After resting at home for two days, and seeing that Suisui was about to start school, Wei Ran reluctantly packed his few luggage.
"Are you really not taking that 800,000 yuan with you?" Suisui asked, holding her own piano bag.
"I won't take it with me anymore. Let's buy another one when I go back!"
Wei Ran simply shook his head. The Youquan bed was considered an antique after all, so he flew with him. Not to mention the inconvenience of flying back and forth, there is no place to buy regret medicine if something happens to me. Instead of doing this, it is better to hang it on the wall of the study room of my new home for peace of mind. Anyway, my parents live across the street. , there is no need to worry about things like being stolen.
"You weren't hit by me, were you?"
Suisui asked proudly. During this winter vacation, besides secretly helping Wei Ran decorate the house Another important achievement was that she completely learned a piece of Xian Weng Cao. If school hadn't started soon, she would have started learning the second piece.
"When I come back next year and we compare, we will know who is hit." Wei Ran said confidently, then he grabbed his luggage and was the first to leave the house during his parents' farewell.
The two took the high-speed train to the capital. Wei Ran sent Suisui to school first, then found a bathroom, took out the piano case from the notebook, and took a taxi to Chen Guangling's musical instrument store.
"Happy New Year, Mr. Wei!"
As soon as Wei Ran got out of the car, Chen Guangling, who had been waiting for a long time, greeted him enthusiastically.
"Mr. Chen, happy New Year." Wei Ran shook hands with the other party while carrying the heavy piano case.
"Is this the Guqin Yaoguang bed you are talking about?" Chen Guangling looked eagerly at the piano case in Wei Ran's hand, and led him directly to the piano room on the second floor.
"That's it"
Wei Ran followed the other party and said as he walked in, "Unlike the previous Youquan, this guqin was passed down from ancestors, and this time it was specially taken. Let’s ask Mr. Chen to see if there is anything inside.”
“Let’s start with the piano box!”
Chen Guangling and other Wei Ran placed the piano box on the table. Then he put on his white gloves, gently stroked the piano case and said, "Mr. Wei, have you ever heard of Babao Gray Lacquer?"
"Babao Gray Lacquer?" Wei Ran looked confused. "If you were talking about eight-treasure porridge, maybe I would know about it."
"Eight-treasure gray paint is made from precious gemstones such as gold and silver, pearl agate, coral jade, red emerald or malachite ground into powder. Made by mixing it with lacquer. Lacquerware made with this kind of paint can be regarded as a real luxury product today or in ancient times. It can easily outshine today’s LVs and the like. ” p>
Chen Guangling motioned Wei Ran to look at the piano box, "In the Yangzhou Museum, there is a Qing Dynasty eight-treasure gray lacquer square box. The box is only a circle larger than the Rubik's Cube, but it is already It is a very precious cultural relic. The box of your piano is also made of Babao gray lacquer, but such large Babao gray lacquerware is rare in China. "
Speaking of this, Chen Guangling sighed, "If you are willing to use Babao gray paint to make a piano case, in ancient times, even if you were not a high-ranking official, prince or general, you would be a wealthy person at least." It's no exaggeration to say that this box is enough to replace one or two guqins like Youquan."
"That old book is really generous..."
Wei Ran muttered to himself, suppressed the surprise in his heart and said calmly, "Mr. Chen, please take a look at the piano bed inside."
Chen Guangling nodded, cautiously Opening the buckle on the piano case, after seeing the guqin, I couldn't help but exclaim, "I've learned so much!"
Without any prompting from Wei Ran, Chen Guangling explained, "This is a The most valuable thing about the bedliezi-style guqin is the tortoise pattern on it. There is an old saying in China that it is difficult to buy a tortoise pattern for a thousand years. This kind of pattern is mentioned. It is also one of the important basis for judging the age of a guqin. ."
After saying this, Chen Guangling reached out and carefully took out the guqin, "This guqin is quite heavy, just like the Youquan bed before. Good guqin is often not very good. Light means extremely heavy, but the weight of this guqin is really unexpected."
Seeing Chen Guangling turn over the guqin in his hand, Wei Ran asked, "Mr. Chen, Yao. How do you explain the word "guang"?"
"I have checked it out in the past few days"
Chen Guangling said regretfully, "But among the records about Guqin that I know, There is no mention of this bed qin, so I can only guess. Judging from the name Yaoguang, I think there are two explanations for the guqin, which is also called Yaoqin. From this aspect, the name Yaoguang is undoubtedly related to the bed. Qin's praise, this is the first one."
"What's the other explanation?" Wei Ran asked.
"In our traditional Chinese culture, the last star of the Big Dipper is also called Yaoguang. If it is called Yaoguang according to the Zhouyi Bagua, this star is also called Pojun. Well, Pojun is generally It is used to describe the generals and soldiers who charge into battle."
Chen Guangling paused and continued, "If we follow this interpretation, then consider the song "Returning to the Boat and Late Mooring" mentioned behind the guqin. Maybe the bed piano was the favorite of a general who joined the army at that time."
"General?" Wei Ran nodded secretly. Based on his understanding of the bad book, it was obvious that the second explanation should be used. More relevant.
Chen Guangling had no idea that Wei Ran was already distracted, and asked expectantly, "Mr. Wei, can I try this piano?"
"Of course" Wei Ran nodded. , "In addition, I want to learn the piano from you for a few days."
"No problem!"
Chen Guangling readily agreed to Wei Ran's request, and was able to take out two beds at a time The priceless guqin, and last time I happily bought an 8,000-yuan piano for my girlfriend to practice. With all these things, even if Wei Ran seems to be a novice who doesn't understand anything, he will never neglect it.
After some preparation, Chen Guangling sat on the bed and played the guqin named Yaoguang.In front of him, and as the strings plucked, he immediately realized that the sound of this guqin was far superior to the Youquan bed from years ago, and even incomparable to any famous guqin he had seen and heard before. Inferior or even far superior!
After suppressing his excitement, Chen Guangling finished playing a complete song, but this time Chen Guangling never mentioned that he wanted to buy it. If it was the bed of guqin Youquan from before, he would be somewhat sure about it, but facing this bed of guqin, the most he could do with his little wealth was to buy the eight-treasure gray lacquered piano case.
It was the piano that Wei Ran brought that made Chen Guangling, who was obsessed with the piano, happily free up for the next five days, and the former also found a home nearby the piano store. I stayed in the hotel and spent the last little time before going abroad to study piano with Chen Guangling.
Time flies to March 10th. Wei Ran left some cigarettes and wine for Chen Guangling as a thank you gift, and then called Suisui out of school for a meal before embarking on the journey. took a flight to Volgograd.
After a long flight, when the plane landed smoothly, he also saw Professor Alexei waiting at the airport in advance and Ji Ma, who was dressed like a human and dog.
"Victor, you are finally back, come back with me." Professor Alexei didn't give Wei Ran a chance to speak, and he and Jima grabbed his luggage and walked out.
"No, what's wrong with you two being so impatient?" Wei Ran asked from behind, almost jogging.
"Let me tell you!"
Jima slowed down a little, and after putting some distance between him and Professor Alexei, he immediately took out one from his pocket and folded it handed the A4 paper to Wei Ran, and then lowered his voice and said, "The day after tomorrow, we will go back to Hongqi Forest Farm for class. But before that, there are two TV stations that want to interview you, including a German media.
The contents on the paper are the questions that will be asked by the first media that will interview you soon after you arrive at the studio. Teacher Dalia has already prepared the corresponding answers for you. Also, Dali. Teacher Ya asked me to tell you that when the time comes, she will find mistakes on one side, whether it is the content of the answer, the dress, the demeanor or the speed of speech. Each mistake is worth 20,000 rubles."
"It's so expensive. Price..." Wei Ran muttered to himself and quickly read the questions and answers on the paper.
Jima next to him handed over the second piece of paper and continued without pause, "In addition to the interviews conducted by these two media, there are five museums that hope to visit tomorrow afternoon. The exhibition authorizations for those two photos are all on this piece of paper. In addition to four Russian museums, there is also a Polish museum. However, Teacher Dalia recommends that you refuse the exhibition in this museum. Request."
"Why?" Wei Ran raised his head and asked in confusion.
"Why else?" Jima spread his hands as a matter of course, "They are Polish, isn't that enough?"
Seeing Wei Ran's expression of dismayExplanation, Jima then explained with a playful smile, "Teacher Dalia said that you need to retain some controversy in you to maintain the popularity of this role. According to historical experience, standing on the opposite side of Poland is undoubtedly the safest. At the same time, it will also gain the favor of most Europeans."
"Jima, I haven't seen you for a month. Are you very familiar with Teacher Dalia?"
Wei Ran. He joked with a smile, it was obvious that Teacher Dalia must have told him something, otherwise Ji Ma would not have said such words as "sustaining the popularity of this character".
Based on Wei Ran’s understanding of Jima, the most he can say is, “Although I like Polish girls’ waves, I don’t like Polish people.” This is easy to understand and suitable for all ages. Popular sentences.
"Correction"
Jima pretended to cough and said, "Victor, a lot of things happened during the month you came home. First of all, Inta's two The camp accepted five batches of guests..."
"How many? Five batches?"
Ji Ma seemed satisfied with his surprise. , said happily, "Avolel sent us the second batch of courses, about 30 students and teachers. Ms. Zhou sent the third and fourth batch of guests. The two batches combined exceeded 80 "People."
"Are there any more?" Wei Ran asked.
“Remember that classmate from Avrole?”
Jima made a shooting gesture, “The Italian girl who used a machine gun to shoot at the photo of her ex-boyfriend. , She also brought many classmates from Italy half a month ago, and even brought me authentic Italian coffee. Of course, it is not delicious.”
“Continue talking” Wei Ran. He urged with interest.
The expression on Jima's face became more and more proud, and he continued following the topic just now, "Secondly, Teacher Dalia and Mr. Culp came forward to buy the hot spring camp and the abandoned military base."
"They bought the place?" Wei Ran became more and more surprised, how long had it been and why so many things had happened?
“Not only did they buy it, but they also gave it to me to exclusively operate and develop tourism resources.”
The expression on Ji Ma’s face became more and more charming, “Mr. Culp and Dalia The teacher is now the largest shareholder of those two camps, and I am the general manager of operations of those two camps.”
Why did they buy the campsites? Wei Ran thought about it secretly, but before he could get a result from his guess, he was greeted by Professor Alexei and got into the car.