Chapter 53 Chapter 53 Renhe Art Museum 2

Liu Yanran got off the train with Luo Qing. As soon as they exited the subway station, they could see the huge sign of Renhe Art Museum.

She looked around and saw a four-lane road in both directions on the right side of the station. Across the road was a vast green park, which made people feel relaxed and happy.

"Xiao Liu, let's go. What are you looking at?" Luo Qing saw that she looked dazed.

"I'm here, sister. I'm looking for where the museum is." Liu Yanran said, her eyes still searching for road signs, wanting to know how many special "museums" there were nearby.

"Oh, over there," Luo Qing pointed forward.

“The art gallery used to be a museum, and also a library.”

“The museum, art gallery, and library are all in the same subway station, but with different exits.”

"So that's how it is." Liu Yanran said.

"But I remember that the last time we went to a museum, the subway announcement said museum? This time it became an art gallery again."

"Oh, well, they're fighting for the naming rights. Before it's finalized, they take turns announcing the stations. Look, the Citizen Park next to it is also the same subway station. But local residents all know that these stations are actually the same station. There are four station names, and they rotate once." Luo Qing said nonchalantly.

"However, I think this battle over the station name will soon be over. Of these four, the wealthiest is the art museum, and the Renhe Art Museum is privately established."

After listening to Luo Qing's explanation, Liu Yanran was shocked for a moment.

It turns out that even in the weird world, people are fighting for the naming rights of the subway.

"Sister, is there a restaurant in the art museum?"

"Yes, it's a private business so it can't possibly not make money." Luo Qing said.

"It's a bit more expensive, though. It's nice for taking photos, and there's a cafe there, mainly serving Western food and snacks. I'm not a big fan, so your brother-in-law prepared sandwiches for us."

Luo Qing just felt that Liu Yanran was like a curious baby, curious about everything.

As they were talking, the two of them walked to the gate of Renhe Art Museum.

Renhe Art Museum opens at 9:30 am, but the cafes on the first and second floors open half an hour earlier.

Luo Qing glanced at her phone and said, "The tourists who made reservations have arrived."

She looked around and soon found a group of people under the large glass windows of the cafe.

"Shu Hao, Wang Zixuan, Lin Lin, Fan Mingrui..." Luo Qing called out their names, and the players gathered under the glass window immediately stood up and looked over.

Liu Yanran also quickly memorized the names of the opponents. There were four men and four women, which was a very balanced team. However, four of them looked to be between 18 and 35 years old, two were around 40 years old, and two players seemed to be on the verge of retirement.

"OK, all eight of you are here. You are all friends who signed up for the art museum study tour today. I am Luo Qing, your guarantor for admission today."

"We're here quite early. The art museum doesn't open until 9:30, so there are still 30 minutes. If anyone hasn't had breakfast, they can go to the cafe and have something to eat." Luo Qing said.

She didn't expect that this group of tourists would come so early today!

As soon as Luo Qing finished speaking, she noticed that the eight tourists' eyes were fixed on her almost as soon as she announced her name.

One of the men, with graying temples and dressed in sportswear, raised his hand and said, "Excuse me, are you also doing rental business part-time?"

Luo Qing was stunned, really stunned.

No, how come my name as a real estate agent has spread so widely?

She couldn't help but look at Liu Yanran beside her. How much advertising did Xiao Liu give herself? Or was it the subsequent tenants who did this?

It's a proper job, a proper part-time job, nothing to be ashamed of. Luo Qing nodded decisively, "If you're talking about me being the agent of Ping An Real Estate, then it's indeed me, well, it's my main job."

"That's great." Another player immediately responded.

What kind of luck is this?!

Yesterday's forum was full of players desperately asking for tips on how to rent a house in Guicheng, and players who already lived in Guicheng were asking for help in finding out which dungeon the special native "Luo Qing" might appear in.

Because the [Community Fire Temple Fair] dungeon is a special dungeon with a limited time of three days, many players whose cool-down period has expired were randomly entered into the temple fair. They were assigned to the art gallery and met Luo Qing. This is simply a great explosion of luck!

Luo Qing only felt that the eyes of the tourists in front of him looked at him very "enthusiastically", and even revealed a sense of familiarity.

"We've all eaten. Could you please tell me how to rent a house there?"

"Yes, yes. After we finish visiting the art museum today, can we go to your rental house and take a look?"

Luo Qing blinked and opened her mouth into an "O" shape. In the morning, she told her husband that she might come to see the house on the weekend.

It turns out that before the weekend, visitors to the museum were actually interested in renting the room! And they were a whole group!

Happiness came suddenly, and her enthusiasm for work today was immediately ignited.

"Sure, let's go into the cafe. Come on, come on, everyone, come in and sit down and chat. It's my treat. Xiao Liu, go open the door."

Eight tourists, plus Luo Qing and Liu Yanran's share, bought a total of ten drinks and directly occupied an extra-long table in the cafe.

Drinks in the art museum cafe cost 25-30 yuan per cup. Luo Qing had already spent 300 Gui coins this early in the morning before receiving his salary for the day.

Luo Qing has now developed the habit of carrying business cards with her when she goes out, and asked Xiao Liu to hand out one to each person on the spot.

It was the first time for the eight players to encounter the natives in the dungeon and spend money on their own initiative. They felt the coffee/fruit tea in their hands suddenly become hot.

At the same time, they were deeply aware that "Luo Qing" was indeed very different from the indigenous people they had met in other copies.

"The address of our store is on the business card. Please tell me what you need and I will give you a brief overview of the rental prices near Ping An Home."

"One-bedroom apartments are between 30 and 60 square meters. Of course, those around 30 square meters are relatively rare, and the majority are between 45 and 60 square meters. The price range is..."

Luo Qing used her phone to show the tourists some photos of houses. Since she was working part-time at the art museum today, she didn't bring her newly printed rental guide. The tourists had quite a few questions about renting, and some were frantically taking notes in their notebooks.

While drinking and talking, Luo Qing also paid attention to the clock in the coffee shop: "Okay, the art museum will open soon. Everyone can go to the bathroom in the cafe and we will enter the museum in five minutes."

"By the way, can I ask how you all knew about my agency business?" Luo Qing asked.

This group of tourists had never met Xiao Liu before, but they knew his name and real estate agency business.

"It's a group of fellow villagers." Mullet-haired player Lin Lin said calmly.

Of course, the posts on the forum cannot be mentioned, but according to the statements of other players in the forum, since the natives regard players as "outsiders", and this is a technological society, and mobile phones can be used to create groups, it is reasonable to call it a fellow-towns group.

"A group of fellow villagers." Luo Qing suddenly realized.

No wonder, a group of people would have dozens or even hundreds of people in it. Who wouldn't have a few groups on their phone? This kind of rental information is definitely shared. It's no surprise that so many people know her.

After the players had gone to the restroom one after another, Luo Qing waved his hand and said, "Everyone, prepare your reservation documents and get ready to enter the museum."

As the eight players completed ticket checking and security checks and finally entered the art gallery, the clearance requirements for this copy finally arrived.

Dear visitors, welcome to Renhe Art Museum.

As a renowned art museum in Guicheng, our museum is dedicated to providing a feast of aesthetics and art for the general public and tourists.

Art is priceless, but it shouldn't be considered noble. Every tourist should have the right to appreciate art and see beauty.

Today, the Renhe Art Museum's exhibition halls open include the [Citizens' Special Video Art Exhibition], [Sculpture Corridor], [Fan Ziju's Personal Illustration Exhibition], [Traveling Oil Paintings], [New Media Cultural and Creative Exhibition], and [Art Experience Space]. The museum's café will serve hot and cold food until 5:00 PM.

[Now, please go to the museum's tour desk to receive your own unique visitor answer sheet. Each answer sheet has six questions. If you answer four or more questions correctly, you will be considered a qualified museum visitor.]

The moment the mission requirements of this dungeon appeared, the excitement of the eight players meeting Luo Qing was like being poured with cold water, and they were completely chilled.

Exclusive answer sheet?!

Shit, doesn't this mean that every player in this dungeon will have a different question to answer? This is infuriating!

"Everyone has come in. No one needs to store their bags, right?" Luo Qing looked at the small group with ease.

"Come, I'll take you to the front desk to get the event cards."

She took people to the guide desk and got a beautifully printed "answer sheet", which actually had the name of each tourist printed on it. Luo Qing couldn't help but marvel at it.

The Internet is popular now. In order to stimulate the enthusiasm of tourists, both museums and art galleries are racking their brains to attract customers and hope to break the circle.

Renhe Art Museum is also holding an event recently. It’s an exclusive quiz. Every visitor who comes in can get one. They say there are very few repeated questions. After answering them, you basically need to walk through all the exhibition halls, and then take your answer sheet to the front desk for "review and grading". Those with high scores can get prizes!

However, Luo Qing now looked at these future tenants who began to frown as they received their answer sheets. She thought to herself: Not really, if they write incorrectly, at most they won't get the prize. Aren't they mainly here to see the world of art?

"Okay, everyone has successfully entered the museum. The museum closes at 4 pm. If there are many exhibition halls that you are interested in, you'd better hurry up." Luo Qing reminded them.

Generally speaking, except for very special art lovers who come to a certain exhibition hall specifically and stay for a longer time, most of the remaining ordinary tourists just take a quick look, take some photos and leave if they don’t understand or find it interesting.

Luo Qing felt that there was still hope for him to get off work early today. However, these tourists in front of him had paid to come, so they would not leave too early.

"Teacher Luo, won't you take us on a tour?" asked the young male player with curly afro.

Hearing this, Luo Qing said, "Eh!" "You don't have a guide for this. I'm just a guarantor for entry, and I may not fully understand the current exhibition. However, I also want to enter the exhibition hall. Do you want to come with me?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw eight people nodding in unison. "We want to go together."

"If you don't mind, please take us to the exhibition hall."

Luo Qing said "Oh" and didn't take it seriously. She just thought that this group of tourists came here for the first time and didn't know where to start.

"I plan to go see that photography exhibition. It should be on the first floor." As she said this, she asked Xiao Liu to get the museum's guide booklet.

The players were now comparing the questions on their "answer sheets" with each other, and there really was no difference between them.

But what can be seen is that each question corresponds to an art exhibition hall. It is now ten o'clock in the morning. Before five o'clock in the afternoon, they must go through six exhibition halls and write their answers on the answer sheet.

Seven hours, six questions. If there's no break, the average time for one exhibition hall is only a little over an hour. This is too intense! The players' nerves are on edge.

The uncle player in sportswear is named Ma Yongfu. He is walking with other players and looking at his own questions.

1. In the photography art exhibition, which photograph shows the complete "Anxi Technology" office building?

Anxi Technology was a dungeon, but he had never been inside, probably because he was too old and out of the dungeon's reach. Ma Yongfu quietly asked other players, "Does anyone know what Anxi Technology's office building looks like?"

"Has anyone been to Rest Technology?"

"I've been there." Lin Lin, the girl with mullet hair, replied.

"It's a 27-story office building, a flat-pack building with no special features."

She worked as a customer service representative at Anxi Technology. The trial period was three days. Every day after get off work, she would take a bus from the office building to the dormitory. Lin Lin only remembered the general appearance when looking up from the first-floor gate.

"If I have to say, we all felt that the building looked like a coffin." Lin Lin recalled carefully.

Someone gave a hint, and Ma Yongfu quickly thanked him. Such a big office building, like a coffin, should not be too difficult to find, right?

Players gathered in groups of three or four to quickly exchange their questions and the key words in them. A person's eyesight is limited and it is easy to miss something, so in the end everyone helped each other pay attention.

The exhibition area of ​​[Citizens’ Special Photography Art Exhibition] was soon reached. Luo Qing looked all the way and felt that the art exhibition at Renhe Art Museum was quite good.

The eight players followed Luo Qing into the exhibition area. The first piece of photography they saw was a large photo, which made the players and Liu Yanran exclaim "Holy crap!" at the same time.

This photograph is huge and takes up half of the wall.

It was an endless and dense forest, with tall trees growing thickly and leafily. Some of the branches hung down in long strips, with people hanging on the branches.

The man's neck was stuck on the bent tree trunk, with his hands and feet hanging naturally, like a hanged ghost!

One, two, three, four... There are too many people with big heads hanging in this photo.

It wasn't just one person, but a group of people, all with their heads and necks hanging on the tree trunks like hanged men!

Liu Yanran almost reflexively recalled what happened to them in Yinhuai Village, but the tree in front of her was not a locust tree, and the way people were hung up was completely different.

Which copy is this?

The players' faces looked very ugly. The first work they came in was like this, and the subsequent video works, as well as the flower arrangement and oil paintings, were simply unimaginable what kind of spiritual pollution it was.

"Move, move." Shu Hao, a young man wearing a trendy brand with a big logo, said in a trembling voice.

There was no need for him to remind them at this point, as everyone else had already seen it.

In this photographic work titled "Hanging Oneself from a Southeast Branch", the "people" who look like hanged ghosts are either swaying in the air or slowly raising their heads, with some raising their palms to make beckoning gestures.

Player Wang Zixuan was a little dazed. The hanged man he saw was grabbing the tree trunk with his arms, as if doing pull-ups, and his mouth was still talking on his upside-down head.

"Come and play, do you want to try it too?"

"Let's try it together, it's fun."

"Stop staring!" Liu Yanran suddenly spoke in a stern voice, waking up all the players.

Several players woke up as if from a dream, "Fuck!"

"These photos are poisonous!"