The Pentium Era - South to North

Zhang Chen and the others returned to Hangzhou. After more than a week, that is, starting from New Year's Day of 2012, the 182 works appeared in the exhibition hall of the "Riverside Oil Painting Gallery". They made A special exhibition called "Return - Them from 1911 to 1933".

1911 to 1933 were the years when these painters studied in France, from Wu Fading at the earliest to Liao Xinxue at the end.

"What year is Xu Beihong in?" Zhao Xin asked.

"1919." Zhang Chen said, "the year of the May Fourth Movement."

"Where's Lin Fengmian?"

"Same. Pan Yuliang was later than them, in 1921, Wu Dayu in 1922, and Liu Haisu in 1928." Zhang Chen said.

"Niu, boss! You remember all this." Zhao Xin said.

Zhang Chen smiled and said: "I only remember these few. If you ask other people, I don't know. However, there are three outstanding people who were later than Liao Xinxue. Wu Guanzhong in 1946 and Zhao Wuji in 1946." 948, Chu Teh-Chun will leave at the latest, 1949."

Zhao Xin was puzzled: "Didn't you just say that you only remember the first few?"

"The three of them are not from 1911 to 1933." Zhang Chen said.

Zhao Xin said "Oh", Xiaoshu looked at the side and laughed, Zhao Xin cursed: "Are you laughing?"

Xiaoshu said: "Brother-in-law, what year is Li Jinfa?"

"It was also 1919, but he was not from the Paris School of Fine Arts. Like Lin Fengmian, he was from the Dijon School of Fine Arts. They are real classmates."

Zhang Chen said, Zhao Xin opened his eyes wide and stared at Zhang Chen, Xiaoshu laughed.

Liu Qing grabbed Zhang Chen and said to him: "Come on, don't talk about so much in this office. It's a waste of words. Follow me and talk outside."

Liu Qing pulled Zhang Chen out of Zhao Xin's office. As he walked, he turned to the camera and said, "Follow him."

The special report "Return - Them from 1911 to 1933" produced by Liu Qing and others was broadcast on CCTV 1 the next night. Other media caught wind of this and also pounced on the "Return" in Hangzhou. "Riverside Oil Painting Gallery" pounced on these 182 paintings, which caused a sensation in the cultural world.

This exhibition will last until February 15th after the Spring Festival. Next, in March, they will display the works in the large container. For this batch of works, Liu Qing and the others are doing "Return——" It was also mentioned in the special report "Them from 1911 to 1933", and the footage of Xiaoshu and the others unpacking it was broadcast, which aroused many people's expectations.

The only ones that were not disclosed were the works by Picasso, Miró and Matisse, which were specially requested by Zhang Chen.

The expansion project of the art museum is in progress. Zhang Chen’s plan is that after the expansion project is completed, these works will have their own dedicated exhibition hall, and then they will make their grand debut. The emergence of this batch of works will not only have a great impact on the national art world, but also It will be a shock to the world art community.

Now, they all block information from outsiders.

While the "Riverside Oil Painting Gallery" was busy, Zhang Chen and his logistics bases were completed one by one and put into use before the Spring Festival. At the same time, Zhang Chen also began to plan to start a new round after the Spring Festival. The layout of the logistics base.

During his first winter vacation at Yale, Zhang Xiangbei did not come back. Instead, he drove around Mexico with a classmate from Pakistan and a classmate from Taiwan.

Xiaofang is very busy. On the one hand, the board of directors of Smithfield Group in the United States has agreed to the acquisition initiated by Shuanghui International.

The board of directors of Shuanghui International also approved the acquisition plan. Shuanghui International promised that after the acquisition is completed, it will keep Smithfield’s operations, management, brand and headquarters unchanged, and it will not lay off employees or close factories. And will continue to cooperate with American manufacturers, suppliers, and farms.

On the other hand, they are also stepping up preparations for the listing of Shuanghui International in Hong Kong. The funds raised from this listing will be used to return part of the funds lent to the company by the company's shareholders for the acquisition of Smithfield Group.

At the same time, Xiaofang also visited the members of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, led by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The members expressed to Xiaofang that they tended to agree and support the acquisition plan.

This also means that the work of Shuanghui International’s acquisition of Misfield Group has officially started. After Misfield Group finally obtains approval from shareholders at the general meeting of shareholders, they will delist from the New York Stock Exchange and become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shuanghui International. .

The entire acquisition plan is cumbersome and requires a long time to go through. Xiaofang predicts that the transaction will be completed in the second half of 2013.

I hope that during this period, a trade war between China and the United States will not occur, which will affect the final decision of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. In this kind of cross-border acquisition plan, there are many examples of failure at the last moment. The reason for the final failure is ten times. Seven or eight, it will be political reasons, not economic reasons.

At the same time, Shuanghui International and Spanish Farmers Food Group have also begun to contact each other. Many times, Xiaofang takes a plane, not across the Bering Strait and the Pacific Ocean, but across the Atlantic Ocean, flying directly from the United States to Spain, or to Spain. After the matter was settled, we flew to Virginia in the United States.

Liu Yun and Xiaofang said: "Yao Mei, you are so cruel. This company has just opened, but you dare to take advantage of such a big project?"

Xiaofang giggled: "After this battle, we will have a firm foothold. It will not be difficult to do other projects. The main thing is that after this project is completed, the entire team has matured." .”

"Mature? Be careful if they set up their own business. The most important thing in this society is people who don't know the heights of the world." Liu Yun said.

"I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid of them." Xiaofang said, "It's those people that bother me."

"Who are they?" Liu Yun asked.

"They are the people I'm talking about. They know about this project and want to take part in it. Many people call me and ask for a time to meet. They are very annoying." Xiaofang frowned as she said it.

Liu Yun said: "This project is too risky, Yaomei, you still have to be careful."

Xiaofang sighed: "I feel the pressure here, and I think it's even worse with Mr. Wan. What I'm worried about is that if I can withstand it here, I may not be able to withstand it there. After all, these guys are not successful enough, but bad. I still have the ability to ruin things for you."

Liu Yun thought for a while and said: "Yao Mei, sometimes you don't want to avoid it, just face it head-on. What are these people most afraid of? They are most afraid of flipping the table and exposing everything to the sun. Sometimes, you might as well tell her directly For them, if they really have no choice but to do something, they are not afraid of overturning the table and will not hesitate to overturn it.

"You can even warn them directly, don't stretch your hands too far, stretch too far. If you ruin my business in China, I will ruin your business in the United States, and everyone will die. They know that you have the funds of the Skull and Bones Society behind you. and strength, will be afraid.”

Xiaofang nodded and said, "Okay, Sister Liu Yun, you are right. These people often bully the weak and fear the strong."

"And he is the best bluffer I have ever encountered." Liu Yun said.

This year's Spring Festival is on January 23rd. As soon as New Year's Day is over, the Spring Festival is just around the corner. Zhang Chen is planning to go to Sanya to celebrate the New Year this year. By the way, he will also go to see the Yongcheng Wu Opera Troupe performing at the Banmutian Hotel. Staff.

There are now more actors and actresses in the troupe, so they are divided into two groups. Xiang Nan and Yin Tao stay in Yongcheng and continue to rehearse the revised "Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu" to prepare for the performance of the Ministry of Culture. There are also some staff, Under the leadership of Teacher Wu, we continued to perform in Sanya, and also trained new talents by the way.

Tan Shuzhen and her Hainan company are now doing a lot of business, and Hainan is also a hotspot. Lao Xie contributed almost 20% of their company's sales and 30% of their profits. Of course she is also very happy. Went to Sanya to celebrate the New Year.

The troupe has a holiday from the 29th to the 8th day of the Lunar New Year. This is the time when the Sanya Hotel is crowded with the most people. Xiang Nan, Yin Tao and the others are preparing to follow Zhang Chen, Tan Shuzhen and the others there on the 28th of the Lunar New Year. The name is to celebrate the New Year, but in fact it is Go support the theater troupe in Sanya and replace some people with families.

There are a lot of people going to Sanya this year. Of course Lao Liu and his wife will be taken there, and Erhuo and his family will also go there. Xiao Wu and Xu Qiaoxin will also bring Teacher Wang, Teacher Xu and Xiao Wu’s father, Xiao Shu and Yao Fen Hui will bring Yao Fen's parents there, and of course Xiaofang will not be absent. Liu Yun also agrees to go with them.

Liu Yun and Zhang Chen said: "They all say that your World Tropical Botanical Garden is very beautiful. I haven't been there yet. I must go and see it. Also, I want to see your Ban Mu Tian Resort Hotel."

Zhang Chen said to her, "You have actually seen that hotel before."

"I saw it before, when?" Liu Yun asked.

"Do you still remember that one year we went to Jinling Resort?" Zhang Chen said, "It was the house next to Jinling Resort. However, now Jinling Resort is gone. It has been acquired by others, and the houses have been knocked down and are ready to be rebuilt. .”

"The house next to Jinling Resort?" Liu Yun remembered it and asked, "Is that..."

"Yes, it's the hotel where Jin Lili and his friends used to be." Zhang Chen said calmly, and then added: "Liu Yun, you should go."

"Why?" Liu Yun asked.

"If you don't go, my hotel will be demolished next year." Zhang Chen said.

"Ah, why?"

"It's old. When I bought it, it was an unfinished building. How many years have passed and I'm planning to demolish it and rebuild it. However, only the east building, which is the original building on this side of the road, will be demolished. The west building built later will not be demolished. , this time we go, we will stay in the west building." Zhang Chen said.

There were many people going this time, so Cao Minfang reserved a two-story room for them, and told Zhang Chen that the small restaurant in the west building would be reserved for them as a dedicated restaurant.

When Liu Yun and Zhang Chen were talking, the two were sitting on the sofa in the living room of Liu Yun's house. They were waiting for the busy man Xiaofang to come back from get off work and have dinner together. On the table, a large pot of spicy fish nuggets was ready. , is the Baotou fish from Qiandao Lake that Zhang Chen specially brought from Hangzhou today. One fish weighs six pounds.

Liu Yun looked at Zhang Chen and laughed. Zhang Chen asked, "Why are you laughing?"

"I want to ask you something, Zhang Chen, don't mind." Liu Yun said, and Zhang Chen said yes.

"Zhang Chen, tell the truth. Did you feel happy when you acquired Jin Lili's hotel?" Liu Yun asked.

Zhang Chen said okay, I admit, a little bit.

"Not a little, right?" Liu Yun chuckled.

Zhang Chen's face turned red, a little embarrassed, and he said:

"Really, I'm not that proud. The most important thing is that I designed this hotel in the first place. I saw that the thing I designed was so bad, and I felt very uncomfortable. Plus I didn't have much money. Bought it.”

"What an excuse." Liu Yun continued to smile, "Should I believe you, or not?"

Zhang Chen also smiled: "It's best to believe it."

"Okay, then I believe it." Liu Yun said.

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