Director Wang was pleased to hear Xiaomeng's promise; someone recognized their craftsmanship. "Are you really willing to exhibit it in the future?" he asked.

"That's right. Nowadays, people probably rarely hear about Yun brocade. Young people these days don't often see such fine things, so we should bring it out for everyone to see."

"Okay, just because you said you'd exhibit these pieces after you buy them, we'll sell you all the old Nanjing brocade we have in stock. We hope to hear about the exhibition soon."

“We have some more here. These were woven by new workers trained in the factory in the 1970s and 1980s. After these workers were trained, the old masters from before Liberation retired. Now, the workers from the 1970s and 1980s have also retired. Their descendants no longer learn hand-weaving brocade. Miss Lin, please take a look.”

Factory Director Wang then brought out several more rolls of brocade. The subjects of these works were still lifes, vases, and flowers. There were also some landscape paintings, similar to the pine trees and rocks of Huangshan Mountain.

"These are the last batch of brocade works from the late 4s. They haven't been made since." Director Wang finally took out a five-meter-long painting of the Golden Hairpins in the Grand View Garden of Dream of the Red Chamber, and a painting of four beautiful maids. "These were works that earned foreign exchange in the past. These are some of the finest pieces. I've kept them all. Since you like them, you can take them all with you."

In the end, Xiaomeng spent nearly two million yuan to acquire all of these old Yun brocade pieces.

Factory Director Wang was a little sad. "All these old Nanjing brocade pieces have been sold off. This way, I won't have to worry about these works getting eaten by insects in the boxes in the warehouse after I retire. If they can be put into a museum in the future, it won't be a waste of the workers' hard work."

Xiaomeng also exceeded her task targets today, she said to the system in her mind.

"Tongzi, am I right? Look at me now, when I spend money, I either don't spend at all, or I spend millions straight away. How about we make a deal? Can we change the daily task to a minimum of 10, with no upper limit? What do you think? That way, I'll feel less pressure."

The system probably got tired of talking to her and quietly changed her daily tasks.

[Ding dong, daily limited-time task: Please spend 100 million yuan within 24 hours. This task only sets a minimum amount, not an maximum amount. Please do your best to complete the task.]

Task progress: 0/

Rewards: 1. Task points;

2. When the daily task completion amount exceeds 5 million, a reward blind box will be randomly dropped for each 5 million completed task.

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Punishment: Being sick for ten days

Xiaomeng was very annoyed. Why was the minimum requirement for completing the task still 100 million? It was really troubling, forcing her to buy gold all the time.

Now, the most numerous items in her storage space are storage boxes filled with gold. She can't even wear all the gold bracelets she owns every day.

In the afternoon, Director Wang led them to visit the existing artisans of Nanjing brocade, an intangible cultural heritage, as well as some independent Nanjing brocade workshops.

Most of these workshops and studios are closely connected with artisans specializing in intangible cultural heritage crafts. They are all engaged in small-scale customized production, and of course, the prices are relatively cheap.

Xiaomeng bought a handmade brocade skirt for ten or twenty thousand yuan. Of course, this inexpensive skirt only had the brocade pattern concentrated in a strip about ten centimeters wide above the hem. It was fine for everyday wear.

There are also small desktop screens with dragon and phoenix patterns, which cost more than three thousand each.

She also saw a studio that had replicated a dragon robe, displaying it as their prized possession in a showcase, priced at one million. Xiaomeng was amazed, but she had no desire to ascend the throne, so she didn't buy it.

……

That evening, Xiaomeng and Xiaoping went to a Hanfu experience hall next to the Jinling Museum and tried on ancient costumes from all dynasties.

Xiaomeng decided that her favorite Hanfu styles were from the Tang, Han, and Song dynasties.

Together with Xiaoping, she took many photos of herself in ancient costumes on the quaint streets of Jinling City.

Send the design back to Xiong Zijian and tell him to get started and make himself several sets of classic Hanfu from different dynasties using real silk fabric. He also instructed him to remember to embroider the corresponding Suzhou embroidery patterns.

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