Chapter 449: Engaging in Art
Wei Yunzhi seemed to like the "task" Li Yan gave her this time.
At around ten o'clock in the evening, Li Yan had been reading the analysis report for a long time. He had just put it down and was about to go to bed when he saw a pop-up message on "WeChat":
"See you at Rongxi Art Expo at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."
Have you been planning your itinerary?
"Are you still not sleeping at this hour?"
"Nothing, I've arranged everything!"
Li Yan was not very embarrassed. He was just joking at first. To be honest, he just wanted the little beauty to find a place of interest.
Because he really doesn’t know much about where to go and where to buy good things.
...Actually, he didn’t know what he wanted to buy.
Art Expo World?
Don’t you want to buy art?
Li Yan suddenly had a strange idea. Could it be that Wei Yunzhi still remembered the painting her father bought?
For example: "If you don't show me the painting, why don't you sell it?"
So now you're going to buy other people's paintings to get revenge?
In fact, it was an illogical idea, but Li Yan just couldn't relate to it.
"No, no, no..." he muttered silently, but he really didn't know what the little beauty planned to go to this place for.
On the contrary, I was really looking forward to it.
"How will you get there tomorrow?" Li Yan asked.
"Take the subway. It's only a two hundred meter walk after getting off the subway."
"Then I'll take the subway too."
Ashamedly, Li Yan originally planned to ask Xiao Gao to drive him to the art expo world, but he also wanted to pick up Wei Yunzhi.
Once you're used to it, it's hard to go from extravagance to frugality.
Li Yan slept particularly peacefully that night. It was rare for him to wake up later than the alarm clock the next day. He yawned and brushed his teeth to fully wake him up.
“Very good condition.”
Li Yan was choosing clothes in front of the mirror, and then discovered that apart from the various luxury clothes he had bought to match his status as a big boss, he really didn't have any decent summer clothes.
"Why don't you wear a school uniform? ...No, it's too pretentious, it's still low-level pretentiousness, and it doesn't fit in with my pretentious aesthetics."
POLO is prepared for attending some meetings in the summer, and it is definitely not worn when going out.
Then only sports-style clothes are left.
After ten seconds of silence in front of the closet, Li Yan decided to pull some clothes, put on a quick-drying sports shirt and set off.
With this height, appearance, and body type, as long as the style of the clothes is right, it will look like high-end clothing.
Light blue haute couture quick-drying jacket.
There are still many people on the subway on weekends, and many people in Li Yan's car were secretly taking photos. After taking the photos, they would exchange a few words with their companions.
But no one dared to come up and say hello, because Li Yan was wearing a mask and headphones, and looked like she was keeping away from strangers.
He was curious. He was not a celebrity. He was handsome, but he didn't show much publicity. He only had eyes when wearing headphones and a mask. How could he be recognized?
In fact, everyone is just interested in a 185-year-old handsome guy.
Wei Yunzhi was waiting for him at the subway entrance.
Also very conspicuous.
The subway entrance is not far from the art exhibition space, so the surrounding environment is decorated with some artistic elements.
Looking out from the subway entrance, there happens to be a row of green plants scattered at different heights. The colors also change, which is very elegant.
At the end of June, the smell of summer is getting stronger, but it’s not so hot that it’s boring.
The sky is blue and clear, and the white clouds are soft.
The little beauty is getting taller and taller, and her height has reached 170cm at the age of 16.
Wearing a small white floral skirt and a light blue parasol, her waist is slim. The evil wind from the subway entrance makes her long hair flutter, and the clothes also outline one side of her figure.
Just...not quite like a 16-year-old.
Li Yan was immediately reminded of Monet's "Women Holding Umbrellas in Seaside Park" - a fresh version.
Many people will glance at it when entering and exiting the subway. It is as beautiful as an oil painting, and one glance is enough to make you feel relaxed and happy.
Li Yan said I was staring.
The little beauty was a little embarrassed by this evil wind. She held an umbrella with one hand and pulled her skirt with the other, trying not to let the skirt reveal the outline of her waist, hips and legs, and her expression was a little anxious.
She glanced towards the escalator and met Li Yan's eyes.
Then the hand holding the skirt loosened, letting the evil wind do its thing.
Hey?
What's going on?
Did I, Li, think too much?
Obviously this long elevator is quite a bit longer, right?
The two of them came together with a tacit smile, and the eyes of others became more focused.
The rate of return is quite high along the way, generally with good intentions, the handsome men and beautiful women are eye-catching after all.
Wei Yunzhi's skin has always been very white. Now the arms covered by the umbrella are cold white, and the sun shines brightly white, with a dividing line in the middle showing a healthy red color.
Oil paintings cannot paint this kind of color.
"Hello, Boss Li!" Wei Yunzhi's smile has never been suppressed since he saw Li Yan.
"I became the big boss, are you happy?"
The little beauty immediately stopped her smile and said, "No, I'm happy to see you. You don't need to be the big boss."
"I'm happy to see you too."
The girl blushed.
Li Yan felt the wind blowing on his face and felt very refreshed. He is in charge of a company with more than a thousand people and has seen so many big scenes. It's time to take advantage of you, my beautiful adolescent girl.
"Actually, I originally wanted to wear a school uniform today," Wei Yunzhi said.
"Original?"
"Wearing high school uniforms, we go out together like this, it feels like puppy love. Now that you are famous again, I'm afraid it will have a bad influence on you."
What's the reason? Shouldn't it be "Mom said you can't fall in love early"?
"Wouldn't it be different if he didn't wear school uniform?" Li Yan continued to maintain the "relaxation of a prodigal son" - this is what he thought.
"Not 'early'."
……really.
Except for her face, which looks like a 16-year-old, Wei Yunzhi looks like an adult. She is tall and can stand up even if she wears more mature clothes.
When I'm not wearing school uniform, I can no longer relate to the "little girl".
But it seems that 16 years old is no longer a little girl.
The so-called slimness is nothing more than this.
As for Li Yan, in fact, including himself, few people really regard him as a minor.
No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it. After the voice goes through the period of voice change, people who don't know the situation can no longer tell whether it is really young or whether it has been maintained.
In view of the fact that Li Yan's appearance didn't look old at all, he seems to be not much different from the 24-year-old at the rebirth point in his previous life... And because of the physical improvement brought about by high-intensity exercise, he can still see some of his previous life until he was 24 years old. Traces of baby fat are now gone.
In addition to emphasizing "underage" when promoting, who can see this person and associate him with 16 years old?
Not wearing high school uniforms, these two look like a college couple walking together.
Wei Yunzhi probably meant this. He only said it was too late, but he didn't say he was not in love.
Li Yan didn't answer. He felt that something was wrong. Previously, he had dodged the little beauty's straight ball, so he thought it was Wei Yunzhi's turn to dodge when it was his turn to hit the straight ball.
It seems that Wei Yunzhi is preparing to use Tai Chi to fight hard and come back! "How did you come up with the idea of going to the art world?"
"I'll buy you something, keep it secret first."
Rongxi District Art Expo World sounds like a very popular place.
In fact, on the contrary, it is stuck in a position that is relatively neither up nor down.
If you want to say that the stuff is awesome, the really awesome stuff is all in museums, and the New Taipei Museum of Art is the core area.
To say it's more down-to-earth, there are really many powerful artists living here, including retired professors from various art academies, famous painters, emerging artists, etc., who have opened many personal studios.
In fact, they just set up a place for themselves to create art works, such as paintings, sculptures, and modern art installations... but there are no photographers. In this art circle, photography is at the bottom of the contempt chain. I heard that some photographers The artist was dissatisfied with this and specifically encouraged the New Taipei City Photography Association to set up an office there. It was very interesting.
But just because it is a place where a group of artists enjoy themselves, there is basically no fireworks here.
The paintings sold are very expensive, and if you are rich, they may not sell them. The only people who come in and out are those who come to see the exhibition, that is, gallery people.
The officials originally wanted to build it and even tidy up the surrounding environment. However, after a few years it was half dead, they didn't bother to take care of it.
The architectural styles here are very mixed, some are like old factories, some are built with red bricks and fair-faced concrete, some are built into villas and small western-style buildings, and a courtyard suddenly appears from time to time...
Therefore, the road is quite complicated. Wei Yunzhi has to stop and frown after taking a few steps.
But judging from the situation, he should be someone he knows.
Sure enough, after turning east and west, the two of them came to the entrance of a small courtyard.
Wei Yunzhi rang the doorbell, and not long after, a slovenly old man in slippers came to open the door, smiling.
"Hello, Grandpa Lin!" Wei Yunzhi greeted energetically.
"As early as Xiaoyun, Li Yan was early."
"Hey, it's good morning, Grandpa Lin."
The courtyard is very casual, just like Grandpa Lin’s style.
The old man is very recognizable, with a bald head and a gray beard that looks like a broom, which is wrong.
"Lin Yao, a retired professor from Linjiang Academy of Fine Arts, is a good friend of my dad's." Wei Yunzhi introduced, "My dad likes Grandpa Lin's paintings very much and bought a lot of them. You should have seen them before. Lin Yao." Grandpa, this is..."
"I know, Li Yan. Yang Chengzhang's chief disciple." Lin Yao likes to stare when he talks, with rich expressions.
"Professor Lin knows my master?"
"How could I not know you, old friend! He has always praised you to me. You are amazing. You are so young. You are so talented." Lin Yao looked around Li Yan and said, "No wonder Xiao Yunzhi has taken a liking to you."
"Grandpa Lin!"
"Oh no, no wonder Wei Yili fell in love with you."
It’s even more strange for you, old man.
The two of them followed Lin Yao around his treasure house, admiring his work area, inspiration collection area, tea drinking area and warehouse.
Li Yan's skill level is there, and his understanding of painting and art is not false. When he sees a painting that interests him, he will stop and take a closer look.
After a few words, Lin Yao's excitement was beyond words.
"Good boy, no wonder Lao Yang likes you so much! You're so awesome. How about taking a look at this one?"
When the two started to communicate, Wei Yunzhi was left aside with a confused look on his face.
She only remembered that Li Yan frowned and looked at a place for a long time, and suddenly said "You are hesitant to write here", which made Lin Yao cover his heart.
In just ten minutes, Lin Yao had already started scolding Yang Chengzhang for not sharing his good apprenticeship.
But until now, Li Yan still didn't know what Wei Yunzhi wanted to buy until Lin Yao took out two wooden boxes and a linen bag from under his painting table.
"Xiao Yunzhi asked me to buy it from a friend." Lin Yao opened the wooden box, which contained many paints arranged in rows. "This box is McHardin's paint. Xiao Yunzhi picked a lot of hard-to-find colors and gave them to me. A busy one.”
Li Yan is still very interested in these things, and he really didn't know much about them before.
Lin Yao became excited as soon as he saw it, "There are also these, Brooks' traditional color collector's edition, hand-ground!"
Artists still pay more attention to this kind of humanistic value.
"This box is rock color. I'm looking for rare colors. The purity is very high and the price is also very high." Lin Yao curled his lips and smiled, "It's easy to be tricked by people you don't know. Your master can't get it as well as me." goods.”
Sounds weird?
Lin Yao took out a few more glass tubes from the sack, "Amber resin varnish, this quality is hard to come by. When Xiao Yunzhi came to me, I said I might not be able to get it."
"And these pens...this scraper has a real history...and this palette, it's not ordinary..."
Lin Yao was talking about all the treasures in his family, his eyes were shining brightly as he spoke.
Li Yan listened carefully and was really moved. She turned to look at Wei Yunzhi: "Are these what you want to bring me to buy?"
"Yes." Wei Yunzhi looked embarrassed.
Lin Yao pushed the thing to Li Yan, "Originally I wanted to earn you some transportation and labor fees, but I like you very much, so I only charge the cost price, which is 21,180 in total."
"Put a zero on it and give it to you, thirty thousand."
Is there such a thing as zero?
The result was that Lin Yao insisted on sending a small painting to Li Yan, and insisted on inviting the two young men to have a meal together. Finally, he suddenly realized it when Li Yan and Wei Yunzhi insisted on singing:
"I won't delay your young romance, go quickly."
Li Yan's face froze with laughter, and she was about to turn around and leave when she heard the old man shouting from behind:
"Xiao Liyan, come and see me when you have time. I'm here every day now."
"Aren't you going home?" Li Yan just said casually.
"I won't go back. My wife insisted on me going back before. She had to live with daily food, rice, oil and salt. I was not happy at all. We had many quarrels. Later I said that I had been with her for so many years, given her a lot of money, and had grandchildren. It would be great for her to be happy with her children and grandchildren. I said that if she wanted me to die in two years, she would let me go home. "
Li Yan was stunned.
"Hey, you two young people, don't imitate me, you want to be harmonious and beautiful."
Why are you here again!
Both of them looked unnatural after what the old man said. Li Yan held the paints and Wei Yunzhi held the paintings. They walked out without saying anything for a while.
"I quite like this thing," Li Yan decided to break the weird atmosphere, "I'm interested."
Wei Yunzhi pursed her lips and shook her head, "I originally wanted to ask him to pick it out and then I would buy it. Just when you said you wanted to spend money, I thought of coming over here and buying it together, but Grandpa Lin was too enthusiastic. It looks like a sales pitch..."
"No, no, no, the stuff is very good, I know."
"Oh, if I had known better, I would have bought it for you." Wei Yunzhi sighed.
Li Yan originally thought that if you bought it as a gift to me, wouldn't it be equivalent to your father buying it... Then he suddenly realized that 20,000 yuan might really be "pocket money" for Wei Yunzhi.
"What's the point here? Do you mean there are things you want to buy later?"
"Hmm, over there, buy a canvas, and a very nice... brush holder."
"Are you giving me a complete set?"
It seemed like he said something bad again.
Soon, all the things that needed to be bought were bought. There was no need to say too much or too little. At least both of them used their four hands.
"Okay," Wei Yunzhi shook the pen washer in his hand, "The next step is to sketch!"
It turned out to be such an arrangement. Li Yan smiled, from the bottom of his heart.
Nothing else, I just think the bright girl in front of me is a little too cute.
"What to draw?"
"A flower, just in the park next to it."
(End of chapter)