Without bothering, Gu Weijing easily found a high-definition electronic version of the work "The Dance Party at the Pancake Mill" on the homepage of the Musée de l'Rio in France.

"The Pancake Mill Ball" is also called "The Moulin Rouge Ball".

The Moulin Rouge is a landmark nightclub in France, where bewitching dancers perform unrestrained cancan dances day and night, and the whole dance hall is filled with joyful atmosphere, and many artists like to come here to observe and sketch, Ray Noah is one of them.

The length and width of this painting are nearly one and a half meters, although it is not as impressive as the imposing dome paintings of some old-fashioned churches, but in oil paintings, it is already a large work.

Gu Weijing opened the high-definition album.

Although he had seen the picture of this famous painting countless times, when this impressionist masterpiece was once again displayed on the computer screen in front of him, Gu Weijing's heart turned up with a burst of tension.

It's like a diver facing an unknown sea.

He took a deep breath one last time and activated the skill.

This time, what was decomposed in front of Gu Weijing's eyes was not a famous painting-

It's the whole world.

The world shatters in my mind like a mirror, and behind the lens is 19th-century Paris.

Metropolis dusk, whirling men and women in the dance hall, the smell of spring wafting in the air, the men's chatter and the girls' smiles,

Light and dark, light and yin.

"The so-called impressionism is nothing more than the pursuit of inner emotions and pure visual enjoyment, we do not depict gods, we only record sunlight and air. We don't follow the old dogma, because the good will remain, and the pain will pass away. ”

A strong male voice said in French in Gu Weijing's ear as if reciting poetry.

Bang dang!

In the next moment, it seemed that the art of calligraphy and painting could no longer sustain a whole illusory world, and the mirror was re-bridged, and the world returned to normal.

"You have received the Impressionism Limited Quest ......"

I heard the sound of a new mission.

But Gu Weijing has no time to take care of him.

Great mental anguish struck,

Two nosebleeds trickled down his face, and he seemed to have been hit by a boxer's punch, and he seemed to be overturned.

He fainted.

……

"Miss, I think you should need to take a look at this. There's a newspaper that reports about you. ”

Austria

The butler knocked on the door of the study with a solemn expression, and placed an electronic journal on the Ipad on Anna's desk.

“《The Moon》？”

Anna glanced at the title and frowned.

The Saturday News, a subsidiary of The Moon, a well-known inflammatory bestseller, ran a front-page headline about Mr. Hyperion's video.

Newspapers are certainly representatives of the important right of public opinion supervision, but some tabloid reporters are scavengers with no lower limit.

If you do a random social survey on the streets of Europe and the United States, find a newspaper that satisfies all your negative impressions of journalism.

Title: Party, Vulgar, Bloody, Bad, No Lower Limit......

Then the Moon is likely to come out on top in this selection by a crushing margin.

The newspaper giant itself is known for all sorts of gossip and soft-sexuality......

And in fact, it may not be soft-colored.

It once took an entire page to compare the shapes of the breasts of Premier League rose Kelly Brooke and actress Clancy in a very lewd tone.

【…… Their choppy boobs were big enough to hold a pint of beer......].

The Moon also has a more well-known tradition of featuring a topless girl on the third page of each issue.

For a long time, the girl on the third page of the British Moon and the cover girl of the American relative's Playboy were the southern emperors of the old and new worlds, synonymous with vulgar newspapers and glamorous meat sellers.

However, although this newspaper is notorious enough, there are many people who are good at it.

It was once one of the best-selling newspapers in the world, and its huge social audience made it a popular target for political parties in Britain.

The social influence is huge.

To be honest, black and red are also red, and the average second-rate Hollywood movie star has no chance to make the front page headlines of the Moon.

What can tear the front page of the Moon is not the divorce case of Caribbean captain Depp, or the bloody scandal of Prince Harry, and at the very least, the sex scandal of an international star like Neymar.

I don't know if it's lucky or unlucky, but there was no big international news this week.

Therefore, with the light of Mr. Hyperion, the world's No. 1 Internet celebrity, the detective cat inexplicably enjoyed the treatment of a British prince.

Anna had expected that this kind of bad opinion of the art world, which was dominated by vulgar and obscene newspapers, would not report her positively.

But the headlines of the newspapers furrowed her brows.

[The fatal mistake of "Art Baby", has "Oil Painting" lost its credibility? 】

…… For the past century, Oil Painting magazine has been known for providing the most professional art criticism and collecting guidance. Recently, the 22-year-old art critic Miss Anna Elena made a fatal mistake......

…… In a new video shot by the famous influencer Mr. Hyperion Channel, she mistakenly described a work worth only ten dollars as unbelievably outstanding.

Ten dollars outweighed a work worth more than 10,000 times its value in a professional appraisal. This makes us wonder if the so-called art market is just a complete scam......

…… In this regard, the artist Van Doorn gives a different view.

"It's a complete farce." Mr. Van Doorne commented, "Cheap online artists don't have their own artistic opinions at all, they are just ruthless photocopiers, and they don't have any artistic insights. Trained monkeys can also play Dolemifa on the piano to instigate Lassy, do they understand music? ”……

…… In the face of Miss Elena's criticism of her work, Mr. Van Doorne was very generous.

"She's just too young, what else does she have but a pretty face? Art requires experience. "I am only saddened by the depravity of Oil Painting magazine. It's a pity that hiring such an art jury would ruin this long-established magazine, and I think she would be qualified as a mannequin. ”

From this point on, the content of the newspaper began to become more obscene.

Van Doorne's controversial remark that "women are just tools to stimulate my creative desires" is not untargeted.

He was French, influenced by the trend of body creation, and like many French artists, he liked to paint nudes.

With a cold face, Anna watched as the editor of the newspaper first attached several nude sketches of Van Doorne to her photographs.

The Moon referred to itself as a football baby, a racing baby, a vase character, and a "baby of art", and spent a lot of space suggesting that the reader was a senior writer for Oil Painting magazine because of a woman's physical advantage.

What's even more annoying is that

However, the legal department of the Moon is clearly aware of the boundaries of defamation.

At the end of the article, people changed their tone again and continued to ridicule in a lewd tone.

“…… In fact, we understand that Miss Elena's ancestor was the founder of the magazine "Oil Painting", and it seems that it is self-evident how she became an art critic.

She was even a female "earl". Such an aristocratic lady, no matter how beautiful her face is, has nothing to do with ordinary people. I think that the spring heart of the bachelors can only be solved alone in front of the photo in the lonely night. But there's no need to regret it, because I guess she's pretty boring in bed for obvious reasons......"

……

"It's too much!"

Rangoon.

After reading the report, Gu Weijing put down his mobile phone with an unhappy face, and said hatefully.

This provoked the driver of the taxi to turn around and look at him curiously. "Are you alright?"

"It's fine."

Gu Weijing waved his hand at the taxi driver and asked the other party to continue to drive with peace of mind.

Today he is going to go to a local calligraphy and painting market in Myanmar.

After Gu Weijing fainted that day, he was not found by his family until a few hours later.

It is said that when he was discovered, Gu Weijing's face was pale, his teeth were clenched, his clothes were stained with blood, and the whole person was still trembling slightly.

This frightened Gu Tongxiang, thinking that his grandson was suffering from epilepsy, and sent him to the hospital in Yangon City to get two bottles of glucose before he recovered.

Brain CT and MRI were done, and the doctor did not check out any major problems, only judged that it was a temporary lack of cerebral blood supply, prescribed a few drugs to cultivate the nerves, observed in the emergency room for a night, and let him go home.

Gu Weijing found that there was an extra task prompt on his task panel at this time.

[Impressionist Limited Quest - Ray Noah's Legacy]

[Current Task: Choose to copy a work of the first order or higher of the Impressionist oil painting technique lv.7]

【Quest Rewards】

[1. Achieve a similarity of more than 20% to obtain a primary treasure chest.] 】

[2. Achieve a similarity of more than 50% to obtain an intermediate treasure chest.] 】

[3. If you reach more than 90% of the similarity of copying, you will get a limited reward: Ray Noah - Fragment of Ghosts in All Shapes in the World, which can only be harvested once.] 】

"This mission ......"

That day, he appraised the famous painting "The Ball at the Pancake Mill" and fell into a coma halfway through the appraisal.

Gu Weijing didn't even look at the numbers on the virtual panel suspended above the computer screen at that time.

Now he recalls the last glance he had before he fell unconscious.

Gu Weijing vaguely remembered that what was faintly suspended on the data bar of that painting was not the experience level of Level, but two words.

…… Painting saints?

After paying so much and going to the hospital for a night, the limited mission triggered by his heart and mind was finally long overdue.

This is a copying task, which requires Gu Weijing to copy an impressionist work that has reached the first level of lv.7 master.

Impressionist works, which are not easy to find.

Modern painters pay attention to a hundred flowers blooming, and are not too rigid to a specific art style. And even if you specialize in painting impressionist works, it will not be cheap if you can reach the level of a master.

He was ready to try his luck in the Myanmar painting and calligraphy market.

Calligraphy and painting are different from antiques, as long as Yuan Qinghua is Yuan Qinghua, it is sky-high, but in the calligraphy and painting market, the quality of the painting and whether it is worth it is not necessarily constant.

There are a lot of cheap old paintings in Myanmar.

Not only the works of art in the Dongxia style of the previous dynasties, but also many in the West.

Especially in the 19th century, it was a trading hub for the British colonies and even one of the most prosperous cities in Asia.

In terms of prosperity, it is comparable to the contemporaries Tokyo and the Magic City, and it is also a famous resort in Southeast Asia.

Many famous British artists and literati have been to Myanmar.

There were also a large number of colonial civil officials, high priests and their families, and when they moved to Burma, there was also a large influx of European art.

Some of the works that are unclear and unsigned, because the market is not interested at all, are actually very cheap, ranging from a few hundred dollars to a thousand dollars.

Gu Weijing's grandfather started by relying on upside-down old paintings.

Of course, Gu Weijing himself didn't have much hope, just trying his luck, if he couldn't find a good copy of the original handwriting, then he could only make do with copying the electronic album.

Gu Weijing was on his way to the calligraphy and painting market in a taxi when he happened to see the news report of "The Moon".

This kind of newspaper that has gone down the third road makes Gu Weijing feel very uncomfortable, and even a little disgusted.

Especially the physical defects of Miss Elena and made lewd jokes, this British hooligan style made Gu Weijing's heart feel angry.

Ordinary little painters are bullied by this, so they endure it.

Like it or not, Van Doorne is a long-established veteran in the art world.

The other party scolds you, an online illustrator, for being a monkey with no artistic attainments, what can you do?

Scolding back?

Then you're really at the end of your life.

Seriously, people are now targeting the judge's lady more, and scolding Gu Weijing is just incidental.

The smartest thing to do is undoubtedly to act as if you don't see it.

After a while, people will forget about you.

In the painting circle, it is very irrational to offend the predecessors, especially to offend such big-name hipsters who are active in the fields of fashion and art.

As long as the other party speaks, you may lose many opportunities to sign with well-known galleries.

But Gu Weijing doesn't like this,

I don't plan to show myself as a detective cat, if I still hesitate to do things, the breath in the chest of the painter that Cao Lao said will be scattered.

Moreover, although he thinks that the female art critic named Yelena has a little bit of a big lady temper who does not eat fireworks in the world, but after all, people are speaking for themselves to cause this mess.

Gu Weijing wanted to do something.

Do what you think.

Gu Weijing opened Twitter, and after Detective Cat became famous, he registered his own Twitter account and noted on the Fiverr store that this was his only real Twitter.

Not for anything else, if you don't register his official recommendation, it won't be long. There will be a bunch of high-imitation accounts pretending to be detective cats on the Internet.

He tweeted @Van Doorn and then wrote a text to shoot back: "It seems that monkeys know what beauty is, but unfortunately you don't." Rogue can only be mixed with rogue magazines, which really complements each other. ”

After writing this tweet, Gu Weijing still felt angry.

The affairs of the art circle still need to be spoken by art.

He thought about it and opened WhatsApp again and contacted Mr. Sloth.

"Mr. Sloth, I want to attend your next online art salon, is that okay?"

He typed in a taxi.

There is a famous saying in old European social circles - "If you want to meet the real masters, go to the salons." It's a paradise for the learned, a hell for the ignorant, a place where you will become famous overnight, or a place that will leave you stinking for thousands of years. ”

The salon is an old-fashioned literary club.

People will discuss the scandals of the royal family here, recite Byron's poems here, study porcelain from the Orient together, and discuss the trends in the world of painting.

The salon on the theme of literature and art is equivalent to a small art appreciation meeting.

From painters to novelists, from Monet to Flaubert, everyone in the literary world took pride in being able to speak in the salons of the upper echelons.

When I listened to podcasts in the past, Gu Weijing felt that Mr. Sloth was a very old-school gentleman, and the old-school still holds online art salons regularly.

The so-called art salon is an old-fashioned art appreciation meeting held online by Mr. Sloth.

Mr. Sloth fans often post digital photos of his work under the podcast's official Twitter account, hoping to get comments from the masters.

Mr. Sloth will select a program every two months to appreciate these works.

Sometimes it's Mr. Sloth's own appreciation. More often than not, well-known art connoisseurs and curators of art exhibitions are invited to comment on the painting techniques and shortcomings.

This kind of opportunity for a master to comment on his work is very rare for podcast fans.

With the blessing of calligraphy and painting appraisal, Gu Weijing felt that this was a good opportunity to show his aesthetic attainments.

A monkey may be able to beat the piano keys stereologically, but he will never be able to comment on the quality of the music.

"The guest judge of this month's art salon should be the director of the Taylor National Art Gallery."

Unexpectedly, within a few minutes of Gu Weijing's message, Mr. Sloth replied to his message.

He had thought it was a refusal.

This is also normal.

Although Mr. Sloth cares about himself, all of the people who can go to other people's podcasts as guests are very prestigious bigwigs in the art circle, and their ranks are still a little far behind.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Sloth continued to type and wrote: "It's not that you can't add another number of judges, but why do you suddenly want to participate in this issue of my art salon?" ”

Anna on the other side of the ocean also saw Gu Weijing's new Twitter just updated at this time, and pursed her lips: "I saw the new tweet you just posted because of "The Moon", and that report was not aimed at you. ”

"I don't like the obscene tone of the newspaper. Miss Elena got into trouble because she praised me, and I should have done something. ”

Seeing this reply, Anna was a little happy, but more worried.

"Vulgar newspapers are like this, and she won't care anymore. Delete it, it's not good for you to offend people like Van Doorne. ”

"There is no girl who doesn't care about being so vilified in the newspapers." The detective cat replied very stubbornly.

Anna shook her head helplessly.

Foreign countries are actually very strict about sexual harassment, but they also divide people.

If a politician talks like that, he's going to have to step down tomorrow.

However, the society's moral requirements for art workers are relatively low, especially those in the art and fashion circles.

The owner of a trendy brand manufacturer who made the white life-expensive T-shirt that caused a lot of trouble for Kanye was once involved in a large number of sex scandals and lawsuits, and sexually harassed female reporters in public during the interview, and he was still very popular.

If he were to be called an old rascal, Van Doorne would be mistaken at best.

As for The Moon.

The newspaper merely accompanied her photographs with a few portraits of unclothed models, which were not even restrictive subjects in the censorship of publications because they were works of art.

"I'm going to see who's the real monkey."

After Gu Weijing finished typing, the taxi stopped in front of a calligraphy and painting warehouse in Yangon.