City: Start from participating in the Appreciation Program

Chapter 179 Blind

After eating, the four of them sat together and chatted for a while. Luo Fan checked the time and said that he needed to go out for something.

It's not a big deal, it's the matter of the professor at H University, and the specific time is set for this afternoon.

Seeing that Luo Fan was about to leave, Qin Miaomiao quickly stood up and said, "I'll go with you."

She didn't want to stay here alone and face the trial of Luo's father and Luo mother alone.

Luo Fan said strangely: "I'm going to H University, what are you doing here?"

"Also, have you forgotten something? Do you still want that picture of eight shrimps? If you don't want it, I won't give it to you."

"Go to University H?" Qin Miaomiao asked, "What are you doing there?"

"Of course I want the picture of eight shrimps, but I need to change the time. I guess it won't work today."

Luo Fan explained: "Didn't H University evaluate me for a professor recently? Today happens to be the welcome meeting, and I, the protagonist, have to go there."

Qin Miaomiao exclaimed, "University H rated you as a professor?"

Luo Fan said inexplicably: "Isn't he just a professor, there is nothing to make a fuss about."

Qin Miaomiao looked at Luo Fan who was in the midst of blessings and didn't know how to be blessed, and explained: "That's a professor at H University, and the gold content is beyond your imagination."

"By the way, isn't today a welcome party? Why did you leave empty-handed and don't bring some gifts?"

Luo Fan was a little puzzled, and said, "I still need to bring something to my welcome party?"

Seeing Luo Fan's appearance, Qin Miaomiao didn't look like he was pretending. He probably really didn't know. Qin Miaomiao patiently explained:

"If my guess is correct, you should be a professor of archeology just like my grandfather."

"There is an unwritten tradition of being a professor at H University, that is, you need to bring a gift to prove your ability."

"If you go there empty-handed, you will think that you have surrendered, and you may not be able to hold your head up for the rest of your life."

"Why, haven't you checked it out a little bit? This is a very famous tradition of H University. Just look it up casually."

Luo Fan was a little embarrassed. He couldn't tell Qin Miaomiao that he hadn't checked it once. Naturally, it was impossible to know about this tradition.

Luo Fan cast a sloppy eye and said: "So that's how it is, and it's too late to make temporary preparations, so I might as well just take that picture of nine shrimps with me, anyway, my parents don't like to pay attention to it."

After speaking, Luo Fan turned around and went back to the villa. When he came out, he already had two paintings in his hand.

Of course, the picture with the most number is for Qin Miaomiao's picture of eight shrimps. I gave her all the pictures of eight shrimps. She has no reason to keep coming and running around, right?
Qin Miaomiao was dumbfounded, why didn't you play your cards according to the routine.

But Luo Fan had already taken down the painting, so she had no choice but to accept Luo Fan's painting, and just find other excuses when she wanted to come over later.

Luo Fan originally planned to go to University H alone, but he couldn't stand Qin Miaomiao's stubbornness, saying that he wanted to meet the professors of University H with him, so in the end he had no choice but to take her with him.

Nowadays, universities are generally managed in an open manner, but Luo Fan's car drove in without any problem.

The so-called auditorium is a little hard to find, and I finally found the place after asking around.

Luo Fan casually took this not-so-light painting in his hand, told the staff at the door about his identity, and walked into the auditorium with Qin Miaomiao.

At this time, there were already many people in the auditorium, most of them were older people. Compared with them, the young couple Luo Fan and Qin Miaomiao looked a little dazzling.

Just when Luo Fan was wondering what to do in this so-called welcome meeting, an acquaintance spotted him and greeted him directly.

The person who came was none other than Professor Yang who had introduced Luo Fan at the beginning, and he was also a professor at H University.

Professor Yang said to Luo Fan: "You finally came. I thought you, the protagonist of the conference, wanted to let us go."

Not only Professor Yang, but also Jia Wennan, who is actually a member of the professors of H University.

Jia Wennan said to Luo Fan: "When I saw this name, I wondered if it was you, but I didn't expect it to be you."

"I didn't expect that we would become colleagues after seeing each other for a while. It's an inexplicable fate."

As for Qin Fenghua, he seemed very busy, and he was not seen in today's welcome meeting.

After going through a series of processes, we finally reached the most important step, which is the so-called gift giving.

Countless people are waiting to see the joke. Luo Fan is really too young, not to mention his strength, at least it is difficult to send a big gift that fits his status.

Facing the eyes of everyone, Luo Fan did not show any stage fright, and directly picked up his Nine Shrimp Picture and walked to the stage, saying, "To be honest, I only found out that we have this custom in H University not long ago."

"I prepared a gift in a hurry, hoping to catch everyone's eyes."

Luo Fan's weak performance directly caused boos from the audience. A group of people thought that this young man was really bad, and they were all waiting to see Luo Fan's jokes.

Jia Wennan asked Professor Yang strangely: "Professor Yang, didn't you tell Luo Fan about this?"

Professor Yang smiled wryly, "I didn't know that he wouldn't know such an obvious thing. If he pays more attention to his professor, this kind of thing won't happen."

But when he thought that Luo Fan didn't want to be this professor at all, Professor Yang felt that it was understandable that Luo Fan didn't know about this matter, which was his negligence.

Professor Yang's eyes widened at this time. He planned that if Luo Fan's gift was not satisfactory, he would go up and help Luo Fan save face, so that the loss would not be too ugly.

No matter what everyone thought, Luo Fan directly placed the picture of nine shrimps on the shelf in the center of the table, and then lifted the white cloth.

The white cloth fell, and the covered Nine Shrimp Picture was immediately displayed in front of everyone's eyes.

It was only then that everyone discovered that Luo Fan's gift was actually an ink painting, an ink painting of nine shrimps.

Each shrimp on the screen has a different look, but they all reveal a kind of agility that cannot be concealed.

Whose painting is this?Everyone couldn't help but have a doubt in their hearts.

For a moment, the entire auditorium fell silent.

Some people who don't know much about painting even began to speculate maliciously, saying that this is just an ordinary painting.

However, these people below are all professors, and the city is relatively deep. Before the matter is settled, they will not jump out and become clowns.

On the contrary, some professors from the art department could tell that this painting was unusual at a glance. Although they were far away, they could feel the feeling of those shrimps jumping off the paper.

"This, this is Qi Baishi's painting!"

After a while of silence, a professor from the art department exclaimed.

As soon as the words fell, the whole person rushed to the stage excitedly, wanting to appreciate this masterpiece up close.

This behavior shut up the person who was going to mock Luo Fan just now, this is Qi Baishi's treasure, if he opens his mouth to mock him, he will be the one who will laugh at him in the end.

However, the professor who rushed to the stage soon realized something was wrong. Although the ink was dry on this painting, it was obviously very new and definitely not Qi Baishi's masterpiece.

He hesitated for a moment, and said, "This doesn't seem to be Qi Baishi's masterpiece, it seems a bit too new."

With this conclusion, the bottom directly exploded.

"I just said, isn't it a little exaggerated to send Qi Baishi's masterpiece to H University? It really is just a fake."

"I don't want to say whether the thing is good or not, but a fake is sent here, isn't it a bit too tasteless?"

"Could it be that he misjudged it? He thought it was the real thing?"

"He is a professor in the Department of Archeology. Do you think he would make such a low-level mistake? Also, if there is an authentic Qi Baishi, would you use it as a gift? It is obviously impossible."

"That's why he knows the fake and gave the fake. The nature is really bad. We have not had such a bad thing happen in the years since the establishment of our H University. I strongly demand that his professorship be revoked."

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Looking at the commotion below, the person in charge of the school couldn't sit still. Although he couldn't revoke Luo Fan's professorship because of such a trivial matter, Luo Fan should give a reasonable explanation no matter what.

Facing the silent inquiry from the person in charge of the school, Luo Fan laughed at himself and said, "Because of the rush of time, I sent over a piece of work I drew. It seems that your school doesn't like it."

"I'm very confident in my works, but unfortunately, you don't seem to be like that."

"What's more, I've never heard of the saying that there are gifts and pick and choose. How about it, since you don't like it, I will take this painting back."

The person in charge of the school froze, and said: "It turns out that it is Professor Luo's own painting, so it can be explained."

"It's all because Professor Liu said the wrong thing. He actually mistakenly thought it was Qi Baishi's masterpiece. That's why the misunderstanding just happened."

"Actually, from the beginning to the end, Professor Luo never said that what he brought was Qi Baishi's painting."

"Professor Luo, you are a professor of archeology, and you are not a famous artist in the art department, so it is not good to bring your own paintings."

"Although it is also your wish, these gifts are to be exhibited to the public after all. Professor Luo, you don't want you to be ridiculed for giving this painting, do you?"

"How about this, Professor Luo, you can take this painting back first, and then send another gift when you find time."

"It seems that the tradition of our University H is not as famous as imagined. As a local, Professor Luo never knew about it. Thinking about it this way, we still have some failures."

The handling method of the school principal can be said to be very in place, and it can be said to preserve Luo Fan's face to the greatest extent.

As for exchanging a gift, it is also an expedient measure. This kind of thing is over, who can really chase after you?
Luo Fan became a little uneasy. It seems that his paintings are not as good as he imagined, and he is almost disgusted by others.

It was my business to hold back Qin Miaomiao who seemed to want to help her out. Qin Miaomiao was actually not good and shouldn't help her out.

Thinking of this, Luo Fan said to the people below: "This time it is my problem. I may not have considered everyone's appreciation level and spoiled everyone's interest. I am sorry for that."

"Since you don't like this painting, I will take it back."

Although Luo Fan didn't say it clearly, what he meant was to say that the appreciation level of everyone here is not good enough.

As soon as these words were said, the audience was in an uproar, reprimanding Luo Fan one after another, asking him where did he get the confidence to say such things.

Facing the criticism from the crowd, Luo Fan didn't bother to talk to them, the facts would prove how wrong they were.

The so-called tradition is nonsense, if you really want to study it, you can follow it or not, but talking about this kind of thing can only be said to be a big deal.

My parents are only farmers, so it's understandable that I can't appreciate it. If these professors are at this level, Luo Fan will be too disappointed.

Luo Fan's ignorance made them even more arrogant, thinking that Luo Fan had a guilty conscience.

If this matter had been replaced by a highly respected professor, it would have been over long ago. After all, we are all professors, so we still have good eyesight.

However, Luo Fan is not famous, and secondly, he is too young, which made many people in H University unconvinced, otherwise it would not have been so difficult to apply in the first place.

Some people even set fire to Qin Miaomiao, saying that seeing how intimate she was with Luo Fan, they knew why Qin Fenghua had put in so much effort this time.

Naturally, Luo Fan could hear what they said, but he didn't need idle people like them to judge him, time would prove their stupidity.

Luo Fan really didn't bother to talk to these people, he didn't have much real skills, but he was pretty good at gossiping.

Thinking of this, Luo Fan returned to his picture, stretched out his hand and planned to take the painting back, but this action of Luo Fan alarmed Professor Liu who was admiring the painting.

Professor Liu widened his eyes, looked at Luo Fan's hand, and said, "What do you want to do?"

Professor Liu may have been so fascinated by it that he didn't know that many things had happened in the auditorium. At this time, his cognition was still stuck in the fact that this painting was a gift from Luo Fan to H University. How could it be taken back?
The person in charge of the school stood up at this time and explained the matter to Professor Liu who had just regained his senses.

Professor Liu said in disbelief: "What? You don't want this painting, and you plan to ask Professor Luo to take it back?"

Professor Liu's violent temper also came up, and he directly cursed at everyone present: "What about your eyes, if your eyes don't work well, donate them to those who need them."

"Although this painting is not an authentic work by Qi Baishi, it does not mean that the painting is not good."

"On the contrary, the painting skill of this painting is no less than that of Qi Baishi in his peak period. It is not an exaggeration to say that Qi Baishi is reborn."

"This painting innovatively depicts a picture of nine shrimps. Each shrimp is lively and lively, as if enjoying the fun of nature in the wild."

"Such a masterpiece, how could you all sneer at it and ask Professor Luo to take it back just because it is not the authentic work of Qi Baishi?"

"I put my words here today. If you allow this painting to be taken back, it will definitely be the biggest loss in the history of our H University."

The person in charge of the school didn't expect that today's welcome meeting would be so full of twists and turns, his face froze immediately, and he asked Professor Liu suspiciously: "Professor Liu, are your words too exaggerated?"

(End of this chapter)