deadly temptation beijing

Chapter 1 Element Art (1)
When Yu Jian came out of the general manager's office, he found the four big characters "Sulei Art" written in big bold characters on the bulletin board...

When Yu Jian came out of the general manager's office, he found the four big characters "Su Lei Art" written in big bold characters on the bulletin board, and thought: "When I was in college, I pursued modern art and admired classical art. But I've never heard of 'plain art'."

Yu Jian originally had a kind of curiosity, and wanted to see what Su Lei art is, but just now he was scolded by the general manager, and his curiosity was thrown out of the sky.

The school uniform for girls of the Beijing Academy of Arts is very distinctive: the uniform is light gray on the outside, and the uniform is a white open-collar shirt on the inside, with a blue and white bowknot with a long tail.If four or five girls walk on the playground, it is like a rainbow floating passionately in the sky after a heavy rain.The playground of the Academy of Art is not very big, and you can walk back and forth in about 10 minutes.The football field is close to the runway on the left, and the field is so small that if the goalkeeper of one side is lucky, the ball can be kicked into the opponent's goal with one kick.

Yu Jian raised his head, pulled his shirt down, and took a closer look at the girls on the playground. They were all unfamiliar faces, but one was very familiar——Wanmei.Originally, Yu Jian had a special affection for freshman students, but when he saw Wanmei, he felt a little uncomfortable.I don't know why, but Yu Jian hates pimples the most, and Wanmei has so many pimples on her face.In addition, when Yu Jian heard them making fun of him, he felt agitated, and buried his head in his collar indifferently.

A girl winked at everyone, and the girls stood up gently, and walked cautiously towards Yu Jian.

"Hello—" when they quietly came to Yu Jian's side, several people shouted in unison.

Yu Jian was startled, and got up from the ground with a movement like a carp jumping over a dragon's gate. He glanced at them like a wolf and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Tell you about an art exhibition," said one.

"Su class art." The other said to Jian with a sullen face.

Hearing this, Yu Jian smiled: "I've heard of classical art and modern art, but I haven't heard of any plain art!"

"Aren't you mentally handicapped?"

"That's right, I don't even know Su Lei art."

"Don't make any noise, let me finish talking——Yu Jian, let me tell you that the Sulei Art Exhibition will be held in the school art gallery at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

Hearing this, Yu Jian looked at them dubiously.Suddenly, he remembered the content about Su Lei art in the bulletin board, and he really regretted not going to take a look.Looking at these female students in front of him, Yu Jian really felt a little inferior. After all, he also graduated from an art school, so he didn't even know about plain art.

"Yu Jian, do you know Su Lei art?"

Yu Jian shook his head in shame.

"What?—No way!"

A girl took out a few photos from her pocket and handed them to Yu Jian.Yu Jian took the photo and looked at it, it was an oil painting photo.The background of the whole painting is mainly light brown, and the scattered leaves show a kind of helplessness against the dead branches; although the flowers are not in full bloom, the branches with flowers do not have a single leaf, while the branches with leaves do not. flower.The author of this work is titled "Looking for", which means that the flowers are looking for the leaves, but the leaves pass by the flowers.

"I really can't believe that there is such a tree in this world?"

"This is plain art, do you understand?"

"Is this plain art?" Yu Jian asked rhetorically.

"Well, there is another one, do you want to see it?"

Yu Jian glanced at her in surprise, and said, "Of course."

Yu Jian was stunned after receiving the photo.This painting is a continuation of the previous one. The flowers struggled to fall from the branches in order to be with the leaves. The painting shows the scene of the petals falling from the air.

"This is so interesting. Who drew this?"

"Su Lei, didn't I tell you?"

"Su class? Su class is a person's name?"

"Of course, what do you think?"

"Didn't you say plain art—"

"The art that Su Lei is obsessed with is of course called Su Lei Art."

Hearing this, Yu Jian smiled and said, "It's interesting, there are people with this kind of name. However, this person has quite a personality."

"How about going tomorrow?"

"I'm afraid it won't work tomorrow morning. I have to go to work."

"I can tell you that Su Lei can come to the art exhibition tomorrow morning in person."

"I also have class tomorrow morning, but I will ask for leave."

"Okay then, I will definitely visit tomorrow."

"Hmph! You seem to be saying that we are inviting you to visit. Let me tell you, we are just telling you the news. Whether you go or not is up to you."

"According to the rules of the college, you seem to have to treat us sisters to a big meal."

"However, if you can publish your work in the form of a column on "Modern Art", I think we several vegetarian fans can treat you to a meal tomorrow."

"There is no problem publishing such a good work. If it is in the form of a column, I can't make the decision, but I can fight for it from the editor-in-chief."

"Great! Let's do it, our sisters and Su Lei will have a treat at the Jindu Hotel at noon tomorrow."

"Do you know vegetarians?"

"of course."

During dinner, Yu Jian told Mei Yihan, the owner of Dongfanghong Entertainment Company, that the college would hold Su Lei's art exhibition tomorrow, and showed Su Lei's work "Looking for" to Mei Yihan.Mei Yihan took a closer look and felt that the author of this painting was very talented, and finally decided to go to the Sulei Art Exhibition together tomorrow.

Mei Yihan is a college classmate of Yu Jian's father. She founded a cultural company in the Academy of Art and contracted the academic magazine "Modern Art". Everyone calls her President Mei.Mei is always the most popular woman in the art academy, because she is approachable and often invites college students to dinner, so she is very "studently popular".Opposite the east gate of the college, there is also a KTV entertainment city, which Mei Yihan invested in and established a few years ago.At that time, Yu Jian just came to Beijing, because he couldn't find a job, he helped Mei Yihan decorate in Dongfanghong Entertainment City.After the opening of the entertainment city, Mei Yi got a job as an editor of the school magazine for Yu Jian in the Academy of Arts through her connections.

Fang Xueran, Mei Yihan's right-hand man, is not interested in this art exhibition.Of course, the reason for Fang Xueran's disinterest is the same as that of Yu Jian - he doesn't know what plain art is.

The next morning, when Yu Jian and Mei Yihan came to the exhibition hall of Sulei Art Exhibition, Wanmei and her four classmates were waiting for Yu Jian at the door.Next to them stood a small woman with short hair.She was wearing a pink dress, standing on the right side of the entrance, staring carefully at the crowd who came to visit, and paying attention to something very carefully.When Yu Jian and her colleagues walked over together, Wanmei put her mouth next to the girl's ear and whispered for a while, then looked at the passers-by and said, "That is Yu Jian, the 40-year-old woman next to her." It's Mei Yihan, Yu Jian's father's college classmate."

When Yu Jian came over, Wanmei pulled the woman to introduce Yu Jian and Mei Yihan: "She is Su Lei, the author of this art exhibition."

Mei Yihan glanced at Su Lei and said, "Yu Jian showed me your works, which are very individual and very well drawn. Come to my office later and let's have a good chat. "

At this time, Fang Xueran got out from behind Mei Yihan and said, "Su Lei, this name has a personality, is it a stage name or a pen name?"

Wanmei watched Fang Xueran push abruptly from behind President Mei, exchanged glances with a few classmates, then laughed and dragged Su Lei into the exhibition hall.

When Mei Yihan walked in, seeing that Yu Jian was silent, Wanmei gave him a hard look as she walked in.

"Hey, Wanmei, wait for me." Fang Xueran stepped forward and gently grabbed her sleeve with his hand.Wanmei turned her head, stared at her big eyes and said, "I hate it!" At this moment, the people around all turned their eyes to the embarrassed Fang Xueran.

"What's the matter, Fang Xueran?" Mei Yihan walked over.

Wanmei ignored Su Lei and walked towards the No. 2 exhibition hall.

Originally, Yu Jian wanted to have a few words with Su Lei, but he never had the chance.After watching "Looking for", he was deeply impressed by Su Lei's imagination.Her artistic style is like the work of Dali, the master of surrealism painting - bold, novel and fantastic.When he saw Su Lei today, he saw how young she was, which made him admire this woman from the bottom of his heart.Hall 2 of the art exhibition is full of traditional Chinese paintings and oil paintings, and Hall [-] is mostly root carvings and stone carvings.Yu Jian began to observe carefully from the No. [-] exhibition hall. From each Chinese painting, he saw a world of thousands of rivers and mountains.The traditional Chinese paintings of the plain category pay special attention to ink, and the contrast is sharp, and the theme is prominent. Whether it is a scene or a figure, it can always express a kind of vitality with different shades of color.The introductory text under the scroll tells Yu Jian that most of these are Su Lei's works in college.

Most of the works in the No. 2 exhibition hall are Su Lei’s recent works. On the whole, the author highlights the theme of fate. Some works regard fate as very important. It seems to have a sense of loss and attachment to life.

According to Yu Jian, the works in the art exhibition are not the best, and the best work is "Looking for".From the moment he walked into the exhibition hall, Yu Jian had been looking for this work, but to his disappointment, this work was not exhibited.Just when he was wondering, Wanmei walked over with Su Lei.

"Yu Jian, let me introduce you, this is Su Lei."

Yu Jian looked at Wanmei in surprise, and said, "Didn't we meet just now?"

"I have to introduce you if you know me—you know Su Lei, but Su Lei doesn't necessarily know you!" As she spoke, Wanmei made an impatient look to show her anger, but she was always embarrassed to behave in front of so many people. Too petty, just pursed her mouth, made a willful expression unique to southern women, and introduced, "Su Lei, this is Yu Jian, the beauty editor of "Modern Art" magazine. He is very interested in your works. I appreciate it very much, and it was he who recommended your work that made Mr. Mei agree to set up a column for you."

"Thank you."

"Nothing. It's just my job. May I venture to ask you a question?"

Su Lei nodded at Yu Jian.

"Why didn't the painting "Looking for" participate in the exhibition?"

At this time, Su Lei was a little embarrassed, and even blushed.Wanmei hurriedly explained: "That work has special meaning to Su Lei, so it is not exhibited today."

"Since this is the case, it should be exhibited, so that everyone can feel your 'element art'."

"You really like that painting "Looking"?"

"That piece is really good, there's nothing here that can match it."

Su Lei sighed in relief, blinking his eyes from time to time with excitement.No wonder, this was the first time she met someone who appreciated "Looking" so much - people around her couldn't see the meaning expressed by this painting, and of course no one applauded.

"Yu Jian, don't forget, we have a treat at noon." Wanmei said.

"Would you like Ms. Mei—" Before Su Lei could finish speaking, Yu Jian took the lead and said, "Don't, don't, don't! There's such a yellow-faced woman, I don't have any appetite."

Everyone burst into laughter.

Lunch has already been ordered.After everyone came to Jindu Hotel, Yu Jian found a random seat and sat down, but everyone looked at him strangely.

"Yu Jian, I've reserved room [-]."

Yu Jian was a little surprised that these students had to go to the private room when they invited people to eat.This is a relatively high-end hotel. Mei Yihan once brought him here for dinner, and the minimum consumption for a private room is 500 yuan.

"There's no need to be so wasteful, is there?"

"That's what Su Lei means." Wanmei replied.

Yu Jian glanced at Su Lei suspiciously, and Su Lei smiled at him embarrassedly.

"Well then, I'll treat you today."

"No, Su Lei has already paid the reservation fee."

Yu Jian couldn't say anything more.Walking into the box, everyone sat down, and Yu Jian realized that he was the only gay man in the whole box.Sitting in front of so many women, Yu Jian was a little nervous, and even a little pretentious.Several of Wanmei's female classmates laughed at Yu Jian as soon as they saw Yu Jian smoothing his hair, which made Yu Jian very embarrassed.

On Yu Jian's left is Wanmei's classmate Song Yinjie, and on the right is Wanmei.Sitting opposite Yu Jian, Su Lei laughed along with Song Yinjie from time to time.Although Yu Jian was nervous, when he looked up and saw Su Lei, a feeling suddenly came to him.

"Su Lei, when I saw you for the first time in the exhibition hall, I felt as if I had seen you somewhere."

"Where is it?" Wanmei and the four sisters asked in surprise and in unison.

"Really? Where is it?" Su Class also became very serious.

"It's just a hunch, maybe it's on the bridge, maybe it's on the road, maybe it's on the bus..."

When Yu Jian mentioned the bus, everyone pondered for a while, no one looked at Yu Jian again, only Su Lei opened his two big watery eyes excitedly, looked at Yu Jian and said, "On the bus?"

At this time, Wanmei lightly touched the excited Su Lei with her arm, Su Lei blushed and lowered her head.

"Look at you, it seems like we really know each other." Yu Jian joked.

Hearing what Yu Jian said, Su Lei stood up, sobbed, and walked out of the box.Yu Jian thought he had said something wrong, so he sat there blankly, and when Su Lei had gone far away, he asked Wanmei: "What's wrong with her, did I say something wrong?"

Wanmei stood up, and as she walked out, she gave Yu Jian an impatient look and said, "You speak wonderfully!"

Hearing what Wanmei said, Yu Jian really thought he had said something wrong.

When Su Lei walked into the box again, he smiled and said to Jian while rubbing his red eyes: "I'm sorry, I felt a little uncomfortable just now."

Yu Jian explained embarrassingly: "It's me who should say I'm sorry, I was just joking just now, don't mind."

At this moment, the waiter began to serve the food.Wanmei found another topic to distract from the unpleasant matter just now.However, Su Lei was still brooding, and his expression became unusually melancholy.

When everyone complimented Yu Jian jokingly, Wanmei asked Yu Jian seriously: "Do you really like "Looking for"?"

Yu Jian was taken aback for a moment, then glanced at Su Lei, and said, "This is a good painting." Because of the embarrassment just now, Yu Jian did not continue.

At this time, Wanmei took out a package from behind her and removed the kraft paper. Only then did Yu Jian realize that it was the painting "Looking for".Wanmei hung it on the wall of the box, Yu Jian stood up in surprise, walked to the painting, and while admiring it carefully, shook his head as if intoxicated.

"Yu Jian, in fact, I don't think this painting is very good, so I insisted on asking Su Lei not to exhibit this painting." Wanmei said to Jian.

"It's a big mistake. None of the paintings in the exhibition hall have the aesthetic value of this "Looking for"." Yu Jian said.

"But I can't see what the painting is trying to convey—it's like vague poetry, which makes people unable to figure it out."

"No, the artistic conception of this painting is very clear."

"But I don't think it's very interesting. It's just a tree. Besides, the branches have only one flower, and the branches with flowers have no leaves, and the branches with leaves have no flowers. It's too monotonous."

"No, it's not monotonous at all. You didn't understand the artistic conception expressed by Su Lei—I feel that what this painting expresses is a kind of love."

"Love? Stop joking."

"Of course, you can also understand it as other things, but I think it is more appropriate to understand it as love. You see, this flower would rather fall off the branch in order to find the leaves. Although the flower and the leaves only met for a moment, but this Duohua is already very satisfied."

While speaking, Yu Jian sat back in his seat.After sitting down, he asked Su Lei for verification: "Su Lei, am I right?"

(End of this chapter)