Almighty painter

Chapter 811: Little Guzi repaints the old church, and the cat king wants to beat the detective dog
"Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow."

——August.
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[The similarity of this copying is 96.5%, and the copying task has been completed. 】

This time, what Gu Weijing heard was no longer a system prompt sound, but a series of prompt sounds that sounded like flowers scattered from the sky, just like when you clear the level boss in a game and treasure chests fall all over the ground.

A virtual panel popped up before his eyes.

The first is the art of calligraphy and painting authentication.

One of the characteristics of this skill is that when using calligraphy and painting appraisal techniques to appreciate works of art, there is a certain probability of triggering a new task.

After receiving the Impressionist copying assignment.

This feature turned gray. Gu Weijing tried it several times, including using calligraphy and painting authentication techniques to appreciate Cao's Painting of Worshiping Buddha and Guarding the Dharma. It was obvious that the experience he gained was far better than his quick glance at Paris in the late 19th century through the electronic picture album, but no new copying tasks appeared.

He thought this feature could only be triggered once.

now.

It returned to its original color from gray, but there was an extra line of small words attached to the characteristics: [The task triggered by the excellent stage has been completed. After it has been appraised a thousand times and the skill quality has been upgraded to "Master", a new task can be activated again during the appreciation process. Current upgrade progress (152 times/1000 times)]

“It’s less than one sixth.”

Art appreciation is an important part of art learning. Gu Weijing experienced an upgraded level of calligraphy and painting appraisal, which was like a soul journey through the sea of ​​books. The first painstaking draft of his life came from this.

The only downside is that it's a bit pricey.

The calligraphy and painting appraisal skill consumes 50 free experience points each time it is used, which is worth $500 without conversion loss.

Some sketch manuscripts by less famous but highly skilled painters are not much more expensive than this amount.

A sketch by Leonardo da Vinci can be sold for 2000 million pounds because his name is Leonardo da Vinci.

According to market price.

For an old painter like his grandfather Gu Tongxiang, who was well-known locally and had worked in the industry all his life, it was not easy to sell a sketch for $500 before signing with the Metz Gallery.

The free experience points consumed by using the calligraphy and painting appraisal technique one hundred and fifty times are enough to complete a Lv.5 technique, which is equivalent to the entire life accumulation of some artists.

So even after so much time had passed, Gu Weijing's progress in upgrading his calligraphy and painting appraisal skills had not been fast.

"I still have to work harder. I don't know if the money from the musical Cats is enough to fill up the progress bar."

Gu Weijing did some calculations.

The total contract price for the cat is $1000. Even if it is used times to complete the upgrade and take into account various losses, it will still cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Gu Weijing was not noble enough to donate all his money.

He was just an ordinary guy who had just reached adulthood, and he was pretty vulgar.

The situation in Xihe Guild Hall is extreme.

Within his means, he also likes better living conditions and more beautiful clothes. The cost of studying and living in Europe is not low, and his grandfather has just entered a new stage of career development, which requires money in many aspects.

Gu Weijing still has vague plans about whether he can buy a single-family house and build a small villa for his grandfather in the suburbs of London in a few years.

It doesn't have to be too luxurious, Gu Weijing would be very satisfied if it was half the size of their original courtyard, or even a little smaller.

The Marsh Gallery is not stingy. The London branch offers very high residency allowances to painters, and even the medical insurance covers their families.

But there are so many people in their family, and my aunt doesn’t have a work visa, and my cousin is in school... In short, life is not very easy.

Having his own house made grandpa feel much more relaxed.

Living in a big city, whether it is London, Hamburg or Singapore, is always difficult.

Grandpa wants to buy a house.

My family wants to buy a car.

They still have to go to school, and Gu Weijing still has to create art. Does he have to go to a public studio when he paints during school? It's hard to apply for a private studio at school, right? What should he do when he paints works related to detective cats? Is it necessary to rent a house outside the school? Should he set up a professional painting studio?

Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany, and the housing prices are not low. Various subsidies are only available to part-time international students who pay taxes to the local government. And if you want a three-bedroom apartment in the city center, can you afford to rent it for 10 euros for a few years?
If it is far away, how to deal with daily commuting?
In Gu Weijing's mind, these miscellaneous matters may not be higher in priority than Jasmine, but they are all higher in priority than his small Jasmine Foundation. Before helping others, he hopes that his family, including himself, can live a good life.

He would be ashamed if he knew that Katsuko Sakai praised him in front of Miss Elena.

Gu Weijing has always been a very realistic person since his family was not well-off when he was young.

There are some very great people in the world. They only have 100 yuan, but are willing to spend 90 yuan to help others.

But Gu Weijing is not like that.

He could not touch the brilliance of these truly great men.

He is the kind of person whose family lives a good and comfortable life, and who is willing to give out 100 yuan to help others if he has 90 yuan left.

Gu Weijing has the calmness to reject temptation, but he also has a mediocre and ordinary side.

Just do some calculations on an abacus.

There is really no spare money in my account.

"The pressure is really high. Making money is never easy, and neither is success."

Gu Weijing thought of the UBS check for 300 million euros that was placed in front of him yesterday and the olive branch extended by Elena's family, and smiled and shook his head.

“But not this, not this kind of success.”

he said to himself.

The young man gave a sarcastic smile.

……

Life is ordinary and mediocre.

Life is ordinary but not dull, mediocre but never empty.

Art is the extension of life, and life is the salvation of art. Although without life as the background, it is impossible to create a good work. But the most interesting thing about art is that it comes from life, and when people are completely immersed in the world of art, as a reward and return, it will make people transcend life for a short time...

Forget for a moment the trivialities that weigh down your life.

Just like the haiku poem written by Natsume Soseki - "Only those who cannot live in secular society can find poetry in the inhuman world."

Gu Weijing changed the page of the virtual panel and turned his attention to the reward he would receive after completing the Impressionist copying task.

He temporarily detached himself from the secular society, forgetting his grandfather's house, his uncle's car, the rent of his own apartment in Hamburg, and the consequences of refusing the favor of Elena's family.

He was overwhelmed by a pure joy and anticipation.

[Impressionism Limited Mission - The Legacy of Renoir (ultimate reward to be claimed)]

[Current task: Choose to copy a work of a master of Impressionist oil painting technique level 7 or above]

【mission rewards】

[1. If the copying similarity reaches more than 20%, you will receive a primary treasure chest (completed).]

[2. If the copying similarity reaches 50% or above, you will receive an intermediate treasure chest (completed).]

[3. If the copying similarity reaches 90% or above, you will get a limited reward: Renoir - Human Ghost Fragments. This reward can only be obtained once (completed). ]

Gu Weijing chose to receive the reward.

The entire Impressionist Copying Task Panel disappeared like a sand painting blown away by the wind. A new independent skill panel appeared in front of him.

[Active Skill: Ray Noir - Fragments of Human Ghosts]

[Quality: Legendary]

[Special Effect: Ghost Fragment active skills, under the following conditions, can allow you to carry a trace of the true meaning of the master's handwritten works in the process of painting in the future. Note: The requirements are different for each activation, which is related to the current skill holder's oil painting skills. After activation, the true meaning of the master carried by the brushstrokes will temporarily increase the creator's oil painting skills and sketching skills by one level during the painting period.]

[Current activation conditions (0/3), after completing all, you will gain (10 hours) skill usage time——]

[1. Stand on the bank of the Seine, on the Pont des Arts bridge between the French Art Association and the Louvre, and watch the sunset carefully. (Unfinished)]

[2. Listen to an informal piano performance by a female pianist under 30 years old for 30 minutes in a private room after sunset. The repertoire must include piano excerpts from Debussy's "Moonlight" and the third movement of the symphony "The Sea" "Dialogue between the Wind and the Sea". (Unfinished)]

[3. Go to any porcelain factory and complete the production of 100 painted porcelains. There is no limit to the type or length of the painting, but the painting emotion must not be lower than that of a simple work (unfinished)]

[Master profile: Renoir, a French impressionist painter, his masterpieces include "Dance at the Moulin de la Galette", "Lunch on a Boat on the Seine", and "Girl at the Piano". This tailor's son, a young painter who made a living by painting for a porcelain shop when he was young, was already one of the greatest and most successful names in the art world of France and even the whole of Europe when he died, and was praised by people as the "master of delivering happiness". ]

[Note: "Why can't this art be beautiful? There is already enough pain and ugliness in this world." - Pierre-Auguste Renoir]

"Legendary level."

Gu Weijing looked at the orange-gold font behind the skill quality in surprise.

The art of calligraphy and painting authentication is just an advanced technique.

The ultimate reward for the quest that follows is actually a legendary skill.

Gu Weijing felt a pleasure similar to that of pulling out radishes, where small green seedlings appeared above the soil surface. He kept pulling and pulling, and finally, he pulled out a big fat radish that was bigger than his head.

In the morning, he was still thinking about the finger painting method.

did not expect.

Before Gu Weijing could upgrade his finger painting technique to the legendary level, his next legendary skill just popped out on its own.

"Oil painting technique +1, sketching technique +1."

He looked at the instructions on the system panel. There was nothing fancy.

Don't consider what the attached master's true meaning is.

The fact that both the oil painting technique and the sketching technique were temporarily upgraded by one level at the same time was simply and simply powerful.

A simple +1 is worth a thousand words.

Gu Weijing had just experienced the blessing of the [Little Candle Blessed by the Muse].

The small candle blessed by the Muse was calculated by the second, and every second it burned a lot of money. The painting "Human Noise" almost bankrupted Gu Weijing.

And this...

It starts with ten hours.

Even though many oil paintings take days, weeks, or even months to complete, if 100% of the time is spent on painting, excluding the time for conception, eating, and waiting for the bottom layer of paint to dry, it is enough to create a serious work of considerable length.

"As for this activation condition——"

Gu Weijing found a bench next to the easel and sat down, slowly examining the newly acquired skill rewards. He hadn't figured it out yet.

Suddenly I heard a dog barking.

"Wang."

Gu Weijing suddenly looked up and saw a big dog wandering in front of him.

Hey!
He was startled.

The skin on her neck is soft, the hair is smooth, and the long hair on her big ears hanging down from both sides of her cheeks has an elegant curve, as if she is a modern girl who has just had her hair permed and dyed. The hair on her chest is as white as snow, without a speck of dust on it.

"Like a pampered prince."

Gu Weijing had seen dogs before, but he had never seen such an elegant and graceful dog. Compared to the dirty little cat that didn't like to take a bath, they were two completely different extremes!

He noticed that the black and white spotted dog had a collar around its neck, but its owner was not with it.

"Did someone put it out on the lawn and let it roam free, or did it get loose?"

Gu Weijing looked at the dog, feeling curious.

……

As the saying goes.

When you stare at a dog, the dog is also staring at you.

August tilted his head and looked at the young man not far away.

It followed the smell and saw the following scene in front of it: a young man sitting on a bench, with a drawing board not far away and a cat crawling in front of him.

"Wang."

August grumbled in his throat and made a low woof sound.

It's not a stupid cat.

The reason why Springer Spaniels are chosen as military dogs by the military and police departments is that they are extremely intelligent and one of the most human-like dogs.

Gu Weijing was still staring at August's origins in a foolish manner.

The moment he saw the easel and smelled the strong smell of paint in the air, August realized that this guy was the person his lady was looking for.

It smelled almost exactly like the smell that would either impress or anger the hostess.

Just fresher.

The springer spaniel twitched his ears.

Difficult.

This guy is much bigger than expected, and it looks difficult to bring it back to his lady. The Springer Spaniel turned his head, and his bright black pupils stared at the "lump" next to him.

"Wang."

August grinned and shook his head in disdain.

Fat boy.

It had never seen such a fat cat before, and it looked so useless.

The moment August arrived.

Awang was already awake. It was the natural sense of smell of a cat when its territory was invaded.

It licked its tail but did not react excessively.

"Meow."

Silly, have you ever seen such a handsome cat?

Awang called out lazily.

(End of this chapter)