"I want to exchange a little money. Yangon has a control over the exchange of gold, which is not very convenient for minors. ”

Gu Weijing poured the gold coins in the small box on the bed and clicked on them, there were about twenty or thirty pieces.

"What do you want so much money for? Buying a console, Xbox? PS5？ ”

Mona glanced at the gold coins on the bed, the adolescent boy, and she thought that the exchange of money would probably do these things.

She stretched a playful waist, a strand of reddish-brown hair curled out of her bathrobe, and the beautiful curves of her figure loomed.

Mona pointed to the wall-mounted TV on the bedroom wall: "You can come to my house and play, we can play Full Dance together." ”

"I actually wanted to visit the orphanage recently."

"An orphanage?"

Mona glanced at Gu Weijing.

The school spirit of private schools is more refined and self-interested, and the popular culture is elite.

In particular, Miss Mona lived in a traditionally Indian-style extended family, called the landlord Lao Cai, and grew up in the care of low-caste servants.

She may cry when she sees flowers and plants and small animals injured, but she doesn't have much compassion for the bottom of society.

So she didn't believe that there would be peers who wanted to visit the orphanage, and just thought it was a lie that Gu Weijing casually made.

Hmph, if you don't want to say it, forget it, she thought.

"That's right...... Have you started preparing your portfolio? The school has an admissions meeting in May, I heard that the University of Rotterdam and our high school have cooperation, it is easier to apply, can you apply together? ”

Mona was silent for a few seconds before changing the subject.

She looked at Gu Weijing with expectant eyes and hinted.

There are several ways to apply to art schools abroad.

The first is that you look for an admissions channel on the official website of the corresponding university, apply for an admissions application form, mail a letter of recommendation, etc., some schools require cultural test scores, and some only require language.

Then everything is left to fate, and see if the other professor's can take a fancy to you.

All the processes are done by yourself, which is also the so-called DIY study abroad.

The second is to find a corresponding study abroad agent, who charges from $1,000 to tens of thousands of dollars, and the other party will guide you through the process of thinking about your portfolio and arranging the application and mailing. Some of them can even get you a letter of recommendation.

Unlike ordinary study abroad, in art faculties, a letter of recommendation from a well-known professor is very important.

This is a heavyweight professor's recognition and endorsement of your art style, as long as your portfolio is not too bad, it can almost knock on the door of many first-class art academies in the world.

Painters of the caliber of Sakai Kazunari or Professor Lin Tao – if an education agent can ask them to write a letter of recommendation, a letter of a few hundred words can start at tens of thousands of dollars.

However, it depends on how to compare, at least it is much cheaper than donating a house.

In the private school that Gu Weijing attended, there is a third and easiest way, since it is an international art high school, then there are naturally international cooperation colleges.

In mid-May, there will be an admissions fair at the school.

The international art school that has cooperated with this high school will send teachers and professors to participate in the admissions meeting and conduct on-site interviews with students.

If your portfolio is impressive enough and your teachers rate you high enough, then you will be able to get an offer directly.

The University of Rotterdam is one of their partners.

This university is a well-established and prestigious university in Europe, ranking around 13 in the Qs World University Rankings, and sometimes it can break into the top 100.

However, the school is not known for its art academies, and it can only rank around 200 in the art academies.

If you compare it to Dongxia, it is an unpopular major in the last 985.

It is also Mona's guaranteed application target.

She knows that Gu Weijing's painting level is better than herself, even if she doesn't invite a special private teacher for tutoring and applies to a top 100 art academy, the general problem is still not big.

The University of Rotterdam is a bit of a waste for his level.

But out of the girl's careful thinking, she still hopes that the other party can apply to the same university as herself.

"Maybe my focus is not on preparing a portfolio these days?"

"And what about your portfolio?"

"I'm going to paint a big picture, and if I have time, I'm going to put it in my portfolio."

"Just a piece of work?"

"Just a piece of work."

Gu Weijing originally prepared to complete his collection of works in the first half of this year.

Now it seems that the plan needs to be adjusted.

Now there is only half a year before the exhibition, and the exhibited works must be determined in advance.

Drawing large pictures is time-consuming.

He had to go all out to improve his experience and prepare for the Lion City Art Biennale, and it was difficult for him to find time to prepare a special thematic portfolio.

It's a big deal, when the time comes, just put the photos of the exhibited works you have prepared into the portfolio.

Although many students have 100 works in their portfolios, if they are shocking enough, one work is enough to impress the professor.

It can also be seen from the market price. The students' oil paintings are not worth much, and the winning works of the Lion City Art Exhibition need at least tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy, and if the best works are selected by the curators, they can even reach millions of dollars.

If he couldn't paint an oil painting with a hundred paintings of ordinary students' works, there was no need for him to participate in any art exhibitions.

"What the hell is wrong with you? One moment you say you want to exchange money with me to go to some orphanage, the next time you tell me that your focus is not on your portfolio, and now you say that you will only have one work in your portfolio. ”

Mona's lips pursed.

She turned sideways, the playful little smile on her face disappeared, and she turned her head to stare at Gu Weijing, the disappointment in her eyes was almost overflowing.

"Gu Weijing, from the first day I met you, you said that you want to be a good painter. And now that I'm about to go to college, you're telling me that your focus isn't on preparing your portfolio. ”

Miss Mona's fingers twisted together, and the gold rings on her wrists clanged.

"I always thought you were a serious, down-to-earth person with a clear goal. You always have time when you want to make a big picture, and right now, college is the most important thing. ”

Gu Weijing hesitated.

Miss Mona is the person she vaguely likes in her heart, and she is his best friend since she was a child.

Although Cao Lao's gambling contract is inconvenient to say, he doesn't mind revealing a little bit of his future plan with his good friend.

"Believe me, I'm confident in my level, and going to a good university is not a problem for me, at least I should be able to go to CAFA."

"CAFA, you're talking about the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Dongxia, which is ranked among the top 30 in the world, do you think it's easy to go to CAFA?"

Mona stared at Gu Weijing.

As the highest-ranked art academy in Dongxia, it can be regarded as the top in Asia and the world, and she certainly knows what CAFA is.

Admissions to this school are strict.

With Mona's impression of Gu Weijing's level, with all her efforts, at most it is a school of CAFA's level.

And it doesn't always work.

Now he said with a relaxed face that he would definitely be able to go to CAFA, and Miss Mona didn't believe it at all.

"If you want to be admitted to CAFA with a big painting, who do you think you are? Monet or Titian, or a once-in-a-century genius in the painting circle? Be steadfast, Gu Weijing, otherwise you and I will really be disappointed. ”

There are often such people in art classes, whose hearts are higher than the sky and whose lives are thinner than paper.

They feel that they are so good that they don't need to prepare seriously. Just draw two strokes and the professor can look at himself, or make some strange works, and stand out from the crowd, and few such people have good results.

Everyone is a student, how much difference can there be in drawing skills?

A thick stack of other people's portfolios, your thin one, the impression score will be deducted a few points first. A non-serious hat buttoned up – unless the reviewing professor really appreciates your work, your application can be met in the trash.

"My grandfather introduced me to a professor at CAFA, and people liked me very much."

Seeing that Miss Mona was really angry, Gu Weijing explained one more sentence after careful consideration.

"Really?"

He nodded.

"Did CAFA send you an offer, or did it tell you when you should fly to CAFA for a separate admissions interview? Did the admissions office call you? ”

Mona asked reluctantly.

Gu Weijing shook his head, and now his relationship with Professor Lin Tao is in a state of Schrödinger.

Mona didn't let that put her heart down.

The Academy of Fine Arts does have early admissions.

For example, the world's top five old-school art academies, the Paris Academy of Fine Arts, the Florence Academy of Fine Arts, the Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts, the Repin Academy of Fine Arts, and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts.

Each of these schools has its own summer camps, international cooperation programs, and independent special admissions interviews, which are highly sought after by young painters from all over the world.

If you can do particularly well in these programs and get noticed by a professor, you may be able to receive an early acceptance letter.

Otherwise, you have won prizes in some international art competitions for young people under the age of 18.

Internationally recognized art competitions and exhibitions such as the Apocalypse Art Prize in the United States, the Saatchi Gallery / Deutsche Bank Art Prize for Schools in London, or the Tokyo Museum Children's Artist Contest in RB.

You may also receive a call or offer from your school's admissions office in advance.

In short, this kind of early admission situation is either because your grades are particularly hard, or your relationship is particularly hard.

Miss Mona knew that Yangon couldn't compare to the cosmopolitan worlds after all.

There is no art competition in the local area that is large enough to attract the recognition of the CAFA Admissions Office, so the former is impossible.

As for the relationship, Miss Mona knows Gu Wei well.

Gu Tongxiang is indeed a very kind old man, but the conditions of their family are not as good as their own.

If it is a local university in Myanmar, there is some backdoor relationship, she still reluctantly believes it. But at a world-famous school like CAFA, at most, I have two glasses of wine with a visiting young professor or something.

No matter how much more,

Are you worthy?

It won't be a polite and polite sentence at the wine table, Gu Weijing will take it seriously.

This kind of thing, which is not guaranteed by any written documents, is not to be said casually, and he regards it as a guarantee that he can go to a world-class art academy.

Mona looked a little heartless.

"Gu Weijing, I just want to remind you that it is you who are responsible for your life. If you can't get into a good art school, I won't wait for you. ”

She said with a cold face.