Almighty painter

Chapter 858 Two Unimpressed People and Two Impressed People
"Actually, I can donate all my money?"

Alexander narrowed his eyes.

A strong desire appeared on his face. It must be said that Alexander managed his expression very well. His eyebrows were knitted together, and there were faint wrinkles on his forehead...

There were almost sparks dancing in his eyes.

The expression was so sincere that it could even be considered a true expression of emotion.

Many of the audience members might be moved by the man and interpret his expression as anger at Gu Weijing's true appearance. Just like when Alexander waved his arms at everyone in the center of the stage, the affectionate expression on his face would be interpreted by many people as anger at what happened to Camille.

however.

Sincerity may be true.

The emotions revealed are even real.

Only one thing is false.

What always appeared on Alexander's face was desire, not anger.

It's not the audience's fault.

When a person's heart is filled with strong desires and strong anger, the state he displays is often very similar, with the same panting, the same beating of the chest and stamping of the feet, and even the same hideous face.

Both emotions are all about the fire burning deep inside.

The only subtle difference is that -

Anger is the fire burning in the heart of a person who is so desperate to prove something, and desire is the fire burning fiercely in the heart of a person who is so desperate to get something.

The expression on Alexander's face was always the latter.

He acted recklessly and wantonly, but only a very few artists in the audience could notice the difference.

"Well, I declare here that I will donate all the income related to "The Old Church on a Thunderstorm" in the past, present and future. Income from lectures, interviews... In short, I am willing to conduct related research for free, I am willing to prove Camille's contribution for free, and I am willing to fight to the end to make people face the shadows in the art world for free."

"This is my apology for the mistake I just made. I hope everyone can forgive me and understand my heart."

Alexander pursed his lips and made a great decision.

The corners of his lips curved into a smile that said, See, everyone? It's easy to make such a gesture, isn't it?

I can also make the same statement as Mr. Gu in public. There are so many things that can be done here. All he really needs to do is just touch his upper lip lightly with his lower lip.

Don't be fooled by Gu Weijing's hypocritical appearance.

of course.

If you think about it carefully, you will understand that two seemingly identical promises actually have completely different meanings to the promise makers and the prices they have to pay.

However, if you want to make a statement in front of the camera, this is enough.

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"If I were the owner of the painting 'Old Church in a Thunderstorm', I could make the same promise without blinking an eye, I could donate, I could do the same thing. Unfortunately, I'm just an ordinary scholar, I don't have this ability. I can only seriously promise what I have. I don't have wealth, I can only put myself on this scale to measure something."

"Today's interview is organized by Oil Painting Magazine. The magazine's current slogan is: Don't judge a person by his words, but by his true face."

Alexander turned to Gu Weijing.

After Gu Weijing realized that the other party was not listening to him at all, he quietly closed his mouth and listened.

"Mr. Gu, do you dare to cooperate with me? Your donation and my donation. Let's make a bet? About Kara and Camille." Alexander changed the subject.

Cooperation?

Many viewers thought they were hallucinating.

Gu Weijing found it ridiculous.

He also wanted to laugh a little.

After what happened with Brother Hao, this period of time was not peaceful, but few people made him feel so angry.

The deeper the desire in Alexander's heart, the stronger his desire to perform became. In order to improve his image, he frantically performed himself on the stage.

Gu Weijing is the exact opposite.

The angrier Gu Weijing got, the quieter he became. He sat on the sofa with a peaceful look that seemed a little indifferent.

He was on the stage, watching this vivid and wonderful performance happening right before his eyes.

The show has come to this point.

Instead, he was intrigued to hear what Alexander wanted to do.

"So, what do you want? Open a joint account with a bank, or something? What should we tell the investment manager when opening the account? Who will manage this account?"

The young man asked in a very light tone.

He was clearly the one being attacked, but his tone was as steady as a monarch teasing the court actors with grapes in a fruit bowl.

He asked back: "I have to point out that no matter how you package yourself, our contributions are never equal. I agree to the proportion of investment..."

"Do not."

"The monetary value of the two may not be equal. But a person's contribution should be equal. I am willing to make this promise. Mr. Gu donated a painting, and I am willing to donate my professional reputation, time, and energy as a researcher to fight to the end for the justice in my heart and for the people represented by Camille. The former may not be the most important thing to you, but the latter is my most precious possession."

Alexander repeated.

"Not for you. You are not enough to force me to do all this. I just do it for Camille."

"Also, I'm curious, what does it mean to donate the proceeds of a painting? Donating a painting is donating a painting, and donating proceeds is donating proceeds. I wanted to ask before, do you want to donate the painting to a museum, or sell it and donate the money for a charity auction, or something? Donate now, donate later, donate when? If you are sincere, you have made a promise and expressed your attitude, there must be an explanation, right? But leaving these issues aside, I agree in principle. Yes, it's just like your analogy... a joint bank account."

"How about we lay bare everything we do, naked in the open air?" he invited.

"I would like to invite Miss Elena to be our witness and our referee."

Alexander turned his gaze to Anna.

"For example, let me give you an example. You keep saying it's for Carroll, for Carroll. You keep saying how grateful you are to have this painting. So, why don't you really do something for Carroll? You can use the money you claim to donate to continue to fund related research."

Gu Weijing burst out laughing.

He knew what was going on.

He didn't expect that not long after he announced that he would donate the proceeds from the painting "Old Church in a Thunderstorm", the money was actually targeted by Alexander.

Gu Weijing thought of Alexander's greed, but he didn't expect him to be so greedy.

Should he think that this guy is a genius who is good at seizing opportunities and finding new ways to do things, or should he think that this world is really boring?

"To fund your research?"

Gu Weijing asked with a smile.

Alexander shook his head righteously and corrected himself, "It should be said that it is to fund your own research... You keep saying that you hope some scholars can prove that I am right. You keep saying that if someone can truly face up to the existence of the shadow of Impressionism, you are looking forward to it and you are grateful. It does not take courage to pretend to be a good person, but it does take courage to do good things. You said that you hope that new materials will be discovered to explain the 30 doubts you mentioned. You have said all the nice words, my friend."

"Let's all take some action." "If you really think so, then why be reluctant? Just let the facts slap me in the face." He tilted his head. "Why not spend some money to truly promote the restoration of the lives of those marginalized painters hidden in the shadows of history."

Money can make the world go round.

Money is power.

Wealth is power.

Alexander was indeed eyeing the promise that Gu Weijing had made before, and he had a genius idea that could turn Gu Weijing's money into his own wedding dress.

If everything goes well, he might be able to make a large sum of money, and even turn Gu Weijing's money into his own.

Even if it fails.

What did Alexander pay for? What are the rewards for future research on "The Old Church on a Thunderstorm"?

Please.

What he said sounded very righteous, but if he made such a big fool of himself at the "Oil Painting" magazine event, how could he get any related compensation in the future?
Just like all-in for someone else's chips, playing all-in for the chips you have already lost to your opponent does not require any hesitation.

The most important thing is that he also tried to please the Oil Painting magazine and Elena's family.

It is a perfect example of killing two birds with one stone.

"In order to prevent you from thinking that I have some selfish motives, I made a promise that I will not receive any reward from it..."

of course.

There is no compensation, but how to spend academic funds is a very important issue.

Alexander wanted to create a perception that Gu Weijing had said such nice words, pretended to be generous, and promised to donate.

Then it can be deduced.

He didn't want to donate money to support the "Camille painted this picture" campaign because he was selfish and had pride and prejudice in his heart.

On this basis, we also hope to derive a second conclusion.

The so-called "not avoiding relatives" in quotation marks, Alexander is an important supporter of this view, and he is the first person to jump out and bravely expose Gu Weijing's true face. If you don't support him, it means you are not really supporting this view, and it means you have arrogance and prejudice in your heart.

of course.

The second point Alexander doesn't dare to be too explicit now.

So he said, "But I don't think you think so. You don't really want to dig into the story behind this painting. I think you are biased against these views. I think you are full of prejudice against me. You may also think that what I said is wrong. So - I don't know if I have the honor to ask Miss Elena to be our witness."

"If we use the term joint account as you mentioned, then the manager should be neither you nor me. It would be great if Miss Anna is willing to be the manager of our bet."

Alexander gave Anna, who had no expression on her face, a smile he thought was flattering.

"Emotionally, the Irene family is one of the most selfless and generous patrons of the European art world. Rationally, the respected Miss Irene has just selflessly and generously donated a collection worth $50 billion. This painting is really nothing to her, and there is no possibility of any prejudice."

"In terms of emotion and reason, the Elena family has been a fair judge in the art world for hundreds of years, right?"

Gu Weijing smiled.

And Anna, such a serious woman, actually smiled at this moment.

"I'm not actually opposed to this proposal in principle."

The host smiled in a way that seemed to be appreciative, and said, "But I guess some people have different opinions, right?"

"Yes."

Gu Weijing nodded and agreed, "I don't agree."

"Look - you say one thing in front of others and another behind their backs. That's what I mean by people like you." Alexander also smiled as he had expected.

same moment.

The three people on the stage were in three completely different and subtle postures, but all had similar smiles.

"I've been trying to prove this to the audience today, the difference between a person who appears sincere and a person who is sincere, superficially..."

enough.

Gu Weijing looked at the complacent Alexander and thought to himself.

He was already bored.

There were some things he kept saying, and some things he kept trying to avoid, but Alexander never listened, so there was no way, he still had to say it -

Gu Weijing took a deep breath.
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Tangning watched the scene on the stage with great interest.

ask for it.

she thought to herself.

If you are weak and don't give a hard time to a helpless person, you will face such a situation. You want to explain, but the other person simply won't listen. Is your explanation useful?

What a fool.

You will never be able to impress those who don't want to be impressed by you.

She smiled complacently, but felt bored.

"Why don't I answer this question for Gu? I'm really impressed by his performance today."

She suddenly heard a voice talking beside her.

"Some things may be better heard by older people."

Tang Ning turned his head sharply.

In her astonished sight, she saw Cao Xuan nodded slightly, without even asking for the opinions of the disciples around him, and actually raised his cane high like a child raising his hand.

Huh?
At this moment, seeing the changes on the stage, Cao Xuan put away his crutches again.
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"enough!"

Just before Gu Weijing was about to speak, Alexander's endless speech was interrupted.

The young man wanted to refute the other party several times today, but no matter what he said in a gentle tone, Alexander simply didn't listen and kept talking to himself.

Only this time.

The light words were like a magical spell that froze him in place.

"Why don't you let me answer this question instead."

"There are some things that may not be convenient for Mr. Gu to say. I am a woman, and... in your words, I am the art director of Oil Painting magazine and the heir of the generous and selfless Elena family. If I say it, maybe you would like to listen."

"After all, the Elena family has been a fair judge for hundreds of years, right?"

Someone said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)