Almighty painter

Chapter 207
"The name Elena is as important as life in the eyes of no one." Ole said with a gloomy smile: "Some people, they wish to wash away all your marks."

Anna's eyes were cold and her breathing was floating.

Ole stood up: "Cousin, look at what Sir Brown is doing, do you now think that I really cared about you just now, and the previous proposals were all for your own good?"

Anna felt sick to her stomach.

The dog August next to him barked even more fiercely, and Anna gently stroked its top skin with her fingers to comfort him.

She felt that the world was ridiculous.

Sir Brown was true, and so was Mr. Kruger and Cousin Ole.

They always have a tone of convincing consideration for you, discipline you as an ignorant little girl, and want you to move forward according to their training and will.

Either with carrots or with spurs.

Your resistance, your persistence, your struggle,

In the eyes of others, it is just the bark of a dog that can bark its teeth.

Miss Elena was so angry that she wanted to yell, she wanted to throw the aluminum painting tube at Cousin Ole's shiny head.

She can't do that.

Anna was not even willing to show any outrageous anger in front of the other party at this time.

It's not that Anna isn't angry,
It's like what she once told Detective Cat Ms. in an Internet connection.

Anger means you have lost control of the situation, it means you are weak.

As the owner of Elena Manor.

The more you are at this time, the more you should always remain calm and calm.

It's just that Anna is really a little tired.

"Is this your threat?"

Ana forced herself to laugh, even if it was a deep sneer.

"Well, I'll consider the offer of a joint lecture with Sir Brown."

She can't back down at a time like this.

Ana had anticipated that the speech at the annual meeting might be turned into a public humiliation.

She may take this opportunity to publicly accuse the management of "Oil Painting" of its faults, but the significance of this is actually not great.

Sir Brown is a veteran of the industry.

The other party was once the director of the Eindhoven City Art Museum in the Netherlands, and is still an academician of the French Academy of Arts and an honorary professor of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts.

Regardless of position and morality, everyone must affirm that the other party is an academic authority.

In his academic career, Sir Brown published three A&HCI-level art papers alone.

He also received the OBE (Officer of the British Empire) as a foreigner because of his advanced research on ancient Egyptian murals and the social contribution made by the "Oil Painting" magazine in the field of fine arts, and was chartered The honorific title [Jazz] can be added after the title.

In terms of social status, he enjoys the same honor as Sir Humphrey in the famous British drama "Yes, Minister".

In front of such honorable old scholars, even the prime minister should treat each other politely.

Compared with the other party, Anna is just an ignorant girl with the surname "Irina" in the eyes of public opinion.

If people dare to invite you to the stage to give a joint speech after Sir Brown, they are not afraid that you will be able to find out.

All of her false statements, against the background of Sir Brown's speeches and Kruger Brothers' bank injections, would look like some kind of botch on stage by an incompetent clown about to be kicked out of the circus.

but,

Anna still had to appear with her head held high, as the last heir of the Elena family.

If this year's annual meeting is a curtain call ceremony for "Oil Painting" by the Elena family.

Of course, her leading role had no choice but to stand on the farewell stage and speak out on behalf of her ancestors. This was an obligation that Anna could not shirk from the moment she was born.

Ding Dong!

Anna was silent for a long time, just when she was about to say something more.

The cell phone next to me rang.

My own contact information is only owned by a few relatives and friends.Unless necessary, most of the daily contacts are handled by the butler, and only a few people will be reminded by Anna.

She glanced at the screen of her phone.

[Miss Kate has sent you a new message! 】

Anna usually has two iPhones.

One is for daily social use as "Ms. Elena".

The other one is in the name of "Mr. Sloth", and she uses it when she needs to make shows, contact recording guests, and log in to the background of Apple Podcasts for verification.

The two mobile phones are connected in series with [Dual Messenger for WhatsApp], a social integration software, so that she can send and receive corresponding messages no matter which IPHONE she is on.

Anna found that the ringtone now reminds me of new information on Mr. Sloth's social account.

Miss Kate?

Anna froze for a moment.

Kate’s surname (Kate) has a very similar pronunciation to Maomi (CAT). It is the nickname code she gave to the painter Detective Mao after thinking about it after she signed a contract to become the agent of the other party.

The personal staff in the manor have confidentiality agreements, and Anna also believes in the professional ethics of these old people.

But in order to prevent unnecessary people from seeing the mobile phone and have irrelevant associations, and to avoid trouble, Anna has always covered up the relevant content of her Mr. Sloth side very well.

It is Anna's private little secret.

Is the other party contacting me at this time...

Knowing that it's not polite to check your phone when meeting guests.But Anna didn't hesitate too much, she picked up her mobile phone and turned on the screen.

Whenever she is chatting with Ms. Detective Cat, the girl will feel very relaxed.

In conversations in the virtual world,
Anna only needs to play the role of "Mr. Sloth" well, and there is not much money and interests - all things are only related to art.

Even if only for a moment to rest.

Anna also very much hoped that she could temporarily withdraw from the messy and depressed things in front of her for a moment, and gain a short respite.

"Hi! I suddenly had some inspiration in my heart, and I drew a new cover picture for "The Little Prince". I think the appeal of this picture is much stronger than the previous works. Look at the little prince project team of the Scholastic Group. , can it be convenient to change the manuscript?"

Another cover art?
Anna tilted her head slightly, seeing Detective Cat's request, she couldn't help but laugh.

"Don't worry about the past, the project of "The Little Prince" is over, you have drawn very well before. You can relax a little during this period, and I will keep an eye out for the next suitable contract for you. The cover painting is fine , This kind of thing has never been actively changed..."

Anna ignored Osborn beside her, and just started typing on her mobile phone.

From the point of view of a professional agent, Detective Cat's proposal actually seemed very unprofessional.

The illustration industry has always been a business in which Party A is satisfied and qualified for long live.

There is absolutely no reason for the illustrator to take the initiative to find trouble for himself.

Even if Anna is a person with high artistic requirements, she will not propose to change the manuscript after a contract has been completed.

The daily work of a large publishing house is like countless star gears meshing with each other.

People have their own set of workflows.

General industrial assembly line.

After the drafting by the artist is completed, the fine typesetting of each page, the final review of the proofreading editor, and then start the printing process, and contact the channel provider to warm up...

Whenever the manuscript is submitted and approved by the publishing house, this set of illustrations will be sent to the next work schedule.

At this point, it is not up to the working group of the "Little Prince" project to change the draft.

Many things have to be reinvented, which will increase a lot of unnecessary tasks.

Even the publishing house will not thank you for your excellence, but will think that you, an artist, are a bit too superfluous, and you are a troublemaker.

"This sister is really a rookie."

Anna could sense that Ms. Cat, a business process detective in many industries, didn't understand at all.

These requirements are really unprofessional. If you have worked in the related industry, you will never say such a thing as changing the manuscript.

It's just youthful and silly,
Silly……

"so cute!"

Anna would not blame the other party for this kind of thing.

She likes each other very much.

Because Yi Lianna is not a professional intermediary agent who has to rely on commissions from the artist's contract to make a living.

Maybe nine out of ten semi-illustrators criticize artists for wasting time on such nonsense.

Anna admired the other party's simplicity and dedication to art.

She smiled slightly.

After hesitating for a while, Anna typed: "It may not be appropriate to change the manuscript, but since you have a new work, I will always be happy to appreciate your work as an ordinary audience. Even if it is just to witness a beautiful work from an artistic perspective Painting, I am also looking forward to it.”

"me too."

Detective Cat replied: "When I finished this painting, I thought that without your contribution, Mr. Sloth, I would not be able to complete this work anyway. So even if you are the only audience for this painting, I am very satisfied. Then , we simply toast to art."

Anna showed a sweet smile from the bottom of her heart.

[Even if you are the only audience, I am very happy.Well, let's simply toast to art. 】

This was the most comforting sentence Anna heard during this restless afternoon.Like a ray of cool ice spring left in the heart.

Girls even feel,

I don't need to look at the painting at all.

Just hearing Detective Cat utter such a resonant sentence made Miss Irina feel happy and relieved enough.

After a few seconds,

The other party sent a scanned image of the drawing.

Anna's mobile phone prompts to receive a large photo.

The Internet speed of Elena Manor is very fast, and within a few seconds, the cover art is loaded on the phone.

"The new cover art is not much different from the last one...huh?"

Anna froze slowly.

When she saw the drawing for the first time, she subconsciously thought that there was no fundamental change between this painting and the previous works.

It's exactly the same composition design, the same painting method, even the shape of the boy sitting on the sand dune with his knees hugged is exactly the same.

however,
Almost in an instant, Anna noticed that the two paintings were actually completely different.

even……

This is not a work of magnitude!

that vivid feeling,
The kind of affection and loneliness that seem to emerge from the paper,
Even though Miss Irina walked among the collections of famous artists in her manor since she was a child, there are only a few works that can give Anna such a feeling——

A feeling of numbness that fills the bottom of my heart!
Regardless of whether the authors of these paintings are famous or not, and whether the techniques are outstanding, all works that can directly impact Anna's soul are the most precious collections in her eyes, and they are worthless.

These works contain the painstaking efforts of painters in history.

The surface of the canvas is not only covered with paint, but also condenses their happiness, their sadness, their passion and loneliness in life.

It is the ultimate crystallization of a painter's hard work.

Even if the author of the label on the scroll is just an unknown painter of the Milan School, or even its creator has not been able to leave his name in history at all.

Miss Elena still regards these collections as treasures.

This resonance of body emotions made Anna realize even faster than the brain's thinking——

Right now,

She held such a masterpiece in her hands!One subject is a masterpiece of her favorite "The Little Prince"!A masterpiece drawn by Ms. Detective Cat with her help!
"It's unbelievable, it's like a dream. From a technical point of view, this work is no better than the last one, or in other words, the original skill level of Sister Detective Cat's knife painting is already unbelievably good. But such a vivid Eyes, this kind of deep affection accumulated on the surface of the painting... how did you draw it?"

Miss Elena even felt that everything in front of her was like a dream.

Not long ago,
She also prayed under the walnut tree, hoping that one day the detective cat sister could draw a painting that can express the turbulent emotions hidden in her heart through the emotional resonance between the two people.

After a few hours,
The photo of such a painting was held in her hands... No, it was even better than the one she was praying for.

Anna originally had the greatest hope, but in fact, she just hoped that Detective Cat would pick up a few scattered pearls in her heart.

Integrating them into each other's pens can occasionally stir the deepest strings in her heart.

In that way, Anna thinks, she is already very happy and lucky.

But now,

Cut the wrong bullets, and the big beads are falling into the jade plate.

What Detective Cat draws cannot be described simply by picking up two pearls at random and floating over the strings in Anna's heart like a breeze.

Miss Yi Lianna felt that the sea wall in her heart had been opened by the other party. The tide slanted down. She seemed to have turned into a swimming fish, and could blend into the screen in front of her without any barriers.

Every touch of starlight in Detective Cat's pen,
It's all on her mind.

Miss Yi Lianna's heart was rippling, the muscles in her back were tense, and she couldn't help blinking.

this moment,
Anna's mood swings even surpassed those when she was forced by Ole's cousin just now.The girl could no longer maintain a calm expression, and the circles of her eyes were a little red.

It was her pet dog August who first noticed Anna's abnormal mood in the manor's living room.

The springer spaniel, which was baring its teeth at the side to scare Ole, turned back its big dog head.

It found that there was moisture in the owner's eyes, but the dog vaguely smelled that Anna didn't seem to be sad, but exuded a strange...comfort and joy?

August was a clever dog, but Anna's strange mood swings confused him.

It stuck out its long tender pink tongue, licked the tip of its own black nose, and turned its head in confusion, trying to figure out what happened.

(End of this chapter)