The Sand Sculpture Man Piao went on a blind date behind my back again

Dingling, Dingling, Director Qin's cell phone was yelling frantically on the bedside table next to him.

Cheng Mo took out his phone from under his pillow and glanced at the time. It was seven o'clock, and the meeting time was eight o'clock. This person is really sick!

Director Qin turned off the alarm clock, without even stretching his waist, lifted the quilt and got out of bed, picked up the shirt and trousers on the single sofa next to him and quickly put them on.

Cheng Mo turned his head to look at him, and met Director Shang Qin's scrutiny: "You also get up quickly, don't be late."

"We don't meet until eight o'clock. It's only two blocks from their hotel. You can walk there in 10 minutes. Do you want to put on makeup when you wake up so early?"

"Run early rather than late, Westerners are very punctual."

Cheng Mo snorted softly and switched the phone to the timer mode: "5 minutes."

Director Qin asked suspiciously, "What five minutes?"

Cheng Mo turned over and got out of bed, walked into the bathroom, came out after a busy work, put on the prepared leisure suit, finally turned off the timer, and held up the screen to show Director Qin: "After washing, it took five minutes and 11 seconds, a little over Son."

Knowing that he deliberately competed with him, Director Qin sneered and said: "Very well, you might as well read more cooperation materials when you are free, and meet with the University of Sydney later, and you will introduce the module of teaching practice."

After all, he went to wash up, leaving Cheng Mo messy in the wind.

This is different from what you said!I am in charge of demonstrating the concept design plan of the museum. He has already rehearsed the PPT and the speech. Yes!

Didn't he make it clear to avenge his personal revenge?No, you must never bow to the evil forces!

"I can say it, as long as you can afford the risk of cooperation failure."

Director Qin replied while combing his hair: "It wasn't a key project at first, even if it failed, it would just be the one who lost you."

Didn't you show me off, I didn't let you go, Cheng Mo's stubborn temper also came up, he took out a stack of printing paper in the folder, and memorized the sentences on it like memorizing a text.The article is not too long, with a lot of pictures and tables mixed in, and the things to be memorized are about two-thirds of an A4 paper.

Cheng Mo's good grades depend on Lingguang's mind, even if he is annoying to memorize by rote, he is no problem.When Director Qin tied his tie and picked up his briefcase to leave the hotel, Cheng Mo had already memorized 30% of the content.

The teachers and students of the inspection group had breakfast at a Chinese restaurant nearby. Cheng Mo only ordered a bowl of porridge, and mechanically delivered the food to his mouth, but his eyes were always fixed on the documents.

Ai Lan was very surprised: "What are you looking at?"

Cheng Mo didn't have time to chat with her: "I have to recite it."

Ai Lan saw the headline on the question paper and read it: "Teaching practice? Isn't this what the director wants to talk about?"

"I'll explain to you later."

"I understand." Ai Lan snapped her fingers: Director Qin probably put on shoes for the student who beat her son. Just now, she received a message from Luo Ye asking her to take care of Cheng Mo. Ai Lan made fun of his wife Guan Yan even jokingly asked him to send money to her. Within a minute, her Alipay received a transfer of 1 yuan.

Although Ai Lan is not short of money, 1000 yuan is not a small amount for a student. She decided to help out for the 1000 yuan bribe even if she didn't care about her friendship with Cheng Mo.

"Hey, what are you doing, it's too late!" Cheng Mo yelled at her in a low voice. He was anxious in his heart, but when he was disturbed by Ai Lan, he got angry, but he couldn't show his anger, so as not to let Director Qin see the joke.

"You don't have to carry it back, I'll take it for you."

"What if he separates you and me on purpose?"

Ai Lan flipped through the information, full of confidence: "I have a way to deal with him."

*****

I drove to the Art Institute in New South Wales. The scenery in front of me was like a photo cut out of a magazine. The sky was a rare blue, and the clouds were soft and white, which made people unable to bear it. Students tear off a piece and hold it in their arms. On the tender lawn that can't be seen at a glance, students in twos and threes spread tablecloths and take a nap on it; the teaching building is a Victorian neoclassical duplex sandstone building, and the campus reveals a long history The feeling of the age, but it is extremely charming. You don’t need to turn on the filter, and you can take pictures with a high-end sense.

From the school gate to the dean's office, two female students held up their mobile phones to take pictures everywhere like elementary school students on a spring outing. Occasionally, they took a selfie with scissors hands. Another girl whispered to Teacher Li beside her: "I heard that Harry Potter has a The scene was filmed at the University of Sydney, where is it?"

Ai Lan laughed, and the girl said dissatisfiedly, "What are you laughing at?"

"The Quidditch match was filmed at Thequadrangle on the main campus. This is SCA (Sydney Colleges of Art), which was merged into the University of Sydney in 1990. It's not the same place." Ai Lan checked the information before coming here.

"You know as much as you do." The girl secretly rolled her eyes.

Ai Lan pretended not to see, raised her head and chest and continued to watch the scenery.

They were received by the dean and two professors. The professors of SCA can speak English fluently, but the dean is a native Australian with a strong local accent. The vice-principal of the Academy of Fine Arts was a little overwhelmed. He glanced at Director Qin from the corner of his eye. Director Qin understood, He took a step forward to catch the topic, naturally without pretentiousness, and had a pleasant conversation.

Cheng Mo was still secretly memorizing the materials in the corner, but Director Qin's high-spirited tone was uncontrollably drilled into his ears, and he couldn't help but ignore him. There is also Director Qin's credit.

They exchanged pleasantries and greetings, but it was different from domestic business talks. The two sides quickly got to the topic. The vice president asked a professor to introduce the basic situation and cooperation plan of the Academy of Fine Arts, and the other party was very interested.

For a long time, foreign colleges and universities generally do not recognize the domestic teaching environment and academic atmosphere. Although every year there are outstanding Chinese students who prove themselves with their grades and can be regarded as world famous schools, the dean of SCA is still very cautious in choosing partners.

Although it is human nature that matters of great importance cannot be easily judged, but there is still such a sentence, the subtext of allowing me to think about it again is that I don't think about it.

The vice-principal obviously understood the truth, and immediately sent outstanding student representatives to the battle. The female students who accompanied her showed her creative short film independently produced by her. Two professors from Australia watched it and expressed their appreciation.

When it was Cheng Mo's turn, he opened the notebook provided by the school, played the PPT stored on the desktop, and explained his design plan in as simple English as possible - the concept map of the art museum with the theme of lyrebird and emu.

The exterior of the museum is two pairs of wings, which means free roaming; the doors and windows are streamlined, much like the round and soft body of a bird; As the base tone, it is embellished with rose red and bright blue with higher gray scale, which is fresh and atmospheric.

After the other party listened, he asked him to focus on the design inspiration. Cheng Mo said that the theme was based on Australia’s national bird. The Australian director asked why he didn’t use kangaroos. Cheng Mo said that he admired Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and thought she symbolized beauty and art. , and she is also the goddess of birds in the Cretan mythology system. Combining the two together, we have the current design.

It was the first time for him to participate in such an important project, and he had to speak English throughout the whole process. Cheng Mo was very uncomfortable. He would stop from time to time to think about the words and sentence patterns behind him. Cheng Mo bought time, and the two cooperated together, and the effect was unexpectedly good.

When Cheng Mo wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, Director Qin still hadn't forgotten the small conflict in the morning, and he took the initiative to propose to the other dean to let Cheng Mo introduce the teaching practice module.

Out of politeness, the dean made a gesture of invitation. Director Qin patted Cheng Mo on the shoulder and signaled him to continue talking. Cheng Mo felt that the explanation just now had killed more than half of his brain cells, and the things he had memorized in the morning seemed to flow through his fingers The more I tried to grab the sand, the more I couldn't catch it, and soon it leaked clean.

The most troublesome thing is that Cheng Mo can't pick Director Ming Qin's tricks in front of his partners, otherwise the other party may refuse to sign the contract on the grounds of "your school has a bad school spirit", and then he will be the unlucky one. This is really a dilemma!

Seeing that he was in trouble, Director Qin didn't intend to help. For him, Cheng Mo, a bad boy, first injured his son, and then made himself unable to step down during the golden wedding ceremony.The most irritating thing is that Cheng Mo didn't know what method he used to make his retired father think that he was a plastic talent, and even came forward to suppress the imminent expulsion from school!

Therefore, Director Qin is willing to try anything that can make Cheng Mo suffer.It's just that he didn't expect that Ai Lan, who was temporarily arranged by his father, was not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Ai Lan tactfully asked the Australian professor a question, saying that she had watched a documentary about the current situation of Asian female international students being subjected to campus violence and even sexual assault. Will the students of the Academy of Fine Arts be violated in the same way?

The video she mentioned has been widely circulated on YouTube, and the dean and professors of SCA have also watched it. Everyone knows that this is a difficult problem to solve.

The dean said that the school has established a student rights protection organization, which will help students who encounter difficulties. However, God knows whether the members of this organization will include racial_discrimination_even populists, even if they can justly Dealing with attitude issues, Asian students have always been in a disadvantaged position. Many times they habitually choose to swallow their anger, fueling the arrogance of those scumbags who bully them, such a vicious circle.

Ai Lan dared to challenge sensitive topics at the juncture of cooperation, which surprised everyone present. The teachers of the Academy of Fine Arts were terribly nervous.

Director Qin hurriedly interjected: "Campus violence is a universal social problem around the world, there is no exception in China." (Campus violence is a universal problem all over the world, and China is no exception.)

Ai Lan: "That's right, Once Ieven saw a professor bully his student." (Yes, I also saw a professor bullying his students.) As she spoke, she glanced at Director Qin beside her intentionally or unintentionally,

Everyone in the inspection team counted as one, and no one knew about Director Qin and Cheng Mo's feud. If they fought hand-to-hand here, everyone would be unlucky, so everyone changed the topic one by one.

The project was about the same. The dean of SCA invited them to visit the campus and had a "study meal" in the student cafeteria. To show their friendship, the dean specially ordered them a play to be performed at the Sydney Opera House that night.

After leaving the school, the vice-principal couldn't resist the "petition" of the group members, and promised to allow everyone to spend half a day free and gather at the station in front of the opera house at 7:[-] p.m.

After the confrontation just now, Cheng Mo knew very well that he and Ai Lan had become the most dangerous and least popular members of the regiment, but he was happy to see the result and act separately from those annoying people, so that no one would Tell him to do this and that, and then just wait for the contract to be signed, and everything will be fine when he returns home.

Ai Lan asked her friends who had studied in the local area, and they recommended her to go to the Sydney Bridge opposite the Opera House to see the scenery before watching the opera. Without further ado, Cheng Mo checked the route and followed Google Maps to find the nearest station. People experience a handful of public transport in Sydney.

Looking at the incoming train, Cheng Mo opened his eyes: "It turns out that there are double-decker subways."

Ai Lan: "It's more strange than rare. If you go to Chongqing, the city railway is still running in the air."

Everything Cheng Mo saw was novel, but there were many foreigners in the car. He didn't want to lose face to China like a caveman who had never seen the world, so he restrained his curiosity and only occasionally pretended to be nonchalant. , glance at something interesting.

When they arrived at Circular Quay Station, the two headed straight for the bridge. It was not enough to just watch Ai Lan under the bridge, so they insisted on climbing up and walking around. Seeing the terrifying price posted at the ticket office, the corners of Cheng Mo's mouth twitched. , 1000 Australian dollars per person, which is nearly [-] yuan in RMB. If you work part-time, it will take more than half a month to earn back!

Cheng Mo was directly persuaded to quit: "If you want to play, go by yourself, I don't have that spare money."

Ai Lan held him back, and directly handed her VISA card to the conductor for swiping.

Cheng Mo looked disgusted: "There is money to burn."

Ai Lan didn't care: "This is not my money, it was paid by your family."

"what's the situation?"

"Boss Luo was afraid that you would be bullied, so he sent me a big red envelope to take care of you."

Cheng Mo sighed: "Worry about your life, I'm not a child."

"Don't pretend to be good at being cheap, you must be secretly happy in your heart."

"……nonsense."

Under the leadership of professional coaches, they put on protective equipment and walked on the 100-meter-high steel arch bridge, blowing the sea breeze, and looking at the city under the sunset. I have to say that the money was not in vain. After more than two hours of travel At the finish line, the coach organized everyone to take a group photo. Everyone couldn't hide their excitement and smiled happily.It was rare for Cheng Mo to raise his lips to cooperate, but he felt a little regretful. It would be nice if Luo Ye was by his side at this moment.

It was already 6 o'clock in the evening when they got off the bridge, and the two hurried to the opera house. They had to set aside time for dinner, otherwise they would have to starve to enjoy the art.The street is quite clean, and it is also difficult to see such convenient gadgets as shared bicycles. Cheng Mo sincerely sighed, "It's still better in China."

Randomly ordered a plate of pizza and fish and chips at the western food restaurant next to the theater. Not long after, he ran into Director Qin who came to eat here. He was talking with the vice principal. When he saw Cheng Mo and Ai Lan, his face immediately became gloomy. He got down, but his feet had already stepped into the gate, and it would be too immodest to withdraw now, so he chose a seat farthest from them and sat down.

After eating awkwardly, several other people rushed to the meeting point one after another. Teacher Li handed out the tickets to everyone. After passing the security check at the entrance of the theater, everyone came to the largest theater of the opera house to take their seats.

Tonight is "Carmen". Most people are familiar with this story. Cheng Mo doesn't need to read the subtitles often to understand what the actors are saying. The shocking stage effect and the joy of coherence are really beyond the comparison of repeated NG patchwork plots. It is no wonder that people who love opera usually don't like watching movies very much.

After the performance, the teachers all said that they wanted to see the night scene, but Ai Lan excused that she had other arrangements with Cheng Mo and slipped away first.

Teacher Li was worried that it would be unsafe for them to return home late, and repeatedly told them to send messages to herself every hour. Ai Lan agreed, but didn't take the teacher's reminder to heart, and took Cheng Mo to a famous local graffiti. street.

It is said to be a street, but it is actually a place similar to an alley. There are few people at night and there are not many street lights. The two of them planned to take a few photos and leave. There are also two men's roars, which should be from drinking too much.

The woman saw a man and a woman in the alley, and hurried to Cheng Mo and the others: "Help me please!"

Ai Lanming knew that it would be better to keep her hands on the sidelines, but seeing that woman was pitiful, she bravely blocked her behind and tried to appease the two drunks: "Wait, begentlewithlady, ok?"

"Gofxxkyourself!"

Seeing a person blocking the way, the two men stretched out their hands to push Ai Lan, but when they swung their arms halfway, they were hit hard by Cheng Mo's hand knife, causing the man to grin his teeth in pain: "Holyshit!"

"That woman smells of blood, she must be injured, you take her to the hospital first!" Cheng Mo turned to urge Ai Lan.

"what would you do?!"

"The two drunks are easy to deal with, so leave me alone!"

"Be careful yourself, I'll come back to you after sending her off!"

"move!"

Ai Lan limped out of the alley with the woman in his arms, calling the police on the way.

Cheng Mo's skills did not regress, and he really went from playing out of China to the world, and he knocked down two unconscious foreigners in a few moments.

Soon, the police who received the report rushed over. Cheng Mo was about to tell them the ins and outs, but before he could speak, the police had already pointed their guns at him...

The author has something to say:

A lot of material in this chapter is my personal experience when I traveled to Australia last year. Most of the time, the people there were hospitable, but when I was shopping near the Opera House, my friends and I also met very unfriendly people. Besides, I had a lot of fun those few days~

PS: Thanks to my friend for helping me translate two long sentences. If there is Chinglish, please point it out and I will modify it~