Chapter 967: Rounding off
That night, Liu? slept soundly.
The next day, she came to Bang's tattoo studio again at the time she had agreed with him last night. For this business, she left all her calligraphy tools in Bang's office since she would need them again today.
Bang collected the seal script version of the three words she wrote here yesterday and hung it in the most conspicuous place in the office, so that it can be seen as soon as you enter the door, as an alternative tattoo promotion advertisement. The other two regular script and official script versions were taken away by Jason, who said he would keep them in his own home.
Liu thought he was on time, but he didn't expect that the female customer who changed her boyfriend as easily as she changed her clothes had already arrived.
The appearance of the female client was just like her bold style - she also had a tattoo on her arm, Jason's on the left and hers on the right, but the colored patterns were not as dense and exaggerated as Jason's. In fact, she was dressed quite conventionally, not at all alternative, with a high-necked sleeveless sweater, a black hip skirt, and stiletto heels. Her long dark blond hair was draped softly over her shoulders, she had big dark blue eyes, and a delicate face. If you ignored her exposed (deliberately displayed) tattoo on her arm, the three gemstone earrings on her ears, and her flaming red lips, she looked more like a lady from a noble family.
She looked at Liu with interest, and Liu was also looking at her curiously. They both had blonde hair and blue eyes, and were both second-generation rich foreigners. This young lady had a completely different temperament from Lina. Her eyebrows were slightly depressed, which made her look a little arrogant, a little strong, and very aggressive. Liu guessed that she might have a bad temper.
Bang introduced the two to each other. The young lady was called Maria Miller.
He said to Maria, "Liu? is the Chinese character consultant of our studio. This calligraphy is from her hand." Bang pointed to the calligraphy on the wall, which Maria had just been looking at for a long time.
Liu and Bang did not officially collaborate, and she tentatively accepted the new title of "Chinese character consultant."
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Maria smiled and said, "I have been looking forward to the pattern she designed for me since last night. Fortunately, I made an appointment for you six months in advance, so I can catch this golden opportunity." At Bang, no matter how bad the customer is, he cannot jump the queue. He must wait in line to make an appointment. No matter how high your status is, there will always be someone with a higher status than you. Jason was able to jump the queue yesterday and get a free meal, which was really thanks to Liu?
Bang and Maria were greeting each other, but Liu? couldn't get a word in. He walked to his desk and started grinding ink again, preparing to write and design a tattoo pattern for the foreigner. It was meaningless to talk about poetry without writing it down, as people wouldn't understand him at all.
As they were talking, they couldn't see any sign of Liu?. They turned around and saw that everyone had already started working. The girl was holding a brush, writing at her desk. Her focused expression and quiet posture made Maria and Bang stop talking involuntarily for fear of disturbing her.
Maria wanted to know what she was writing, so she walked over. Liu heard the noise, raised his head, smiled at her, and said, "Please wait a moment, I'll be done soon."
"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry, just take your time writing," Maria stared at the black words on the white background on the table without blinking. On the surface, she had no expression on her face, but in fact, she was extremely excited inside - this pattern was exactly what she wanted!
Born into a wealthy family, she rarely has the urge to get anything at this age, because her family's money can buy 99% of the things in the world, luxury goods, jewelry, and mansions. She gets tired of buying them and loses interest. The same goes for making a boyfriend. She just beckons her finger and he comes. It's not challenging at all.
Until yesterday when she saw the tattoo photo of Jason on Instagram, her eyes suddenly lit up, and her boring heart was moved by the long-lost feeling of heartbeat. She likes tattoos, and has added a pattern on her body every year since she was sixteen. She had never thought of getting a Chinese tattoo, but Jason made her change her mind. It happened that during this period of time, she was entangled with two ex-boyfriends and was very annoyed, so she made such a request with great effort.
After Liu finished writing, she stopped writing and took a step back to see the effect. Then she explained to Maria, "This is the Chinese character pattern I designed for you. It comes from the poem of Su Shi, a poet from the Song Dynasty in China. 'The willow fluff on the branches is blown away, and there is fragrant grass everywhere in the world.'" Liu read out this sentence in Chinese. Maria and Bang listened to her explanation carefully. "It originally means that the willow fluff on the willow branches is blown away by the wind, but it doesn't matter. It will be covered with lush fragrant grass everywhere soon. In China, this sentence is usually used to persuade the persistent partner in a couple to let go. I think it should meet your requirements."
Liu felt that this sentence seemed elegant and implicit, but in fact it was simple and rude and kept people at a distance. She just didn't know whether foreigners could understand the mystery of Chinese. She had tried her best to explain it and used all her English vocabulary.
Maria didn't say anything for a long time, probably trying to digest Liu's meaning, "So you mean we women are all grass? Without me, there are still thousands and thousands of grasses?"
"Uh..." Liu felt that Maria's understanding was correct, "It's just a metaphor."
"Very good, I think it is very good. Grass is better than flowers. Flowers wither after blooming, but grass has strong vitality, day after day, year after year." Maria's thoughts are surprisingly philosophical. "Thank you for designing the pattern for me. I like it very much."
Liu originally thought Maria was very picky and was very nervous, but he didn't expect her to be so tolerant. He completed his first design job so easily.
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