art master

Chapter 330 Zheng Guo’s Trip
Mu Bai didn't take the matter of going to Zheng country to heart, the tiger and wolf characters in everyone's eyes don't kill and don't eat people, what is there to be afraid of?

After going to Shesheng, Mu Bai concentrated on designing "Harry Potter" after he came back.

It was two days after he came back that he officially received a written notice from the Ministry of Rites inviting him to Zheng Guo.

Most of the people in the studio were amazed by Mu Bai's "creative ability". They never expected that just after the release of "My Neighbor Totoro" was over, Mu Bai would make another work about the magical world.

With the experience of last time, the design work and the work of the storyboard are relatively smooth, and the main design work was completed at the end of February.

During this period, Mu Bai stayed in the studio every day and painted for more than fifteen hours every day.

With Yang Wenjun in the company's operation and Ma Jingping in the development of Guoyun, there are few places that need Mu Bai to come forward.

Although Mu Bai's work intensity was not low during this period, his creative passion was very high, and he took time out of work to paint two oil paintings.

He named the two paintings "Mountain Top" and "Xintiandi" respectively.

The contents of the two paintings are landscape paintings, and "Mountain Top" paints a steep and straight mountain top, which gives people the feeling that it is difficult to climb.

"Xintiandi" is a picture of a sunrise. As the huge sun rises, the world ushers in a new day, and the scenery in the sunrise is much brighter.

The people in the studio were all rather strange, Mu Bai obviously didn't go out to take pictures, why are these two landscape paintings so vivid?

Mu Bai explained that these are all ambitions in his chest.

Yang Wenjun asked back: "Your ambition is to climb mountains and watch the sunrise?"

"You don't know much about art!" Mu Bai said with a smile: "This is the meaning of bravely climbing the peak and daring to bring a new future to the world!"

He pointed to "Mountain Top": "Look at this mountain. Although it is steep and difficult to climb, when you see it, don't you have the desire to conquer it?"

Yang Wenjun answered truthfully: "No!"

"Well, when I didn't say it."

Mu Bai carefully put away these two paintings. If one day the turnover is no longer available, he can consider selling the paintings.

In addition to painting two paintings, Mu Bai took the time to go back to Pinghai Mansion during this more than a month.

The development of Guoyun is very rapid. Because of sufficient funds, the factory building on the second piece of land has also started construction, but it will not be put into use until the second half of the year.

The new factory building on the first plot of land is expected to be put into production by April or May at the latest, which will temporarily solve the problem of insufficient output of Guoyun Engine Factory.

Except for Baiyang Automobile Factory, the other automobile factories are one step too late after all, they can only watch as Baiyang's new cars are sold at a high price, to seize their market share.

Some keen people in the automobile industry have realized that the "Guoyun No. [-]" engine has brought a huge impact to the domestic automobile industry.

By the second half of the year at the latest, some engine factories will definitely face the dilemma of incessant business.

At this time, the "Engine Industry Association" proposed by Guoyun gradually came into everyone's sight. Most people were still waiting to see, but two companies that produce motorcycle engines have already joined the association.

Seeing that the development of Guoyun was going smoothly, Mu Bai prepared for the trip to Zheng Guo with confidence.

He still entrusted Ji Yuanjie and Liu Zhe with the original painting work of the movie, and asked Ma Jingping to go to Qin State for inspection, and planned to build an engine branch factory in Qin State.

After everything was arranged, Mu Bai and Gu Boying boarded the special plane to Zheng Guo.

Before leaving, Gu Changxing was very worried and even apologized to Mu Bai repeatedly, saying that he should not have treated him like that before, and asked Mu Bai for forgiveness so that he could take care of his daughter.

After Mu Bai returned to Shesheng, he hadn't seen Gu Changxing, and the two of them knew that they didn't want to meet in Shesheng.

Mu Bai thought about many scenes of slapping Gu Changxing in the face, but he did not expect that their meeting would be in such a situation.

Mu Bai didn't accept it, and only said that he would take good care of Gu Boying.

With a huge roar, the plane left the ground.

Gu Boying was not as nervous as Gu Changxing. Like Mu Bai, she also believed that if Grand Duke Zheng really liked music, he would not detain them, thinking that it was killing them.

On the plane, Gu Boying asked how Mu Bai's lawsuit in Jin was going.
Mu Bai briefly stated that the lawsuit is now at the stage of wrangling, and it is estimated that it will not be finished in a year or two.

Xiaoya set up a live broadcast group in Jin State to post the latest news of the Guofeng branch, but the main purpose was to follow up on this lawsuit.

For the first time, the audience used this form to understand the process of a lawsuit with the state of Jin.

Because many topics of corruption in the state of Jin were mentioned in the live broadcast, this form of live broadcast caused great controversy in Jin.

The citizens of the state of Jin were further disappointed with the status quo of the state government, and the officials of the state government encouraged and opposed such a form.

But firstly, they had the endorsement of the governor of Jiangcheng Mansion, and secondly, they were afraid of being accused by their political opponents of being guilty of thieves, so they did not dare to take drastic actions.

After talking about it, the mission soon arrived in Zheng State.

Zheng Guo had a very high standard of reception for them, and the head of the Ministry of Rites of the government came to greet them in person.

On the way to the hotel, Mu Bai found that the quality of life of the people of Zheng Guo was not as bad as the mainstream media said.

As Zheng Guo was blocked by big powers, Zhou Guo’s media all said that Zheng Guo’s entertainment products were lacking, the education level of the citizens was not high, and they lacked enough cultural confidence and so on.

Thinking of this, Mu Bai couldn't help but smile, Zheng Guo is not like Qi Guo, it is isolated by the Shandong countries, and the trade between each other is restricted by both sides.

The trade exchanges between Zheng Guo and other countries are normal. The only abnormal exchanges are probably the trade exchanges in the cultural industry.

The mainstream media, on the other hand, generally talks about "cultural trade" and seldom cares about people's livelihood and economy.

They often think that the lack of culture is the lack of all aspects of a country.

Mu Bai didn't think of a way to correct this kind of concept, because at least there will be no economic sanctions and blockades, which will cause serious economic backwardness in some areas.

When they came to the hotel, everyone took a rest first, and then, under the leadership of Zheng Guo's diplomats, Mu Bai and others who didn't have to attend the diplomatic activities immediately went out to appreciate Zheng Guo's elegant demeanor.

The culture of Zheng State is famous for its softness. Every line of the murals on the street is soft, and the buildings have almost no edges and corners. They mostly use circles, ovals and arcs as shapes, which look very distinctive.

But in such a country where softness is the beauty, there is such a strong figure as Duke Zheng.

After another day of rest, Mu Bai and his wife attended Zheng Guogong's birthday banquet.

What the two of them didn't expect was that Grand Duke Zheng was the middle-aged man they met in Chengdu Painting Shop of Qin State!
At that time, Grand Duke Zheng Guo personally invited them to his banquet. Thinking of the reply at that time, Mu Bai was really afraid that this buddy would detain himself and Gu Boying.

Fortunately, Grand Duke Zheng pretended not to know them, and Mu Bai and Gu Boying also pretended not to know him.

At the banquet, Gu Boying sang three times. Even Zheng Guo's national treasure singer only sang twice. It was obvious that Zheng Chuqiao gave Mu Bai and Gu Boying great respect.

At the request of Zheng Chuqiao, the first song Gu Boying sang was "The Internationale". Zheng Chuqiao told the Zhou officials that he heard infinite fighting spirit from it.

The second and third songs are "You" and "Travel" respectively, and Zheng Chuqiao also briefly commented.

The banquet ended in a peaceful and lively scene. There was no detention guessed by Gu Changxing and others, and there were no excessive demands. This seemed to be an ordinary diplomatic event.

After that, officials of the mission will participate in many diplomatic activities, and Gu Boying was also invited to sing "The Internationale" on many occasions.

Only Mu Bai and a few others were free. Taking advantage of these two days of free time, Mu Bai planned to take a good rest. After all, he was tired from such high-intensity work some time ago.

While Mu Bai was lying on the bed in the hotel watching TV, someone from the Duke's Mansion suddenly came, saying that Duke Zheng wanted to have lunch with Mu Bai at noon.

Mu Baixin said that she or Zheng Chuqiao were not great beauties. How could she be so pretentious?Just say that it would be nice to have lunch, there is no such thing as "lunch together".

I thought so in my heart, but I agreed with my mouth. Are you going to treat me to dinner? There is no reason not to go.

But after going to the Duke's mansion, Mu Bai regretted it, first he waited for more than an hour, and then he realized that eating with the Duke is still such a big rule.

Mu Bai could understand why he wanted to sit at the bottom of Zhengchu Bridge, but why did he want to sit so far away?
Mu Bai and Zheng Chuqiao had to speak loudly when talking. Fortunately, Zheng Guogong's restaurant was not too big, otherwise they would have had to talk through a loudspeaker.

The meals in the Duke's Mansion are exquisite, but the portions are small, each dish only looks like seven or eight mouthfuls.

Some dishes are very suitable for Mu Bai's appetite, but he can't eat more, which makes him very disappointed with this lunch.

Zheng Chuqiao was very talkative. He commented on many of Mu Bai's songs and talked about his feelings after hearing those songs.

He also highly praised Mu Bai's reaction to the challenge from the national scholars last year, and said with emotion: "The current situation of Zheng Guo is similar to your situation at that time. There are many powerful enemies looking forward to the collapse of Zheng Guo, and Zheng Guo has always If you fight back, you will never be succeeded by them!"

At this point, Mu Bai really admired Zheng Chuqiao: "The Duke will definitely be able to lead Zheng Guo to break through a world."

The two of them started chatting gradually. Zheng Chuqiao smiled and said to Mu Bai: "This political reform that has been brewing in all countries in the world is a rare opportunity for Zheng Guo! If you miss this time, Zheng Guo may have to wait a few more days." century."

Mu Bai said bluntly: "Yes, at this time, the top countries will fall into confusion, as well as evade and deny the reform.

"If Zheng Guo can seize the opportunity, see the situation clearly, and complete the political reform first, it will become a new big country, and it will not be difficult to dominate."

Zheng Chuqiao smiled and said: "I didn't expect you to understand this, that's right, anyone with a long-term vision will keenly observe the changes in this world."

He paused and said, "What do you think of the current international situation?"

"What opinion do I have as a songwriter!" Even if I have any opinion, it is not suitable to say it on this occasion.

"Too modest!" Zheng Chuqiao said, "To be able to write "The Internationale", one must have a strategy in mind. This is not an imperial court, just speak freely!"

For this reason, Mu Bai stopped being pretentious: "I believe that the current political reform, which looks like the rise of the economy and business, is actually a collective outbreak of contradictions in the modern world.

"If this political reform is thorough, the old world order may completely collapse."

Zheng Chuqiao was thoughtful, then he asked the attendants around him to step back, and after closing the door, he smiled and said to Mu Bai: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, let me just say, if you can write "The Internationale", what you see must be extraordinary .”

While talking, Zheng Chuqiao stepped down from the main seat and sat down to talk with Mu Bai.

Through the conversation, Mu Bai discovered that Zheng Chuqiao had basically seen through the essence of this change.

The rise of the economy and business was just an appearance. Behind this appearance, he vaguely saw that a new force was sprouting.

Zheng Chuqiao is already considered one of the best politicians in the world, and it is not surprising that they are stupid. For them, every progress in civilization before was not due to the explosion of technology, so they will not be interested in this change. Have a clear understanding.

It's like walking blindfolded, a bystander like Mu Bai knows the ultimate goal and knows where to pass.

But the blindfolded person can only explore a little bit.

At the same time, Zheng Chuqiao noticed that Mu Bai seemed to have seen through the essence of this change, so he humbly asked Mu Bai for advice.

Mu Bai smiled and said: "Actually, I don't know what to do. I just feel that simply using the cultural industry to promote the progress of the world is too monotonous. If something like technology is added, there may be a qualitative change."

This is true. Although he hopes to change the world with the power of technology, he doesn't know if he has the ability.

Zheng Chuqiao nodded: "This idea coincides with what Zheng Guo is doing. It is unrealistic to expect big countries to open up the cultural market to Zheng Guo. It is better to develop people's livelihood and promote the development of science and technology."

But what to do after this, he was a little confused. Should he imitate Qi and impose technological sanctions on other countries?But Qi State seems to have caused no harm to the Shandong states!
Mu Bai did not continue this topic, but talked to Zheng Chuqiao about his hope to start a branch and factory in Zheng Guo.

If the discussion continues, this Zheng Guogong may affect his plan.

At this point, Zheng Chuqiao is willing to give Mu Baixing some convenience, after all, this can prosper the market of Zheng State.

In the following two days, Zheng Chuqiao talked with Mu Bai several times, and the two chatted very happily. Zheng Chuqiao was very interested in Guoyun's new engine, and he also expressed his expectation that Mu Bai would launch a counterattack against Ming Honglang. moment.

On the morning of the eighth day of March, the Zhou Guo Mission returned to China by plane.

Mu Bai's biggest gain from coming to Zheng State is Zheng Chuqiao's not too deep friendship, which will make it much easier for his branch companies and factories to do things in Zheng State.

In the blink of an eye, April came, and the first batch of new factory buildings of Guoyun was officially completed, and Mu Bai couldn't wait to arrange them to the full.

(End of this chapter)