Fringe artists in the entertainment industry

Chapter 347 346. Advanced Reading Comprehension

In the corridor of the hotel, Zhang Guorong returned to the room first. Chen Li'an opened his door and was about to go in with Bai Qing when he heard Ji Fa say: "Would you like to have a drink together?"

Chen Li'an turned to look at her and said, "Forget it, it's getting late."

Bai Qing shook his head without interest and said a little tiredly: "I'm too tired tonight, I want to go to bed early."

"Well, you go to bed early." Ji Fa showed a disappointed expression and sighed: "I'm going to have insomnia again tonight. I don't know if I can sleep well tonight."

There was sadness on Ji Fa's beautiful face, but there was a hint in her eyes when she looked at Chen Li'an.

"You will definitely have a good sleep tonight." Chen Li'an said with a normal expression, and gave Ji Fa a subtle look to indicate that he had received the signal.

Ji Fa then smiled lightly, waved his hand and said to Bai Qing and Chen Li'an: "Then I wish you a good dream and good night."

"Good night."

After Ji Fa left, Chen Li'an and Bo Qing went back to the room. As soon as the door was closed, Bo Qing said: "Ji Fa has been really busy recently, and it's all because of you that she didn't have a good rest. You can give her a gift later to express your gratitude." Just take a moment."

Chen Li'an hummed, Ji Fa couldn't sleep well because of himself and needed to vent his emotions.

Chen Li'an took off his coat and hung it up, hugged Bai Qing and smelled her faint fragrance and asked: "What do you think I should give you better? What else does Ji Fa like besides money?"

Bai Qing was stunned for a moment, thinking of what Ji Fa wanted to do to him that night, and muttered in his heart, he still likes me, but he can't give it to her.

"It's up to you. You can also give her money. Wrap her a red envelope?"

Chen Li'an thought for a while and said, "Okay, then give her a red envelope and give her several hundred million."

"You've become more and more fond of bragging recently. Where did you get the hundreds of millions?" Bo Qing patted Chen Li'an and said, "Go and take a bath. I want to relax and have a good sleep."

"OK!"

Chen Li'an immediately ran to release the water.

After half an hour of busy back and forth, the room finally became quiet.

In the steamy bathroom, Chen Li'an was wiping his hair in front of the mirror, while passionate blues music could be heard outside the bathroom.

Bai Qing was nestled under the quilt, her face still flushed from the bath, but she had already fallen asleep.

Chen Li'an walked out of the bathroom and looked at Bai Qing, who was sleeping soundly. He walked over and called her name softly a few times.

There was no response from the sleeping Bo Qing. After Chen Li'an tucked her in, he turned off the music, put on his clothes and went out quietly.

Boom, boom, boom.

Chen Li'an had just knocked twice when the door was opened. Before he could see clearly, Ji Fa grabbed his collar with one hand and pulled him in.

boom!

The door was closed.

After chatting with Ji Fa for a long time, it was already almost three o'clock in the morning. Chen Li'an went back quietly. If he didn't go back, Ji Fa would really not be able to rest well tonight.

But after going back, Chen Li'an couldn't sleep either. He always felt that Ji Fa's coveting of Bai Qing was getting heavier and heavier, and she must be so greedy.

Alas, it's not enough to have a handsome guy like me, he also wants to occupy Bai Qing, a greedy woman!

Chen Li'an fell asleep in a daze with random thoughts.

When they woke up the next day, Bo Qing and Ji Fa had already gone to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Chen Li'an, a idle man, went to trick Zhang Guorong into going out for fun again. The two of them rented a car and played wildly outside for a whole day. They were only caught back by Ji Fa in the evening.

Ji Fa looked at Chen Li'an who had been playing like a dead dog all day and asked: "There is a cocktail party tonight, do you want to go?"

"I don't want to go, it's just those collectors and celebrities, it's boring." Chen Lian slumped on the sofa and didn't want to move.

Ji Fa said helplessly: "Bo Qing doesn't want to go, and you don't want to go either. Who is organizing the exhibition?"

After Ji Fa complained, he suddenly approached Chen Li'an and said, "I heard that there are also Hollywood stars who will go. Don't you want to get to know them?"

Chen Li'an waved his hand and said, "I don't want to know you."

Ji Fa smiled and said: "Aren't you curious who it is? Jennifer Connelly, don't you like Once Upon a Time in America the most?"

"Who?!" Chen Li'an sat up immediately. He really wanted to meet this person!

Seeing Chen Li'an like this, Ji Fa couldn't help but knock him on the head and said, "I knew you were like this! I won't take you with me!"

"Is Jennifer really going?"

"I lied to you!"

"Let me accompany you. Everyone has male companions. I'm afraid you'll be too lonely if you go alone!"

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This man was so shameless that Ji Fa couldn't stand it anymore, but he still took Chen Li'an to the reception.

It's always good to know more people, and Chen Li'an is famous enough in Europe and Asia, but he is still a little lacking in the United States.

In Ji Fa's plan, Chen Li'an's future development focus will also shift to the United States and Asia, whether in terms of art or business, it will shift to the United States.

In terms of art, among the world's three major art centers, the UK has definitely blacklisted Chen Li'an. Chen Li'an no longer needs to develop in Paris, but the United States is still blank.

In terms of business, both Chen Li'an's electronic products and the cultural brand prepared in Tokyo are more suitable for development in the United States.

There are too many established brands in Europe, and it is too difficult for Chen Li'an to open up the market. It is better to come to the United States, which has no cultural heritage, and the acceptance rate here is also relatively high.

The cocktail party in the evening was easy to change. This was Chen Li'an's first time attending such a cocktail party and dinner in the United States. He walked onto the red carpet from the moment he got off the car, and there were many reporters taking photos.

When Chen Li'an appeared, he did not attract the attention of the reporters at first, but the faint wound on his brow bone still attracted people's attention, and then he was recognized.

It's hard to forget that an artist can frequently appear in the international news within a year, not to mention that Chen Li'an has been in the public eye recently.

Celebrities who are topical are celebrities. If there is a topic, people will naturally pay attention to it.

After Chen Li'an was recognized, he was immediately surrounded by reporters, asking about his affairs in the UK, but Chen Li'an did not answer.

They have all left Europe, their goal has been achieved, and this matter is over.

However, Chen Li'an did not forget to promote his art exhibition at the Metropolis tomorrow. The main purpose of going abroad this time is to promote traditional culture. We must not forget this original intention.

The reporters were unwilling to find the information they wanted, but Chen Li'an had already entered the venue and could not follow him in, and the security guards would not let them in.

The cocktail parties and dinners in the United States are quite different from those in Europe. They are more free and open.

Chen Li'an took a glass of wine and followed Ji Fa to meet several American artists and collectors. Then he glanced around the reception. After looking around, Chen Li'an realized that Ji Fa had really lied to him.

There's no sign of Jennifer Connelly, not even a familiar person.

But it's not surprising. Chen Li'an doesn't know many Hollywood stars, and even fewer celebrities in other fields.

Chen Li'an, who had no goals, had nothing to do, chatting with several American artists about performance art and installation art. There were no waves in American modern art in the 1990s, and it basically continued the style of the 1980s.

Compared with artists like Chen Li'an who like to play new tricks from time to time, American artists pay less attention to art form than the extension of art.

American art likes to talk about politics, so the topic of conversation came up with "anonymous". In the eyes of these artists, this "anonymous" is very interesting.

Of course, the most interesting thing is that this morning, a visitor in the British Museum discovered that a medieval oil painting had been graffitied by "anonymous".

Moreover, this "Anonymous" arrogantly left the date. Counting the time, the British Museum did not find that the painting had been touched by the "Anonymous" for six days.

"This anonymous person is very interesting. He despises capital operations and disdains the art in museums." Matthew Barney said with a smile.

This is an artist who has just become popular in the United States in the past two years. He is also a performance artist. He likes Chen Li'an's works very much and has been chatting with Chen Li'an about performance art.

Chen Li'an glanced at him with a weird expression. Did I mean this? I just want to feel sick about the British Museum.

What kind of reading comprehension are you talking about? Chen Li'an felt like he was back in a high school Chinese class. The teacher was talking nonsense on the stage in a serious manner, saying that the author planted a tree in the yard to express his oppression and dissatisfaction with society.

Matthew looked at Chen Li'an with a strange expression and said, "Don't you think so? I think he must think so. Museums are actually representatives of capital and packaging of art. He graffitied outside the museum and collected famous paintings in the museum. The graffiti shows contempt for this kind of capital packaging and operation. This is a maverick artist, otherwise he wouldn’t be an “Anonymous”.”

Chen Li'an nodded immediately after hearing what he said: "Yes, yes, that's what he thinks. He is an artist who pursues pure thoughts!"

After hearing that Chen Li'an recognized his statement, Matthew smiled and said to Chen Li'an with a smile: "I don't know when he will come to the United States. I am looking forward to his next creation. His graffiti is very interesting."

"Maybe it's already here." Chen Li'an took a sip of wine and said with a smile.

Matthew laughed and said: "No, the European media reported today that there are several more graffiti by him in London."

Chen Li'an couldn't help but raise his eyebrows after hearing this. Who was impersonating him? Or maybe someone imitated him and got mistaken.

Chen Li'an suddenly thought that this person could be Banksy?

This guy is an Englishman with a graffiti background, and he also likes to create mysteriously on the streets, but normally he should not start creating in a few years.

Chen Li'an wondered for a moment whether it was because of his appearance that the artist had taken action in advance.

I hope he has good luck, but this guy is better at disguise than me, so there is no need to worry about him being exposed.

It’s quite interesting to think about it. When Chen Li’an graffitied in London, he was inspired by Banksy’s graffiti in his previous life, but now it inspired him in turn.

Anonymous and Banksy are an interesting combination.

Chen Li'an almost wanted to get to know Banksy, but no one knew what Banksy looked like or what his name was. Chen Li'an couldn't find him even if he tried to find him.

Hope to have a chance to get to know you in the future.

Matthew watched Chen Li'an remain silent for a long time. Just when he was about to continue chatting with him about the performance art of the Tokyo bombing, he saw a particularly dazzling woman walking in the door, and the words stopped on his lips.

Chen Li'an followed his gaze and his eyes lit up.

Ji Fa is a good person, he didn’t lie to himself, Jennifer is really here.

However, it was a pity that Jennifer had a male companion beside her. Chen Li'an looked at her for a few more times and then withdrew his gaze.

Matthew smiled and said, "Are you interested in celebrities? I have seen some of your scandals. You are very lucky."

Chen Li'an: "." Let's just talk about art. It's not interesting to talk about gossip or anything like that.

Hollywood stars didn't attract much attention at such a reception, and Jennifer's appearance only made everyone take a few glances and then stop paying attention.

The most lively place in the venue was a man with blond hair. He spoke loudly and had an exaggerated hairstyle. He talked about his Miss Universe project and attracted the attention of many people.

Chen Li'an looked at the golden retriever and actually wanted to get to know him. He was a comrade who had infiltrated the enemy.

However, Chen Li'an was not in high spirits tonight, and Jennifer didn't even want to take the initiative to get to know him, let alone get to know an old man.

Just because he doesn't take the initiative doesn't mean that others don't take the initiative.