Chapter 085: Selling Paintings
That afternoon, after Wu Chengfeng had eaten, he sat in the back kitchen in a daze. At this time, Zhao Xu walked in, and he said to Wu Chengfeng: "Xiaofeng, there is a beautiful woman looking for you outside!"
Wu Chengfeng was stunned for a moment, and said suspiciously: "Beauty, looking for me?"
"Yes!" Zhao Xu said, "It's still in the front hall!
Wu Chengfeng didn't know which beauty came to him, so he followed Zhao Xu out of the back kitchen. Wu Chengfeng walked to the front hall, and she saw a woman in yellow sitting in front of the table against the wall. Wu Chengfeng saw this woman, his eyes widened, and he said in disbelief: "Qiu Xiang, how could it be you?"
The woman in yellow is Yu Qiuxiang, although Yu Qiuxiang also works in the same city, she has never been to Wu Chengfeng's store. Wu Chengfeng just sent Yu Qiuxiang the location of the store on WeChat, but he didn't expect Yu Qiuxiang to say hello today, so he found the store directly.
Yu Qiuxiang looked at Wu Chengfeng and smiled, and said, "What's the matter?
"Welcome! How could it not be welcome!" Wu Chengfeng said.
Yu Qiuxiang glanced at Zhao Xu who was standing at the bar, she hesitated for a moment, and said, "Xiao Feng, is it convenient to go out and chat for a while now?"
"It's convenient!" Wu Chengfeng said: "I'm on lunch break now, let's go out!"
Wu Chengfeng took Yu Qiuxiang to a nearby KFC, Yu Qiuxiang said that he was not hungry, and Wu Chengfeng only needed two cups of hot orange juice.
Yu Qiuxiang inserted the straw into the cup, she took a sip gently, and the hot orange juice made Yu Qiuxiang frown. Yu Qiuxiang put the cup back on the table, she looked at Wu Chengfeng, and said, "Xiaofeng, I have heard about you and Wu Lixia. Although Wu Lixia's parents often smear you in the village, with our classmates for so many years, I know who you are and I know that I don't blame you for this!"
Wu Chengfeng sighed and said, "Things have come to this point, it doesn't matter who you blame or not!"
Yu Qiuxiang shook the cup with her hand, as if she wanted the orange juice to cool down quickly.
"Xiao Feng, what are your plans in the future?" asked Yu Qiuxiang.
"In the future?" Wu Chengfeng said, "What else can I ......do in the future?"
When Yu Qiuxiang heard this, she frowned, and said bitterly: "Xiao Feng, in my impression, you have always been a person with great ambitions, ambitions and ideals, why have you become such a muddy bastard now?"
Wu Chengfeng smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "I have no education, no technology, and no funds, what else can I do except make a living?"
"Xiao Feng!" Yu Qiuxiang said: "Yes! You have no education, but you can't say that you are uneducated! Wu Chengfeng in the past was a fearless man! Now you are no longer you!"
Wu Chengfeng was silent, and after a while, he said faintly: "I have no education and no funds, even if I have ambitions, it is empty talk......
"Who said that if you want to do something, you must need money?"
Wu Chengfeng's eyes widened and said, "What can you do without funds?"
"Hmm......" Yu Qiuxiang rolled her eyes and said, "That's right, Xiaofeng, don't you know how to paint? You can paint and sell it!"
Wu Chengfeng was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "Qiu Xiang, do you think I am Qi Baishi Zhang Daqian! Now that there are so many people painting, who cares about the works of a lonely and unknown person! A person is not famous, no matter how good his painting is, in the eyes of some experts, it only lacks soul and artistic conception!"
"What are you afraid of if you are not famous!" Yu Qiuxiang said: "Fame can be accumulated slowly, maybe you will become famous one day, and a painting can sell for tens of thousands!"
"Come on, Qiu Xiang, don't make fun of me!" Wu Chengfeng said.
"Xiao Feng, I mean really, I didn't make fun of you! Let's do this! You usually draw some paintings, and on the weekends, I will accompany you to the street to sell. First, you can accumulate popularity, and second, you can have some spare time income, how about it?"
Wu Chengfeng hesitated for a moment and said, "Is this okay?"
"Okay! I believe you!" Yu Qiuxiang said.
Wu Chengfeng looked at Yu Qiuxiang's encouraging eyes, he was a little moved in his heart, in order not to disappoint Yu Qiuxiang, he nodded and said, "Okay!
"This is the Wu Chengfeng I know!" Yu Qiuxiang said happily.
After Yu Qiuxiang left, Wu Chengfeng thought about it all night, and finally made up his mind to paint some paintings to sell according to Yu Qiuxiang's suggestion. So, at noon the next day, Wu Chengfeng went to a nearby stationery store, bought some pen, ink, paper, inkstone and paint necessary for painting, and began to paint seriously when he got off work in the evening.
Wu Chengfeng is good at small-scale flowers and birds, and he spent a few days carefully painting a few pictures. Wu Chengfeng sent the finished painting to Yu Qiuxiang through WeChat, and after Yu Qiuxiang read it, he was full of praise for Wu Chengfeng's painting, and Bing promised that he would come to Wu Chengfeng to help him sell his paintings on the weekend.
After Yu Qiuxiang graduated, he worked as a clerk in a company in Longgang City, and was usually responsible for registering some information on the computer, from 9 to 5 in the morning, and was a standard worker. At noon on Saturday, Yu Qiuxiang came to Wu Chengfeng's dormitory as promised.
Wu Chengfeng looked very happy when he saw Yu Qiuxiang, and he asked, "Qiuxiang, have you had lunch?"
"I've eaten it!" Yu Qiuxiang said, "What about your paintings, let me see them!"
"Here!" Wu Chengfeng said, picking up the painted painting from the table and handing it to Yu Qiuxiang.
After Yu Qiuxiang looked at the painting, she showed an appreciative look on her face and said: "Although I have seen the photos you posted on WeChat, this real painting is even better than the photos! And this pair of plum blossoms, vigorous and powerful, people can't put it down......"
Wu Chengfeng listened to Yu Qiuxiang's words and spoke: "Qiuxiang, I am a little embarrassed by your praise like this......
"Okay! Don't be ashamed, let's go out and sell it quickly!" Yu Qiuxiang said.
In this way, Wu Chengfeng and Yu Qiuxiang walked out of the dormitory together. Wu Chengfeng and Yu Qiuxiang didn't know where to sell their paintings, so they came to a nearby commercial street, and there were many people coming and going. Yu Qiuxiang stopped and looked around, and said, "Let's sell it here!"
Wu Chengfeng nodded, he and Yu Qiuxiang spread the prepared sheets on the ground, and then put the painted paintings on the sheets and pressed them with small stones to prevent them from being blown away by the wind. After doing this, Wu Chengfeng and Yu Qiuxiang glanced at each other, he was embarrassed and nervous, and he didn't know how to sell these paintings.
Although there were many pedestrians passing by on the road, most of them just glanced at Wu Chengfeng's painting on the ground and left in a hurry. In this way, Wu Chengfeng and Yu Qiuxiang stayed from two o'clock to four o'clock, and there was no one to ask the price, and Wu Chengfeng was a little depressed.
"Xiao Feng, I'll go to the supermarket to buy something!" Yu Qiuxiang finished speaking, and left in a hurry.
After a while, Yu Qiuxiang came back from the supermarket, she held two bottles of mineral water in her hand, handed one to Wu Chengfeng, and said, "Xiaofeng, drink a bottle of mineral water first and moisten your throat!"
Wu Chengfeng took the mineral water, unscrewed the cap of the bottle and just took a sip when he heard someone say, "Dude, are you selling this painting?"