Rebirth 07: Start adding points from elementary school students

Chapter 183 Such a big studio is for you

Yang Chengzhang was not standing at the door.

Li Yan called her master in confusion and shouted respectfully:

"Master!"

Yang Chengzhang on the other end of the phone was so scared that he screamed "Ouch".

"You kid, you made me wait so long."

"Where are you waiting?"

"I saw you."

Li Yan looked around but still didn't see Yang Chengzhang.

"Across the street, floor-to-ceiling windows, do you see it?"

Yes, he saw it. Yang Chengzhang was waving at him from the floor-to-ceiling window.

"Uh... Master, where do we go up?"

Yang Chengzhang in the window was happy when he heard Li Yan calling him "Master". "It's next to the stationery store downstairs. There is an entrance. Just come in and you'll be on the second floor."

Next to the stationery store... The so-called entrance is a black-framed glass door with metal spray-painted words on the door:

New Taipei Musheng Art Institute.

He had passed by this place with Xiaopang before and always thought it was a florist. He even wondered if this thing was a public institution.
Although the entrance glass door is small, the space inside is quite large - in fact, you can tell from the exterior facade that this place was most likely an old factory building, which was renovated and rented out as an education and training center and offices for some small companies.

The advertisement for the training center was still there, but the place was empty. Li Yan knocked on the mahogany door on the other side.

The person who opened the door was a familiar face, a man with long hair, a beret, a scarf and small glasses - cartoonist Cao Xinshuo.

"Hello, Painter Cao."

Cao Xinshuo was very surprised that Li Yan remembered him. He stretched out his slender fingers and shook hands with this magical boy.

"Teacher Yang is waiting for you in the room, come with me."

As soon as she entered the room, Li Yan discovered that there were six people sitting inside, some typing away on their computers, some talking on their phones, and two of them were selecting packaged large paintings.

"It's a small company that's responsible for contacting galleries for Teacher Yang's paintings," said Cao Xinshuo with a smile.

"Is it the New Taipei Musheng Art Institute?"

“It used to be called this, and a few seniors would come to discuss academic matters.”

"now what?"

"Last year, a senior passed away, so they won't be gathering together for the time being." Cao Xinshuo said softly, "This group was originally put together by that senior."

As they talked, the two of them walked through the company's workstations, went around the warehouse where Teacher Yang's paintings were stored, and came to a room with a large wooden door.

"You go in, I can't."

Li Yan pushed the door open and entered the room. What caught her eye was a large shelf filled with various painting tools, paintings hanging on the walls, and several drawing tables, easels and chairs of different sizes and heights.

Although only one wall has floor-to-ceiling glass windows, the light transmission effect is excellent.

There is no doubt that this is a painting studio, a very high-end one.

"Li Yan, how do you feel about this place?"

“Big, complete with everything, good atmosphere.”

Yang Chengzhang smiled with crow's feet that could hold a piece of paper, and pointed to the top of his head, "This lamp, with a suspended ceiling, has a soft light, and the light is scattered in pure white, which does not affect the color perception."

He pointed to both sides and said, "There are also some spotlights that can be flexibly adjusted to view paintings or eliminate shadows."

Li Yan nodded, "That's great."

"And these curtains," Yang Chengzhang stretched out his hand and shook them. He could clearly feel the thickness of the velvet curtains. "If you don't like the noise outside, just draw them. But these floor-to-ceiling windows are originally soundproof glass, and I don't like it to be too quiet."

Li Yan stood in front of a drawing table and opened the drawer, which was filled with painting tools, everything you need.

But… "Master, why are these things so new? Aren't you painting them here?"

"I'm not here. This was originally a warehouse."

"That?"

"This is your studio."

Li Yan, who was used to rejecting snacks sent by classmates, instinctively said "No, no, no"...

Wait? My? Studio?

"It's close to your school, so I took advantage of the winter break to give it to you." Li Yan's first reaction was "There is no free lunch in the world."

"Here's the key. You can come here to paint anytime in the future. All materials are free. If you don't have enough, just tell me or talk to Xiao Cao."

I'm sorry, Master. I have judged you by my own standards.

"You are still young and your blooming period is long. I will come over occasionally. If you are free, come over and draw with me. If you are interested in comics, tell Xiao Cao and I will ask him to teach you."

"Thank you, Master!" Li Yan was so moved that he couldn't help but bow.

"Alright, alright," Yang Chengzhang laughed, "That's nothing. It didn't cost much to decorate this place."

This doesn't look like something that can be done without some money... as long as you have no problem with the money.

However, ever since he saw the price of Yang Chengzhang's paintings at the last auction, Li Yan no longer had any doubts about it.

"Master, those people outside..."

"Some of the children who are interning and graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts," Yang Chengzhang walked up to Li Yan and patted her shoulders with both hands. "None of the children I saw at the Academy of Fine Arts have your spirituality."

It's not good to praise others, Master. What do you mean I am the one being praised? That's fine.

"Are they the ones in charge of the auction?" Li Yan tried his best to make his expression sound like pure curiosity, rather than being blinded by money.

Although he was indeed curious about the hundreds of thousands of dollars that a painting was exchanged for.

While pursuing art, you can also receive affirmation and exchange it for rice. And it’s not just ordinary rice. Who can refuse this!

"They just help me make contacts," Yang Chengzhang said, not rejecting Li Yan's discussion of this topic. "The paintings will be displayed in galleries first, and some buyers will buy them on the spot. Other galleries and exhibition halls may also be willing to purchase or rent them. Sometimes galleries will also package and promote paintings that are highly sought after and hand them over to auction companies for sale."

"Why don't you contact the auction company yourself?"

Yang Chengzhang raised his eyebrows, "It's not that there isn't, but even I have to admit the influence of a famous gallery."

Li Yan didn't quite understand, after all, he hadn't made any formal contact yet.

"Your master can barely bear the title of 'famous painter' in China, but in the calligraphy and painting auction market, this title is not loud enough. Art auction is a special thing. I can't stand at the auction site and explain to everyone why this painting is good. That would ruin it." Yang Chengzhang touched a painting hanging on the wall. "Auctions and collections are 1% for love and 99% for fame and fortune."

“So a reputable gallery is like a strong, trusted intermediary? And it promotes the painting?”

"You kid," Yang Chengzhang pretended to be angry, "stop thinking about it and focus on painting. The Red Dragon Gallery will come to collect paintings in a while, and I will take you to meet them."

"Red Dragon Gallery?"

"In terms of overall strength, they are undoubtedly the best in the country." Yang Chengzhang stroked his hair artistically. "They are very arrogant. I introduced Xiao Cao to them before, but they rejected me directly."

Damn it, Master, aren’t you going to activate the ability of the Face Fruit?

"Then I..."

"You are my last disciple! No matter what, I am the most famous painter in Linjiang. We and the gallery should help each other. How can he not give me some face?"

It really started.

However, Li Yan always had a feeling that his master particularly liked to show off his status in front of him.

Maybe he didn't praise her enough, making his master feel that he lacked confidence in front of this talented disciple?
"You are so awesome, Master!"

The sound was so sweet and sincere that Yang Chengzhang smiled happily.

"Oh, by the way," he checked the time, "we talked for too long and delayed your class."

"I don't have to go back. Uh... I can choose to go back at any time."

"Huh?" Yang Chengzhang asked in surprise, "You don't have to go to class?"

"Its not mandatory."

never heard of that.

"Your teacher Guo will come to trouble me." Yang Chengzhang said with a smile.

"Really? I made a deal with the school."

"?"

"I have proved to the school that attending classes is meaningless to me. As long as I can continue to maintain a perfect score in all subjects, they will leave me alone."

"Tsk," Yang Chengzhang's eyes twitched, "Your status among Linjiang Province's junior high school students is almost the same as your master's status among Linjiang's painters..."

"That's amazing, okay Master, let's draw?"

Yang Chengzhang looked at Li Yan who was starting to pick up painting supplies and suddenly he wanted to smoke a cigarette.

"Tan Li, Tan Li, you are right. This kid is really hard to teach..."

(End of this chapter)