In Shanghai, Liu Anjiang and Liu Anlu often went to their own foreign shops, pawnshops, and real estate construction sites, but they also gained a lot of insight and made a lot of friends.

Liu Anlu also visited Zhou Xiangyun's house from time to time, and became a close friend with Zhou Xiangyun who talked about everything.

One day, Liu Anlu went to Zhou's house, and Zhou Xiangyun was practicing calligraphy. praised: Brother Yun's pen is strong and soft, which is intriguing!

Zhou Xiangyun said with a smile: There is nothing to do, practicing your hands, and calming your mind is also the way to maintain your health.

An Lu said: Seeing words is like seeing people, and seeing paintings can see human nature.

Zhou Xiangyun said with a smile: Brother An Lu's words are true. Then, he took out a piece of Zheng Banqiao's "Bamboo and Stone Map" from his collection.

Then he said: Brother Anlu, you see, although he has no teacher to paint bamboo, he has more sunlight and moon shadows on the paper window powder wall, and he directly takes the method of nature. In response to Su Dongpo's statement that he "has a bamboo", Mr. Zheng emphasized that the bamboo in his chest is "unknowable", and he must "have no bamboo in his chest". The two theories seem to contradict each other, but they are similar in substance, and at the same time emphasize a high degree of combination of conception and skill, but Mr. Cheng's method should be "like a thunderbolt, and the grass and trees are angry". This "Bamboo and Stone Picture", the bamboo is painted hard and straight, standing upright, straight to the clouds, his leaves, each leaf has a different expression, the ink color is bright, the shade is sophisticated, and the texture of the bamboo is realistically expressed. In terms of composition, Mr. Zheng handled the positional relationship between bamboo and stone and the text of the inscription poem very harmoniously. The slender and sassy beauty of bamboo sets off another style of stone. This clump of plants became the phantom of Itabashi's ideals. The bamboo of Banqiao, even Jin Nong, one of the "Eight Monsters of Yangzhou", lamented that compared with the paintings of the two, the bamboo he painted is not as good as the demeanor of Banqiao. This painting reflects Mr. Zheng's own strong and upright, vigorous and heroic noble sentiments.

Liu Anlu said with a smile: It seems that Brother Yun still has a lot of research.

Zhou Xiangyun said with a smile: I can't talk about research, but I like to collect since I was a child. In addition, the collection, every object, it has a deep cultural connotation, from which a wealth of knowledge can be drawn.

Liu Anlu smiled and said: Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years!

Zhou Xiangyun said with a smile: Where, where, I am just selling the old in front of my brother. Besides, the younger brother originally started from the interests and collected items, especially those items left over from the long history, which are rare and expensive, and their value-added space is immeasurable.

Liu Anlu said with a smile: Brother Fool has really benefited a lot, benefited a lot.

Since then, Liu Anlu has also fallen in love with collecting.

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After the family moved to Shanghai, Liu Yong not only brought convenience to the children's life, but also broadened their horizons.

Liu Anjiang sometimes went back to Nanxun with his father Liu Yong, taking care of Nanxun's silk shop and the progress of the 'Xiaolianzhuang' project, while most of the time he was in Shanghai, helping his father deal with some foreign shops, pawnshops, real estate and other things. At the same time, you should also make some preparations for the hospital examination in the future.

Once, Liu Anjiang construction site decoration, to the city god temple near the Yu's paint shop to see the paint materials, a door, greeted by a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, only to see her, eyebrows and light sweep like a distant mountain, phoenix eyebrows and bright eyes, looking forward to the dislocation is all hooked soul, delicate nose, skin like snow, red lips are more like a little red plum in the snow arrogant and demonic, the girl is simply a fairy who walked out of the brocade painting.

The girl smiled, and there was an aura in her smile. Asked shyly: May I ask this guest officer, I don't know what kind of materials you want and how much you want?

Liu Anjiang said with a smile: In the next is the real estate developer Liu Shiye in Hongrenli. It is only for the purpose of decorating the walls of a number of properties and coming to select materials.

When the girl heard about the decoration of the real estate, she knew that the amount was large, so she gave up her seat and served tea. Then he said with a smile: the interior decoration should be selected according to different architectural styles. Although the scale of my factory is not large, the products are also recognized. The famous Zhou family real estate in Shanghai is all made of our family's materials.

Liu Anjiang asked in surprise: Is it Zhou Liantang's home?

The girl smiled and said, "Exactly."

Liu Anjiang said with a smile: Our two families are close friends.

The girl smiled: That's great, if Boss Liu doesn't believe it, just ask the Zhou family.

Liu Anjiang said with a smile: How can the girl's meaning be unbelievable.

The girl said again: The little woman called Yaqing, this is our phone number, you might as well leave the phone number, and when the father comes back from the factory, the little woman will report. Let him bring the color card and go to the scene to make sure.

Liu Anjiang was not only impressed by the business acumen of the girl in front of him, but also by his beauty.

Liu Anjiang said: That also makes it. So, I left the phone and got up to say goodbye.

The two of them looked at each other and had a feeling of indescribability and incomprehension.

Liu Anjiang went out and got into the car. The girl stood there remarkably, looking at the shadow of Liu Anjiang's car in the distance.

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Boss Yu returned to the store from the factory, and as soon as he entered the door, his daughter said: Abba, just now Boss Liu, a real estate developer in Hongrenli, came to the store to see the goods, and you happened to go to the factory. They must have a large need, so it is better for Abba to take a trip with the color card, but it is also an opportunity.

Boss Yu's oh-snort. He also said: Hongrenli has heard of it, but he has never done business.

The daughter also said: Business is made by people, once born and twice matured, the business can become bigger and bigger.

Boss Yu smiled: That's what my daughter said. Then I'll go to the scene tomorrow to have a look.

The daughter said, "Then my daughter will go with you tomorrow." Abba doesn't know that from a psychological point of view, sometimes women have an advantage over men in the business world.

Boss Yu smiled and was speechless.

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Boss Yu's daughter, named Yaqing, is 17 years old, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and is loved by everyone. Ke Yaqing has no mother since she was a child, and she depends on Boss Yu for her life and opens a paint factory, and the business is not bad.

After the death of his wife, Boss Yu has not been matched because there is a good one outside. The year before last, a fellow villager came from Ningbo to Shanghai to help people, and Boss Zhang looked good, so he determined her as a successor, and gradually cut off contact with the original good friend. Not long ago, the step-wife found out that she was pregnant, and Boss Yu was also happy. But Boss Yu also regards his daughter as the pearl of his palm, so many people come to talk about marriage, and Boss Yu is always a little reluctant. What's more, the daughter runs her own shop well, and if her daughter gets married, the store will have to close. Therefore, the daughter's marriage has not been followed up for a long time.

Since Liu Anjiang left, Yu Yaqing always had an inexplicable feeling in her heart. the tension with which he met his eyes as he took his leave; The kind of reluctance he had when he started his car. As a girl, the feeling I had for the first time. Abba didn't agree to go with him tomorrow, Yaqing knew in her heart that acquiescence was equivalent to agreeing, anyway, there were still people in the store to take care of. So, dialed the phone of Liu's house, Yaqing took the microphone, but she was as nervous as a thief, the phone was connected, so she had to bite the bullet and say: Hey, is this Liu's house?

The other party replied: Exactly. Where are you, please?

"I'm Yu's paint shop, today your boss came to my store to see the materials, please tell him, tomorrow morning, we will bring samples to the scene."

It was Liu Yong who answered the phone, and he was a little inexplicable at first, but later when he heard that it was a paint shop, he realized that a batch of houses were going to be renovated, and the paint color had not yet been determined, and it was estimated that An Jiang had been to the paint shop. Then he said, "Then I will take care of you, and I will be waiting for you tomorrow."

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The next morning: In the reception room of Hongrenli Real Estate, Yu Yaqing and her father Boss Yu sat aside, Liu Anjiang seriously flipped through a thick color card, dazzling, but couldn't make up his mind and hesitated. He smiled and said, "Do you have any good suggestions?"

At this time, Yu Yaqing said with a nervous mood: Boss Liu's family is building a batch of high-end residences, according to the little woman's opinion, it is more appropriate to choose milky white or beige, which looks elegant and generous. The milky white appears concise; Beige looks warm.

Liu Anjiang raised his head with a smile and glanced at Yu Yaqing, he felt for the first time that girls in the city were thoughtful and knowledgeable, and they were different from women in the countryside. Dao: Miss Zhang is right. Just choose the beige one according to Miss Zhang.

Liu Anjiang chatted with Boss Zhang about the situation in the factory for a while.

Boss Yu said with a smile: I can't hide it, the scale of our factory is not large, and it is a small business.

Liu Anjiang nodded slightly, thinking in his heart: the current development trend of Shanghai's real estate is so fierce, the demand for paint in the future is immeasurable, and it is also a good choice to invest in this industry. He continued: Now that the demand in Shanghai is huge, why doesn't Boss Zhang expand the scale?

Boss Yu said with a smile: It's not a secret, it's limited capital, if you expand the scale, you must import equipment, and you can't do it now.

Yu Yaqing interjected: If Boss Liu is willing to invest, it would be great. Hee-hee.

Liu Anjiang glanced at Yu Yaqing again, and said with a smile: I will reason after I discuss it with my father.

Yu Yaqing smiled: "That's good news waiting for you."

Liu Anjiang nodded slightly.

Boss Yu got up to say goodbye, but Yu Yaqing was still sitting there, and when she saw that her father had already gotten up to say goodbye, she reluctantly stood up.

Liu Anjiang sent them to the door. Yu Yaqing can turn back three times in one step.