Gu Weijing stared at the news announcements on the mobile phone art forum in front of him.
On the forum, there are report links posted by netizens who forwarded the news. If you click on it, you can see the official shortlist announcement from the official homepage and official tweets of the Schostic Group.
There are twelve candidates in total.
Seven writers and five illustrators.
Everyone comes with a large photo of a suit and leather shoes, except for the detectorcat column, which is a cartoon.
It is naturally impossible for the publisher's official announcement to include his online store address, so the cover of The Little Prince was used instead.
"I really got nominated for an award."
Should I say it is reasonable and expected?
After guessing the true identity of Mr. Sloth With a high probability of being a senior executive of the Schostic Group, Gu Weijing passed various hints in recent communications and asked him to prepare to submit a drawing to the magazine.
Although it has not been explicitly confirmed.
Gu Weijing had already made some preparations.
He immediately checked his work email.
As expected.
I saw an official email from the publishing house that was sent yesterday morning, officially notifying me that I had been nominated for an award.
In the email, the other party invited him to go to the United States to attend an awards ceremony in June.
Uncle Sam’s art awards are fundamentally different from those high-profile, aloof awards in Europe.
What they do is all about entertainment and eye-catching effect.
Nowadays, this kind of art awards event is almost the same as the Oscars.
There must be a red carpet with celebrities, a live TV broadcast, and a talk show actor as the host.
Sometimes dignitaries from the education sector are present.
There were several sessions in the early years.
In order to increase the ratings and the influence of the awards, the Schostic Group also directly invited the then president, Ao Guanhai himself, as a guest to present the awards, and personally announced the winners of the youth and children's category.
In the email Gu Weijing received, the publishing group expressed a very generous expression.
Their publishing house will bear with public funds the first-class air tickets for the artist himself, the business-class air tickets for three or less of his family members, relatives and friends who are accompanying him, as well as all the hotel accommodation and meals for the group during the award period. overhead.
Gu Weijing finished reading the email and exited the mailbox.
It’s not like Fan Jin was overjoyed and yelled when he won the exam.
But he still had the fulfilling and peaceful feeling of joy that a farmer uncle felt when he saw autumn ears finally covering the branches.
The Writing and Art Master Award is the same award that Andy Warhol, Stephen King, and JK Rowling have all won.
Let’s put aside whether or not we can win the prize.
CanGet nominated.
Even if you just accompany him for a while, it may not be a substantial improvement in your professional status.
A internet celebrity illustrator with high sales who is simply popular, and a famous illustrator who has been shortlisted for important awards.
Perhaps in terms of how much money you can make by supplying articles to publishing houses.
The difference between the two may not be that big.
But this kind of award brings the possibility of "breaking boundaries".
If anyone wants to go up the chain of artistic contempt and cross the vague boundary between illustrators and artists.
Become Van Dorn, Jane Arnold or even Kas, Andy Warhol, who are the most arrogant figures in the entire art circle.
Do you have such qualifications?
The difference between the two is not necessarily small.
Among those who paint fairy tales, whether they are "fooling children" or "engaging in serious art", there are many who can play and talk.
Fashion cross-border luxury goods like Van Doorn, Andy Warhol, the godfather of pop art, and Kas, co-branded trendy goods that sell tens of millions of dollars every three days
p>This group of people all started their careers working for publishing houses and illustrating for Disney.
However, in their promotional content, it is rare to see people calling themselves "illustrators", but they are all called painters or artists.
The reason why the title of illustrator seems so weak is largely because critics feel that your approach is not elegant and serious enough.
How to make yourself elegant and serious?
Just win a grand prize.
This is the most direct way and also the most difficult way.
Every time comes, heaven and earth all work together.
Since he got a "Detective Cat Art Museum", Gu Weijing's luck seems to have improved a lot.
Not only was he nominated for the Grand Prize, but he also made gratifying progress in watercolor painting.
The bottom line of his soft pen is already there.
A watercolor brush happens to be a brush between the soft brush used in traditional Chinese painting and the harder bristle brush used in oil painting.
These three have a certain degree of similarity in their writing techniques.
Finding the right method.
After several days of flat application practice with watercolor paint, and careful consideration of the color brightness cards.
Gu Weijing’s watercolor technique has almost filled the semi-professional level experience bar.
Judge based on his past sketch breakthrough experience.
The bottleneck between semi-professional and professional painters, as the entry ticket for the lowest level of professional painters, is far less about mental state and talent than the threshold between level 4 and 5 in the field of professional painters.
God will always give a way out to stupid children who are willing to work hard.
This step is more of a pure practice accumulated over time.
Depending on the situation, a breakthrough in watercolor techniques will most likely happen right before your eyes.
Double happiness.
Gu Weijing has been in a very happy mood recently.
That Miss Elena is really his little lucky star.
She also bought her grandfather’s paintings
Speaking of which.
Gu Weijing opened it and switched to Detective Cat’s work WeChat.
On his contact list, he discovered that there was already a contact named Anna Elena with the oil painting head of a black and white spotted dog.
Theoretically.
My father, Gu Tongxiang, has the contact information of the other party.
But there was no way or reason for him to let his grandfather push her best friend to him.
So I made a big detour and asked Mr. Sloth for help.
The other party replied that he could give it a try.
Gu Weijing was still thinking that if there was no other way, he could leave a message on Twitter, send a private message, add a friend, etc.
Mr. Sloth is indeed the universal Tinker Bell of people broadcasting.
Just this morning, he pushed Miss Elena’s friend account over.
"The level is just average, I think it's young and cute."
Gu Weijing first clicked on the other person's avatar and looked at the big black and white spotted cat on Anna's homepage. The dog took a few seconds to comment.
The green and cute thing is talking about the painting level of this oil painting, not the black and white hunting dog.
As a loyal supporter of the Cat Party.
Gu Weijing thought that although the dog was big and very impressive, it was still not as impressive as his own Ngawang.
As for the painting method.
This skill level is not worthy of his use of calligraphy and painting appraisal skills.
The resolution of the photos on social profile pictures is not too high.
Gu Weijing glanced at it casually and judged that it looked like a mid-range v3 semi-professional.
Among Dulwich students, this level is considered very good.
As the head of the Elena family, her taste can be used as a private social avatar.
No matter how good the painting is, how high the technique is, and how expensive it is, he would not be surprised.
On the contrary, Gu Weijing was slightly surprised by this kind of painting, which was neither a famous painting nor its technique was obviously childish.
"Hello, Miss Elena."
Gu Weijing did not dwell too much on this matter, opened the chat box, and took the initiative to say hello.
"Hello, nice to meet you, Ms. Detective Cat."
The reply was almost instantaneous, but only a short sentence.
The two sides were silent for a few seconds.
Both seemed to be hesitating on how to speak. This strange pair of familiar yet unfamiliar men and women were testing the boundaries of chatting.
Gu Weijing thought he should be the first to speak and sent a message to thank him.
“thankyouveryuch”
“rciiefois French, thank you"
An unexpected coincidence occurred.
Miss Elena also sent a thank you almost at the same time.
Gu Weijing completely I don’t understand German.
Although Detective Cat has been pretending to be a French-speaking country online, Myanmar is not a former French colony like Vietnam, and the popularity of French is not high. His daily school life environment is in English. Lord.
In addition, in order to take care of Miss Elena’s language habits, he has always spoken in more comfortable English.
And Miss Elena seems to speak French. < /p>
To take care of his language habits, I sent my thanks in French.
“I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you have done. Miss Elena. ”
“I am truly touched by the painting you created, Ms. Detective Cat. ”
At almost the same second, two new messages appeared on the screen.
Not only did the two people speak in unison.
It’s even more subtle. Unfortunately, this time Gu Weijing changed to French again in order to maintain his character.
Miss Elena changed to English.
“I am your fan. . ”
“I am your fan. ”
The two sides exchanged languages again.
This time.
Both people stopped talking.
Gu Weijing Looking at Miss Anna's head, he felt a strange "misunderstanding" full of tacit understanding reverberating between the two of them.
It was as if they were growing up in the shade of the campus. They met in the narrow corridor.
Dodge to one side at the same time, look at each other for two seconds, and then dodge to the other side at the same time.
In the end, they just looked at each other and smiled, and the two of them stood there together.
It sounds a bit silly to describe it.
But it really happened to you. It was an indescribable strange feeling.
It was the first time for me to be in close contact with this noble lady, Her Royal Highness the Countess, who had the temperament of a queen. When Gu Weijing started sending messages, he was still very cautious.
After two short sentences, I found that this young lady was not as imposing as I thought, she was really kind.
It was like an old friend met unexpectedly one afternoon.
Gu Weijing pursed his lips.
He suddenly felt that the other party knew exactly what he was thinking.
There is no need to continue with those polite and polite compliments.
“I saw the official announcement from the Schostic Group. Congratulations on being nominated for this year’s Writing and Art Master Award. . ”
This time Miss Irina spoke first.
“The annual Schostic Group’s awards show will be held in early June.. This year’s party should be held at the Hudson Theater on Broadway. I wonder if you will attend in person?"
"Well, most likely you won’t go. As an anonymous painter, it pays to maintain a sense of public mystery. "
Gu Weijing answered honestly.
"I will let my assistant attend on my behalf. ”
As a child of a poor family.
He felt very regretful that he was given the opportunity to fly first class and travel to North America with public funds.
Large group companies are very generous to all overseas guests they invite.
In terms of air tickets and accommodation fees, this standard can easily reach US$50,000 to US$60,000 if you want to invite friends. It's not enough.
In addition to no honor, it may not be less than the winning prize itself.
His grandfather Gu Tongxiang prostituted a bag of oranges from the public house and took advantage of it. I'll be happy for a few days.
If there is such a good opportunity, the old man will definitely take off.
Since then. If you want to be like Banksy and benefit from the mystery of an anonymous artist, you have to endure this unknown loneliness.
The top priority now is to improve your painting skills and prepare for the Singapore Art Exhibition.
Even if identity is not an issue
It would be difficult for Gu Weijing to take time to go on vacation in the United States.
The assistant mentioned in his message refers to him. It's definitely not Uncle Alai.
With Alai's visibility, there won't be much difference between the other party's attendance and his own attendance.
When the time comes, it will be about Schönbrunn Palace affairs. The Dyson guy will be there to receive the award for him, assuming he is lucky enough to win the prize.
The other person is his one-to-one financial assistant, and is also responsible for attending some of the things she insists on for Detective Cat. It was an official occasion to show up in person.
"Alas"
Miss Elena sighed slightly while holding the mobile phone.
"Push it for me. "
Anna said softly.
"What?"
At the coffee table, she was having a video call with the real estate agent.
With various open folders and two AC computers in front of him, Secretary Elliot turned his head away from the screen.
This workplace beauty’s hair turned away. It's a bit messy, and the hem of her Prada dress is also a bit wrinkled.
She looks like a high-paid female programmer, even more so than Miss Elena's personal secretary.
Elaine. Miss Anna moved her mouth on the podium.
The secretary broke her leg.
In the past few days, Anna went to a reception to accept donations.
Elliot. There are all kinds of tedious and detailed affairs to be dealt with there, and they are busy without touching the ground.
They were actually discussing the location of the planned family museum at the table.should.
Probably because Anna scolded them so harshly on stage, they unexpectedly received an olive branch from the German government, which was tortured by the shadow of World War II, as a gesture of kindness.
There is an ancient palace called Marin Castle in Saxony.
It covers an area of approximately 220,000 square meters.
Originally owned by the Prince of Hanover.
Because it was unable to repair it, it was sold to the German government for one euro in 2018.
They are willing to conditionally donate the Marin Castle and the surrounding land to the Irina Family Foundation as the site for the museum.
Elliot was busy investigating whether the deal was a good deal.
The free ones are often the most expensive.
She contacted some real estate agents and calculated that the entire castle is worth about 200 million euros, but it is a protected building under the United Nations Heritage List.
Repairing is expensive.
This generation of Hannover princes had to sell the house for a token price of one euro because they were almost bankrupt in repairing the house.
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