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

On Saturday morning, Jiang Zhe drove to pick up Chen Yan and rushed to Binhai City Culture and Art Museum.

Today was originally the leisure time agreed upon by the two of them. Jiang Zhe was invited to participate in an event, so he simply took Chen Yan with him.

"You seldom attend such activities. Is this event important?" Chen Yan asked while adjusting her seat belt.

Jiang Zhe said: "Gu Qian invited me to go mainly to give her face. This is an exhibition of paintings by employees from all over the city, and the painters come from all walks of life."

Chen Yan asked: "This is considered an amateur art exhibition, right?"

Jiang Zhe said: "Don't underestimate them. Some old painters came from here.

In the past, many painters were employees who were in charge of publicity in their workplaces. They were gathered together only when there were activities. At that time, there were very few professional painters.

The two of them started talking about their fathers' generation.

Soon, Jiang Zhe drove to the Binhai Culture and Art Museum.

This is one of the larger art galleries on the coast.

Jiang Zhe showed the invitation letter and found a parking space in the parking lot.

At this time, there are not many vehicles, but there are also few parking spaces.

He was sitting in the car and saw people coming and going in the small square in front of the art gallery.

"Can an art exhibition attract so many people?" Chen Yan asked.

Jiang Zhe said: "I heard that there are hundreds of works participating in the exhibition. If we invite some more people, it will naturally be lively."

The weather was getting hotter, and Jiang Zhe did not rush out. He waited until the agreed time before sending a message to Gu Qian and walking towards the main entrance of the art museum with Chen Yan.

In the lobby of the art gallery.

Gu Qian, several colleagues from the association and several painters are receiving guests.

They formed a circle while talking, and there were many people around them, but they could not squeeze in to their conversation.

Gu Qian picked up her phone and took a look at it, then looked out through the door and said to her colleagues, "Hey guys, you guys chat first, I'll go pick up my friend."

"Who did he pick up?"

"I don't know. Probably someone from the association." After Gu Qian left, several people began to discuss.

A bald man said, "That's not right. Everyone who should come to our association has come."

"Maybe some famous painter."

A few people couldn't guess what was going on, so they continued talking about the previous topic.

Soon, the bald man motioned for everyone to look at the door: "Look, who has Gu Qian invited away?"

"Who is this young man?" asked a gray-haired old man.

The bald man said, "He is Jiang Zhe, you were talking about him just now."

"Is it him?" Everyone else turned their eyes over.

Jiang Zhe walked in the middle, with Gu Qian on the left and a tall and pretty girl on the right. The three of them walked side by side towards the entrance of the art gallery.

The gray-haired old man said, "I have heard of his name, but I have never seen him in person. Please introduce him to me later."

"Don't worry, don't worry."

Another person said: "I have met him once before. However, he rarely attends events."

The bald man said, "Gu Qian went to invite them. Others couldn't talk to her, but she had the face. If she went to invite them, she would be able to get them."

As they talked, several people looked at each other and smiled.

Jiang Zhe followed Gu Qian into the hall and saw several people waving or greeting him. He had met several of them before, so he responded one by one.

Gu Qian led him to the guest sign-in area.

Jiang Zhe glanced at the sign-in book, picked up the sign-in pen and left his signature.

"Your handwriting is getting better and better." Gu Qian said respectfully.

Jiang Zhe handed the sign-in pen to Chen Yan.

"My hard pen calligraphy is not good. Sorry for making fun of me."

"Let me introduce you to a few friends. There are a few who have always wanted to meet you." Gu Qian said.

As soon as the three of them left the sign-in place, a group of people came to greet them. Before Gu Qian introduced them, several people from the Art Association took the initiative to shake hands with Jiang Zhe and exchange pleasantries.

"We are all old friends, why introduce each other?"

"Congratulations, bro."

Gu Qian found it funny to see a few self-respecting people enthusiastically congratulating Jiang Zhe on the success of his work at the auction.

After these people finished greeting, she introduced several new friends to Jiang Zhe. There were painters from a certain enterprise or institution, all of whom were now retired, painters from the education system who were teaching and research staff in a certain district, and painters from a certain art academy, etc.

Among these people, Jiang Zhe had heard of some of them, but today was the first time he met them.

Chen Yan, who was standing next to her, felt a little uncomfortable because apart from these people who greeted her, they chose to ignore her relationship with Jiang Zhe.

Several people asked Jiang Zhe to take photos with them, and more and more people came over, making Jiang Zhe feel overwhelmed.

Chen Yan slowly discovered a pattern. Among those who came to socialize, many men liked to bring a beautiful person of the opposite sex. Everyone turned a blind eye and was very calm.

After realizing this, Chen Yan cursed in her heart.

Gu Qian told Jiang Zhe that several other competent departments would also send people, and the event would begin when they arrived.

Soon, all the guests arrived. Gu Qian arranged the event very well and the event opened smoothly.

Jiang Zhe saw Wang Zhen coming to the art museum before the opening.

She was more popular here, and after the opening, she was surrounded by many people.

After the opening, Gu Qian invited guests to visit the exhibition.

Considering that some people are very old, the team is very loose and they can quit at any time if they are tired or have something to do.

Jiang Zhe was also in the visiting group.

Because I saw several paintings of very high quality, I plan to look at all the works.

Wang Zhen visited with him.

During this period, many people came to meet Jiang Zhe and often took photos with him after socializing.

Jiang Zhe stood in front of a work, took a photo with a few people, and continued to visit. He found that many of these painters were very good at talking. Every word they said was more pleasant than the last, which only made you feel nauseous, but never embarrassed.

Wang Zhen took the time to say to Jiang Zhe: "Do you feel the joy of being famous now?"

Jiang Zhe said: "It's not very comfortable."

Chen Yan rolled her eyes at him.

Wang Zhen knew that this was because in several group photos, there were beautiful women who were too close to Jiang Zhe.

"What do you think of these works?" she changed the subject.

Jiang Zhe said: "There are a number of works of very good quality. I found that several teachers from primary and secondary schools and vocational schools are very good at painting.

When I was in primary school, I couldn’t see the true level of the teacher at all.”

Wang Zhen nodded in agreement.

Chen Yan pointed to a still life painting and asked Jiang Zhe: "I saw several still life paintings with skulls. Why do you want to depict this?"

Although she learned to paint, it was mainly for the purpose of taking art exams, and she did not do much research on painting.

Jiang Zhe said: "Flowers will wither, hourglasses will run out, and food will rot. These images are all reflected in European still life paintings.

The appearance of this image means that people will die, and no matter who you are, you will eventually become a skeleton with no recognizable appearance.

Skeletons often appeared in European still life paintings in the 17th century to remind people that everyone will die one day and they should cherish their time and work hard.

In the Netherlands in the 17th century, this kind of symbolic still life painting was very popular and was called the Vanity School, also known as the persuasive still life painting.

"But it looks uncomfortable, can it be used for decoration?"

Jiang Zhe said: "This is the difference in culture. In our cultural environment, there are calligraphy and painting arts that remind us to cherish time.

The image of the skull has always existed in Western culture and has even been used as a fashion symbol.”

Wang Zhen added: "This symbolism also has another meaning, which is to seize the time and enjoy life to the fullest. Isn't it contradictory?"

(End of this chapter)