Since Ye Wan expressed her casual arrangements, Gu Ao shrugged and turned around to ask the bodyguard:

"Hey man, do you know what other places to visit in Portland besides the Trail Blazers, or something fun?"

The white bodyguard was stunned: "Sorry boss... I'm not a local either. I only know that the most famous one in Portland is of course the International Rose Expo. This expo has a history of 70 years and displays a variety of the latest grafted and developed rose subspecies around the world every year. So Portland is called the City of Rose, and Americans know this."

Gu Ao twisted his neck to the other side again: "Hey, don't you want to watch NBA, International Rose Expo?"

"This... let's just look at it." Ye Wan sighed helplessly, twisted her head slightly to one side without any trace, concealing the change in her face.

In fact, she was still not interested in it, but she had rejected Gu Ao's first proposal just now. She didn't want to refuse it again, as that would leave people with the bad impression that "this woman is difficult to serve."

Gu Ao gently pushed Ye Wan into the car, then sat on the other side, and told the bodyguard to drive immediately: "Go, then go to the exhibition hall of the International Rose Expo!"

The bodyguard looked at the map a few times, then kicked the accelerator, and Cadillac started it steadily and forgot to mention that the car was actually rented because Gu Ao did not plan to stay in a small city like Portland, and he would never have a chance to come back several times in his life.

I bought a car too much and couldn't drive it on a yacht to transport it away.

As early as the 1980s, the United States had almost just exited the airport in major cities, and the most common ones were car rental stores.

People here have become accustomed to the first thing they do when they arrive in a new city is to rent a car, otherwise it will be almost impossible to move forward.

Because the labor cost of taxis is too expensive, it is much higher than driving by yourself.

Although Gu Ao doesn't care about small money, since white bodyguards have followed him all year round, it is safer and more comfortable to rent a high-end car and more convenient.

15 minutes later, the convoy drove along the Columbia River to a huge glass garden, and then the bodyguards helped to handle the ticketing service, so Gu Ao took the girl in to visit.

The name of the fair park is very simple, it is rose-garden in English.

When buying tickets, you can also pay extra money to buy commentary services. The bodyguard bought it for Gu Ao without asking, so a blond female tour guide was used as a tour guide for Gu Ao.

"Dear sir, Miss, I am very happy to serve you. I am Catherine, the tour guide of our park." The blonde greeted politely, then turned his body to lead the way in front, whispering to introduce,

"Our International Rose Fair in Portland was built in 1917, when the United States had just participated in World War I. Originally, in Europe, the French had a tradition of holding the Rose Festival, but because of the destruction of the war, they chose the American continent far away from the war that year.

At that time, several cities in the United States participated in the bidding. Finally, because our Portland climate is most suitable for the growth and cultivation of roses, the expert group of various countries chose Portland after review. This is the pride of our city."

Compared to listening to female commentary, Ye Wan prefers to observe herself in secret.

She walked a little while, glanced at the panoramic view, and was deeply shocked.

In this garden, I am afraid there are tens of thousands of roses. Note that the quantifier here is "plant", which means there are so many trees, not tens of thousands of flowers.

In English, the Chinese translations of "rose", "rose" and "rose" used to be rose. Therefore, the varieties that should be exhibited in "rose garden" in Western culture are actually more than we Chinese imagined. The plants are not only small shrubs below 2 meters, so they look staggered and have a very strong visual impact.

Any woman who sees herself surrounded by more than 10,000 rose trees will not help but exclaim "Damn it". This feeling may not be understood by men.

"Why don't there seem to be too many tourists?" Ye Wan couldn't help asking.

The female commentator explained: "Because the natural flowering season is almost over now, only the greenhouse flowering season is still continuing, and the amount of flowering is far less than that of the peak season. The rose garden has natural flowering season from April to October, but the best viewing season is still in June. At that time, all trees were in full swing. The park can receive more than 10,000 people every day, and it can account for half of the tourists throughout the year in one month."

Ye Wan looked around and saw that there were probably no tourists on this day today. At this moment, there were at most two or three hundred people in the park.

But this is also good. Chinese people are not as fussy as Americans, especially elegant things like watching flowers, the quieter the better.

Ye Wan thought, and couldn't help but find a swing chair wrapped in the flowers, wrapped by vines and flowers, and swayed gently.

"Don't you do it all the time? Are you not tired when walking?" After shaking for a while, Ye Wan felt a little embarrassed when she saw Gu Ao standing foolishly next to her, doing nothing.

"I'm not tired. I've been on the plane and the car for a long time. I'll shake it for you." Gu Ao said, walking behind Ye Wan, pulling the iron chains on both sides at the same time and shaking it gently.

Ye Wan narrowed her eyes comfortably, leaned on the back of the chair, and relaxed.

The swing rocking chair is quite wide and can sit three people. However, ordinary people can only push the chair and shake. If the force is not evenly affected, it will easily shake left and right and left and right, and people who sit will feel dizzy.

Gu Ao is tall and has a large arm span of more than 1.8 meters, so he can grasp the iron chains on both sides at the same time, and the force is very uniform and stable.

Ye Wan remembered the scene of Bai Xiuzhu sitting on a swing in the novel "The Golden Fen Family". This was the second time she had the visual sense of being integrated into the novel, which was very subtle.

The last time, four years ago, I was on the cable car with Gu Ao on the red leaves of Xiangshan and the autumn wind swaying.

What a pity.

However, straight male cancer broke the silence again, Gu Ao took the initiative to ask Catherine: "Is there any interesting activities here that can be introduced? Just move freely to see flowers?"

"I can introduce to you all the rose varieties here, there are more than 500 precious varieties." Catherine said, but she also realized that Gu Ao was not too interested, so she continued to sell the goods.

"In addition, if you have more time and wait for the afternoon, you can participate in the new memorial plant auction. The park will launch more than 50 newly cultivated rose varieties around the world every year. After the exhibition, you will also auction the monumental model plants. That is, the first plant in the world, and it is confirmed that this is a new variety of rose plants. Today is the weekend, and a model plant will also be auctioned in the afternoon."

Gu Ao asked again and found out that this was in the park. One plant was sold every weekend to attract tourists and people came to play every week.

The expo was held in June, which means that these varieties were exhibited in June and were certified as new varieties, but the samples for review were kept.

The subsequent development is of course natural and natural.

Gu Ao followed Ye Wan heartily and enjoyed the peonies for three hours. He left the park and went to have a meal and coffee to rest. Then he came back in the afternoon to attend the auction, but it was not considered an auction, because there were only dozens of tourists who happened to participate, and no one came here to buy flowers.

Therefore, the competition was not fierce. In the end, Gu Ao spent 27,000 US dollars to buy a "Calolla Cold Beauty" that is said to have a certification certificate, which can be confirmed to be the world's first "Calolla Cold Beauty".

Gu Ao also didn't understand the difference between this variety and other old varieties. Anyway, it looks like a color-changing flower with a very huge flower with a diameter of 10 cm, and a gradient transition from the edge of the light pink petal to the center of the lilac flower.

"Is this a new variety? If I want to see, it's entirely because the flowers are too big. When they grow to the edge, they don't have enough purple pigment, so it turns into pink." After spending the money, Gu Ao observed it carefully and couldn't help but complain.

This kind of unscene dialect made Ye Wan on the side feel speechless and painful: "Hey, why are you like this? Since you don't know how to appreciate it, don't buy it. I think the old gentleman is quite conscious of spending, but it's just that the money is not as much as you, and after calling more than 20,000 US dollars, I think it's better to let the person who cherishes flowers buy it."

"It's different. I finally came to Portland. Of course, I have to leave a high-profile consumption record to make up my dandy attributes. This is an auction, so I have to leave a name, what a good opportunity." Gu Ao was not enlightened at all. "Even if I don't know how to appreciate it, I will throw it into the villa of the owner of Seattle Island and invite guests to see it, and they will appreciate my taste."

"Such elegant thing is really a secret bead." Ye Wan sneered.

Gu Ao: "Then it happens. After I put it out for the guests to see, if you are interested in this tree, I will give it to you and you will plant it."

Ye Wan: "I don't want to be bribed by you! This is a rose tree worth more than 20,000 US dollars per tree. We are disciplined."

Gu Ao shrugged indifferently: "There is a bad discipline. Did you buy this rose for more than 20,000 US dollars? No! I bought this certificate with the signature of the International Rose Expo Organizing Committee, proving that it is the world's first "Calolla Cold Beauty". This thing is just like a diamond certificate, just a gimmick.

Now the certificate is in my hands. I went to Seattle and took this tree and certificate to pretend to be slap in front of my business partners. Everyone knows that 'the world's first Carolla Cold Beauty was bought by Gu Ao', and this tree is worthless. All you can take away is the flesh of the tree. What is the value? Such roses have no soul."

"It's a waste of resources, alright, it's just that. I know you are such a vulgar person. When you pretend to be a fool, give me this tree. I'll raise it well, so it's better than being played to death in your hands." Ye Wan's heart was aroused.

She did think Gu Ao's cold words made sense.

What is valuable is the certificate, not the tree. As long as there is no certificate to prove that this is the first new plant in the world, no one will believe it.

"No problem. After pretending to be a sting, you can take all these allergic things, but I won't let you take them in vain. You have to help me with your advice. Portland is one of the rare tax-free capitals. I hope you can buy all the luxury goods that I need to use after I go to Seattle and Vancouver. I hope you can buy them all, and put them on a yacht tonight and transport them away until they are stuffed. I didn't expect to come to Seattle and be a sucker with the high consumption tax."

Of course, there is a price to ask Gu Ao to treat him.

Ye Wan thought about it and then she would be a purchasing agent for this guy. As for the treat, she would just treat it as her own labor fee.

This is not considered accepting Gu Ao's benefits.

It’s very tiring to spend money, especially if you help others buy and buy, you’ll feel even more tired. Isn’t it okay to charge some labor fees?
Chapter completed!