British Portrait Society Exhibition Hall, inside the VIP Lounge.

Yi II asked Hill: "Chairman Hill, the loser Sharon has moved to the conference hall, have you gone to see Sue's works?" ”

Hill said, "Your Majesty, I went to see it with Advisor Payton. ”

"How does it feel?"

"Let me say in a few ways, their exhibition planning is good, because the works are only sketches, so they are accurately targeted at the students of the Academy of Fine Arts, who are in the stage of learning to paint. It was the time to practice sketching, so with a little publicity, they were able to get a large number of students to come to the exhibition. ”

Yi II listened attentively, noncommittal. Prince Philip, who was sitting beside him, lowered his eyelids and did not speak.

"As far as the works are concerned, the skill of these two sketches is extraordinary, and the technique is pure, and they can be called masterpieces. Of course, this is only from the point of view of technique, but from an aesthetic point of view, these two works are much more mediocre. ”

"Oh? Prince Philip looked up, looked at Hill and said.

Hill was prepared and continued: "The material of 'Portrait of Mother' is not beautiful enough, to be precise, it does not conform to the public's aesthetics. Although I also read love and experienced feelings in it. But if it is not beautiful, it is not beautiful, this is an objective reality. ”

Yi II did not refute, but said slowly: "I also see the years in the painting, I think this work is a fusion of love and time, I like it very much." ”

Hill was a little embarrassed and continued: "As I just said, the work is still good, and the selection of materials is a fly in the ointment. There is another sketch "Sister", which has a deep foundation of realism and can reach the point where it is difficult to distinguish between real and fake. However, the prospects of this realistic style are not favored by the mainstream, and some people joke that no matter how good realistic painting is, can it be better than a camera? Of course, this is just a joke, and it should not be taken seriously. ”

Philip couldn't help it, and asked: "In the work "Sister", you think he is just using realism. ”

Hill almost blurted out a "yes".

Peyton, the association's art advisor, hurriedly said: "Your Royal Highness, what Chairman Hill said is only one aspect of it, and does not completely summarize this work in terms of realism. ”

"And what do you think?"

"In terms of sketching, Sue is at a very high level, surpassing most of our members, I admit it. In addition to the aesthetic issues and the prospect of realism that Chairman Hill said, I have a personal opinion. I don't think I can fully evaluate Sue's painting level until I see his paintings. ”

"Doesn't the sketch represent?"

"Yes, sketches are generally used as the base of oil paintings, and they mainly focus on grasping shapes. Its expressive complex changes of color, light, light and shade can only be expressed through oil painting. Judging from Su's work, we suspect that his oil painting is just getting started, after all, he will not enter the Academy of Fine Arts in a few months. ”

Hill also hurriedly beat the side drum and said, "Yes, sketching is the foundation, and oil painting is architecture." The fact that his second work is still a sketch for so long is telling. I'm ashamed to say that the sketch just caught the eye of the art students at school, so this time it made our side look a little deserted. ”

The more Philip listened to this Hill's words, the more annoyed he became, and a man of this level was still the president of the association, so it was no wonder that the first request of the Royal Funding Society was to expel him.

After hearing these words, the queen did not feel angry, beckoned the assistant behind her to come over, and the two whispered a few words. The queen stroked the satchel with her right hand, smiled and said: "I want to go over there to see Su's works, I don't know if a few of you are interested in going together, the organizer said that there may be surprises, I am looking forward to it." ”

Hill and Peyton were ten thousand unwilling, but the queen said this, which seemed to be a discussion, but in fact she was giving an order. In the past, it was okay not to listen, but now is the critical juncture of the negotiations between the royal family and the association, and it is still a little extraneous at this time.

The Queen and the Prince, escorted by bodyguards, left the lounge with the main members of the Portrait Society.

In the conference hall, Ji Yachen said to the general manager: "Okay, the queen has set off to come to us." You go to the door and prepare to greet you, this time I said that as soon as the queen arrives, my task will be completed, and you can no longer threaten me with the matter of changing the exhibition hall. ”

"How do you say this, I didn't want to threaten you, I just asked you to do me a favor, I have admired the queen for a long time, if I can greet me at the door, it is my great honor, thank you Mr. Ji." The general manager ran away after speaking.

Ji Yachen thought for a while, returned to the rostrum, picked up the microphone and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, there is something important to inform you, in a few minutes, the Queen and His Royal Highness the Prince will come to our exhibition hall to visit Su Tuo's works. I hope that everyone can maintain a polite attitude and maintain good order on the scene. ”

With a "hum~", the entire hall suddenly became noisy.

"Please be quiet, for this is not the proper etiquette to greet the Queen. Ji Yachen was busy fooling these college students on stage.

When everyone gradually calmed down, there was another commotion at the gate. Several big men surrounded each other and entered the hall.

At this time, someone shouted: "Her Majesty is here, everyone keep order." ”

Then there was silence in the hall, and all the guests saluted this way, and all the hats were taken off and placed on their chests.

The big men were obviously confused, they looked left and right, up and down, and didn't go any further. After a while, they walked in again, and as they entered, the students on both sides could see the person in the middle. Where is the queen, it is a person who looks like a professional manager.

Dressed in uniform, wearing white gloves and holding a lockbox in both hands, he cautiously followed the bodyguards in, and the group went straight to the rostrum.

When everyone saw this scene, they just wanted to pull out the guy who just called "The Queen is coming" and beat him up. But just now they were busy greeting the queen, and they didn't notice which direction the sound came from, so they had to look at it from memory. Just then, I heard a voice shouting, "Her Majesty is here, everyone keep order." ”

"Shet, you still dare to shout nonsense, who has such a fat guts, and dares to provoke the anger of the public at a critical moment. "Everyone started looking at the sound, and once the target was confirmed, someone started to gather in that direction.

This kid was almost scared when he saw the posture, and if he was surrounded here, he wouldn't know how he would die. In desperation, he shouted again: "The queen is really here, right behind you." ”

"You kid don't give up, you think you can deceive us like this, you can't avoid this beating. ”

"That's it, it's okay to shout something, and it will make Lao Tzu embarrassed. ”

At this time, everyone heard a humble voice behind them: "Your Majesty, please here, we have prepared a special seat for you in front of the rostrum, please take a seat." ”

People who felt that something was wrong began to turn around, and found that dozens of people had entered the conference hall and were walking towards the rostrum under the guidance of the general manager. In the middle of the procession were Queen II and Prince Philip.