The Romance of a Young Painter

Zhou Nianjiu, who was inspired, took an extra hour to practice painting every day after reviewing, which made his previous tight holiday life more tense, but his new attempt at portrait painting made him feel that all this was meaningful.The two encounters with Shen Guangji benefited him a lot. His full devotion to painting made him completely forget to ask Shen Guangji whether there was such a person as Meng Meng, and he completely forgot about that dream.

Wen Wenyuan looked at his youngest son, who was as self-conscious as his elder son back then, and deeply felt that he had lost a lot of joy in being a father. At least from now on, it seemed that he had no chance to urge his son to study hard and improve every day.Wen Juan's company also started smoothly. Wenmingyuan originally wanted to outsource the company's APP development business to him, but Wen Juan said that your industry is too customized and it is not suitable to follow the trend and make a mobile phone for display. The client refused, and Wenmingyuan, who wanted to improve his son's performance, felt that he was being supplemented again, so annoyed, he simply let him go and see how far he can go without any support.

One day after the exhibition, Zhou Nianjiu received a message from Li Xiang:

- May I ask if you are free tomorrow, so I can send you a painting?

- ok, sorry to trouble you.

- Send me the address.

Zhou Nianjiu sent her home address, and the other party replied immediately:

- Received, arrive at 09:30 tomorrow morning.

Seeing his younger brother stop to send a text message, Wen Juan asked, "Whose message?"

Zhou Nianjiu said, "It's that Li Xiang from last time, he said that he will send my painting over tomorrow."

Wen Ju'an said: "Your nephew is very enthusiastic."

Zhou Nianjiu said: "Well, not only is he enthusiastic, but he also looks like a good boy. The brother also said that I would teach him when I have time."

Wen Ju'an thought for a while, and said: "Since Mr. Sha mentioned it to you, let's go and have a look. I will give you a day off tomorrow for free activities. The combination of work and rest is conducive to improving the quality of learning."

Zhou Nianjiu said, "Listen to brother."

Wen Juan said: "However, let's finish the tasks for these two days first today, and the progress cannot be affected by unexpected situations."

Zhou Nianjiu looked at the list and deeply felt the malice from the universe. He asked with a bitter face: "Brother, do you also work in this style? Can the people in the studio bear it?"

Wen Juan replied without changing his face: "They are used to it, and I believe you will get used to it too."

Zhou Nianjiu lay powerlessly on the ground for three seconds, then resigned to his fate and returned to the devil training camp.

The next day Zhou Nianjiu got up later than usual, Wen Wenyuan and Wen Juan had already gone out, the housekeeper's aunt prepared breakfast for him, and just after eating, he heard someone ring the doorbell.

Li Xiang has already gone downstairs.

Zhou Nianjiu invited him in, took the painting in his hand, and said, "Sit wherever you want."

The aunt poured tea for the guests, and cut the fruit plate over.

Li Xiang sat for a while and asked, "Can I visit your studio?"

Zhou Nianjiu said, "Of course, come in."

When Wenmingyuan made money, the first thing he did was to change his current big house, in order to give Zhou Nianjiu an independent painting space. Now this studio has works left by Zhou Nianjiu from various periods, and even some graffiti from when he was young , were sorted out by Wen Juan in chronological order and placed in a labeled box, while some unfinished small studies were still covered with cloth on the easel.

When Zhou Nianjiu put the retracted painting in the previous place, Li Xiang walked around it twice and said enviously, "Your family must support you very much. If only my family could do the same."

Zhou Nianjiu said doubtfully, "I think Mr. Zheng is very supportive of you."

Li Xiang shook his head and said: "It's just my uncle. My painting tools have been thrown away by my mother several times. She said that if I bring these things home next time, she will drive me out too." .”

Zhou Nianjiu was puzzled and said, "Why? Painting is not a bad thing."

Li Xiang smiled wryly and said: "She may think that I will not be able to make a living by this in the future, but I just like painting. Is there something wrong with that?"

Zhou Nianjiu asked: "What about your father? What's his opinion?"

Li Xiang said sadly: "Actually... I don't see my father a few times a year, it's almost like not having a father, so I don't want my mother to worry about my affairs."

Zhou Nianjiu is not good at comforting others, so he tried to change the topic to divert Li Xiang's attention: "Try to talk to your mother, if it really doesn't work, don't draw it in front of her, there will always be a solution in the future .”

Li Xiangdao: "It can only be like this now. I have been painting at my uncle's house for the past few days. Fortunately, he helped me, and he also promised to help persuade my mother."

Zhou Nianjiu admired Li Xiang's insistence on painting, so he said: "If you need help with painting, you can also come to me."

Li Xiang said embarrassingly: "Actually, I came here today because I thought that if it is convenient for you, please go and see my paintings."

Of course Zhou Nianjiu had no objection.

The two took a taxi to Zheng Jing's apartment, which was arranged by the company before Zheng Jing came to Shanghai. Compared with the standards of foreign executives, they rented a two-bedroom apartment in a high-rise near the Bund. The smaller room was used by Zheng Jing as a study before. , now as a temporary studio for Li Xiang.

Zheng Jing was also at home when Li Xiang and Zhou Nianjiu arrived.

Zheng Jing had already guessed that Li Xiang would go to find Zhou Nianjiu in these two days. His original plan was to send Li Xiang there directly, and take advantage of the opportunity to ask someone out. Later, Li Xiang would paint with him, so he hinted without any trace. The nephew can invite Zhou Nianjiu over for guidance, it's much more natural than deliberately going over to make an appointment.

He greeted Zhou Nianjiu politely, neither appearing unfamiliar nor overly attentive, holding just the right proportion, he didn't want to scare people away at the beginning.Although Zhou Nianjiu didn't notice the difference at all, Zheng Jing still enjoyed the process very much, it reminded him of his youth.

Zheng Jing’s sexual enlightenment was generally not in place at that time. He was already in his 20s when he discovered his sexuality, and his first love met a straight straight man very sadly. Just treat him as an ordinary buddy, but thanks to his dedication to being good to the other party, when he got into a big deal later, it was the one who used his big connections to get him out of the country.To that person, it was brotherly loyalty, but when it came to Zheng Jing, it changed, so Zheng Jing, who was hotheaded, confessed to someone when he parted, but not only failed to confess, but in the end he didn’t even have to be a buddy .

The lovelorn Zheng Jingchu came to a foreign country where he was not familiar with, and he brought a mad sister with him. He didn't do well at first, but a month later, the man also went abroad, and he sent his sister to a nursing home because of his old love. He still doesn't answer.Zheng Jing was also high-spirited, and continued to study with all his energy, vowing to be a human being to impress that person. He completed a degree from country M, worked as an analyst in a Wall Street investment bank, and then went all the way to the top. to a green card. Country M has an open atmosphere, Zheng Jingsheng is a good-looking talent, and he knows how to behave in the world, which has provoked some peach blossoms. After more than ten years, the fruitless first love has long since become a yellow flower of yesterday, and the lovers have changed round after round. They are all black and yellow Skinned Asians, or Asians.For Zheng Jing, finding a bed partner to meet his physical needs has not been a problem for a long time. What he has always lacked is a kind of spiritual satisfaction, which cannot be found in yellow-skinned lovers who have long been influenced or assimilated by M country culture of.

This time it happened that the head office sent back to China to take over the branch office, and Zheng Jing also wanted to take the opportunity to find a partner. At this time, Zhou Nianjiu happened to appear in his eyes.

In fact, Zheng Jing was not idle this week. He found a private investigator to investigate Zhou Nianjiu. Zhou Nianjiu's mother is just a dewy marriage; now the family members are extremely simple, stepfather runs a medium-sized advertising company from scratch, stepbrother Q is a college student, and is starting his own business, all these prove that the other family does not have a proud background; Zhou Nianjiu himself is very clean Like a piece of white paper, he has no bad records since he was a child, his only hobby and specialty is drawing, he has no close friends, and he has never been in a relationship—all this is good news for Zheng Jing.Except for Zhou Nianjiu's age, his birthday was on August 4th, and he was ten days away from turning 17.

Zheng Jing's original intention was to hunt for beauty, but after getting this information, he changed his mind. He decided to contact this young man again to see if this young man is suitable to be his partner. It's worth it for a while; if it's not suitable, it's not too late to make a move at that time, after all, his experience more than ten years ago let him know that dealing with the judiciary is not pleasant.

Zhou Nianjiu didn't know that he had become the target of Uncle Weird. He and Li Xiang were looking at his recent work in the study. There were a few still life sketches, a few gouaches, and more character sketches.

"The light and shade of the lines in the sketch are in place. There is basically nothing to be picky about. The color of the gouache is well mastered." Zhou Nianjiu first pointed out his strengths, and then took out the sketch and said, "The structure and structure need more observation and practice. You can hire a model if you can, but if you don’t have one, paint a statue first.”

After talking about the whole body, Zhou Nianjiu began to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of each painting one by one.

Li Xiang listened and jotted it down in his notebook. Although he was a student of Mr. Sha, he mostly took lectures with other students and rarely had the opportunity to tutor alone. So this time, Zhou Nianjiu was able to invite When he came over, he seemed to cherish it very much.

The study room is equipped with a monitoring system. This is a security measure prepared by the company for the executives who moved in. Now it is convenient for Zheng Jing to use it for personal use. He turns on the computer associated with the bedroom and clicks on the monitoring program. On the screen, Zhou Nianjiu and Li I want the two to talk in front of the desk.

With some vague thoughts, Zheng Jing zoomed in on the part of Zhou Nianjiu's picture. He hadn't seen the other person's appearance carefully before, and he just thought that this was a good-looking young man based on his impression. Now he can use the high-definition The camera can clearly see that because of his mixed race, Zhou Nianjiu's facial features are deeper than average, and he is also very handsome, but at this level, Zheng Jing has slept with countless times, but those dark blue eyes that are almost black, Zheng Jing feels different even from the screen, not only the exoticism brought by the color of the pupils, but also the focus from those eyes, as if nothing else can enter this sacred realm except paintings .

Zheng Jing has learned from the investigation that Zhou Nianjiu is indifferent to things that have nothing to do with painting. I have seen one or two of them, and now that I am in my forties, I feel more and more that this innocence is precious, but because of this, the difficulty of overcoming it will become much greater than expected, which makes Zheng Jing want to get him even more.