Reborn superpower

() "Comrade Zao Wou-ki, it's good that you're here, the American guests are already waiting." Comrade Zhao Dezheng's home is only a few hundred meters away from the county government guest house, and it only took Zao Wou-ki a few minutes to arrive at the guest house. Stepping into the meeting room, Zhao Wuji heard He Keli say so.

"Mayor He, leaders, it doesn't matter." Zao Wou-ki settled the domestic officials down, then faced Pete and his party who were staring curiously at him and clasped his fists, and said to everyone in standard Oxford English: "A friend It’s such a pleasure to come from afar! I am the Zao Wou-ki you want to meet, and I welcome the respected Consul Pete and his wife, Ms. Defuna, to come to Lujiang for sightseeing and investigation.”

After finishing speaking, Zao Wou-ki directly sat down in the nearest seat. I have to say, Zao Wou-ki's appearance is very chic!

Zao Wou-ki's Oxford English immediately stunned the translator of the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office, who even forgot to translate this passage of English into Chinese in the first place, so that the Chinese officials could understand what Zao Wou-ki was talking about.

However, Li Yang, a Chinese female translator, volunteered to take on the task of translating from English to Chinese, and accurately translated Zao Wou-ki's words.It's just that Li Yang's Mandarin is not very standard, and it has a Hong Kong accent.

"Wow, Mr. Zao Wou-ki, where did you learn your Oxford English? Have you ever studied in Britain?" Devna asked excitedly.Devna has a classmate from the capital of Britain who can speak standard Oxford English, so Devna can recognize it.

"Dear Ms. Defuna, I learned my English by myself. Although learning a language depends on the language environment, that is not the only reason or necessity." Zao Wou-ki continued to speak in English.

The translation of this sentence by the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office followed the rhythm of the translation, but she did not know the English word "necessary", so she omitted these two words in the translation.

If Zao Wou-ki only spoke the first sentence of English, it can be understood that he had prepared in advance, but Zao Wou-ki's second sentence of English not only answered Devna's question, but also developed further, and the words were extremely rigorous and elegant.

Zhao Wou-ki's performance naturally attracted the attention of another foreign beauty, and she suddenly said: "Mr. Where, as Mr. Hu Yongsheng said, are you engaged in artistic creation? If so, are you writing your works or are you engaged in other artistic creations?"

Nigerian media, isn't this intentionally embarrassing Chinese officials?Zhao Wou-ki immediately said in Chinese: "Hehe, Miss Sunny, it's a pleasure to meet you. Just now, I did have an important matter, that is, I prepared a gift for Consul Pete and Mrs. Defuna. And this gift, It took me a total of three days to prepare when I learned that the Pitts were coming to Lujiang.” After translating, Zao Wou-ki carefully took out a folded piece of paper from his military canvas satchel. rice paper.

What Zao Wou-ki said was true, his calligraphy and painting was indeed prepared for the Pitts; but what he said was false, he spent a total of 20 hours on this calligraphy and painting in the system, that is, 20 minutes outside.

The rice paper was so big that Zao Wou-ki had to signal two girlfriends who were in charge of pouring tea to come up and unfold it. On the rice paper was a Chinese painting. On the picture was an ancient Chinese man singing while leaning on a rail with a wine bottle in his hand. A big river meanders far away. On the top of the picture, there is a famous sentence of Li Bai, a poet of the Tang Dynasty in China: If you don’t see it, the water of the Yellow River will come up from the sky, rushing to the sea and never return; Huan, don't make the golden cup empty to the moon.I am born to be useful, and I will come back after all the money is gone!

As mentioned above, because of the system, Zao Wou-ki must be able to draw when he is studying physics. In addition, after he has reached the beginning of Chinese, he must also learn Chinese painting.It can be said that Zao Wou-ki's large-scale painting with the word "Will Enter the Wine" has reached the standard of contemporary art auctions. The estimated price given by the system is 3 yuan. With one's own growth, there is a lot of room for the price increase of this calligraphy and painting.

In fact, after Zao Wou-ki entered the arena, whether it was Americans or Chinese officials, their attention was attracted by Zao Wou-ki, of course because Zao Wou-ki could speak English.Chinese officials were attracted because of Zao Wou-ki's talent; American guests were attracted because Zao Wou-ki's English was even better than the Americans present.

This feeling is equivalent to a Chinese person who can only speak a local dialect, hearing an American speak a standard Beijing movie, the surprise is indescribable.

As for consular assistant Sonny’s attack, there are not only factors of accountability to the Chinese officials, they did not notify Zao Wou-ki’s arrival in time, which delayed Consul Pete’s time, and also meant to make Zao Wou-ki reveal himself. Zao Wou-ki’s article is well written , this is recognized by the Pitts and the Nigerian media, and you say that Zao Wou-ki is a versatile artist, who believes it?

When the two waiters unfolded the huge calligraphy and painting that was 3 meters long and 1 meters high, the atmosphere on the scene was lifted!

Mo Kai was the first to exclaim, disregarding diplomatic etiquette, and took a few steps to watch in front of the calligraphy and picture. Although Chinese people may not be able to write and draw, they can still appreciate in a general sense. There is no illiteracy.Therefore, seeing Mo Kai move forward, other Chinese officials followed suit. At least, they felt that this calligraphy and painting was already remarkable in terms of size!

When he saw the small characters "Written by Wuji in Lujiang in the Autumn of Bingyin Year" and the ancient seal representing Zao Wou-ki's word "Wuji", Mo Kai immediately took Zhao Wou-ki's hand and said excitedly, "Zhao Wou-ki, I didn't expect you to be a master of calligraphy and painting. You can send this calligraphy and painting to the Huaxia Art Museum for exhibition!"

Mokai's appreciation level is indeed not bad, and so is the system's evaluation.

"Hehe, Director Mo, let's talk about the exhibition later. This calligraphy and painting is indeed a gift I prepared for Mr. Peter and Mrs. Defuna." Zhao Wou-ki said.Originally, Zao Wou-ki wanted to prepare a calligraphy and painting on the theme of love, but although he knew some about the love stories of Americans or Europeans, he didn't know how the couple's relationship was. Culture as the topic, to show the connotation of Chinese culture.

When Mo Kai started, Chinese female translator Li Yang began to interpret this calligraphy and painting.Li Yang grew up in Hong Kong, and her grandfather was also one of the cultural celebrities in mainland China. She was influenced by her family since she was a child, and she also has a good appreciation for Chinese calligraphy and painting. As for Li Bai, a world-class poet, Li Yang Not to mention strangers.

Afterwards, Li Yang also translated the dialogue between Mo Kai and others to the Pete couple verbatim.In fact, whether it is Pete or Defuna, both of them have very good Chinese skills. As long as they speak standard Chinese, they can fully understand it. It is very difficult for people or Americans to be so fluent.

Besides, the Pitts and their entourage are official diplomats. Even if they can speak Chinese, they can't speak it at this time, or they can't speak it casually.

However, in Zao Wou-ki's eyes, Li Yang's interpretation was mediocre and superficial. Therefore, after Li Yang's interpretation, Zao Wou-ki had to lead the Pitts and others to the calligraphy and painting, and while pointing, he translated the calligraphy and painting in English. meaning is explained.Zao Wou-ki started from the birth of Li Bai in Suiye City more than 1300 years ago. When he was 5 years old, he came to Zizhou with his father to settle down. The artistic conception of the whole picture, the ancient complex of Chinese calligraphy and painting, etc...

Nigerian media, how can labor and capital sell things so unbearable, of course Zhao Wou-ki wants to justify his name.

Although Li Yang's explanation seemed plain and superficial to Zao Wou-ki, in the eyes of Pete and others, it was already a rare art treasure. However, when Zao Wou-ki explained it again, it immediately attracted Mr. Pitt refused: "Mr. Zao Wou-ki, this work of yours is too precious, we cannot accept it."

"Nimei, how could this happen?" However, Zhao Wuji immediately thought that this might be because the rule of law in the United States is very sound, and Pete, as a diplomat, cannot accept gifts exceeding a certain value, "Hehe, Mr. Pete, this work does have It has certain collection value, but the economic value may not be very high. Moreover, I am not an artist in China. I have not joined any art organization so far, and there is no authoritative organization to prove how much my work is worth. Besides, we in China have a saying As the saying goes, meeting is a friend. Since it is a gift from a friend, it cannot be measured by money, so you can accept it with confidence."

"No. Mr. Zao Wou-ki, you are my friend, but I still can't accept it. Otherwise, the FBI will make trouble for me." Pete is very sincere, he wants it, but he is afraid of trouble.

"Hehe, Mr. Pete, I can write you a proof document, proving that it is a work created by me personally, and donated to Mr. Pete and Ms. Devna for your appreciation. Of course, the premise is that you don't take it to the market. Auctions make money." Now that he has reached the level of a "master" in English, Zao Wou-ki has some understanding of the system and culture of the United States.

"Thank you, Mr. Zao Wou-ki, then please issue me a certificate." As a Westerner, Pete doesn't understand the subtleties of Chinese culture at all.

Zao Wou-ki was instructing the waiter to fold the painting according to the original shape. At this time, the reporter who was stunned at the side just now seemed to suddenly remember, and began to shoot at the painting with long guns and short cannons. Moreover, Mo Kai seemed to be As if remembering it, he put Zao Wou-ki and Pete in front of the large frame, Zao Wou-ki stood in the middle, Pete and Devna stood on both sides, and let the reporter take this Huami friendship photo, of course, the United States Naturally, there was no shortage of cameras for the guests, and they took pictures of the three of them.

Naturally, all the Americans and Chinese officials ran to the picture in an arty manner, set up a boss, and asked those with cameras to take a quick picture.

And Sonny, who questioned Zao Wou-ki, seemed to have discovered Zao Wou-ki's talent and handsomeness at this time. She strongly asked to take a photo with Zao Wou-ki in front of this picture, and solemnly apologized to Zao Wou-ki, saying that she Just now I didn't quite believe that Zao Wou-Ki was an artist.

Nigerian media, am I really not an artist?Zao Wou-ki was very depressed, but he had to take a picture with this mature foreign girl. As for the huge breasts of the foreign girl pressing hard on Zao Wou-ki's arm, Zao Wou-ki directly drove it into the depths of his memory, and occasionally It's not bad to think about it in your spare time, who made me a Chinese man with a big heart.

Many years later, the photos from this scene were published on the headlines of major newspapers in the United States. The headline was "Mihua friendship has a long history". Forged a very deep friendship and so on...