Almighty painter

Chapter 218 The True Master

Gu Weijing did not expect such a sentence to come out of Mrs. Sakai's mouth.

He was a little overwhelmed.

"Don't bother, I'm not too thirsty."

"Drink when you're thirsty, and don't drink if you're not thirsty. You've obviously been licking your lips, and you're still being polite. A glass of fruit juice, what's so embarrassing. Cut, I don't like you at all, not at all." Not angry."

Mrs. Sakai raised her eyebrows and mocked dissatisfiedly.

Gu Weijing was immediately relieved.

well,

This kind of tone and the combat effectiveness of the troll are the normal demeanor of Sakai Katsuko's mother that he is familiar with. The moment he asked him if he would drink water, Gu Weijing felt a little creepy.

"Mom, it's all right."

Sakai Katsuko opened the small refrigerator in the back row, took out two cups of freshly squeezed juice, handed one cup to Gu Weijing, and held a cup in her arms.

"Let my mother take care of the Mashi Gallery's contract for you. She is an expert in this area. Many times, my father's contract and exhibition issues are taken care of by my mother."

Sakai Katsuko gently bit Gu Weijing's ear.

"Mrs. Cruz, thank you for making a special trip for me, and thank you for the Mashi Gallery. I will work hard to paint."

Gu Weijing nodded sincerely towards Mrs. Sakai.

Just before receiving the call from her aunt, Katsuko Sakai told him while chatting in the studio that an agent might come to her in the next two days, so she should not rush to sign.

if he pleases,
Her mother can help him look at the contract.

"You have a conscience."

Mrs. Sakai thought to herself.

Since she wanted to do favors for her daughter, naturally she couldn't just throw Gu Weijing to Ma Shi Gallery and forget about it. At this time, she must come forward in person.

After learning that Hanks has come to the door.

When Mrs. Sakai simply went to the orphanage to pick up her daughter, she also took Gu Weijing away.Mrs. Sakai felt that the boy's sincere thanks and attitude were somewhat correct.

She was satisfied in her heart, but her mouth was still a little mean.

"Just thank you? Recommending you to a big gallery like Ma Shi Gallery, this is not comparable to a simple letter of recommendation..."

"Mom." Sakai Katsuko called coquettishly.

"Katsuko, don't interrupt me." Mrs. Sakai ignored her thin-skinned daughter.

If you don't explain everything you've done to this kid, wouldn't her favor be in vain?
"You will work hard to draw—hehe, Xiao Gu, you don't really think that we are helping you because of your talent, do you? Spend your own favors to help? Why? Our family is a good one.”

Mrs. Sakai pursed her lips and said in an extremely arrogant way.

"Genius? Don't tell me your talent is good, we have to value you. How can there be such an easy reason! How many people out there are begging my husband to open their mouths with gold and silver mountains. Do you think your paintings are so special? It's too Make yourself sentimental, you really think I made a special trip just for you."

"Uh……"

Gu Weijing was neither embarrassed nor angry.

What people say is completely without any vain and simple truth.

Senior artists are also ordinary people, and people are complex creatures.

Seeing a talented junior, it is a human being who will stretch out his hand to give him a selfless hand, and it is also a human being who will kick his feet and fear that the waves behind him will chase the waves ahead.

If the proportion of guys who choose the former is so high, they will not start from the industry of painters. Noble people are known as the most critical and rarest and most precious element in the success of an artist's career.

Fortunately,

He's not too stupid either.

Gu Weijing only thought for a few seconds before he knew what the correct answer to this question was.

"Mrs. Sakai, thank you, I know you are not for me. It is really very lucky to meet Katsuko."

"Grumpy."

Mrs. Sakai finally felt that she got the answer she wanted from this kid's mouth.

She cocked her neck, winked at her daughter triumphantly, and said slowly: "It's useless to talk about this kind of thing. We still have to judge by actual performance."

"By the way, Xiao Gu, you usually live with your grandfather, and you also live with your uncle, aunt and cousin Gu Lin. Gu Lin and you both go to school at Dulwich College and will graduate this year, right?"

The car was quiet for a while, and when it was about to drive to the door of Gu's Book Gallery, Mrs. Sakai opened her mouth as if checking her household registration.

"Well, that's it."

"Are they easy to get along with?" asked the blond woman.

"I think it's okay. Maybe my aunt's mouth is a bit sharp, but she's not a bad person." Gu Weijing shrugged, he couldn't speak ill of his relatives at this time.

Thinking of this verse,

Gu Weijing was a little nervous.

Mrs. Sakai is not a round, gentle and harmless fat uncle like Kazushige Sakai, her mouth is like a knife.

Among all the middle-aged women he has come into contact with.

Mrs. Sakai's condescending and sarcastic sarcasm, and his aunt's nagging moral kidnapping, can be called the two evil trolls.

It is difficult to judge which of the two aunts has the stronger fighting power.

Are you meeting your parents today?

Gu Weijing was a little worried that these two people would spray each other instead of talking.

……

When he was on the phone with his grandfather, he briefly mentioned two things about Mrs. Sakai's coming, so when the black limousine parked on the embankment in front of the book gallery.

Mr. Gu was already waiting at the bottom of the steps in person.

"You two children wait for me."

Mrs. Sakai stopped Gu Weijing, told the driver to open the junior box, and took out a Hermès travel bag from it.

She straightened her hair in front of the vanity mirror on the sun visor, then got out of the car, stepped on her high heels, and walked towards the book gallery.

"This is... Mrs. Cruz! My God."

Hanks, who was a little impatient waiting for Gu Weijing, changed his expression when Mrs. Sakai got off the car.

It took him three seconds to compare this blonde woman with the charming young woman he had met in the Barcelona Art Museum four or five years ago, to make sure that he had not mistaken her.

Hanks was a little confused in his mind.

Insider gossip,

Professor Sakai's husband and wife have a very good relationship, and they are childhood sweethearts in the university.

Master Kazusei Sakai is super obedient in front of his wife no matter how much he hangs out outside. For many career plans, convincing Mrs. Kazusei Sakai is more effective than convincing Professor Kazusei Sakai himself.

It's just that the other party has a strong personality and is not easy to get along with.

When Hanks hoped to sign Kasunari Sakai, he tried every means to consider whether he could take the route of his wife and meet this Ms. Cruz.

But they don't answer calls from outsiders at all.

Sending an email to her mailbox also directly disappeared.

It took him a lot of effort, and he decided to go to the roasted bird shop and stay with Professor Sakai.

Deliberately blooming and not blooming, unintentionally planting willows and willows to make shade.

Hanks was in Japan, and he wanted to see the lady with all his strength, but he couldn't get it. Unexpectedly, when he came to Yangon to sign the little native, he happened to bump into Mrs. Sakai herself.

He didn't have time to be surprised.

Just a dodge came out directly from behind Gu Tongxiang, and the smile on his stooped face was as bright as it could be, rushing forward.

He found that Mrs. Sakai was not as unapproachable as rumored, and she extended her hand politely.

Hanks was even more moved.

"Ms. Cruz, I'm Hanks Mas, the manager of Mas Gallery. We met once at the discussion meeting of the Catalan Style Art Exhibition. I don't know if you remember me. You still look like you used to Just as beautiful..."

Mrs. Sakai dexterously stepped sideways, dodging Hanks' flattering rushing footsteps, lightly slapped the manager's outstretched paw away with the back of her hand, and then grabbed Gu Tongxiang's right hand behind him.

"This should be our first meeting, whether it's my husband or me. We both think that Gu Weijing is the most impressive and outstanding young man I have ever met. I have been looking forward to meeting you It is a pleasure to meet an old gentleman who can teach such a child."

On Mrs. Sakai's face, she couldn't see the look of picking her nose and eyes at Gu Weijing in the car just now.

She shook hands very politely and introduced herself.

"Hello, madam..."

At this time, Gu Tongxiang's face was full of wrinkles like a bun.

"My name is Adriana Cruz. I am Kazushige Sakai's wife and Katsuko Sakai's mother. Mr. Gu, you can call me Mrs. Sakai or Adriana directly. You are a senior on the road of art Teacher, you can call it whatever is convenient for you."

Hanks, who had fully witnessed this scene, felt that there must have been some incomprehensible changes in the way the world opened.

A senior teacher on the road of art? ! ! !
He stared at Gu Tongxiang's bald head, his eyes staring like two copper bells.

The only thing that this old guy could possibly match up with the word "senior" was at most that he was older.

But painting has always paid attention to the master as a teacher.

When the art industry reaches a high level, it is common for teachers to be younger than students.Artist Huang Yongyu became a professor at CAFA in his twenties, and among the students there are even grandfathers with white eyebrows and beards.

Hanks has carefully judged Gu Tongxiang's level, so it's not surprising that there are any surprises.

But it would be a big joke to say that Mrs. Sakai deserves to be called an old senior so respectfully.

"Uh...you, you, you are really too polite."

Gu Tongxiang was also dizzy from being flattered by this plan.

He has been around for a lifetime, and he has never been praised by such a high-end celebrity.

The old man grabbed Mrs. Sakai's hand, not knowing what to say.

"If you don't mind, let's go in and talk."

Mrs. Sakai smiled at Mr. Gu.

Bad personality is bad personality, she has always been a person with high emotional intelligence.

Mrs. Sakai would accuse Gu Weijing of this and that of Gu Weijing in the car, but at such times, she was willing to be more respectful and give the other party's elders a lot of face.

Otherwise, they simply don't agree with their relationship, and if they agree, they will spend effort to maintain the relationship.

It's really like the kind in Japanese TV dramas, where the Chinese lady in the Gongqing's mansion will speak sarcasticly to the in-laws of the poor boy's family as soon as they meet, and she will put her own daughter on the fire in the future.

"Today is the first meeting, I brought you a little gift."

Mrs. Sakai asked the driver to put the travel bag on the counter, unzipped the bag, and took out several small gift boxes from it.

Only then did Gu Weijing know why the blond aunt in the car asked him about his family situation.

People are not checking household registration, but making sure that they have prepared a gift for everyone.

Uncle got a small teacup with green blue grass gray glaze, aunt got a red treasure earring half the size of a small fingernail, old man Gu Tongxiang got a small scroll, even Gu Weijing’s cousin Gu Lin had a teacup from Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto. The guardian amulet of "study success".

Hanks couldn't understand it at all.

It's not that these gifts are so expensive that it's unacceptable.

These things are very good, but not too expensive.

Hanks gave a lot of gifts, and he recognized it at a glance.Except that there is no exact price for the guardian of Kiyomizu Temple, the small teacup should belong to [Sanqianjia], and the earrings are commemorative models released by Swarovski last year.They are relatively difficult to buy, and the public price should be between [-] and [-] US dollars.

This is very chewy.

This gift was obviously thoughtful.

It can not only reflect the intention, but also not be too expensive and have the meaning of showing off wealth.

Considering Mrs. Sakai's social status and income, this attitude of seriousness in choosing gifts is even more surprising than a few hundred dollars.

What shocked Hanks even more was the small scroll in Gu Tongxiang's hand.

Mr. Gu untied the binding on the scroll, and after unrolling it, it didn't look too big after two or three square feet, and there were only four simple words on it, healthy and wishful.

to be frank,
This word is written in general.

It's definitely not as good as the old man Wu's calligraphy next door, and maybe it's not as good as Gu Tongxiang's own calligraphy, but the attribute name below is Sakai Kazuna's own.

"Several professors at Tama Art University are famous calligraphers in Japan, and they can sell tens of thousands of yen per foot. The achievement is far behind. He originally wanted to let his colleagues ask for calligraphy, but I think this gift should be written by himself. It's better. It's worthless, and it might be a bit embarrassing to take it out, just as a thought."

Mrs. Sakai spoke lightly.

But at this moment, even Gu Weijing was overwhelmed with gratitude, the little grudge that Mrs. Sakai had left in his heart before was instantly wiped out.

Mr. Gu Tongxiang even felt that Sakai Katsuko's family was the most cultivated and gentle family of great artists in the world.

His old face was almost pulled away with a smile.

When the old man learned that his grandson might be dating Miss Sakai, he was more worried than happy.

He always felt that they were too incompatible.

Talking about a girlfriend like Ms. Sakai may bring a lot of psychological pressure to the grandson, which may not be really a blessing.

From the bottom of his heart, the old man quite likes the little girl Mona who often comes to play at home.

Seriously, down-to-earth,
This is the partner in his heart who can see, touch, and live a good life with his grandson.

At this time, Gu Tongxiang only felt that Miss Sakai Katsuko was cute, Uncle Sakai was gentle, and Mrs. Sakai was an approachable lady.

Not at all as arrogant as he imagined.

The little Indian girl or something has long been thrown out of the sky by the old man.

Who is Mona?

"Too...too precious."

I don't know whether it's happiness or emotion, Mr. Gu Tongxiang pinched the scroll in his hand, even his lips began to tremble a little.

"Shengzi, green tea Gongdou, buying people's hearts, you still have something to learn!"

Mrs. Sakai looked at Gu Tongxiang who was about to cry under her tricks, glanced at the innocent daughter beside her, and hummed proudly in her heart.

(End of this chapter)