Romance heroine just wants to do a career

Chapter 396 Morbid Love (41)

The national art exhibition competition lasted for three months in total. In the first month, the preliminary evaluation list will be issued, in the second month, the re-evaluation list will be issued, and in the third month, the final award list will be issued, and an award ceremony will be held in the Great Hall of the People in the imperial capital.

The preliminary evaluation list for the first month came out, and 100 paintings were selected out of thousands of entries.

At that time, Xuan Zi had already arrived in country M, and was invited by Peter Simpson to participate in an international art exhibition held by Harlan Gallery.

After learning that both she and Ji Shiyu were shortlisted for the preliminary evaluation, Xuan Zi devoted herself to social activities.

People rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles. Xuan Zi gave up the seemingly old-fashioned but expensive big-name suits she had worn for a long time, and began to dress in line with some artists.

For example, only wear niche brands, black, white and gray minimalist style.

Her outfit is as literary and artistic as possible, plus she speaks fluent English and has a deep understanding of the paintings. Even many people at the art exhibition mistakenly thought that the ones exhibited in the art exhibition were her own. painting.

At the art exhibition, Xuan Zi also got acquainted with several popular artists in country M, and left contact information.

They all expressed their expectation to see Xuan Zi's solo exhibition.

After watching the exhibition, Xuan Zi returned to China.

For the ten paintings she exhibited before, many collectors have come to her. I don't know where the news leaked out. Many people know that Huang Zhong's closed disciple Chu Xuanzi is about to sign a contract with Harlan Gallery.

If an artist can hold a solo exhibition at the Harlan Gallery, is it still far from being famous?
Some speculative collectors in the country have been dispatched one after another, wanting to buy all the paintings in Xuan Zi's hands before she is completely famous, and make a fortune when she becomes popular.

Some people even offered millions of dollars to buy the painting "Give me freedom or give me death".

The purchase price of one million is already an extremely astonishing price for a newcomer in the painting world.

But Xuan Zi was unmoved, and rejected them all one by one.

Knowing what those people were thinking about, how could Xuan Zi let them succeed.

Besides, the painting "Give me liberty or give me death" is Rong Chi's nude painting after all. It can be said to be for art if it is exhibited in an art exhibition. If it is sold, it is purely for money.

When I think of this painting, I don’t know which home it is hung in, and it is admired at will.

Xuan Zi always felt a little stuffy for no reason.

It was as if his own things had been desecrated by others.

This made her very unhappy.

Anyway, she is not short of money, so why sell it.

Xuan Zi considered many factors before finally deciding not to sell paintings to them.

In Huang Zhong's view, she is simply unmoved in front of money, Huang Zhong is very relieved, "You girl, you are still clear-headed, the domestic art market is being speculated by these so-called collectors. To speculate on bad ones, you can see how high that person deliberately paid a high price for your work. On the surface, it was for your own benefit. In fact, if you think about it carefully, as a newcomer with no awards and no reputation, such behavior is undoubtedly Praise and kill."

Xuan Zi patiently listened to Huang Zhong's teaching, very well-behaved.

Huang Zhong also felt more at ease, feeling that even if she went to country M alone, she would not be led astray.

The re-evaluation list came out in the second month, which also included Xuan Zi's "Going Home", and Ji Shiyu's "The Boy Playing the Erhu".

There are only 30 people on the re-evaluation list. Ji Shiyu was very happy when he learned that he was included in the re-evaluation list.

After all, the goal he set for himself is to be in the top 30. Even if the final ranking is No. [-], it is enough for him.

Fifteen painters will be selected for the final month.

One to three are gold awards, four to six are silver awards, and seven to fifteen are bronze awards.

Xuan Zi has officially signed a three-year contract with Harlan Gallery this month. When the domestic art exhibition is over, she will go to country M to start working.

There is also a promise in the contract with the gallery that Xuanzi must provide Harlan Gallery with no less than fifty high-quality oil paintings every year.

This is not difficult for Xuan Zi.

However, Peter finally felt that something was wrong when he swaggered to country M in the Bo family's private jet several times in a row.

"Miss Chu, every time you come to our country, do you take a private jet?"

"Huh? What's wrong?"

In a street cafe in Country M, Xuan Zi took a sip of coffee leisurely and asked.

Peter was silent for a moment, then continued to ask: "What does your family do?"

"Do you know the Bo Group? It also has business in your country M, but it doesn't have as many industries as Hua country. In country M, it focuses on electronic chips."

Peter looked up and glanced at the huge billboards of the Bo Group hanging on the streets of Country M.

There was another moment of silence.

"I remember you said before that you worked for three years before painting, so you said you worked in the Bo Group?"

"Ah."

"Then your role in the group is..."

"President."

Peter fell silent.

Other artists, who lived on the streets and endured all kinds of hardships, signed contracts with their galleries, and then shined internationally.

And this one, why does it give people the impression that a local tyrant is here for vacation.

However, what surprised Peter even more was that Xuan Zi directly bought an expensive penthouse apartment opposite the Harlan Gallery with a total price of more than 5000 million M national currency.

[Host, please keep a low profile. 】

38 looked at Peter who was already frightened and stupid, and said helplessly.

"I'm going to live here for three years. Can I do it without buying a house? I don't want to stay in a hotel all the time. Besides, this apartment has a huge appreciation potential, so buying it can be regarded as an investment."

Xuan Zi stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the penthouse, overlooking the blue skyline, Central Park and the most famous Statue of Liberty in country M.

She held a glass of red wine in her hand, swaying gently, with an elegant posture.

38: ...

It makes sense, but it can't be refuted.

After settling her property in country M, Xuan Zi returned to Hua country.

And the list of winners is out.

Xuan Zi won the No.3, Gold Award.

And Ji Shiyu won No.16.

[It's a pity that the top fifteen all have trophies, and they almost got bronze medals. 】

As soon as the list came out, Xuan Zi's cell phone was almost bombarded by various calls and text messages.

Many people have congratulated her.

After all, she is the youngest female painter ever to win the gold medal in the National Art Exhibition.

The youngest artist to win the gold medal was Liu Yutao, who was only 19 years old at the time.

Such a name is already enough to start the industry.

Many people lamented that Mr. Huang Zhong's vision was like a torch, and the two disciples he had accepted were both so promising.

Huang Zhong was naturally very happy. He also drank two more bottles of wine that night, and started drinking crazy when he was drunk.

And Huang Zhong's drunken madness is tearing up paintings. He couldn't bear to do it on weekdays, and felt that there were flaws in the paintings, so he tore up several paintings in one breath while drunk.

(End of this chapter)