Gu Weijing didn't expect such a sentence to come out of Mrs. Sakai's mouth.
He was a little overwhelmed.
"Don't bother, I'm not very thirsty."
"Drink if you're thirsty, don't drink if you're not thirsty. You've been licking your lips all the time, and you're still pretending to be polite. A glass of juice, what's there to be embarrassed about? Tsk, I don't like you at all. Not atmospheric."
Mrs. Sakai raised her eyebrows and mocked dissatisfiedly.
Gu Weijing was immediately relieved.
very good,
This tone and the ability to fight against trolls were the normal demeanor of Katsuko Sakai's mother that he was familiar with. The moment he asked him if he wanted to drink water, Gu Weijing felt a little creepy.
"Mom, okay."
Sakai Katsuko opened the small refrigerator in the back and took out two cups of freshly squeezed juice. She handed one cup to Gu Weijing and held a cup in her arms.
"As for the contract at Ma Shi Gallery, let my mother take care of it for you. She is an expert in this area. Many times, my father's contracts and exhibition issues are handled by my mother."
Sakai Katsuko gently bit Gu Weijing's ear.
"Mrs. Cruz, thank you for making a special trip for me, and thank you for the matter about the Ma Shi Gallery. I will work hard to paint."
Gu Weijing nodded sincerely towards Mrs. Sakai.
Just before receiving a call from her aunt, Katsuko Sakai told him while chatting in the studio that an agent might come to see her in the next two days and told her not to rush to sign.
If he pleases,
Her mother can look at the contract for him.
"You have a conscience."
Mrs. Sakai thought to herself.
Since she wanted to do a favor for her daughter, she naturally couldn't just leave Gu Weijing to Ma Shi Gallery and let the matter go. At this time, she must personally come forward.
After learning that Hanks had come to the door.
When Mrs. Sakai simply went to the orphanage to pick up her daughter, she took Gu Weijing away directly. Mrs. Sakai felt that the boy's sincere expression of thanks showed that his attitude was still decent.
She was satisfied in her heart, but still a little mean in her mouth.
"Just thank you? Recommending you to a big gallery like Mas Gallery cannot be compared to a simple letter of recommendation..."
"Mom." Sakai Katsuko called out coquettishly.
"Katsuko, don't interrupt me." Mrs. Sakai ignored her thin-skinned daughter.
If she didn't explain everything she had done to this boy, wouldn't her favor be in vain?
"You will work hard at painting - Haha, Xiao Gu, you don't really think that we are helping you because of your talent. There are so many outstanding geniuses in the world, and he will be a man when he sees one. Spending your own favor to help? Why? Our family is a charity."
Mrs. Sakai curled her lips and said extremely arrogantly.
"Genius? Is it true that your talent is good, so we must value you? How can it be so easy! How many people out there are asking my husband to speak with their gold and silver mountains. Do you think your paintings are so special? It's too You're so pretentious, you really thought I came here just for you."
"Well……"
Gu Weijing was neither embarrassed nor angry.
What they say is completely simple truth without any pretensions.
Senior artists are also ordinary people, and they are complex creatures.
When seeing a talented junior, it is a human being who will stretch out his hand to selflessly give him a hand, and it is also a human being who will raise his foot and kick him violently in fear of being followed by others.
If the proportion of people who choose the former was so high, the painter industry would not have been born. Honorable people would be known as the most critical and rarest and most precious element in the success of an artist's career.
Fortunately,
He's not too stupid either.
Gu Weijing only thought for two seconds and knew the correct answer to this question.
"Mrs. Sakai, thank you. I know you are not doing it for me. I am really lucky to meet Katsuko."
"Glib tongue."
Mrs. Sakai finally felt that she had gotten the answer she wanted from this boy.
She cocked her neck, winked at her daughter proudly, and said slowly: "It's useless to talk about this kind of thing. It still has to be measured by actual performance."
"By the way, Xiao Gu, you usually live with your grandfather. You also live with your uncle, aunt and cousin Gu Lin at home. Gu Lin and you both go to school at Dewey and graduate this year, right."
The car was quiet for a while, and when it was about to arrive in front of Gu's Bookstore, Mrs. Sakai opened her mouth as if checking her household registration.
"Well, that's right."
"Are they easy to get along with?" the blonde woman asked.
"I think it's okay. Maybe my aunt is a bit harsh, but she's not a bad person." Gu Weijing shrugged. He couldn't speak ill of his relatives at this time.
Thinking of this section,
Gu Weijing was a little nervous.
Mrs. Sakai is not a round, gentle and harmless fat uncle like Sakai Kazunari, her mouth is like a knife.
Among all the middle-aged women he came into contact with.
Mrs. Sakai's condescending and mean sarcasm, and his aunt's nagging moral kidnapping, can be called the two most evil trolls.
It's hard to tell which of the two aunts is more powerful.
Is it a meeting with parents today?
Gu Weijing was a little worried that the two of them would start quarreling with each other while they were talking.
…
When he was on the phone with his grandfather, he briefly mentioned that Mrs. Sakai was coming, so when the black limousine parked on the embankment in front of the book gallery.
Mr. Gu was already waiting at the doorstep in person.
"You two kids, wait for me."
Mrs. Sakai stopped Gu Weijing, asked the driver to open the suitcase, and took out a Hermès travel bag.
She straightened her hair in the vanity mirror on the sun visor, then got out of the car, stepped on her high heels, and walked towards the book gallery.
"This is... Mrs. Cruz! Oh my God."
Hanks, who was a little impatient while waiting for Gu Weijing, changed his expression when Mrs. Sakai got out of the car.
It took him three seconds to compare this blond woman with the charming young woman he had met four or five years ago in the Barcelona Art Museum to make sure that he had not mistaken the person.
Hanks was suddenly confused.
Gossip and rumors in the industry,
Professor Sakai's husband and wife have a very good relationship, and they are childhood sweethearts in the university.
No matter how much Master Kazunari Sakai is outside, he always behaves very well in front of his wife. For many career plans, it is more effective to convince Mrs. Sakai than to convince Professor Kazunari Sakai himself.
It's just that the other party has a rather tough personality and is not easy to get along with.
When Hanks hoped to sign Sakai Kazunari, he had tried every means to consider whether he could take the lady route and meet this Ms. Cruz.
But they don't answer calls from outsiders at all.
Sending an email to her inbox got nothing.
After a lot of effort, he decided to go to the roasted bird shop and stay with Professor Sakai.
Flowers bloom if you want to, but willows and willows will create shade if you don’t want to.
When Hanks was in Japan, he tried his best to see the lady but couldn't. Unexpectedly, when he came to Yangon to sign this little native, he happened to bump into Mrs. Sakai herself.
He didn't have time to feel surprised.
He just dodged and got out from behind Gu Tongxiang. The smile on his bent face was as bright as possible and he rushed forward.
He found that Mrs. Sakai was not as difficult to approach as rumored, and she extended her hand politely.
Hanks was even more moved.
"Mrs. Cruz, I am Hanks Mas, the agent of Mas Gallery. We met once during a discussion at the Catalan Style Art Exhibition. I wonder if you still remember me. You still seem like you were before. Just as beautiful..."
Mrs. Sakai deftly stepped sideways to avoid Hanks' obsequious rush. She lightly slapped away the agent's outstretched paw with the back of her hand, and then took hold of Gu Tongxiang's right hand behind him.
"This should be our first meeting, both my husband and I. We both feel that Gu Weijing is the most impressive and outstanding young man I have ever met. I have been looking forward to meeting you. I’m so lucky to meet you, an old gentleman who can teach such a child.”
Mrs. Sakai's face showed no sign of the way she had raised her nose and raised eyebrows at Gu Weijing just in the car.
She shook hands with the other person very politely and introduced herself.
"Hello, madam..."
At this time, Gu Tongxiang's face was full of wrinkles like a smile.
"My name is Adriana Cruz. I am the wife of Kazunari Sakai and the mother of Katsuko Sakai. Mr. Gu, you can call me Mrs. Sakai or just call me Adriana. You are a senior on the road of art. Teacher, just call me whatever is convenient for you."
Hanks, who had completely witnessed this scene, felt that there must have been some change in the way the world opened that was difficult for him to understand.
A senior teacher on the art path? ! ! !
He stared at Gu Tongxiang's bald head, his eyes widening like two copper bells.
The only thing that may be associated with the word "senior" about this old guy is that he is older at most.
However, painting has always paid attention to the master as the teacher.
When you reach high places in the art industry, it is common for teachers to be younger than your students. Artist Huang Yongyu became a professor at CAFA in his twenties, and among his students there were even old men with gray eyebrows and beards.
Hanks had carefully judged Gu Tongxiang's level, so he couldn't be said to have any surprises.
But if it was worthy of Mrs. Sakai to call her "senior" so respectfully, it would be a big joke.
"Uh...you, you, you are really too polite."
Gu Tongxiang was also stunned by this plan.
He has been around all his life and has never received praise from such a high-end celebrity.
The old man grabbed Mrs. Sakai's hand and didn't know what to say.
"If you don't mind, let's go inside and talk."
Mrs. Sakai smiled at Mr. Gu.
A bad personality is a bad character, but she has always been a person with high emotional intelligence.
Mrs. Sakai would accuse Gu Weijing of doing this and doing that in the car. At such times, she was willing to be more respectful and show respect to the elders in the other person's family.
Otherwise, you simply don’t agree to their relationship. If you agree, you have to put in effort to maintain the relationship.
It's just like in Japanese TV dramas, where the Chinese lady in the mansion of a noble prince makes sarcastic and sarcastic comments to the poor boy's in-laws as soon as they meet her. Isn't she going to put her own daughter on the fire in the future?
"Today is the first time we meet, so I brought you a little gift."
Mrs. Sakai asked the driver to place the travel bag on the counter, opened the zipper of the bag, and took out several small gift boxes.
Only then did Gu Weijing know why the blond aunt in the car asked about his family situation.
Instead of checking the household registration, they made sure that they prepared a souvenir for everyone.
The uncle got a small teacup with green and gray glaze, the aunt got a ruby earring half the size of a fingernail, the old man Gu Tongxiang got a small scroll, and even Gu Weijing's cousin Gu Lin had a Kyoto Kiyomizu Temple Amulet for "successful academic success".
Hanks couldn't understand it at all.
It’s not that these gifts are too valuable to accept.
These things are very good, but not too expensive.
Hanks gives so many gifts that you can recognize them at a glance. Apart from the fact that the guardian of Kiyomizu Temple doesn't have an accurate price, the small tea cup should be from Sanqianjia, and the earrings are commemorative models released by Swarovski last year. They are relatively difficult to buy, and the public price should be between 500 and 800 US dollars.
This is very chewy.
This souvenir obviously took a lot of thought.
It can reflect your heart without being too expensive or showing off your wealth.
Considering Mrs. Sakai's net worth and income, this careful attitude in choosing gifts is even more surprising than the few hundred dollars.
What shocked Hanks even more was the small scroll in Gu Tongxiang's hand.
Mr. Gu untied the straps on the scroll, and after unfolding it, it was only two or three square feet in size. There were only four simple words on it, "Good health and good luck."
to be honest,
This word is written normally.
It's definitely not as good as the calligraphy of Mr. Wu next door, and maybe not as good as Gu Tongxiang's own calligraphy, but the genus name below it is Sakai Ichi's own.
"There are several professors at Tama Art University who are famous calligraphy masters in Japan. They can sell tens of thousands of yen per square foot. There is a long way to go. He originally wanted to ask his colleagues to ask for calligraphy, but I think it is better to write this gift myself. It's better. It's not worth much, and it might be a bit embarrassing to take it out, just treat it as a thought."
Mrs. Sakai spoke in an understatement.
But at this time, even Gu Weijing was extremely grateful. The little grudge that Mrs. Sakai had left in his heart was suddenly wiped out.
Mr. Gu Tongxiang even feels that Sakai Katsuko’s family is simply the most cultivated and gentle family of artists in the world.
His old face almost twitched away with laughter.
When the old man learned that his grandson might be dating Miss Sakai, he was more worried than happy.
He always felt that they were too incompatible.
Talking about a girlfriend like Ms. Sakai may bring a lot of psychological pressure to the grandson, and it may not really be a blessing.
Honestly speaking, the old man really likes the little girl Mona who often comes to play at home.
Serious and down-to-earth,
This is what he can see and touch in his heart, a partner who can live a good life with his grandson.
At this time, Gu Tongxiang only felt that Miss Sakai Katsuko was cute, Uncle Sakai was gentle, and Mrs. Sakai was an approachable lady.
Not at all as arrogant as he imagined.
Little Indian girls and all that have been forgotten by the old man a long time ago.
Who is Mona?
"Too...too precious."
Not sure whether he was happy or moved, Mr. Gu Tongxiang pinched the scroll in his hand, and even his lips began to tremble a little.
"Shengzi, green tea palace fighting can win people's hearts, you still have a lot to learn!"
Mrs. Sakai looked at Gu Tongxiang who was about to cry under her set of moves, glanced at the innocent daughter beside her, and hummed with pride in her heart.
(End of chapter)
