Almighty painter

Chapter 248 Drawing Cats
"He said he was a special correspondent for the Economic Reviewer."

The Economics Reviewer is one of the most influential economics publications in the world.

Its position in the financial market is equivalent to the position of "Oil Painting" magazine in the field of art.Even now, even the composition of shares is very similar, which is a combination of some private family holdings and financial group holdings.

If it weren't for this brash backpacker from such an established and influential magazine.

Elliott didn't hesitate at all. The moment the other party took out his press card, he was told to leave.

"The Economics Critic...is a big media outlet, well, let him come up then."

Anna looked down at the book "The Little Prince" in her hand, and already had a complete plan in her heart.

She needs an exposure channel.

After today's shareholder meeting.

The shareholders of "Oil Painting" magazine can't hope that Detective Cat can make a comeback with this fairy tale book. Normally, they may find a way to continue to use their influence to slander Detective Cat's artistic level.

It's ok.

Miss Irene had anticipated this.

It's certainly not a good thing, but it can't be that bad either.

The art industry is a bit like the film industry.

Art critics and professional film critic groups are very powerful. They hold the right to award you or not. If you offend the film society, you will basically be insulated from film and television awards in this life.

But nothing is absolute.

The most important thing is still the box office and genuine quality.As long as the work is hard enough, the main theme of the Soviet Union can also be used to make the Oscar jury pinch his nose and award him.

The influence of art criticism varies by occasion.

If it is an oil painting used by ordinary painters to participate in international biennial exhibitions or hold personal exhibitions.

Encounter the collective negation of these masters.

It will be a catastrophe directly, and the scene will be very catastrophic. Even when you see your name in the biennale audition, you will be rejected, and it is possible to refuse your admission.

But illustrations are not afraid of slander, criticism, but not enough exposure.

This is the benefit of not much being at the bottom of the chain of contempt for art.

Black and red are also red.

As long as you draw well enough and be seen by enough people.

So in the more down-to-earth illustration industry, it is not an impossible task to turn trolls into fans.

And this era.

A journal in the field of economics has a high social influence.

Anna has seen the data analysis of magazines before.

"Oil Painting" magazine is aimed at middle and upper-class art lover readers, collectors with high net worth assets, and audiences who read financial newspapers.

They have a high degree of statistical coincidence.

Art and wealth, the two are two intertwined polynucleotide strands on the double helix of DNA, which have been entangled with each other since the moment of birth.

In particular, The Economics Review is not that kind of very obscure academic business.

It is biased towards popular publications, and the direction of news topic selection is also very popular.

You can also think of this media as a news newspaper for families above the middle class.

One of its current commentary articles once affected the broadcast volume of HBO's popular TV series "Succession", making it hopeful that it will win this year's Emmy Award.

It also sold tens of thousands more copies of the pop-up gift pack co-branded by Bubble Mart and KAWS in a week.

Waiting for a traffic light on the road at this time, you can wait until the special reporter of the "Economic Critic" runs up by himself.

When you doze off, someone will send you a pillow!
Anna recalled the meaningful smile of the little girl picking mushrooms walking in the forest when she saw a fat rabbit running wildly bumping into a wooden post beside her.

"You're lucky, get in the car. Recording is not allowed without explicit permission. If you want to take pictures, I have to review the photos first. Do you understand the rules?"

Get an affirmative answer from the lady.

Elliott walked back to the little reporter sitting on the ground.

The female secretary snatched the recording pen from his hand without hesitation, turned it off and confiscated it.

The little reporter stood up, looking regretfully at the recording pen leaving him, but he was not too entangled.

"Oil Painting" magazine is at the center of the whirlpool of the art market.

Not only art newspapers, but financial newspapers all over the world are also focusing their attention on the acquisition proposal of this Austrian magazine.

Everyone smelled the ink aroma of money in the air.

Be the first to interview an important protagonist in the whirlpool.

Even if there is no special breaking news, this news can sell at least [-] euros or more.

Bet right.

This time, my own help to my future career path is even greater than the usual three years of running in the wind and rain under the sun.

"About the shareholder meeting, I will give you the news you want, but the content and tendency of your writing must also satisfy me."

With a body length of nearly 6 meters, the rear space of the GLS600 is as large as a conference room.

The little reporter just got into the car.

Anna straight to the point.

"Ms. Irina, I am very grateful that you accepted my interview. I will record the original words of your interview fairly and objectively, but you cannot interfere with the content of my article."

The little reporter smiled mischievously.

Of course, he is very aware of how unfavorable the current mainstream public opinion is to the girl in front of him.

The beautiful second-generation wealthy woman was kicked out of the company, and she has the dual attributes of finance and gossip.

in the financial field.

The last close example he could think of was Williams.

In 2020, after Sir Williams handed over the traditional F1 giant team to his young daughter Claire Williams in the past few decades, due to continuous poor management and the verge of bankruptcy, it was reluctantly sold to Dolely Capital Group .

The Williams family has since been kicked out of the team named after him.

With the capital group taking over the management, taking advantage of the revival of F1, in just three years, the valuation of the Williams team has quintupled, surpassing one billion US dollars again.

Behind the scenery, it also reflects the desperation of Ms. Clare, who left the field sadly and was expelled from the position of head, and the entire Williams family.

When he was just a trainee reporter, the "Economic Review" once wrote a fierce business opinion on this topic.

It's hard for young reporters not to connect Anna with the Claire Williams who used to be.

There are many places where the two things are too similar.

It was all young daughters who took over the huge family business left by the wealthy elders, and it was all in their hands that the founder's family was kicked out of the board of directors, and they were all taken over by capital groups.

Although the situation of the two is not completely substituted.

But the current public evaluation of that Ms. Claire is very negative in the eyes of many people.

"Incompetent decision-makers and chaotic managers, sinners of the family, with a heart higher than the sky and a life thinner than paper..."

These scathing social comments could be made on Ms Williams back then.

It's hard to imagine that the gossip-loving public would show mercy to the current Ms. Elena.

but,

What does this have to do with him, a special correspondent for the Economics Critic?

He himself is a part of public opinion.

The little reporter laughed in his heart that Miss Yi Lianna in front of him was too naive for trying to make him violate journalistic ethics.

If the interview report is required to be written, the other party must be satisfied.

Wouldn't it be the fucking thing that he ran over to the door and wrote soft articles for free labor for others!

He is willing to lick his face and bump into the car to stop the car in exchange for an interview opportunity, but he is not willing to be the meat trumpet of the Yi Lianna family for no reason.

Although the "Economic Critic" is in the public domain, it belongs to the type of political stances that switch from left to right, and occasionally like to sing a different tune with its peers.

It is possible for a magazine of their magnitude to write soft articles.

The cost is definitely not a small amount.

Even if you are the chairman of the world's top [-] companies, you can ignore our interview application, and we can just write articles to fuck you as much as we want.

It's cool to work in a large media.

"I can give the "Economic Reviewer" exclusive news, and only accept an interview with one of your media. By the way, I will send you a copy of all written resolutions of the shareholders' meeting and the future development strategy of the magazine."

Anna promised indifferently, anyway, these things are announced.

Big exclusive?
The little reporter licked his lips.

The proposal moved him a little.

Scoops and regular reports are of a completely different magnitude in journalism.

but……

"Lady Elena."

The little reporter swallowed lightly, hesitated for two seconds, and felt that this condition was not enough to bribe him.

If the editor finds out that he has privately engaged in such behind-the-scenes transactions with interviewees, he will have his press card revoked and lose his job.

Consider the ROI ratio.

He suppressed his heartbeat, and still acted as if he was mighty but could not bend the rich and the rich, and he said, "Miss, you have misunderstood me. I really have journalistic ethics. The Economic Critic is a family..."

"Then change the terms, Ron William, right?"

Anna glanced at the press card in hand and called out the other party's name.

"Reporter William, I can maintain a dedicated line with you for a long time. If the situation permits, I am willing to disclose a series of internal changes and development plans of the magazine to you in advance."

This is saying,

Is Miss Yi Lianna willing to be her source of information inside the "Oil Painting" magazine?
When Reporter William realized what the other party had promised, his heart beat half a beat slower.

Well known.

For every reporter who can produce important exclusive news and stir up troubles, the prerequisite is that you have an intelligence source under your own control.

As a military and political reporter, you can use your green card to bribe people in areas controlled by the armed opposition.As a financial reporter, you can also buy some low-level employees to obtain information about the company's movements under investigation.

The price is that the former is easy to get bullets, and the latter is easy to be taken away by the Financial Investigation Section of the police station as a commercial spy.

but,

As long as you can dig out the fierce material, everything is worth it.

"You mean... Ms. Elena, would you like to be my long-term informant?"

Reporter William was overwhelmed by a great sense of happiness.

With his three melons and two jujubes for news investigation funds, in Austria, the richest country in the world, it is difficult to bribe a sweeping lady to help him steal discarded documents in the trash can.

And now.

There is actually a major shareholder who is willing to be his exclusive source of information, keep in touch with him, and tell him the future development trend of "Oil Painting" magazine.

Major shareholders who are willing to poach their own corners—even if it is not unusual for the press to encounter any strange things here, reporter William almost kneels down to this strange-minded Miss Anna.

"Informant? I'd rather say a friend."

Anna smiled gently at reporter William.

From the independent wine cabinet in the back row of the Mercedes-Benz, she took out a light sand-colored wine bottle with small bubbles floating and two champagne glasses.

"Listen, my friendship is not with the Economics Reviewer, but with you personally."

Anna gracefully handed a goblet to the struggling man, "Mr. William, would you like to be a friend of Elena's family?"

then,

Reporter William really knelt down.

"In order to ensure the fairness and objectivity of the news, I will show you, the interviewee, the finished press release to read and listen to your opinion."

The art of language.

Being bought by the powerful to become the mouthpiece of the profit chain is a scum among journalists, and it is a desecration of the dignity of journalism.

But if you are willing to absorb the feedback from your interviewees and express your views "impartially", then you are a good reporter with high morals.

Reporter William took a deep breath, took the champagne glass, and drank it down.

Didn't just kneel down and kiss someone's boots, reporter William felt that he really had a lot of backbone.

Without him,

Give too much.

The reporter who can get the news is the master, and the informant only controlled by himself is the most important asset in the hands of the reporter.

In order to grab the contact information of an informant on an important news line, two fellow journalists fought directly in the office.

If reporter William can always get the important information of "Oil Painting" magazine, he doesn't care about any shit editors.

I don't even care about the editor-in-chief.

If you can gather some news about the oil painting fund that is rumored to be established in a short period of time-that is, it is difficult for financial journalists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism, but the newspaper industry awards that are less frequent are almost already in the works. He waved.

In the plot of the popular political drama "House of Cards",

That Zoe female reporter developed a Democratic Congressman into her long-term informant. She is the most beautiful person in the entire White House press room, and even the boss wants to greet her with a smile.

Reporters who have channels to contact important informants are so bullish.

"I...I need to write something, Miss Irina, you can be biased, but it can't be too outrageous, otherwise the editor will withhold the manuscript, and the readers won't buy it."

Reporter William opened his mouth awkwardly.

Equivalent exchange.

If someone offered him a price he couldn't refuse, then the request he was trying to make must not be small.

Reporter Zoe from House of Cards, selling her ass and giving away nude photos, got the Democrat congressman to agree to give her the scoop.

William must be very happy to sell his "hue".

But this beauty,
I can only drool in my dreams.

"Don't worry, I don't ask you to be too obvious. You can write reports as you want."

Elena also raised her glass.

She has been in poor health since she was a child, so Anna lives a very self-disciplined life.

She usually does not touch any alcoholic beverages, substituting the non-alcoholic champagne or wine usually served in the Muslim world for social occasions.

That is sparkling sugar water and spiced grape juice.

Anna took a sip of the sweet drink: "I just need to mention a few key points, it's not difficult."

The girl chuckled.

From the moment he got into the car, the changes in reporter William were all predicted by Miss Irina.

The heirs of the Old Money family are some of the best journalists in the world.

Throwing Anna's family background template to Britain, she is a proper hereditary noble member of the House of Lords.

Almost since the Glorious Revolution, their profession has been debating, speaking and dealing with journalists in the media.

Regardless of whether he is a male thief or a female prostitute in his belly, he can pretend to be for the country and the people in the eyes of the public.

How to get along with reporters is almost something engraved in the genes of noble families.

She knew how to make the best bids to journalists.

It may take 10,000+ euros to buy it with money to have such an effect.

And the next time you cooperate, the other party will only become more greedy and want more.

Now, with just a few casual words, Anna managed to hold Reporter William in her palm.

The other party got a long-term informant, and he got a long-term mouthpiece in the big media of "Economic Evaluator". Without paying a penny, he reaped a win-win situation.

"Other than that, the most important thing."

Anna directly flipped out the last few pages of the shareholders' resolution: "I will ask the secretary to copy this document for you to take away. No matter how you report this shareholders' meeting, you must make readers focus on On the debate about the forthcoming fairy tale book "The Little Prince."

""little Prince"?"

William stared at the resolutions of the shareholder meeting full of dry goods in his hands, drool on his fingers, and quickly turned the pages.

It would be a little weird for the financial press to focus on a forthcoming book of fairy tales, but since it was a proposal at a shareholder meeting, it wasn't too difficult to do.

"You don't need to praise your book from my standpoint, but you need to let readers who read this report at least have an interest in buying a book to see what it is like, which you should It's professional..."

……

It took about ten minutes to finalize the writing outline and the details of a few questions with Ms. Irina.

Reporter William was ready to go back to the hotel and write quickly, rushing out this manuscript as soon as possible, and rushing to publish it before the official release of "The Little Prince" next weekend.

Although he was so excited that he wanted to write an article immediately, William still cautiously rejected Anna's proposal to send him home, got out of the car and called Uber himself.

The probability of being associated with something is very low. Reporter William still doesn't want to appear too close to the Elena family in the public eye.

"Is that African female painter worth your effort?"

The LCD TV baffle between the back seat and the front row of the GLS600 slowly fell down. The female secretary turned her head from the seat and asked with a complicated expression.

Just now Miss Elena didn't ask Elliott to get out of the car and wait outside, so all the conversations between the other party and reporter William fell into her ears.

Elliott didn't understand the secret story between Anna and Detective Cat, she could still hear that the lady was trying every means to promote the other party.

The female secretary was a little resentful and felt very unworthy for Anna.

This damn detective cat has already caused enough trouble for the lady. If it weren't for the other party's video, Sir Brown might not have the opportunity to make so many articles.

"You mean the conversation with the reporter just now? It doesn't matter. Everyone takes what they need. It is not a bad thing to maintain a good personal friendship with some reporters. Before my aunt was alive, she also had two or three friends in the newspaper industry."

Anna chuckled and explained, "As for Detective Cat, Elliott, after the shareholder meeting, haven't you figured it out? Helping her now is helping myself."

"And the work of Detective Cat is also worthy of me doing these things for her."

While Yi Lianna was speaking, she took out a pen from the armrest box of the car seat, opened the title page of "The Little Prince" in her hand, and wrote on it in beautiful English letters.

"A noble work of art cannot be told by critics, it can speak for itself. A noble soul cannot be restrained by the world, she will find freedom by herself."

Anna signed [Mr. Sloth], took out her mobile phone, and contacted her full-time assistant in Schönbrunn Palace Office.

"Send me something to Ms. Detective Cat."
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"Meow?"

A civet cat with a round head and a round nose turned its ears, and lazily tried to find a more comfortable position on the ground.

In biology, felines are generally classified as nocturnal animals, resting during the day and eating and hunting at night.

But domestic pet cats don’t actually have a very fixed schedule.

They sleep all day and night, and they are active all day long.Usually, for every 65 to 78 minutes of sleep, I get up and move for 26 to 35 minutes.

If there are no external conditions, keep the cycle of sleep-activity-sleep-activity repeated.

Awang, the cihuamao, has had enough sleep.

She didn't want to stay here obediently at all. There were sparrows chirping in the yard just now, and dragonflies were catching small midges along the Yangon River not far away.

Ngawang is a wild predator.

At this time in the past, she was either chasing sparrows or dragonflies.

Otherwise, it would be quite interesting to jump up and slap the uncle next door who is groping his tail.

But today.

Ngawang had no choice but to continue lying here obediently as a sculpture.

Even though she couldn't go out to play, Awang was a little impatient with the energy that had nowhere to vent, so she decided to continue waiting.

only because--

A hand gently stroked her hind limbs, scratching her slightly skillfully.

"Meow meow meow!"

Awang's pupils dilated instantly, and his tail twitched and twitched.

Correct,
That's right!

That's what it feels like!

It is this kind of FEEL!

The human hand brushed precisely between the nerve-filled bones of its hip, femur, and tibia, like a masterful Thai massage.

The soul of the whole cat seemed to be taken away by this hand.

Cool!
It was so cool.

The cool Awang Moomao kept barking, as if her whole cat life was just for this moment.

"Good boy, wait for a while and I'll take you out to play. I'll start painting right away, and be my model for ten minutes."

Gu Weijing scratched it twice, then withdrew his hand from the raccoon cat raised by old man Wu's house, and picked up the sketch pencil again.

(End of this chapter)