Gu Weijing told Katsuko Sakai: "This is the new version of "The Little Prince" launched by Scholastic Press this year, and it will be officially launched during this Easter book season."
Anna had never told Gu Weijing about the investigation by the marketing department in advance.
Therefore, he was surprised that the publishing house actually shot a commercial and put it on YouTube.
After all, it is a work I painted.
Gu Weijing is like a housewife who accurately caught her baby among dozens or hundreds of running and noisy children after school in the kindergarten.
Although there is only a blurry shadow in the lens.
He recognized it at a glance. It was the cover painting he drew for "The Little Prince".
"Gu Jun, are you so sure? I didn't see anything clearly just now, but your eyesight is so good."
Sakai Katsuko raised her head in confusion.
"It can't be wrong. Charlie Hawke's translation and Detective Cat's illustrations should be the authenticity of this book. Remember the interaction between Scholastic Group and Detective Cat that we saw on Twitter before, it was about this contract Cooperation."
Gu Weijing did not answer directly, but said something vaguely.
Sakai Katsuko didn’t care too much.
The art industry is a small circle with a lot of rumors, and various online discussion groups are filled with all kinds of workplace gossip.
Her boyfriend may pay more attention to Detective Cat and see some news on the Internet that she doesn’t know about, so there’s nothing surprising about it.
"If what you said is true, this book is actually the Little Prince... Oh, judging from the vague shadow, it does look very similar. No wonder, no wonder..."
I heard the names "Detective Cat" and "The Little Prince".
It seemed to have triggered some association with Sakai Katsuko.
She murmured several wonders.
"Is that "The Little Prince"? Have you heard of it before?" Gu Weijing heard the difference in Shengzi's tone.
The girl shrugged: "I mean, if this book really has the magic power to make little girls smile, it wouldn't be surprising. The director lady clung to it, and she and the shareholders of the entire magazine had obvious opinions. Disagreement.”
"Which director?"
"The female judge who previously gave Detective Cat a nine-point rating on the [Mr. Hyperion] channel. Gu Jun, do you remember that video? She is such a beautiful young lady."
"It's really impressive."
Gu Weijing nodded.
It is not common to see a beautiful girl who is as delicate as a sculpture made of ice.
It just so happened that she was still in a wheelchair.
In his impression, the female judge in the video is the type that once you take one look at it, you will never forget it.
Regarding the evaluation of the ten-dollar watercolor paper, you can see a little bit of the character of the young lady who does not eat minced meat.
Generally speaking, among the people he came into contact with as a detective cat, the vicious judge lady was not as gentle and cute as Mr. Sloth.
But Gu Weijing's impression of her was not bad either.
Who can hate a beautiful woman who speaks out and praises herself?
Gu Weijing also criticized "The Moon" and Van Dorn on Twitter because of the vulgar ridicule published by the "Moon" newspaper.
Even his decision to appear on Mr. Sloth’s art criticism podcast was also motivated by this incident.
"You boys all think she is the most beautiful face you have ever seen, right?" Sakai Katsuko said casually in a tone that didn't seem to care at all.
Gu Weijing was just about to answer casually, of course.
Before opening your mouth.
Someone was kicking themselves lightly under the table.
"Jasmine? What's wrong?"
He turned his head in confusion.
Gu Weijing saw little Jasmine rolling her eyes like "Idiot, even a primary school student knows the answer to this question."
"I think Sister Sakai is the most beautiful girl in the world. When I grow up, if I can be one third as beautiful as my sister, I can wake up with a smile even in my dreams."
The little girl took a sip of the juice at the table and filled the hole casually dug by Katsuko Sakai for her straight man Gu Weijing with a very high emotional intelligence.
"Jasmine is so cute."
Sakai Katsuko touched the child's face lovingly.
"Actually, I just asked casually, I didn't mean anything else."
Sakai Katsuko protracted her voice, and her tone didn't sound very convincing.
"Jasmine is right. Of course she is not as beautiful as you, Katsuko."
Looking at the half-smiling expression of the girl opposite, Gu Weijing suddenly realized that he had almost fallen into a trap just now.
Gu Weijing felt a little resentful.
Is it a girl’s nature to compare?
Sakai Katsuko used to be such a gentle and unconventional girl! Even after falling in love, you also give yourself this kind of surprise attack.
"Jasmine is telling the truth because she has never seen Miss Elena. Gu Jun, you are telling lies because I am self-aware of myself."
Sakai Katsuko smiled slightly and took out the last two small pieces of bread from the small basket woven from bamboo.
One pellet was put into Jasmine's mouth, and the other was fed to Gu Weijing across the table.
"But I also like to hear lies, because I care about you. Only because I care about you would I be willing to be so jealous for no reason."
"If there is any girl in the world who doesn't want to be the most beautiful one in her boyfriend's eyes, it's just because she doesn't really like him. If the other person was Komatsu Taro, I wouldn't ask such a question."
Sakai Katsuko showed her dimples playfully: "Because I love you, I have a little temper. So, Gu Jun, don't be angry with me."
Gu Weijing touched his nose and smiled bitterly.
What can he say now?
"I still don't understand, what does Detective Cat's "The Little Prince" have to do with the oil painting magazine and Miss Irina?" Gu Weijing wisely changed the subject.
"Her surname is Ileana, and she is a descendant of the aristocracy. You have heard of the Ileana family in Austria who founded the Oil Painting magazine. When he saw Mr. Hyperion's video introduction, my father had some guesses. Sure enough, what happened next The media revealed that this Miss Anna is the last heir of the ancient Elena family."
"A very important issue in the restructuring of Oil Painting Magazine is to remove the Irina family, who want to adhere to the old magazine operating model, from the magazine's management. No one thought that she would be kicked out of the board of directors. At the shareholders' meeting, the only topic raised by Ms. Elena was about the detective cat. She even took out a sample book said to be "The Little Prince" for everyone to comment on."
"Unfortunately, it seems that except for Miss Irina, who is obsessed with detective cats. Those highly respected masters don't think highly of detective cats."
"I was just watching the video of the shareholders' meeting. If you want to know more details, why don't we watch it together."
Katsuko Sakai clicked the play button on the video.
Oil Painting Magazine sends the minutes of the shareholders’ meeting and the magazine’s new development strategy to the mailbox of every paying subscriber.
But in terms of topic popularity, there are actually more people participating in discussions on public platforms.
There are already several bloggers on YouTube who have uploaded related videos.
Some are accompanied by experts' interpretations of the future impact of the resolutions at this shareholder meeting, and they are constantly being circulated on the Internet.
For example, this link shared by Katsuko Sakai to Gu Weijing is one of them.
This is a homepage introduction that is a video uploaded by a part-time financial up owner who is working in an investment bank.
The title is - [Let’s take a look at the real business war, the magazine shareholders’ meeting valued at 500 million euros voted. The female judge in Mr. Hyperion’s video appears again! 】
The video tag is [Finance/Art].
Since uploading yesterday, the video has received over 323K views so far.
Finance and art are both unpopular tags on YouTube. With more than 300,000 views in half a day, it is already a very popular video.
Moreover, the number of viewers and comments continues to increase as time goes by.
Katsuko Sakai directly dragged the progress bar of the video to locate the scene where Anna Elena asked the management of "Oil Painting" to apologize to Detective Cat, and took out a sample book of Detective Cat to show to shareholders.
"These videos should have been shot from a fixed camera in the corner of the conference room. It's hard to see clearly the actual content of the book "The Little Prince" in Miss Elena's hands through focus. But when you say so, it is indeed the same as the little prince in the commercial just now. The color scheme of the girl’s fairy tale book is very similar.”
Sakai Katsuko looked at the yellow book cover in the hands of the French academician.
She nodded and confirmed Gu Weijing's judgment.
"Yes, that book should be "The Little Prince". Alas, whether it is due to his position or not, it has been collectively rejected by so many masters of art criticism, which has almost sentenced Detective Cat to death in his artistic career."
Sakai Katsuko shook her head regretfully: "Speaking from my heart. Her sketches really amazed me. In Mr. Sloth's art criticism, I also benefited a lot from Detective Cat Sister's interpretation of Impressionism. I actually I quite sympathize with this African painter.”
"However, I don't have the courage of Miss Elena to speak against these masters. I can only tell you these words in private. Gu Jun, we must protect ourselves in the future. These are the people we cannot offend. . Sometimes these art critics want to praise you and destroy an excellent painter. They just need to write a few reviews and say a few words casually."
“Even the big gallery owners are afraid of these well-known art criticism institutions.”
No one can be free in the world of mortals.
Katsuko Sakai is also serious about art, but she doesn’t have Anna’s family background, and she doesn’t have any need to speak out for Detective Cat in public.
Even if she doesn't think about herself, she still has to think about her father.
The status of painters in modern society is very high. They can act independently and even act wildly, disobeying the orders of government officials and deriding collectors who do not deal with them as rubes.
When it reaches Uncle Sakai’s tonnage, even the gallery owners don’t care so much.
Anyway, if you don’t have Ota Gallery, you can still go to Gagosian. If you don’t go to Gagosian, you can go to Tokyo Gallery, Lisson, PACE, or at worst there will be Mashi Gallery waiting eagerly waving a check.
As long as you are not blocked by the industry, there is plenty of room for change.
Well-known art criticism organizations have the power to "ban" a painter.
Balthus, a cat painting expert, was exposed as a pedophile in his later years. There are a lot of depictions of little girls' bodies in his paintings, which has almost reached the bottom line of social tolerance, but the works can still be sold at a high price.
Just like those precious jewelry made from Tibetan antelope hair, elephant teeth, and kingfisher feathers, as long as the work itself is beautiful enough, regardless of morality or immorality, collectors will pay for it.
But in 2012, the great art critic Robert Hughes only wrote a review of the artist Witkin's graffiti that had just sold for a sky-high price at Christie's auction, believing that he lacked real creativity and was just commercially catering to the market. need.
The average price of the unlucky Witkin works was instantly cut in half.
For five consecutive years, almost no major collectors were willing to buy Witkin's paintings.
"Gu Jun, are you okay?" Sakai Shengzi suddenly noticed that Gu Weijing's face was a little ugly.
Gu Weijing said nothing.
He looked at the screen of his mobile phone, and the video happened to show the Sir known as "Sir. Brown" commenting on the painting style of his work. It belongs to the knife-painting school where liars gather, and it is basically unacceptable to make remarks on the stage.
As the loudspeaker shouted "Ms. Elena, you are wrong".
Gu Weijing's brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
"Listening to the comments from the shareholders of Oil Painting, it seems that the detective cat in "The Little Prince" adopted a painting method of drawing with a knife. This painting method is not accepted by the critics, and I am not surprised."
Sakai Katsuko looked at the screen and commented.
"No."
a long time,
Gu Weijing slowly shook his head.
He seemed to be responding to Katsuko Sakai's point of view, but also seemed to be talking to himself: "This is not a matter of drawing swords and drawings."
Hua Dao Hua generally gives people a bad impression, and the industry does have problems of one kind or another.
But it can be systematically evaluated as a legendary painting method.
Any well-educated art scholar can easily tell that his works are completely different from those scammers who deceive art lovers into signing up for classes.
My own work can conquer Mr. Sloth, but there is no reason why he cannot conquer these judges.
The only possibility is,
They don't give honest artistic evaluations.
Gu Weijing slowly clenched his fists.
Three parts of him felt lucky, three parts felt ridiculous, and the remaining four parts felt angry.
Fortunately, the detective cat is just his vest after all.
What does the critic's ban on the street painter Detective Cat have to do with Gu Weijing, who is determined to participate in art exhibitions and become a close disciple of Mr. Cao Xuan, the academic Taishan Beidou?
The reason for the absurdity and anger is that he has had a longing for "Oil Painting" since he was a child.
This is the most authoritative art criticism organization in the world, and it should be glorious and impartial.
Any art student in the world would be proud to be praised by Oil Painting magazine.
People respect the highly respected art academicians, curators, and grand judges in the Oil Painting Magazine shareholders' meeting, just as every scientific researcher respects the scientists at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences who select the Nobel Prize.
How could they not be respected gentlemen?
One of the best wishes that his grandfather Gu Tongxiang wanted to realize in his life was to get his own column rating in "Oil Painting" magazine.
If even the judges who evaluate the quality of art choose to speak out of conscience.
Isn’t this industry a joke?
I had to go back to my hometown to deal with some things in the past two weeks, and I spent almost all of my time on the road.
Updates are not stable.
Just wait until I return to Beijing. Let’s update 4,000 words today.
Forgive me.
(End of chapter)
