"If a piece of art is excellent enough in itself, then any slander that slanders it is just a fly swept away by the horse's tail, insignificant and does not need to be mentioned. Beauty itself is the most direct weapon that the painter has at his disposal."
Sakai Katsuko's tone was as gentle as coaxing a child.
She mistakenly thought that Gu Weijing's gaffe was just due to the sadness that emerged from the bottom of her heart when she saw Detective Cat being suppressed.
A painter without connections wants to get ahead just to see God's face.
You are eating hot pot, singing songs, and painting happily at home, and you may be slapped to death by any big shot who thinks you are in the way.
According to Katsuko Sakai.
Gu Weijing really didn't need to worry about this kind of problem.
I will take good care of him.
Professor Lin Tao, who wanted to accept him as his apprentice, could also provide him with sufficient protection.
Don't worry, Gu Weijing came from a remote place like Detective Cat.
But once he entered college, these social relationships gradually emerged in front of the art world, and he immediately became "one of his own" in the minds of most academic art critics without any hindrance.
As long as Gu Weijing doesn't take the initiative to commit suicide, there won't be a big problem.
Art criticism from an academic perspective is inevitable in every painter's career.
This is perfectly normal.
As long as you are a practitioner in the field of literature and art, there will be critical voices. The one who can make everyone love you to death is not a painter, that is God.
However, the criticism community actively and collectively maliciously blocks and suppresses this, so there is no need to worry about it at all.
Even if the great critics feel itchy and want to pick out an unlucky guy and scold him to relieve their anger, they will not choose [Sakai Kazunari-Professor Lin Tao], an interest group whose ties are based on the principle of Gu.
be honest.
Than artistic connections.
The son-in-law of the great artist Kazunari Sakai really does not need to be afraid of the so-called "evil forces".
As long as the father thought about it and the chubby Uncle Sakai punched Gu Weijing behind him, they themselves would become evil forces.
It would be nice if you don't take the initiative to bully others.
This collective statement from the shareholders of "Oil Painting" magazine is a small probability event that may not happen once in more than ten years.
"Go and look at the sunset, it's so beautiful."
Although Sakai Shengzi was obviously shorter than Gu Weijing, she pulled him into her arms a little arrogantly and spoke softly in his ear.
The arms of a beautiful girl are the best anti-depressant medicine in the world.
Gu Weijing's whole body was wrapped in a soft touch.
The last ray of brilliant sunset on the horizon fell on Shengzi's black hair. The fiery red sunshine and fiery red clouds merged into one, making it difficult to distinguish you from me.
A little bit of industrial dust and smoke has begun to infect the sky above Layada District in Yangon, but it still cannot conceal the magnificent sky.
See this scene.
Gu Weijing's mood gradually improved.
Katsuko was right.
Beauty itself is power, a power that can penetrate the deepest heart.
The Impressionist painters who fought a beautiful counterattack by the Seine.
How many people can achieve the title of [Legendary Level] with their oil painting techniques?
Gu Weijing should believe in himself, and he should also believe in the system's [Legendary Level] notes and [Heart-breaking] emotional evaluation.
There are unpopular and popular schools of painting, but there is no such thing as appreciation of visual beauty in people's minds.
Just like the sunset at this moment.
No matter how you look at it,
All magnificent.
To put it bluntly, even a [Legendary] level of technique cannot resist the criticism of art critics.
Then no one else in the world can do it.
Instead of thinking about making money with his identity as a detective cat, he might as well see the reality clearly and stop his losses in time.
Work hard to participate in exhibitions honestly, and concentrate on becoming a disciple of Mr. Cao to make connections and build relationships. The right path is to establish yourself as a member of the "art authority" as early as possible.
think about it,
I still lack the experience of facing changes.
It seems that even Miss Irina, who has not much contact with him at all, has more confidence in his paintings than Gu Weijing himself.
"Thank you, that's very kind of you, Katsuko."
Gu Weijing's mind calmed down.
He couldn't help but gently kissed Sakai Katsuko's side face, picked up his schoolbag, and strode towards the gate of the orphanage.
"I still have something to do, so I'm going home first. See you tomorrow."
He waved his hand towards Miss Sakai, whose face was as red as blood, and took out his mobile phone from his pocket.
"I'm sorry for the changes in Oil Painting magazine. However, I believe that the matters discussed by the shareholders' meeting will not hinder "The Little Prince". Beautiful artworks will speak for themselves."
Gu Weijing switched accounts and edited a text message on Detective Cat's chat account.
Brokers hate nothing more than when their employer has any publicity incidents during the performance of important business activities.
For things like Kanye's IQ not being paid for his speech or Will Smith rushing on stage and slapping someone, the advertising agent can still terminate the contract, and the agent doesn't die suddenly, even if the psychological quality is strong enough.
"The Little Prince" was about to be released, but before it was released, a group of people suddenly criticized it on the Internet.
Even if Ms. Elena suddenly took out a sample book of "The Little Prince" at the shareholders' meeting, it was an unreasonable disaster that Gu Weijing could not control at all.
He should also apologize to Mr. Sloth.
"Please don't say you're sorry."
Mr. Sloth still replied to his message in a very cultivated manner.
But Mr. Sloth seemed a little hesitant.
Even though the other party showed that he was online, he still hesitated for a long time and waited until Gu Weijing was almost home before sending the second message.
"Ignore the pressure from Oil Painting magazine, I will find a solution. As I said before, beautiful works of art will speak for themselves - please believe in the power of this sentence."
"No matter what happens, I will be by your side."
Gu Weijing received the message on his mobile phone, took out the sample book of "The Little Prince" from his schoolbag, and looked at the message on the title page.
He used to think that Mr. Sloth wrote this famous artistic motto just because the other person was also a subscriber of "Oil Painting" magazine.
Now I have seen the video of Miss Elena’s speech at the Oil Painting Magazine shareholders’ meeting.
Gu Weijing had a vague association.
Maybe Mr. Sloth's relationship with Oil Painting magazine is deeper than he thought.
It is possible that this middle-aged gentleman already knew something as early as when this sample book was sent to him.
——
March 25th.
Almost instantly, the time was up.
In just a few days, the discussion on Detective Cat and "The Little Prince" on the Internet has not only not weakened, but is also becoming more and more intense.
The wonderful advertisements placed by Scholastic affected more than just Katsuko Sakai.
Actually,
Of the US$3.6 million promotion budget, only US$1.6 million was invested in bus and subway stations around the world, as well as TV stations in the UK, North America, Canada and other places.
The remaining US$2 million quota was all turned into online promotion on YouTube and TIKTOK.
Scholastic's advertising department has long-term cooperation agreements with Internet companies such as Google. Under large advertising contracts worth millions of dollars, the CPM (pay per thousand impressions) cost can be reduced to about $4.
US$2 million is enough to play the advertising video 500 million times in front of the public, which is indeed much cheaper than traditional advertising platforms.
Basically, in the past few days, in the eyes of the big data model algorithm, any video website users whose background behavior and consumption habits can be related to the publisher's book promotion season and "The Little Prince" have all played the promotional video of The Little Prince.
Some more than once.
The effect of Scholastic Group's advertising video this time is surprisingly good.
Even though many people still habitually choose to skip ads, many users are still attracted to watch the 30-second video from beginning to end.
What is the fairy tale book that makes the little girl smile? This riddle has aroused the curiosity of countless people.
Even the group’s promotional links on e-commerce sites such as Amazon have been clicked nearly one million times.
The related keyword term "Scholastic Group Promotional Video" ranks among the top 300 daily browser searches in North America and some parts of Europe.
The hot words even entered the top 150 according to Twitter's background statistics.
Fairy tale books are not A-level commercial blockbusters and celebrity gossip that grab headlines.
While the Scholastic Group ad is novel, it is not comparable to million-dollar, one-second halftime ads like the Super Bowl.
can have such influence.
Even the staff who deal with YouTube related matters were shocked when they saw the daily advertising response rate.
Netizens are very discerning, and there is no shortage of Holmes among the people.
Soon there were people who watched the commercial and the video of [Oil Painting Magazine Shareholders Resolution] at the same time, and keenly discovered that the fairy tale cover in the hands of the little black girl was the same as the sample book of "The Little Prince" that the Scholastic Group was about to launch in Miss Irina's mouth.
From a distance, the look and feel are exactly the same.
Case solved!
As a result, this matter quickly spread on major art forums.
People who are willing to pay attention to this matter are inherently curious people.
Many of them opened the official e-commerce platform of Scholastic Publishing Company on Amazon on March 25.
Even many people in the financial circle are refreshing their mobile phones.
They didn't necessarily want to buy it, but they at least wanted to take a look at the quality of the book "The Little Prince" that was becoming increasingly popular.
Being able to be criticized collectively by masters is also a skill!
Among these people is Kelly, a junior student in the Fashion Design Department of the Royal College of Art.
"Oh, Kelly, you shouldn't have dragged me here..."
The round-faced best friend looked melancholy at the dark underground track passing by the London Underground window, and said with regret and sorrow: "This afternoon is the opening ceremony of Berlin Fashion Week. There is an open-air screening party in Building 3 of the school. There is such a thing. We have time to squeeze in the subway, even if we don’t learn new inspiration for clothing design, we have French fries and beer to see if the handsome topless guy looks good!"
"Okay. I promise you won't regret it if you go. I'm afraid I won't be able to buy it if it's too late."
Kelly looked at the electronic watch on her wrist, clasped her hands behind her head expectantly, and said to her best friend: "I haven't seen it with my own eyes, so it's hard to tell you exactly. What a perfect illustration miracle it is."
Since participating in the market research meeting of Scholastic Publishing Group.
The blonde girl firmly remembered the illustrations of "The Little Prince" whose brushwork, or "knife skills" were so beautiful that they were not made by humans.
What is art?
This is real art.
Kelly would definitely buy this version of "The Little Prince" to take home and collect.
After participating in the market research, she couldn't wait to see the complete set of illustrations of Detective Cat.
She was too lazy to wait for Amazon's slow delivery speed in the UK.
At 1:30 this afternoon, Waterstones Bookstore on Oxford Street in London will host a book signing for "The Little Prince".
Translator Charlie Hawke will be present in person.
Kelly planned to go directly to the book signing to buy a new edition of "The Little Prince" and take it home to read slowly.
Before leaving school, Kelly half dragged and half dragged her best friend from the same dormitory away.
"Can't buy it anymore? Huh, girl, it's really amazing to be in a commercial, but you've fallen into such a trap that you don't even have any basic judgment of your own."
The best friend looked at her roommate sitting in front of her, snorted, and kicked her with her toes.
Just at this time.
The subway slowly stopped, and Kelly's figure in the Scholastic Publishing Group's advertisement appeared on the electronic bulletin board outside the window.
As one of the two main characters in the commercial.
Kelly has also experienced a bit of celebrity addiction.
This Easter promotional video has much more exposure than those seventh-tier actors who claim to be stars after starring in a small beer shop commercial during an unpopular time on an unpopular TV station with only tens of thousands of viewers.
Best friends also have to be a little envious of Kelly's good luck.
The home of rock and roll in the world, where entertainment is everywhere, who hasn’t dreamed of becoming a big star?
"Kelly, tell the truth to your sisters, are the shots in the commercial really not staged or staged?"
My best friend looked at the big screen for two seconds, lowered her head and asked quietly in a lowered voice.
She clearly knows that there are advertising laws there, and a company with a market value of tens of billions of dollars like Scholastic Group cannot be stupid enough to commit fraud and risk being sentenced to a huge fine for "deceiving consumers."
My best friend still can’t believe it.
She had watched the shareholder meeting review video.
The shareholder group of "Oil Painting" magazine includes a judge from the organizing committee of the Turner Watercolor Award, the most important and authoritative art award in the UK.
He is even the vice-chancellor of the Royal College of Art where they study.
A veritable national treasure in the British art world.
How can a work that has even been given negative reviews by such people contain such power to change people's hearts?
"If you have ever picked up a work by Ms. Detective Cat, believe me, you will be instantly conquered by her magic."
Kelly's eyes sparkled with memories.
"But "Oil Painting"..."
"That's what they told lies." Kelly said firmly.
"Girl, listen to me, don't say this in school."
The round-faced bestie stuck out her tongue and made a face at Kelly.
The artistic spirit advocates letting a hundred flowers bloom, being open and free, but it takes a lot of courage to go against the mainstream academic views.
Being independent often means isolation and even implicit bullying.
Until Kelly and her best friend walked along the dark corridor to the ground of Oxford Street Underground Station, the two of them were still arguing over this issue.
"Huh?"
The sunlight from the ground shone on the face of my best friend, and the round-faced girl blinked gently.
She made an unexpected discovery.
Before Waterstones Bookstore, there were many more readers attending the book signing than she expected.
At this time, there was already a long queue in front of the bookstore.
(End of chapter)
