Almighty painter

Chapter 389 Prelude to the Annual Meeting

Gu Weijing opened the inner seal of the scroll, unfolded the painting, and found that it was a framed calligraphy work.

There was a bit of normal disappointment at first.

What's more, I feel relieved.

If Mr. Cao, who had already finished writing, really sent him a Chinese painting, he would be under too much pressure.

Gu Weijing even feels as if he is a child walking in the busy city with a large amount of money.

exactly.

A person like Cao Xuan actually wrote a calligraphy for him as a gift in return. This thing is enough to make any eighteen-year-old student who lacks sufficient concentration.

They all felt uneasy and even frightened.

Cao Xuan gave himself a piece of calligraphy!

In ancient times, great literati were so famous that even temple bosses at the level of ministers from the Six Ministries would come to ask someone to recommend a name to their family temple, etc. It all depended on their mood.

If I don’t want to offend you, I won’t offend you.

A clan like Bada Shanren in the late Ming Dynasty, whose country was ruined and their family was in ruins until the Kangxi era, should be as cautious as a trembling quail.

No.

The layout is small.

He is still as bold and free-spirited as before, and the local parents and officials who covet his calligraphy and paintings are still helpless.

You can kill me if you want.

I want to ask for a letter, but I’m in a bad mood, so I just won’t write it for you. So fuck me.

Cao Xuan's social status today is indeed not necessarily lower than that of those great literati in ancient times. An old man who is nearly a hundred years old personally wrote a message for you. What is the significance of this?

Can you bear such meaning?

Especially what this calligraphy mentions.

[The luminous pearl does not have to come from the Mengjin River. 】

[The jade you hold in your hands does not need to be picked from the Kunlun Mountains. 】

【Thousands of rocks compete for beauty, and thousands of valleys compete with each other, but one stands out. 】

No matter how calm Gu Weijing had been in the past, when he saw the vigorous and powerful cursive writing, his encouragement almost jumped out of the page, and he thought about the deep meaning.

Still feeling agitated.

Gu Weijing read these thirty-eight characters over and over again.

After thinking for a moment, he rerolled the scroll, held it in his arms, opened the door and walked out.
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[It is reported that the annual European Art Annual Conference will be held this weekend at the New Art Center in Glitz, Austria. This is the 1971rd European Art Association since 137 when Pablo Picasso and 53 other artists jointly signed a statement in Vienna to hold "an authoritative academic symposium that represents the concept of art development". It is also the first time in the past half century that the annual meeting has returned to Austria. 】

[The annual meeting is the authority on the most important contemporary art exhibitions and is a benchmark for the history of aesthetic and social and cultural development and changes in the West and around the world since modernism. The opening of each annual meeting will attract art professionals, art professionals from all over the world. Enthusiasts and tourists gather in the host city, becoming a cultural focus that attracts worldwide attention. 】

[In order to show their attention, the Austrian leader will attend in person and make an opening welcome speech. After a short video, we handed over the time to the news reporters at the front...]

"This year's annual meeting is getting a lot of attention."

In the study.

Gu Tongxiang had a cigarette in his mouth and reading glasses on his face, looking at the news program "Aspects of Art News" on the iPad in his hand, smacking his lips and smoking.

After dinner in the evening.

I walked around the Yangon River and came back, took a look at the store's income and expenditure accounts this week, and finally put down the pen and paper to practice drawing, forgetting about my daily schedule.

In the past, before going to bed, Mr. Gu liked to watch short videos, and he took out two thread-bound Hong Kong martial arts books from the bookshelf to watch.

Now, the old man is interested in cutting-edge art news again.

In the past, Mr. Gu had no intention and no need to look at these things.

How big is your butt and how big are your pants?

He is just an ordinary old man running a family business on the Yangon River.

Gu Tongxiang has nothing to do with who leads the international art trend, whose bubble bursts, who wins the prize at which art exhibition, and who gets ripped off by the mistress.

Anyway, the Chinese painting art market is quite stable, and I can manage my small store well and pass it on to the next generation.

Gu Tongxiang felt worthy of his ancestors.

The ups and downs at the top of the world's art world are too far away. If you have such thoughts, you might as well play chess with Old Man Wu.

It's different now.

After Gu Tongxiang signed a contract with Ma Shi Gallery, he boasted that he was a well-known figure. If he was shameless, he could deceive customers by claiming to be an internationally renowned "well-known art expert".

So Gu Tongxiang thinks he has to be fashionable, right?

The city of Gleze has no shortage of all kinds of beautiful natural scenery, as well as various large-scale art works in the form of classical and graceful Baroque palaces, Roman buildings with gray stone brick vaults, or futuristic pure white palaces. pavilion.

On the Density of Art Museums.

In the entire Central Europe, only a few cities such as Zurich and Vienna can compare with it.

As the narration introduces the European Art Annual Conference and the city of Gleze in the background, it should be an aerial shot taken by a helicopter that glides through the dense forest-like fountains, Roman columns, sculptures, spiers, and octagonal rooms in the city.

It's like a long scroll of scenery that is constantly unfolding.

The camera paused for a few seconds above the new art center, which is the main venue of the European Art Annual Conference and is covered with blue polymer shells and curved glass that reflects sunlight. It is shaped like a spaceship and is sci-fi.

Finally, we landed on a small building with a blue roof and red brick walls.

The screen was switched back to a close-up view. The on-site reporter was already standing on a bench across the road dozens of meters away from the front of the small building, facing the interview car with a microphone in hand.

[Hello host. 】

[Hello reporter, we all know that you should be in Gleze City now. Can you share with our audience the new discoveries at the scene? 】

The cultural reporter in a brown jacket nodded.

[Many people vaguely remember the famous “Bring the Olympics Home” slogan launched at the 2004 Athens Olympics twenty years ago. This time the European Art Annual Conference came to Glitz, a famous art city with a long history. As we all know, the publishing house of "Oil Painting", the leading art criticism magazine there, is located. Behind me is the headquarters building of "Oil Painting". We can notice that some small decorative ribbons have been hung on the eaves and windows of this building. And a special banner saying "Let Art Return to Art" was hung. 】

[This European Art Annual Meeting is not just a discussion meeting for artists. According to previous annual meeting plans, it will also be an art retrospective that lasts for more than a month. We can see masterpieces by Van Gogh, Picasso, Dali, Jackson Pollock...many well-known art masters, all of which have been loaned to Gleze by museums in various countries during this period. 】

[Almost all major art museums here will hold special exhibitions. Some special exhibitions in art museums have actually started to be arranged a month or two ago, and the rest will be opened one after another in the future. 】

The host in the small screen nodded slightly. This is indeed a grand event for art lovers.

[However, the most discussed issue among collectors and art lovers is still focused on the opening event of the Art Annual Meeting the day after tomorrow. 】

The reporter's words changed.

[Currently, we have received news that Pop artist Gerhard Richter, who will turn 92 this year and was originally scheduled to give the closing speech, will temporarily miss the speech at this European Art Annual Conference due to physical reasons. 】

[Therefore, if there are no big surprises, in accordance with the unspoken rules of the annual meeting, the penultimate guest for the finale is Cao Xuan, an artist from Eastern Xia - another person invited to this art annual meeting Important guests who are over 90 years old will automatically become the candidates to make the closing speech. 】

In the studio, the host asked: [If the information I have learned so far is accurate, will this be the first time in history that a non-European artist will make the closing speech at the European Art Annual Conference? 】

【Yes. 】

[Although the name is called the European Art Annual Meeting, this is because the hosting venue rotates among major cities in Europe. In fact, judging from the purpose of the launch, it is more like a networking party for artists. We can share a piece of trivia: at the first Art Annual Conference in 1971, the person who almost gave the closing speech was an American. At that time, it was recognized that only two people in the art world had this honor. One is Picasso and the other is Andy Warhol. 】

[Andy Warhol, who has always been unruly and known for his controversial nature, showed a heartwarming side. The godfather of Pop took the initiative to give up his position. 】

The reporter in front of the camera explained.

[That was also Picasso’s last major public event before his death. After that, Radford from the United States, Colin from Brazil, Barcelona from Britain and India...well-known creators from all over the world will participate in the annual seminar almost every year, but they will give closing and opening speeches. , has never appeared in history. 】

[The European Art Annual Conference has always been known as the vane of Western art. Master Cao Xuan was invited to give the closing speech, on the one hand because of Richter's absence, and on the other hand, it is also considered to be proof that the importance of Asian art in the current art trend has become more prominent. A very simple fact is that Dongxia’s art market has undisputedly become the second largest art trading market in the world. In terms of pure transaction volume, it is almost the same as that of Britain, France and Germany combined...]

"Mr. Cao Xuan is so awesome. This will bring shame to us Oriental painters."

At the table, Gu Tongxiang took a long drag on his cigarette and waved his fists like a little fanboy.

[In addition, there is another point of attention in this speech——]

[This is the first time that the heirs of the Irina family and the chairman of the board of directors of Oil Painting have jointly attended an important public event since the controversial restructuring of "Oil Painting" magazine was exposed. 】

[The audience should have noticed that the location I am currently in is not the New Art Center where the annual meeting is held, but the headquarters of Oil Painting magazine. I really wanted to interview Sir Brown himself, but I was told that "Oil Painting" would have important announcements at the annual meeting and would not accept any outside interviews for the time being. But I think many people have seen some interesting things——]

The reporter pointed his finger across the street.

The photographer zooms in.

Under the stairs in front of the Oil Painting Magazine, in front of the floating banner of "Let Art Return to Art".

The bronze sculpture of the old earl is already surrounded by thick green nylon cloth and sandbags, like the warm cotton cloth wrapped around street trees in winter, and there are also German notices for construction and renovation hanging on it.

Foreign tourists who are not familiar with it will not think it is a sculpture at first glance. Instead, they will think it is like a big green rice dumpling.

[The last time this sculpture had a similar situation was when it was avoiding possible Allied bombing during World War II. Now the official explanation of "Oil Painting" magazine is that the road in front of the headquarters building will be completely renovated, which is just a normal protection measure. But at present, the entire public opinion has almost regarded this as a landmark event that the "Oil Painting" magazine began to completely break away from the control of the Elena family. Both sides of the incident...]

The picture freezes.

The screen began to alternately display photos of Sir Brown and Miss Anna taken on various occasions, as well as various experts' interpretations of the incident.

"The wealthy family also has troubles."

Gu Tongxiang crushed the finished cigarette butt in the ashtray next to him, took out the most common yellow-packaged Peace brand cigarettes in Yangon, put it in his mouth and wanted to light another one.

He hesitated for a few seconds.

He put the cigarette back into the box, took out a thermos cup, opened a corner of the curtain, and poured a little wolfberry and chrysanthemum from the small iron can beside the window sill.

Smoking and alcohol are unavoidable when doing business in a place like this.

In the past, Gu Tongxiang strictly forbade his grandson to smoke, but he himself was the kind of person who said, "What I smoke is not cigarettes, it's about worldliness." "Smoking is harmful to health, and there are viruses in the air!" "A place like this has wars every year, and motorcycles are everywhere. Worrying about lung cancer is worse than worrying about being hit by a motorcycle when you go out!"

The kind of smoker who talks about crooked truths and follows the same routine.

Gu Weijing told him about his grandfather several times, but he couldn't control him.

Now, looking at myself and my grandson, I'm about to tremble.

Gu Tongxiang not only started taking care of his bald head, but also smoked a lot less. People who have suffered great hardships are about to live a good life as time goes by.

He really wanted to live a few more years.

"Hey, don't mention it, I still have Miss Elena's social friend!"

Gu Tongxiang carefully blew the wolfberry tea on the table while pouting proudly.

He could actually contact the beautiful heiress of the Elena family who looked like she had stepped out of a history book by turning on her cell phone. Her grandson was also highly appreciated by Mr. Cao Xuan.

I was just watching the news.

For the first time in his life, he had an unprecedented sense of participation in the collision of the world's top few art masters, with the feeling that "they all know these people."

That's why the old man made that sigh.

(End of this chapter)