Chapter 1 The story of a box of mooncakes
"Li Tong! Li Tong! Professor Wei Qun has something to do with you, go to the studio! 100,000 urgent! β
On the boulevard of Zhongyang Academy of Fine Arts, a tall and thin boy is desperately pedaling on a shared bicycle.
The boy was tall, thin, and looked ordinary, with fine beads of sweat on his head, and his facial features looked a little distorted because he was in a hurry.
"Li Tong! Hurry up! Professor Wei is looking for you! β
"Professor Wei is looking for you!"
"Wei ......"
"Got it!"
Li Tong hated to pedal the shared bicycle to fly, and the classmates he met along the way reminded him that his mentor was looking for him.
Li Tong is a fourth-year student in the oil painting department of Zhongyang Academy of Fine Arts, one of the top art schools in China, and Professor Wei Qun is his supervisor.
Professor Wei Qun, 50 years old, is the head of the Oil Painting Department of Zhongyang Academy of Fine Arts and one of the top oil painters in China.
When he came to the door of the oil painting studio, Li Tong threw the bicycle away, and rushed in without caring about locking it.
"Bang!"
Li Tong pushed open the door of the studio, Professor Wei Qun was drinking a cup of Pu'er tea with his head down, and was frightened by Li Tong, and a few drops of tea spilled and were dripping on a box on the table.
"Professor Wei, are you looking for me?"
Li Tong asked with a hot breath on his head, leaning against the door.
"Come on, come on~" Professor Wei Qun beckoned to Li Tong, unhurriedly took out a napkin and wiped the tea stains on the box on the table, and then handed the box to Li Tongdao: "Go!" Give this box of mooncakes to Professor Qu Xiaoming. β
Li Tong wiped the sweat from his face, and the whole person was stunned, Professor Wei summoned him in a hurry with eighteen tokens along the way, just for this?
Is the professor trying to play the Beacon Opera Princes today?
"Look at what! Just go! Professor Wei glanced at the stunned Li Tong and stamped his foot impatiently. Professor Wei's hair is gray, but he still has the character of an old naughty boy.
"Oooo Li Tong nodded like pounding garlic, picked up the moon cake box on the table and was about to leave.
Before leaving, he found that the tea stains on the moon cake box were a little obvious, so he turned back and said, "Professor Wei, don't wipe this tea stain anymore...... It's kind of obvious. β
"Hmph." Professor Wei Qun snorted in his nose and exclaimed unconvinced: "What does it matter if you give it to Lao Qu?" In this way, if you are afraid of being ugly, bring it over, and I will make up a cover of oil paint. β
As he spoke, Professor Wei picked up a scraper and scooped up a knife of bright yellow paint and smeared it on the box.
On the dark blue mooncake box, there was immediately a bright bright yellow.
"This ......" Li Tong was shocked.
"Tell Lao Qu, this is called 'The moon is born on the sea, and the end of the world is at this time'."
After speaking, Professor Wei dropped the spatula with a "clang" and picked up the hot cup of Pu'er again.
Li Tong was still a little confused, but the paint was really just right, and the box surface was made a golden ratio of 1:0.618, which also looked very beautiful.
The "old song" in Professor Wei's mouth, Professor Qu Xiaoming, is the head of the Department of Chinese Painting of the Zhongyang Academy of Fine Arts.
Wei Qun and Qu Xiaoming were classmates when they were undergraduates, and later one specialized in oil painting and the other specialized in Chinese painting, and they were good friends.
WEI QUN IS THE KIND OF PERSON WHO IS PARTICULARLY HIGH-PROFILE, WEARING ARMANI AND DIOR, APPEARING ON THE COVER OF ART BAZAAR AS AN ARTIST, BEING THE SPOKESPERSON OF JEEP CARS, AND HE PREFERS TO ATTEND COMMERCIAL EVENTS RATHER THAN TEACHING AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.
Professor Qu Xiaoming, on the other hand, is relatively introverted, working diligently in the art circle, appraising an honorary dean of an art academy today, taking up a position in the art association tomorrow, and receiving a tenured honorary professor at an art academy abroad the day after tomorrow.
The relationship between these two professors is also good and bad, to put it simply, they are a pair of good friends who flirt and scold, and they want to fight in literature rather than in martial arts.
When they are good, they can drink together three times a week, and when they are bad, they directly tear each other apart in various academics.
Once, Professor Wei Qun wrote an article called "On the Strange Status Quo of Chinese Painting in the Past Twenty Years", which was published on the website of Art China, and the main purpose of the article was to scold Qu Xiaoming, which means that no matter how good Qu Xiaoming's Chinese painting is, can you still paint the ancients?
Professor Qu Xiaoming remained quiet, and the next day he published a paper "The Death of Oil Painting" in the most popular academic journal in China.
Thinking of this, Li Tong's steps became heavier and heavier.
He pushed the shared bicycle and walked on the boulevard, the yellow leaves on his head falling one by one, but also drowning out the bright yellow on the mooncake box.
Although Li Tong was a college student from the countryside, Professor Wei Qun has always been very good to him and thinks he is a good seedling for painting. In the past four years of college, Professor Wei Qun has spent the rest of his time in the Academy of Fine Arts training Li Tong, except for wearing Armani and shaking around.
At that time, Li Tong entered the Zhongyang Academy of Fine Arts with the first score in the art category of the college entrance examination, so on the question of whether Li Tong should study Chinese painting or oil painting, Wei Qun and Qu Xiaoming also tore it once.
Qu Xiaoming warmly invited Li Tong to go to the Department of Chinese Painting, but in the end Li Tong still chose oil painting, for this reason, Li Tong avoided Professor Qu Xiaoming for the whole four years of college, because he was really embarrassed.
Li Tong's footsteps towards the Chinese painting studio became heavier and heavier, and he wondered, did Professor Wei Qun call himself here early in the morning to really let him act as a courier and deliver a box of moon cakes?
Li Tong glanced down, Xinghualou, this box of moon cakes is not very expensive?
Professor Wei, what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd?
Li walked the same way and thought all the way.
Oh! That's right!
Li Tong patted his head, and then he reacted! I'm so stupid!
He signed up for the National Art Exhibition this year, and Professor Qu Xiaoming is a judge of this year's National Art Exhibition!
Because Professor Wei Qun was not a judge, he tried to create an opportunity for Li Tong and Professor Qu to meet.
What does Professor Wei mean ......? Mooncake diplomacy?
Li Tong looked down at the box of mooncakes in his hand, stopped and paused, and then immediately stepped on the shared bicycle and rode quickly towards the Chinese painting studio.
"Tuk Tuk!"
Li Tong knocked on the door of the studio with a mooncake.
The one who opened the door was Professor Qu's proud protΓ©gΓ© Bai Mengting, Bai Mengting is a white rich beauty, and there is no shortage of money at home. This kind of rich person likes to let his daughter learn art, and he will save face by saying it.
Anyway, Bai Mengting is like this, her parents don't plan to let her go out to work, and Hengzhu is also marrying a rich second generation and living the second half of her life in peace.
A good hand of painting is just a bargaining chip on the wedding scale.
Bai Mengting is as her name suggests, white-skinned, like a dream, slim and elegant, with a pair of smart big eyes, which is the school flower of Zhongyang Academy of Fine Arts.
"Yo, Li Tong!" Bai Mengting shouted in surprise.
Li Tong saw that it was Bai Mengting who opened the door, and unconsciously blushed and lowered his head.
Li Tong rarely comes to Qu Xiaoming, no wonder Bai Mengting is surprised.
Li Tong studied oil painting, and he felt that as long as he painted honestly, he would get ahead one day. So there's no need to spend time on relationships.
Besides, many of the boys who came to Professor Qu Xiaoming's place were all for Bai Mengting.
Li Tong was disdainful.
"Li Tong, come in and sit down!"
Professor Qu was very enthusiastic and had a happy expression.
Li Tong walked into the studio and saw Professor Qu painting in front of the table, one foot high on the bench beside him, and his foot was still wrapped in a thick plaster of white flowers!
"Yikes! Professor Qu, ...... are you? β
Li Tong was a little surprised, when did Professor Qu's leg break?