no243 Ni Tao "What are you doing in City A?" Cheng Jinyao is naturally sensitive to City A.

"There is an interview about finance." Chu Nan said.

*.

a city.

When Gu Tianlan learned that Chu Nan had arrived in City A, she heard from her colleagues in the same office.

A few years ago, when China's stock market was still booming, that colleague made a fortune. At that time, he followed financial websites every day, so he was naturally familiar with Chu Nan's name.

No, no, not only is it familiar, it is like thunder.

He has read many of Chu Nan's views and propositions. Compared with those veteran economists, Chu Nan's views are often bolder, but they are always extremely accurate.

Chu Nan was like an idol to him. Now that Chu Nan was in City A, he was naturally extremely excited. Better than Ran Cheng.

At this moment, the colleague was telling the legendary story of Chu Nan, and he was very excited. How about Mr. Chu, how about Mr. Chu...

Gu Tianlan didn't know much about Chu Nan's glorious history and outstanding experience on Wall Street. However, since he was her savior and he was now in City A, as the host, she should at least treat him to a meal and treat him well in person.

Give thanks.

It's a pity that Chu Nan didn't leave his phone number when he was in Italy.

Although Leng Yan had his contact number, Gu Tianlan made a comprehensive analysis of Leng Yan's attitude towards the Cheng family and believed that it was unlikely that he could get the phone number from Leng Yan.

Since it was her business to invite Chu Nan to dinner and express her gratitude in person, and Leng Yan was a jealous person, there was no need for her to provoke him any more.

Unknowingly, Gu Tianlan had typed the word "Chun Nan" on the 160-degree search page. Then he clicked on the search and found that he was indeed a celebrity. Thousands of pages of news about Chu Nan came out.

The mouse slid down and finally landed on his official blog. When she clicked on it, she immediately understood the reason why the colleague in the company admired Chu Nan. There were no recommendations on specific stocks or funds, but more on the analysis of the global macroeconomics.

, General trend predictions are mixed with some attention to public welfare undertakings and disadvantaged groups.

He is more of an economist than a hedge fund manager.

His eyes scanned the page, and sure enough, there was an external contact email in a corner.

Normally, such public mailboxes are managed by dedicated assistants, but Gu Tianlan seems to have no other better way to contact him now. It is impossible to make a hotline call at the live broadcast. Mr. Leng will be angry.

"Hello, Mr. Chu. I am Gu Tianlan. Thank you for saving my life in Italy. I learned that you are in City A recently. I wonder if you have time to have lunch with me. I would like to thank Gu Tianlan in person."

The content of the email is very simple and personal.

Normally, as long as his assistant is not his girlfriend, such emails will be transferred to his personal mailbox. Gu Tianlan is not worried.

In fact, this email was quickly forwarded to Chu Nan, and Gu Tianlan received Chu Nan's reply about half an hour later. As expected, it was not the same email address just now.

The reply was simple: "Miss Gu, you're welcome. I have something to do today at noon and tomorrow at noon. I will be free at noon the day after tomorrow. See if it's convenient for you. Chu." Then came his phone number.

Gu Tianlan was a little surprised by Chu Nan's willingness to agree. Chu Nan and Leng Yan were not very friendly. Chu Nan even didn't even leave a phone call at the beginning. She thought she would need to go through some hard work to get him to do it.

promise.

Gu Tianlan looked at the calendar. At noon the day after tomorrow, Friday, she only needed to skip one of Leng Yan's three fixed meals a day.

"I'm fine. Let's meet the day after tomorrow. I don't know which hotel you're staying in. I'll order food near where you live."

"Okay, I live in the Hilton on Nanjing Road. I hope Miss Gu can take me to eat some truly unique food in City A."

However, after two emails went back and forth, the two parties have finalized the matter of having dinner together the day after tomorrow.

Next, Gu Tianlan began to wonder: Since it was a life-saving grace, besides eating, should she give him another gift?

*

When she saw the clay pottery shop, it was noon the day after Gu Tianlan sent an email to Chu Nan. She and Leng Yan had just had lunch, and Leng Yan sent her back to the company.

In the window of the clay pottery shop, various bottles of different shapes were displayed on the Duobao shelves. The car had been driving for a long time, and Gu Tianlan was still looking back.

Leng Yan was driving, and he only followed Gu Tianlan's gaze and took a quick look at the roadside, but didn't see anything strange. They had passed this street countless times, but they had never seen Gu Tianlan look so concerned!

"What are you looking at?"

"There is a clay pottery shop over there." At this time, the clay pottery shop was no longer visible. Gu Tianlan sat up straight and said casually, "I wonder if I can make something by myself?"

"So you want to make clay pottery yourself?" Leng Yanxiao called and asked the bodyguard who was following him to ask. After getting a positive answer, he smiled and said to Gu Tianlan, "We will bring Chaochao over to make it together on the weekend.

, I’ve never done anything like that before, it looks interesting.”

"good."

After arriving at the company, Gu Tianlan only wandered around, then hurriedly went downstairs, hailed a taxi and walked to the clay store. She was not sure how long it would take to make a pen holder with her own craftsmanship.

Yes, she planned to make a pen holder herself and give it to Chu Nan.

I still remember that when she accompanied Cheng Jinyao to the antique market, Cheng Jinyao bought a pen holder as a gift to her brother. She didn’t know how many brothers Cheng Jinyao had, and whether the brother she gave the pen holder to was Chu Nan.

Try your luck! If it is, of course it is best, give gifts, give gifts, it is best to suit the person.

Of course, it doesn't matter even if Chu Nan doesn't like the pen holder. After all, he made it by himself, which is considered a sign of his heart.

The business of the clay store at the moment is not very good. Art is always high-key and low-key. In addition, it is neither off-duty time nor weekend. The empty store is only guarded by the owner. A large piece of production

The district's roulette wheels are all empty, except for one, of course.

The shopkeeper sat in front of a roulette wheel. The roulette wheel spun very fast. The shopkeeper's vase reached the bottleneck with delicate movements.

When he saw a customer coming to the door, he immediately put down his work, washed his hands in the water next to him, and greeted him with a smile on his face: "Miss, do you want to buy a ready-made clay pottery or make one yourself?"

"I want to make it myself, but I don't know how long it will take to do it?"

"Clay pottery is different from painted pottery or soft pottery. It emphasizes one-time molding. In other words, no matter what you want to do, you can't take too long. Otherwise, the mud will slowly dry over time, and you can change the shape if you want to.

It’s impossible.”

Gu Tianlan walked to the treasure shelf and looked at the rows of items of different shapes. Most of these items were bottles, which were dusty and inconspicuous at first glance, and they did not have much artistic value.

When I looked carefully, I found that each item was different in size, shape, height, and was considered unique in the world.

"Did you do all this?" Gu Tianlan asked.

"Some are made by me, and some are made by customers."

"Why didn't they take it away?"

"Some can't fit it at home, and some are not satisfied. But in my opinion, every bottle is a work of art." The shop owner smiled, took a bottle casually, and stroked the pattern of the bottle with some rough fingers, "Didn't you notice?

? In addition to the shape and size, their patterns are also different."

"I want to make a pen holder, can I?" Among so many items, she has never seen a pen holder.

"Of course. Compared to vases, pen holders are much simpler."

As soon as he heard that the pen holder was simple, Gu Tianlan, who was still a little worried at first, felt relieved. He probably wouldn't do too badly!

"The higher the clay pottery is, the more difficult it is. The pen barrel generally only needs to be two-thirds of the height of an ordinary pen, so it is not difficult. The real difficulty is just the turning point between the bottom of the barrel and the barrel wall."

"I gave it away." If you try too hard, you won't be able to give it away.

"It's okay, I'll use the tools to help you later." The shop owner said, pointing to a large roulette wheel in the production area, "You can just choose a place to sit down and wait for me, and I will make the clay for you."

In Gu Tianlan's impression, mixing clay with pottery should be the first step. It is like grinding it before writing calligraphy. There is no reason to write by yourself and need help from others to grind it? "Boss, shouldn't you mix clay by yourself?

?”

The shopkeeper didn't know how to do it, so he took out a bag of mud from the corner and poured it into the basin: "That's theoretically, if you mix all the mud, I'm afraid the clay pottery will be broken in a few days."

He held the basin and poured water from the faucet. After stirring it for a while, he tested the consistency again. It seemed that the consistency was not enough. He poured some mud from another bag, then brought the basin to Gu Tianlan's side and gave it to Gu Tianlan.

She explained the production techniques in detail.

With the rapid rotation of the roulette wheel, Gu Tianlan's white hands were already covered with earthy yellow mud. The back of her hand was always caressing the surface of the clay, carefully holding the height and size, and the mud originally spread in the basin gradually took shape.

Probably because two different kinds of mud were used when mixing the mud, one is darker and the other is lighter, the texture is more distinct and smooth compared to other items on the treasure shelf, just like the pattern of natural malachite. Of course, the color is far inferior.

Malachite is dazzling, but its color is dark brown.

"Not bad!" the shopkeeper's voice sounded from behind.

Gu Tianlan slowly and gently moved his hands away from the spinning clay pottery, and looked up to see the boss holding a long plastic object with a small arc at the corner.

"Do you know how to use it?" The shop owner handed the small item to Gu Tianlan.

Gu Tianlan nodded, took the small object, reached into the middle of the pen holder she made, carefully controlled the force, and with the rotation, dug out the excess mud from the bottom and wall of the pen holder.

Finally, the boss picked up the pen holder from the turntable and put it in the oven for her.

Only then did Gu Tianlan realize that the half-finished clay vase that the previous shopkeeper was making was crooked in the clay pot.

"Boss, aren't you going to make this vase?"

"It can't be done! The most important thing about clay pottery is that it must be molded in one go. When I was talking to you just now, the surface of the clay pottery had already begun to dry. By the time I came over again, it would be impossible to make it." The shop owner was still cheerful.

I don't feel sorry for the abandoned vase.

A few minutes later, the clay pen holder was baked, and the originally soft mud had hardened. However, compared with the clay products displayed on the shelves, it looked gray and had no luster at all.

The shop owner did not immediately hand the pen holder to Gu Tianlan, but walked into a nearby room: "Wait a moment, I will glaze you."

When the shop owner came out again, the originally dull pen holder looked even more shiny. However, there was no comparison between this kind of thing and the colorful or thick pen holders in boutiques. The only difference was that most of those things were mass-produced.

And this one is purely handmade by Gu Tianlan. Its smooth lines and natural malachite-like pattern are unique.
To be continued...