Zheng Yuan glanced at Fang Yi, put the things in his hands on the cart, and then asked: "Do you understand the explanation?".
"It doesn't make sense to me!" Fang Yi shook his head and sighed. This aunt was also very able to associate things, as if she worked at Lenovo Company.
"Then why are you wasting your breath!" Zheng Yuan smiled and said, "Let's go!".
"Can we go back?" Fang Yi immediately cheered up after hearing these words, and he happily wanted to push the car to the checkout counter downstairs.
Before he could push even one meter, he was stopped by Zheng Yuan: "I also need to buy some noodles, seasonings and other snacks, I will eat them while watching TV at night!".
"Oh!" Upon hearing this, Fang Yi's legs felt as if they were immediately filled with lead, and he pushed the car and continued walking behind Zheng Yuan.
It took Zheng Yuan another half an hour to pick out the things. The whole cart was full of things and was piled up like a hill. Fang Yi shook his head while pushing.
"Why do you always buy so many things from this supermarket like it's free every time you go out?" Fang Yi asked Zheng Yuan curiously.
Zheng Yuan glanced at Fang Yi and said: "Happy!".
"I can't understand!" When Fang Yi heard such two simple words, he didn't know what to ask, so he just said it!
The two pushed the car to check out, then loaded the things into the jeep and went home. From now on, Fang Yi and Zheng Yuan would do this kind of shopping every other week, and then every Sunday Fang Yi would go home to spend time with his parents and sister.
In about a month, I will open a small salon with my friends and look at their paintings.
This kind of life is simple and fulfilling for Fang Yi. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and people like Zheng Yuan and Qu Gu have also returned home. Fang Yi cooks two or three meals at a time while staying in the studio.
The rest of the time, just put the food in the microwave to heat it up.
It took three and a half months of painting before the three oil paintings on wood were officially completed. They were handed over to Chen Shenglin and sent to Suzhou to be delivered to Sun Chengfu.
Watching the car dragging the triptych disappear from his sight, Fang Yi couldn't help but feel a little reluctant. After three and a half months of full devotion, it can be said that these three paintings of Christ and the Virgin and Child have reached his own level.
Limit. Now Fang Yi seems to have lost money on this painting! The more than 400,000 yuan he received is disproportionate to this painting.
"Let this person take advantage of him!" Liu Hongshuo, standing next to Fang Yi, said.
"Haha!" Fang Yi laughed after listening to the teacher's words and said: "I won't paint such big paintings anymore. It's not half as tiring to make such a big painting from a small one!".
Liu Hongshuo glanced at his disciple and said: "Is this big? The previous masters painted church domes that were much bigger than this!".
After hearing this, Fang Yi shook his head, smiled, and said nothing. Who would paint a dome like the masters did in the past? It would take two or three years to paint one painting.
"Let's go! Go to the living room, I have something to discuss with you." Liu Hongshuo patted his disciple on the arm and walked into the room.
Fang Yi followed the teacher's footsteps: "It's not like I have any more paintings to draw! I have to rest for a month or two before I can paint such a big one. It's too energy-consuming!".
Liu Hongshuo ignored Fang Yi, sat down on a chair in the living room and asked, "Have you ever thought about going abroad? Go to Paris!".
How could Fang Yi have never thought about this matter? Fang Yi guessed it from the time the teacher taught him French! He poured a glass of water for the teacher, sat next to the teacher, nodded and said: "I have thought about it! And
You should go to Paris too!”
For Fang Yi, the most attractive thing is not the diplomas issued by the art academies in Paris. It is the major museums in Europe. There are many masterpieces by famous artists in these museums. Fang Yi looks forward to seeing and copying them.
After hearing this, Liu Hongshuo patted the armrest and said: "Then I will help you make arrangements first! You can't go to school today. The time is a bit tight, but you have to adapt to it when you arrive in Paris. In the second half of the year, you will be in October at the latest
Get ready to leave. Besides, you also need to arrange your life matters, and then prepare for interviews from February to May next year! When you get there, you can go and see for yourself, and whichever school you like, just attend the interview at that school! You make your own decisions about these."
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At this point, he looked at Fang Yi and sighed and said: "Originally, I planned for you to finish four years in school and then stay for one year. Although your painting became better later, this person is too addicted. When you get there, you will look like you did a while ago.
, I’m really not at ease. I’m in a very good condition now! I’m ready to go!”.
"Teacher!" Fang Yi looked at Liu Hongshuo and said, "I'd better go to your old school to feel familiar!".
After hearing this, Liu Hongshuo smiled and nodded with great satisfaction and said: "This is very much what I want!". At this time, Liu Hongshuo was like an ordinary student, very grateful to his alma mater for training him. For Fang Yi, he said that he chose himself.
Of course my alma mater is satisfied.
"Now, you have to prepare a complete portfolio and show it to the interviewer when you go for the interview. In addition, you will also be asked to talk about your artistic views. In fact, this aspect is mainly to test you.
According to the language level, there is also an instant art paper for foreign students, which must be written on the spot!"
Fang Yi was stunned for a moment when he heard this: "What to do?"
Liu Hongshuo glanced at Fang Yi and said: "It's not difficult. France has a free style of study. You can write whatever you want. Don't be like a domestic exam, just write down your opinions on art!".
After hearing this, Fang Yi nodded, then remembered something and asked the teacher: "I have sold more than a dozen pieces of my works, and this portfolio is not easy to handle! I have only one thing at home until now.
There are only a few works left, but I can’t even make up for it!”.
Liu Hongshuo looked at Fang Yi and said with a smile: "Follow me!" After saying that, he put down the tea cup in his hand and walked out the door.
Fang Yi followed the teacher to the teacher's home. Seeing the teacher leading him towards the art storage room, he couldn't help but ask: "What are you doing in the art storage room?".
Liu Hongshuo didn't answer and directly opened the door of the art storage room and turned on the light on the wall.
As soon as the light came on, Fang Yi was speechless. There was a row of oil paintings hanging on the wall on his left hand. All of them were works he had sold in the past two years. There were many paintings worth tens of thousands.
Hanging quietly on the wall of the teacher's art storage room. "Girl Playing the Cello" and "Moon Sky" are a dozen of my own works.
Fang Yi walked directly to these paintings and looked at them one by one. After reading them, he turned to Liu Hongshuo next to him and uttered two words from his mouth: "Teacher!" He didn't know what to say next.
Suddenly seeing all the works he had sold in the past two or three years hanging in front of his eyes, and still in his teacher's art storage room, Fang Yi understood at once that these works had been bought by his teacher.
The buyer Chen Shenglin was talking about was his teacher!
Liu Hongshuo patted Fang Yi on the shoulder: "I asked Xiaopeng and Shenglin for a favor. The regular buyer is me!".
After speaking, he looked at Fang Yi's works, then turned his attention to his disciple and continued: "I have never asked you to participate in any of those national exhibitions, this or that family's exhibition. It's not that I don't want to see you famous. No.
People want you to be famous more than I do! It’s just your age and the character you slowly reveal that impress me so much
I'm worried! But you also need a little encouragement, so I thought of this method! From this aspect, you are a good student and know what it means to respect teachers. If you were someone else, you would be better at drawing than Zhou Tong.
But the price is only half of others, and the teacher doesn’t help me, so I have already complained in my heart!”
"Teacher! I have never complained against you." Fang Yi looked at the teacher and said.
Liu Hongshuo looked at Fang Yi and said, "I know, you are not that kind of child!".
"It's even better to look so warm now! Keep it up. Even if you become famous in the future, don't forget this. Getting too lost in the so-called fame is not a good thing! Humility makes people better.
Progress, pride makes people fall behind. This sentence is very reasonable!" Liu Hongshuo looked at Fang Yi and said: "Keep this humility when you are outside!
Whether you are a person with personality or a peaceful person, they all like to deal with people with a gentle personality! No one likes to deal with fierce and weird people! Keep this humility, it will be very helpful for you in the future, don’t imitate my personality
I just talk happily and do things that offend people. There are many things that come to mind now. If I can change my attitude to a gentler attitude, I may not be able to accomplish anything!"
After listening to the teacher's words, Fang Yi didn't know what to say. He could only nodded to show that he remembered.
"Find time to take these paintings back! Keep them for organizing your portfolio later," Liu Hongshuo said, waving his hand to Fang Yi.
Fang Yi shook his head and asked the teacher: "Do you think they are worth 50,000 yuan?".
"Of course! In fact, the price I set at 200,000 yuan is what I think is a suitable price, but it takes some time to let the gallery operate. In terms of standard, let alone 200,000 yuan, it is better than some people in China who have more than 300,000 yuan.
Good! The disadvantage lies in your age. If you are over thirty years old, the price of these paintings will definitely exceed that of Yan Daqi!" Liu Hongshuo thought for a moment and said to Fang Yi.
Fang Yi looked at the teacher after listening, calmed down his emotions and said with a smile: "I won't take it back, I don't have so much money to give back to you! I'd better stay with you, I can't give up my good money.
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"You kid!" Liu Hongshuo smiled after hearing this and stretched out his hand to tap Fang Yi, and then said: "Then I will save it for you first, and then give it to you when you come back for the exhibition! You will be leaving soon.
When the time comes, I’ll find someone to help you make a portfolio!”.
The master and apprentice chatted for a while, then turned off the lights in the painting room, and went to the teacher's house to sit and chat. They had a meal at the teacher's house at noon, and then returned to their own homes.
He didn't go in and just sat on the steps in the courtyard.
Fang Yi didn't take back these paintings, of course not to save hundreds of thousands! Now that Fang Yi sells a painting by Gregorian, he will have this money! What's more, even if he takes it away, the teacher will not
I will accept the hundreds of thousands given by myself. Now these paintings are not only my works, but also embody the teacher's deep love for me. They no longer belong to me alone but also to my teacher.
Half an hour later, Zheng Yuan walked out of the house and saw Fang Yi sitting in the yard in a daze for a long time and asked: "Why are you sitting in the yard in such cold weather?".
After hearing what Zheng Yuan said, Fang Yi looked up at Zheng Yuan and said, "I'm going to France!".
"Who would have thought?" Zheng Yuan said with a smile: "It would be weird if your teacher didn't send you to study abroad!".
"It's not just about studying abroad!" Fang Yi said.
After hearing this, Zheng Yuan asked Fang Yi: "What else? Shouldn't I ask you to go to France to find a French girl? Then I'll congratulate you first!".
Fang Yi shook his head and said, "No!". After saying that, he patted his butt and stood up from the steps. Then he smiled at Zheng Yuan and turned back to the studio.
What Fang Yi didn't say is that painting now has more than just an interest for him, something worth pursuing.