Tree buds sprout here, and their own mysterious magic is bred in them.
Between the intersection of light and darkness, the galaxy and the sea of sand, there is a thin mist flowing in it, like air, water vapor, and hazy starlight.
The drawing knife falls,
The earth is long, the sky is long, everything is silent, and the magnificent colors converge into a lifelike lonely prince.
Gu Weijing sighed softly.
"Oh, I still feel...something is missing."
It’s such a joy to create work like this.
There is no doubt that this is the most outstanding work Gu Weijing has ever painted.
the only thing that is missing,
The sprouted tree buds did not bear fruit after all, and the little prince in the picture did not really come to life.
For Gu Weijing, this is a painting that meets 99% of his expectations. It is outstanding and complete to the extreme, but it does not break through.
He has reached the limits of his current emotions without taking the next groundbreaking step.
Still not shocking enough.
Just like in the legend of ancient Greek esotericism, Hermes, the god of alchemy on the sacred mountain of Olympus, used mithril as raw material and the sacred fire on Apollo's sun carriage as a furnace to refine a living alchemist. I.
After nine consecutive days and nights of forging, the doll has a heartbeat, breathing, and even its eyelashes are trembling slightly.
But before Athena took off the olive wreath on her head, threw it into the fire, and gave the doll a little aura of soul, she still couldn't really wake up.
The picture became alive,
What is lacking is just the last bit of inspiration to revive the character.
The prompts on the system panel also illustrate this point.
[Title of work: "The Little Prince on the Dunes at Night"]
[Painting Techniques: Knife Painting·Legendary Level]
[Emotion: Feeling something in the heart (completeness)]
It seems that the system is trying to remind Gu Weijing that even though it is rated as "feeling from the heart", this painting is still fundamentally improved and different from Gu Weijing's previous works.
Behind the heartfelt comments, there is an additional line of golden comments representing "completeness".
"Perfect, this is like a consolation prize given to the students who only came in second place. It is somewhat rewarding."
Gu Weijing was helpless.
"This painting should be the ultimate emotional evaluation of [feeling from the heart]. If it really lacks something, it's probably... not enough effort."
He shook his head.
This time he tried a new painting method, which allowed him to vaguely touch the path to the next stage of emotional expression.
Move yourself first, then move others.
Whether you are an unknown and unrecognized low-level painter, or a master of painting who became famous in the official Paris salon and became a distinguished guest of the European royal family, the creation of art always follows an unchanging law.
Let’s talk about impressing yourself first, and then talk about impressing the audience.
Whether it is characters, buildings, or even if the artist only paints the simplest weather, only the artist's own works can shock the audience.
The depth of emotion that ordinary people see in their works is unimaginable to those famous art masters with infinite fame.
This is not only the case with Mr. Van Gogh who cut off his own ears to paint oil paintings.
Monet once wrote in a letter to a friend,
In order to depict the dusk in Paris, he was brewing the emotions when creating the sunset scenery. He stood by the river and speculated on the burning clouds on the horizon until he developed symptoms of delusional mental illness.
"These flaming clouds pressed against me like a burning blanket. My whole body burned like fire. I had to jump into the cold water of the Seine to extinguish the burning pain in my body."
If you ask what is a heart-breaking emotion.
Perhaps this kind of passion that is not crazy and does not survive is the so-called hard work.
Mr. Cao relied on half a lifetime of experience, witnessed the ups and downs of the world, and was able to achieve such outstanding results in the "Picture of Worshiping the Buddha and Protecting the Dharma".
Gu Weijing is not Mr. Sloth,
His sensitivity to literature is far less than that of paintings. When reading "The Little Prince", he still lacked the feeling of truly moving and shocking himself.
If you really want to discuss it, work hard.
In fact, Mr. Sloth deserves this title more than himself. He is really a very good agent.
In big galleries like Gagosian in the world, there are many agents with connections and knowledge.
An agent who is willing to work for someone like Gu Weijing, who is a little transparent in painting, studies every day, and works hard to get him to create better works.
Meeting one is his luck and blessing.
Gu Weijing thought about the feelings he felt when he was painting for a few minutes, and without being too entangled, he scanned the painting into an electronic version.
That's it.
This painting is already very good. Gu Weijing has only learned so much about "The Little Prince". The painting is possible thanks to the help of Mr. Sloth.
Even compared to Carroll's "Old Church", the systematic evaluation is slightly higher.
After evaluating the impressionistic works of that master female painter, there was no satisfactory explanation.
The road is in front of you.
If he wants to truly paint a "painstaking" work, he still needs to wait for the next opportunity.
…
"Why are you so late today? You're going to be late for school. Gu Weijing, did you stay up secretly and play games last night?" The middle-aged woman coughed unhappily.
"Your sister has a better sense of time than you!" Auntie slammed the iron on the table.
It's breakfast time now,
Gu Weijing's family gathered around the yard to have breakfast.
Because there are many Chinese people, there is a shop selling Chinese-style breakfasts such as soy milk and fried dough sticks on the embankment in front of Gu's Book Gallery.
Every day after Gu Weijing's morning run, he would buy a newspaper, buy a drawer of steamed buns, and carry a thermos of soy milk home as breakfast for the family.
After eating, the family goes to school when it's time to do business and when it's time to go to school.
However, Gu Weijing came home a little late from his jog today, and he seemed a little lack of energy.
Last night, while sleeping,
Gu Weijing is still immersed in the feelings brought about by creating illustrations, and keeps recalling the feeling of layers of emotions blending together.
As a result, he didn't sleep well and came back late after buying breakfast.
Auntie was looking at her watch and complaining.
Gu Lin beside him just crossed his feet, sat at the dining table, looked up at Gu Weijing, and then continued to lower his head and play with his mobile phone.
Cousin Gu Lin has indeed always had a better sense of time than Gu Weijing.
Since three years ago,
My cousin believed that "girls entering puberty need enough time to get beauty sleep." After the canceled morning run, she only needed to get up and have breakfast.
If she is still late, it can only be said that her alarm clock was set too hard and she overslept.
"Um, oh, okay."
Gu Weijing was not angry, he just responded casually and took the Dulwich uniform jacket and tie from the hanger that his aunt had ironed with a steam iron in the morning.
He had long been accustomed to his aunt's nagging.
This is what middle-aged women are like. After all, the cousin is a piece of meat that has fallen off the family. It is normal for a mother to be partial.
My aunt is not necessarily that bad, she is just a bit greedy for money.
Gu Weijing's biggest blessing now is that he has done a good job of keeping his identity as a detective cat a secret.
With my aunt's character, if she knew that she had just added tens of thousands of dollars to her account, and then he would have donated all of it before she could use it.
The noisy ones would have to tear the roof off.
Even if he had always liked his father Gu Tongxiang, he would definitely be happy that his grandson could make money, but he probably wouldn't be able to accept such a large donation.
He has not yet reached adulthood and lives alone. Legally speaking, this kind of personal income guardian has the right to supervise.
If your aunt is willing to talk nonsense, let her talk.
When you quarrel with your elders and insist on arguing about right and wrong, so what if the truth is here? In the end, what was really difficult was not my grandfather.
I'm going to college soon. I've lived under the same roof for so many years, so it's only a few months.
Gu Weijing adopted an attitude of "going in with the left ear and out with the right ear" when it came to the demonic sounds that penetrated the middle-aged women's ears.
While tying his tie, he was immersed in his own world, thinking about how he could lift the last layer of veil and really push the emotional meter to a deeper level.
He didn't think about it for long,
His contemplation was interrupted by the noisy cousin Gu Lin's voice asking for money.
"Mom, I need money in school. Let me take 150,000 kyats from your wallet."
"One hundred and fifty thousand kyats?"
The aunt frowned and glanced at her daughter who was taking out her wallet in her coat on the hanger.
"Do you want to go to cram school?"
"Some students in the school want to form a team and book a party villa by the Yangon River. Each person only needs to pay 150,000 kyats for drinks to enter."
Gu Lin said lightly, "It's very cheap. Almost everyone will go. Ask my brother if I lied."
Gu Weijing glanced at his phone after hearing this.
He seemed to have seen a lot of people discussing the party in the grade group last night.
I was busy drawing at the time and didn't take a closer look.
At this time, I looked through the history records and saw a related message.
Grade 13 - Myo Aung Win: [After school on Friday, I want to reserve a party for the seaside holiday village in the north of Yangon Bridge. Everyone is welcome to come and play. (B..B—USD 75 or MMK 150,000)]
"Is anyone going to have a party?"
Gu Weijing was not surprised by this news. There are often rich brothers in school who like to hold various parties.
As a classic part of Western-style campus life, party culture has also penetrated into many aspects of Dulwich International High School.
There are music parties, costume parties on Halloween, social dances on Rose Day in May, and are part of party life in a broader sense.
The so-called B..B,
It is the abbreviation of a Western party style, taking the initials of Bring Your Own Beer, which can be simply translated as bring your own drink.
This kind of party is often seen at various student parties or luncheons of large companies.
The organizer will prepare food and music, and partygoers only need to bring their own drinks such as beer and juice.
Rich kids in European and American schools hold large parties, almost all in a B...B style.
It's just that in Myanmar, there are slight changes of local nature. There is no need to bring your own drinks, you only need to pay for the drinks (beer) separately.
It’s not that the organizer can’t afford to serve drinks, it’s mainly to avoid trouble.
The drug problem in Southeast Asia is serious, but the drinking of alcoholic beverages by minors is strictly restricted by law.
Myanmar is quite relaxed.
In Thailand next door, minors who drink alcohol have to be sent to juvenile cells. Even in Thai dramas such as "Love of Siam", which was once popular in East Asia, all TV scenes about drinking are blocked by mosaics.
In Myanmar, no one may care about your drinking at home. This kind of group party organizer provides alcoholic drinks, which is easy to be investigated by the police.
What's even more risky is that drugs are rampant in Yangon.
Some school delinquents who are ignorant and unskilled have more fun than you can imagine.
Even Dulwich College, which has strict school disciplines, every once in a while, there will be news that someone is found to be taking drugs on campus and then expelled.
If someone puts LSD in a drink and is reported and found out, who’s to blame?
Don't let the party start halfway, the host of the party went right in.
Therefore, young masters and daughters in international schools now entrust specialized commercial party service providers to hold parties and birthdays.
The contractor is responsible for providing venues, music and other entertainment facilities, as well as juice drinks.
Then we outsource some small teams to sell drinks and beer.
You pay B..B's fee, and the drinks in the venue are equivalent to your own private purchases, avoiding legal risks.
The cost is generally related to the level of the party. The seaside holiday village in Yangon Bridge North is a series of finely decorated water view villas.
Specially built for partying.
There are infinity swimming pools, water slides, professional DJs, and even professional-level resident singers and bikini dancers can be invited to act as an atmosphere group if you need it.
Even if Jerry, the top rich second generation of Dulwich College, holds a banquet and sends a team, it is only at this level. And he would only invite the inner circle of his own basketball team and the beautiful girls from the school cheerleading team.
Like this man, he sent out invitations to nearly a hundred students in the art class and general class of the whole year... He was as generous as a little emperor.
It's a lot of money to book a venue like this.
The $75 entrance fee is really just a formality, the cost of two drafts of Munich draft beer.
really,
Following this blockbuster news, the class group went crazy with just one word.
[Miao Aung Win... I appreciate your sense of humor, but it’s not April Fool’s Day yet, right? 】
[Yangon Bridge North, seaside holiday village? Really or not, this is a lot of money. Classmate Miao, have you sold your house? 】
[I want to be limelight, I want to be crazy, making up this kind of story is really boring. 】
In Gu Weijing's memory, this Miao Angwen was a dark and skinny boy in the class.
His painting scores were very good, but his family background could only be considered shabby in an environment like Dulwich College.
He is no different from his original self. He is almost always at the bottom of the school. He even often hangs out with some of the rich kids in the school, running errands for others and ghostwriting homework to make money.
In a pyramid-shaped social structure like Yangon, a rich man's weekly pocket money may be higher than the income of an ordinary family like Gu Weijing.
It's a pity that classmate Miao is not a beauty, so she can't be a prostitute with two legs and a lot of money.
In the contempt chain of school classmates, he has always been at the very bottom.
He wants to have a party?
Or somewhere like a seaside holiday village?
(End of chapter)
