"It's done."

Gu Weijing looked at the display on the virtual panel, and the whole person became excited.

System data is only a secondary scoring tool.

The quality of the specific paintings, Gu Weijing has already made a general judgment in the process of creation.

The process of painting is so smooth that the completion of the whole painting cannot be low.

If the picture effect of this kind of painting is used to participate in the graduation exhibition of the general art academy, it can be properly arranged to make its debut in the C position.

Even if you take the picture in front of you and take it to the Biennale right now.

If you don't meet that kind of particularly picky judges, you won't think that there is any difference in the painting style of this fusion painting.

Even a little lower.

So that he can't even see the problem.

It's just that the system belongs to the kind of judges who are particularly strict and fastidious.

When Gu Weijing just looked at it, he thought that the dividing lines between the different techniques had completely disappeared.

Upon closer examination, it was found.

On the virtual panel, there is still a little shadow.

Among them, the dividing line between the [Sketch Technique] and the [Oil Painting Technique] is only a faint shallow mark, similar to a small mark scraped by a fingernail on a plastic shell.

It seems that if you just wipe it hard, it will disappear.

The imprint between the [Oil Painting Technique] and the [Chinese Painting Technique] is correspondingly deeper, and it is just the feeling of sewing the same color sewing thread on the cloth.

"Recently, I should focus more on the practice of Chinese painting. Gongbi uses a pen to render this point, and then consult with Professor Lin Tao more. The style of my Chinese painting and the sketch are still weaker when paired with oil painting. ”

"The final payment of "The Little Prince" in the publisher's contract, together with the share of the Easter sales week, will be settled in mid-to-late April. If the progress is fast, I should rely on myself, and I will be able to raise the [Chinese Painting Technique] to the second level of the profession before then. Make up for the last shortcoming. ”

Gu Weijing was thinking about his plans for the last few days.

"If all goes well, we will be able to submit our submissions to the organizing committee of the Singapore Biennale before May. There will be no delay in meeting the latest deadline for submission. ”

"It's just...... Shall I add another painting? ”

He touched his chin and thought in his mind.

I can be sure that my most important exhibition painting is definitely this "Good Luck Orphanage in the Sun".

In some large-scale international biennials such as Singapore, Magic City, Yokohama, etc., each artist in the master group can submit two to five manuscripts.

There is no limit to the number of painters who can be invited to the channel, and within a reasonable range, there can be a very large number of painters.

Gu Weijing originally planned to submit only one painting.

Now that he was practicing fusion painting faster than he had imagined, he hesitated to draw another work on a different subject when the time came.

Anyway, if you pass the audition, it will be a waste if the booth allocated to you is empty.

Do you want to add a sketch of the same style and build a theme with this "Good Luck Orphanage"?

Or draw an orthodox impressionist work to show the organizing committee the versatility of your style?

Of course.

The real main work in his heart that is expected to win the award must be this "Good Luck Orphanage in the Sun".

Art exhibitions are not much more expensive.

Voting only one work may not win the award.

At the same time, a large number of works will be exhibited, and the organizing committee may not think that you are too hard, sympathize with you and award you a water award.

The larger the biennale, the more so.

Look at the quality, not the quantity.

When Damien Hirst participated in the Venice Biennale, he brought up to 189 works of art, one theme pavilion for each country, and one theme pavilion for himself.

As a result, he still did not win the award.

It's embarrassing.

——

Sunset

A woman in a dark formal dress and sunglasses sits on a chair against the wall in the courtyard.

A dark gun handle peeked out from the hem of the suit jacket, attracting the attention of many volunteers and children in the yard.

There were also two fat little children who ran over to touch the handle of the gun, but before the woman who exuded a solemn temperament could speak, she was embarrassed by the female director of the orphanage.

Gu Weijing walked out of the orphanage and saw Katsuko Sakai waving at the woman.

The woman took out two takeout boxes from the trunk of the Lexus car on the side.

The two dark metal insulated buckets with a lot of weight, in the hands of this powerful lady, are like two light and fluttering plastic dumbbells, which are very easy to carry.

Mrs. Sakai knew that her daughter had to run to the orphanage every day.

She is a good mother, since she has made everything she needs to say clear to her daughter.

At this time, when people are tired of being with her boyfriend every day, she runs to be a light bulb again, annoying her daughter for no reason.

The orphanage is located in the Leada district, which is in the poorer lower district of Yangon.

Because the residents generally believe in Buddhism, which is relatively peaceful, in fact, the incidence of malignant incidents is not much.

Statistically, at least, it's nowhere near as dramatic as the neighborhoods where U.N. guns fight every day, like Brooklyn's Black Quarter and Mexico's Tijuana.

But after all, it was Burma, and Mrs. Sakai was still worried that her precious and beautiful daughter was running around, so she simply hired a private security guard for Sakai Katsuko.

Myanmar's private security business, like its business escort business, is very mature.

In the past, when the warlords had not yet declared a ceasefire, it was not difficult to recruit mercenaries.

Nowadays, hiring a full-time bodyguard with sufficient credibility and endorsement from a reliable company is enough to pay about four or five thousand dollars a month.

A female bodyguard costs $2,000 and a Japanese-speaking body costs another $2,000.

A salary of nine thousand dollars a month is a high salary wherever it is placed, and it is not even a hair compared to the safety of her daughter Katsuko Sakai.

Uncle Sakai earned it by nibbling on two doughnuts casually, and it was not as expensive as the hotel suite they stayed in.

Katsuko Sakai now follows the security guards every day when she travels.

People don't go to the studio every day, they just wait below.

Sometimes in the car, sometimes in the yard, unless Katsuko has an order, he doesn't say anything, and is silent like a female robot in "The Terminator".

This Lexus was also rented at the suggestion of the bodyguards.

In the past, I used to take the Mercedes Benz of the Aman concierge every day, which was convenient to return, but it was too eye-catching and easy to be targeted by unscrupulous kidnappers.

Changing to a light blue Lexus is much less eye-catching.

At this time, Katsuko Sakai had finished drawing, with headphones in her ears, and was watching a video playing on her phone.

Ngawang finally escaped the little girl's clutches that lasted for half a day.

For cats, playing with girls in elementary school is a work that is countless times more energy-consuming than catching mice and shooting dragonflies.

It was tired and was lying at Katsuko Sakai's feet, snoring happily.

"I was just wondering if I should go up and call you. Mom ordered a meal, sent it over, and let's go home after eating together. ”

When Shengzi saw that Gu Weijing had come out, he immediately turned his head and greeted.

Gu Weijing smelled the rich smell of food.

The aroma of the caramelized fat and butter excites by the heat is still permeated through the insulated cone.

He sniffed casually, and his stomach gurgled twice.

Gu Weijing couldn't help asking, "What is so fragrant?" ”

"Burgundy beef simmered in red wine with cheese gratin crepes...... At noon, I saw that you only ate two sushi, and in the evening, the dish that asked your mother to order was a little harder. ”

Katsuko Sakai flipped through the menu order sent by the take-out restaurant on her mobile phone and said casually.

Mrs. Sakai is such a delicate lady, she never gets tired of eating, she has been a rich girl since she was a child, and she is very particular about ordering takeout.

Artist families with incomes of nearly $10 million a year are outliers who are willing to eat in a small restaurant on the street like Uncle Sakai.

Now it's time for the meal, but it's not good to eat such a fancy diet in the courtyard of the orphanage.

So the female bodyguard brought the fragrant food box to Uncle Alai's porter hut and borrowed the table there.

"Let's go and eat in the house, call Jasmine, close the door, and eat together at sunset."

Katsuko Sakai didn't eat the fireworks of the world, so much so that she invited all the children and volunteers in the orphanage to a big meal.

She was loving, but she knew she couldn't help everyone.

Katsuko just brought Jasmine and rewarded the other party for being his model for so long, and walked into the gatehouse cottage with Gu Weijing.

The mussel soup is made with star anise, which enhances the flavor, and the sauce of the beef stew and the melted fat are mixed together to form a creamy colloid.

As the lid of the food box opened, it seemed even more fragrant all over the room.

The female bodyguard quickly lit the plastic candlesticks and small candles that came with the takeaway box of the French restaurant.

She sneaked out of the other bag of two M7 Wagyu burgers that she had bought for her as a working meal, leaving the quiet dining environment to her employer.

After the bodyguard lady went out with two hamburgers, she was not in a hurry to eat.

After wandering around the courtyard, the woman finally found her target in the crowd of people who had just finished dinner in line at the orphanage not far away.

"Sir?"

The bodyguard was wary and patted a lame man in a tall leather suit on the shoulder.

Work habits.

This kind of job that can get a high salary by accompanying the rich family every day is rare.

Some time ago, a PMC (private armed contractor) was rescued from hostages in a fraud park in northern Myanmar when he was swept away with an AK and almost paralyzed.

Not counting the combat allowance, that guy's monthly salary is less than $5,000.

There are so many veterans every year, and any mercenaries, bodyguards, and soldier kings with an annual salary of one million are all liars.

Myanmar is not Afghanistan, and people like them only earn more than ordinary people.

Especially when this rich daughter doesn't run around, doesn't go clubbing, doesn't go shopping, and stays in an orphanage very conveniently and worry-free.

In the face of this kind of high-quality employer that is difficult to find with a lantern, the female bodyguard is still willing to work more attentively in her usual work.

Bodyguards are defensive professions.

When she enters the work spectrum, she likes to mark in mind the potential dangers of her surroundings to her employer.

Be reasonable,

The orphanage is made up of a group of children and elderly volunteers.

It's hard to find a more peaceful scene in the world.

In terms of the degree of danger, the most dangerous thing in her mind is actually Jasmine, who has an HIV mark on her body.

But Sakai Katsuko didn't speak herself, and she couldn't talk about the bodyguards.

Other...... I don't know why, she always smells very dangerous in this lame man.

"Talk a few words?"

The female bodyguard took a burger out of the bag and handed it over.

When training in a company, the more common way to talk to the target is to pass a cigarette.

The employer of her mission was a minor, and she was afraid that there would be residual smoke to people's homes, so the female bodyguard did not bring a cigarette when she worked.

So when she ordered food today, she deliberately asked for an extra working meal.

A Wagyu beef burger that costs 50,000 kyats can also be used as a substitute for cigarettes.

"What are you asking?"

The lame man reached out and took the hamburger.

When the female bodyguard handed the burger, she gently scraped the inside of the other party's finger with her fingernail, which was not flirting. She felt a hard cocoon on the inside of the other man's finger, the callouse left by the friction of the trigger of the gun against the fingertip.

The woman's pupils constricted.

Sure enough, he was a dangerous person.

Uncle Alai watched the bodyguard tossing in front of him expressionlessly, but his eyes seemed to be smiling.

"There's something wrong with my car's engine, can you help?" The female bodyguard adjusted her expression and asked with a professional smile.

"Well, little girl, if you want to know if I'm trained in the military, just tell me."

Uncle Alai stretched out his palm and showed her the traces of his palm.

Since becoming Gu Weijing's assistant, it is like turning a new page in my life.

Uncle Alai seemed to be becoming more and more comfortable with his past, and he smiled calmly: "You're right, it's not the traces left by the mechanic's hex screwdriver, it's the gun grinding, I used to be a soldier." ”

"Veterans? There are many ways to make money, so ask why you're here...... What about the gate? The female bodyguard still had a professional smile on her face, and her whole hand was unconsciously on the handle of the gun.

What is the internal response of the kidnapping syndicate? Hatchet man? Informants?

The bodyguard vigilantly speculated what this guy who was out of step with his surroundings was doing.

"Then why are you here?"

Uncle Alai looked up and down at the sturdy woman opposite.

"In fact, I have always thought that the security guards in suits belong to Hollywood movies, and if it is not for the business and government occasions that require a strong voice, writing 'I am a bodyguard' on the face not only reduces the concealment, but also invisibly affects the daily life of the employer."

"If clothing can be regarded as a company regulation. So in the environment of Myanmar, either it is equipped with real guns to show force, or it is simply not equipped with guns to reduce the aggressiveness in the eyes of outsiders. It was a smarter decision than walking around with a taser stun on your waist. ”

"Have you read the papers?" Uncle Alai said in a kind tone of instruction to children.

"What?"

"Essay on gun deterrence and criminal psychology, well, it seems that not only have you not been trained in this area, but your instructor has not mentioned it to you, alas, young people nowadays......"

Uncle Alai looked at the plastic gun handle in the female bodyguard's hand and shook his head helplessly.

"For outlaws who really want to do something, people don't care about a stun gun, they think you don't have the courage to use lethal force. It's a bit too much to scare ordinary people. Moreover, studies have shown that in the case of close-range shooting, no matter where the electrodes of the taser are shot, the risk of sudden cardiac arrest caused by electric current is actually very large and uncontrollable, and the benefits outweigh the losses. The best choice of equipment for this task should instead be a real gun, with three rubber-pressed explosion-proof bullets in the front of the magazine and compacted bullets in the back. ”

"Of course, it's also possible that the defense company behind you doesn't have the ability to get permission to use special bullets."

Uncle Alai looked at the bodyguard lady whose face was about to explode, and waved his hand casually: "Calm down, don't be nervous, I don't want to do anything." It's just that I feel that the juniors who are now working in the security industry are a bit too amateurish, so I can't help but say a few more words. ”

"It's good to be vigilant all the time. It's just a little girl, I'll talk to you from the heart...... Observe and observe before you go to work in the future. ”

"Even if I'm really a bad person, what is really out of your argument like this, you have to be sure that you can beat me again, it's the most simple truth, right."

"It's not so fun to startle a snake and surprise a tiger."

Uncle Alai threw the hamburger into the bag in the female bodyguard's hand, ignored the other party who was about to listen to the stupid, and left with a smile.

——

Candles danced, and the air in the gatehouse's cottage was filled with the aroma of melted butter.

You get what you pay for.

Gu Weijing gently tore off a corner of the pancake with the taste of ham and cheese and stuffed it into his mouth, and the deliciousness couldn't be stopped at all.

"Katsuko?"

He noticed Katsuko Sakai across the table, even when she was eating, she kept looking down at her phone, frowning from time to time.

Gu Weijing asked curiously, "What are you looking at?" Japanese drama. ”

"Resolution of the shareholders' meeting of Oil Painting magazine. Have you been concerned about the recent personnel changes in this long-established art evaluation magazine? ”

Katsuko Sakai lowered her voice and said mysteriously.

"Our family's subscription mailbox seems to have received a statement about the restructuring of a magazine. However, I didn't look closely. ”

Gu Weijing replied inexplicably, "What happened to Oil Painting magazine?" ”

Myanmar is too remote.

The turbulent waves of any art market are only a slight ripple here.

"Yes, that's it. You can pay attention to it, my dad said, and this should be the most important moment in the history of art in the last half century, since Picasso's death. Even if Gagosian Gallery announces its dissolution tomorrow, it will not attract more attention than this incident. ”

Katsuko Sakai shrugged: "It is said that they are about to set up their own art fund, and they should be able to make money by buying it." A lot of people around my mom and dad are trying to get a ticket to get on the boat. ”

"Ferry tickets?"

Katsuko Sakai thought for a moment: "It is estimated that the scale of the oil painting fund's products will exceed 500 million US dollars, and the starting threshold for individual investment will be 6 million US dollars. Background checks are also very strict for interested investors. ”

There are very few public funds for the general public in the art sector.

More than 90% of the financial products are private equity funds for the upper class.

Private equity is the game of the rich.

Ordinary people want to participate in any well-known private equity fund, and the starting capital threshold for investing in a single fund fluctuates around $200,000 in the industry.

The threshold of $6 million is quite exaggerated in the field of private equity.

Gu Weijing didn't react much to this outrageous number.

He is the typical child of a poor family who has not yet succeeded in making the class transition.

No channels, no capital.

Even if Katsuko Sakai now told him the inside scoop about the oil painting fund.

Gu Weijing couldn't get together $6 million, so he had to listen to the story.

"Is there a fund in the world that can guarantee to make money if you buy it? They hired Warren Buffett to be the manager, but it didn't work. ”

Gu Weijing was confused.

"The signature of "Oil Painting" is better than that of Warren Buffett. If you bring the goose that lays golden eggs at home to the market, you can also make a lot of money, but you don't know how long the golden eggs can be laid. ”

Katsuko Sakai shook her head.

Everyone is not stupid, and the discerning people are also very aware of the long-term impact of this incident on the future of the magazine.

But making money is not chilling.

Knowing that it is a Ponzi scheme or pyramid scheme, there are many people who are willing to gamble, and it will be ten or twenty years before there is a risk.

Anyway, it will definitely make money in the short term, and everyone is gradually becoming crazy.

"But this time, the detective cat who just became popular is a bit of a victim of the pond fish......" Katsuko Sakai sighed, "Alas, in fact, this sister is really good at drawing, and her artistic accomplishment is quite high, which is a pity." ”

"What? Detective cat, that web painter? ”

Gu Weijing "chuckled" in his heart.

"Oil Painting" magazine is like a cloud hanging high in the sky, thunder, rain and dew are not something that a worthless little person like him can care about.

These hundreds of millions of dollars in big business, what does it matter to yourself?

"Don't you know, wait, I'll send you the link to the video, and we'll watch it together."

Katsuko Sakai thought about it and proposed: "Well, let's look at it directly on YouTube, someone has uploaded the resolution of the shareholders' meeting, and I will share the video with you." ”

Gu Weijing opened his mobile phone, and sure enough, he saw the YouTube link sent by Shengzi.

He clicked in.

Before getting into the serious content, it starts with an ad from Google's official website.

Coincidentally.

Gu Weijing did not open a 30,000 kyats a month YouTube Premium membership, so he needed to watch a mandatory ad every time he played a video.

This advertisement is automatically recommended under the big data algorithm model based on the background records of the ad server and the user.

Depending on the advertising fee given to Google, the frequency of advertising is also different.

I like to watch girls' recommended dating software, I like to watch mobile phone reviews recommend popular mobile games, and I like to watch concerts I recommend 1-to-1 vocal music training classes.

In order to draw a good illustration.

Most of Gu Weijing's search history is related to art and the fairy tale book "The Little Prince".

In the back-end algorithm, the largest advertising promotion contract of the current issue matched with these keywords was just updated on Wednesday this week.

And that's—

Corporate promotional video for the Easter Book Season of the Scholastic Group.

(End of chapter)