Chapter 205 Everyone is here
Just like this birthday banquet, the Bai family spent a lot of time and money to prepare it. They rented the original works and venues preserved by the calligraphy association, framed the calligraphy works of the old guys in the association and hung them up, and set up many high-value awards. Are they still worried that no one will come to the birthday banquet?
The old men and ladies who love the national treasures will come, the old guys in the association will come, and naturally one or two of their younger generations will have to follow. They are all people with a say in certain fields, so how can they not attract a wave of people who are good at scheming?
The birthday banquet was well-organized, the Bai family looked good and had a good reputation, and other people were willing to give them convenience in the future. There were many more benefits!
Depending on the difficulty of guessing the question, the prizes ranged from one big unity, two, five, and ten. It can be said that if a genuine painting was fully appraised, one could win 180 RMB! In this era, 180 RMB was not an amount that people present would spend without blinking an eye.
If you can guess two correctly, you will get an enamel pot from the Calligraphy Association; three is a famous brand pen; four is an electric fan; five is a bicycle; six is a sewing machine; seven is a tape recorder; eight is a black and white TV; nine is a color TV; the tenth is an Italian-made motorcycle worth thousands of yuan, which has a sense of class, power and unique style. Even An Zhixia, who has seen the future prosperity and advancement, still stares at it.
"Can all the awards be accumulated?" An Zhixia couldn't help but gasp.
"Yes," Jiang Shiming, who had come over at some point, smiled and teased her, seeing her unabashedly greedy expression, "If you pick out all fifty authentic paintings on both sides of this corridor and appraise them, you can take away all the prizes, as well as the prizes on that platform, including five equally cool motorcycles of different brands!"
Or maybe the Bai family is a traitor. They look so rich and powerful, showing off so many prizes, but how many of them can everyone really get? Even everyone guessed that most of these physical prizes were borrowed by Fang Shikun, the deputy manager of the department store?
An Zhixia twirled her fingers, looked at the three hundred paintings and calligraphy works hanging in the corridor, and said with a smile: "Let's try it. If we just guess right or wrong, we can get more than half of them right, right? That's 2,500 yuan, which is equivalent to my salary for almost ten years!"
When this was said, everyone was stunned. Oh my god, is there such an operation? The Bai family probably thought that people who came to the calligraphy and painting exhibition would be thin-skinned and would not do such a shameless operation. Therefore, the Bai family was willing to spend a little money to show their generosity.
It's like the host entertaining guests with a table full of fruits and pastries. Which tiger person would pick up a bag and put all these things in and take them away?
It’s just that An Zhixia doesn’t play by the rules and just wants to lead everyone to fight together.
If you dare to give it to me, I’ll take it!
After all, this is two thousand five hundred yuan, not twenty or thirty yuan, or even two or three hundred yuan. It is equivalent to one or two years' salary for everyone!
"An Zhixia, you are too shameless," Bai Junya also heard it, and jumped up in anger, "Can you have some shame? Our family is to encourage everyone to love the quintessence of Chinese culture and discuss books and paintings in an elegant way. The reward is just a bonus."
"It's not stated in the notice that we can't do this. If you have money but don't take it, you're a fool. Don't elegant people eat and wear clothes? Which one doesn't cost money? As a result, they use these as gimmicks to attract everyone, and then tell us that we can't talk about gold and silver in a vulgar way? It's not like that." An Zhixia sighed, "If you can't afford it, don't play. It's a bummer!"
Everyone looked unhappy. They didn't come here for the reward, but not wanting it and not giving it were two different concepts.
"Don't argue with a child who can't speak," said the peacemaker Bai Lianggui with a smile on his face, "Since the Bai family has announced the prize, they will definitely redeem it. This is the rule, how can it be changed casually? Otherwise, where will the Bai family's credibility be in the future?"
An Zhixia patted her chest and said with a smile: "I was scared to death. I thought the 2500 yuan I got was gone. The Bai family is just and generous. I am not afraid that you will default on your debts and play tricks in the future."
The old guys were also itching to try, but they couldn't bring themselves to do it. However, the younger generation wasn't afraid. They winked at the younger generation, and a group of young people followed behind An Zhixia, holding paper and pen and began to write down the answers.
From the first to the 300th, the answers were all yes or no. There were only 50 authentic works, and I was sure I could guess 250 correctly! One correct answer was a big unity, and 250 equaled 2,500 yuan, which was really good! Everyone was very excited when writing. Some people stood in front of the first one without moving, wrote 300 words in one breath, submitted it to the etiquette lady, and got a thick stack of big unity. Those who received the money laughed and thanked An Zhixia, and also thanked Bai Junya, who was standing beside them with a dark green face.
But could An Zhixia only earn these 2,500 yuan? Of course not, she had to live up to the five motorcycles and the large prizes that the Bai family had so ruthlessly put out!
Although An Zhixia had treasure appraisal discs in the supermarket, which included detailed introductions to famous works at home and abroad, she didn't need any plug-ins to look at the paintings in the corridor.
Because she is the one who hangs herself.
The genuine works that the Bai family brought out were all masterpieces, and they were almost classics written into the art books of later generations, and they were easy points. She always had a good memory, came from a wealthy family, and had acted in many costume dramas, so naturally she was quite knowledgeable about the things left by her ancestors.
Laymen watch the excitement, while experts look at the details. She can accurately write who painted it by looking at the style of the painting, the choice of colors, the layout of the people and the scenery, and even the location of the inscription, the handwriting, the state of the paper, etc. Combined with the person's life and the content of the painting, she can also tell the time, background and meaning of the painting.
She buried her head in writing without pausing. Several old men stood beside her, watching her, nodding and discussing in low voices.
After she finished writing all fifty original works, she shook her sore wrist and handed them to Bai Liangxuan with a stiff face, "Vice President Bai, can you take a look at it and see if there is anything wrong?"
Before he could even take a look, the answer sheet covered with beautiful hairpin-shaped regular script was taken away by the president of the Calligraphy Association who was standing next to him.
Several old comrades from the Calligraphy Association were around, and they exclaimed, "It's all correct, even more detailed than what's recorded in our association! Young comrade, how did you do it?"
"Good at observation, summarization and memory," she gave a general answer with a smile, and then looked at Bai Liangxuan with sparkling eyes, "Vice President Bai, can I take all the prizes on the table home? Do you have door-to-door delivery service?"
Without waiting for the Bai family to answer, Fang Shikun smiled and promised: "The Bai family bought it from our department store, so we are naturally responsible for delivering it to their door."
(End of this chapter)
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