Almighty painter

Chapter 855: It doesn’t matter, Anna will take action (Part )
"It seems that you have finally given up this speculation."

Anna pointed to the projection screen behind them and stated the obvious, "You thought this conjecture was impossible, and you chose to replace Monet's wife with Carla, a mysterious painter who lived in an independent apartment on a street in the center of Paris by the Seine."

"Rather than giving up or replacing, it would be more accurate to say..."

Gu Weijing clasped his hands together, put his two slender index fingers together, and placed them on his chest, as if supporting a pagoda.

The young man pondered.

"To be more precise, I proposed a possibility that suits my taste better. I think it's Kara rather than Carol. It's more of a technical guess. I've said a lot before that the two identities of Carol and Camille don't blend so well together."

"It feels like you're holding a shadow and looking at the person in the old photo," said Anna.

"Yes, 'Old Church in a Thunderstorm' is the shadow. The historical documents we have, the letters, the records... now all the information we can find about the painters related to Impressionism around 1876 is old photos. I personally feel that when I compare this shadow with Camille, there are certain places where it cannot be successfully matched."

"But, in your opinion... Kara's identity can perfectly match this shadow, right?"

Anna then asked.

"Is such that."

Gu Weijing nodded.

He looked at the female host for a moment, paused, and then slowly shook his head with a complicated hesitant gesture.

"But then again, this is also because there is so little information about Kara. There are very few records about Camille. What I mean here is that in most of the related stories, the protagonist is Monet. Camille... well, I don't know if this statement is appropriate... Camille is like an accessory. We lack enough information to truly understand Camille's life and her own subjective thoughts. But compared to Kara, her information is still very, very abundant, and the two are not on the same level at all."

Miss Elena understood what Gu Weijing meant when he looked at her.

It involves vigilance and exploration.

Anna felt a little "angry" in her heart. She wasn't really angry, but... Gu Weijing sometimes had a prickly side, which made her want to flick his head.

But Anna is a professional host.

She wouldn't really hit Gu Weijing on the head, she just said it expressionlessly.

"To use what we just said, the process of comparing "The Old Church in the Thunderstorm" with Camille is like comparing a silhouette to a relatively blurred old photo—"

"It's like comparing the silhouette to the woman in Monet's 'Woman with a Parasol'. Her face is blurred, full of the emotions that Monet had in his heart when he painted it, but she is still standing there, holding a parasol, standing in the sun," Gu Weijing interjected.

"A very good example." Miss Elena nodded in appreciation. "And comparing "The Old Church in the Thunderstorm" to Kara's process is like comparing the same silhouette to another silhouette. Kara is not standing in the sun."

The woman said:

"Take a silhouette and compare it to a ghost in a thunderstorm."

What a brilliant example.

Gu Weijing was also thinking about it in his mind.

Anna's casual description cleverly and vividly expressed the feelings that he wanted to describe but couldn't.

There were still differences between the two of them about this painting, but the woman always knew clearly what he was thinking.

Gu Weijing was a slow speaker. It was his first time at such an event, so he had to stop and think frequently. He realized that his words were not expressed well enough after he had said them. Alexander had caught the ambiguity of his words in the previous incident about the "pseudonym".

Now, Anna led him to speed up the pace, and all the content he was thinking about how to express was often directly supplemented by the woman.

It doesn't feel as fast as a machine gun, nor does it make the audience anxious because the speech speed is too fast.

It was as if a piece of music was adjusted from slow tempo to normal rhythm following the baton waved by the conductor.

Ever since Miss Elena started talking to Gu Weijing.

The remaining three guests on the stage did not speak again.

Alexander seemed to still be in a state of doubt about his life after the "mind control technique", while Rosings and Dr. Gustav could not find a suitable opportunity to interrupt.

The two of them are a piece of music unto themselves.

The musicians outside held the drumsticks, never knowing when to put them down.

"Let me put it this way, there are a hundred characteristic points on Camille, maybe 7:3? I'll just give you an example, maybe 70 characteristic points on Camille can correspond to Carol. But there are still 30 points that are hard to explain..." Gu Weijing glanced at the dazed Alexander again.

"At least it's doubtful."

He said: "It's not a veto, but this kind of thing... as long as there is one thing that is difficult to explain, the credibility will be greatly discounted."

"And Kara, she may only have 30 features, or even less, 15? Or even . But she is %, and from what I can see now, she can completely and skillfully blend into Carol's shadow. So, I prefer to believe that she is the female painter. I believe that these features are quite convincing."

"After all, it is difficult to meet the following conditions: 1876, Impressionism, female painter, blonde or red-haired, and financially capable," Miss Irena added for him.

"That's right, yes."

Gu Weijing paused.

He looked at Anna and said, "But I think it is necessary to point out that I think she is Carol. This is entirely possible that I made a mistake because there is too little information left about Kara's identity. As long as it is ambiguous enough, any shadow can overlap. She has 30 similar features to Carol. It may mean that she is Carol, or it may mean that she has another 70 or even another 100 completely different features from Carol that have not been recorded, or are hidden in history and have not been discovered by me."

Miss Elena teased playfully, "This should be said by me, the host. You said so many reasons, but in the end you were still wary of Kara's identity, right?"

Gu Weijing didn't respond.

He turned his gaze towards Alexander.

"On the contrary, the 30 suspicious spots on Camille's body may just be caused by different angles of light, which creates different shadows. This is also possible."

until now.

Gu Weijing still couldn't be sure of Carol's true identity, and more importantly, he was unsure of the female host's attitude.

The biggest variable in this interview has never been Rosings or Alexander.

Never.

The biggest variable in this interview has always been the art director of Oil Painting magazine.

seriously.

Gu Weijing was not actually worried that Alexander would steal his academic achievements and limelight, because he had met Anna once before and knew a little about the other party's attitude.

To put it humorously - as long as Miss Elena starts to work hard, everything will be fine.

joke.

If Miss Elena really believes that Carol, or Kara, is a member of Elena's family, then Alexander is not trying to steal his limelight, but the limelight of Elena's family.

What is he doing?

He snatched the works of Elena Family in an interview hosted by Miss Elena under the Elena Family's magazine.

It’s okay to show off your sword in front of Guan Gong!
If the artistic director wants to split you into several pieces, she will split you into several pieces. If she wants to plant you on the stage as fertilizer, she will plant you on the stage as fertilizer.

however.

Gu Weijing has always been wary of...

What if, because Kara is too mysterious and there is too little information about her, like a blank sheet of paper that can be scribbled upon by anyone, and Elena's family makes far-fetched claims to attribute the incident to themselves, what should they do?
Because as long as Anna takes action, he will definitely win.

and so.

Gu Weijing even felt a sense of fear in his heart——

Since it is an academic discussion.

There is right and there is wrong.

What if, he said what if, what if he was wrong and Alexander was right, what should he do then?
They are all speculations. Why did Gu Weijing guess correctly and Alexander didn't? When Heinrich Schliemann dug up a pottery jar on the Anatolian Peninsula, he cried and said he had found the ancient city of Troy.

From today's mainstream point of view.

The underground ruins were stacked up like building blocks, with a total of more than six layers, belonging to different eras. Although the pottery bottle that Schliemann was holding should not be from Troy, it was very likely that he had found the right one.

Then.

What if Alexander was just lucky? What if Alexander used a very wrong method and had a very, very wrong purpose, and happened to get the right answer?

so what should I do now?
He could comfort himself, it didn't matter, Anna would take action.

But is it possible that everything would be smashed to pieces as soon as Miss Elena made a move?

Alexander does not deserve sympathy, but his conjectures, those shadows hidden under the glory of the masters in the history of European art, are worth seeing.

“You have to understand what this painting, “Old Church in a Thunderstorm,” means to me.”

Gu Weijing never said this just to Rosings or Alexander.

This sentence.

He also spoke very seriously to Anna Elena who was beside him.

"For Carol."

For Gu Weijing, this statement can be expressed in two different ways.

If this painting was really painted by the unknown Carra, but because of his greed for profit, he attributed it to Monet's wife.

Let Kara disappear into history.

This is very unfair.

This would make Gu Weijing feel as if he was cursed.

these days.

Gu Weijing suddenly realized that maybe, possibly, Carla was not the unknown Carla he thought she was, and her surname might have a similar brilliance to Medici.

Let’s not talk about the size of this possibility.

But if, by some chance, the situation were reversed, the social relationship between Kara and Kamel would be completely reversed.

Monet's wife is a big figure in the entire art world, but compared to Miss Irene...well, forget it, it's hurtful, so let's not compare her.

If this painting was really painted by the "unknown" wife of Monet, this view became a laughing stock because of Alexander's failure after taking shortcuts, and was directly blamed on Irena's family.

Isn’t this also extremely unfair?

Gu Weijing also did not accept this.

He didn't care whether the other person was Monet's wife or Count Elena's daughter. Well, he still cared a little.

But he would rather Carol be Carol.

This is why Miss Elena teased him and it sounded like he was wary of Kara's identity.

Miss Anna is undoubtedly extremely strong.

Alexander performed enthusiastically on the stage, spitting heavily at the mouth, like a fighting master in the octagonal cage, and launched ferocious attacks at Gu Weijing's movements of left and right.

As a result, Anna didn't even use any strength, nor did she use the power of "Oil Painting" or the Elena family to intimidate others. She just poked it with her fingertips and blew on it.

Alexander broke his waist due to the swinging, and fell there motionless.

The whole place fell silent.

Rosings burst out laughing.

Gu Weijing didn't laugh, he just gently changed the subject. He was afraid that his words would not be able to distinguish the difference between Alexander and Alexander's point of view.

This problem will not be with Anna.

He knew that the other party must be able to separate them.

And he was worried that Anna was deliberately not doing so.

Miss Elena stared at Gu Weijing.

Gu Weijing also stared at Miss Elena.

"So, can I say this -" the woman said slowly in a calm voice: "On the one hand, you believe that Carol's true identity is Kara, on the other hand, you are open to the possibility that Carol's true identity is Camille."

"Correct."

"No one can go back to the thunderstorm night of 1876, so I am open to all possibilities of Carroll's true identity. And I am also cautious until I find enough evidence to convince me."

Gu Weijing answered in the same calm voice.

“Art papers and art research are very special fields in my heart. Art is a very subjective thing, which requires people’s sensibility and passion, and even wild imagination. At the same time, it has the objective, rigorous and rational side of science. Science requires a humble spirit, and the truth should always be clearer the more it is studied.”

"Believe it or not. Believe this or believe that." Anna asked back: "No matter how you choose, you can't hesitate? People always have to make a choice?"

"Yes."

"Everyone on this stage today has different opinions. I believe in this, Mr. Rosings believes in that, and Alexander believes in another outcome—"

"I also believe that, to some extent, after today's interview, Mr. Rosings and I should be able to reach a certain consensus. Perhaps Alexander and I cannot reach a consensus, but that's okay. Regarding "The Old Church on a Thunderstorm" and Impressionism, I expect that some scholars will do better research than I do."

“Maybe he can give us a clearer portrait of Carla, without making her look like a hazy ghost. Maybe she can change the way people see Monet and his wife Camille, eliminating those 30 points of incommensurability and making her fit perfectly into Carla’s portrait. That would be great too.”

Gu Weijing pursed his lips.

"I look forward to people discovering more true stories about Carla. For example, I, Katsuko Sakai and I found the registration materials of the Paris Telegraph Company, and your Oil Painting magazine found the priest archives of the Church of England... Maybe there will always be materials to be discovered. I hope that Carla can be unearthed from history, and I hope that researchers can tell everyone that Camille and Monet had a difficult but firm, happy and mutually fulfilling marriage."

"To show everyone that I was right and Alexander was wrong. I'm looking forward to that."

"What if it's the other way around, Alexander is right and you're wrong?" Miss Elena knew this guy would definitely say this, so she just said it for him. "A poor marriage will face a hundred different kinds of sadness."

"There are records of marriages that don't seem happy. If there is research that can prove that their marriages were unhappy, prove that Monet was not the person I imagined, prove Camille's artistic contribution, and even prove that Camille painted that painting."

"You'll accept it, right?" Anna answered for him.

"I accept it, and I look forward to it."

Gu Weijing thought about it and continued.

"I'm grateful too."

After finishing speaking.

Gu Weijing fell into silence.

Miss Elena did not speak for him, but waited quietly. The big troll Rosings seemed to have found an opportunity at this moment and wanted to express his opinions.

He just took a breath.

Anna didn't even turn her head, she just stretched out her hand leisurely.

Rosings immediately shut up again.

"It's Kara, not Camille, and certainly not Monet." Gu Weijing finally said, "This is what Mr. Alexander used to mock me today. But in fact, this is my point of view."

"Carla is like a historical fact. It's not that she is definitely Carla, but in my mind she represents the person in the painting that was painted in 1876."

"If I think in my mind that Carla painted her, then she should be painted by Carla. Then she is not Camille, and even less Monet."

“It’s exactly the same in reverse.”

Gu Weijing looked at Miss Elena and said word by word, "It only concerns one truth. If it was painted by Carla, it is painted by Carla. If "Salvator Mundi" was painted by an imitator, it is painted by an imitator. If it was painted by Leonardo da Vinci's student, it is painted by Leonardo da Vinci's student. If it was painted by Leonardo da Vinci, it is painted by Leonardo da Vinci."

"No matter what, there is only one possibility. Things are always so simple. Good works of art can stand the test of time, withstand the gaze of generations, and withstand changes. The same is true for good artistic views and artistic research."

"If Kara painted this picture, then—"

"Whether you impose it on a beggar on the street in Paris or on the emperor in Sanssouci Palace, she is being unfair to Kara."

(End of this chapter)