Lu Xuan had just arrived home when a taxi suddenly stopped outside the door.
A man in his fifties got out of the car. He was about 1.7 meters tall and slightly plump.
He paid the fare and knocked on the door.
"Dong dong dong."
Lu Xuan went over and opened the door, confirming that he had never seen this person before.
"Hello, who are you looking for?"
"Hello, Mr. Lu. I'm Guo Zhengtang.”
The man shook hands with him enthusiastically. Lu Xuan asked,""Mr. Guo is looking for me?"
"Yes, I specially came to look for you.”"An old friend told me that you dug up a golden nanmu," Guo Zhengtang said.
" I'm sorry," Lu Xuan said immediately." Wood is not for sale."”
"Mr. Lu, you might not know my identity," Guo Zhengtang said.”
Lu Xuan thought to himself,'I won't sell you whatever identity you have.'
"I'm a sculptor."
"I can see that you know a little about carving. I believe you should know very well how attractive a piece of good wood or stone is to people like us who love carving. I didn't come here to buy everything. If possible, I'll only buy a portion. Mr. Lu, what do you think?"
Guo Zhengtang's tone was very sincere.
" I can't answer you right now," Lu Xuan said." I have a lot of things to carve, too. I'm not sure if the remaining wood will be enough." If you only want to carve a small piece, I can cut one for you.”
"Then…"
"Why don't you go back first and come back during the day? I still have to go to the zoo now.”
"Blockhead is in the zoo?"
"Yes."
"Can I go with you?"
"Master Guo, it's very difficult to walk on the mountain road at night…" Lu Xuan smiled bitterly.
"Hahaha." Guo Zhengtang suddenly burst into laughter. Do you know where I'm from? My ancestral home is Hong 'an, General Village! When I was in the army, where did I not go? A mountain is nothing."
Looking at his posture, he probably wouldn't be able to sleep without seeing Blockhead today.
"Have you had dinner?"
"I ate it."
"Alright, sit down for a while. I'll take some things and leave.”
Lu Xuan turned around and returned to his grandfather's house. He packed 20 hard-boiled eggs, tied the wooden strip around his waist, and went back.
"Master Guo, let's go."
"Let's go!"
"Big Yellow, follow me."
"Woof woof!"
He hadn't finished what he had to do today.
Now that there were already tourists coming to play, he had to make time for many things.
If it was something else, he would have squeezed in some time during the day.
However, he couldn't do the wood carving. He had to finish it quickly.
On the other side.
Zhu Ming didn't go home after dinner. Instead, he stayed in his office at the zoo.
There were more and more curses on Weibo.
In the end, he couldn't help but delete the post.
It could be considered a timely stop loss.
He dialed a number." Hello, Master Wei. Can you come over tomorrow?"”
"Alright, then I'll wait for you in the garden tomorrow. The Four Treasures of the Study are ready. If there's no problem, I'll start the publicity?”
After hanging up, Zhu Ming dialed another number.
"Little Wu, how's the Red Dot Award going? Has it been settled?"
"It's done. The certificate has arrived.”
"Okay, take a photo and send it to me."
After hanging up the phone, she waited for a while before Xiao Wu's photo was sent over.
This was the photo of the trophy for the Red Dot Design Award. He had hired someone to design the tickets for the White City zoo. He had taken them to the exhibition and spent a sum of money to easily win this trophy.
He opened Weibo again. This time, Zhu Ming thought for a while before he started typing.
"Thank you, Mr. Zhao Zhou, for designing the tickets for our White Town zoo and winning the National Red Dot Design Award!”
The picture attached was the trophy that had just been sent to him, as well as the new ticket to the White City zoo.
At the end, he added a paragraph,"Bai Cheng Zoological Park has invited Wei Shigong with a million yuan. He will come to Bai Cheng Zoological Park tomorrow to write for Bai Cheng Zoological Park!" There will be a live broadcast at that time. Please look forward to it.
He was not in a hurry to send it out. He read it carefully again and again to make sure that there would be no problems this time before sending it out.
Then, they would find Internet trolls and post it on the trending searches.
It didn't matter if he had gained popularity by mistake.
If there was a mistake, he would just correct it.
This time, he wouldn't be wrong again.
He got up and went out. He went home and rested!
Tomorrow would be the day to witness the results.
……
Lu Xuan turned on the livestream when he arrived at the foot of Ling Mountain.
"Good evening, everyone."
In night mode, it wasn't so abrupt.
However, it still caught many netizens off guard.
"The missing people have returned!"
"The director's night livestream is starting.”
"Going to the zoo again tonight?"
"You're really diligent when it comes to running in the zoo. I've never seen a zoo director like you.”
"You haven't seen it before, right? You'll see it today."
"Eh, Director, who's that beside you? Our grandfather?"
"This is Master Guo, the sculptor," Lu Xuan said.”
Guo Zhengtang knew that he was live-streaming every day. When he saw him introduce himself, he did not hold back and waved at the drone generously."Hello, everyone. I'm Guo Zhengtang."
Carpenter Xiao Li: Master Guo! Director, you actually invited Master Guo!
"What Master Guo?"
"I just checked. This person seems to be a master in the carving world. His calligraphy is not bad either.”
Carpenter Xiao Li: Master Guo is the president of the Hanwu City Sculpture Association. His carving skills are also very good. Little Fengxiang had also asked Master Guo to carve a jade Buddha statue, which was displayed in the shop on Jianghan Pedestrian Street.
Lu Xuan was a little surprised. Was Master Guo that famous?
But thinking about it, it was understandable.
Without any strength, how could he dare to buy the golden thread nanmu?
This thing could easily cost hundreds of thousands. Even a small piece of wood would cost tens of thousands.
This wasn't something that ordinary hobbyists could play.
He didn't say anything and continued chatting with Master Guo.
Master Guo was a little old, but his legs were really good. He walked much faster than Zhang Meng and the others.
At this moment, in a villa in Hanwu City.
"Dad! Uncle Guo went to look for the director!" The woman ran into the living room and shouted.
A few minutes later, the old man looked at his phone and smiled.""This Old Guo is really mean. He didn't ask me to go with him.”
……
Twenty minutes later, the two of them arrived at the zoo.
Master Guo stood there and looked up at the door."Little Lu, is it a zoo inside?”
"The same goes for the road we just took.”
"Tsk, so big."
"Let's go."
He went straight to the lion house. He didn't disturb Old Jin's rest, mainly because he was worried that Old Jin would come over and the parrot would join in the fun.
Wood carving was a very delicate work that required full concentration.
The parrot kept making noise. He was worried that if he accidentally slapped it, the parrot would die.
Lu Xuan brought him to the yard." The rest of the wood is here. If you want too much, I can't give it to you."”
"May I ask what you intend to carve, you piece of wood?" Guo Zhengtang asked.”
"The goalpost."
"Put it at the entrance of the zoo?"
"Yes."
" You…" Guo Zhengtang didn't know what to say.
Even if it was cut off, it was still more than six meters long. It could easily be sold for a few million.
In the end, he actually used it as a goalpost?
Aren't you afraid of being stolen?
"I originally wanted one, but I took it. Your goalpost isn't enough.”
Guo Zhengtang was very conflicted.
He wanted it, but Lu Xuan was indeed useful.
A gentleman doesn't steal what others like.
He couldn't care about himself and ignore others.
After hesitating for a few seconds, Guo Zhengtang suddenly said,""I don't want it."
"Hmm?" What's wrong with this old master?
"Can you let me carve it? It's free. You don't have to pay."
A small piece of wood meant nothing to him.
He didn't like to carve small objects either. If he wanted to carve, he would carve big ones. Only then would he feel a sense of accomplishment.
"Director, you've earned big!"
"I've really earned a lot. I saw Master Guo's news. He provided the materials, and even if he sculpted, a small object would cost him a hundred or eighty thousand.”
Guo Zhengtang was carving for Lu Xuan for free, and it was such a big wood carving.
With Guo Zhengtang's status, he could save more than hundreds of thousands of yuan just on the cost of carving.
"No." Lu Xuan shook his head.
"Ah?" Guo Zhengtang thought he had heard wrongly.
"Little Lu…"
"I have to go to work." "Would you like to come with me, Master Guo?" Lu Xuan asked.”
Guo Zhengtang didn't know what was on his mind, but he was already in his fifties. He didn't rush to ask. He nodded and followed him.
Lu Xuan took a chair from the house and brought it with him to the lion pavilion, placing it at the door.
"Master Guo, have a seat."
Then, he opened the iron door and was about to carry Blockhead out.
"Ao Ao!"
Tie Zhu sprinted over, his big eyes blinking, curious why he was here again in the middle of the night.
"Be normal. Don't act cute. You're a male.”
Lu Xuan couldn't stand it anymore and turned its head over.
Guo Zhengtang's eyes widened. This Little Lu was so fierce!
He did not really watch Lu Xuan's live stream. He only knew that Lu Xuan had a very good relationship with the animals in the zoo.
But this was too good.
With such a big lion, a slight scratch from its claws and teeth would cause a big wound.
Normal people wouldn't dare to play like this.
Lu Xuan carried the log out and stomped it on the ground. Guo Zhengtang felt the ground beneath his feet shake, and he was amazed at how strong Lu Xuan was.
"Your physical fitness is almost as good as when I was in the army.”
"Haha." Lu Xuan smiled and did not respond.
It was a good thing that the old master was confident.
He picked up the toolbox and walked around the wood.
"It's not even nine o'clock yet. We have to stay up all night tonight and try to finish it before dawn.”
Lu Xuan took out his knife and started working.
"There's no need to rush the progress."
"I still don't know what the director wants to carve.”
"I'm curious too…"
"If you have time, then carve. There's no need to be in such a hurry. There are still so many things to do during the day.”
"You guys probably forgot that the director built the sightseeing bridge in a month. What's this workload to him?”
Lu Xuan did not communicate with the netizens, nor did he look at Guo Zhengtang. He was fully focused on sculpting.
At this moment, it was as if he had become one with the carving knife in his hand. His carving speed was extremely fast.
Wood shavings kept falling from the blade onto the back of his hand.
Guo Zhengtang was very attentive.
He could tell that Lu Xuan was different the moment he started.
Sculpture, calligraphy, and painting were very similar to a certain extent.
The first requirement was that his hands had to be steady!
If the hand was unstable, the hand holding the knife would tremble, and it would be easy to carve crooked when it fell.
Using a knife to carve a straight line without any assistance was a basic skill.
Lu Xuan's foundation was undoubtedly very solid.
Compared to the netizens who were confused, Guo Zhengtang could tell at first glance what Lu Xuan was going to carve.
Portrait!
What he wanted to carve was a portrait!
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