The Black Card - Chapter 1224

[Chapter 1222 Asking Crawford for help]

The next day, Shi Lei went to visit Duke Scola, but even the old Duke knew that Shi Lei’s real purpose was obviously his son, Crawford, the current leader of the Labor Party.

Shi Lei did not hide his purpose of coming. When chatting with Duke Scola, he made it clear that he wanted to meet Crawford and there were some things that needed to be communicated.

Although Jenny also knew that Shi Lei didn’t mean anything to her, she was still willing to become good friends with Shi Lei. She immediately contacted her father. Crawford was very busy, but she heard that Shi Lei was here, plus Jenny kept pleading, and he finally agreed to end today’s affairs as soon as possible and come back for dinner.

In fact, Crawford himself also had a good impression of Shi Lei. After all, there were not many people who could talk to him about calligraphy and painting, especially after he took the position of leader of the Labor Party, they could chat with him on an equal footing. There are even fewer people.

Now, almost everyone regards him as a very strong contender for the next British Prime Minister. Even if there is a general election next year, even if Crawford cannot ascend to the top of British politics this time, he can at least get an important minister. position, and in the next election, his hopes are still very high.

After all, Crawford is much younger than the current British Prime Minister.

After chatting with Duke Scola for a while, the old Duke felt a little tired and went upstairs to rest.

Shi Lei sat in the courtyard of the castle, basking in the sun, waiting for Crawford’s return very calmly.

After the meeting, Shi Lei first explained the purpose of his visit, saying that Song Ziyan had a very good relationship with him. He also knew that Song Ziyan had a good personal relationship with Crawford, so he hoped that he could show this relationship in some public places.

Especially in front of people from China, this will help Song Ziyan return to politics.

Crawford smiled and said, “Mr. Shi, my personal relationship with Song is only at the level of calligraphy and painting. You are destroying our friendship by forcibly elevating our personal relationship to the work level.” Shi

Lei He also smiled and said: “Mr. Scola, since you have a good personal relationship with each other, I believe you also know that the reason why Uncle Song retired was not what he wanted. He still hopes to stay at his job. Shine. Of course, your contact may not involve these contents, but as a senior politician, I believe you should understand this better than anyone else. I don’t think you will look at it either. Is your old friend depressed? This is just a piece of cake for you.”

Crawford nodded, but did not speak. Instead, he looked at Shi Lei, as if waiting for Shi Lei to give him a stronger reason.

Shi Lei thought for a while and then said: “Moreover, although you have become the leader of the Labor Party and the favorite to be elected Prime Minister next year, you lack some experience in high-level British politics. The recent prime ministers, Basically, you first become an important minister and then ascend to the position of prime minister. The relationship between you and the royal family may even become an obstacle to you in this regard. However, if your appearance can make Hua The diplomatic relations between the two countries have further improved, and I believe this will be of great help to your success in the election. On the surface, there is no discord between Britain and China, but in recent decades, there have been some small problems. . This creates a gap between both sides. And you and Uncle Song are the best people to resolve this gap. As China is currently the second largest economy in the world, I think that in your country’s diplomatic strategy, priority should be given to The sequence should be greatly improved. Why don’t you do it?”

Crawford laughed, patted Shi Lei on the shoulder, and said: “Mr. Shi is indeed a qualified lobbyist, okay, I promise you, I will Think about this matter carefully.”

Shi Lei knew that it would be impossible for someone like Crawford to give a satisfactory answer immediately.

Politicians always have to tell the truth and not be too full of words.

If he can promise to consider this matter, it means that he will really consider it and will try his best to facilitate it.

However, after all, this involves two countries, and he has to think more about Britain, and he will encounter various troubles in the process of doing this.

“Thank you, Mr. Scola.”

“Okay, let’s put work aside. To be honest, I haven’t had time to come back for dinner for a long time. Mr. Shi, please be sure to have two more drinks with me. , let’s have a good chat after dinner.”

Shi Lei understood that what Crawford wanted to talk to him was about calligraphy and painting. He smiled and took out his mobile phone.

“Before eating, let me show Mr. Scola something.”

After that, he opened the photo album and placed the photos of the manuscripts of twelve writers taken on his mobile phone in front of Crawford’s eyes.

Crawford glanced briefly and saw that the photo only contained four simple words, and it seemed to be written on a piece of paper with a lot of wrinkles. He couldn’t help but feel a little strange.

Shi Lei said: “This set of calligraphy is the manuscripts of twelve famous artists. There are no signatures. There are thirty-six pieces in total. Each famous artist has three pieces. Mr. Scola might as well appreciate it slowly and see how many famous artists he can recognize. His handwriting.”

After hearing this, Crawford became a little more serious, and he began to study the photo in detail following the brushstrokes.

After reading it, he looked back again.

After looking at three pictures in a row, he said a name uncertainly, and then looked at Shi Lei with a questioning look.

Shi Lei smiled and nodded, and said, “Mr. Scola has really good eyesight. Let’s do this. I’ll forward these thirty-six pictures to you. Let’s eat first, and you can enjoy them slowly after eating.”

Crow Fuxin reluctantly returned the phone to Shi Lei and asked: “Are the remaining eleven famous people as famous as this one?”

Shi Lei nodded.

After the meal, Crawford impatiently pulled Shi Lei into the study. After each poured a glass of wine, Crawford uploaded the picture Shi Lei sent him to the computer, and then used the computer’s big screen to display it. these manuscripts.

In the end, Crawford recognized more than half of the twelve famous masters, seven in total, and Shi Lei also interpreted the remaining five for him in detail, and searched for the works of those five on the Internet and compared them with these manuscripts. , and finally convinced Crawford completely.

“Is this Mr. Shi’s latest collection?”

Shi Lei nodded and said, “An unexpected income. Although there is no signature, there is a lot of evidence that can prove that this is the work of twelve famous artists.”

Crawford said with some regret: “What a pity. If I could see the original style…”

Shi Lei said with a smile: “This makes it even more necessary for Mr. Scola to do a small favor for my Uncle Song. As long as Uncle Song If you can return to China’s political arena, you can start foreign affairs visits to China, which will also be of great benefit to promote your future election. At the same time, when you go to China, of course I will show you the original works of these works for appreciation. After a while.”

Crawford was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, pointed at Shi Lei, shook his head and said: “Mr. Shi, you really have never forgotten this matter. However, it is just the manuscripts of these twelve famous writers. It’s hard to impress me.”

“I have other collections, and they will be open to Mr. Scola unconditionally.” “

Including the five-star and twenty-eight constellations true form diagram of Wu Daozi’s early study?”

Shi Lei nodded and said, “Of course .”

Crawford lowered his head, lost in thought, and stopped talking, but Shi Lei could see that this temptation would have a great impact on Crawford.

Coupled with his previous commitment, Shi Lei believed that he would try his best to help.

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(End of chapter)