. But even when she closed her eyes, those hallucinations did not disappear, but instead shuttled back and forth in her body and in her mind, and some familiar images appeared again and again.

What the hell is going on here? Time began to flow backwards, as if I had entered a space-time tunnel.

Sober reason made her understand that she was still standing in the Picasso exhibition hall. Her brain forced her to open her eyes, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't open them.

In the end, she had to force herself to open her eyes with all her will.

After opening her eyes, Qi Luoling was surprised to find that the world in front of her was spinning. It was dark in front of her eyes, her body lost its center of gravity, and she fell down on her back......