Almighty painter

Chapter 165 Castiglione's Painting

"Brother Gu, I know your family is rich, but I didn't expect you to be so rich. You need to set up a charitable foundation to avoid taxes."

Uncle Alai was very surprised when he saw the words "Charitable Foundation" on the paper.

Southeast Asia is not like developed countries where the rule of law is more procedural,

The tax avoidance methods of the rich here are actually quite rough, and more of them directly evade taxes by bribing government officials.

If you go to the chaotic areas from north to east, most of the large enterprises or mining companies are almost all controlled by the private families of the warlords.

Talking about paying taxes or something is a complete joke.

Generally, only the big international bosses at the level of Chen Shenglin will set up their own private charity foundation.

There was really no irony in the gatekeeper's words.

No matter how many benefits people want to get from the charitable foundation, at least Alai can see that the middle school student's donation to the orphanage is real money.

The change brought about is real, and that's enough.

The children and the headmistress of the orphanage all looked at him as a little Bodhisattva.

Bi Alai has seen a lot in these years, those small bosses who stuff a lot of junk goods that cannot be sold in the factory to orphanages, specially to cheat the government subsidies, are much better.

"It's not the parents' money. Our family is just an ordinary person who opened a small gallery in Yangon. These are all the money I earned from selling paintings. Now the money for the renovation of the orphanage comes from here. I plan to pay for it every month in the future. All donated at least $[-] to the foundation account."

The "Little Prince" project team has notified Gu Weijing of the news of passing the competition, together with the new contract.

Not counting the peripheral illustrations, in the final contract, Mr. Sloth won a 7.2% share of the gross profit of the sales for the Scholastic Group.

It is estimated that the publishing house should have the idea of ​​showing a long-term cooperation to the detective cat lady.

The 7.2% share sounds less than one-tenth, but it is actually quite generous, almost double the [-]% share that is common in the industry for illustrators.

If the operating costs of physical stores are not included, books are an industry with extremely exaggerated gross profit margins.

To put it simply, every time a copy of "The Little Prince" is sold, Gu Weijing's account will get a few pounds more.

As long as a few thousand books can be sold every month, Gu Weijing's account will be steadily increased by tens of thousands of dollars. Every day the little prince sells, he can get a day's worth of money.

It is almost a hard-core crop that guarantees harvest in drought and flood.

It has been almost 20 years since the last Harry Potter book was published by J.K Rowling, the former author of the Scholastic Group.

The annual sales share of the series is still astronomical, which is higher than the annual income of the entire British royal family.

The single best-selling author is almost the most classic image of the leisurely and elegant diamond kingpin in British and American modern urban romance dramas. Even busy lawyers in suits or corporate gold-collars are not as popular as them.

Compared with the Scholastic Group's leading super-bestselling cash cow writers who start at 500 million or even 1000 million US dollars for signing and writing fees for each book, the remuneration paid by the publishing house to Gu Weijing is not worth mentioning at all.

What Gu Weijing said here was an understatement, but Uncle Alai's jaw dropped in shock.

$12 a month is $[-] a year.

Converted to the most commonly used [-]-denomination kyat in the local area, there are millions of them, enough to fill the main hall of the orphanage like a sea.

This income is already the income of elite programmers in the San Francisco Bay Area.

In Yangon, a third-world city with low consumption, it is enough to barely count as a member of the rich.

The gatekeeper has also seen real big money, but how old is this kid?How could it be possible to earn so much money.

"Sell paintings?"

"No fakes, no lies, just sell your own paintings, there is no more pure money than this." Gu Weijing did not explain too much, but stared at Uncle Alai with a bit of suspicion. Eyes: "Don't you believe it?"

"If it was someone else, I wouldn't believe anything."

Uncle Alai was silent for a long time, his eyes swept over the pen on the table to sketch for a long time, then he raised his head and looked straight at Gu Weijing, pursing his lips.

"After seeing this pen drawing, and the things about Boss Chen before, I am willing to believe half of it. In addition, you have always left a good impression on me, so I am willing to believe half of it."

"Such a donation without asking for anything in return? Are you really just trying to do good deeds?"

He frowned, wanting to see that the other person was a complete fool under his young face, or that there was really someone in this world who was alive with a merciful heart.

"I'm a very pure person. It makes me happy and fulfilled to make a difference in the lives of the little kids here. It's the most meaningful way to spend money that I can think of."

Gu Weijing told Uncle Alai to read the draft constitution of the "Jasmine" Foundation.

"You see, all the account funds stipulated above are currently [-]% used for the living, schooling and medical construction of drug orphans."

The legal provisions for establishing private charitable foundations are different in different countries, but the nature is actually similar.

In addition to the need for judicial registration, it is also necessary to set up a foundation charter to stipulate the expenditure and use of account funds.

Similar to reasonable tax avoidance, foundation charters are also the hardest hit area for rich people to take advantage of legal loopholes.

It is charity to subsidize poor students to go to school, and it is also charity to study how to raise whale sharks in villas, or build a safari park in Kenya.

If it's too much, maybe the private helicopters are all paid for with charitable fund accounts.

When Gu Weijing asked Dyson consultant of Schönbrunn Palace Office to help set up a foundation named after the little girl Jasmine, he never thought of taking advantage of this loophole.

It's easy to bully the sky, but hard to bully yourself.

He is unwilling to falsify, and the system will not falsify.

Anyway, his small-scale private charitable fund currently doesn't even need to hire managers.

The current expenditure is naturally [-]% used for real charity.

"As a painter, you really need me, a cripple, to work for you?" Uncle Alai softened his tone for the first time.

He is such a person who has experienced the collapse of his outlook on life.

It was hard to believe that there would be such a pure and good person in the world, but this middle school student put everything in front of him frankly.

Uncle Alai's heartbroken Nirvana trembled again.

He thought of his "Abba", the teacher who changed the fate of many drug orphans in his life.

The janitor exerted a little bit of force unconsciously, and the fingertips holding the aluminum water tank slowly turned white. The hard metal kettle slowly deformed amidst the creaking sound, but Uncle Alai didn't seem to notice it. .

"Please don't lie to me, really don't lie to me. I am already too disappointed in this world."

The giant-like gatekeeper stared firmly into Gu Weijing's eyes, speaking slowly and solemnly.

"If...you are a liar with a ulterior motive, then you'd better make sure you can lie to others for the rest of your life. Otherwise, no matter what you want from me, I will get it back ten times and a hundred times over."

"Besides, I really became your assistant, and I won't do any bad things for you, kid, don't even think about using me as a thug."

The gatekeeper warned: "If I find out that your money was laundered for drug lords. Even if Jasmine likes you again, I will be the first to pinch your neck. Now I regret turning around and leaving, there is still time."

"Okay, you are welcome to supervise, Uncle Alai."

Gu Weijing nodded with a smile.

"I don't need you to be my thug, I just need you to protect me. After all, uncle, you know that there are so many bad people here. If the good people don't help the good people, then the world will be too difficult."

……

Gu Weijing bid farewell to the janitor, and asked him to help him replace the security door, install a fingerprint lock and a safe in his studio in the Lucky Orphanage during this time.

on the way home,

Only then did he have time to check the rewards waiting to be claimed in the system panel.

Gu Weijing, who also came from a family of court painters in the Qing Dynasty, looked forward to Lang Shining's painting experience, a well-known court painter in Eastern Xia.

His great-great-great-grandfather also worked in the painting academy in the Forbidden City, but he was only a third-class painter with a monthly salary of seven taels of silver.

If the emperor really appreciates it, it is impossible to throw it to Burma.

Compared with Lang Shining, who has gone through the three generations of Kang, Yong, and Qian, has a formal official rank, and is one of the most famous court painters in the entire Qing court and maybe even the entire Eastern Xia history, it is really nothing. .

The reason why Lang Shining has such a reputation is that
It may not all be because the foreign monks like to chant scriptures.

The collision between different artistic styles can often produce eye-catching effects like nuclear fusion.

Throughout the ages, cultural integration has been the most important part of art.

No matter how far the span of space and time is, there are oceans and snow-capped mountains between empires, or wars or plagues.

From the moment the two civilizations first met, the fusion of cultures began to happen.

Humanity is never an island.

The integration of art and art is also longer and more tenacious than ordinary people imagine.

Archaeologists can see the gradual changes and integration of foreign style elements such as Central Asia and Arabia in the murals of the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.

At that time, the construction of the [-]-meter-high Khufu Pyramid had not yet started, and the last mammoth in the world was still wandering slowly on the snow field.

People can also see the shadow of Hellenism in the Buddhist art of Gandhara born on the banks of the Indus River.

It can be imagined in the heart of Europe along the Danube River thousands of years ago, in the unearthed fragments of silk and silk. At that time, the European lords also had their eyes on the distant Maritime Silk Road, looking towards the Far East, and seeing the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

Symphonic musician Debussy created the immortal music masterpiece "The Sea" based on the famous Ukiyo-e masterpiece "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" by Katsushika Hokusai in the Edo period. When this symphony set off a frenzy in Paris, Debussy devoutly used "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" as the cover of the movement, expressing his respect for oriental painters.

War can destroy life, but it is difficult to destroy civilization.

Two thousand and five hundred years ago, the mighty Alexander the Great marched eastward with his mighty army.

According to legend, the great commander in the world's military history decided to permanently erase his enemies from the world, both physically and culturally.

He ordered the soldiers to burn the farmland, sow salt and thorn seeds in the burned soil, and then take away all the men, women, children and livestock.

The astrologer told Alexander - "In this way there will be no more life and laughter, art and poetry, but beasts and weeds."

Glorious Greece fell, and the brave Persian Empire failed.

Their cultures have survived tenaciously. Greek, Persian, oriental cultures... In the flames of war, cultures from different countries are like immortal vines, intertwined and fused with each other, growing tenaciously amidst salt and thorns.

Early cultural integration often occurred slowly with war and trade.

After the seventeenth century.

With the acceleration of cultural exchanges, talented artists began to take the initiative to integrate Eastern and Western cultures.

Most of these art masters have created achievements that have amazed the world.

Castiglione is one of the representatives.

Gu Weijing looked at the "Summary of the Essence of New Body Painting" in the system panel, took a deep breath, and clicked to receive it.

[Item: "Summary of the Essence of New Body Painting" Lang Shining]

[Quality: Knowledge Card]

[Special effect: After obtaining the knowledge card, you will understand the corresponding content clearly. 】

[Equipment requirements: Chinese painting level Lv.4, oil painting level Lv.4]

[Master profile: Castiglione, formerly known as Giuseppe Castiglione, was born in Milan, Italy, a court painter, and one of the top ten painters in the Qing Dynasty.

Castiglione is good at painting horses, portraits of people, flowers and animals, and pioneered the art genre of "new body painting".The style emphasizes the integration of Western painting techniques and traditional Chinese brush and ink, which was loved by the emperor and greatly influenced the Qing court paintings and aesthetic taste after Kangxi. 】

[Remarks: The beauty of the West and the rhyme of the East, combined, is my world. 】

In an instant, Gu Weijing felt a set of palace paintings in complicated and majestic ancient costumes slowly unfolding in his mind.

After Mr. Cao instructed him to study Lang Shining's new body painting art style, Gu Weijing read many albums of this artist.

Whether it is the famous paintings collected in the Palace Museum, or the works living abroad in the Jimei Museum in Paris or in the collection of Waseda University in Japan, there are electronic albums on the official website.

Gu Weijing is actually no stranger to Castiglione's new body painting style.

But a lot of information flowed into my heart, and the picture scroll in my mind slowly unfolded, and even the strokes of the thick and thin hair brush are clearly visible.

At that moment,

He still felt the shock of the Qing Dynasty royal family seeing such an innovative artistic style.

The fusion art style, which can easily penetrate the cultural barrier between East and West, has won the same praise on both sides of the ocean.

Renoir was an apprentice in an oriental porcelain shop, and Monet loved oriental culture all his life, compared with these artists who were more inclined to Western thinking.

Although Lang Shining is an Italian, the artist who has been with the Eastern monarch for half a century is more like an Oriental, and his art ideas and painting ideas are also more oriental.

(End of this chapter)