Milan, Italy,

Busy Malpensa International Airport.

A curvy Gulfstream G500 private jet is approaching and landing.

The owners of such high-end business jets are usually either Forbes listed tycoons, rock kings, sports superstars, and airport VIP protection is a high priority.

The terminal specially delayed the landing of two Airberlin Airbus 320neo planes that were circling over Milan, and gave priority to cutting in line to clear the runway for it.

The aircraft is covered from nose to tail in blue-black postmodernist-style spraypainting, with a black sun on the vertical tail.

It's now approaching Winter Fashion Week.

This personalized and unique livery immediately attracted the attention of many paparazzi reporters in the terminal.

"Wow! Gulfstream G500, is this the new aircraft of Lady Gaga? There is news that she is coming to Milan for the red carpet? ”

A paparazzi picked up the camera in his hand and took a wild shot at the very Cthulhu-style Gulfstream.

"No, Lady Gaga's new livery is gold. And, according to inside sources, Lady Gaga just finished the halftime show at the NFL Football Super Bowl and is now on vacation with her family and will not attend business events this month. ”

Another, better-informed-looking paparazzi, retorted.

"It's ...... Illustrator De Jong Van Doorn's airplane livery. ”

An uncle of a Fashion Weekly reporter with a lion-like messy beard aims his frame at the Gulfstream, which glides down the runway.

"De Jong Van Doorne? Which star is coming? ”

The paparazzi seemed to be a little familiar with the name, but they couldn't remember it for a while.

"A well-known illustrator artist, a fashion predator, famous for designing clothes for ZARA, and the designer of the official symbol of the United Nations Snow Conservation "Eco-Polar...... He should now be the chief art officer of the first-line French fashion brand Amita. ”

The uncle seems to be very good at fashion and art, and casually tells Van Doorne's identity.

"Oh, I remember, in the video that Mr. Hyperion published earlier, there was an illustration by the author, wasn't that Fandoorn?"

Someone finally remembered the video of the explosion on the oil pipe before.

"It's the useless artist who was criticized by the beautiful young lady named Yelena? If I remember correctly, the winner at the end of the video seemed to be a web illustrator named Detective Cat. ”

"No, no, no...... Didn't you read the follow-up report? The judge girl is the second ancestor who relied on her family name to ascend to the throne, and she doesn't understand art at all. As for the detective cat, it's just a cheap painter who can only draw pirated web illustrations. ”

"But he really paints it."

"It's more like a photo, but you want to sell a normal photo for a lot of money, is it possible? A cheap painter is a cheap painter, and he doesn't have a little understanding of art. No, the judge chick heard that she had been expelled from Oil Painting magazine. And Fandoorn, on the other hand, can still take a private jet and come to Milan to participate in Fashion Week like no one...... By the way, by the way, did any of you ever have been with Milan Fashion Week? Why I've never seen Van Doorn in the exhibition area of the trendy brand Amita. ”

……

"Damn lame, I should have been in Paris at this time of year."

Van Doorne looked out the porthole at the snow-covered city, frowning.

As one of the few super-first-line fashion breakers, Van Doorne is undoubtedly one of the most lucrative illustrators of all time in the industry pyramid.

An art professor like Ray Louise earns hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

But Fan Dorn goes to various fashion weeks and fashion brand publicity conferences every year, and the maintenance fees for aviation fuel and business jets burned are about the same amount.

But

He didn't have to bear the costs himself.

After Van Doorne succeeded in using his illustrations to break through the two worlds of fashion and environmental protection, he ended his contract with the top gallery Lisson Gallery.

now

Although he still gets some high-value illustration contracts,

But his main identity is the chief art officer of the French fashion brand "Mil Amida", which focuses on environmentally friendly handicrafts.

In order to sign a top artist like Van Doorne, the fashion company offered him a contract that included the $40 million Gulfstream G500 and the right to use a 62-foot blue-water yacht moored in a Mediterranean port.

in other words

This is part of the artist's welfare, and the company pays for all expenses, and he doesn't have to pay a dime.

But Van Doorne is not without pressure.

It is difficult to have evergreen trees in the field of modern art style, and the field of fashion brands is even more scary in terms of rapid generation.

Even the business empire of a superstar like Kanye, who used to make so much money every day that he couldn't even count it, has collapsed.

Yesterday was beautiful, but now the art designers who have been snubbed by the market are even more innumerable.

At this point in Van Doorne,

Sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat.

In previous years, Amida's global sales were about US$1 billion to US$1.5 billion, which is considered to be the level of the middle and upper reaches of the top trendy brands.

Although it was not as good as Kanye's "coconut" in the past, and it was far from old luxury companies such as Hermes and Chanel, the gross profit margin of this trendy brand was extremely high, and the company was also alive and well.

Every year in February, the Fall/Winter Fashion Week is a vanity fair for fashion and luxury companies to make their products known.

From Paris to New York, from Chanel to second-tier labels, supermodels with thin waists and long legs compete on the same stage.

As Amita's Chief Artistic Officer,

This is his first time at Milan Fashion Week.

Vandoorne's regular schedule at this time in previous years has been to attend the longer Paris Fashion Week, and to be interviewed as an art designer at the Amida show after the opening ceremony on the first day.

But this year,

However, he was temporarily "dispatched" by the company to Milan Fashion Week.

That's not good news for the chief art officer of a French brand.

"Darling, Milan Fashion Week is also very heavy, it is also one of the four major international fashion weeks, and it is no worse than Paris."

The hatch opened, and the short-haired assistant and lover stood on the gangway, taking a breath of the Italian winter air.

She lazily pecked on Fandoorne's earlobe, then gently grabbed a lady's cigarette with her crimson fingers and lit it: "I prefer the Mediterranean in winter." We could go skiing in a helicopter into the mountains. ”

"You know what a, idiot."

Van Doorn violently slapped the cigarette off the female assistant's hand.

When he was in a good mood, he didn't care about the female assistant smoking, but thought it was sexy, but now, he has no interest in smelling other people's secondhand smoke.

Van Doorn knows,

Amida, as a French brand,

Although the four major international fashion weeks are participated in by the company.

But under the tilt of resources, it is definitely Paris Fashion Week that is the most important.

The best-selling or most valued designer new products of the year will also be showcased at the "Amida New Product Launch" at Paris Fashion Week.

As for Milan Fashion Week,

"Milan, a place that is 30% cheaper than Paris, I hate it. Damn Italians, they don't have a sense of time at all. ”

Van Doorne muttered viciously.

He descended the gangway, stood on the concrete floor in front of the hangar, and looked around, and found that the hotel's scheduled Rolls-Royce airport welcome car had not yet arrived.

Waiting room,

He himself was irritated and took out a cigarette from the cigarette case and smoked it.

Whenever people mention the history of Milan Fashion Week, they can't avoid mentioning -

It is a reluctantly imitation of Paris Fashion Week after the Italian clothing industry was defeated by French haute couture luxury after World War II.

Like the slogan of the first Italian Fashion Week. "We are 30 percent cheaper than Parisian products, with more elaborate workmanship and better materials."

In Van Doorne's mind,

Milan Fashion Week is nothing more than a high imitation of Paris.

In previous years, Van Doorne's booth at Paris Fashion Week was replaced by the work of several other young designers from the Amida company.

The company gave a very high-sounding - "we want to give more fresh blood the opportunity to show themselves".

Van Doorne knew what the real reason was.

"Damn YouTube influencers, damn lame judges, damn monkey web illustrators."

He took a vicious puff on his cigarette.

Fashion,

Success is also traffic, and failure is also traffic.

On the video of the world's number one Internet celebrity, the dog's blood sprayed by the art judges did not have an impact on Van Doorne.

Especially when the judge's lady is still beautiful and intoxicating, this video has now been viewed more than 500 million times.

He was originally willing to accept Thomas's invitation, but he just wanted to get a lot of traffic.

It's good now

The traffic does have.

But in front of this hundreds of millions of viewers, he lost such a big face.

Many young people who buy artist fashion brands are pursuing nothing more than a "forced style".

The designer's own paintings were criticized by an art critic for nothing from a professional-looking corner.

It's fucking damn.

Van Doorne's subsequent series of counterattacks were also completely out of necessity.

Seriously, he'd heard of Miss Anna Elena, the heiress of a glamorous old art family.

Even if the Elena family is now in decline, there is some meaning that the yellow flower tree will fall and scatter tomorrow, but after all, the hundred-legged insect is dead and not stiff.

This kind of character who is intertwined in the art circle, there is no need for him to offend people without eyesight.

But...... This bitch has a sick brain!

It's just a hunting video taken by a big YouTube Internet celebrity to satisfy the curiosity of the audience, why are you doing so seriously.

Van Doorne doubted,

Will Anna know the unknown online illustrator in private, this video is simply a game set up to step on herself to make a name for others.

In the blink of an eye,

He threw the thought out of his head.

Even Van Doorne has to admit that the level of the web illustrator is really good.

If you are a friend of the Yelena family, there are normal means to become famous.

There is no need to do this.

"Thankfully, she's too young. Luckily, that guy is just a worthless cartoonist. ”

Van Doorne felt that his overall response was very decent,

Whether it was pressuring the board of directors of Oil Painting magazine, slandering Anna in interviews for her family's fame, or saying that the African painter was a monkey who could only draw stereotypically and knew nothing about art concepts...... It all works very well.

The latter is actually not slanderous,

That's what Van Doorne had in mind.

If public opinion thinks that Anna is simply a second ancestor who ascended to the throne through her family reputation, then her original doubts about herself will not matter.

As for the future of the African illustrator, is it being treated unfairly?

Who the cares?

"My dear. Don't be angry, that lame slut of "Oil Painting" has already paid the price. ”

The assistant smiled coquettishly.

To be the closest to the top of the many canaries around Van Doorne, her EQ is still quite high, "Moreover, although Milan is 30% cheaper than Paris, it is more premium, isn't it?" ”

"Bitch is to blame."

Van Doorne snorted, being photographed a little comfortably.

In the end, it looks like this should be the end of the matter.

The forced palace of "Oil Painting" magazine went much smoother than he imagined.

Not even what he had feared about the art critic being pressured by the art critic through her connections in the art world did not happen.

seemingly

The once glorious Yelena family is indeed just a paper tiger now.

As for Amida, after so many years, this trendy brand has been deeply bound to itself.

One is prosperous, and one is lost.

It's not so easy to kick yourself out.

It is estimated that when this period of limelight passes, everything will almost return to normal.

"Mr. Van Doorne? Mr. Van Doorne? Why did Amida place you at this year's booth in Milan instead of in Paris in previous years? Does that mean you're going to take a back seat to the brand's array of designers? Is this the impact of the YouTube Internet celebrity Mr. Hyperion's video? ”

At this time,

A shrill voice threw a barrage of questions at Van Doorne like a cannon.

Van Doorne turned his head to see a middle-aged uncle with a camera on his chest jumping out of an airport shuttle bus.

The other shouted as he ran wildly towards his position.

“Fuck！ Do the airport guards eat? How can the paparazzi put it in. ”

Van Doorne was annoyed.

He didn't want to pay attention to this kind of tabloid reporter at all, and when he saw that the hotel's welcome car had already driven over, he was ready to get in the car.

"You just hit your female assistant, and I captured the photo."

Behind him came the threatening voice of a middle-aged uncle.

"Which magazine are you a reporter for?"

Van Doorne turned his head, anger in his tone.

He didn't expect that he inadvertently filmed the cigarette in the female assistant's hand, and he was actually captured.

"If you dare to publish this photo, prepare for an all-you-can-eat lawsuit." Van Doorne scolded.

"One question, Mr. Van Doorne, if you can answer me one question seriously, I will delete the photo immediately."

The middle-aged uncle held up a finger: "Please, Mr. Van Doorne, I gave the driver of the shuttle bus 200 euros, you have to ask me something." ”

"Which magazine are you a reporter for?" Van Doorne asked, furrowing an eyebrow.

"A Hodgepodge of Fashion."

Van Doorne had never heard of the newspaper.

I guess it's the tabloid.

But tabloids have no bottom line.

He knows that the other party's behavior has been illegal, but this kind of tabloid entertainment reporter is not afraid of lawsuits, not afraid of jail, and afraid of no news.

Hitting a woman can be a big or small thing.

Van Doorne really doesn't want to get into this kind of shit-like thing right now.

"Well, just a question."

"And it can't be just that...... If you don't want to, see you in court. Van Doorn said indifferently.

The middle-aged reporter held up the tape recorder of his mobile phone and thought for a moment: "In that case, let's talk about the detective cat, you once called him a monkey who can play the basic scale." But the director of the Taylor National Gallery, Tonks, was willing to accept the invitation to talk to him on the Apple Blog about serious art, do you have anything to comment on this behavior? Do you think this is his declaration of war on you? ”

He pulls up a poster of Mr. Sloth on his phone.

"DECLARATION OF WAR, NO, NO, NO, I'M AN ARTIST. And he was just a botched printer. ”

Vandoorne smiled: "We're not on the same track as Ben. How can a dwarf declare war on the giants. ”

(End of chapter)