fringe artist

Chapter 185 183. Set off a wave of 95!

"Haha. Rise of the Empire. Ji Fa, you're going to laugh me to death!"

In the well-heated studio, Ji Fa blushed and lowered her head, angrily gouged Chen Li'an out of the corner of her eye.

Sitting next to him, Bai Qing couldn't help laughing. He couldn't understand why Ji Fa would think of the rise of the empire.
But after laughing for a while, Bai Qing stopped laughing, looking through the glass window at the swaying red waves in the yard, feeling a bit like the rise of an empire.

If you add a sickle and a hammer to the yard, it doesn't seem to violate harmony, and even the theme can be changed directly.

Bai Qing turned his head and glanced at Chen Li'an who was still laughing, and suddenly worried that the people who would come to visit would think the same way, if so, he wondered if Chen Li'an would still be able to laugh.

If it were him, Bai Qing estimated that he would die of anger, and the work he had created with great difficulty was misunderstood, which would be too frustrating.

At this time, the morning sun had just risen, and the familiar pigeon whistle sounded outside again, and a group of pigeons flew over the yard in groups.

Chen Li'an looked at Ji Fa who wanted to kill him, stopped smiling and said to her and Bai Qing: "I haven't had breakfast yet, I'll buy anything I want."

"Anything." Bai Qing replied indifferently, then pouted at Chen Li'an to signal him to coax Ji Fa.

Chen Li'an approached Ji Fa and asked gently: "Beautiful Miss Ji Fa, what do you want to eat?"

Ji Fa glared at Chen Li'an, and made up her mind not to talk to him all day.

The ridicule just now was too loud, Chen Li'an looked at Ji Fa who didn't want to talk to him, ran out and bought a lot of different kinds of breakfast and came back.

"Jifa, see which one you like to eat."

Seeing Chen Li'an's ingratiating behavior, Ji Fa lightly snorted and pointed to a bean paste bun, then opened her mouth to wait for Chen Li'an's feeding.

Chen Li'an immediately picked up the bun and handed it to Ji Fa's mouth. Bai Qing sat beside him and watched their childish behavior, and smiled softly.

These two people are sometimes like children, and this trio will break up sooner or later without her.

After coaxing Ji Fa to finish breakfast, Chen Li'an casually grabbed a steamed bun and ate it by himself. He glanced at the time and said to Bai Qing, "It's almost time. I don't know how many people will come."

Bai Qing cleared the table and said, "I don't know, it's not important."

It really doesn't matter, the studio is here, you can come to see it whenever you want, and it's not for making money or fame for the exhibition, it doesn't matter how many people there are.

After Chen Li'an quickly finished eating the buns in his hand, he ran out and checked again. After confirming that there was no problem with the various devices and that the weather would not change, he came to the gate of the yard with peace of mind, opened the gate, and hung A fine little bronze medal.

Chen Li'an & Baiqing Art Space.

The name is simple and unpretentious, but there is a universe inside.

When it was past eight o'clock, several people came from the other side of the alley. The leader was old friend Director Yang, and together with him were several painters that Chen Li'an had known before the National Art Exhibition.

They are all very interested in Chen Li'an's installation art. There are too few people playing installation art in China. Last year, only a few painters who came back from abroad have made several installation art in their own homes. No matter in terms of effect or experience, they are very different. great.

Not everyone is willing to spend so much money to buy a courtyard house as an art space like Chen Li'an.

Such a formal and large-scale installation art will certainly arouse the interest of artists in Beijing, especially some young artists, who are more interested.

Before Director Yang and the others arrived at the entrance of the courtyard, a group of tall, short, fat and thin young artists with unkempt appearances but surprisingly similar temperaments also came at the entrance of the alley.

Standing at the door, Chen Li'an took a few glances and recognized several familiar faces that he had met when he went to Yuanmingyuan Artist Village.

Since the Yuanmingyuan Artist Village was demolished at the beginning of this year, most of these people have gathered in Songzhuang, and many people are scattered around Songzhuang.

However, the communication and connection between them are still very close. Young artists, don’t they just like to get together to discuss art and waste their lives along the way.

Curator Yang and the others came to the gate of the courtyard first, looked at Chen Li'an standing in front of the gate and asked with a smile, "Why is the gate still closed? We are not welcome to enter."

Chen Li'an immediately stepped aside with a smile, and then stretched out his hand to push open the courtyard door.

The moment the wooden door was pushed open, the sound of silk threads rubbing against each other in the yard became louder, and the group of people outside couldn't help being curious.

Isn't it installation art?Why is there still sound?

The group of young artists behind also came to the door, and after nodding to Chen Li'an and saying hello, someone couldn't help but said, "Aren't we going in?"

The few leaders looked back, then smiled and walked in across the threshold. After stepping through the wooden door, they were all shocked by the huge device in front of them.

The [-]-square-meter courtyard is occupied by Chen Li'an's works. The ginkgo tree standing in the middle of the courtyard is surrounded by countless steel pipes, and the red silk thread keeps shaking, as if trying to swallow the tree.

The huge red waves in the whole yard are like huge waves in the cold wind, and the pavement formed by the colorful light spots looks extraordinarily sacred. Compared with the blue-gray yard, there is a strong sense of contrast and contradiction.

The few people who walked into the yard first subconsciously stopped, and subconsciously held their breath. It took a few seconds to react, and they were awakened by the urging sound of the people behind who hadn't come in yet.

Curator Yang couldn't help but turned his head to look for Chen Li'an's figure at this moment, but he turned around and didn't see it.

At this time, Chen Li'an had already returned to the room to observe them through the window, while Bai Qing and Ji Fa were beside them and did not go out.

"Just leave them there?" Bai Qing looked at Chen Li'an and asked.

Chen Li'an said nonchalantly: "I have greeted you at the door just now, let them shock themselves for a while now."

Bai Qing: "." Politeness is all about meaning, right?

There are more and more people in the yard. Standing in the yard, more than a dozen people are shocked by the waves in front of them, walking through countless steel pipes and silk threads, feeling the trembling brought by art.

The older painters were in a slightly better mood, just gathered together to watch various installations and discuss something in a low voice.

In addition, more than a dozen young artists were more excited. It was the first time to observe and experience installation art at such a close distance, and it was such a large-scale installation art. This kind of strong visual shock and spatial feeling cannot be given by oil painting.

The emotional and visual impact of installation art is strong, although it is not long-lasting, it is enough for those who see the work for the first time to relax for a while.

While these people were still amazed, there were a few camera shutter sounds from the gate of the yard.

Reporters from several art magazines in the capital rushed over after knowing that Chen Li'an had made an installation art.

The hottest artists in China this year are Chen Li'an and Bai Qing, not to mention frequent publications in magazines, and they even won the Golden Lion Award in Venice.

That is the highest award in the world art exhibition, and it is still very sensational in the domestic art circle, no less than a director in the entertainment circle who won the Oscar statuette.

Don't look down on Oscar, the current Oscar is still the most powerful in the hearts of Chinese people, if you look down on it, you have to wait more than ten years before looking down on it.

Among the reporters who came, there was another person that Chen Li'an felt familiar with. After a few careful glances, he recognized that he was a reporter from popular movies who wanted to interview him but only cared about gossip.

Why did this guy come here? Chen Li'an looked at the guy who kept taking pictures with the camera, feeling very strange.

You can't come here for yourself, you want to interview yourself again?
"What are you looking at? Are there any acquaintances?" Bai Qing followed Chen Li'an's gaze and asked curiously when he didn't find any acquaintances.

Chen Li'an shook his head, and then explained: "The reporter who saw a popular movie, I don't know why he came here."

"Popular movie?" Bai Qing was also a little strange, so he guessed: "It's probably aimed at you. Didn't you have a movie released? Now you are a star."

"Maybe, but I'm an actor at best, and I'm not a star." Chen Li'an explained with a smile, then looked at Ji Fa who had gone out to chat with others through the window, and said to Bai Qing: "Let's go." , let's go out too, I guess they have a lot of questions to ask."

Bai Qing smiled and said: "The question is also asking you, I will help you change your face, it has nothing to do with me."

"Why doesn't it matter, you paid for it." Chen Li'an smiled and pulled Bai Qing out.

As soon as they came to the courtyard, Chen Li'an and Bai Qing were surrounded by many artists and reporters full of problems.

These questions are not incomprehensible or I want Chen Li'an to explain the meaning of the work, but I want to chat with him about installation art.

These artists all regard Chen Li'an as the pioneer of domestic installation art. With such a profound and creative installation art, who can say that Chen Li'an does not understand installation art.

The cold wind blowing in the yard felt a little tingling on his face, Chen Li'an didn't expect them to regard him as a master of installation art, and he felt a little embarrassed.

So I invited them to sit inside and have a tea party together, otherwise Chen Li'an was worried that the cold wind would blow off his face in the yard.

I'm really sorry, a group of artists seem to be waiting for me to give a lecture. Rao, Mr. Chen has a good psychological quality, and he also has a little sense of shame.

After a group of people entered the house, several groups of people came to see the exhibition. Most of them were from the art circle, and many students from the Academy of Fine Arts rushed over after hearing the news.

Chen Li'an is very famous among the students of the Academy of Fine Arts. Whether it is the previous photography exhibition or the award-winning works in Venice, they are highly respected by the students.

After all, it is different from the things of the older generation, and the younger people like it more.

This time I heard that Chen Li'an has made an installation art again, so I come here whenever I have time.

After being shaken in the yard for a while, many people gathered at the door at noon to listen to Chen Li'an talking about art with a group of already famous artists.

It is impossible to squeeze in the room, so I can only stand outside and listen. Although the wind is not small in the yard, it is still quite warm to squeeze together.

Nearly a hundred or so people crowded under the eaves, listening carefully to the conversation inside by the door and window, being extraordinarily quiet and devoted.

When Chen Li'an in the room saw this scene, he immediately stood up and opened the windows to let them hear clearly, and his voice was amplified a lot after sitting back.

This scene shocked several reporters in the crowd. There was always a feeling of watching an old movie from the Republic of China. Chen Li'an was a prelude to becoming a master.

Grandma, how could there be a feeling of witnessing history? At this moment, several reporters felt the blood in their bodies boil, and they walked through the crowd with their cameras, and the film was snapping like it didn't cost money.

The reporter from Popular Films didn't want to take so many photos. He came here today to interview Chen Li'an. He couldn't find him before. This time he heard that he was holding an art exhibition here and came here specially.

The reporter of Dazhong Literature and Art ran out of film at this time, ran over to him and stretched out his hand and said, "Brother, lend me two rolls of film, and I will pay you back when I get back."

"Why are you so excited?" The reporter of the popular film was a little surprised that his colleagues seemed to have been beaten.

The reporters of popular literature and art don't know how to explain it, saying that they are recording the growth of the master?I always felt a little exaggerated, so I said: "You don't understand, you give me the film and then talk about it."

Popular film reporter: "." You are lofty and you are amazing, as long as you understand it!Don't ask me to borrow film if you are capable!

In the alley outside the studio, Huo Jianqi and Ning Jing walked towards the studio while chatting, discussing the rising box office in the past two days.

Huo Jianqi felt in high spirits, and said to Ning Jing with a little pride: "If I tell Li An later that the box office is almost 600 million, he will definitely be shocked."

Ning Jing smiled, but felt that Chen Li'an didn't care about the box office at all.

Jin Qiaoqiao and Wang Qianyuan, who followed along to join in the fun, echoed, "Haha, I guess he will be surprised."

A few people talked and laughed and came to the door of the studio. They were all dumbfounded when they saw that the yard was crowded with people, and everyone was quiet as if they were listening to a class.

Huo Jianqi turned his head to look at Ning Jing and said in a daze, "We didn't go wrong, did we?"

"It's not wrong." Ning Jing pointed to Chen Li'an's name on the bronze plaque at the door, then listened carefully, and confirmed: "It's Chen Li'an's voice inside."

After confirming that he had gone the right way, Huo Jianqi looked at the crowds in the yard in surprise, and couldn't help but grab a reporter who was busy taking pictures and asked, "Hello, please ask, what are you doing? Aren't you watching the exhibition?"

The reporter glanced back, recognized Ning Jing, and explained, "I'm listening to Master Chen discussing art with several well-known artists."

After finishing speaking, the reporter squeezed into the yard again, raised the camera above his head and clicked the shutter, still thinking about what name should be better for writing an article about today's events.

Chen Li'an's work is called "The Wave Series-Red", can it be called 95 Art Wave?
Will today's gathering set off a new wave of art, and will so many artists collide with each other to create a new trend of art thought?

Will it be the same as the 85 art trend ten years ago?
The reporters in the yard, as bystanders, all thought of this possibility. While excited, they were also afraid, fearing that this time it would be the same as ten years ago.

Huo Jianqi, who was also a bystander, didn't think too much about it. He just stood at the door and looked at the overcrowded yard, and couldn't help swallowing.

Did that reporter just want to talk about the master?No, did I hear you right?

Huo Jianqi, Ning Jing and the others looked at each other, confirming that they had heard correctly, they couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Chen Li'an's vulgar language in the art circle is too inappropriate for this occasion. It should be said that Mr. Chen is really amazing!
Both Huo Jianqi and Ning Jing came from art studies, and they would also pay attention to the news of some domestic painters. What surprised them most was that they saw a few familiar painters in the yard.

Those are all well-known domestic artists, why can't they even enter the house? ?I just stood outside and listened, and I haven't complained yet.

If Ning Jing saw those painters, she would have to call her teacher, but now these teachers are listening to Chen Li'an's lecture?
Is it a lecture?Regardless of whether this situation counted or not, she was a little confused.

It's not that you are so good, what kind of entertainment circle are you here for!Self-defeating, you!

I stood at the door for a while and found that the few people who couldn't squeeze in looked at each other helplessly.

A gust of cold wind blew past, and several people shrunk their necks subconsciously. The enthusiasm they had when they came here turned into great disappointment at this moment.

Huo Jianqi sighed, he was not in the mood and embarrassed to share with Chen Li'an the box office of several million box office.

A box office of several million is a fart, it is a joke to say it!

I'm so vulgar, I can't help being proud and complacent with a box office of several million, and I think I'm a big director.

He hasn't even won an award yet, so how dare he show off with an artist like Chen Li'an.

The gap between friends is really wider than the gap between people and dogs.

"Oh, let's go." Huo Jianqi sighed, and said in a dispirited manner.

When they came, they were happy to give Chen Li'an a surprise, but after arriving, Chen Li'an gave them a surprise, oh no, they were already shocked.

What they saw at the entrance of the studio just now made them understand that Chen Li'an and them are not people of the same class and the same world.

People come to the entertainment circle to have fun, we people come to make a living, no wonder Chen Li'an is unwilling to participate in the promotion, and he doesn't care about interviews and exposure.

Just as they were walking out of the alley, they bumped into the girl with big waves from the previous road show.

"Why did you leave? Is it over? Why didn't you see Chen Li'an with you?"

The big wave girl asked a series of questions familiarly, without any sign of stage fright. Such straightforwardness made Huo Jianqi and others feel that there was no sense of unfamiliarity.

Ning Jing said with a complicated expression: "It's not over, there are too many people watching the exhibition inside, so I didn't squeeze in."

Didn't squeeze in?so popular?It really is my idol!Amazing!
Da Bo said excitedly: "So you guys are going to leave? Then I'll go and see, I'm sure I can squeeze in!"

After talking about the big wave girl, she ran in excitedly. Ning Jing turned her head to look at her back, and couldn't help but said, "This girl likes Chen Li'an so much when she watches movies. If she sees that scene, she won't be completely fallen."

This kind of topic is like gossip, which instantly breaks the dull atmosphere among the few people.
Huo Jianqi smiled and said following the topic: "Then it must have fallen, Li'an is so powerful and handsome, Lian Gong."

The word after Gong, Huo Jianqi didn't say it and stopped in time, this kind of thing can't be said casually, he was a little hit today, his mouth was in a trance and he didn't know the door.

Although Huo Jianqi didn't say anything, the people present were not fools. They could have guessed from the rumors that Gong Li had recommended Chen Li'an for the movie Winner.

Huo Jianqi didn't know what he thought of, he secretly glanced at Ning Jing, wondering whether Chen Li'an was interested in her, and whether he should tell Chen Li'an about the phone call that day.

Forget it, it's none of your business, Huo Jianqi shook his head slightly and said to them: "Let's go on to the road show, this kind of thing is suitable for us."

Everyone: "..." Who do you look down on!We want to be performing artists too!
In the depths of the alley, the big wave girl came to the door of the studio and saw the black and black crowd inside, and she was a little tongue-tied.

She thought Huo Jianqi was exaggerating when he said that there were so many people that they couldn't squeeze in, but she didn't expect that it was really impossible to squeeze in.

The big wave girl was so curious that she gritted her teeth and wanted to squeeze in.

In the studio room, Chen Li'an was chatting with a dozen or so artists, when he heard a beautiful voice coming from the yard.

"I'm sorry to give way, I'm Teacher Chen's assistant, let me in."

The big wave girl lied without blushing and heartbeat, and she couldn't squeeze in if she didn't want to use crooked tricks.

The voice of the big wave girl was particularly abrupt in the quiet courtyard, and everyone in the room heard it.

Chen Li'an was a little puzzled, where did he get an assistant?Could it be that Chen Meiren arranged for herself?

The people in the courtyard consciously gave way when they heard the words of the big wave girl. Chen Li'an was afraid that the girl in the courtyard would affect everyone, so he whispered to Ji Fa: "You help me take her to the next room."

"Really your assistant?" Ji Fa asked curiously, "Since when did you have an assistant?"

"Ask a friend to help you find it. I haven't seen her before. Take her to the next door and help me see if it fits. If it doesn't fit, let her go back." Chen Li'an explained in a low voice, and then said Others said: "I'm sorry, let's continue. The device just mentioned is the alienation of space..."

Everyone in the room continued to chat, and the big wave girl who had just squeezed to the door was about to squeeze into the room, when she saw a blond foreign woman come out and pulled her to the side.

"You are Chen Li'an's assistant? Come with me and don't disturb them."

Hearing Ji Fa's words, the big wave girl just wanted to explain, but seeing the eyes of the people around her, she was worried that she would be beaten to death if she confessed...

In desperation, he could only let Jifa drag him into another room.

After entering the room, before the big wave girl opened her mouth to explain, she heard the blond, blue-eyed and beautiful foreign woman introduce herself: "You are the assistant introduced by his friend? I am Chen Li'an's manager, and my name is Ji Fa. He Let me interview you."

manager?Assistant introduced by a friend?interview me?
The big wave girl's brain was running fast, she didn't expect to have such an assistant, did she make a mistake?
The recent personnel changes in the regiment are very troublesome, maybe one day he will be fired, isn't it the right time?
In less than a second, the big wave girl decided to continue her disguise and asked curiously, "Can you decide the interview?"

"Yes, he is usually too lazy to take care of such trivial matters." Ji Fa said with a smile, seeing the young girl's youthful and lively appearance, she felt a lot of affection.

It's just that the hairstyle is not very good-looking, a little too mature.

Hearing that Ji Fa said that she can be the master, the big wave girl's eyes lit up immediately, and she can become the idol's assistant if she can handle this foreign woman!

Simply perfect!
In another room, Chen Li'an was still discussing installation art with the artists, unaware that there was a little liar next door who was fooling Ji Fa.

The discussion in the morning lasted for a long time. A group of artists talked about not being too involved in art. They didn’t eat lunch, but Bai Qing went to buy several boxes of bread and milk and came back. Everyone ate bread and milk and got over it.

This kind of enthusiasm and pursuit of art is difficult to reflect in ordinary times, but it is different when a group of like-minded people gather together.

Everyone has their own puzzles and opinions, and they share and ask each other, and they don't care about the passage of time and the cold of winter.

Especially the group of young artists. After the Yuanmingyuan Artist Village was demolished, it has been a long time since so many people gathered to discuss art.

This made them miss their previous life very much, and they didn't want to end this rare gathering so early.

This continued until the evening, when the temperature dropped so badly that many people in the yard could not help but rub their hands and stomp their feet to keep warm. Only a few old professors in the room offered to end today's discussion.

Looking at the dark sky outside, Chen Li'an also stood up and moved his stiff hands and feet, and said to the people outside: "Thank you for your support today, it's too cold now, let's go there today."

"Mr. Chen, do you want to continue tomorrow?"

Someone in the yard yelled, and immediately many people responded together, hoping to continue tomorrow.

The whole day's discussion and the collision of various artistic concepts and ideas made them feel excited. They seemed to see the grand occasion a few years ago again, and even wanted to personally promote a qualitative change in this party.

After talking all day, Chen Li'an, whose mind and thinking were a little dull, didn't feel that vigilant yet. He just turned his head and glanced at the other people in the room, and found that they also had the same thoughts, so he said, "No problem, everyone is welcome. Come and discuss art anytime.”

With such a guarantee, the people in the courtyard were willing to disperse and said that they would come early tomorrow morning.

After everyone had left, Chen Li'an felt a little exhausted. He was the protagonist today and never stopped talking.

I'm so tired, I just want to go home and lie down on the bed and have a good sleep.

Although he is very tired, his spirit is still very excited. Today he has gained a lot, and his cognition and understanding of art have been improved to a higher level.

This kind of harvest cannot be figured out by himself. A person's vision is limited, and there are too few things he can see.

Chen Li'an dragged his tired body back into the house, looked at Bai Qing who was also a little tired and said, "I really didn't expect that today would turn out like this."

"I didn't expect that either, but it's still very meaningful." Bai Qing leaned back on the chair and said with a smile: "This is much purer than those art salons in Europe."

Chen Li'an nodded. European artists are not as vigorous as these domestic artists. The development of modern art in Europe has hit a bottleneck, otherwise they would not have started to reflect on modern art.

Domestic modern art has not started for many years and is in the stage of barbaric growth, which is why it is so vigorous and fanatical.

The two of them sat in the room for a while before they suddenly remembered Ji Fa. They hadn't seen her for a long time, and they didn't know where they went.

In a hotel in the south of the city, looking at the terrible environment, Ji Fa couldn't help but turned to look at the wave girl and asked, "You've been living here? It's really bad enough."

The wave girl looked at her single room, and thought it was very good, and there was a private bathroom, what was so bad, foreign women are really hypocritical.

And I just came out to stay for a few days, if it wasn't for avoiding the entanglement of that person, I wouldn't spend so much money to stay in a hotel.

The money on my body is almost spent, being an idol's assistant solves the job and the place to live, it's perfect!
"Pack up your things and move away quickly." Ji Fa couldn't help urging, as if she didn't like the environment here very much.

The wave girl stuck out her tongue, tidied up her clothes briefly, then looked at Ji Fa and asked, "Is the welfare of your employees in France so good? The rented house is really free?"

"Of course, this is only the most basic." Ji Fa said logically.

The big wave girl can't help feeling that the capitalist society is not as dark as the book says, it will exploit and squeeze the workers and peasants.

Food and lodging is included when you join the job, it shouldn't be too perfect, okay?

The wave girl carried the suitcase happily and followed Ji Fa away.

Chen Li'an in the studio put down the phone in his hand, and said to Bai Qing, "Did Ji Fa not bring his mobile phone in China?"

Bai Qing recalled for a while and said: "It seems so, I don't know where she went, forget about her, it's not like she hasn't been to the capital."

"Okay, then let's go first." Chen Li'an wasn't worried about Ji Fa either, she knew quite a few artists in the capital, and she might have gone out to dinner with an old friend.

Or maybe he went to find the beautiful proprietress of the photo studio before.

After Chen Li'an returned home, he took a bath and rested for a long time before he suddenly remembered whether Chen Meiren sent him an assistant today.

Let Jifa go for an interview, but I don't know what the result will be.

Chen Li'an wanted to make a call to ask about Chen Meiren, but the phone was thrown in the bedroom, so he gave up on this idea. Now he just wants to take a good bath and have a good sleep.

When Chen Li'an was relaxing, on the other side of the capital, a group of artists gathered together to talk about today's affairs, and began to call friends and make an appointment to go to Chen Li'an's place together tomorrow.

Some artists who have experienced the 85 thought trend said with some concern: "Will this produce any bad results."

"What's the matter, chatting together breaks the law?" Many artists said without any fear.

Chatting together is not against the law, but a group of artists may break the law if they gather together to chat. Why is there no East Village, why is there no Artist Village in Yuanmingyuan?
You can't remember to eat or play. There are a few more cautious artists, thinking that they will not go tomorrow, let's see the limelight.

What if Chen Li'an's studio is also banned, and the Housing and Urban-rural Development Bureau comes to say that he has illegally remodeled, the sub-district office comes to say that he is a nuisance to the people, and the law enforcement officers come to say that they are gathering illegally?
Let's wait and see the direction of the wind!

([-] chapters, some readers have reported that it is too expensive, so I will divide it into two chapters, and there will be another chapter of [-] later, adding up to [-]!)
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