Almighty painter

Chapter 807: Fake Titanic

"You Jump, I Jump!"

——Titanic
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Gu Weijing threw the square sugar cube in his hand into the cup.

He pinched the candy wrapper in his hand.

Some literary coffee shops in Nanyang pursue the retro style of early industrial products and wrap candies in square paper printed with old-fashioned prints.

The one in his hand has a candy bar attached to it, and the inner layer is yellow paper with the English name of Iris Cafe written in cursive script, and the outer layer is a square Ukiyo-e print.

"The Great Wave off Kanagawa", by Hokusai Katsushika, is the most common garden decoration painting in Japan during the Edo period.

Other wrappers on the candy boxes include Van Gogh's Starry Night, Monet's Woman with a Parasol, and Rembrandt's sketch of Don Quixote...

Sugar cubes are stacked on top of sugar cubes.

The mad knight's spear tip stirred up the distorted moonlight.

"That's stupid."

This thought suddenly popped up in Gu Weijing's mind.

If it were him, Gu Weijing would definitely use this card in reverse if the food safety issue was resolved.

Wrap the beautiful picture inside and put the light yellow coffee shop name on the outside.

Being attracted by the colorful appearance, and in the process of opening the package, the passion and expectation gradually fade away, this is the process of desire.

Picking up any one of the countless candies, unwrapping the paper, and finding delicate and exquisite prints inside will give you the pleasure of opening a blind box.

If you happen to like the painting under the yellow wrapping paper and it amazes you, the more you look at it, the more you will find it fascinating.

This is probably what love feels like.

It is foolish to turn oneself into a mediocre and vulgar social industrial product when one is only one step away from love.

"Katsuko is not the Katsuko I imagined, nor is she the Katsuko she appears to be."

He stroked the candy wrapper, and the waves hit Gu Weijing's fingers.

"I'm sorry. In the past, I would have treated Ms. Katsuko like a jewel."

Gu Weijing said, "So good, so cute, so amazing. She was loved by everyone, and she suddenly liked me. My heart was immediately filled with intense joy. I didn't care about anything else. I was just very vain."

"A pure and flawless ruby ​​fell into my sight. Naturally, I was extremely happy and treasured it very much."

"If I throw a cat like Awang outside, I won't worry about its ability to survive. It will definitely bully men and women and live happily. Old Man Wu's famous saying is, if you feed a cat good food, what will happen if it stops catching mice? When Awang was a kitten, he came here wildly."

Gu Weijing glanced at his plump and chubby cat.

"Lions and tigers are a bit exaggerated, but if anyone dares to steal its food, even a large dog, it will beat them up."

He made a joke.

Katsuko Sakai was still slightly amused by the joke, which was not funny at all.

As soon as the smile appeared, two dimples appeared on her face, and then quickly disappeared.

She continued to act as if she was too lazy to be nice to Gu Weijing unless he gave her a reasonable explanation.

The blonde aunt who was willing to stand on the rooftop for Kazunari Sakai once considered breaking up with her boyfriend because of a small piece of tiramisu cake.

The cake itself is of little importance.

What are a hundred pieces of cake or a thousand pieces of cake?

Nothing.

Without love, it's just a lump of carbohydrates and animal cream.

Whether Uncle Sakai has "respect" for her in his heart is a question that is more important than a thousand pounds.

Katsuko Sakai was already prepared to face Elena's family, and Gu Weijing's action of asking her to leave made her feel extremely disappointed.

Shengzi doesn't care how powerful Miss Elena is. She cares whether Gu Weijing cares about her.

"If you don't like Awang."

Katsuko Sakai's voice was icy, "Then I'll just take Awang away. I won't bear to see her fighting with the dogs outside."

"Come home with me, Awang. As long as you are healthy, we have endless delicious food for you. My mother has many cats! There are countless cans of cat food of all kinds."

Shengzi scratched the cat's ears.

I don’t know whether Awang understood what he said or not, but he immediately exposed his belly and let her tickle it in a flattering way.

Gu Weijing watched the scene with a smile.

"Shengzi, Awang is very cute. I like Awang very much. I can feed Awang five meals a day, but I think Awang may not like that kind of life. She is a wild cat!"

"She is not the kind of lady with a pedigree who is held in the arms of a nanny and served by servants. She is just a little wild cat that Grandpa Wu brought back without spending a penny, a country cat."

"I know Awang. He is not a noble cat that is content to stay in a luxurious cattery. He would feel bored if he stayed in a hotel room in Singapore. He likes to get up and fight everywhere, destroy the living environment of precious wild birds, and have a large territory where he can walk every day."

"This is the living environment that is closest to it and what it needs most, not the living environment that I most want it to have. Love should make people better."

"I sometimes tease Awang that he lives a pig-like life, doing nothing but eating and sleeping. But I know that deep down, Awang still prefers the feeling of fighting nature. This is what I like most, and this is what makes Awang Awang."

"Awang is not Gu Weijing's pet. He does not live as a parasite on Gu Weijing. Awang is Awang, the one and only Awang."

The ignorant tabby cat lay comfortably in Katsuko Sakai's arms, stepping on her milk comfortably and leisurely.

I don't know.

In the blink of an eye, its luxurious cattery, its servants, its five meals a day, and its countless kinds of canned food all disappeared quietly.

If cats knew.

It must have jumped up at this moment and slapped little Gu Zi in the face with one claw.

I'm going to say it, I'm going to say it, which of your dog eyes saw that I don't like the life of eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating! Please, what do you like about me, I will change it, can't I? Meow meow meow, just let me live a life as incompetent as a pig. "Shengzi, you have never been my red agate gem. Miss Sakai Shengzi..." Gu Weijing stretched out his finger and pointed.

"Ms. Sakai Katsuko has always been just Sakai Katsuko, the one and only Sakai Katsuko."

"Now, you don't treasure me anymore?"

There was a hint of danger in the girl's tone.

Even a smart girl like Katsuko Sakai can set a huge trap for the other party with just a few words.

"I respect you."

Gu Weijing said.

"In my heart, you are not only the lovely Katsuko Sakai, but also the strong Katsuko Sakai, the Katsuko Sakai who loves art, the Katsuko Sakai who is good at playing tennis, the Katsuko Sakai who is destined to become a great artist..."

Katsuko Sakai couldn't help but smile softly and her dimples appeared on her face again.

"If you really think so, then we can deal with the Elena family together." She lowered her head and spoke in a low voice like flowing water.

"Yes, of course. We should deal with the Elena family together. If Shengzi doesn't help me, who else can help me? I trust Shengzi the most."

Gu Weijing nodded and said firmly: "That's why I want to ask Miss Sakai Katsuko to do me a favor."

"Don't change the subject. What I meant by facing the Elena family together was dealing with the interview with Oil Painting together later."

Katsuko Sakai raised her eyes and said, "You are much more eloquent now than before."

"It was to deal with the interview of Oil Painting Magazine, but in a different way." Gu Weijing said: "Mr. Cao's assistant warned me to be careful, there might be a trap for our paper in the subsequent interview. I don't know what it is, but it's always better to be careful."

"I have always admired Mrs. Sakai. The blonde aunt was willing to stand on the rooftop in Osaka that day, definitely not to embrace death. Standing on the rooftop was not the purpose. The purpose was to pull Uncle Sakai down from the rooftop and have a happy life." Gu Weijing said.

“To rush to the rooftop recklessly requires desire and impulse. To know what you are facing and still be willing to go into danger is the real courage.”

"Dealing with interviews from Oil Painting magazine is not our purpose in life. Oil Painting magazine is not worthy of it, and neither is Elena's family. Living our own artistic life is our great goal."

Gu Weijing folded the sugar cube wrapper in his hand.

"We are on a ship now—"

He folded a small paper boat a few centimeters square and placed it on the coffee table. "The name of this boat is 'Titanic'. A few days later, the interview with Oil Painting magazine at the Esplanade was an imaginary Titanic. It set sail under the watchful eyes of art judges and organizing committee guests from all over the world, illuminated by flashbulbs, and seemed destined to crash into an unknown iceberg below the sea level and create a big hole."

“You jump, I jump. The heroine Rose and the hero Jack, hand in hand, jumped from the doomed luxury ship into the icy cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean at night with a temperature close to zero.”

The young man used the tip of his index finger to move the boat in front of him.

"I have no doubt that Ms. Katsuko has the courage to jump into the water."

He looked at Shengzi and smiled.

"But why bother? You are the daughter of Kazunari Sakai. As long as you want, Katsuko, you can take a lifeboat and leave this sinking ship. The Elena family won't make it difficult for you."

Katsuko Sakai frowned again.

Knowing that his words made Miss Shengzi unhappy, Gu Weijing stretched out a hand.

"do not be angry."

"Titanic is beautiful, but it's a tragic story. I don't want to live my life as a tragic story. Having the courage to jump into the sea proves Rose's bravery, and having the ability to escape from the clutches of Irina's family proves Miss Katsuko's intelligence."

"Think about it." Gu Weijing held up a finger. "Because the floating plank Jack found was only big enough to carry one person, Jack let go and died in the sea. Rose took Jack's last name, lived to be a hundred years old in good health, and returned to the ship in her dream to meet Jack. It was very sad. But if they had handled it better, Rose would not have anxiously jumped off her lifeboat and wasted an escape opportunity in vain."

Gu Weijing said in a gentle voice.

"They can all escape from this disaster safely. Rose has her lifeboat, and Jack is smart enough to find his little plank. It's a happy ending."

"Find a little plank, that's Jack's forte, that's my forte."

"Leaving in a lifeboat is my strong point?"

Katsuko Sakai pinched Awang's ear and asked back.

"No. Wisdom is your strong point."

The man said in a serious tone: "Sakai Katsuko, who can handle all this and become a great painter, is braver than Sakai Katsuko who has to stay on the board together."

"I know what you want to say. You are the daughter of Sakai Kazunari. As long as you stay tightly tied to me, you can protect me. Perhaps the Elena family and Oil Painting magazine will restrain themselves and not go too far."

When the female manager of Oil Painting talked privately with Katsuko Sakai, she never mentioned Ms. K.

Katsuko Sakai felt that it might be her father's identity that made Miss Elena hesitate and restrain herself.

"Am I wrong? I heard that with her return to the magazine, the power struggle within Oil Painting magazine between the Irina family, Sir Brown and Kruger Brothers Bank has reached a fever pitch. The Irina family is very powerful, but they may not be willing to make enemies again..."

"Yeah. Uncle Sakai is very capable. Maybe there's room for two people on the lifeboat?"

Gu Weijing imagined it.

Kazunari Sakai was floating on the sea like a huge fat seal, flapping his back, and he and Katsuko were sitting side by side on the seal's round belly as they left.

Very visual.

The young man still shook his head.

"Two things."

"First, the female manager is a very difficult person to get along with. She is very arrogant. When she gets angry, she doesn't even give face to Sir Brown. I just cursed the Elena family and said they should go to hell. She may not want to target you, but if I go up, the lifeboat may sink directly. Secondly, even if this section is over, she may still be jealous of you in the end."

"This big shot is really petty. In order to deal with me, Brother Hao even kidnapped my cousin."

"Uncle Sakai is now at a critical stage in his career. His last gallery contract is about to end, and many top galleries are chasing him. He is now about the same age as Hirst was more than a decade ago, which is the best and most critical age for a painter."

"Listen to me, Shengzi."

When Gu Weijing saw that Sakai Katsuko seemed to want to say something, he gently made a gesture to silence her.

"I'm not a selfless person who thinks of others in everything. I just think more clearly. Hirst's market price fell for a while, and it is said that his auction was almost unsuccessful. A big reason for this is that Oil Painting magazine lowered his recommended star rating. What if, I mean what if, imagine that Uncle Sakai's career does not reach the expected height because of this incident, will he feel a thorn in his heart when he sees me?"

(End of this chapter)