Almighty painter

Chapter 310 Interview with No. [-] in the World

She sat on Miss Sakai's chest, got into Katsuko's curvy neckline, and rubbed the soft skin of her head against Katsuko Sakai's chin as if to please, making her giggle.

Awang rolled on Sakai Katsuko's body.

After adjusting its position, the civet cat found a comfortable position on the girl's chest and fell asleep. Its claws clamped Shengzi's clothes and couldn't get it off.

She is very smart to know.

If she had to be a doll for others to play with, it would be much more comfortable to find the fragrant and soft Sakai sister than to play with the energetic Jasmine.

"Awang, be good and don't run around. Be careful of falling. If you get lost from the train, we won't be able to find you even if we try to find you."

Sakai Katsuko rubbed the soft back hair of the raccoon cat and whispered a few words.

"Are you thinking about something? The little unpleasantness just now has passed. I'm fine."

Sakai Katsuko turned her head and looked at her boyfriend.

The girl noticed that Gu Weijing had been a little absent-minded in the past half hour since the incident in the waiting hall of the train station.

Often dazed and dazed.

"Uh...I'm fine, I'm just thinking about something."

Gu Weijing did not leave a shadow because of the time when the military and police asked for bribes.

He was just thinking about collector Chen Shenglin's rhetorical question.

[Gu Weijing, have you ever thought about it, if the laws of the world are like this, what would you do?Cops kill, gangsters kill, senators kill too.Fairness and justice are not the core of society. Textbooks teach children to be kind, but in an adult society, there are only interests. 】

This sentence was like a bell, buzzing in his ears.

Gu Weijing is clear.

In many people's minds, serving a mafia tycoon is a very honorable and honorable thing.

Good or bad doesn't matter.

Just like what Alai once said, the big drug lords who are full of crimes and the separatist warlords who kill a lot of people signed a ceasefire agreement and held a press conference in front of reporters under the witness of the United Nations investigation team.

He suddenly became the beloved senior official in the press release.

From the incarnation of evil to the defender of order.

Maybe right and wrong are always very vague concepts.

Chen Shenglin's performance in dealing with this issue was much more mature and profound than Gu Weijing's.

But for a young man of his age who has accepted his grandfather Gu Tongxiang's "gentleman" theory and Confucian worldview since childhood, this truth may be a bit too dark and depressing.

"Shengzi, if you discover that the nature of this world is not as beautiful as I imagined, and the operating mode may be much darker and gloomier, what should we do?"

he asked in a daze.

"Ok?"

Sakai Katsuko was stunned for a moment.

She did not ask Gu Weijing why he suddenly asked such a strange question. Instead, she thought quietly for a few seconds and replied, "I will be a kind person and then draw my own paintings well."

"that's it?"

"Gu Jun, that's it, we are painters. I don't have any great ambitions to save the world, I just want to be a painter. Life is short, and art alone is enough for me to wander around for a lifetime. I really don't have much energy for that. I take care of other things."

Sakai Katsuko chuckled.

"So don't worry about it."

She patted her boyfriend on the shoulder and stared into his black eyes: "You just need to know that this world is an oil painting written by Heavenly Father. If it is warm, I will be by your side. If the rules of this world are ruthless, If you are cold, then I will be by your side to accompany you."

She saw that Gu Weijing was still a little lost in thought, so she left him some quiet space and stood up from her seat holding the squinting cat.

"I took Jasmine to feed the cat in the open space behind the carriage. We went out to play together today. When I come back, you should be happy."

Sakai Katsuko rubbed Gu Weijing's head gently like a cat's fur.

Gu Weijing nodded.

He was actually in a better mood.

"I can draw my own paintings well and be a kind person." - Sakai Katsuko's very wise answer made Gu Weijing feel suddenly enlightened.

What a great statement!

Gu Weijing found that just like he was incapable of representing the young people in the entire city, he had no need to think about such profound issues.

He is not Chen Shenglin, nor is he the mayor.

He only needs to play the role of a painter well and live his life with kindness and integrity. It is enough.

Say.

A soft girl as pure and lovely as a lotus flower whispers in your ear that no matter whether the world is warm or cold, she will be by your side. It is really difficult to be unhappy.

Gu Weijing looked at the scenery outside the window for a while, then took out his mobile phone to play some brisk music to change his mood.

At this time, he found an unread message on WeChat.

Like Mr. Gu Tongxiang, who needs to maintain relationships with all kinds of customers, Gu Weijing also has a lot of social software accounts, large and small, on his mobile phone.

He used Google Mail to handle work messages, WhatsApp to communicate with Mr. Sloth and various people he met under the identity of Detective Cat, and he also added Hanks’ Telegram and Sakai Katsuko’s Line.

Sometimes.

He was really afraid that he had logged into the wrong account and betrayed the gang.

Gu Weijing was thinking about buying another mobile phone and separating Detective Cat's social circle.

He doesn’t have many contacts on WeChat, only two of which are commonly used, but he posts them online in a substantial way, which can arouse the envy of countless art people.

One is Professor Lin Tao who teaches his class every week.

The other one is Mr. Cao’s personal assistant, Lao Yang.

Gu Weijing is not qualified to add Mr. Cao Xuan’s WeChat account yet.

This new message was sent by Professor Lin Tao.

The professor first sent an emoticon commonly used by the elderly, showing Fei Yuqing spreading his hands and showing a mysterious smile.

Having spent a lot of time with Professor Lin Tao on a daily basis, Gu Weijing already understood.

Even if Lin Tao, a famous professor at Central Academy of Fine Arts with an international reputation and a great artist worth tens of millions, is still just an ordinary old man when it comes to his taste in emojis.

"Is it about class?"

Gu Weijing remembered that he had discussed it with Professor Lin in advance. Because he was going out with Miss Sakai on the weekend, today's class was postponed to tomorrow.

In fact, Professor Lin Tao bluntly said that before Gu Weijing realized this bottleneck, he had nothing to teach him.

The master can lead you in.

After entering the door, if you want to enter the house, then the last threshold cannot be replaced by anyone except yourself.

Gu Weijing's current Chinese painting skills have reached [Lv.4: Career Level 4898 (5000/[-])].

He is still just a breath away from the boundary of the second level of his career.

The breath reached his throat, but he couldn't spit it out. "How is the copying of the wisteria flowers in your "Hundred Flowers"?" Professor Lin Tao sent a voice message.

"It's still like that, that's all it takes. It will probably take a few more days."

"Oh, in a few days, some window paper will be understood in just a moment, but it will be stuck in place for weeks, months, or even years."

"A slight mistake is a thousand miles wrong." Professor Lin Tao did not sound disappointed in his tone. "Young people, it is hard work. It is not that easy to be my junior disciple."

"By the way, Xiao Ning, go search the Internet for interviews with Junior Sister Tang Ning."

"Well... you can take a look for yourself. She should have mentioned you in this year's spring auction." Professor Lin Tao's tone was mysterious, just like Fei Yuqing's smile in the emoticon.

Ms. Downing?

In fact, Gu Weijing and this famous Asian female painter did not have much interaction.

The painting "Hundred Flowers" was also sent to me through Professor Lin, and she actually mentioned herself in the interview!

Strictly speaking, they were even enemies, although Gu Weijing was not qualified to be the enemy of a painter of his magnitude.

But if Mr. Cao really takes on an extra apprentice, Tang Ning will probably be the one who suffers the greatest loss of profits.

Gu Weijing was curious.

Taking advantage of the fact that the train was not completely out of the city's signal coverage and the Internet was still intermittent, I immediately entered the two keywords "Artist Tangning" and "Spring Auction" into the browser.

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[The Flower Language of Time·Sotheby’s International Joint Artist Tangning Xiangjiang Spring Auction, the total transaction volume exceeded 6000 million! 】

[Suspected of spending tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars on jewelry, Master Cao Xuan's closed disciple appeared in a luxury car late at night at the Taikoo Shopping Mall in Central. He was accompanied by bodyguards and looked nervous! 】

【HK$263!The youngest gold medal winner in the history of the Shanghai Biennale, her miracle continues. 】

[New transaction records for female painters of the Eastern Xia Dynasty. Why does the eldest son Li Chaoren have a special affection for the plum blossoms in her paintings? 】

【Capture!The female artist and the superstar appeared together in Victoria Harbor and had a candlelight dinner together. They seemed to be old friends for many years.[-] Tangning’s connections in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. 】

【…】

No need to search for it at all.

As long as Gu Weijing entered the name Tangning, a dazzling array of messages filled the screen of his phone like a waterfall.

Against the backdrop of this year’s uncertain situation in the international art market,

Downing.

This youngest disciple of Mr. Cao still achieved a transaction amount of HK$52 million at the just-concluded special auction of 2.6 of her works held by Sotheby's International in Hong Kong, attracting worldwide attention.

A still-living female painter sold a painting for US$4000 million in a special auction, which was enough to cause a global sensation.

"The Little Prince" and other movies are nothing compared to the battle scenes in Ms. Tang Ning's "The Little Prince".

Tang Ning’s Sotheby’s spring sale was one of the most watched news in the entire Asian art world in March.

If we don't take into account the upcoming oil painting fund, as well as the various stormy undercurrents of "Oil Painting" magazine and Irina's family.

So looking at the entire world of beauty, it is also the most discussed breaking news in the past few months.

The total transaction price was HK$370 million.

Among them, the single Chinese painting "Clouds and Flowers" that appeared in the spring auction sold for a sky-high price of HK$400 million, setting a new price record for Tang Ning's personal art transactions.

After this auction ends, both the price record and the total transaction amount will be recorded.

Ms. Tang Ning easily ranks among the top [-] most valuable artists in the world.

Among the top ten female artists in the field, second only to Degas' confidante, the female Impressionist master Mary Stevenson Kessart ranks seventh in history.

If we only count the living "living" painters.

Even within Asia, Tang Ning can already claim to be the second best in the world.

Even in terms of average price, fame, and status, there is still a huge gap between Kusama and Yayoi Kusama, whose status in art history is even slightly higher than that of Cao Lao.

But look on the bright side.

Compare the remaining female painters from South Korea and the Philippines, such as Yang Huigui and Pacita Abad, who are also among the top female painters in Asia.

It has also clearly pulled out a big lead, and it is no longer a weight class at all.

Yayoi Kusama is 93 years old this year, while Tang Ning is only 43 years old. They are not half as old as Mrs. Kusama. This is an age that even the Mesozoic painters are slightly young.

Some Japanese local art media once called Tang Ning the Sakai Katsuko of 20 years from now, and Kusama as the Sakai Katsuko of 70 years from now.

Miss Shengzi Qiaoqiao told Gu Weijing that it was actually a soft propaganda article written by someone hired by the Tokyo Gallery to write her.

Just laugh when you hear it.

She doesn't deserve it.

Every year, a large number of "younger Picassos", "the next Leonardo da Vinci" and "the third revolutionary leader in pop art after Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama" are born in the art circle.

This kind of propaganda is all meant to deceive art novices.

Similar to "the strongest high school student in the United States" in the field of basketball, "the five-star high school student in California", and "the all-round jumping beast of the school team".

There are a lot of beast classmates and the strongest high school students every year. It takes 20 years for Jordan and Kobe to really produce one in the NBA.

Regardless of whether you like this statistical method that ranks artists first, second, third, and fourth, which is full of copper smell.

The most valuable thing in the art circle is always the transaction amount purchased by collectors with real money in the auction market.

In basketball, you can score by throwing the ball into the basket.

Great players can control their own destiny with a basketball in their hands.

There are too many uncertain factors in the painter's worth.

Sakai Katsuko said she didn’t deserve it.

Gu Weijing knew that the girl didn't mean that she didn't have the courage to be the first in the art world.

She believes that when she is 40 years old, she will definitely be as good as her predecessors and will have sufficiently excellent painting skills and expressive power.

He even has enough confidence with the Sakai family’s network resources.

Her paintings are not cheap.

But no one can guarantee that she can become the next painter like her father Kazunari Sakai, let alone Yayoi Kusama.

It can only be said that there is a certain relationship between the quality of the painting and the price of the painting, but... it is not that relevant.

Works worth less than 100 million US dollars depend on hard work, award-winning qualifications, and gallery operations. There are mature commercialization routines that can be pursued.

More than 100 million US dollars - Uncle Sakai once jokingly called it to his daughter while holding a rice ball at the dinner table.

His own works can be sold for a total of [-] million US dollars. The main reason is that he is lucky, the second is that he married a good wife, and his painting skills can be ranked third at most.

After all,

Still a good life.

(End of this chapter)