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The Society of Painting and Calligraphy.
This was a chat group established by the wealthy, ostensibly to discuss paintings and calligraphy, but it also covered business and cooperation. Some were genuinely fond of such arts, while others, like Wang Xin, feigned their interest.
Within the group:
Miao Bai bubbled up, "I'm with Fang Mokan in a suite at the Yu Dynasty Hotel. Anyone coming over? There'll be a surprise if you do, and regrets if you don't!"
The group instantly became lively.
[???]
[Miao Bro, what's in the gourd?]
[Fake medicine.]
[Ol' Liu sells fake medicine—he runs a pharmaceutical company (sneer). If Fang Mokan is there too, I'll come over. He has a painting that I've coveted for a long time; it's just that he's unwilling to part with it. I'll make him spit it out today.]
[Yu Dynasty Hotel? Never heard of it.]
