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Chen Quan bent over in front of the painting for about 20 minutes, silent and motionless. He took a break from time to time, obviously thinking hard about something?

Zeng Xin saw the painting "Eternity" for the first time today, and he was stunned! Looking at "Eternity" and then looking at his two portraits, I immediately understood why Zhou Kun said that before.

At this moment, when she looked at Lu An, in addition to envy and jealousy, there was more of a sense of powerlessness and admiration.

This is the gap!

The sense of gap brought about by super talent reminded Zeng Xin of a saying: Sometimes the gap between people is wider than that between people and dogs.

Zhou Kun could understand the complicated emotions on Zeng Xin's face. But I don’t know why, but for no reason my heart felt a lot happier, as if I was no longer lonely, and finally found a close friend who was also a fallen person in the world.

Yu Guanzhi was the last person to get close to the "Eternal" oil painting. After staring at the oil painting intently for more than ten minutes, a lot of doubts and confusion flashed through her eyes.

Then she looked at Uncle Chen next to her, but it was a pity that the latter did not have the same tacit understanding as before and ignored her at all.

In other words, Chen Quan was so immersed in the world in the painting that he had no intention of paying attention to what was going on outside.

Her eyes stayed on Uncle Chen for more than ten seconds, and Yu Guanzhi realized something. It seemed that she didn't get the answer, but Uncle Chen's look seemed to have given her the answer.

And as Uncle Chen immersed himself in the painting for a longer time, Yu Guanzhi became more certain about a certain conjecture.

Meng Qingchi didn't know how to draw, so he always stood behind the crowd and observed everyone's reactions.

Through the strong expressions of Zhou Kun and Zeng Xin, she knew one thing: Xiao An's painting was very good.

Through Mr. Chen's lengthy musings, she knew the painting was better than she imagined.

With his thoughts at this point, Meng Qingchi looked at Lu An, feeling a little happy and a little proud of him.

She has always treated Xiao An as a family member and her own relative. He is talented in painting and can achieve success in painting, which is naturally what she wants to see most.

Seeing her quietly sizing him up, Lu An walked over and blinked, feeling a little proud: "Sister Qingchi, are there flowers on my face?"

Hearing this, Meng Qingchi smiled, turned around and left the bedroom, preparing to make dinner. At the same time, I was thinking that I should tell Qingshui about this as soon as possible to make her happy.

The atmosphere at the dinner was very strange. Chen Quan seemed to have been immersed in his paintings and didn't talk much to anyone.

In the middle of the meal, he suddenly looked up and asked Lu An: "When was this painting created?"

Luann replied: "A month ago."

Chen Quan stared into his eyes and asked, "Why did you choose to create such a painting?"

"Because of my own needs," Luann said.

Because of your own needs? After chewing it repeatedly, Chen Quan seemed to understand, and many things that confused him seemed to be solved.

Finally he asked: "Do you want to sell this painting?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone who was eating slowed down the movements of their hands and looked at Lu An as if they were in slow motion.

Facing five strange looks, Lu An shook his head.

Chen Quan seemed not surprised to be rejected, but the expression on his face was still a little disappointed.

No, even a little disappointed.

Then he took out a gray velvet cloth from his pocket, wiped his glasses, and continued eating without asking any more questions.

Chen Quan's question was inexplicable, and the end was inexplicable, which made everyone at the table more curious. But since the parties involved are all present, there is no way to get to the bottom of it.

When Chen Quan and Lu An were talking just now, Yu Guanzhi had been paying attention to Lu An's expression and wondering what he was thinking.

But she was able to keep her composure. Before she understood Uncle Chen's exact thoughts, she did not alert him. Instead, before leaving, she took out a business card from her bag and handed it to Lu An:

"I've been bothered a lot these past two days. This is my business card. If you go to Shanghai in the future, you can contact me."

Lu An looked at those mist-filled eyes and instantly understood: the woman in front of him was attracted by the "Eternity" oil painting, and the name of the painting was a back-up.

Then he couldn't help but think deeply:

Could she have read my mind?

Did you see that I was using retreat as a means to advance?

Did you see through this that this was a plan to increase your net worth?

Have you seen through the idea of ​​wanting to hug your thighs when you are so poor?

So give this one a business card as a test?

His thoughts were like electricity and fleeting. Lu An suppressed these random speculations and took a look at the business card. He found that in addition to his name and landline number, there was also the contact information of his big brother.

What a good thing. No need to say anything. Lu An took it with both hands, opened the drawer and put the business card in solemnly.

Seeing that the other party was still looking at him, Lu An immediately tore off a blank page and wrote down the public phone number at the entrance of the alley. After thinking about it, he wrote down the Meng family's landline number, handed it over shamelessly and said with a smile:

"Sorry, my home is relatively simple and I don't have a landline. If you don't mind the trouble, just use this first. When I have business cards later, I will mail one to you."

Hearing "I'll mail you one", Yu Guanzhi looked at him meaningfully and saw through his words at a glance: keep in touch and don't cut off contact.

But she didn't reveal it, she reached out to take the note, looked down at it, and put it into her bag.

Later, she said to Meng Qingchi and Lu An: "Then let's go first. Thank you both for your hospitality."

Meng Qingchi sent a few people to the door, "You're welcome, let's go slowly."

Santana left, taking the four of them with her.

Watching the car disappear at the entrance of the alley, Meng Qingchi looked a little disappointed.

When she returned to the yard, she couldn't help but ask: "Xiao An, do you think they will come back?"

"Yes." Lu An said firmly as he closed the door.

Seeing what he said was categorical, Meng Qingchi thought for a while and then went to the kitchen to wash the dishes.

Lu An was not idle and followed in.

Although washing dishes and clothes is the thing he hates doing the most, it depends on the situation, right?

They say that when men and women work together, they won't be tired from work. With Sister Qingchi around, he feels both pain and happiness.

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Hotel, suite living room.

After Zhou Kun and Zeng Xin left, Yu Guanzhi, who had remained silent about the "Eternal" oil painting, leaned forward slightly.

Started to ask: "Uncle Chen, what do you think of that painting?"

Unexpectedly, she was shocked as soon as Chen Quan opened his mouth. He said very seriously: "We need this painting."

Yu Guanzhi looked at him and waited patiently for what was to come.

Chen Quan expressed his opinion: "You may not believe it, but I actually saw the shadow of Klee in this painting, which made me..."

Yu Guanzhi asked: "Swiss painter, Paul Klee?"

Chen Quan nodded: "Yes, that's him. I don't know if Lu An has ever seen Klee's oil paintings up close? I don't know in what way he has seen them? But there is definitely a shadow of Klee.

but

But that's not the most important thing. The most important thing is that he got inspiration from Klee's paintings and jumped into the abstract world. You should know what this means?

The development of Western painting is now facing a bottleneck, and the key to breakthrough is to move in the direction of abstraction. This is why realistic oil painting is gradually declining in the West, and many prestigious schools have even canceled realistic oil painting courses.

But this breakthrough is not so easy to cross. In reality, one painter out of a hundred is often very good. The carp leaping over the dragon's gate is more difficult than we imagined.

Of course, if it were just this, it wouldn't shock me.

What makes me think the most valuable thing about the painting "Eternity" is that Lu An has integrated the rendering methods and spatial concepts of Chinese ink painting into his painting creation, blazing his own path and bringing his paintings to another world. one level.

His "eternal" color and space allocation made me appreciate another world, an infinite world that seems both invisible and tangible. Very amazing.

His talent is just like what Zhou Kun said in his letter: very scary. It puts me off. "

Yu Guanzhi pondered for a while and asked: "So in addition to oil painting, Lu An also knows Chinese ink painting?"

Chen Quan said with a very certain tone: "It will definitely happen, and the level is not low."

Yu Guanzhi fell into silence.

Because she also felt a lot of new things from "Eternity", but her artistic attainments were far inferior to Chen Bo's, so she didn't dare to confirm them for the moment.

Yu Guanzhi thought about it in his mind and asked: "Based on your 30 years of working experience at Sotheby's in New York, Uncle Chen, what price can this painting fetch at the auction house?"

Chen Quan had obviously thought about this issue along the way, thinking about it and said:

"This painting went in a new direction, and as a gimmick, if promoted properly, it would be worth a hundred thousand dollars."

Yu Guanzhi did not doubt the authenticity of this statement, but asked: "Uncle Chen, how confident are you if you do it yourself?"

Chen Bo said: "He is a newcomer in this industry, and the operation requires a lot of time and financial resources, but it is conservatively estimated to be 60%."

Yu Guanzhi knew it well and immediately made the decision: "Okay, then we will postpone our return trip. Our newly opened gallery and auction house both need a pioneering work worth $100,000.

We need a painter of this caliber even more. "

ps: The price of US$100,000 was estimated in March after checking a lot of data from that era. If you have different opinions, you can provide valuable opinions.