Almighty painter

Chapter 114 New interview with De Jong Vandoorne

Milan, Italy,
Busy Malpensa International Airport.

A curvaceous Gulfstream G500 private jet is approaching and landing.

The owner of this kind of high-end business jet is usually not a tycoon on the Forbes list, but a rock king, a sports superstar, and the priority of airport VIP protection is very high.

The terminal specifically postponed the landing time of two Airberlin Airbus 320neo airliners that were circling and waiting over Milan, and jumped in line to clear the runway for them.

The plane is covered in blue-and-black postmodernist spraypaint from nose to tail, with a black sun on the vertical tail.

Winter Fashion Week is now approaching.

This personalized and unique painting immediately attracted the attention of many paparazzi reporters in the terminal.

"Wow! Gulfstream G500, is this the new aircraft of Lady Gaga? It is said that she is going to walk the red carpet in Milan?"

A paparazzi picked up the camera in his hand and took wild shots at the Gulfstream, which is very Cthulhu-like.

"No, Lady Gaga's new airplane livery is gold. Also, inside sources say that Lady Gaga just returned from her Super Bowl halftime show and is on vacation with her family and won't be in business this month. .”

Another paparazzi, who seemed more informed, retorted.

"It's...an aircraft livery by illustrator de Jong Vandoorne."

A fashion weekly reporter with a lion-like shaggy beard frames the Gulfstream as it glides down the runway.

"De Jong Vandoorne? Which star is it?"

The paparazzi seem to be familiar with this name, but they can't remember it for a while.

"A well-known illustrator, fashion tycoon, famous for designing clothes for ZARA, the designer of the official logo of the United Nations snow protection "Environmental Pole"...he should now be the chief art officer of the first-line French trendy brand Amida."

The uncle seemed to be very good at fashion and art, so he casually revealed Van Dorn's identity.

"Oh, I remembered, in the previous video released by Mr. Hyperion, the author of the illustration is Van Dorn, isn't he?"

Someone finally remembered the video that went viral on YouTube.

"Is it the useless artist who was criticized by the beautiful judge named Elena? If I remember correctly, the winner of the video seems to be an online illustrator named Detective Cat."

"No, no, no... Didn't you read the follow-up report? The judge girl is the second-generation ancestor who relies on her family's surname, and she doesn't understand art at all. As for Detective Cat, she is just a cheap painter who can only draw pirated Internet illustrations It's just a hand."

"But he really does look like it."

"The photos are more similar, but you want to use an ordinary photo to sell a lot of money, is it possible? A cheap painter is a cheap painter, and he doesn't have any understanding of art. No, the judge girl heard that she has been accepted by "Oil Painting" The magazine was fired. However, Van Dorn can still take a private jet and come to Milan to participate in Fashion Week like a normal person... By the way, did any of you follow the line of Milan Fashion Week before? Why did I I have never seen Van Dorn in the exhibition area of ​​fashion brand Armida."

……

"Damn lame, I should be in Paris at this time of year."

Looking at the snow-covered city outside the porthole, Van Dorn frowned.

As one of the few super-first-line fashion circle-breaking illustrators, Van Dorn is undoubtedly one of the most profitable illustrators in the history of the industry pyramid.

An art professor like Ray Louise earns "no more than" a few hundred thousand dollars a year.

But Van Dorn goes to various fashion weeks and trendy brand announcements every year, and the aviation fuel and maintenance costs of business jets burned are probably about the same amount.

but,

He doesn't need to bear these expenses himself.

After Van Dorn succeeded in breaking circles in the fields of fashion and environmental protection with his illustrations, he ended his contract with the top gallery Lisson Gallery.

now,

Although he will still accept some high-value illustration contracts,

But his main identity is the chief art officer of the French trendy brand "Mir Amida", which focuses on environmental protection and handicrafts.

In order to sign a top artist like Van Dorn, the street fashion company provided him with a contract that included this $4000 million Gulfstream G500 and a 62-foot-long blue water moored in a Mediterranean port. Access to yachts.

in other words,

This is part of the artist's welfare, all expenses are paid by the company, and he doesn't have to pay a dime.

But Van Dorn was not without pressure.

It is rare to have evergreen trees in the field of modern art style, and the field of fashion brands is even more frighteningly fast.

Even the business empire of a superstar like Kanye (Kan Yeh), who used to earn so much money every day that he couldn't even count it, collapsed.

There are too many art designers who were brilliant yesterday, but are neglected by the market today.

To Van Dorn's step,
Traveling against the current, retreating if not advancing.

Amida's global sales in previous years ranged from one billion US dollars to 15 billion US dollars, which is considered to be the middle and upper reaches of the top trendy brands.

Although it was not as good as Kanye West's "Coconut" in the past, and far from established luxury companies such as Hermès and Chanel, the gross profit margin of this trendy brand is extremely high, and the company is still alive and well.

The autumn and winter fashion week in February every year is a vanity fair for fashion and luxury companies to increase their product popularity.

From Paris to New York, from Chanel to small second-tier labels, supermodels with thin waists and long legs competed on the same stage.

As the Chief Artistic Officer of Amida,
This is the first time he has come to Milan Fashion Week.

Van Dorn's regular schedule at this time in previous years was to attend Paris Fashion Week, which has a longer history, and participate in an exclusive interview with reporters as an art designer at the Amitabha new product show after the opening ceremony on the first day.

But this year,
However, he was temporarily "scheduled" by the company to go to Milan Fashion Week.

Not good news for the chief artistic officer of a French label.

"Darling, Milan Fashion Week is also very important. It is also one of the four major fashion weeks in the world. It is no worse than Paris."

The hatch opened, and the short-haired assistant-lover stood on the gangway, taking a breath of Italian winter air.

She lazily pecked Van Dorn's earlobe, then lightly held a lady's cigarette between her fingertips dyed cinnamon red, and lit it: "I prefer the Mediterranean Sea in winter. We can go in by helicopter. mountain skiing."

"You know what shit, idiot."

Van Dorn violently slapped the cigarette from the female assistant's hand.

When he was in a good mood, he didn't care that the female assistant smoked, but thought it was very sexy, but now, he was not interested in smelling other people's second-hand smoke.

Van Dorn knew,
Amida, as a French brand,
Although the company has participated in the four major international fashion weeks.

However, given the inclination of resources, Paris Fashion Week must be the most important.

Every year, the best-selling or most valued designer new products will also be displayed at the "Amita New Product Launch Conference" at Paris Fashion Week.

As for Milan Fashion Week,
"Milan, a place that is 30% cheaper than Paris, I hate it. Damn italian, there is no sense of time."

Van Dorn muttered viciously.

He got off the gangway, stood on the concrete floor in front of the hangar and looked around, and found that the Rolls-Royce welcome car from the hotel hadn't arrived yet.

waiting room,
He himself took out a cigarette from the cigarette case irritably and smoked it.

Whenever people mention the history of Milan Fashion Week, they cannot avoid mentioning——

It is an imitation of Paris Fashion Week after the Italian clothing industry was defeated by French high-end luxury goods after World War II.

Like the slogan for the first Italian Fashion Week. "Our products are 30.00% cheaper than those in Paris, with more refined workmanship and better materials."

In Van Dorn's mind,

Milan Fashion Week is nothing more than a Parisian imitation.

However, in previous years, Vandoorne's booth at Paris Fashion Week was replaced by the works of several other younger designers from Amida.

The company gave a very high-sounding-"We hope to give more fresh blood the opportunity to show themselves."

Van Dorn knew what the real reason was for.

"Damn YouTube celebrity, damn lame judge, damn monkey internet illustrator."

He took a fierce drag on his cigarette.

fashion field,

Success is traffic, failure is traffic.

On the video of the world's number one Internet celebrity, the blood sprayed by the art judges did not have no effect on Fan Duoen.

Especially when the lady judge is so beautiful and fascinating, this video has been played more than [-] million times.

He was willing to accept Thomas' invitation, but he just wanted to get some traffic.

it's good now,

There is indeed traffic.

But in front of hundreds of millions of viewers, he lost such a big face.

Many young people who buy street fashion brands from artists pursue nothing more than a "forceful style".

The designer's own paintings were criticized for nothing by an art critic from a seemingly professional corner.

That's pretty fucking dead.

Van Dorn's subsequent series of counterattacks were completely out of necessity.

Seriously, he had heard of Miss Anna Irina, the heiress of the generation of the old art family with a lot of halo.

Even if the population of the Yi Lianna family is declining now, it might mean that the yellow flower tree will fall and the monkeys will disperse tomorrow, but after all, the centipede is dead but not stiff.

There is absolutely no need for him to offend others for such an intricate figure in the art circle.

But... this bitch has a sick mind!
It's just a video made by YouTube celebrities to satisfy the audience's curiosity. Why are you so serious?

Van Dorn doubted,

Could it be that Anna knew the unknown online illustrator in private, and this video is simply a set up to step on herself to make people famous.

In a flash,
He threw the thought out of his mind.

Even Van Dorn had to admit that the quality of that online illustrator was really good.

If it is a friend of the Elena family, there are many normal means to become famous.

There is absolutely no need to do this.

"Fortunately, she is too young. Fortunately, that guy is just a worthless web cartoonist."

Van Dorn felt that his response was overall very decent,
Whether it is putting pressure on the council of "Oil Painting" magazine, slandering Anna in the interview because of her family's reputation, or saying that the African painter is a monkey who can only draw stereotyped paintings and knows nothing about art concepts... the effect is very good .

The latter is not actually slander,
That's what Van Dorn thought.

If the public opinion believes that Anna is simply a second-generation ancestor who took advantage of the family's reputation, then her original doubts about herself are not critical.

As for the future of the African illustrator, has he been treated unfairly?

Who the hell cares?

"Honey. Don't be angry, that cripple bitch in "Oil Painting" has already paid the price."

The assistant smiled sweetly.

Among the many canaries around Van Dorn, her emotional intelligence is still quite high. "Although Milan is 30% cheaper than Paris, it is of better quality, isn't it?"

"Bitch brings it on herself."

Van Dorn snorted, feeling a little comfortable being photographed.

The final result of this matter, it seems that this should be the end.

The pressure on the "Oil Painting" magazine went much smoother than he had imagined.

Even the fact that he himself was worried that the lady art critic would put pressure on him through his contacts in the art circle did not happen.

It seems that

The formerly glorious Elena family is indeed just a paper tiger now.

As for Ami, after so many years, this trendy brand has been deeply bound to me.

One glory and one glory.

It's not that easy to kick yourself away.

It is estimated that after this period of limelight passes, everything will almost return to normal.

"Mr. Van Dorn? Mr. Van Dorn? Why did Amida arrange you at the Milan booth this year instead of the Paris booth in previous years? Does this mean that you will take a back seat in the array of brand designers? Is this the impact of YouTube celebrity Mr. Hyperion's video?"

Just at this time,
A harsh voice threw a series of questions at Van Dorn like a cannonball.

Van Dorn turned his head, just in time to see a middle-aged man with a camera hanging on his chest jumped off an airport shuttle bus.

The other party yelled and ran towards his position.

"Fuck! The guards at the airport eat shit. No matter how the paparazzi can let it in."

Van Dorn was very annoyed.

He didn't want to pay attention to this kind of tabloid reporter at all, and when he saw that the welcome car from the hotel had already arrived, he was ready to get in the car.

"You just hit your female assistant, and I captured the photo."

A middle-aged uncle's threatening voice came from behind him.

"Which magazine are you a reporter for?"

Van Dorn turned his head, with anger in his tone.

He didn't expect that the scene where he accidentally photographed the cigarette in the hands of the female assistant was captured by someone.

"If you dare to publish this photo, prepare for a lawsuit to your heart's content." Van Dorn scolded.

"A question, Mr. Van Dorn, as long as you can answer my question seriously, I will delete the photo immediately."

The middle-aged uncle raised a finger: "Please, Mr. Van Dorn, I gave 200 Euros to the driver of the shuttle bus. Let me ask something."

"Which magazine are you a reporter?" Van Dorn asked, frowning.

"Fashion Potpourri."

Van Dorn had never heard of the paper.

I guess it was the tabloid.

But tabloids have no bottom line.

He knew that the other party's actions had already broken the law, but the entertainment reporters of this kind of tabloid were not afraid of lawsuits or jail time, but they were afraid of no news.

Hitting a woman, this kind of thing can be big or small.

Van Dorn really doesn't want to get involved in such a shitty thing now.

"Well, just one question."

"And it can't be the ones just now... If you don't want to, just meet in court." Van Dorn said indifferently.

The middle-aged reporter held up the tape recorder of his mobile phone and thought for a while: "In this case, let's talk about Detective Cat. You once called him a monkey who can play the basic scales. But Tonks, the curator of the Taylor National Gallery You are willing to accept the invitation to talk about serious art with him on the Apple blog, what do you want to comment on this behavior? Do you think this is his declaration of war on you?"

He pulls up a Mr. Sloth poster on his phone.

"Declaration of war, NO, NO, NO, I'm an artist. And he's just a poor printer."

Van Dorn smiled: "We are not on the same track as Ben. How can a dwarf declare war on a giant."

(End of this chapter)