Rebirth 2010, the best

Chapter 67: End it quickly
Lu Yao followed Xu Ruochen into the western-style building.

Just because he stared at the other party with a puzzled expression and waited for an explanation, Xu Ruochen, who had finished smoking, asked him to go with him and see for himself.

He was also curious.

What do you mean by a bunch of country bumpkins facing a psychopath...

When he entered the western-style building, he found that there were indeed quite a few people coming and going inside, and everyone was dressed very formally.

Regardless of age, the men behaved very gentlemanly, while the women wore all kinds of jewelry, looking extraordinary and noble.

He, the driver in a shirt and black casual pants, looked a bit out of place.

The first floor was filled with food and people were chatting in groups of three or four.

However, Xu Ruochen ignored him and took Lu Yao directly up the shiny wooden stairs.

But when Lu Yao first came up, he was confused.

There are also quite a few people on the second floor... but this is not the most important thing.

What’s more important is that he saw a foreign guy who looked like a steroid fighter because of his muscle thread sculpture. At this moment, he was wearing only a pair of shorts and standing on a small stage about one meter in size.

Under the spotlight, this almost naked guy in briefs was lying on a... stuffed goat.

It’s not appropriate to say “live”… because he is the kind of person that male compatriots imagine live.

According to Lu Yao's idea, this sheep must be a female.

This foreign guy had a focused expression, but his face and body were covered with a thick layer of white ash, on which were countless lines drawn in various colors. The lines looked like blood vessels, and the densest area was on his abdomen.

It was as if... countless blood vessels were concentrated in his lower abdomen.

The guy didn't move at all. There was a curtain next to the small stage with two words on it: bestiality.

"..."

Lu Yao's mouth twitched.

Subconsciously, he looked at the people around him.

I found that most of them are women over 18 years old.

"Hey."

At this time, Xu Ruochen chuckled, put his arm on his shoulders, covered his mouth and whispered:
"Do you understand now?"

“…Is this performance art?”

Lu Yao asked.

"Ah."

Xu Ruochen nodded:

"An artist in Southeast Asia... I don't remember his name, held an art exhibition. This guy is a professional at playing tricks on people. This time he was invited to hold an exhibition here."

"..."

For a moment, Lu Yao didn't know what to say.

"Let's go find my sister."

"it is good."

Lu Yao nodded and followed him into the rooms of the villa.

This house should have been an office of some government agency in the past. Its structure is not a home-like structure, but is composed of a series of spacious rooms.

There were people standing in every room.

After Xu Ruochen took Lu Yao to the second room, he also saw the exhibits.

There was a pile of hay in the room, and a guy in a suit was flying up and down in the hay, seemingly looking for something.

On the curtain next to it was a line of words: "Finding a Needle in a Haystack"

Lu Yao thought to himself, wow, this name is really straightforward.

Xu Ruochu was not in the room, so Xu Ruochen continued to lead him inside.

The third room also had a guy wearing only shorts, but his room was dirtier.

The surroundings and the floor were covered with white cloth, and he was turning around on the curtain, while a man next to him was holding a brush and dipping it in paint, then "poking" red paint on his body.

The name is "Dismemberment"

Next is the fourth... the fifth...

Finally, in the sixth room, Lu Yao saw Xu Ruochu.

She was standing next to a woman in a white dress, surrounded by a group of people, who seemed to be chatting.

Everyone has a smiling face.

Xu Ruochu also had a decent smile on her face.

But before Lu Yao could take a closer look, Xu Ruochen grabbed his arm and pulled him away.

"? You're not going over?"

"Don't go."

Xu Ruochen shook his head in a low voice:
"The man in white is today's organizer. There are too many people here, so I won't go. I'll just say hello later... So, was I right? This exhibition is crazy."

"..."

The road is long and speechless.

He really has no appreciation for so-called "art".

Then Xu Ruochen continued:
"What do you think these people can understand? Did you notice along the way? The guy at the door who's poking the sheep has the best figure, and there are more people surrounding him. What do you think they're looking at..."

"..."

Lu Yao thought for a moment and asked:

"Then... Mr. Xu and Brother Xiaochen, what are you doing here today?"

"Yes, I'm invited. You have to come. The invitation has been handed to you. If we don't come, my dad will come... My dad is too lazy to come. He also thinks that old woman in white is a psychopath."

"Shh..."

Seeing that his voice was a bit loud, Lu Yao quickly raised a finger.

Fortunately, the place they were in was a corridor, and currently everyone was "appreciating" art in the house, so not many people passed by.

And Xu Ruochen did stop talking.

I looked around...

"Let's go and have a cigarette."

"…Are you such a heavy smoker?"

"It's OK. How many do you smoke a day?"

"I only smoke one pack every two or three days."

"I take one pack a day. Let's go to the bathroom."

Lu Yao could only follow him to the bathroom.

The bathroom in the villa is not particularly big, with three squat toilets and two small toilets.

After asking for a cigarette, Xu Ruochen went straight to the toilet and closed the door.

Lu Yao guessed that he didn't want people to see him smoking.

So I ordered one myself.

Anyway, the men's bathroom smelled like cigarettes.

He doesn't have any psychological burden.

Both of them were very quiet because there was someone else in the bathroom next door.

After a sound of pumping water, the middle-aged man inside came out. After seeing Lu Yao, he nodded politely, then washed his hands and walked out.

Now, there was no one in the bathroom.

After hearing the door close, Xu Ruochen opened the door of the squat toilet. He leaned against the door and said:

"I went out drinking with them at midnight last night. I got drunk and now I feel really bad... If I could refuse, I really wouldn't come."

As he spoke, he looked at Lu Yao and smiled:

"Well, I didn't lie to you, did I? You're a bunch of psychopaths."

Lu Yao thought for a moment and said:

“It’s just socializing, right?”

"Yeah. It's just socializing. Then we'll hold a charity donation event. If a lot of donations are made, it means we're all passionate about charity. Everyone will donate some money, whether it's to support this Southeast Asian monkey to continue his art career, or to support the African people who are starving to death... In short, find a reason to label yourself a philanthropist. Then we'll all be in the same circle and it'll be easier to communicate with each other."

Now, Lu Yao finally figured it out.

This guy...can't be said to be cynical, but he does look down on this group of people.

Since I look down on it...I can't refuse it.

I think that old lady in white clothes should be quite capable.

But looking at her intimate attitude when she was chatting with Xu Ruochu and other people, the two should be quite familiar with each other.

"Then why don't we go find Mr. Xu...is that appropriate?"

"I'm not going, so why would you go? My sister is good at this, just let her do it herself. If you go, once people hear you're her assistant, you'll find that many secretaries, drivers and the like will come to chat with you... Wouldn't that annoy you?"

Before he finished speaking, the bathroom door was pushed open again.

Xu Ruochen dodged and "shrank" again.

Finally, after finishing a cigarette, the two walked out of the bathroom.

Lu Yao looked at each room one by one... Indeed, it was just as the other party said.

He really couldn't appreciate this kind of performance art.

At the same time, he carefully observed everyone's expressions.

Everyone's eyes were more or less filled with "admiration", and some people even kept expressing their own opinions.

"Oh, this vigorous vitality..."

Lu Yao's scalp tingled when he heard this. He thought, you see a dried cactus being held by an old man and cosplaying as Leon the Professional, how can you tell its vitality...

In this way, he followed Xu Ruochen around for more than half an hour.

Suddenly, the crowd began to walk out.

"Let's go, it's time to spend the money."

Xu Ruochen patted his shoulder and said.

Lu Yao followed him downstairs and turned into a bright and clean hall. He found that there was also a small stage inside, and the old lady was already standing on the stage.

As for Xu Ruochu, he was standing in the front row watching below.

"Walk."

Originally Lu Yao wanted to follow at the back to watch the fun, but he was pulled by him and squeezed through the crowd to the first row.

In an instant, he could feel many people's eyes on him.

And the old lady also looked over here and smiled at... it should be Xu Ruochen.

At this time, Lu Yao saw two people...

A middle-aged man with glasses, a beard, messy hair tied together, and traces of paint all over his body, and standing next to him was a girl who looked no more than thirteen or fourteen years old.

The reason why I saw these two people is very simple.

The little girl was untying the sheet that covered her, revealing her completely undeveloped body.

Of course, she wasn't naked, but her shorts and underwear were close fitting and flesh-colored.

She looked malnourished and very thin, even skin and bones.

His eyes were full of anxiety and confusion, but he was led up by the middle-aged man with messy hair.

Lu Yao's intuition told him that she was probably not from China.

The voice of the old lady in white rang out at the same time:

"Next, it is the last work of Master Paria's exhibition today, and it also requires everyone's cooperation to complete it..."

As she spoke, the girl and the Pariah master came beside her.

Lu Yao clearly heard Xu Ruochen's "tsk". As the old lady explained, Lu Yao also understood what this work was about.

This is an untitled work, with a base of fifty thousand yuan. For fifty thousand yuan, you can use paint to paint the girl, or paint a stroke on the curtain behind her.

And finally, the naming rights for this work... go to the highest bidder.

All the donations will be donated to the refugees affected by the Haiti earthquake...

Lu Yao thought to himself, with this money, can’t you use it to take care of the people in your country first?

He was speechless.

At the same time, I understood Xu Ruochen's words better.

What a bunch of psychopaths.

And when his eyes fell on the girl, Lu Yao discovered...she was actually trembling slightly.

At the same time, she stood in the position assigned to her by the master and closed her eyes.

The girl who was so thin that her ribs protruded outwards formed a sharp contrast with the jewel-covered noblewoman who was the first to donate 50,000 yuan and go on stage after the old lady said "start".

The woman was quite restrained. She just took the staff's paintbrush, painted a stroke on the curtain, and then left the stage.

Then the second person, the third person...

In Lu Yao's opinion, it seemed that they all came today with a mission to donate money.

One transaction, fifty thousand yuan.

After a while, the curtain was in a mess, but the girl was clean.

But Master Paria seemed to disagree, and said something to the assistant next to him, and the assistant said something to the old lady.

The old lady nodded, temporarily stopped "drawing", and said:

“Master Paria hopes that everyone can draw the stroke that they want most, and he will demonstrate it to everyone next.”

After saying that, the master took a red paint brush and slashed the girl's belly with it.

The red paint instantly infected the girl's body, and the paint flowed like blood.

The girl trembled visibly, but did not open her eyes.

After his demonstration, a middle-aged man came forward with a brush and lightly applied some blue paint on the girl's arm.

With the first, there is the second.

After all, this is what the master meant.

Soon, the girl's body was covered with paint except for the sensitive parts.

It can be said that everyone was very restrained and did not do anything beyond the limit. But the flowing paint still made her whole body colorful.

At this time, Xu Ruochen turned his head and said something to his sister.

Xu Ruochu tilted his head, thought for a moment, and nodded.

Seeing this, Xu Ruochen suddenly turned around and whispered in Lu Yao's ear:

"What do you think the name should be?"

As soon as Lu Yao heard it, he understood what he meant.

I thought that the female president's 50,000 yuan might be saved.

But...it might take more.

He shook his head.

"do not know."

"Come on, Mr. Champion, brainstorm and finish it quickly. I can't bear to watch this any longer."

It would be better if he didn't say this.

As soon as he said this, Lu Yao knew what he meant.

After thinking for less than a second, he said:

“Then let’s call it ‘Hurry Up and Finish It’.”

Xu Ruochen was stunned.

His eyes subconsciously locked onto the girl whose body was trembling slightly.

After taking two glances, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Then he suddenly raised his hand:

"Two million."

"..."

"..."

"..."

The crowd fell silent.

Everyone who was thinking "50,000, 50,000" just now finally realized what the two million was.

After hearing this, the old lady on the stage smiled and looked at the others:

"The naming rights for this work are worth two million. Is there a higher price?"

"..."

"..."

"..."

No one responded.

Apparently, no one was going to raise the price.

"Well, Ruochen, come up. The projection lights up."

As the old lady spoke, a beam of light from a projector suddenly shone down from the other side of the screen, illuminating the blank screen next to the master.

Xu Ruochen walked directly onto the stage, came to the old lady, and tapped a few times on the laptop held by the staff.

"Aunt Bai, it's OK."

As he spoke, two large characters appeared on the projection screen: "End"

"Crack, crack, crack..."

Xu Ruochu was the first to applaud.

And her applause was like a switch, and applause rang out throughout the performance hall.

Even the girl opened her eyes.

As if realizing it was over, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, there was a group photo of the work, and Aunt Bai said things like "This work will be treasured in my art gallery", "The paint on Ruan Zhen's body will be washed off, but her figure will be imprinted on this work and become eternal", etc...

Finally, there is a photo of Xu Ruochen and Aunt Bai, and the girl and the master.

The group photo ended with applause.

As soon as it was over, Xu Ruochen took off his suit and put it directly on the girl.

Girls of thirteen or fourteen are covered from the neck to the thighs by this dress.

She was holding the clothes and was obviously a little overwhelmed.

But Xu Ruochen smiled at her and walked off the stage as Xu Ruochu and Lu Yao both smiled.

This guy...

Nice person.

Lu Yao thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)