Chapter 0878 – Aftermath (I)

The next afternoon, Zhuang Rui drove his car into the airport early and waited for more than two hours before the flight from Japan to Beijing landed at the capital airport.

“Peng Fei!”

Zhuang Rui waved to Peng Fei who stepped off the airplane, Peng Fei who was carrying a box in his hand immediately ran over and said, “Brother Zhuang, it’s almost New Year’s Eve, and the family is so busy that they said they don’t have to come and pick up ah!”

“You kid, get cheap and sell it!”

Zhuang Rui laughed and punched Peng Fei in the chest, raised his eyes to see Professor Tian walking towards his side, and hurriedly greeted him.

Zhuang Rui’s setup this time, although there were no major mistakes, but in the end, if it wasn’t for Professor Tian’s cooperation, if Shanmu insisted on refusing to damage the porcelain, this matter really didn’t know how it would end?

Zhuang Rui stretched out his hands and shook Professor Tian’s hand, said with a smile, “Mr. Tian, yesterday I saw your righteous words to retreat from the Japanese ah!”

“You kid, this is not a good thing to do! I had a heart attack yesterday, so don’t let it happen again.”

Although Prof. Tian is counting down Zhuang Rui, but with a smile on his face, to see the Japanese defeated, is definitely the most happy thing for Chinese people, especially the older generation.

After this incident, Prof. Tian and Zhuang Rui’s relationship is also a lot closer, how to say that they are all comrades in the same trench, it’s just that one is charging ahead, and the other one is plotting behind.

“Prof. Tian, someone from the association is outside to pick you up, so I’ll leave first ah! In a few days, I’ll be the host, so you can be sure to honor me with your presence.”

Tian Fan had caused quite a stir in Japan this time, not only the academic community, even the relevant national departments had noticed the event, and now there were at least a few hundred people outside the airport to greet Prof. Tian, which was why Zhuang Rui had these words.

“Don’t, my old Tian is most afraid of this, usually meetings are not willing to go, I’ll go with your car.”

As soon as Prof. Tian heard Zhuang Rui mention this, he immediately bitterly raised his face, don’t look at him on TV to behave calmly, in fact, he usually doesn’t talk much, and he didn’t prepare himself mentally to be a hero.

Zhuang Rui hesitated for a moment and said, “This …… is not good, right? So many people are waiting outside!” If Professor Tian really ran away with himself, wouldn’t the people outside come for nothing?

“My old Tian has never enjoyed that treatment in his life, and he doesn’t want to go out in that limelight, besides, I’m not the only one in the expert group.”

Professor Tian paused here and continued, “Some people like to make a fuss the most, so I’ll leave the opportunity to them! Xiao Zhuang, you have counted on me once this time, this little favor is something you need to help!”

Professor Tian said, has pulled open the car door and sat on it, this time before that press conference of his was held, there was a lot of internal dissent, not only the experts who went to Japan with him did not recognize it, that is, the team leader did not agree with it.

In the end, Prof. Tian resisted the pressure and wrote a guarantee, which only got the default of the relevant leaders, so in the press conference, only Prof. Tian an expert was present.

So Prof. Tian is not too cold to these people, he would rather go home to eat a mouthful of his old partner’s cooking, but also not willing to go to those celebrations and other formalism, to help those so-called leaders to increase the political performance.

“Got it, you opened your mouth, I did as I was told.”

Zhuang Rui suddenly remembered his old husband’s explanation, and then said, “Professor Tian, if you get on this car, I’ll give you a celebration can not run ah!”

Professor Tian heard Zhuang Rui’s words, before he had time to speak, Zhuang Rui waved his hand at several people who had just gotten off the plane, and drove away, looking at the back of those who looked at each other in disbelief, not knowing what had happened.

This time to meet the specifications of the group of experts is not low, the leadership of the Palace Museum, the leadership of the Ministry of Culture, the chairman of the collection of associations, as well as a variety of civil society organizations, there are hundreds of people gathered around the airport exit.

Several large signs are written on the words to meet the expert group Professor Tian, just wait for people are out of the finish, only to see a few other experts, while Professor Tian is missing.

“Where is Professor Tian? How come there are only a few of you?” A shy, leader-like person asked the leader of the expert group.

“Director Wu, Professor Tian …… Tian was picked up by Mr. Zhuang.” That leader was himself from the Ministry of Culture, and now that he had met the leader, his speech was a bit stuttered.

“Nonsense, what Mr. Zhuang not Mr. Zhuang? So many of us are waiting here, isn’t this unorganized and undisciplined? Give that what Mr. Zhuang call, let him come back.”

Well, the director of Wu heard that someone than his face is also big, immediately fire, in the scene of the people, to his administrative level is the highest, at once on the seizure.

“Wu director, that Mr. Zhuang ……”

The expert group was someone who knew Zhuang Rui, at that moment, he attached his ear and said a few words in the ear of Director Wu, listening to the face of Director Wu, he said, “This time all the experts have worked hard, everyone please get on the car, the ministry has prepared a celebration party for everyone.”

Director Wu seemed to have forgotten about the unpleasantness just now, and shook hands with all the experts one by one without changing his face, and then led the way to leave the airport.

Only now the main man was nowhere to be seen, the remaining experts didn’t show up on TV at all, and no one spoke on behalf of them, so this welcome was considered to be a snake’s tail.

However, the director of Wu did not dare to say bad words or put on official authority again, the nephew of the minister, that is not something he can be offended?

“Brother Zhuang, Beijing is still good, the streets are full of joy!”

The day after tomorrow is New Year’s Eve, at this moment Beijing is being dressed up, everywhere is filled with the atmosphere of the New Year.

People’s lives have gotten better over the years, and they recall more and more the atmosphere of the New Year’s Eve in the seventies and eighties, and the ban on firecrackers has been lifted, so sitting in the car, from time to time, one can hear scattered firecracker sounds coming from the streets.

“Yes! Your kid is also about to become a father, it’s going by really fast!”

Zhuang Rui was Peng Fei’s words, is also hooked, this is already in Beijing over the second year, almost a year a change, if it is not the birth of children, Zhuang Rui almost have a kind of unreal feeling.

“These years are good, the flavor of the old Beijing New Year is back, only compared to the seventies and eighties, it’s still far from it!”

Prof. Tian was also a bit touched, social development is getting faster and faster, but some of the old traditions have also been eliminated, like the monkey trickster, selling pills and swallowing swords, these runway tricks were the most common in Prof. Tian’s era.

“Hey, Xiao Zhuang, where are you taking me?”

Prof. Tian said as he spoke, seeing that the car was actually heading towards the countryside, he couldn’t help but be a little puzzled.

“Oh, Prof. Tian, the family has prepared a poo banquet, so that you can talk to us about the thrilling story of this trip to Japan!”

Zhuang Rui smiled at the words, he just sent a text message to his mom, ready to entertain Prof. Tian at home in the evening, just so that the old man can meet, last night Qin Haoran was pulling Zhuang Rui to read in the middle of the night.

“You kid, I have not even seen my old partner here yet, don’t think something happened.”

Professor Tian shook his head, took out his cell phone and made a call to his home, in fact, he was also very fond of that mysterious person who made these pieces of porcelain, and was trying to talk to Zhuang Rui about it!

“Dad, this is Prof. Tian, Mr. Tian, this is my father-in-law, he is a great admirer of you! This is not, pull you here is by the will of the father-in-law.”

Zhuang Rui and Qin Haoran contact more, feel their father-in-law is very open-minded, so nothing will also make a few jokes.

Qin Haoran was also like a stargazer at the moment, he went forward and shook Professor Tian’s hand tightly, saying, “My humble self, Qin Haoran, welcome Mr. Tian, Mr. Tian’s elegance on TV makes my generation feel ashamed of themselves!”

“I don’t dare to say that, I’m only an executor, Xiao Zhuang is the mastermind ah!”

Seeing Qin Haoran’s gentle and elegant appearance, Prof. Tian didn’t dare to be slow, smiled and then said, “I should still be a few years younger than you, just call me Elder Brother Tian.”

“What executor, mastermind?”

Qin Haoran was somewhat at a loss for words, but still stepped aside and invited Prof. Tian into the living room, Elder Qin also stood in the hall to welcome him, and all of them greeted each other again.

The family’s meal was prepared long ago, in order to let a few men have a better chat, Ouyang Wan took her daughter-in-law and in-laws’ mother to another restaurant to eat, leaving the place for Zhuang Rui and the others.

Elder Qin wasn’t in good health and was also already in his eighties, but he still insisted on toasting Prof. Tian before he went back to his room to rest with Qin Xuan Bing’s support.

“Mr. Tian, first of all, congratulations on your trip to Japan to promote our country’s prestige, let’s drink a toast.” After the old man left, Zhuang Rui raised his glass and toasted Prof. Tian.

In fact, Zhuang Rui had prepared more than one set of scenarios for Peng Fei to go to Japan this time, and telling Professor Tian the original story of what happened was just one of the scenarios he had prepared.

Although he had much contact with Tian Fan in the past, Zhuang Rui did not expect Prof. Tian to have such a bone of contention, carrying a huge amount of pressure, and actually really got this thing done.

“Little Zhuang ah! How is this matter in the end, you know better than anyone, so you don’t need to rub powder on my old Tian’s face!”

Prof. Tian dried this glass of wine, also did not move chopsticks, then said: “Although you play this matter risky, finally the result is not bad, but next time can not do so, this kind of thing has a unique ah!”

“Mr. Tian, I know, no matter what, this matter still needs to thank you, otherwise I really don’t know how to end it!”

Zhuang Rui nodded his head and put on an educated look, the storm and impact caused by this matter was far beyond Zhuang Rui’s imagination, letting him play such a hand again, he really didn’t dare.

“Tian old brother, what are you …… this …… this talking about?”

From just at the door of the time, Qin Haoran heart on the storage of doubt, and now hear the two conversations, is more cloudy and puzzled, it seems that their son-in-law, and “ancient porcelain” event is still associated?