Almighty painter

Chapter 527: Thousands of miles away, two flowers and two people (Part )
"So, you have already done the inside job in private?"

Miss Elena flipped the metal release lever in her hand.

She covered the sun with her hands, lowered her head to check the film, and asked casually.

"Please, dear Anna, don't say it so harshly. What is private insider operation? This is an internal selection award of our own group funded by our publishing house. It is quite reasonable for the management and the judges to communicate with each other to a certain extent. "

President Osborne opened his eyes wide, and seemed to feel very aggrieved that his innocence had been falsely accused out of thin air.

“Even the IMO Mathematical Olympiad competition has a process of internal scoring and evaluation by the jury and arbitration of differences by the main examination committee.”

The writing and art awards under the publishing house are the most valuable and competitive youth liberal arts awards in North America.

and Mathematics Olympiad.

They can be regarded as the Northern Qiao Feng and Southern Murong in the North American academic competition world.

These two are almost the highest grades that middle school students aged 13 to 18 in the United States and Canada can obtain at the student stage, and the awards that can best prove their "SUPER SMART".

Very rare in the annual selection of the "Writing and Art Award".

But in comparison.

The young student category is the foundation of the award in the eyes of the publishing house. It is the "master category" that is more serious and has a much higher average net worth and skill level.

The "Master Award" can only be regarded as first-rate in North America and second-rate in the entire world.

If you can win the highest "Master Award for Outstanding Contribution to Writing and Art", your work will be permanently collected by the National Arts Center in Washington, DC.

After winning the Master Award, the final winning work will have the accompanying benefits of touring exhibitions in New York galleries, which is quite attractive.

Miss Elena continued to speak in a calm, but very hurtful, sarcastic tone.

The level of attention is probably about the same as that of the Singapore Biennale.

Strictly speaking.

"Uncle Osborne, you misunderstood. I didn't mean to blame you. I just pointed out an objective fact. That's all. I'm sorry if I was wrong."

He blushed, coughed hard several times, and argued: "The list of winners for the youth category is determined by the North American Youth Writers and Artists Alliance. Our publishing house is not involved. As for the masters category, this kind of art award is subject to certain The subjective influence of degree is always unavoidable. After all, this test is not about math questions. In your art circle, gallery owners invite judges to hold parties and social receptions all day long. Isn’t it so clean? "

The writing and art awards are also the cradle of future best-selling authors, art tycoons, and famous Hollywood directors.

Instead, it is included to increase exposure.

The background should also be more dominant.

However, the base camp of the traditional Western art industry is still more biased towards Europe.

This does not mean that the gold content of the master group is not high enough.

Among the IMO winners, there are quite a few names who will win mathematics awards such as Fields and Wolf in the future and become outstanding mathematics or physicists.

It’s so entertaining, so internet-famous.

But no matter what.

The United States is the largest art market in the world.

It is very "eye-catching", but when it comes to literary and artistic awards, it is valuable.

Osborne, who was licking the ice cream diligently, was almost choked to death by Anna's words.

It is an "ordinary" art award that is first-rate in the field of illustration and second-rate in the entire serious art world.

It is the exact opposite of the Singapore Biennale.

and so.

You will feel that it lacks a little meaning, no solemnity, and no depth.

and so.

In short, they are all modeled after Oscar.

Anna took out the film from the camera and turned her head to look at the president of the publishing house.

Fame and fortune.

In the direction of commercial design and modern art, there is no doubt that throughout Western society, the United States is currently in a relatively leading position.

After all, Scholastic's main business direction is concentrated in the field of children's education.

For example, the "Writing and Art Award" is probably the only art competition among similar awards in the world where the award venue is broadcast live on local television such as a Broadway theater, and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is invited to be a guest.

of course.

There was no blame in her tone.

Many critics still think that Americans do variety shows like variety shows, do sports like variety shows, and do award judging like variety shows.

In terms of the ability to do variety shows, in terms of exposure, in terms of creating buzz, and in terms of the ability to make money.

Among student-level art competitions, the Writing and Art Awards have few rivals.

In short, no matter what you do, you can't escape Hollywood's set of methods.

"Oh, Uncle Osborne, this is the first time I know that IMO will award a gold medal to a contestant if he can't solve the problem because he thinks his topic is high. It's a very constructive point of view, look. Come on, Justin Bieber didn’t expect that it would be a real loss to participate in the Olympiad.”

Uncle Sam's approach certainly has its advantages.

But with a face that could be compared to the petals of daffodils blooming all over the mountains and plains, and deep black eyes with a temperament as if they were flaming hearts, he watched quietly.

Osborne lowered his head little by little.

"Okay, okay, I know you are dissatisfied when you heard that this year's Outstanding Contribution Award was given to Roald Henry. Well, this is true, but you also have to do it for the publisher. Think about it, right? We are organizing awards, inviting celebrities, and renting Broadway stages. We have to find ways to earn some traffic and market our own people."

Under Anna's gaze, Osborne simply broke the jar and confessed.

"He is not only good in appearance, but also a famous writer on the Internet. In the past five years, three of his books have been on the New York Times annual bestseller list. Just the profits from the sales of the books are given to the publisher. Although it is unlikely to make a gross profit of US$70 million, the group still wants to market it as the next JK Rowling or George Martin, and last year Apple TV won his "Vegas Fighter". "The copyright of "I want to adapt it into a popular American TV series for streaming media——"

"With emotion and reason, from what point of view, this year's Outstanding Contribution Award should go to Roald." "With emotion and reason, a Vegas boxer? That model has nothing new about Fight Club... "

Osborne waved the egg roll in his hand.

"Miss Elena, please don't discuss the content of art with me. What we are talking about is reality, and the reality is that even without Roald, you know that Detective Cat would never have won the Outstanding Contribution Award anyway. It is North American literature and art. The crown of the world, the famous jewel in the field of illustration. Three months ago, Detective Cat was an unknown person selling illustrations for ten dollars. This is not reality, this is a fairy tale.”

"What a pity. As the European vice president of a children's publishing giant that sells nearly half of the fairy tale books in the European and American markets every year, I thought you would believe in the power of fairy tales."

The CEO uncle smiled bitterly again.

"I don't know if "Vegas Fighter" is a parody of Fight Club. But I feel that if debate is a boxing of words, then my Anna, you must be the owner of a world-class gold belt."

"I took that as a compliment."

"Is that so?"

"At least, it makes me feel much happier than complimenting me on whether I am related to so-and-so." A smile appeared on Anna's face, "The mission of writing reviews has never been to be liked, complimented, or praised by everyone. It is enjoyable, There is no creativity in the rhetoric of Tianxia Taiping. Everyone likes you, which means that you just repeat some old clichés. "

"Do you know why I love Detective Cat's works?"

"why?"

Ana thought for a while and smiled. "Forget it, this is between me and her, I don't want to tell you. I'm sorry, I'm being willful, please understand me."

barking?

its not right!
Osborne was clearly eating a cone, but inexplicably, he suddenly had the illusion that the old man's mouth was being pinched open in front of him and a large amount of dog food was forced into his mouth.

"Well, no matter how much you love Detective Cat."

Osborne said helplessly: "I won't argue with you. Maybe one day an unknown person will wear the crown. But not today, not in a few weeks. This is enough to span an artist's entire career, from hell to heaven. Ladder. In 1823, the love of His Excellency Count Elena was enough to make a poor man become a social celebrity overnight. But in 2023, this journey is no longer completed in three months."

"This is the intention of the board of directors. It is not convenient for me to do anything in this matter. Anna, you have to understand me. I am not talking to the critic Miss Irina, I am asking my little lady Anna."

"of course."

Anna nodded, "Normally speaking, I wouldn't go to the Narcissus Festival in private with a CEO of a listed company. I was talking to Uncle Osborne, who gave me fairy tale books when I was a child. As for the little lady Anna, I think he is quite considerate.”

For a moment, both men laughed.

"Twelve candidates, one "Outstanding Contribution Award" and four "Outstanding Contribution Awards", excluding Mr. Norton, who has already won the Outstanding Contribution Award——"

Osborne curled his lips secretly in his heart.

Norton?

The writer’s name is Roald Henry, okay?

Norton is the protagonist of Fight Club, who is weak, empty, and mediocre. Corresponding to this is the handsome, strong, and charismatic second personality Taylor that he splits through imagination and imitation.

Just now he was saying that he was considerate.

Now in the blink of an eye, I can just call him Norton!

It seems.

In the young woman's heart, she did not have any grudge against the best-selling author who stole the award for her favorite detective cat, as she showed.

Little Anna, you are so vindictive!
Osborne hummed inwardly.

"——There are eleven people left, divided into four awards. How is the publisher's plan arranged?" Miss Elena asked.

"Actually, there are not even four! According to the goal of 'guiding children to learn elegant literary arts and cultivating their sense of integrity and social responsibility' when the award was founded, according to traditional practice, two awards are awarded every year, one for poetry. , one for investigative reporters. After all, poets are almost extinct, and investigative reporters are at risk of being shot. The remaining one will be given to the photography and mixed media category..."

Mr. President spoke in a longer tone.

Anna sat there calmly.

"Okay, I won't kid you. There are a few other books that are expected to sell more than one million copies. In fact, from an economic perspective, choosing them is better."

Osborne saw that he did not see the dramatic effect he wanted on Miss Elena's face, so he said honestly with some disappointment, "But because it is a writing and art award, there are already three winning places this year. It’s in the writing area, so the last one, as you would hope, will be assigned to the painting area.”

"To be precise, Gina, Wehrlein, and Detective Cat. Choose one of the three illustrators."

"Who will it be?"

Anna looked at the float in the distance.

"It depends on whether you are willing to do something for Detective Cat?" Osborn smiled slyly.

"Go on."

"To be honest, the board of directors is still waiting and watching, and the judges' opinions are also very quarrelsome. From the company's perspective, the board of directors is more inclined to Gina. Her illustrations for this year's "Oh, Gypsy, Gypsy" count. The good market response, coupled with the theme of ethnic minority painters and marginalized groups, are very pleasing. "

Anna listened quietly.

Taking advantage of the trend of painting is what every creator who wants to win art awards more easily is doing.

She can arrange for the cat lady to draw "The Blazing World", and the other illustrator can naturally draw "Gypsy, Gypsy".

Very very fair.

She can't set up a double standard like a bitch just because someone else looks more politically correct than you do.

"Wehrlein cooperates very closely with the company and has worked with or maintained good relationships with many members of the jury. He has run with him several times in recent years. Many people think that since I haven’t been able to give him an Outstanding Contribution Award for a long time, so it would be nice to give him another Outstanding Contribution Award as a consolation.”

"Listen to you, it's not like choosing one out of three, but more like choosing one out of two." Miss Elena commented.

"It should be like this. After all, in "Oil Painting", some art judges still have certain concerns. You know what I'm talking about. But the strange thing is that there are very big names on the jury, and they stand clearly. Behind Detective Cat. To be honest, her tough attitude made me think she was the other party’s illegitimate daughter.”

"Jane Arnold?"

"Bingo! I thought their relationship wouldn't be so good because of the YouTube incident."

Osborne snapped his fingers and looked at Anna in surprise: "Honestly, your determination shocked me. Well, is there anything I don't know between them? The anonymous illustrator, in the online selection, stepped on She suddenly became famous on the shoulders of Van Dorn and Jane Arnold. Is she really an illegitimate daughter? "

The president almost imagined twenty episodes of a bloody TV series in his mind.

(End of this chapter)