"I really want to go."
Sakai Katsuko's eyes lit up, and then she said with some disappointment, "It's a pity that I can't go."
"I have to go to my mother's car this afternoon. Senior Komatsu and I are both teaching assistants in the advanced class. As soon as school is over, we have to go back to the Aman Hotel with our mother."
Shengzi looked at Gu Weijing, "My mother is not here. Let me run around in Myanmar. I won’t be allowed to go out at night with people of the opposite sex except Mr. Komatsu.”
The security environment in Myanmar is indeed not good. Although Yangon is already the most stable place, for a person. For a pretty girl, it’s still a good idea not to run around at night.
Of course, the answer to who Mrs. Sakai was targeting when she issued the ban not to go out with other wild boys that night was actually very obvious.
Gu Weijing is obviously on Mrs. Sakai's blacklist, and he is an unstable factor that may take away their precious baby cabbage at any time.
"By the way, I remembered something. I went to the Shwedagon Pagoda on the weekend, and I haven't given this to you yet."
Speaking of this, Sakai Katsuko said He became cheerful again.
She took out a gift box from her schoolbag and handed it to Gu Weijing.
“Every artist who participated in the Shwedagon Pagoda restoration project has a souvenir issued by officials from the Yangon Tourism Department. I helped to get your share and brought it here as well.”
National cultural relics protection projects led by important painting masters like Mr. Cao are highly valued by the government.
This should be a commemorative gift box sent by the government to the artists after the first phase of the restoration project is completed.
Young people like Gu Weijing took advantage of it and got a share.
Sure enough, he saw the words "Sincerely Mr. Gu Weijing" written on the note on the gift box, and the signature was the official government seal of the Ministry of Culture of Myanmar.
"Take it apart and you will find a surprise." Sakai Katsuko said with a smile.
Gu Weijing opened the large envelope and the first entry was a letter of thanks.
On behalf of the Shwedagon Pagoda Management Committee, Yangon Culture and Tourism Bureau, and the Myanmar National Government, I would like to thank the artist Mr. Gu Weijing for his outstanding contribution to the Shwedagon Pagoda cultural relics protection project
p>This English thank you letter is typed by computer and the language is relatively formulaic.
The highlight is that, in order to show respect and attention to the artists, the signature is the autograph of a very high-level official of the Ministry of Culture of Myanmar.
Gu Weijing’s eyes stayed on the signature for two seconds.
He estimated that the surprise Miss Sakai was talking about was probably not referring to it.
This kind of thank-you letter signed by a national leader is so popular among local young painters that they would like to frame it and put it on the wall every day.
In Southeast Asian society, this kind of handwritten thank-you letter from a senior official is the thing that best reflects the social status of the painter.
Not only do local painters look up to you, but the underworld also shuns you.
It is not a big problem to hang it on the wall and bluff foreigners, and the store's business may be reduced by several percent.
However, Sakai Katsuko’s character shouldn’t care too much about this.
Moreover, Ms. Sakai comes from a family of great artists and is a model who has seen the world.
Uncle Sakai once painted a set of Ukiyo-e paintings for the Tokyo Olympics, and also worked on government projects in the cultural field.
Judging from the s, during the few years of bidding for the East Olympics, the number of heads of state and senior officials of major countries that Katsuko met with his father may have been in double digits.
You should be used to this kind of thank you letter.
Gu Weijing put the thank-you letter aside. There was also a set of painted calendars in the gift box. The illustrations on each page of the calendar were entirely composed of the murals they painted during the Shwedagon Pagoda restoration project.
He turned to mural No. 17.
Even through the photos taken by photographers, Mr. Cao Xuan’s pictures of worshiping Buddha and protecting Dharma are still as shocking as before.
Below the calendar insert, joint restoration artists Cao Xuan and Gu Weijing are written in beautiful cursive letters.
Mr. Cao Xuan was unwilling to take away the credit from the children, so he added Gu Weijing’s name to the most important mural registration form.
Theoretically,
From now on, as long as he is a little shameless, he can claim to have had a formal joint artistic creation with Cao Xuan.
It’s not even about being thick-skinned.
When most young painters encounter this situation, they would like to cut this photo out of the calendar and stick it on their forehead, showing it off wherever they go.
The great master of painting is willing to co-sign with you as a child. It must be because the seniors want to support young people, and it is also a great affirmation of your level.
Not to mention anything else,
If Gu Tongxiang hadn’t been his grandfather and he was too young, just relying on the resume signed jointly with Mr. Cao.
In some local calligraphy and painting associations, Gu Weijing’s name might even be ranked in front of his grandfather.
This is just like in physics, if you and Einstein jointly publish a paper, even if it is just a small popular science article, because the status of the boss is too high, your academic status will also rise.
The home page cover of the calendar is a photo of a dark gold-gilded monument.
This monument has just been completed in the tourist square outside the Shwedagon Pagoda. It is engraved with the names of all 47 invited artists who participated in the project.
The thirty or so people at the top are all experienced painters.
The first place is of course Mr. Cao, and the second and third place are Professor Kazunari Sakai and Professor Lin Tao respectively.
His grandfather Gu Tongxiang ranked 35th, ranking last among famous painters.
What Gu Weijing did not expect was that he himself ranked at the top of the list of the nephews and students of these artists who came to "gild".
Following the name of his grandfatherFinally, ranked 36th, even higher than the name of Katsuko Sakai, who was ranked 37th.
As for Sakai Tsunamasa, he was only ranked 41st.
“The order of the list for us young people is based on the amount of tasks completed, the length of work and the evaluation of you by master artists. Gu Jun worked very hard, and our names are next to each other. "Look at this"
Sakai Katsuko stretched out her fingers and picked up the last item in the gift box for Gu Weijing.
It was a small box lined with dark velvet cloth, and inside the box was a string of exquisite agarwood beads.
The bracelet has a slight smell of vegetation smoke from burning incense ash, and the head and tail of the beads are each inlaid with a small jade ring.
On the jade ring at the top, exquisite jade workers used extremely fine carving knives to carve the name "Gu Wei Jing", while the jade ring at the bottom is engraved with Buddhist blessing seal patterns.
"Consecrated Bracelet"
Gu Weijing looked at the bracelet.
In religious holy places all over the world, no matter which god they believe in, from Tianzhu to Jerusalem, almost all have the business of blessing and consecrating them.
From consecrating bracelets, bracelets, and crosses, to consecrating the latest iPhones, graphics cards, and Xbox game consoles. As long as you can't think of it, no one can do it.
The Shwedagon Pagoda is an important place of Buddhism, and Myanmar is a Buddhist country.
The Myanmar government gave the artists a consecrated Buddhist bracelet as a gift, which was both unexpected and reasonable.
It seems that the Ministry of Culture has spent a lot of money this time.
This kind of object blessed and consecrated by a serious monk is not cheap. Apart from anything else, agarwood is a precious wood, and the texture of those two small jade rings looks very good.
"Officials from the Yangon Tourism Bureau said that the souvenir gift boxes presented to the artists this time are all the same except for the color of the jade ring on this bracelet. Although they are all old tricks Jadeite, but the higher it is ranked on the monument, the better the quality of the jadeite is.”
“Mr. Cao, my father and Professor Lin all grew glass jadeites, and when they arrived at our place, they have become jadeites. Ordinary ice species."
Sakai Katsuko raised her right hand, and Gu Weijing noticed that Miss Katsuko also had a bracelet hanging on her wrist that was the same as the one in front of her.
The glass type is the most precious clarity among jadeite, followed by the ice type.
Although the bracelet is only the size of a small fingernail, it costs tens of thousands of dollars in the international market. If it is imperial green, it may be doubled again.
Even the ice jadeite in front of Gu Weijing costs thousands of dollars.
The government is quite willing.
Of course, on the other hand, all jadeite in Myanmar is state-owned. It is very easy to get good jadeite. They also like to use jadeite as national gifts or various diplomatic gifts.
Given to a great artist like Mr. Cao, it’s really worth tens of thousands of dollars, and it’s not a loss at all.
A world-class art master is willing to carry a jade bracelet with him.
In high-end art occasions where various celebrities gather, the invisible advertising effect is much stronger than sending a dollar-a-pack of garbage to people at the door of tourist attractions and then being thrown into the trash can. .
"You are number thirty-six and I am number thirty-seven. The official told me that the jade rings on our two bracelets happened to be from the same pebble-sized ice jadeite ore. It was picked from the middle. The smoothness and color are almost the same."
Sakai Katsuko took off her bracelet and placed it next to Gu Weijing's.
The sun shines in from the window. Two strings of jade rings with almost the same color and clarity are as clear as ice. The slight white cotton-like impurities in the jade rings are not ugly, like one more string solidified in the ice crystals. A little star.
"Exactly the same, next to each other."
Sakai Katsuko tilted her head and said softly, "That's great."
"I'll put it on for you." Let's do it."
Miss Sakai stretched out her hand, gently untied the silver buckle on the bracelet, and tied it on for Gu Weijing.
Afternoon,
Dulwich College, gifted and gifted classroom.
Mrs. Sakai’s class today is coming to an end.
"Ms. Sandanu, this is your corrected homework." Katsuko Sakai walked to a student holding the portfolio of students' works that her mother had reviewed.
"Thank you, Miss Sakai, what do Professor Cruz think of the portfolio I designed?"
Mona took over her homework from the hands of the little artist princess with respectful hands. , said with a smile.
Before the class started, Mrs. Sakai took away the portfolios that all of them were preparing.
There are only six students in their improvement class.
And counting Mrs. Cruz, Miss Sakai and Mr. Komataro, the two teaching assistants, there are three teachers.
The biggest advantage of this type of high-quality small class teaching with a teacher-student ratio of 1:2 is that the professor can tailor different modifications according to the work submitted by each student. Suggestions, judging each student's painting level, and giving different modification suggestions based on their respective shortcomings.
After only a few classes,
Mona was thankful again and again in her heart that she had made a wise decision to visit Mrs. Sakai in advance.
A great artist is a great artist.
This kind of teaching conditions was not possible in the original Dulwich school anyway.
Mona took over her portfolio.
She was not in a hurry to look through it, but her eyes fell on the face of this young lady who was almost destined to leave her own page on the international art stage in the future.
"Miss Sakai, do you want to eat cake? I baked a small cake at home and added a little honey., I don’t know if you will like it. "
While talking, Mona took out a small Lock lunch box from her schoolbag, which contained a layer of cupcakes. "By the way, I can just call you Shengzi like a friend."< /p>
Mona has always hoped to make friends with this extraordinary lady.
But she always has a vague feeling that this Miss Sakai has some opinions about herself.
There are one teacher, two teaching assistants and six students in the class.
When painting in the studio, one teacher can directly provide detailed painting guidance to two students.
< p>Of course she most wanted Mrs. Sakai to take care of her.Unfortunately, Professor Cruz chose Miao Angwen, the best student.
The rest. Among the people, there were only two girls: herself and another girl named Marley.
Including Mona, everyone thought that according to the custom, girls help girls, and Miss Sakai would of course choose two. The girls drew together.
Unexpectedly,
When choosing a student, Miss Sakai stared at Mona for a moment, but avoided her and chose another one intentionally or unintentionally. Student.
Mona is a little disappointed, but she is not surprised.
Her status in the class is a bit embarrassing, not only does Miss Sakai seem to treat her differently. , even other Dulwich students are the same.
Even if they don’t know that they have visited Professor Cruz in advance,
The students in the advanced class can always realize that Mona can. Entering Mrs. Sakai's class does not rely solely on your painting ability.
It's like the principal forced his nephew with average grades into the top class.
Everyone. He would not say anything openly, but in private he would inevitably point fingers at Mona and make some gossip.
Even behind Jerry’s sunny smile towards Mona, there seemed to be something “condescending” about her. This makes Mona, who has always been a good student who works hard, feel uncomfortable.
Uncomfortable is uncomfortable.
Mona has a good psychological quality and can pretend to be behind people's opinions. I can't hear you.
What does this mean?
How long can you remember this kind of thing, a week or a month?
Even if it will be discussed for a semester. So what. When she enters a broader stage and becomes famous, people will only remember such trivial matters as how she entered the advanced class.
She is Mrs. Sakai’s student.
Just like decades later,
Gu Weijing may still be spending time in the small gallery in Yangon at home, and no one will recognize her. He will not remember how good he once was.
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