Chapter 476

Xia Zhu went home and took some sketches that Su Xinghui had demonstrated when teaching her to draw and handed them to Joao.

Joao looked at those sketches and was amazed. He was also a painter himself, and he could naturally see that those sketches had at least a dozen years of foundation, especially the sketch portrait of the sisters Xia Lan and Xia Zhu, which was simply too beautiful.

Joao said, "Mr. Su, you are also a very talented painter! Do you have any other works? I want to see them even more."

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Yes, if Mr. Joao is not leaving today, you can go to the township government to see my paintings."

Joao said, "Then I won't leave today. Miss Xia Zhu, I want to see your bamboo weaving works and your bamboo weaving factory now."

Xia Zhu nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Joao, I will take you there."

Several people accompanied Joao to the bamboo weaving factory. The bamboo weaving factory had already built a tall factory building, and more than two hundred workers were weaving bamboo crafts here. Joao nodded repeatedly, and the level of these workers weaving bamboo crafts was quite good, and the quality of the crafts they wove was good.

Most of these workers were women. When they saw a foreigner coming to the factory, they were all a bit puzzled. They asked Xia Zhu who this was. Xia Zhu told them that this was a merchant from France, and this time he came specifically to see their bamboo weaving factory.

Joao smiled and said, "Seeing that your bamboo weaving factory has such a scale, I am considering expanding the order."

Xia Zhu said happily, "That's great, Mr. Joao, I thank you on behalf of the workers in our factory!"

Joao said, "Miss Xia, can I see your new works?"

Xia Zhu nodded and said, "Of course."

Xia Zhu took Joao to the office of the bamboo weaving factory to sit down, and then took out several of her latest bamboo weaving paintings and placed them in front of Joao.

These bamboo weaving paintings were basically Xia Zhu's original works, mostly scenery from various places in Meng Hu Ling. These sceneries were very beautiful, and the composition and other aspects also showed Xia Zhu's extraordinary spirituality. Joao was very happy to see them and praised them endlessly.

At this time, Deputy Li Jingli also entered the office. His work of acquiring bamboo weaving crafts was basically completed. Seeing that Mr. Joao had come, he also came in.

Joao pointed to Xia Zhu's bamboo weaving paintings and said to Deputy Li Jingli, "Li Jingli, I want these paintings."

Deputy Li Jingli smiled, "Mr. Joao, you really have an eye for it. You chose the best one as soon as you chose it, but many guests want Xia Zhu's bamboo weaving paintings, and we can't give them all to you. How about this, you pick two from these paintings."

Although Joao was an artist, he was also a businessman. He knew that what Deputy Li Jingli said was also the truth. Among these bamboo weaving crafts, Xia Zhu's bamboo weaving paintings were the highest quality and the most popular. If they were all given to him, Deputy Li Jingli would indeed not be able to explain it to other merchants.

Joao picked the two he was most satisfied with from these paintings and said to Deputy Li Jingli, "Then remember to send these two paintings to my company together with other crafts. I will remit the payment for the goods to you in full."

Deputy Li Jingli nodded and said, "No problem."

Joao sighed, "It's a pity that the beautiful Miss Xia is not willing to go to Paris for further studies, otherwise I could often get her works."

Xia Zhu smiled and said, "Mr. Joao, I grew up in this small mountain village, and all my inspiration comes from this small mountain village. Perhaps if I go to Paris, my creative inspiration will dry up? So don't regret it, and here I have my brother Xinghui to teach me."

Only then did Joao nod and say, "Perhaps what you said is right. I hope the talented Mr. Su can also teach Miss Xia to become a talented artist!"

Su Xinghui smiled, "Mr. Joao, you say so, it puts a lot of pressure on me!"

Joao laughed loudly.

Su Xinghui added, "However, I will definitely try my best to teach Xia Zhu. Her talent is indeed very good, and I believe she can become a talented artist in the future."

Joao said to Deputy Li Jingli, "Li Jingli, I won't go back with you today, I want to go with Township Head Su to see his paintings."

Deputy Li Jingli was not worried about Joao being on Su Xinghui's territory. He smiled at Joao, "Mr. Joao, you have a good eye. Township Head Su's paintings are very good. Don't you have a gallery in Paris? You can take Township Head Su's paintings to the gallery to sell. I think they will definitely sell well."

Joao laughed, "Li Jingli, this idea of yours is good."

Deputy Li Jingli's bamboo weaving had been acquired, so several people went to Hutou Street together. Deputy Li Jingli said goodbye and returned to Jiangcheng first. Joao and his assistant Huang Zhaoxian went to the township government in Su Xinghui's old jeep with great interest.

People in the township government were stunned to see a foreigner riding in Deputy Township Head Su's jeep back to the township government. Meng Hu Ling Township had never had a foreigner here for so many years. Deputy Township Head Su was indeed impressive, even bringing a foreigner.

Su Xinghui asked Joao and Huang Zhaoxian to enter his office, asked them to sit down, poured a cup of tea for each of them, and said to Joao, "Mr. Joao, I'm going up to get the paintings, you sit here and drink tea first."

Joao nodded and said, "Okay."

Su Xinghui left the office. Dong Jianshu was standing outside his office door and waved to him. Su Xinghui walked over, and Dong Jianshu asked, "Little Su, who is this foreigner?"

Su Xinghui said, "Secretary Dong, this foreigner is a French merchant named Joao. Didn't the bamboo weaving crafts of the bamboo weaving factory participate in the Canton Fair last time? At that time, many foreign merchants placed orders and ordered the bamboo weaving crafts of the bamboo weaving factory. This Mr. Joao also placed a large order."

Dong Jianshu nodded and said, "So that's how it is, then what is he doing in Meng Hu Ling this time?"

Su Xinghui said, "This Mr. Joao saw Xia Zhu's bamboo weaving performance at the Canton Fair. He felt that Xia Zhu's talent was very good, so he wanted to sponsor Xia Zhu to go to Paris for further studies in art, but Xia Zhu didn't agree, so this time Mr. Joao came to Meng Hu Ling again, wanting to persuade Xia Zhu again."

Dong Jianshu said, "Then did Xia Zhu agree this time?"

Su Xinghui shook his head and said, "Xia Zhu still doesn't want to go. She said it's enough to have me teach her, so Mr. Joao wants to see my paintings, and I brought him to the township government to see my paintings."

Dong Jianshu nodded and said, "Since it's a foreign merchant, then you should entertain him well. We don't understand painting and such, so I won't get involved."

Su Xinghui said, "Okay, Secretary Dong, I will definitely entertain the guests well."