Almighty painter

Chapter 422 Kara’s Exposure

"Hey! That's not right. It seems that the Muse Project is in trouble. Miss Elena said they are Nazis, and the entire Internet news has exploded."

In an atmosphere of joy, peace, flag-waving and shouting, someone suddenly updated what was going on at the Art Annual Meeting.

The class group slowly became quiet.

The scene instantly became a little awkward.

"It won't be a big deal. Those who participate in the Muse Project are all real authority figures. With their support, this woman is just talking nonsense."

Miao Angwen was bubbling for a moment.

Then he too fell silent.

The gallery in Seoul, South Korea that Brother Hao found is indeed a serious gallery, not particularly large.

Network operations, public relations departments, etc. are all there.

to be frank.

His micro-film "Guan Guan Guan" was scheduled to win an award at the College Student Film Festival, but it was not so prestigious.

Jerry was annoyed for a while and resisted the urge to complain.

When the sky falls, a tall man holds it up.

Ding Ding!

The contact information bar of the other party keeps reminding you of the [Offline] status.

We never peed in the same pot.

In fact, Gu Weijing didn't understand what Kou Kou meant.

Suddenly, things turn around.

At this time, it is best for their size to follow the crowd.

It just happened.

"It's over, it's over. Hurry up and prepare your portfolio. You're about to graduate. Miao Aung Win is uniquely outstanding for being able to participate in such big news. There are many talented people who seem to be unattractive. Classmates, you will probably never have the opportunity to touch the sky above the clouds in your lifetime."

But he really hopes that Miao Angwen can be more arrogant, so arrogant that he will completely put Gu Weijing into the dust.

It was a cute and silly kitten, tilting its head and staring at the picture he was looking at, as if it was studying some problem, with a big question mark floating on its silver-white ears.

【? 】

As for the gallery industry, which specializes in public impressions, everyone’s response is really efficient and professional.

He quickly said silently in his mind: Hold still, act like you don't see me, you can't tear this bitch apart, don't quarrel with a thousand ducks. Hold still...

Of course Jerry was a little bit dissatisfied.

Still not Mona's.

Jerry didn't want to use the term "league of losers" to make others look more imposing.

Koko posted an emoticon of a cat slapping its face, with the caption - [That’s not necessarily true].

But Jerry had some unexplained empathy for Miao Angwen.

That would prove something.

There are no words.

Even if this kind of guy used to run errands and act as a younger brother in his small group, Jerry would think he was stupid.

like.

As the administrator of the class group, Mona has not posted any information for several days except for updating some information such as student union announcements as usual.

Miao Angwin received a preventive emergency notice from his agent.

As for whether to jump ship or fight to the end...

He came out to interrupt the topic and ease the embarrassment, but it was not that he and Miao Aung Win were so sincere.

Are you simply speaking for him?

In the private message outside the class group, he also received a message from Kou Kou.

Jerry concluded with a flourish.

It was probably the feeling of comrades-in-arms during the Dunkirk evacuation, when British and French brothers met in the same trench and shook hands warmly with the screams of Stuka bombers on their heads.

"You must be sick. What I told you is all the truth. I need to protect you!"

It requires its contracted painters to refrain from casually making relevant comments on any occasion until the situation becomes clearer.

In daily life, he looked down on Miao Aung Win.

Miao Aung Win stepped on the dog shit and became awesome inexplicably. He became the most eye-catching figure in the school. Even the reporters from the TV station came to interview him.

I don’t know if I didn’t take my phone or if it was set to be invisible.

Jerry secretly looked into the chat list.

In short, let’s wait and see what happens.

Someone in the class group replied to him.

In the past, Gu Weijing had never seen Kou Kou using cat-themed emoticons.

Of course this emoticon is very cute.

Koko is also very cute.

But Kou Kou’s daily style is quite rock and roll, and she often uses emojis of various long-haired guitarists he doesn’t recognize.

The most girly style is just the online GIF of the iconic four cute girls protagonist group, pink, golden, red and blue, produced by Fangwenshe in "Lonely Rock".

Did she suddenly have a cat at home?

Gu Weijing was thinking wildly. He always felt that Kou Kou looked mysterious.

He casually took out his mobile phone, took a photo of Awang sleeping with his arms stretched out on the bed, and sent a reply to Kou Kou.

Then he changed to Line and sent a message to Katsuko.

"When will you come back? I have something I want to discuss with you."

"Next week, my dad successfully lost a lot of weight last month, and my mom said she wants to watch this and suppress his desire to have a barbecue party, eat shit, and celebrate his escape from the fitness training camp. It's an rude request. So I have to stay for a few days, but I should be back before next weekend. Are you in a hurry? You can't say it on the phone." Sakai Katsuko asked.

"It's okay, it's a friend's birthday... Forget it, let's talk about it later. Let's watch the live broadcast of the annual meeting now. This year's annual meeting is really full of ups and downs. Well, remember to pay attention to Mr. Cao's speech later. oh."

Gu Weijing thought for a while.

Because even he didn't know the specific content of the speech, he didn't reveal it to Katsuko in advance.

Mr. Cao may mention his own affairs on stage.

"Yes. Yes, my father is also looking forward to Mr. Cao Xuan's seminar. However, I asked you to watch the live broadcast because Miss Elena who is on the stage now is simply the most sparkling I have ever seen. sister."

"Gu Jun. You should really watch from the side. My mother's eyes are full of admiration for little stars. I think my mother has only dreamed of being able to teach the entire art world so coolly on the stage since she was a girl. She is so queenly. ! Probably this Miss Elena has conquered my mother. I know she loves me very much——"

"——But I think, if the position is not involved, she must be very hopeful that Miss Elena is her daughter."

Through the screen, Gu Weijing could imagine it.

As Ms. Katsuko typed, she raised her head slightly and laughed as she complained about her mother.

Like a kitten.

"But I'm not angry. I probably feel what Tsuna Chang feels in his daily life. This Miss Irina is really amazing. I also like her warm and contagious personality. It's so desirable."

Japan.

Inside a duplex house decorated in a minimalist style in Tennoji District, Osaka.

Sakai Katsuko looked at the TV. She was so beautiful that her incredible charm could be seen from outer space, and she was so elegant that she seemed to be a young woman of another species.

She placed the bear cookies next to her.

He asked in an uncertain and low voice with a tone full of envy and some casual embarrassment.

"Dad, can I one day become as charming as this Miss Elena in the eyes of others?"

Arms on chest.

Sitting upright on the sofa next to him, he seemed to be engrossed in watching TV.

In fact, he glanced in the direction of the refrigerator with the corner of his eye, and was pounding the abacus in his mind. He wondered if he could escape his wife if he sneaked out to get a box of matcha daifuku and ate it. Supervised by Uncle Sakai.

Hearing this, he turned his head strangely.

"why?"

"Uh."

Shengzi turned her head and fiddled with the hairpin on her forehead with her fingertips.

She asked in confusion: "Dad, don't you think this Miss Elena is great? Not only is my mother so excited, but I have never seen you look at me with such awe. .”

"No, of course I won't. Katsuko, you won't become like Miss Irina either."

Uncle Sakai saw a look of disappointment flash in his daughter's eyes.

Laughing dumbly.

"Shengzi, you are very charming, but why do you want to turn yourself into Miss Elena?" The uncle hugged his daughter dearly and touched her soft hair.

By the way, using the cover of his body, he quietly hooked the bag of bear biscuits in his daughter's hand to his side.

he asked with a smile.

"She is a powerful queen, you are just my little girl, my little princess."

"I admire her very much, but I don't envy her for having a daughter like that. Only by suffering a lot of hardships that others don't know can a person force herself to become a queen. When you are a princess, you only need to be beautiful and happy. .”

"Your mother likes her because your mother is also a strong and arrogant woman at heart. So this is called the queen liking the queen. But I know very well how much she has sacrificed to get to where she is today." "Your mother and I can It’s not easy to achieve today’s achievements, so how can a father expect his daughter to endure hardship again? Katsuko, when you were born, your life will be in the easy mode. Don’t push yourself too hard, ideals, etc. Yes, it’s good. No, it’s also good to live happily.”

"I admire Miss Elena's courage very much. But if the price for greatness is to use your life as a sacrifice, then you don't want greatness. I will applaud Miss Elena, but I just want my Katsuko to be happy every day.”

Uncle Sakai stood up and stretched.

At the same time, the cream biscuit picked up by the dexterous fat sketching hand was thrown into his mouth.

He didn't chew it either, he just held it in his mouth.

The fat uncle let out a vague groan of great satisfaction.
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"...So I can't tell you the answer to art. I can't speak on behalf of everyone. Whether it's a minority or a majority, a 22-year-old girl is not qualified to bear such a weight. I can only speak for myself, and maybe It’s not just me.”

Anna ended her long analysis and confession.

She leaned forward.

Both hands support the rostrum.

"Given that I am the last girl in the Elena family, my opinions can also represent the opinions of the Elena family."

"So, here are my views on behalf of the entire family, on behalf of the collecting family that has lasted for many centuries, on behalf of my father, my grandfather, and on behalf of every generation of ancestors. I come from a traditional Catholic family. Please give me a minutes to pray. I believe they are standing with me as I chant their names..."

If she had just come on stage a few minutes ago, "to speak on behalf of the Elena family", it would have made her look like a tyrannical and incompetent laughing stock who does whatever she wants based on her last name.

just now.

No one in the audience dared to retaliate with disdain.

Miss Irina's speech was full of warmth.

This is her talent that makes Sir Brown, Gagosian, and countless audiences find it incredible.

A person whose appearance and status are unattainable.

A man with a voice as cold as ice springs flowing from the peaks of the Alps.

When her voice echoes in your ears, you will feel your whole body become warm.

Whether it is art lovers who have traveled across the ocean, or residents of Gleze City who have received free tickets from the municipal authorities.

Whether you have a deep understanding of art history or not.

You seem to have established some kind of connection with her speech.

I think she is very kind.

just now.

It is the moment when the name Irina has the most weight, the most brilliance, and the most attention.

In her hands, she holds in her hands the good taste and artistic reputation that this ancient family has accumulated over the centuries, using huge amounts of patronage money and the most expensive art collection in the world.

It is a collection of the great achievements of great painters such as Paul Klee and Vlaminck that have been excavated from generation to generation by the Ileana family.

Sir Brown has only been an art scholar for a few decades.

Anna's elders have been working in the field of art since the late Renaissance.

If "Muse Project" is the embodiment of the abstract concept of "modern art".

So the surname "Elena" is the embodiment of the entire abstract concept of "Western Art History".

One person has strength in numbers.

One wins over length of time and thickness of history.

When Anna used her strength, her bravery, and her agility, she proved to the world that she was enough to wear the crown of "Elena" on her head like a real queen.

Rather than just being lucky enough to have the bloodline of this surname.

When Anna compressed the influence of the entire Elena family into one second and one sentence, it was like a supernova erupting at the end of her life.

Then this shining light is enough to illuminate the entire art galaxy.

Even the art alliance formed by Sir Brown had to lower their white-haired heads to listen carefully.

"With so much emphasis on the name Elena, does she want to accuse Oil Painting of betraying the founding purpose of the Elena family?"

Mr. Cao asked him to learn.

Lao Yang speculated honestly.

"This is a method that will cause great damage to the prestige of Oil Painting magazine. However, compared with her wonderful foreshadowing, it is a bit too petty."

Mr. Cao commented: "At this time, instead of scolding others for being wrong, it is better to say that you are right. It would be smarter to continue to contribute to the name Elena and become the orthodoxy of "Oil Painting" in everyone's mind. Besides, compared to calling them Nazis before, To scold them now has betrayed the original intention of the establishment of "Oil Painting", and the harm will be done, but it may not mean anything."

"Think about it for a moment. A better way is to say that she will use her family's reputation to continue to speak out for those down-and-out painters, just like her great-grandfather did in protecting degenerate art, and even create an art review magazine herself. "New Oil Painting" or something like that. Since we are going to jump out to compete in the arena, the home court naturally has to be re-established. However, how to operate this, whether it can attract a group of influential critics again, and what kind of bargaining chips can be offered in exchange, is very important. It’s a test of your skills and operation.”

"Listen, look at how serious this lady is. If she dares to announce next, she is willing to give away all her shares in "Oil Painting" to others, whether it is to art critics or those who are not in the muse. The great painters in the scheme of things, Sir Brown is in real trouble today. His group is probably going to collapse on its own."

Wow!

Yes, Mr. Cao woke up the dreamer with his words.

Lao Yang felt suddenly enlightened.

Even for a top painter like Mr. Cao, during business negotiations, the bottom line of "Oil Painting" magazine is that he is only willing to give out a little more than 2% of the shares to share the profits.

Every time he moved a few tenths after the decimal point, Ole looked like he was being cut by a dull knife.

And until now.

The aunt on the stage is the major shareholder of "Oil Painting". In terms of the absolute number of shares held, she is the number one among several parties.

If the other party is willing to use it in exchange for benefits.

Not to mention those artists who are not on the list of "Muse Project" and have no food to drink.

Even if we are now working side by side with Sir Brown, we are a community of interests that share the same hatred and enemy.

There are also a few with really stable butts.

I am afraid.

Each one ran faster than anyone else.

"But even if you don't take into account the future "Oil Painting" fund, even if you only go by the legendary Kruger Bank acquisition price. That's hundreds of millions of euros. Who would be willing to spend such a large sum of money."

Lao Yang shook his head in disbelief.

If he has hundreds of millions of euros, he can just lie down on the beach, eat interest, drink juice and watch Ocean Horse play volleyball. Who would work hard in the wind and rain?

"So you can't draw well, and you can't make a lot of money. You have to spend tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, and you have to spend every penny. When the mountains of gold and silver are piled in front of you, you don't have the calmness and calmness to do so. Have the courage to pick it up. Is it a loss to trade the shares of "Oil Painting" magazine, which I have been kicked out of the board of directors, for a new ace magazine that can compete in the ring? Do you really think they are short of those hundreds of millions."

Mr. Cao glanced at his assistant jokingly.

"Let me teach you a lesson: anytime you can exchange money for power, you will not lose money in exchange. In the art industry, if you can exchange money for enough influence, you will always make a lot of money. "

……

"Then, the Elena family's view on art is——"

Anna raised her head, faced the lights and all the cameras around the world, and said softly: "The Elena family is not important."

There was silence.

The gallerist at CDX learned his lesson this time and did not dare to laugh. He just looked at the stage in astonishment.

Cao Xuan also narrowed his eyes slightly.

He stared at the girl on the stage and smacked her lips twice.

"Not important? Not important. Sigh..."

The old man let out a long sigh, "It is better to say that you are right than to accuse others of being wrong. It is better to say that you are not important than to say that you are right. This situation is too big, but I am also vulgar."

"I didn't expect that painting by Gu Xiaozi. I thought I expected the speech given by the young lady on the stage today, but I was half wrong. Young people nowadays are so interesting. It's time for me to step back and rest. It’s time.”

Mr. Cao shook his head.

His eyes were smiling.

"I can represent the Irina family here and show the mistakes of the Muse plan here."

"But I don't want to do that."

"Is it because the Irina family is right? Does the artistic opinion expressed by this name represent the golden rule of art that cannot be violated? Is it possible that the painters that the Irina family likes are better than those in front of the screen? Are the painters that everyone likes more elegant, more stylish, and more representative of the voice of our times? No, that’s totally wrong.”

"I just read out the names of the successive Earls of Elena. I don't want to tell you how perfect my family is and has a long history. On the contrary, I want to tell you that the Elena family cannot escape the limitations of history. We have made countless irreparable mistakes in our long history."

"Including the "Oil Painting" magazine itself, which itself originated from an unforgivable sin. There once was a girl, she was beautiful, cheerful, and talented. She once walked on the streets of Paris and saw burning clouds hovering above the Arc de Triomphe. At that moment, she believed she had found her ideal."

"Her ideal was not to marry a European prince, a steel tycoon like Wittgenstein or the president of the Eurostar railway company, but to become an independent female painter. She was so talented. She was the most beautiful woman of that era. An admirable progressive woman. She should have succeeded, and her name could even be listed alongside Marie Curie or Nightingale. If she didn't happen to have the same last name as me. If she didn't have the same surname as I Lian Na’s words.”

The temperament exuding from Anna's body.

It was not so much a matter of firm faith as it was a holy sacrifice.

She had just punctured the abscess in Austria's history, and at this moment, she unabashedly revealed to the world the most hidden and ugly side of the glorious Irina family's history.

Naked.

Uncovered.

Naked.

"Her brother, the Count, was once called the patron of artists by his friends. He presented himself as an art-loving talent day and night at salons and dances. But he tortured his sister to death just because she disobeyed and ran away. The act of going to Paris and trying to be a painter brought disgrace to the name Irene in society. It was in my house, in the cellar whose entrance I often passed."

"For many people, the name Elena is a symbol of honor, but for her, it is like a demonic curse that she cannot escape."

"That girl is K. My great-aunt, the aunt of the founder of "Oil Painting". In tribute to K, this sentence was printed on the back page of millions of copies of the magazine."

Anna said: "Many members of the public think that the Oil Painting represents a medal of our family's glory. No, it is actually a letter of repentance for our sins in our own hearts."

(End of this chapter)