Crossing the line

Chapter 13 Seduction
After a night of fierce fighting, Lin Chu and her quarreled until the early morning, and finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep.

The clouds are about to set but the spirit is still strong.

She suffered from insomnia so often that she couldn’t sleep, so she ordered fresh cut flowers from various flower shops.

The servants came up with flowers and filled the whole room.

She ordered fresh cut flowers from a local top ten floral brand.

The most ordered species is the azalea.

She found that no store used Belgian azalea.

The ones sent over were Gaoyue Rhododendron, Gaoshan Rhododendron, Queshe Rhododendron, and Taomeijin Rhododendron.

However, Belgian azalea blooms three times a year, has low cost and high returns, has bright and rich colors, and large double petals, advantages that are irreplaceable by other azaleas.

If you are doing business, having a way to introduce Belgian rhododendrons would be a good advantage.

The other flowers are also different from those in Belgium.

Belgium has a well-developed flower industry. There are frequent flower and floral art exhibitions in the country. There are many local florist masters and a growing number of florist brands.

That's why she stayed there.

The capital of Belgium holds a flower festival every two years. In the Grand Place in Brussels, which was praised by Hugo as "the most beautiful square in the world", a flower carpet is laid out with millions of flowers and artists are invited to design it together.

She participated in the last Flower Festival carpet.

The carpet of flowers and the surrounding Gothic buildings complement each other, and media from all over the world rushed to the European Center to capture this scene of blooming flowers.

That’s Brussels in bloom.

Belgian flower beer is also a major feature. It can be said that this is a country with a prosperous flower art.

Yun Yuwan met many flower art merchants and artists there, and has tried to cooperate with them to open a flagship store for a flower art brand. The three partners are in charge of business matters, while she is mostly in charge of quality control and creativity to maintain the brand style.

The original plan was to expand into the domestic market in two years, but now that I have returned to China suddenly, the plan has been slightly advanced.

She was afraid of missing this opportunity and not being able to catch up with Wen Yangzhi.

The next morning, when the family got up, they found that the flowers placed around the house had changed.

On the restaurant island, an elegant celadon long-necked vase is filled with two twisted and ancient pomegranate branches, one long and one short, of just the right weight, extending out leisurely with an ancient charm. A small pomegranate fruit hanging from the branch slightly bends the branch, with a bunch of orchids underneath and flawless white daffodils as the main flowers, a harmonious combination of dark green, dark brown and light white beauty.

At the door of the study, camellia, wintersweet and bamboo leaves are placed on the double-handled bronze objects, exuding the elegant atmosphere of literati.

In the living room, Chinese tallow trees and sunken wood are spread out, and chrysanthemums fall into them, and the grass is arranged in a moderate density.
Except for each person's room, every place in the house where seasonal flowers were placed had been replaced.

The sense of space is extremely well grasped, and each vase of flower arrangement looks like a painting.

The uniform color tone, the control of the quantity of flowers, the style of the vase, the degree of adaptability to each scene, and the degree of pruning flowers are not something that can be learned in a short time.

It doesn't feel that way whether there is one more leaf or one less leaf.

The aesthetic taste of an excellent florist can even be said to be impossible to copy.

Chinese flower arrangement is completely different from Western flower arrangement. Chinese flower arrangement is more difficult because one must grasp the degree of sparseness, elegance and relaxation, while also having a humanistic feel. It cannot be like Western flower arrangement where flowers are piled up in clusters. Just the idea of ​​leaving blank space is enough for new flower artists to learn for a long time.

Before that, you need to cultivate a very high level of aesthetic taste.

It's more like painting a landscape than fiddling with flowers and plants.

It’s not as simple as just finding a bunch of bright, pretty flowers and putting them in a pretty vase.

Wen Wei invited Mr. Chen and his wife from Chen Real Estate to visit him, as the two families had been unable to reach an agreement on cooperation.

Chen won a bid for a piece of land. Logically, he should choose a bank for mortgage loan, get funds to build commercial housing, sell it to the public after construction, and recover the loan and profits.

It is obvious that this piece of land will have great development. There are hospitals, subways and shopping malls around it. It is obvious that it is a business that is sure to make money. Banks will definitely not miss this kind of investment with low risk, high interest rate and short return period.

The problem is that Chen Real Estate prefers to borrow from Bank of Communications.

Although Wen Wei had a serious illness two years ago and could no longer overwork, and had no choice but to abdicate and hand over the business to his only son, he still managed this kind of business through personal relationships.

Zhao Qin and Mrs. Chen could never reach an agreement and failed to become friends after meeting several times.

After talking for a while, we still couldn't reach a consensus.

But when Mrs. Chen looked up, she suddenly noticed the flower arrangement on the table. Zhao Qin was about to speak.

Mrs. Chen suddenly asked, "Which flower art master did you hire? The flowers are arranged with great skill."

Wen Wei didn't know either, and looked at Zhao Qin: "This is..."

Zhao Qin didn't know even more. Normally, the flowers in the house were bought by the servants and then placed there. They had never been arranged like this.

She looked at Uncle Deng.

Uncle Deng, who was standing by, immediately reminded in a low voice: "The lady was just inserting it for fun."

Zhao Qin suddenly realized and found a breakthrough: "Go and call Yu Wan down."

She turned to Mrs. Chen and smiled, "My little daughter just played with it. She doesn't usually do it like this. Maybe she's just a playful kid."

Mrs. Chen praised it highly: "This is not just a casual creation. I hired a Chinese flower arranger a few days ago, but his flower arrangement was not as balanced as this one."

A good florist is as hard to find as a good housekeeper, a good confinement nanny, a stylist, and a perfumer.

And florists are different from all those.

On the surface, florists seem to be working for them, but in fact they are artists.

It took three visits to the thatched cottage to invite a flower arrangement artist to come and arrange a flower for a party, but most of these artists don't care about money, so it is quite difficult to invite them.

Without enough gimmicks, how can you attract guests to your home? Not to mention the bond you can establish through flower arrangement.

Zhao Qin couldn't hold back her smile.

Yun Yuwan had just fallen asleep when she was woken up. The servants quickly combed her hair and changed her clothes. She was still sleepy when she was pushed to the reception room downstairs.

Found a stranger there.

Zhao Qin had never smiled so kindly before: "Yuwan, call me uncle and aunt."

Yun Yuwan gritted her teeth and tried to open her eyes: "Hello, uncle, hello, auntie."

Mrs. Chen's eyes lit up even more, and she suddenly asked, "How old is Yuwan this year?"

Zhao Qin smiled and said, "I'm 23 years old. I studied undergraduate at the University of the Arts London. I went to Belgium for two years to study for a master's degree. I just came back."

Mrs. Chen, who had always kept people at a distance, suddenly smiled: "What a coincidence, our Dugui is one year older than her."

Wen Wei almost broke the cigar in his hand.

Chen's son...

Zhao Qin also instantly understood what Mrs. Chen meant.

For such a cooperation, I have to sacrifice my daughter, what a joke!

Mrs. Chen deliberately mentioned: "We are going to host a charity dinner in a few days. If you have time, you may want to come and play."

Yun Yuwan looked at Zhao Qin, and Zhao Qin nodded.

Yun Yuwan was unaware of the danger, her eyes curved in a sweet and lovely smile: "Okay."

Mrs. Chen was even more fond of him. He was graceful and good-looking, really nice.

Zhao Qin immediately said, "You should go back and rest first. My Lord still has something to discuss."

Yun Yuwan was already sleepy, so after saying goodbye politely, she went back to her room and fell asleep. She didn't know what they talked about afterwards.

The next day, Zhao Qin chose a new dress for her so that she didn't need to please anyone at the dinner party and could just treat it as having fun.

She was listless until Zhao Qin said, "Your brother will go too."

Yun Yuwan suddenly woke up.

Wen Yangzhi was also there.

That’s great. He doesn’t come home often, so this is a rare opportunity to seduce my brother.

(End of this chapter)