Zhang Shifu looked at the sleeping Han Ruisi, he faced this painting, he knew that another man wanted to express strong feelings, this feeling can penetrate Zhang Shifu's whole person, he felt that although he was rich, but for this painter Zhao Yigao, his wealth was worthless, because wealth can not achieve the greatness of art.
He knew nothing about Zhao Yigao's existence, he thought he was all Han Ruisi, he gave her the best conditions in all the material worlds, but in the end he found that Han Ruisi's spiritual world he knew nothing. He even had a slight thought, he was going to destroy the painting, completely destroyed, but he looked at the powerless Han Ruisi, and he understood that the fate of this woman no longer belonged to himself, but to this painting. If you really still love her, if the money can still do something meaningful, then you should build a hotel that deserves this painting.
Although the man Han Ruisi loves has gone to heaven, this kind of torture in the human world makes Zhang Shifu and Han Ruisi unable to go back to the past time. Some people, some things, as soon as they appear, freeze there.
Zhang Shifu completely devoted himself to the Iris Hotel project, including land acquisition, design, construction, etc., and Han Ruisi in addition to accompanying her daughter every day, she only looked at this painting, Zhang Shifu said that when she was a child, from the beginning of her memory, she saw her mother looking at this painting crying, crying silently, she would ask her mother, the mother in the painting smiled beautifully, why didn't the mother in reality smile? Han Ruisi's answer was: That's because her mother's laughter will not look as good as the iris, what is the meaning of laughter?
When the hotel opened, the painting was hung in the most eye-catching position in the lobby, although Zhang Shifu spent a lot of effort on the design of the hotel, he still felt that the hotel was not worthy of this painting, perhaps this is not a contest between the hotel and the painting, this is a contest between two men.
Han Ruisi has her own suite in the hotel, this suite hangs her original self-portrait "The Woman in the Iris", the 18-year-old she hangs in the room, the 20-year-old she hangs in the lobby, the staff of the hotel are touched by the story of the boss and the lady, of course, no one can fully know what happened after the two paintings.
After the hotel opened for a while, Han Ruisi was sick and couldn't find out the reason, but she slowly, more and more weakly, she and Zhang Yi said, if your mother dies, don't be sad, because I approached the painting and looked at you every day.
Sure enough, one day in May, when the irises were in full bloom in the garden, Han Ruisi never woke up again. She smiled at the corners of her mouth and held in her hand a jewel brooch of an iris flower, which was a birthday gift from Zhang Shifu. Zhang Shifu and Zhang Yi looked at Han Ruisi, and they didn't cry because they knew that the place she went was beautiful and there was no pain, and all they had to do was to keep the story beautiful and run the hotel well. Zhang Yi was only 6 years old that year.
Zhang Shifu after the death of Han Ruisi, fully devoted to work, he felt that he had been relieved, he also understood what is real art, in fact, what impressed Zhang Shifu was Zhao Yigao, this understanding of art, and the spirit of walking into art, Zhang Shifu thought that he could not do it, which is why he has always thought that he has no talent. Zhao Yigao is not only talented, but also makes Zhang Shifu worthy of respect, so it is not only worth building a hotel for a work, but he wants Zhang Yi to be able to pass it on.
Zhang Shifu resolutely did not let his daughter paint since he was a child, his daughter could learn piano, or he could learn sports, but he did not let his daughter participate in any painting interest class, and when his daughter was in high school, he sent her to Switzerland, because there was a good hotel professional education, and he hoped that his daughter could return from school and run the Iris Hotel well.
The business of the Iris Hotel has been good, everyone is because of this painting admiration, there are also many photography enthusiasts, painting enthusiasts, held a press conference in the hotel, the hotel Iris garden often has a young man with a drawing board to paint, Zhang Shifu will stop to appreciate it every time he sees it.
Once, Zhang Shifu was invited to speak at a painting exhibition held at the hotel, and he saw a woman in the crowd, somewhat similar to Han Ruisi, and after the exhibition was over, he politely greeted the lady, who was the banquet sales manager of the hotel at that time, named Wang Meiling. Zhang Shifu, who has not been moved for many years, has a slight tremor in his heart, he still misses Han Ruisi, and Wang Meiling makes him have a feeling of regaining his thoughts, when the memory is about to break through the ice, even Zhang Shifu, who is more than half a hundred years old, cannot resist.
He and Wang Meiling are very cautious in their dealings, after all, Zhang Shifu is more than 20 years older than her, Wang Meiling is very understanding, she knows some of the stories of the painting in the lobby, but if Zhang Shifu does not say, she does not ask. Wang Meiling began to learn some painting knowledge, Zhang Shifu was also a master of painting when he was young, so if he did not understand art in front of him, it was difficult to have a common language. Wang Meiling is not sure whether she loves Zhang Shifu, but she admires this man very much, not only because she is the chairman of the company, but also because he reveals a polite temperament, as well as his modest, patient and calm attitude towards everything, and the temperament of this mature man fascinates Wang Meiling.
After Wang Meiling officially moved into Zhang Shifu's suite at the hotel, she resigned as a manager, and she slowly waited for Zhang Shifu's marriage proposal, just like Han Ruisi waited for Zhao Yigao's marriage proposal.
In the suite, the most torturous thing for Wang Meiling was the self-portrait of Han Ruisi, also called "The Woman in the Iris", she once asked Zhang Shifu vaguely whether the painting could find a place in the hotel and hang it in the public area, which Zhang Shifu categorically refused. Wang Meiling felt that Han Ruisi still existed, in this room, in this hotel, her soul and her beauty had never left.
Finally, on a stormy night, Wang Meiling looked at Zhang Shifu and cried hysterically: "Why can't you forget her?" ”
Zhang Shifu said calmly: "She has always been in my heart. ”
"So what did you do to me?" Wang Meiling knelt down in front of Zhang Shifu.
"I love you, but I can only give you so much. If that's not enough, then all I can say is sorry. Zhang Shifu kissed Wang Meiling's forehead and said.
Wang Meiling left, she only took a watch, it was Zhang Shifu's custom-made iris jewel watch for her, nothing else, where she went, no one knew at the time.
Zhang Shifu is unusually calm, he works normally, socializes normally, exercises normally, eats and drinks normally, and does not see any changes in him at all.
When Zhang Yi returned from Switzerland, she also listened to her father's own story about Wang Meiling's story. She said she hadn't seen Wang Meiling, she had only seen the painting with Wang Meiling, which was "The Woman in the Iris" at the other end of the hotel lobby...