Mu Ziyue drove silently behind Han Xiaolv all the way.
She watched as Han Xiaolv hailed a taxi at the door. Then she stepped on the accelerator and followed the taxi around on the road for a long time.
The car arrived in the city center. Han Xiaolv got off at a library in the urban area and went inside. She stayed there for several hours without coming out.
Mu Ziyue got a bit impatient waiting outside. She turned to Ding Muyun beside her and said,
"Following her like this doesn't seem right. Han Xiaolv looks quite innocent. She seems like a student. Maybe she's just studying in the library. If she studies there until late at night, are we going to wait in the car all night?"
Ding Muyun originally hoped to dig out more clues from Han Xiaolv. But seeing that it was getting late, she sighed silently in her heart and urged Mu Ziyue to drive back.
Inside the library, Han Xiaolv was connected to the Internet. She was silently browsing web pages and taking notes on some materials.
Recently, there had been more and more cooperation invitations in her email. But according to Lu Xue's rule that she could only accept invitations from old partners she had dealt with before, she had declined most of the job offers.
Among them, the most regrettable one was that the largest curatorial company in the country wanted to invite Lu Xue to participate in their new - season curatorial event and promote her as a top - tier painter to the public.
Han Xiaolv read the email from beginning to end. She thought the company's words were sincere and their attitude was humble. They should be good business partners. Most importantly, the company was very powerful.
Apart from Lu Xue, they had also invited many other well - known young painters.
From Han Xiaolv's perspective, this was actually a good opportunity for Lu Xue to break out of the small circle of foreign collectors and enter the more popular domestic vision.
But Lu Xue had a strict rule that she would not accept such activities and would never show up at them.
Han Xiaolv stared at this email and sighed helplessly. Finally, she opened the reply page and patiently typed out a line of words character by character.
"Hello, thank you for your company's invitation. But the LU artist has been deeply immersed in the creation of new works recently and rarely accepts business invitations..."
Han Xiaolv wrote a reply letter of several hundred words. She read it from beginning to end to make sure there were no problems with the wording and the tone was very euphemistic before sending the email.
Ding! Almost at the same time, a new email notification popped up on Yan Hua's phone.
At first, Yan Hua didn't pay much attention because there were too many work emails every day. But when he saw the recipient, he got a shock and quickly stood up. He opened the email almost reverently, holding his breath and reading it word by word.
At the beginning, he was a bit happy. But the more he read, the more disappointed he became. By the end of the email, the disappointment in his eyes was obvious.
Just then, Mu Yuze happened to be behind him. He patted Yan Hua on the shoulder and asked,
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Yan Hua said helplessly,
"Boss, our invitation has been rejected again. It seems that they have no intention of cooperating with us. What should we do next?"
Mu Yuze took the phone, stared at the email for a moment, and finally silently returned the phone to Yan Hua.
"In that case, we can only activate the passive plan."
Yan Hua went down to have a meeting with the project team with a worried face, while Mu Yuze remained silent in his office, thinking about the rejected invitation.
Immersed in new works and rarely accepting business contracts?
But according to the information Mu Yuze had gathered, that wasn't the case.
He had extensive information channels in various fields. Just yesterday, he learned that this young artist had already accepted an invitation from another peer company and would soon jointly launch a new cultural and creative product with that company.
If the other party was willing to accept invitations from other companies but refused his, did it mean that they didn't recognize him?
Mu Yuze's eyes darkened. Rationally, he knew that activating the passive plan and starting to deploy a new plan was the best choice.
But in his heart, he wanted to ask this young artist face - to - face why they didn't recognize him.
...
Mu Ziyue and Ding Muyun continued to follow Han Xiaolv for several days. They found that Han Xiaolv's life was very simple. She mostly stayed at home and rarely went out.
She ordered takeout for two meals a day. She would only go out to take out the trash and walk her dog in the evening.
About once every two or three days, Han Xiaolv would go to the library. Other than that, they didn't see her going to any high - end places.
Mu Ziyue gradually lost her patience. She said boredly,
"I think Han Xiaolv is just a simple homebody. How can we find any clues from her?"