General Manager's Lie

Chapter Two

"Don't sell, don't sell! Even if you send the president, you won't sell it!" a resolute voice scolded.

Yang Qi, who came to the door for the third time, finally had a chance to explain his intentions, but was flatly rejected by Lin Hong. Her attitude towards him was very different from the previous two times, and she seemed extremely unfriendly.

"Miss Lin, I think we have met three times this time, so we should have some friendship." Although Yang Qi was a little displeased with her attitude, he still maintained his demeanor and said kindly.

"Who has met you three times?" Lin Hong glanced at him, her black eyes slightly narrowed, without any impression.

Yang Qi was astonished by her answer. Could it be that she really ignored him so completely?

With his appearance, no woman has ever met him without being deeply impressed.

Her repeated neglect, her indifference to him and her easy refusal of his request made him inexplicably concerned.

"The day before yesterday, I was here blowing glass with you for more than two hours, but yesterday you dragged me to help block the cat, which hurt my cheek." He said the passage in a steady and slow voice, and deliberately compared the color on the left cheek. Faint scars, I can't believe that she really doesn't remember the two of them meeting and getting along.

"Oh, is that so?" Lin Hong thought for a while, her tone indifferent.

She remembered that a passer-by had appeared in the past two days, but she had no memory of his appearance.

"Why, you just want to do me a favor, and you just want to please?" She didn't care much, and took the tools and materials, ready to go to work.

"It's not to please people. Hongsheng sincerely wants to cooperate with Ms. Lin." Yang Qi tried to negotiate terms with her.

"I'm not interested. It's impossible for me to sell the copyright of the product. Please come back, I'm going to be busy." Without looking at him again, she unceremoniously ordered the customer to leave.

It was the first time in Yang Qi's life that he was rejected by a woman. This was a big blow to him who was full of self-confidence.

His relationship with the opposite s*x has always been very good. Few women would reject his tenderness and kindness, and no woman has ever shown a face to him. She is the only one who is so abnormal that he feels that his masculine self-esteem has been seriously damaged.

He suddenly had the idea of challenging her, and it was not purely for business.

The next day, Yang Qi came to the door again. He was dressed in fashionable and elegant clothes, his hair was neatly combed, and he deliberately dressed himself more handsomely, like a male model on a catwalk.

He held a large bouquet of flowers and stood at the door of the messy workshop.

"Good afternoon." A gentle voice came into the studio.

Standing in front of the crucible, holding a long blowpipe, Lin Hong, who was dipping hot glass paste, turned her head to look at the door following the sound.

At this moment, she was sweating on her forehead and wearing stained overalls, which was in sharp contrast to the handsome, clean and tidy man at the door.

The man smiled with thin lips, his handsome appearance was indeed very attractive, he held a large bouquet of bright red roses in his hand, and his eyes were electrified, which should make a woman ecstatic, but for Lin Hong, who was concentrating on her work, it did not attract her at all. interest, and even feel an eyesore.

"What are you doing here?" She only looked up at him before turning around and continuing to work.

"Get to know you again." Her neglect once again hit his self-confidence, and he stepped forward without being discouraged, deliberately exuding charm.

"No need, I hate the smell of flowers, take it far away." She turned around and walked towards the work chair with a blowpipe dipped in hot glass paste.

I didn't expect her to be so cold, Yang Qi couldn't help but be surprised. Although his behavior was a bit contrived, but when he gave flowers to women, every female companion happily accepted them with bright smiles, and he had never been rejected. .

Even for his close female companions, he mostly delivered them through the flower shop, and seldom brought flowers to the door by himself. He showed such sincerity, but he didn't expect that his enthusiasm would be quickly extinguished by her bucket of ice water.

The next day, he brought women's favorite brand-name boutiques to challenge again. Lin Hong still looked disapproving when she saw it.

"If you want me to sell my work and copyright, I tell you that it's useless to give any favors, if you don't sell it, you don't sell it; but if you have other purposes, I advise you to go elsewhere and don't get in the way here. .” Today, her writing was not going well, and her mood was even more irritable.

"The matter of authorship can be discussed again. As for the glazed necklace, I'm willing to pay a high price." He asked about the glazed necklace that he easily agreed to give to his girlfriend, but he didn't expect that Lin Hong had no intention of selling it.

His girlfriend mentioned it to him again yesterday, and he promised that he would wear it for her next time we meet.

If he broke his promise to his girlfriend again, wouldn't it be a loss of face.

Because Lin Hong's repeated rejection made him want to get the necklace even more, and even paid more to please her.

However, even though the price was several times higher, she still didn't respond, and she still wanted to drive him away with a few words.

"Actually, that piece of 'brilliance' is an accessory my mother has always wanted." As a last resort, he changed his offensive, trying to move his feelings, but he was only half joking, and didn't think that the stubborn woman would respond .

Unexpectedly, Lin Hong raised her eyes to look at him, slightly surprised. "Your mother wants that necklace?" Seeing his playboy appearance, she thought it was for a girlfriend.

"Uh, yes! She read it in a magazine and admired the translucence and brilliance of 'Guanghua'. Each glass bead is exquisite and unique, but it is so perfect that it restrains the light that blooms separately, and they are connected together into a warm and inner light. This stunning necklace, seeing how she likes it so much, I just wanted to give it to her on her birthday to make her happy." Yang Qi said a series of exaggerated praises, but he was a little uneasy in his heart, how could he tell her such a lie ?

After Lin Hong heard the words, she thought for a while. "I can sell it to you."

Yang Qi was greatly surprised by her sudden change of attitude when she was determined not to sell.

"Are you really willing to give up?" He asked again uncertainly.

"Will she keep it well?" That glazed necklace has different creative meanings to her. She didn't plan to sell it at first, but he was so filial that he tried his best to persuade her to sell it in order to please his mother.

As long as the owner really likes it and collects it well, she can change her persistence, and she created and designed the necklace with the feeling of missing her mother, and it just fits.

"Of course! I will. My dad is engaged in the colored glaze trade business, and my mother has always loved colored glaze crafts." The lie that started at the beginning, he could only continue to lie.

In the end, he successfully got the glazed necklace to give to his girlfriend, but he felt guilty.

"Qi, you really got this necklace!" Su Rongrong was pleasantly surprised.

"Honey, it's just a glazed necklace, it's easy for me." Yang Qi thoughtfully put it on his girlfriend's neck, with a relaxed expression.

In order to prove his ability and charm, he naturally couldn't tell the embarrassing thing about putting so much effort into this necklace and even using his mother as an excuse.

"Easy? Lin Hong is willing to sell it?" Su Rongrong was quite surprised when he heard that it was easy to get it.

She asked her boyfriend for this low-value colored glaze necklace because she knew that the creator of the necklace, Lin Hong, was not an individual artist who would sell her works at will, let alone this necklace that was marked as not for sale in a magazine. The other party who pays a high price may not necessarily give up.

With Yang Qi's financial ability, even if he asks him for a diamond necklace, he will give it generously. Besides her girlfriend, he still has close friends with other female companions, which makes her even if she has already sat on his girlfriend. The position is still carefully maintained. She not only wants to enjoy materialistic pleasures, but also cares how much he puts on her, so she intentionally poses this difficult problem.

It's just that when she heard that he bought it easily, she suddenly felt that the glass necklace tied around her neck was worthless and not suitable for her at all.

"Do you like it?" Yang Qi asked his girlfriend who was suddenly silent.

"Of course I like it. Qi, thank you." Su Rongrong quickly showed him a sweet smile, tiptoed, and kissed his thin lips.

"It's fine if you like it, and you have to treasure it carefully. You can't find another one." As long as his girlfriend really likes it, he can reduce the inexplicable guilt in his heart.

He couldn't help being surprised that he cared so much about lying to Lin Hong.

Even when eating with his girlfriend, Lin Hong's figure kept popping up in his mind.

Looking at the candles lit on the dining table, the red light reminded him of Lin Hong's expression focused on playing with fire.

Facing his delicate and gentle girlfriend, he was startled suddenly. How could he think of that rough, unfeminine woman?

The next day, Yang Qi went to Chiyan Liuli Workshop again.

"What are you doing here again?" Seeing him coming to the door, Lin Hong's tone was still impatient, and she hated being frequently disturbed by outsiders when creating.

"I'll talk to you again about the purchase of the copyright and the cooperation between the two parties." Yang Qi didn't give up. The more she refused, the more he aroused his desire to challenge.

In the mall, he has never had a business that he could not negotiate, and he has never been repeatedly rejected by a woman in his life.

"I said that it is impossible to accept the mass production of the work." She was firm and told him to give up that determination.

"I explained that even if mass production, the high quality of the product will be absolutely maintained, and your creativity will not be degraded." He emphasized again , wanting her to rest assured.

"I hate 'copies', especially the more similar they are, the more I hate them. No matter how high the price you pay, I will not sell the copyright of a single work." She finished speaking forcefully, bowed her head and continued to draw on the glass.

Once, she was used as someone else's substitute without knowing it.

At that time, in order to cater to the other party's preferences, she kept changing and pruning her personality. It turned out that the other party just molded her into a substitute for another woman, and even ruthlessly abandoned her after she gave everything she had.

After she came into contact with Liuli by accident, she immediately fell in love with the beauty of this handicraft, devoted herself to this field, built up her confidence, and shaped and designed each piece with her own hands. Although not every finished product can be perfectly presented, it is absolutely unique. Irreplaceable.

She ignored his existence, and focused on drawing the totem stroke by stroke, which made Yang Qi unable to help watching.

He remembered the way she played with fire when she was firing colored glaze, she was enthusiastic and wild, but at this moment, the way she was drawing quietly had another kind of gentleness.

She used different pens to outline lines of different thicknesses, and the rich colors were delicate and delicate. He couldn't help admiring that she could directly design patterns and fill in colors on glazed vases without sketches.

Finally, Lin Hong finished drawing. She put down the brush and examined it carefully, with a satisfied smile on her lips.

When she looked up, she was shocked when she saw the man sitting next to her.

She thought he had left early, and when she was concentrating on creating drawings, she could easily ignore the people and things around her.

"Why haven't you left yet?" Looking at the clock on the wall, Lin Hong was surprised that he had sat here quietly for more than two hours.

"For the first time, I saw the complete creative process."

Although he is engaged in the colored glaze trade and owns a large colored glaze factory, he has never been so attentive in observing the production process of any work in the past.

He only cares about the finished product, only puts a price on the finished things, and simply regards them as commodities.

However, here, he saw her process of firing colored glaze, seeing her process of painting colored glaze, he couldn't help feeling envious and admired.

I envy and admire her enthusiasm and touch when she is fully committed, and the satisfaction and confidence when she completes the work.

He was a little unsure at the beginning. Was it Liuli or her that interested him?

"I can consider selling you some of the works you listed, but I can't accept mass production." Originally, he was determined not to turn his works into commercial transactions, but she couldn't help admiring his patience. If he insists on not giving in, he will definitely continue to quarrel with her, so she may not be able to create with peace of mind.

"I want to invite you to Suzhou." Yang Qi suddenly had another thought.

"Huh?" Lin Hong was stunned, and looked at him suspiciously.

"Hongsheng will pay for air tickets and meals. I hope you will visit Hongsheng's glazed factory in person." He smiled at her, expressing extreme kindness.

"I know that Hongsheng Trading's factory in Suzhou, mainland China is very large. Even if I go, it will not change my decision. I can't agree to someone copying my work!" She stood up, not wanting to deal with him anymore, she The biggest concession has been made, so let it be if he disagrees.

"Don't rush to refuse." Yang Qi also got up to prevent her from leaving. "What if you are invited to be a technical guide, sell your copyright in another form, and pass on the design drawings, production process, and detailed instructions of several of your works to the technicians?"

"It's like cooking. Even with the same ingredient formula, different people will cook different tastes. It's not copied by machine, but still maintains the characteristics of personal hand-blowing? Hongsheng wants to mass-produce your works, but the quantity is not the same. Thousands of pieces, ten thousand pieces, as long as one or two hundred pieces are refined."

"What we want is not a copy with zero difference, but a little change in your design. The essence of the work still belongs to your creation, and it still needs to be signed by Master Lin Hong." He talked eloquently, hoping that this response Ways to convince her in the end.

In fact, he didn't need to waste any more time on this matter, and even directly searched for the works of well-known Liuli artists in mainland China. It may be easier to persuade buyers to change their requirements than to persuade her, but it was because of her repeated rejections that inspired his determination to win. , and because he saw her creative talent with his own eyes, he only wanted to find her to cooperate with.

"I don't understand why you are so obsessed with my works? In terms of artistic value, you should negotiate with my master's works. It is more beneficial to commercialize his posthumous works." Lin Hong folded her hands on her chest, narrowing her beautiful eyes.

In fact, she wondered his motives from the very beginning. Although he stated that he admired Li Hao's creations and was familiar with Li Hao's creations, all he wanted to buy were works of art designed by her.

Although she is a teacher of Li Hao, she doesn't think that she is already out of the blue. In fact, she is still a lot behind her master, and there are still many deficiencies that need to be learned and honed.

After the master passed away, except for some works donated to public welfare organizations, the rest of the creations were left to her to manage and dispose of. Although he was her master, he was like her father, leaving all tangible and intangible property to her without reservation.

Of course, Yang Qi knew how valuable Li Hao's works were in terms of commodity value. If she wanted to, just selling Master Liuli's posthumous works would be enough for her to live on for the rest of her life, and she could sit back and enjoy life as a rich woman.

However, she is a greedy woman. Although she holds regular exhibitions for Li Hao's posthumous works, she doesn't like to sell his works. Only those buyers who really like him, want to collect them, and make her look pleasing to the eye will be lucky enough to make a successful transaction. , and most of the exchanges donate to public welfare organizations or sponsor the talent cultivation of Liuli industry.

For her own works, she also takes art as the starting point, and has never cared about profit. Her works can't be bought with money.

On the one hand, he felt that this kind of artist who was indifferent to money and fame was really difficult to deal with, and on the other hand, he admired her persistence and seriousness towards Liuli.

When he first got acquainted with her works, he just wanted to find topics to get closer to him. Compared with appreciating art, he actually cared more about commercial value. But after really getting in touch with her works, he really appreciated her talent and connotation.

"Master Li Hao is indeed the originator of Taiwan's glass world. His brilliant achievements over the past decades are not only known in Taiwan, the mainland, but even internationally. Although you are young, your talent is not suppressed or suppressed by the light of Master Li Hao. To be honest, it’s not me or Hongsheng who are so attached to your work, but someone else.” Yang Qi decided to tell the truth.

"Anyone else?" Lin Hong felt a sense of loss when she heard that it wasn't because he was obsessed with her works.

"Do you know Lu Yang, a contemporary architect who is well-known in both the East and the West?"

"I don't know." Apart from Liuli, he is not interested in other things.

"He is a Chinese-American, and he can be called a miracle in the contemporary architectural world, and he has even been crowned with the highest praise of "Oriental Gaudi."

"He is a very individual architect. He has strict requirements on building materials, and he personally selects all of them. Recently, he started a project for the construction of a 200-family mansion in the United States. In addition to choosing Hongsheng glazed building materials for interior and exterior decoration, special It is specified that I hope to get your works "Infinity" and "End", and mass-produce 200 pieces of each as decorations inlaid in the doorposts of each house."

"Your 'Ode to the Four Seasons' Yu is what I like, and I hope to make it exquisite and limited production." He, who doesn't know how to appreciate art, was deeply attracted when he saw this set of works for the first time.

"The dream of orchids, the awakening of lotus, the dance of chrysanthemums, and the love of plums, with the crystal clear glass, delicately interpret the beauty of life and green flowers." He appreciated and praised from the bottom of his heart.

Lin Hong was not particularly surprised when she heard that her work was favored by a well-known international architect. On the contrary, he expressed his sincerity, and hearing his appreciation and comments on her work gave her an inexplicable joy.

"I can go to Suzhou. As for the technical guidance you mentioned, changing the design of the series creation, it will depend on my mood then."

"No problem." Yang Qi smiled slightly. Although she didn't explicitly agree to his proposal, he knew that she had actually agreed.

Lin Hong, who previously stated that she does things according to her mood, is completely immersed in the world of colored glaze as soon as she arrives at Hongsheng's Suzhou factory.

She guided each senior technician one by one, and then, as if being possessed by the god of inspiration, she began to draw similar but different designs.

She missed dinner time, locked herself in a corner of the studio, and kept drawing one draft after another.

As the general manager of the company, Yang Qi, in order to show his sympathy for the employees, every time he comes to the Suzhou main factory, he always entertains senior cadres to the restaurant for dinner to thank them for their hard work.

He originally wanted to invite Lin Hong to go with him, but she turned a deaf ear to his call. Knowing that she didn't mean to ignore him at the moment, he had no choice but to ask someone to prepare dinner for her, and then left with a few cadres.

After dinner and entertainment, he went to the nightclub for a drink alone, enjoying a relaxed and happy night.

Although he has a partner by his side, he will not give up communicating with other opposite s*x just because he has a girlfriend.

To him, the short-lived fling in a nightclub is not an act of infidelity, it's just a kind of joy in life. He has already made it clear before dating that he and the person he associates with agree on this.At around three in the morning, Yang Qi left the nightclub. He originally wanted to take a strange woman who had a good time with him to open a room, but he suddenly lost interest in playing when he remembered Lin Hong who was still in the factory.

Although he told the staff to arrange a dormitory in the factory for Lin Hong, he suddenly felt a little uneasy and couldn't help but turn back to the factory to visit.

The spacious factory area is dark, with only a few street lights on. In front are two factory buildings of several thousand square meters, and behind the factory buildings are two rows of apartment dormitories.

Yang Qi walked into the dimly lit factory building on the right, and saw a woman lying on the workbench with lights on.

As he approached, he saw a pile of sketches scattered on the table, and a completely untouched dinner on the table next to him. He couldn't help but frowned slightly.

This woman is so crazy about creation that she even forgot to eat!

He wanted to wake her up, ask her to eat or go back to bed in the dormitory, but he couldn't bear to wake her up.

He bent over to look at her peaceful sleeping face resting on her arm. Her skin was delicate, her lips were ruddy, and her hair covered her forehead and sides of her face wittily.

He couldn't help reaching out and gently brushing away the hair that covered her face. His fingertips accidentally touched her cheek, and she felt a slight tickle. She squirmed her lower lip and murmured.

For a moment, Yang Qi's hands froze in mid-air, and his thick eyebrows frowned.

Why... did he unconsciously show gentle behavior to her?

Why, he gave up rolling on the bed with the sexy beauty because he couldn't worry about her?

Why, he thinks her sleeping face is very sweet and beautiful at the moment?

He... He actually felt a little lust for her squirming pink lips in an instant!

Yang Qi, who is a master in the field of love, very rationally rejected those inexplicable thoughts, and did not want to admit that he had the slightest male and female affection for her.

However, at this moment he was still able to hypnotize himself, but what happened the next day made him feel conflicted and puzzled.

"Oh, hi! Hong! It's really you?!" A man stepped into the factory and saw Lin Hong. He was both surprised and happy, and immediately stepped forward to give her a big hug.

"Nek! Why are you here?" Lin Hong was very surprised to see a familiar face by accident.

Yang Qi, who was standing aside, saw this scene, and felt a sense of displeasure in his heart for no reason.

Nek, who has a rough and tall appearance, is a foreign research specialist hired by Hongsheng from Venice, Italy. He did not expect him to be so familiar with the indifferent Lin Hong.

"I was invited to do research and development here last year, and I plan to return to Italy after working for one year. I am very sorry that Mr. Li Hao passed away, and I cannot go to Taiwan to attend his funeral." Nek looked regretful.

Li Hao once took Lin Hong to Venice, the birthplace of European crystal glass, to stay for half a year. It was at that time that she met Nek, and they exchanged skills with each other and got along very happily.

"Teacher misses you very much, and has always hoped to have the opportunity to live in Venice again." Lin Hong smiled.

Li Hao, who was like her father and daughter, passed away nearly two years ago. Although she was very sad, she turned that sadness into her enthusiasm for Liuli, and tried her best to pass on the skills he taught her, and continue his spirit through creation.

"This is the series extension design drawing I drew yesterday, you can express your opinion." She turned around and picked up a stack of sketches, and immediately started discussing with Nek.Yang Qi was left aside for two or three hours. Even though he pretended to be busy looking at the factory labor report and the samples of the newly developed glazed building materials, his heart became more and more uncomfortable.

When she was indulging in creation alone, although he was ignored, he would not feel unhappy. However, seeing her chatting and laughing with another man and excluding him, he felt extremely uncomfortable.

In the afternoon, nek proposed to take Lin Hong to visit several glazed workshops nearby. Yang Qi, who was going to have a meeting with several Taiwanese executives, didn't want the two of them to go out together, so he volunteered to accompany them and go out with them.