Almighty painter

Chapter 256 The Little Prince Is Listed

"If a work of art itself is good enough, then any slander against it is just a fly swept away by the horse's tail, insignificant and unnecessary. Beauty itself is the most direct weapon a painter possesses."

Sakai Katsuko's tone was soft as if coaxing a child.

She mistakenly thought that Gu Weijing's gaffe was just because of seeing Detective Cat being suppressed, and the sadness from the bottom of her heart.

A painter with no connections wants to get ahead because he wants to see the face of God.

You are eating hot pot at home, singing songs, and painting happily, and you may be slapped to death by any big shot who thinks you are in the way.

From Katsuko Sakai's point of view.

Gu Weijing really didn't need to worry about this kind of problem.

I will take care of him myself.

Professor Lin Tao, who wants to accept him as an apprentice, can also give him enough shelter.

Don't look at Gu Weijing from a remote background like Detective Cat.

But as soon as he enters university, these social relationships are gradually revealed in front of the eyes of the art world, and he will immediately become "one of his own" in the minds of most academic art critics without any hindrance.

As long as Gu Weijing doesn't take the initiative to jump to death, there will be no major problem.

Art criticism from an academic point of view is unavoidable in every painter's career.

This is a normal thing.

As long as you are a practitioner in the field of literature and art, you will have critical voices.The one who can make everyone love you to death is not a painter, that is God.

However, the active collective malicious blocking and suppression of the critics, in fact, there is no need to worry about it at all.

Even if the big critics feel itchy and want to pick a hapless person to vent their anger, they will not choose [Kazunari Sakai——Professor Lin Tao], an interest group with Gu as the link.

be honest.

Than artistic connections.

The son-in-law of the great artist Kazunari Sakai really doesn’t need to be afraid of the so-called “black and evil forces”.

As long as the father thinks, and the chubby Uncle Sakai throws a stick at Gu Weijing's back, they themselves are evil forces.

It's okay not to take the initiative to bully others.

This kind of collective statement of the shareholders of "Oil Painting" magazine is a small probability event that may not happen once in more than ten years.

"Go and see the sunset, how beautiful the sunset is."

Sakai Katsuko was clearly shorter than Gu Weijing, but he pulled him into his arms a little arrogantly, and whispered softly in his ear.

The embrace of a beautiful girl is the best antidepressant in the world.

Gu Weijing's whole body was wrapped in a soft touch.

The last ray of brilliant sunset in the sky fell on Katsuko's black hair, the fiery red sun and the fiery red clouds merged into one, making it difficult to distinguish you from me.

A little bit of dust from industrialization has begun to infect the sky above Layada District in Yangon, but the magnificent sky is still hard to hide.

see this scene.

Gu Weijing's mood gradually improved.

Seiko was right.

Beauty itself is power, a power enough to penetrate the deepest heart.

The Impressionist painters who played a beautiful Jedi counterattack on the Seine River.

How many people can reach the title of [Legendary Level] in oil painting techniques?
Gu Weijing should believe in himself, as well as the system's [Legendary Level] remarks and the emotional evaluation of [Painful Effort].

There are unpopular genres of painting, and there is no such thing as appreciation of visual beauty in people's minds.

Like the sunset at this moment.

No matter how you look at it,
All are magnificent.

Taking a step back, if even the [Legendary Level] skill level is unable to resist the criticism of art critics.

Then no one else in the world can do it.

Gu Weijing might as well see the reality clearly, stop losses in time, and stop thinking about making money as a detective cat.

Work hard to participate in the exhibition honestly, and concentrate on becoming a disciple of Mr. Cao to make contacts and build relationships.It is the right way to make yourself a member of the "art authority" as soon as possible.

think about it,
I still lack the experience of facing changes.

It seems that even Miss Yi Lianna, who has little contact with him at all, has more confidence in his paintings than Gu Weijing himself.

"Thank you, you're so kind, Katsuko."

Gu Weijing's heart settled down.

He couldn't help but gently kissed Sakai Katsuko's side face, picked up his schoolbag, and strode towards the gate of the orphanage.

"I still have something to do, I'm going home first, see you tomorrow."

He waved his hand at Ms. Sakai, whose face was as red as blood, and took out the mobile phone from his pocket.

"I'm sorry for the change in "Oil Painting" magazine. However, I believe that the matter discussed by the shareholders' meeting will not become an obstacle to "The Little Prince". Beautiful works of art will speak out on their own."

Gu Weijing switched accounts and edited a text message on Detective Cat's chat account.

Brokers hate any public opinion incidents that occur during the performance of important business actions by their employers.

Kanye's IQ owes a speech or Will Smith rushes to the stage to slap someone, the advertising agency can still terminate the contract, and the agent doesn't die suddenly, even if the psychological quality is strong enough.

The key point of "The Little Prince" was about to be launched before it was launched, and suddenly it was sprayed by a group of people on the Internet.

Even if Ms. Yi Lianna suddenly took out a sample book of "The Little Prince" at the shareholder meeting, it was an unwarranted disaster that Gu Weijing could not control at all.

He should also apologize to Mr. Sloth.

"Please don't say sorry."

Mr. Sloth replied to his message in seconds as before.

It's just that Mr. Sloth seems a little hesitant.

Even though the other party showed that he was online, he still hesitated for a long time for his words, and did not send the second message until Gu Weijing was almost home.

"Don't pay attention to the pressure of the "Oil Painting" magazine, I will find a solution. As I said before, a beautiful work of art will make its own voice-please believe in the power of this sentence."

"No matter what happens, I will be by your side."

Gu Weijing received the message on his mobile phone, took out the sample booklet of "The Little Prince" from his schoolbag, and looked at the words of gift on the title page.

He used to think that Mr. Sloth wrote this famous artistic motto just because the other party was also a subscriber of "Oil Painting" magazine.

Now I saw the video of Ms. Yi Lianna's speech at the shareholders' meeting of Oil Painting Magazine.

Gu Weijing had a vague association.

Maybe Mr. Sloth has more to do with Oil Painting magazine than he thought.

It is probable that the middle-aged gentleman already knew something when the sample booklet was sent to him.
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March 25.

Almost in a flash, the time is up.

In just a few days, the discussion on the Internet about Detective Cat and "The Little Prince" has not only not weakened, but is becoming more and more intense.

Katsuko Sakai was not alone affected by the brilliant ad run by Scholastic.

Actually,
In the promotion budget of 360 million US dollars, in addition to the 160 million expenditure, it was invested in similar bus and subway stations in various places, and TV stations in the United Kingdom, North America, Canada and other places.

The remaining US$200 million quota has all been turned into online promotion on Youtube and TIKTOK.

Scholastic's advertising department has long-term cooperation agreements with Internet companies such as Google. Under the multi-million-dollar advertising contract, the cost of CPM (payment per thousand impressions) can be reduced to about 4 US dollars.

200 million US dollars is enough to play the advertising video 5 million times in front of the public, which is indeed much cheaper than traditional advertising platforms.

Basically, in the eyes of the big data model algorithm in the past few days, any video website users whose background behavior and consumption habits can be related to the publishing house's book promotion season and "The Little Prince" have all played the Little Prince's promotional video.

Some more than once.

The effect of Scholastic Group's advertising campaign this time is surprisingly good.

Even though many people still habitually choose to skip the ads, there are still many users who are attracted to watch the 30-second video from beginning to end.

What is the fairy tale book that makes the little girl smile? This riddle has aroused the curiosity of countless people.

Even the group's promotional links on Amazon and other e-commerce companies have been clicked nearly a million times.

The relevant keyword entry "Scholastic Group promotional video" ranks among the top [-] in the daily search volume of browsers in North America and some parts of Europe.

The hot words counted by the Twitter background even entered the top [-].

Fairy Tale Book is not an A-level commercial blockbuster and celebrity gossip that can occupy the headlines.

Although the Scholastic Group advertisement is novel, it is not comparable to the million-dollar one-second halftime advertisement of the Super Bowl.

have such influence.

Even the YouTube staff who dealt with related affairs were taken aback when they saw the daily feedback rate of advertisements.

The eyes of netizens are discerning, and there is no shortage of Sherlock Holmes among the masses.

Soon, some people who watched both the commercial and the video of [Oil Painting Magazine Shareholder Resolution] keenly noticed the fairy tale cover in the hands of the little black girl and the sample booklet of "The Little Prince" that Scholastic Group was about to release in Miss Irene's mouth.

It looks exactly the same from a distance.

Case solved!
As a result, this matter quickly spread on major art forums.

People who are willing to pay attention to this matter are inherently curious people.

Many of them opened the official e-commerce platform of Scholastic Publishing Company on Amazon on March 3th.

Even people in many financial circles are refreshing their mobile phones.

It is not necessary to buy, at least they plan to take a look at the quality of the "Little Prince", which is constantly rising in popularity.

Being able to be collectively criticized by the masters is also a skill!

Among these people is Kelly, a third-year student in the Fashion Design Department of the Royal College of Art.

"Oh, Kelly, you shouldn't have dragged me along..."

The round-faced best friend looked melancholy at the dark underground tracks passing by the window of the London subway, and said with a sad face: "This afternoon is the opening ceremony of Berlin Fashion Week, and there is an open-air screening party in Building 3 of the school. Time to squeeze the subway, even if we don’t learn new clothing design inspirations, let’s have French fries and beer to see if the topless handsome guy doesn’t look good!”

"Okay. I promise you won't regret it if you go. I'm afraid I won't be able to buy it if it's too late."

Kelly looked at the electronic watch on her wrist, clasped her hands behind her head in anticipation, and said to her best friend: "I haven't seen it with my own eyes, so it's hard to tell you exactly what Amway is. What a miracle of perfect illustrations."

Since I participated in the market research meeting of Scholastic Publishing Group.

Goldilocks has firmly remembered the book's brushwork, or "knife technique", which is not as beautiful as the illustrations of "The Little Prince" in the world.

What is art?

This is real art.

This version of "The Little Prince" Kelly said she wanted to buy it home and collect it.

Every moment after participating in the market research, she couldn't wait to see the complete set of illustrations of Detective Cat.

She didn't bother to wait for Amazon's slow delivery in the UK.

At 01:30 this afternoon, the "Waterstone" bookstore on Oxford Street in London will hold a signing event for "The Little Prince".

Translator Charlie Hawke will be there in person.

Kelly is going to go directly to the signing event to buy a new version of "The Little Prince" and take it home and read it slowly.

Before leaving the school, Kelly also dragged away her girlfriends in the same dormitory.

"Can't buy it anymore? Huh, girl, it's really great to be featured in a commercial, but ah, you've already fallen into such a state that you don't even have a little bit of basic judgment."

The best friend looked at the roommate sitting in front of her, snorted, and kicked her with her toe.

Exactly at this time.

The subway stopped slowly, and the figure of Kelly in the advertisement of Scholastic Publishing Group appeared on the electronic bulletin board outside the window.

As one of the two main characters on the commercial.

Kelly also counted the addiction of a star.

This Easter promo, compared to those seventh-tier actors who appeared in an advertisement for a small beer workshop and claimed to be stars in the unpopular time of an unpopular TV station with tens of thousands of viewers, has a lot of exposure.

Girlfriends also have to be a little envious of Kelly's good luck.

In the rock and roll town of the world and the top of the entertainment world, who hasn't dreamed of being a big star?

"Kelly, to be honest with my sister, the shots in the commercials are really not acted or staged?"

The best friend looked at the big screen for two seconds, lowered her head and asked in a low voice.

She clearly knew that there was an advertising law out there, and a company with a market capitalization of tens of billions of dollars like the Scholastic Group couldn't possibly be so stupid as to risk being sentenced to a huge fine for "deceiving consumers" and cheating.

My best friend still can't believe it.

She watched the review video of the shareholder meeting.

The shareholder group of "Oil Painting" magazine includes a judge of the Organizing Committee of the Turner Watercolor Prize, the most important and authoritative art award in the UK.

He was even the vice-principal of the Royal Academy of Art where they were studying.

A veritable national treasure of the British art world.

How can it be possible for a work that even this kind of person has given negative comments to contain such power to change people's hearts?

"If you've ever picked up a Detective Cat lady, trust me, you too will be captivated by her magic."

There was a flash of memory in Kelly's eyes.

"But "Oil Painting"..."

"They're lying, that's all." Kelly said firmly.

"Niu, listen to me, don't say that in school."

The round-faced girlfriend stuck out her tongue and made a funny face at Kelly.

The artistic spirit advocates the blooming of a hundred flowers, openness and freedom, but it takes a lot of courage to sing against the mainstream academic views.

Mavericks often mean isolation and even covert bullying.

The two of them were still arguing about the issue until they walked down the dark corridor to the ground of Oxford Street Tube station.

"what?"

The sunlight from the ground shone on the face of my best friend, and the round-faced girl blinked slightly.

She found it by accident.

Before Shuishi Bookstore, there were more readers than she expected to attend the signing event.

At this time, there was already a long queue in front of the bookstore.

(End of this chapter)