In 1874, a major event took place in the art world, when a new school of painting held its first collective exhibition. Monet's Impression? Sunrise became a typical representative of the art exhibition, and from then on this school of painting was called Impressionism.

The characteristic of this school of painting is that it completely abandons shadows, allowing the viewer to concentrate on appreciating the changes in light and color, so that most of the outlines are also abandoned, and there is hardly a clear and clear outline. This kind of intense and colorful creative technique seems very capricious, somewhat similar to the nature of children's graffiti, and has been ridiculed by art critics, "Impressionism" is a derogatory term at this time, meaning "like Impression? Sunrise".

Downing was well aware of the potential of Impressionism, and of course, he himself did not understand why this graffiti was so attractive, but in short, he had decided to invite Impressionist painters to come to Beijing for an exhibition while Impressionism was not yet universally accepted.

Because France has a population of 10 million more than Britain (37 million in total), after the great withdrawal of British capital, in fact, France's GDP problem is still above Britain, as the GDP boss of the Entente, it is still relatively not rich, because it has to spend a lot of money on the military.

The painters didn't want to get mixed up with the rich United Nations, so they naturally went to the Francophone New City in Beijing with great pleasure. If you haven't been to Francophone City, you don't know how many French people the Great Windsor brought to Beijing, and even the street sweepers here are French, of course, drivers who drive automatic sweepers.

In just over a year, the Windsor Empire brought 300,000 French elites to Beijing, and all of them were wealthy, and Monet and others felt that the consumption power of the French-speaking region alone might be even greater than that of Paris, as can be seen from the crowd that visited the exhibition.

Interestingly, I don't know if it's because of the welcome of compatriots from afar or why, the French-language media in Beijing were particularly friendly to Impressionism, and some even praised it, believing that it opened up a vast new art world. Monet wondered, could it be that the French who traveled across the ocean to Beijing to live a better art appreciation were better than the Parisians?

Tang Ning invited the Impressionist painters to Beijing to exhibit originally to test it, but he didn't expect that Beijing's international citizens would really appreciate it, he was very surprised, and he watched a large number of citizens spend money to buy tickets to see the art exhibition every day, which is really indescribable and ashamed, because he himself is not very able to appreciate it.

Alas, he could only do a little bit of what the technocrats could do, and decided to improve the tools for painting. The biggest problem with the traditional way of painting is that it can't be undone if it's wrong. Tuhao scientists believe that this can be changed with an electronic paintbrush.

In order to preserve the subtle connection between the painter and the brush that the painter has established for a long time, Tangning's invention of the electronic brush is completely based on the physical properties of the traditional brush, but a thin permanent magnet film is added to the almost uniform touch, and the electronic canvas is densely covered with small sensors, which can receive the magnetic signal of each hair on the brush.

Finally, the magnetic signal is converted into color information, and the projector on the canvas is displayed on the canvas, because it is a projection, so the size of the electronic canvas is no longer a bottleneck, and it is possible to make a huge electronic canvas of A0 size (one square meter) without any pressure.

The electronic color palette is a complete simulation of the most commonly used by French painters today, allowing artists to switch to electronic canvas at zero cost. There are 12 sizes of electronic brushes, each of which can be used at two ends, one is a normal brush, and there is a ring-shaped lamp at the root of the bristles, which simulates the colors of the painter as much as possible.

At the end is a stylus, which allows the painter to perform the unique operation of the electronic pen at any time - undo, endless undo, each stroke and each painting build a unique layer, not only to undo the stroke that has just been unsatisfactory, but also to select a single stroke to undo.

Not only can the artist undo a stroke while he is painting, but he can also make drastic changes to any dissatisfaction with the painting at any time after it has been completed. Downing himself is not a painter, but he is a master of engineering drafting, and he also has experience in the use of brushes.

In the past, he invented the handwriting tablet for the production of cartoons, but now he has just turned the pursuit of delicate animation into a rough oil painting suitable for expressing epic masterpieces, without any technical difficulty, and from a certain point of view, the electronic handwriting tablet has been simplified.

Perhaps the biggest improvement this time around is the change in size, from a limited display to a projector that can be magnified to n times. Tangning himself was full of pride in this electronic oil painting revolution, but it will have to be seen what the real painters have to say.

Monet finally came to the big boss and looked curiously at Boss Tang's new product. As a traditionally educated painter, it always felt strange to use an electronic paintbrush, and it seemed like something was missing when I couldn't mix colors with dirty hands.

The projector display also doesn't seem to be to the heart of the great painter, but ...... The electronic canvas finally had a huge killer feature, perhaps even more appealing to the Impressionists, as it could animate several images of the same scene with only light and color variations.

Under the guidance of Downing, Monet learned this way of animation display, he can draw the "original painting" with a few strokes, under the rendering of animation effects, the original static impression painting comes alive, painting light waves, there will be ripples, this genius painter was moved by the waves he painted for the first time.

It's hard to say whether the electronic canvas will officially enter the art world, but Monet has already affirmed that it is a perfect fit for Impressionism.

Tang Ning is very glad that he made the electronic brush simulate the traditional brush so similar, you see, Monet's first use of the electronic brush to find color is so accurate and natural, Boss Tang's contribution to the painting world is really great.

Downing: "How's it going?" ”

Monet: "It's not bad, it's just ...... This color lamp seems a bit weird, can you show the color directly on the brush? ”

Downing: "That's not easy...... Oh, there is a way, make the bristles transparent, put the color light in the center of the transparent bristles, so it's about the same, well, this method is good, thank you for building yì, it's good. ”

Monet nodded, tried the non-stop "undo" and "do not undo" function, in fact, this is Downing's invention for each stroke to be placed on two columns, the right column is the layer that is normally displayed, and the left column is the layer that is undone, no matter which column, you can easily switch between display and non-display without restrictions, as long as you use the touch terminal to sweep between the two columns.

This function can be used to make the painter infinitely entangled with whether or not to ask for a certain stroke, and Monet obviously liked this setting very much, happily switching between a certain stroke, imagining in his mind how vast the scene could be used for this divine operation.

Monet had a question: "How much does this equipment cost?" ”

Downing laughed: "One euro a year." ”

Isn't that the same as an annual rental for a bicycle? Monet said he was shocked, thinking that the new device would be a luxury, at least as expensive as an entry-level car.

Downing: "Well, in order to reduce costs, mass production has to be produced, and I've thought of a way to promote it -- all the schools I fund use similar technology to replace blackboards, and there are more than 100 million children in the United Nations who are being educated, and if there is one blackboard for every 50 children, there are about 2 million blackboards that need to be replaced, hehe, this number can be considered large-scale." ”

2 million euros is indeed just a drop in the bucket for the Windsor consortium, and Monet wonders why Boss Tang admires this electronic canvas so much.

Tang Ning explained with a smile: "Of course, it is to train all the people to become artists. At first, the teacher will be the teacher, and then the students will be influenced by the teacher, because they can also buy a 'blackboard' to go home. The advantage is that the homework assigned by the teacher on the 'blackboard' children no longer have to copy it again, they can do the questions directly on their own canvas, and they can directly transmit it to the teacher for correction after they are done!

I have discovered that the electronic canvas is the central medium between the computer and the paper, which has the advantages of electronic format and the zero learning cost advantage of traditional paper media, which can be easily mastered by both a three-year-old child and an eighty-year-old man.

From a business point of view, I donated 2 million and earned 100 million, which is too cost-effective. Alas, many people nowadays have lost their childhood homework books when they grow up, and they don't remember their childhood at all. This kind of electronic workbook saves all the childhood, and when the children grow up, they will thank me because I have kept their childhood forever.

Maybe when they were seven or eight years old, they still kept their homework and essays from elementary school intact, tsk, isn't it very loving? ”

A true master and genius is good at creating an industry, and being reminded by Tang Ning, Monet really felt that the attribute of electronic canvas seems to be able to build a bridge between tradition and the future. It can also build a bridge between the PC generation and the older generation to bridge the generation gap.

The teacher will definitely encourage the children to buy an electronic canvas, because the homework in electronic format, if it is a multiple-choice question, you can use a program to change the homework, which teacher doesn't love it? In the future, electronic recognition technology will be improved, and fill-in-the-blank questions and the like can also be used to change homework with programs, and the teacher will be OK in the end.

This qiē is possible because of the price of an electronic canvas: the same as a bicycle rental. In the future, every family, even every individual, should have their own electronic canvas, just like having a bicycle.

Downing made the electronic canvas look like a scroll, and when the painter went out to sketch, it looked like he was carrying an 841mm stick on his back. Elementary school students, on the other hand, can unfold a large A3 whiteboard in class by putting a 297mm scroll in their school bag.

In the future, when the time is right, Emperor Tang will digitize all the textbooks, all of which can be displayed on this A3-sized electronic canvas, and then the children's schoolbags will almost have something else in them. The only thing left is to reckon comic books and snacks, oh no, comic books can also be displayed with an electronic canvas, and it will be very powerful