"Boss, your dishes are ready."
At this moment, the private room door opened, and a waiter pushed in a dining cart, breaking the awkward atmosphere. Jiang Kangping quickly gestured for the waiter to serve the dishes.
"Xiao Teng, quickly get the wine."
Yu Hongying said, and Wang Teng took out a bottle of Maotai liquor from the Year of the Sheep. He smiled and said, "Uncle Jiang, this is a bottle of Maotai I got from a friend who makes wine for you to try."
Yu Hongying took the wine and placed it in front of Jiang Kangping and Luo Wenyu. She said with a proud smile, "Old Jiang, Xiao Teng spent nearly thirty thousand yuan on this bottle. I heard it's a collectible now, and ordinary people can't get it."
"Thirty thousand yuan!"
When Jiang Kangping and Luo Wenyu heard that a bottle of wine cost thirty thousand yuan, they were truly shocked. They repeatedly waved their hands and said, "Such expensive wine, Xiao Teng, you should take it back and entertain someone else. Uncle Jiang here dares not drink it. Let's just have the restaurant's ordinary white wine."
Seeing Jiang Kangping pushing the wine back, Wang Teng stood up and pushed it forward again. He smiled and said, "Uncle Jiang, what are you saying? I bought this wine for you to drink. Thirty thousand yuan is just a small amount of money for me. Uncle Jiang, you don't need to be so polite to me. Just drink it if you want."
"That's right, Old Jiang. Now that Xiao Teng has returned from abroad and joined a large company, his monthly salary is eighty thousand yuan."
Speaking of this, Yu Hongying intentionally glanced at Wan Yunting, who was sitting opposite and next to Jiang Peipei. She asked Wang Teng, "By the way, Xiao Teng, which company did you join?"
"Um, it's called Wang Corporation. The chairman is Wan Dongming. I'm going to be in charge of the overseas market and hold the position of manager," Wang Teng nodded, his expression arrogant and condescending. He didn't even look at Wan Yunting sitting opposite.
"Wang Corporation, Wan Dongming!"
However, when Jiang Peipei heard that Wang Teng's company after returning from abroad was Wang Corporation, she turned her head in surprise to look at Wan Yunting, who was sitting beside her. Even he was surprised. He didn't expect that this arrogant and self-important fellow in front of him was actually working in his second brother's company.
Since Wang Teng had just returned from abroad, and his parents, Wang Mingye and Yu Hongying, were ordinary people, and Jiang Kangping and Luo Wenyu were also ordinary teachers, they naturally wouldn't understand business matters.
Therefore, Wang Teng didn't know that the person sitting in front of him was the brother of the chairman of Wang Corporation where he was currently working!
"By the way, Uncle Jiang, I have a gift for you."
As he spoke, Wang Teng picked up a long box from under the table. He opened it and placed it on the table, taking out a long scroll from the box. "I know you like calligraphy, so I specifically asked a friend to buy a masterpiece from Mr. Fang Guowen, a renowned figure in our Hua Du City. Please take a look, Uncle Jiang."
The long scroll was unrolled, revealing a poem written in cursive script, with Fang Guowen as the signatory.
"Mr. Fang's calligraphy, this is truly rare."
As a teacher, Jiang Kangping had always been fond of calligraphy and painting, and he liked to collect works by famous artists. Especially Fang Guowen, the president of the Hua Du City Cultural Association, was a prominent figure in the calligraphy and literary world, and was hailed as a contemporary master of calligraphy in the Lingnan region.
Therefore, Jiang Kangping was very fond of Fang Guowen's calligraphy and paintings. He had seen them once at a friend's place before, but he regretted not having the means to obtain a piece of Fang Guowen's calligraphy. Seeing Wang Teng take out this masterpiece now, it attracted Jiang Kangping's attention even more than the bottle of Maotai he had brought.
"A piece of Mr. Fang's calligraphy is not cheap nowadays. This one should be worth hundreds of thousands of yuan, right?" Wang Mingye turned to ask his son.
Wang Teng nodded and smiled, "This calligraphy was collected by my friend. He didn't want to sell it at first, and he wouldn't have let me have it if I hadn't pestered him. So I spent thirty-six thousand yuan to buy it and give it to Uncle Jiang."
"Thirty-six thousand..."
Upon hearing this price, Jiang Kangping and Luo Wenyu were shocked. They quickly returned the calligraphy to Wang Teng, saying, "Xiao Teng, this is too valuable. I really can't accept it."
Indeed, not to mention that Jiang Kangping's financial situation did not permit it, and with his daughter suddenly bringing a boyfriend over, Jiang Kangping could not accept such a valuable gift from Wang Teng.
Wang Teng insisted, "Uncle Jiang, you must accept this calligraphy from Mr. Fang. Consider it my filial piety as a junior."
"No, no, this is too valuable," Luo Wenyu quickly added.
"Oh, Old Jiang, Wenyu, this is Xiao Teng's heartfelt gesture. Just accept it. Besides, we'll be family from now on."
Yu Hongying said this, glancing at Wan Yunting and Jiang Peipei opposite her. She smiled and said, "If that's not possible, then consider it our Wang family's betrothal gift to you in advance. Please accept it."
"What betrothal gift, Aunt Yu, don't talk nonsense."
Jiang Peipei became anxious. Yu Hongying saying such things repeatedly in front of Wan Yunting was too disrespectful.
"In that case, Xiao Teng, let me take this calligraphy. I'll give you the money later."
Jiang Kangping gritted his teeth. Because he particularly liked Fang Guowen's calligraphy, although hundreds of thousands were a bit expensive, it was worth collecting.
"Yes, let's transfer it to us," Luo Wenyu also echoed. Since their daughter suddenly had a boyfriend, it was naturally inconvenient for them to accept such a generous gift from Wang Teng.
"No need, Uncle Jiang, just accept it..."
Wang Teng and his parents were still trying to persuade Jiang Kangping to accept it. However, Wan Yunting, who was sitting beside them, suddenly stood up. He stared at the calligraphy and couldn't help but step forward to examine it closely...
This scene made Jiang Kangping and his wife, as well as the Wang family couple, look at Wan Yunting in confusion. He shook his head slightly and said, "There's something wrong with this calligraphy!"
"Something wrong?"
Jiang Peipei immediately followed him and came to Wan Yunting's side, leaning her head to look at the calligraphy spread on the table. "What's wrong?"
Jiang Kangping and Luo Wenyu, as well as Wang Mingye and Yu Hongying, also looked at Wan Yunting in confusion. He said, "This calligraphy doesn't look like Mr. Fang's masterpiece!"
As soon as he said this, Wang Teng's expression turned displeased, and he sneered, "Do you understand calligraphy? If you don't, then don't talk nonsense here."
"Exactly."
Yu Hongying squinted at Wan Yunting disdainfully and snorted, "My son spent over three hundred thousand yuan on this. How could it not be Mr. Fang's calligraphy?"
Jiang Kangping raised an eyebrow and turned to look at his daughter's suddenly appearing boyfriend with Luo Wenyu. He looked at the calligraphy, which did not seem fake, but why was Wan Yunting saying this?
Was he trying to attract attention and deliberately saying this to target Wang Teng!
"I have seen Mr. Fang's calligraphy, and I have seen his cursive script."
Wan Yunting pointed to a character '紫' (purple) on the calligraphy and said, "However, the font of this '紫' character has a discrepancy with the cursive script I've seen from Mr. Fang. And this line of text is also the same. Although it looks very much like Mr. Fang's handwriting, this was not written by Mr. Fang, so this should be a replica!"
After all, whenever Wan Yunting visited Fang Yanxi's home before, Fang Guowen would always pull him to study calligraphy. Therefore, Wan Yunting was very familiar with his handwriting.
This cursive script calligraphy, although it looked very much like Fang Guowen's handwriting, only mimicked the form but did not capture the essence of Fang Guowen's cursive calligraphy!