Chapter Seventy-Four: Far Away (Part II)
"Madam, all the consumables you need are here, then we will go first, I wish you a happy new year."
"Happy New Year."
In the fair-faced concrete gallery, workers successively placed the decoration materials in the atrium, covered them with a layer of felt cloth, and then said goodbye.
These workers will not come to work during the New Year, and today they will only work for half a day, so the interior decoration of the gallery will not be carried out until the new year.
"Ai Qing, it's hard for you to stay in London during the Chinese New Year."
"See you outside, Sister Bai."
Bai Wenyu expressed an apology, she provided the concept of this gallery, but the interior design was all done by Cao Aiqing alone, this is the busiest thing for the girl recently, and Bai Wenyu's work habits are things that can be discussed face-to-face, and will never be chatted over the phone or online, which is one of the reasons why Cao Aiqing will stay in London for the New Year this year.
As for other reasons......
"Did you receive the email from BDP?"
The older woman took out a box of women's cigarettes from her handbag, took out a slender one and put it in her red lips, and raised her hand to light the flame, exuding a casual elegance in her demeanor.
"I received it last night, and I didn't sleep all night when I was excited~ Thank you Sister Bai for your introduction!"
Talking about this, Cao Aiqing looked happy.
BDP, the full name of Building Design Partnership, is one of the world's top architectural design firms, before through Bai Wenyu's introduction, Cao Aiqing got an opportunity to interview, now she has received an offer from the other party, after the year will be a three-month internship, if the performance is excellent, then wait until June she graduated with a doctorate, you can officially start your career as a designer.
Such a starting point is undoubtedly very high.
"Don't thank me, I just happened to know a few friends who like to collect art, and I mentioned it, it doesn't count as favors, and it is purely by Ai Qing's own strength that you can get in."
Bai Wenyu's eyes were full of appreciation when she looked at Cao Aiqing, she spit out a wisp of smoke in her mouth, the smell of this lady's cigarette has been diluted, even Cao Aiqing, who is sensitive to second-hand cigarettes, does not smell any taste, and after several years of contact, she is also used to the other party's smoking behavior, but seeing this, she still persuaded:
"Sister Bai, smoking is not good for your health, so if you can smoke less, smoke less."
Bai Wenyu smiled slightly at this always kind-hearted little girl, raised her chin in front of the two of them, that is, in the center of the gallery on the second floor, and asked:
"Can you tell if it's sunrise or sunset?"
Cao Aiqing looked sideways, and there was the only oil painting in the entire gallery.
The sun and the sea are blended together, and the color is a large area of dusk yellow supplemented by scattered blues, which is more like a sunset in terms of visual sense.
"It's ...... Sister Bai's work? ”
"That's right."
Cao Aiqing did not give a direct answer, she knew that Bai Wenyu graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Hong Kong City Academy of Fine Arts when she was young, and after marrying into the He family, she devoted herself to helping He Panshan establish and develop Shanhai Group.
However, compared to her vision and level of appreciating artworks, Bai Wenyu's own works are rarely known, mainly because she has not put her mind on this over the years, and there are very few works produced and published.
"Sunrise."
"How?"
The girl replied, and the lady asked with interest about the process of judgment.
Cao Aiqing turned his head to look at her, and instead of analyzing it from the perspective of artistic techniques, he smiled and said a very real reasoning:
"Because most of the open coastline of the port city can only see the sun rising over the sea, not setting, you can only see such a scene at sunrise."
Bai Wenyu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then couldn't help but chuckle twice, and asserted:
"It seems that when you were in Port City in the past, you must have been to the beach on Chaoxia Road on New Year's Eve and watched the sunrise on New Year's Day."
For this kind of hometown habit that only locals in Hong Kong City can experience, Cao Aiqing, who is far away from the ocean, has a lot of thoughts in his heart.
"Sister Bai, you must have been there too, right? Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so well drawn. ”
Bai Wenyu suppressed her laughter, but the corners of her mouth were still smiling like a memory, and she focused on her painting many years ago.
"When I was young...... I've been with his dad naturally, but what about you? Did nature take you there? ”
“…… Well, my junior year of high school. ”
"Heh, the two of them are really a virtuous ......"
After saying this, the two women paused for a while, each thinking about their thoughts, and after a while, Bai Wenyu said slowly:
"Ai Qing, you can see the sunset by the sea in the port city."
"Where?"
"In a ...... called When I was young, I used to go there to collect the wind, whether it was sunrise or sunset, I could see it very clearly, and often I set up an easel there and sat all day, so when I painted this painting, I didn't know whether I was painting the sunrise or sunset, if you had the opportunity, you could also go to that island to see ......"
Bai Wenyu said, walking slowly under the frame and taking off his painting.
"For you, child."
"Sister Bai...... This ......"
"Take it, the paintings hanging in this position should be from Zao Wou-ki, Lin Fengmian, Cui Ruzhuo, and even Sanyu, not Bai Wenyu, except that they are all lying in the gallery designed by Cao Aiqing, and you deserve it."
This is a great affirmation of Cao Aiqing, Bai Wenyu handed the painting to the other party with both hands, and the young girl took it with trepidation and gratitude.
Cao Aiqing thought in her heart that Sister Bai's paintings could only be silently brought to the most conspicuous position to be viewed alone when the gallery was not renovated......
"Ai Qing, I have something I want to ask you for, of course, considering your own time, you can think about it, and give me an answer after a while, don't worry."
"Sister Bai, you say."
"After the Chinese New Year, when the gallery officially opens, I will go back to Hong Kong City for a while, maybe two or three years, it should be a long time, if anything happens to the London gallery, I would like to ask you to deal with it on my behalf."
Bai Wenyu said it lightly, but Cao Aiqing's heart was shocked.
"Sister Bai, you ......"
Seeing the doubts and desires on the girl's face, Bai Wenyu suddenly understood and said with a smile:
"Have you had lunch?"
Thank you to the "Fairy Little Pocket" brother for the alliance, I am grateful!!
(End of chapter)