Reborn as a great painter, with a system, you can be willful

Chapter 191, Auction Catalogue, Go to Magic City

Jiang Zhe was in his studio, unpacking the express package he had just received.

Judging from the address and the thickness of the mail, I guess this might be an auction catalogue.

After carefully unpacking it, I saw that there was indeed a thick auction preview catalogue inside.

The cover of the catalogue has the title of the 2001 Times Autumn Sale and pictures of several traditional calligraphy and paintings as well as antiques.

The book is beautifully bound and feels heavy in the hand.

He laid the book flat on the table, skipped the introduction and went straight to the table of contents.

The catalog is arranged by auction session. There are eight sessions in total, including ancient paintings and calligraphy, porcelain, jade articles for study, furniture and handicrafts, paintings and calligraphy by modern masters, contemporary paintings and calligraphy, Western art, and cutting-edge art. Each session has an elegant name.

He skipped over other sessions and quickly searched for the title of his own work.

The words "Dancer" appear in the catalogue of the emerging art special.

Jiang Zhe looked at the corresponding page numbers and quickly found the page with his name printed on it.

The moment the page of the book opened, his eyes lit up.

This oil painting takes up a whole page, with a detailed introduction to the work and the artist's resume below.

It was already decided that the work would be auctioned, but when the catalogue appeared before my eyes and I saw my own work and many other excellent works in the same book, the visual impact and mental satisfaction were indescribable.

He looked at it again and again, and felt that he was not satisfied, so he found a reading stand, propped up the book, and leaned back in his chair to enjoy the book.

Observing from this distance and angle, it is much more visually comfortable.

The book is well printed, but it fails to capture all the details of the glazing technique.

When the excitement wore off, he began to look through other works in the same special session.

Among these works there are figurative realistic paintings, as well as some abstract, figurative and surrealist creations. To be fair, they are either visually impactful or creative.

When flipping through the works, he clearly felt that the competition in the new circle was completely different from the competition in school, and he felt the pressure again.

This pressure gave him new motivation.

Jiang Zhe looked at the items in the same special session, and then briefly browsed through the other items before calling Manager Zhao.

"Brother, did you receive the catalogue I sent to you?" Manager Zhao asked with a smile after answering the phone.

"Got it, thank you. This is the first time I've seen the auction catalogue, and I'm shocked." Jiang Zhe gave a timely compliment.

Manager Zhao smiled happily: "We have been expanding our business and working hard to match the top auction companies. You can come and have a look at the preview. Seeing the real objects up close is really shocking. You have to go to school during the weekdays, so you can come to Shanghai on weekends to broaden your horizons."

"Okay, I'll try to go to the preview." Jiang Zhe chatted with Manager Zhao for a while, mainly asking about the preview.

He already had the idea of ​​going to Shanghai to see the exhibition, so after ending the call, he went online to check the information of the exhibitions during the same period.

Since you are going to Shanghai, you can also visit other exhibitions.

Unfortunately, Internet information was not well developed at that time, and there was no way to find more information.

Although he was unable to find information about the latest art exhibition in Shanghai, he had a new learning goal: Shanghai Museum. The museum has a rich collection of art, which may help him improve as soon as possible.

He immediately checked for air tickets. He had never done this before and found it a bit troublesome. Suddenly, he had an idea and dialed Wang Zhen's number.

"Jiang Zhe, what's the matter?"

"Manager Wang, I'm planning to go to the Magic City to watch the preview of the Times Auction. Do you want to come with me?"

Wang Zhen laughed and said, "I always thought that you were not willing to travel far away."

Jiang Zhe said: "Don't you want to go and broaden your horizons?"

"Great, when are you planning to go?" Jiang Zhe said, "This weekend. I want to leave on Friday night and come back on Sunday night."

Wang Zhen hesitated for a moment and said, "It just so happens that I am going to Shanghai as well. I originally wanted to leave on Saturday, but since you are going too, let's go together. We will leave on Friday. I will have someone book the air tickets and hotel today. Please send me your ID number."

"Thank you. Tell me the cost."

"Okay, don't worry."

Jiang Zhe put down the phone, and the trouble was solved. He had enough money, so he didn't need to treat himself badly when traveling. It was important to solve the problem as quickly as possible and save time.

He took the catalog home and told his parents the good news.

When Jiang Yi and his wife heard the good news and saw the catalog, they readily agreed to let him go to the Magic City.

In the next few days, Jiang Zhe devoted most of his energy to creating this sketch of the figure.

When depicting characters, he deliberately exercised his ability to depict realism, meticulously depicting the necessary details of the characters. Even when dealing with places that should be drawn vaguely, he tried his best to be neither perfunctory nor vague.

Teacher Chu gave him some suggestions, thinking that his paintings were too honest.

Jiang Zhe listened to some of the suggestions and portrayed the character according to his own ideas.

As the course progressed, the gap between the students became increasingly apparent.

After two weeks, many students had run out of room to paint, and some had to start over. But Jiang Zhe felt that there was still a lot of room for improvement, so he continued to paint according to the routine, but he felt that he didn't have enough time.

On Friday afternoon, he left the studio early, which was rare, to go home and prepare for his trip to Shanghai.

As soon as I walked out of the teaching building, I saw Chen Yan waiting for me.

Jiang Zhe walked closer to Chen Yan and said, "You don't have to see me off. I'll be back on Sunday."

When Chen Yan first heard that Jiang Zhe was going to Shanghai, she wanted to go with him, but something happened at home and she was unable to go in the end, so she was still unhappy.

"There will be many opportunities in the future, I will be back soon." Jiang Zhe comforted Chen Yan.

"Remember to call me." Chen Yan pulled Jiang Zhe towards the school gate. Along the way, she would occasionally say, "Don't meet other girls..." "Don't drink too much..."

Jiang Zhe agreed to all of them and asked, "What do you want to buy? Cosmetics? Clothes?..."

After hearing Jiang Zhe say the terms one by one, Chen Yan turned around and said, "You decide for yourself."

The two arrived at the school gate. Jiang Zhe saw a taxi waiting for passengers from afar. He took advantage of Chen Yan's unpreparedness, kissed her on the cheek, and then reached out to stop a taxi.

"Hateful." Chen Yan hit Jiang Zhe, and when she saw the taxi stopped, she had to give up.

Jiang Zhe got into a taxi and waved goodbye to Chen Yan.

He went home, said goodbye to his parents, put on his luggage and went downstairs.

Soon, Wang Zhen and his assistant came to pick him up by car.

On the way to the airport, Wang Zhen told Jiang Zhe that she and her assistant were going to contact the client to ask him what his plans were.

In addition to attending the auction preview, Jiang Zhe also plans to go to the museum and purchase some painting supplies as gifts for his family and friends.

After some discussion, we found that the three of us could only go together when we went to the preview. At other times, we had to make our own arrangements.

They arrived at Binhai Airport at 7pm and arrived in Shanghai at pm.

The three of them got in a taxi and rushed to the hotel they had booked.

The taxi was driving on the road, and Jiang Zhe looked at the bustling night scene outside the window.

The Shanghai in 01 cannot be compared with the Shanghai years later, but its rise has already begun.

(End of this chapter)