Almighty painter

Chapter 329 Signature
Layada is the least modernized district in the city.

The Good Luck Orphanage has been powered on, but the surrounding shantytowns are still dark, with the dim light of candles and lanterns shining on the wet streets.

Occasionally, the blurry figures of pedestrians were stretched out by the weak candlelight, shaking and swaying.

Everything is like an old silent film that has been dusty for hundreds of years.

There is no sound, the colors are stale, and the flickering candlelight flames give the scene in front of you a unique layer of aged brown texture.

There are so many breaths.

Gu Weijing could even imagine that in the next second, at the end of the long alley in front of the orphanage, a female painter with golden-red hair like the sun and delicate features like a Greek sculpture would come out.

She was wearing the kind of open-front buttoned dress that often appears in Zweig's novels, black lace gloves that extended to her elbows, a gas lamp in one hand, and a sketch pad behind her back. Standing in front of the orphanage, staring at the statue of the Virgin in the yard, he considered whether the scene in front of him could be included in the painting.

Who on the riverside sees the moon for the first time, and when the river moon shines on people at the beginning of the year.

this evening.

Gu Weijing stood where Ms. Carroll once stood, staring at the bright moon that was the same as the one in the Burmese sky in 1876. He just stared at the moon for a long time.

He stood by the window, holding the tea cup and sipping it slowly, until the steaming amber tea leaves in his hands became as warm as the Yangon night outside the window.

He always thought about doing something memorable.

Gu Weijing doesn't know how to drink.

At this point, it was too late to copy an oil painting of "Old Church in a Thunderstorm", and he felt that it was a bit deliberate.Ms. Carroll does not need such a clichéd memorial.

Finally, he came up with a good idea.

Gu Weijing took out his phone and opened the Twitter page.

By default, the homepage of Twitter is the homepage account of Detective Cat, which has not been logged in for a long time.

Gu Weijing casually checked the private messages in the background. There were dozens of spam messages insulting him, several interview invitations from unknown art tabloids, and several private messages from YouTubers seeking cooperation.

He swiped the screen and clicked delete one by one.

The only thing that's surprising is that.

In these various private messages.

He found that he had received an invitation from The Week in Art, asking if he would like to be a guest on a radio program.

Talk about the relationship between art and mental illness in his mind.

[Art Weekly] is one of the most subscribed columns in the art category on Apple Podcasts, with currently 56 subscribed listeners.

It is different from private radio programs such as [Mr. Sloth’s Art Criticism], which are niche and high-quality products.

[Art Weekly Editor] is actually the official art news channel of Christie's Auction Company, and it can also be regarded as one of the more mainstream art media.

Probably...it was because of the good results of the salon appreciation reviews in that issue that he received such an invitation, right?

I don’t know, I’m scared.

When he registered this account two months ago, his only speech was to criticize the "Moon Newspaper" for making dirty jokes about Miss Elena.

There were almost no news updates, and I didn't expect to be affected by public opinion. Unknowingly, it already had the attention of more than 5000 fans.

I even received an interview invitation from [Art Weekly Editor]. If I hadn’t been angered by Oil Painting magazine, there might have been more similar invitations.

In an instant.

Regardless of his reputation, "Detective Cat" is already a cultural figure of some magnitude.

"Thank you for the invitation. Sorry, I have no plans to participate in the recording of the program recently... We will cooperate again when we have the opportunity in the future."

After Gu Weijing's heart was moved for a few seconds, he still rejected [Art Weekly Editor]'s recording invitation with tactful and polite words.

There are mainstream art programs, and it is not a bad thing to be willing to invite him to participate in the recording.

However, Gu Weijing is self-aware.

His understanding of art trends is not much ahead of ordinary high school students.

Christie's program is more serious than Mr. Sloth's chat salon where he comments on paintings submitted by fans. There is no way for him to cheat in advance by relying on calligraphy and painting appraisal skills.

It's better not to show your cowardice.

"I don't know when a reporter of this caliber will come over to interview 'Gu Weijing' instead of 'Detective Cat' - maybe, at least, he will really win an award at the Singapore Art Exhibition. Is this possible?"

While his mind was spinning, he had already clicked on settings and switched accounts.

The username changed from [Detective Cat] to [Gu Weijing]’s real name, and the account instantly became deserted.

The number of following fans suddenly increased from 8 to [-].

This Twitter account was registered in the school’s self-media operations class back then.

Originally there were [-] fans, almost all of whom were classmates in class.

After Mona canceled her relationship with him, there were [-] people.

The artist's Twitter account is very important.

It represents the painter's online image on the Internet. In the art market, popularity is money.

In the Western art world, there is no more convenient and cost-effective way for painters and galleries to promote themselves and let everyone know about themselves than through Twitter.

Most people may not go to art exhibitions several times a year, but everyone checks their mobile phone every day.

If a big artist like Jane Arnold has millions of followers, whoever is followed and unfollowed will be gossiped about by art newspapers and fans.

Although Gu Weijing's own account number was pitiful, everything was very formal at that time.

The teacher of the elective course once slapped the blackboard and seriously warned everyone that everything on the Internet can be checked.

No big artist wants to be famous and suddenly be discovered by the paparazzi. Ten years ago, he thoughtlessly posted something like "I'm going to kill some niggas with a gun" or shared his dick on Twitter. Old news that can kill their public image in an instant.

Even if it's not that extreme.

If someone discovers that your account's follow list once contained a long list of Welfare girls, it wouldn't be very respectable, right?

Although you have little chance of actually becoming a public figure.

But it's still best not to kill this possibility with your own hands.

Hanks, the agent of Ma Shi Gallery, also specifically mentioned that when his gallery signs a new painter, it will conduct a background check.

No matter how good the painting is, you will not sign if there is a risk of thunder explosion.

The little painter is fine.

A big deal on the scale of Professor Kazunari Sakai.

Not only will all the messages sent in social accounts be read word by word, but if the industry ever hears some bad reviews, Ma Shi Gallery will even spend tens of thousands of dollars to hire professional private detectives for preliminary investigation. data collection and review.

Artists are the most important and expensive assets in the hands of gallery owners.What if you spent tens of millions of dollars to sign a time bomb, but after two months you still haven't warmed it up in your hands, and you got "Me Too" on your backhand.

Then the gallery owner was ready to jump off the building and die.

(Note: MeToo is an anti-sexual assault movement that has swept across the entire European and American literary and artistic circles. It has caused many top literary figures such as Louis CK and Kevin Spacey to be involved in it, resulting in many talk show contracts worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars. And big-budget movies were remade and cut, and investors suffered heavy losses.)
Hanks even searched for Gu Weijing's homepage on Twitter, rolled his eyes twice, and expressed surprise.

Although I don’t have many fans, I still do it in a “prestigious” way.

Ma Shi Gallery has a professional network operation department. Once they officially sign the contract, there is no need to register a new artist homepage.

If Gu Weijing is willing, he can just hand over this account to the management team directly for operation and management. It will retain some of the youthful marks of his student days and make future fans feel more cute and real.

It's not surprising that Hanks thinks his account looks decent.

Because this was done for him by Monet, who was known as the "serious lady" on the Dulwich campus, referring to three pages of course notes.

Gu Weijing just wanted to fool around and get credits, but Miss Sandnu pressed his head and said that he had to do it well.

Suggestions from teachers of elective courses.

Never use popular Two-dimensional avatars and anime characters as names on artist homepages.

When you are 30 years old, you will know how unconventional it is to choose the name "Battle Tyrannosaurus".

For an artist's Twitter homepage, it is best to use the artist's real name and avatar openly. Only then is it official.

Gu Weijing’s Twitter homepage is called [GU Warner]

The reason why the English name is Gu Wojin, not Gu Weijing, is because Mona said that the textbook said that a name that is conducive to communication is the first priority for the audience to remember you instantly.

The Chinese Pinyin of "WEIJING" is too convoluted to pronounce.

Many European foreigners who are born with big tongues and cannot pronounce back nasal sounds will start fighting with their tongues after saying two sentences.

Therefore, the English localized homophony of "Warner" was used instead of the pronunciation of "经".

It’s the same reason as when foreigners come to the East to develop, they often choose a local name.

Moreover, the name Wo'jin has a very good meaning, so she is right.

Gu Weijing's profile picture was also dragged by Mona to get a hairdo, and then she took him to an art photo studio on the streets of Yangon that specializes in INS fresh styles, and spent fifty dollars to take the photo.

Gu Weijing was a little reluctant to part with a photo that was equivalent to [-] kyats.

Miss Mona said that the original price was eighty US dollars, and the discount was only available if two people took the photo together, which was equivalent to a [-]% discount for each person. It was a good deal, so I thought it was a favor to her.

Apart from anything else, although the photo studio charges shady fees, the results are quite good.

The photographer took photos of the waiter for 10 minutes, set up various lighting settings, changed fake collars, clothes and props, and also gave him a pair of round silver glasses with thin rims, and then spent a long time on Photoshop to beautify the skin.

Gu Weijing's appearance was originally ordinary, but the final result of the film looked like the Hollywood star Daniel Radcliffe in "Harry Potter" when he was a child. The smell of a young and cute little shot.

The photo was taken in ninth grade, and Gu Weijing has not changed it over the years.

In addition to photos, the teacher also asked everyone to think of a personal signature to show their artist temperament.

Mona knew that Gu Weijing liked Renoir.

So what she chose for Gu Weijing was Renoir's classic motto - "Life is like a cork floating in a river, we can only drift into unknown distances ignorantly."

Gu Weijing really felt that choosing such a personal signature with such a vicissitude of life at his age was really disappointing for a young man.

I secretly changed it to "an art student who wants to be admitted to the University of Paris I".

He once wanted to study in France. Gu Weijing had previously thought that he would have no chance at the world's top well-known art academies such as the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris and the Academy of Fine Arts in Versailles.

Private professional art schools are too expensive, and a comprehensive university with an art department, such as the University of Paris I, which enjoys subsidies from the French government, is just right.

At this moment, it is only the time of the Spring Festival.

Miss Mona, whom he thought he would stay with for a long time, has separated. The University of Paris I that he once wanted to apply for should become easily available, but Gu Weijing does not like her very much.

There is a sense of right and wrong.

Gu Weijing clicked into the editing page of his personal information. He hesitated for a few seconds, but in the end, by some strange mistake, he did not change the English name Warner, but just re-edited a set of personalized signatures.

[A noble work of art cannot be told by critics, it speaks for itself.A noble soul cannot be bound by the world, and she will find freedom on her own——】

At the end of this set of mottos, Gu Weijing did not choose to append the title "With utmost respect to Ms. K." like countless oil painting magazines.

He tapped the keyboard and changed it to [—a tribute to Ms. Carroll].

After doing all this, Gu Weijing drank the tea next to him, turned on the fluorescent lamp in the small studio, and tightened the curtains.

Walk to the safe placed in the corner.

Tonight, he asked Uncle Alai to drive him back to the Good Luck Orphanage. In addition to remembering the senior female painter, he had another important thing to do.

He turned the combination dial on the safe, entered three sets of numbers, and opened the metal door of the safe.

After experiencing the ding-dong experience-increasing beep all day long, at night, Gu Weijing still gained a small amount of single-digit experience, and the values ​​on the overall system panel were basically stable.

【Character: Gu Weijing】

Character panel——

[Sketch technique: Level 5 of lv.2710 profession (10000/[-])]

[Chinese painting techniques: Level 5 of lv.5039 profession (10000/[-])]

[Oil Painting Technique: Level 5 of lv.3223 Profession (1000/[-])]

[Watercolor painting technique: lv.3 semi-professional (274/1000)]

[Printmaking Technique: lv.3 Half Scholar (21/1000)]

The most rewarding thing is undoubtedly the Chinese painting techniques, which he has accumulated over time. Gu Weijing has been practicing Chinese painting since he was a child. Once he understood it, when he gave Miss Sakai a rouge flower, his first experience point was more than 3000 points, plus zero later. Zero total gain.

The progress bar for the second level of the profession was filled to half.

Shengzi said that no matter how much pain you endure, you should gain as much as you gain.

This is equivalent to the free experience value that can be exchanged for fifty thousand US dollars, and is almost equivalent to the sum of all the Chinese painting proficiency he has gained since he was a child.

It directly doubled his original experience bar, and this was obtained through his own understanding.

Sketching and oil painting techniques also have associated increases of thousands of points.

As for the remaining two skills, watercolor and woodblock painting, he usually accumulated the least and practiced the least. He was not very familiar with them in the first place and could be promoted to a semi-professional level.

Unexpected joy.

Gu Weijing took out the Chinese painting scroll tied with silk from the safe.

(End of this chapter)