The Romance of a Young Painter

The second part of the auction was already in the second half. In the fixed private room on the second floor, Cahill's owner Steve and his young friend Yuan Xun were admiring a piece of enamelware that had been photographed casually before. While reminding that the next lot is Shen Guangji's painting.

"Oh?" Steve turned his attention to the stage. It was a large-scale work. The background was gray-yellow sky and indigo blue mountains and rivers. The black three-legged bird was circled by brighter yellow In the circle that symbolizes the sun, the subject’s body is presented in bright orange and red in front of the landscape, and the rest of the people are in earthy dark brown. In terms of color alone, this is already a very decorative painting. work.

Steve paid attention to the title of the work on the brochure - "Golden Crow, Kuafu and Houyi", he pointed to this position, and said to Yuan Xun: "My dear guide to the East, maybe you can explain it to me. meaning of these words."

Yuan Xun succinctly recounted the origin of the Golden Crow in "Shan Hai Jing" and the story of Kua Fu chasing after the sun and Hou Yi shooting the sun.

Steve sighed and said: "The tragic oriental romance!" He turned his gaze back to the platform. The work with strong colors and full of mysticism showed the vigorous vitality of heroism and the accompanying shadow of death. With a lot of experience in art collection, he could tell at a glance that this painting was no longer good enough to describe it, and its author, Steve, turned his attention to the painter sitting in the back row. Young, if his creativity can continue, the value of his works will be immeasurable.

"Take it down," Steve told Snark.

Then he said to Yuan Xun: "Dear Joyce, I hope you don't mind if I buy your rival's work."

"Of course," Yuan Xun said, "Although he is my opponent, I have to admit that this is a good painting."

Steve said: "I heard that he came to country E this time to meet me, do you think I should give him this opportunity?"

Yuan Xun made a gesture of listening and respecting, and said: "Steve, this is your business, please don't be so lazy that I even have to make up your mind for this kind of thing."

"Smart kid," Steve laughed, "Why don't you go and meet him while completing the deal for me, in exchange for me to meet the man of your dreams?"

"Twenty years have passed, and your bad taste has not changed at all," Yuan Xun sighed helplessly, and said, "Well, who let me be in your territory now, but this big brother please respect me Don't scare people away."

Shen Guangji was sensitive to the sight from above, but he didn't turn his head. He calmly watched the bidding price of "Golden Crow, Kuafu and Houyi" be higher and higher one after another. In the end, he was paid by someone in the private room at an extremely high price. Sold by an anonymous buyer.

"It turns out that your paintings are so valuable." Although Zhou Nianjiu was raised by Wenmingyuan to have no concept of money, this transaction figure still surprised him.

"I just found out," Shen Guangji leaned over and said in a low voice, "It seems that I don't have to worry about how to support my family."

Zhou Nianjiu rubbed his itchy ears and stared at him, and said, "Whoever said that I let you raise it, I will work hard myself."

"Yes, yes, yes," Shen Guangji couldn't help teasing him, and said, "Why don't we divide the labor like this in the future, you are responsible for earning money to support the family, and I am responsible for housekeeping?"

Zhou Nianjiu seriously considered the feasibility and said, "Okay, anyway, you are better than me at those things."

Shen Guangji laughed, and was about to say something more, when a staff member came to him.

"Mr. Shen, the buyer wants to meet you."

"Okay." Shen Guangji asked the other party to wait a moment, and then asked Zhou Nianjiu, "Would you like to continue watching the auction or come with me?"

"Let's be with you." Zhou Nianjiu is not interested in auctions, and now that Shen Guangji's painting has been sold, he has no intention of looking any further.

The two went out together, and when they went upstairs through a special passage, Zhou Nianjiu frowned remembering what happened here yesterday.The staff took them into a box and said, "Mr. Shen, the buyer wants to talk to you alone. If your friend doesn't mind, you can sit here for a while."

Shen Guangji asked for Zhou Nianjiu's opinion, and the other party nodded to him and said, "You go."

Soon Zhou Nianjiu was left alone in the box. He looked around, and found that it was not as luxurious as expected. The decoration of the whole box was very low-key, and the most valuable thing in sight was probably the two single sofas facing the auction area.

Zhou Nianjiu sat down on the one on the right, and he could see everything downstairs at a glance. Now the auction scene is no longer as lively as before, but looking at the same event from another angle, the contrast presented is very interesting, because Shen Guangji doesn't know when When he could come back, he simply took out the sketchbook he carried with him to outline the picture.

"Painter?" A deep and pleasant voice sounded nearby.

Zhou Nianjiu paused, he raised his head, and met a pair of deep blue eyes, this is a tall foreigner, with dazzling blond hair and pale skin, he looks like an old-school guy who came out of a novel noble.

Steve's heart was also shocked. The previous photos were not clear, and what he saw from the box just now was only the back view. Now he can see the other person clearly. This young face is very similar to the face of the bright woman in memory. And has a pair of blue eyes that are almost exactly the same as himself.

Is it a coincidence?still……?

N kinds of possibilities appeared in Steve's mind. His search for her whereabouts was not a secret, as long as he paid a little attention to his actions, he could find out. In recent years, some people have sent some women with similar looks and temperaments to her. But this time it was different, the other party was a young man, did he try to find a new way to find a new man when he saw that those women were useless before?In addition to appearance and gender, there may be one more thing to add. This person has Yuan Xun who has known him for many years. This person seemed to fall in love at first sight, but he paid more attention to Shen Guangji next to this person... Or there is another slight possibility, because that face still has those eyes, but he doesn't give much hope, after all, now The plastic surgery technology is so prosperous.

It took only a second or two for this series of thoughts to flash through, Steve quickly settled down,

"I seem to disturb you." Steve didn't linger on him for a long time, he sat down on the sofa next to him calmly, and said, "If I remember correctly, here is my Personal box."

"Really?" Zhou Nianjiu was puzzled, would the staff here make such a low-level mistake?But this stranger didn't seem to need to lie to him. Out of safety, he said, "I'm really sorry, I went to the wrong place."

Zhou Nianjiu stood up and was about to leave, but the other party stopped him and said, "This is a guest, please sit down."

This sentence in Chinese successfully made Zhou Nianjiu stop, and he said, "Mister, do you understand Chinese?"

"I haven't said it for many years, and it's already unfamiliar." Steve asked him to sit down again, and said, "I'm Steve, Dedalus. It's an honor to meet you, a friend from the East."

"Zhou Nianjiu," the young man from Dongfang reached out and shook his hand lightly, and said, "Your pronunciation is very authentic."

Look, even the name seems to be specially designed for him. Steve smiled decently and said, "I was lucky to stay in China for a while many years ago."

Zhou Nianjiu said: "The country of Hua is very big, where have you been?"

Steve said: "City B, I lived there for half a year."

Zhou Nianjiu asked uncertainly: "Only city B?" Don't you usually go to more places when traveling?

Steve said: "Half a year is not enough to get to know a city, let alone a foreign city. Unfortunately, I only had half a year at that time. I don't know if the scenery of Xishan is still the same after so many years."

"Have you been to Xishan?" Generally, foreigners would be more interested in places like the Forbidden City and the Great Wall. Zhou Nianjiu glanced at him unexpectedly.

Steve said: "More than once, when I was in City B, I often climbed to the top of the mountain to overlook Longevity Hill, Kunming Lake, TV Tower, and even the Forbidden City in the distance when the weather is good."

Zhou Nianjiu has also climbed the West Mountain in recent years. He said: "Now it is very difficult to see the Forbidden City from the West Mountain."

"Are you from City B?" Steve asked. If someone really arranged it deliberately, then it can be said that this person was careless.

"No, I'm from city S," Zhou Nianjiu denied, "but I've been in city B for a few years, and I often go to sketch in Xishan."

"Then you must have seen the snow scene of Xishan," Steve said, "The day before I left Huaguo, it happened to catch up with the first snow of the year. The bright red red leaves are like a beautiful meticulous painting, which is really beautiful."

"That is indeed a rare beauty." Zhou Nianjiu deeply agreed.

"It's a pity that it's rare to see you again in this life." Steve showed a regretful expression.

Zhou Nianjiu asked puzzledly: "Since you like it so much, why don't you go back and have a look? The flight from Wudu to City B is only eight hours."

Steve smiled and shook his head and said, "I won't go, I'm afraid I don't want to go."

Zhou Nianjiu didn't expect the other party to give such an emotional answer, and the initial guard in his heart was relieved a lot. He pointed to the sketchbook at hand and said, "I have some sketches of Xishan here, would you like to take a look?"

"Really? That would be great." Steve took it with a smile.

When Shen Guangji came back, he saw that Zhou Nianjiu was in the same room with the target mission he was going to meet in country E this time, and his nerves tensed up when he saw Yuan Xun unexpectedly just now.At this time, the famous Patriarch Cahill was flipping through a booklet. Shen Guangji recognized at a glance that it was Zhou Nianjiu's usual sketchbook. The sentence is his lover.

Zhou Nianjiu and Steve noticed Shen Guangji almost at the same time.

Zhou Nianjiu stood up and said to Shen Guangji, "Is the matter over?"

"It's over." Shen Guangji quickly walked over and stood beside him in a protective posture.

Steve also stood up, he stretched out his hand, and said, "This must be Mr. Shen, Zhou told me about you just now."

"It's a pleasure to meet you." Shen Guangji said.

The two held hands together.