Frank is a student in China who has just been granted a special scholarship to study at a university in the West. His English teacher, Ms. Kelsen, wrote a recommendation letter that was instrumental in his getting the scholarship. Frank feels very grateful to Ms. Kelsen, so he decides to buy her an expensive gift, a landscape painting, as a way of thanking her.
One day after class has ended and the other students have left, Frank presents the gift to Ms. Kelsen. Looking surprised, Ms. Kelsen says thank you, but says that she can’t accept his gift. Frank offers the gift several more times but Ms. Kelsen insists on refusing.