Freelance Artist

  Chapter 311 Ji Quantai: Baidi, green leaves!

   "Quantai, you are my favorite student."

In a certain quaint study room, a man about sixty years old spoke up, looked up at a young and upright voice in front of the desk, with a bit of satisfaction on his face, "Last year's Qinzhou Poetry Conference, your performance can be said to be second only to you. Yu Li Zhenghui has been recognized by the circle, but this level is not enough, this year's Poetry Conference is the real battle for your fame, Ji Quantai!"

   "Teacher, I will work hard to live up to your expectations!"

  Ji Quantai is in high spirits. He has been preparing for this year's poetry meeting for a long time, and he will be a blockbuster tomorrow!

"good."

The man smiled and said: "Our generation is already old, and the Qinzhou literary world will be dominated by young people in the future. Since you are talented and knowledgeable, you should strive to be the literary leader of Qinzhou's younger generation. Teacher can help you I don’t do much, but there’s nothing wrong with helping you say hello to those old friends, but poetry will ultimately depend on your own performance.”

"Thank you, teacher!"

Ji Quantai was overjoyed. Of course he knew what the teacher meant by "saying hello to those old friends". If he wants to make his mark in the literary world, he must have both real talent and knowledge, and a certain amount of authoritative support. He already has the former. The latter teacher can help himself, which is really an opportunity at the right time and place!

  My teacher is Jiang He!

  A well-known and authoritative figure in the Qinzhou literary world!

  At the same time, Jiang He is also the vice chairman of the Qinzhou Federation of Literary and Art Circles!

  With such a teacher who praises me, I am afraid that the poems will become famous?

   At this moment, Jiang He's cell phone rang, and he answered the phone. He didn't know what the other party said, and frowned slightly.

"I see."

  After hanging up the phone, Jiang He looked a little unhappy.

  Ji Quantai's heart skipped a beat, "Teacher, is there something wrong?"

  Jiang He shook his head lightly and said: "It's not an accident, it's just that Zhao Ru gave her invitation to a star in the entertainment circle, this old lady Zhao is really fooling around."

"star?"

  Ji Quantai was a little puzzled and said: "Qin Zhou's poetry will be a grand event in our literary world. What are the celebrities doing here? Aren't you afraid of causing controversy?"

   "It stands to reason that it would be inappropriate to invite celebrities over."

Jiang He said helplessly: "However, this celebrity is different from ordinary people. He is Baidi, that is, Lin Zhibai. Although this Lin Zhibai is not in our circle, he is somewhat famous. Didn’t the college organize a couplet competition, Lin Zhibai defeated Zhou Tai and won the championship, so Mrs. Zhao invited him to participate in the poetry meeting, and the higher-ups finally agreed.”

   "Does Lin Zhibai?"

  Ji Quantai's eyes flickered slightly, and he read softly: "Yan Suo Pond Willow..."

   This is Lin Zhibai's eternal legacy at the end of the last couplet competition, and the entire literary world has heard about it.

  Ji Quantai is of course no exception. He even spent several days and nights trying to confront him, but unfortunately he failed in the end. Even though he doesn't pay much attention to the entertainment industry, he still remembers Lin Zhibai's name.

   "If poetry can be taught in couplets, then the existence of Lin Zhibai is really troublesome."

  Jiang He said lightly: "But we don't test and teach couplets, so this person is nothing to worry about."

  Ji Quantai smiled and said: "The teacher is right, pairing is just a plaything for leisure and entertainment in the circle, Xiao Daoer, then Lin Zhibai must have spent a lot of effort studying this thing, it is unnecessary and even more meaningless."

"Um."

  Jiang He nodded and said, "Don't worry about Lin Zhibai. Although he's about the same age, Qin Zhou's poetry skills won't be enough for him, a small star in the entertainment industry, to shine."

"yes."

  Ji Quantai left the study respectfully.

   Walking out of the luxurious villa of the teacher's house, there is a friend waiting for Ji Quantai at the door.

  When the friend saw Ji Quantai coming out, he couldn't wait to say: "The Federation of Literary and Art Circles just released the list of participants for this poetry meeting, and there is actually Baidi's name in this poetry meeting!"

"I already know."

  Ji Quantai said casually: "Stars in the entertainment industry, if they come to poetry, they will not be able to make any troubles, and they may even bring themselves to humiliate themselves."

  Ji Quantai welcomes Baidi to participate in the poetry meeting!

   It's not because of how tolerant he is, Ji Quantai has his own calculations.

   You must know that Baidi is very famous. Although he doesn't want to admit it, the literati in the Poetry Association, even those few poets, are not as good as Baidi in terms of social influence and popularity in Qinzhou!

   There are such people participating in this poetry meeting.

  It will definitely increase the attention of this poetry meeting!

   And Ji Quantai is destined to become famous all over the world in one fell swoop at this Poetry Conference, how can there be no green leaves to set off?

  Baidi seems to be a very perfect green leaf!

  If I become a big hit in poetry and let Baidi be eclipsed, those fans who call him, or even countless netizens, look at the superficial side of this so-called big star, everyone will definitely remember the name of "Ji Quantai" thoroughly!

  The world will discover:

  The so-called big stars are nothing more than that in front of a literary genius like myself!

Seeing Ji Quantai's relaxed face, my friend couldn't help but smiled, "It seems that you are already very confident, so I can rest assured, but Baidi is not a star in the traditional sense, he is a top-notch chaebol son, and at the same time he is As a composer, he is good at writing songs and writing lyrics, especially good at matching pairs, and maybe he has some accomplishments in poetry."

   Ji Quantai didn't speak, just smiled.

  The more powerful Baidi is, the more pleasure it is to step on it, isn't it?

  If poetry is really good, it would be really speechless to invite a desperate illiterate star to come over.

"correct."

  The friend said again: "Speaking of this Baidi, when I was waiting for you just now, someone contacted me..."

"who?"

   "A certain cousin of Baidi, he would like to ask you for a little help. At the next auction, he will pay for your paintings and calligraphy. The price is negotiable."

   Ji Quantai's eyes lit up!

  A certain cousin of Baidi!

   This is clearly the beneficiary father waving banknotes!

  For a person like Ji Quantai, what he seeks is fame, but he also relies on the word "name" to make a living.

   With fame, his calligraphy, his paintings, and his poems are only valuable, and only some arty big money owners pay for it!

   With the backing of the gold master, his reputation will be even greater!

  In a sense, when many people mention the name of the artist, the most talked about is not how talented he is, but how much his works have sold!

   To use an analogy, it is like many top painters on the earth.

   How these people's painting skills are, in fact, many people can't tell why.

  In the end, I can only use words such as "his calligraphy sold tens of millions" and "his paintings sold tens of millions" to describe how awesome this person is.

  Who said that scholars dislike the smell of copper?

  At least Ji Quantai doesn't dislike it. He studies poetry, calligraphy and painting for hobbies and even for making money.

  It was too common for ancient literati to sell calligraphy and painting to make a living. I really thought that poor scholars could survive by relying on their poetry, calligraphy and painting.

  In this day and age, if there is no financial backing and a certain team operation, how easy is it to rely on talent alone?

  …

the next day.

After Lin Zhibai woke up and had breakfast, his mother said excitedly, "Son, if you are going to the poetry meeting, remember to ask those literary masters for some calligraphy. I will hang it on the wall of the living room and come later." It's a face to have guests."

  Lin Shengtian smiled and said: "You can't buy it yourself, it's not that you can't afford it."

My mother said cheerfully: "I am reluctant to pay for calligraphy and painting. After all, your mother and I can't understand these, so why be arty, but if you have a chance to get free ones, then why not be arty, you don't know, I'll go!" I went to an auction with a few friends for the first time, and it sold seven million for such a simple landscape painting!"

   "The price is not low."

  Lin Xi finished eating a steamed stuffed bun, and wiped his mouth gracefully, "The works of everyone in the literary world, in recent years, the works of a top contemporary painter have sold for a maximum price of only 20 million."

  Dad was startled, "Twenty million!?"

Lin Xi curled his lips and said: "Whether it's worth it or not, the benevolent sees the benevolent and the wise see the wisdom. Anyway, the more famous these literary figures are, the higher the price of their works, but in essence, it is similar to our entertainment industry. There are team hype behind it, and there are even many works. , It’s a pure capital game, I bought your painting for five million, it’s all negotiated in advance, after your net worth is hyped up, I’ll get more points if you make more money.”

  Dad shook his head, "According to what you said, people in the so-called literary world are not so noble."

Lin Xi said with a smile: "Some people in the literary world have real materials and don't bother to act like this, but there are also some people who live by hype, and some people have both real materials and cooperate with the patrons to hype their worth, These people live the most nourishing life.”

  Lin Zhibai interjected, "You're very good at it."

Lin Xi shrugged, "I'm a little rich woman after all. Many of the patrons behind the literary circles are from our circle. In fact, let alone contemporary paintings, even some famous paintings from the past have inflated prices. Yes, there are a lot of hype elements in it, and it even involves money laundering."

   "Then change your mind."

  Lin Zhibai smiled and said, "I'm going to become famous in the literary world, and my works will be valuable in the future."

   "That's good for you."

  Lin Xi glanced at Lin Zhibai, "But the standard of the poems is so high, do you have enough ink?"

  Lin Zhibai snorted and said, "Your second brother is invincible to me."

  The family members laughed and didn't care much, they were just happy that Lin Zhibai could show his face at the poetry meeting.

   After eating.

  Lin Zhibai looked online and found that his Aurora comment area was all talking about his participation in the poetry meeting.

   "Baidi participated in the poetry meeting, so it is considered a successful crossover to the literary world?"

   "After all, those who can be invited to participate in the poetry meeting are all famous figures in our Qinzhou literary world."

   "That depends on the level of Baidi's poetry."

   "I feel that for a person who is so good at pairing, even if his poetry is not good, it is not much worse."

   "It seems that the poems are all randomly selected, and it also depends on the performance on the spot."

"It doesn't matter."

   "It's good to be invited to participate!"

   "Everyone, don't put pressure on Teacher Baidi."

   "Let's keep a low profile. Anyway, now that you have the qualification to participate in the Poetry Club, who else in the entire entertainment industry can receive an invitation to such a grand event in the literary world as the Poetry Club?"

  Lin Zhibai was amused.

  I really have no pressure, everyone.

  However, everyone’s comments are very positive, mainly encouraging and supplemented by praise. Lin Zhibai is very comfortable watching it.

However.

   Just as Lin Zhibai was brushing up on related topics.

  Suddenly a discordant voice came out!

   "The Poetry Fair is a grand event in Qinzhou's literary world. It's so elegant. When will a star in the entertainment circle come to participate?"

   This person is called Aleigh.

   should be the pen name of a literati or something.

   Jiguang platform has certified him many titles: Deputy Director of Qinzhou Federation of Literary and Art Circles, poet, poet, painter, calligrapher!

  Looking at the number of fans, there are nearly ten million!

  As soon as these words came out, even a fool would know who the celebrity A-Lei was referring to.

   Than the number of fans?

  Baidi's current number of fans on the Aurora platform is as high as 50 million, which is not an order of magnitude at all!

   Not to mention that Lin Zhibai has so many fans from passers-by.

   Yes.

   Even though many people refuted in the comment area of ​​Alei:

   "What if celebrities are not allowed to participate in the poetry meeting?"

   "What type of star are you Baidi?"

   "He is a lyricist and a composer!"

   "Strictly speaking, what you do is behind the scenes!"

   "Forget it if you treat Baidi as a star in the entertainment industry in a general sense, but you still need to understand some things before you talk about it. Baidi's talent has been shown in the couplet contest before!"

   "Mr. Alei, can you show [Smoke Lock Pond Willow]?"

   "Mr. Alei, you are biased!"

   "Baidi only participated in the poetry meeting after receiving the invitation."

  Ah Lei’s bombardment was very sudden. Lin Zhibai didn’t bother to respond after seeing it, and he just regarded it as an accidental phenomenon. Maybe the other party was a keyboard warrior who immediately climaxed when he saw topics like "entertainment stars participating in poetry meetings".

However.

  What happened next made Lin Zhibai gradually realize that things were not as simple as they seemed on the surface.

  Because several literary celebrities have spoken out!

  Famous poet Zhao Xin:

"Let me tell you about popular science. There are two types of invitations for the Poetry Club. The first is the first batch of invitation lists decided by the Federation of Literary and Art Circles. Those who can enter this list are all very influential teachers in the Qinzhou literary world. The second The other is the recommendation of some seniors in the literary world, and it is generally used to support the juniors, and a certain big star followed this path, so strictly speaking, he was not officially invited by the Federation of Literary and Art Circles."

  Writer Ann:

"The list recommended by the seniors is intended to support some junior figures with high potential, but there are always some people who don't have any real talents. They sharpen their heads for gold plating and want to run to participate, and they even ask the seniors to endorse them and go through the back door. I am not targeting anyone. , just for this phenomenon.”

   Okay.

   You don’t have to name someone to count me as targeting me, right?

  Lin Zhibai rolled his eyes, he is Baidi!

   Not boasting, Lin Zhibai is really not a small person now, these people should not bombard him out of emotion and reason, it is simply inexplicable.

unless…

  There are profit-driven behind it!

   I don't know who is behind these people.

  Lin Zhibai thought about it for a while, and all those who had enemies with him were surnamed Lin.

   "Will my reputation be ruined if I want to rely on poetry?"

  In the past, the identity of Baidi was not exposed, and the uncles' families didn't know where to start.

   Now that Baidi's identity has been exposed, Lin Zhibai's appearance in the media has also become more frequent, giving these people a chance to attack.

OK.

   Then take a look at this poetry meeting, what kind of moths can be produced.

  (end of this chapter)