Chapter 018: Confrontation
Gao Jue enthusiastically stretched out his hand and smiled at Hua Manrao with a friendly smile. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info But the big beauty with a hot body in front of her was indifferent, Hua Manrao didn't even stretch out her hand, just stared at Gao Jue coldly, and said lightly:
"Hello Mr. Gao, I'm Hua Manrao."
Gao Jue was stunned, since the other party was so cold, he could only withdraw his hand in embarrassment. Immediately afterwards, Hua Manrao asked in English with a California accent: "Watching the news, Mr. Gao is also from California?" ”
Gao Jue sneered in his heart, it seems that the big beauty in front of him has doubted her identity.
This so-called overseas Chinese Gao Jue from the United States is actually Gao Jue, a native of Yecheng. He wandered around the airport, blending in with the crowd at the international exit, pretending to have just gotten off the plane.
Hua Manrao tested him in English, Gao Jue is not a vegetarian, he has learned a Californian accent beforehand, and under his super learning ability, his accent is no different from that of an old Californian.
Gao Jue pretended to be surprised in a thick Californian accent and said: "Miss Hua, it turns out that you are also from California, what a coincidence, thank God for letting me come to China, it is a great honor to meet a fellow like you!" ”
The accent is no problem, Hua Manrao's face is a little better, it seems that this Gao Jue is indeed from California.
But yes, from California, Hua Manrao still doesn't believe that Gao Jue has a sleeping beauty, she even has doubts about Gao Jue's identity, she asked tentatively: "Mr. Gao, according to your age, you should still be in college, right?" ”
Hua Manrao saw the report, this Gao Jue should be in his early twenties, and the report said that he was a college student.
Gao Jue said with a smile: "Miss Hua, you are right, I am a junior at Caltech, and it is summer vacation now, and I can take advantage of the opportunity of the exhibition to come to China for a good trip." During this time in Yecheng, I'm going to trouble you. ”
Gao Jue said very politely, but Hua Manrao still did not give up, in her opinion, pretending to be the masterpiece of distinguished alumnus Adam Galloway is an unforgivable crime.
But when they heard that Gao Jue was from Caltech, Hua Manrao and Wu Xueli were taken aback. Although Caltech has a bad name, it sounds similar to Yecheng Institute of Technology, but in fact it is the world's top science and engineering university, only after MIT in the United States.
Looking at the world, Caltech is also one of the top 10 science and engineering universities, and if you pull out Caltech professors, Nobel Prize winners can stand in a small auditorium, and there is a circle outside the auditorium waiting for Nobel Prize winners.
It can be said that Caltech is one of the top universities on the west coast of the country, and it is a public school with very high admissions standards.
Universities in the United States are divided into public universities and private universities, and all public colleges and universities have very high enrollment standards, and they need excellent grades and outstanding performance in high school to be admitted to these public universities.
Private colleges and universities have lower requirements for grades, but top private universities still require grades, and private universities also require a lot of money.
The University of Southern California, where Hua Manrao attended, is a well-known aristocratic school in the country, with relatively low requirements for grades, but the tuition fee is very expensive, and it can rank among the top three in the country.
It is no exaggeration to say that in the United States, there are many students who are on the verge of bankruptcy after finishing college, especially those top private schools, and the high tuition fees can even drag down a middle-class family.
Therefore, the admission quota of top public colleges and universities with relatively reasonable fees and high education standards has become the focus of talent competition in the United States and even the world.
Don't think that people in the United States can go to a good university by taking the exam casually, anywhere in the world, if you want to enter a top university, you need to pay more than ordinary efforts, and the students who can enter these top universities are the top students among the top students, who have defeated countless opponents and squeezed across this single-plank bridge.
Hearing that Gao Jue is a student of California Institute of Technology, Wu Xueli's eyes are full of little stars, as a liberal arts woman, Wu Xueli has a very good impression of engineering men with good grades, Gao Jue's image is not bad, and he is a student of a world-renowned university, and he also has top photography works such as "Sleeping Beauty", with the blessing of layers of halos, Gao Jue is already a shining golden beetle son-in-law in Wu Xueli's eyes.
Hua Manrao seemed to still have doubts about Gao Jue, she smiled and said: "I didn't expect Mr. Gao to be a student of Caltech, it's really a blessing, when I was studying at the University of Southern California, I once listened to Professor Xie Er's public lecture at your school, his speech was funny and humorous, I don't know how Professor Xie Er is doing?" ”
Gao Jue scolded secretly, this chick is still testing herself, first testing herself in English with a California accent, and now what is Professor Xie Er, it seems that she is staring at herself.
But Gao Jue was not worried at all, he was wearing a miniature microphone, and Mei Xing, who was far away in the basement of Yecheng City, was quickly searching for information, and a second later, Mei Xing's electronic voice sounded in his ears: "There is no Professor Xie Er at Caltech, and it was Professor Holton of the Department of Theoretical Physics who opened an open class at the University of Southern California four years ago." ”
Gao Jue showed a puzzled expression, he touched his head and said, "Miss Hua, are you mistaken." We at Caltech have only one professor named Shoren who is a chair professor in the Department of Theoretical Physics. However, I'm an engineering student, and I don't know much about science professors, so maybe I'm lonely. ”
Hua Manrao deliberately referred to Professor Holton as Professor Xie Er, just to test Gao Jue, and when she saw Gao Jue say Shoren's real name, Hua Manrao believed Gao Jue's identity.
However, Hua Manrao still doesn't believe that Gao Jue's "Sleeping Beauty" is real, in her opinion, Gao Jue's story is too bizarre, since his father has a copy of "Sleeping Beauty", when the scandal between Adam Galloway and President Kinoshita's wife was the most intense, why didn't he take it out, and now that President Kinoshita has stepped down, he will take out "Sleeping Beauty" again, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a fake.
Although Gao Jue's identity was confirmed, Hua Manrao still asked unceremoniously: "Mr. Gao, our Yecheng Art Museum is also a world-renowned art museum, you claim to have a copy of "Sleeping Beauty", has any expert identified it?" ”
Although Hua Manrao's words were not polite, Wu Xueli did not stop her, if it is proved that Gao Jue's "Sleeping Beauty" is fake, then the Yecheng Art Museum will be embarrassed, and then the curator will definitely tear Wu Xueli apart.
It would be great if there were experts who endorsed this "Sleeping Beauty", Wu Xueli thought.
Gao Jue smiled slightly, he raised his head and said: "Of course, what a coincidence, I asked Professor Perold from the Department of Modern Art at the University of Southern California to do an appraisal, he is an expert who has seen "Sleeping Beauty" up close, he has confirmed that my "Sleeping Beauty" is a real copy, and he also gave me an appraisal certificate. ”
Gao Jue took out a stack of papers from the backpack behind him, Hua Manrao took the stack of papers, and after a closer look, it was indeed an appraisal issued by Professor Perrod.
Wu Xueli's little head came over, but her English was okay, and Perold's appraisal used a lot of technical terms, and Wu Xueli could only barely understand it.
But judging from this appraisal report, Professor Perrod decided that this "Sleeping Beauty" was real, Wu Xueli jumped up excitedly, Professor Perrod is a big name in the modern art world, with his appraisal report, this "Sleeping Beauty" is no problem.
After reading the appraisal report, Hua Manrao showed a smile on her face, but her smile was full of playfulness, and she said to Gao Jue: "Mr. Gao, what a coincidence, this Professor Perrod was my college advisor, and I still have his phone number, since it is so fateful, I should confirm it with Mr. Perold in person." ”
Gao Jue's appraisal is naturally fake, and even the so-called 'news' that Wu Xueli and Hua Manrao saw was deliberately pushed by Mei Xing by hacking into their computers.
Mei Xing hacked into the computers of all the people involved in the three exhibition halls and pushed Gao Jue's fake news in the United States to them, and this so-called appraisal was also forged by Gao Jue.
Hua Manrao picked up the phone while staring at Gao Jue's expression, the atmosphere of the scene was very tense, and even the dull Wu Xueli felt the tense atmosphere.
Hua Manrao deliberately turned her phone to speakerphone, and she stared at Gao Jue, but found that the expression on this person's face had not changed.
Just when the three of them froze, after a few dings, the voice of an elderly Mi Guo rang out, and he asked in English: "Dear Hua, it's so late, is there something wrong?" ”
According to the time difference, it is night in the United States, Hua Manrao hurriedly said into the mobile phone: "Sorry, Professor Perrod, I have a copy of the appraisal report issued by you here, is this true?" ”
Professor Perrod paused for a moment before he said, "Dear Hua, which report are you talking about?" I've been issuing a lot of reports lately, and I may not remember them well. ”
Hua Manrao glanced at Gao Jue with scrutinizing eyes, a smug smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, she read the title of the report word by word, and attached the date of the report.
I thought that Professor Perrod would deny that he had issued this report, so that he could expose the man's mask, but who knew that Professor Perrod immediately said: "Oh oh oh, it's that report, it's true!" Amazing, isn't it? The fact that there is really a copy of "Sleeping Beauty" left in the world is simply a gift from God. This young man named Gao Jue is really a wonder boy, his copy is exactly the same as the original I saw back then, it is so beautiful, it is definitely the masterpiece of Adam Galloway! ”
Hua Manrao was stunned for a moment, thinking that she could expose Gao Jue's true face, but she didn't expect Professor Perold to endorse him personally.
Gao Jue secretly sneered, this so-called Professor Perod was actually imitated by Mei Xing. It has already invaded Hua Manrao's mobile phone, as long as she dials the number, she will receive Mei Xing here, imitating a university professor, it is a piece of cake for Mei Xing, Hua Manrao put down the phone, looked at Gao Jue's eyes and immediately changed, she asked with stars in her eyes:
"Mr. Gao, please forgive me for being rude just now, can you let us see this "Sleeping Beauty" now, I really can't wait!"