Almighty painter

Chapter 869: Kindness and Forgiveness
Alexander slumped in the chair, his head slightly lowered, his high cheekbones completely shrouded in the shadow of his body, which was hidden in a haze that was a hundred times larger than the shadow of the lights on the stage.

The nose is panting.

"Mr. Alexander."

Anna said his name slowly and politely.

The man's shoulders trembled slightly.

He raised his head and tried to force a decent smile, but his efforts were unsuccessful.

"Very interesting... very interesting story, uh, no, very sad, uh..."

Alexander tried to say something, but when he opened his mouth, nothing felt right.

Anna looked with disdain at this man who was trying to find the delicate middle ground between pleasing Miss Elena, remembering Kara, and not offending Elena's family.

Miss Elena was originally filled with anger.

Seeing Alexander racking his brains, the woman began to feel bored again.

People are really different.

Gu Weijing and Anna had an argument in the cafe, and Anna almost rushed upstairs and brought August over to let the dog bite people.

And he.

Mr. Alexander.

Even the "anger" he made her feel was such tasteless and boring anger.

How could she feel angry for such a person?

People who want to please others but fail will get angry, while people who are tried to please others but fail... will just feel tired.

If Alexander really insisted on being tough and continued to talk to himself with his original rhetoric like he did to Gu Weijing, Anna would look up to him.

but.

No matter what Alexander did.

If he deserves to be trampled to death by Anna, he will be trampled to death by Anna.

It's just a slight difference between nodding, swinging its tail and smashing it to death on the boat's side, or picking up a salted fish that is too lazy to even flap its wings, and hanging it on the boat's side to dry in the sun like a dried salted fish for dogs to grind their teeth.

Anna sometimes felt that she was indeed quite cold-hearted.

This is probably the part of Elena's family in her bloodline.

Just like the Ottoman Sultan, after the army won a great victory, listening to the Hungarian king falling into a creek during the retreat and drowning while struggling because he was wearing heavy armor and unable to get up, he sighed and said, "Although we are enemies, I don't want such a young commander to die so tragically before he has time to enjoy his life."

At the same time, he casually wrote in his diary:

"That night, it rained heavily, and two thousand prisoners were executed by beheading."

When Anna read this passage, she felt that it was full of a sense of historical cruelty.

Alexander thought he was the protagonist of the interview, and Gu Weijing was the villain. In fact, Alexander was not the protagonist, and he was far from being a villain.

How could he be up to standard?

After Anna had a quarrel with Gu Weijing, she would grit her teeth and couldn't sleep. After she slapped Sir Brown with both hands at the European Art Conference, she would also sigh and dig a small trap for Sir Brown out of spite.

He got a check for 300 million euros on behalf of Gu Weijing.

Then he very schemingly took out 700 million euros for Sir Brown and put him on the spot. His Muse Project made him look so high, but then it fell flat on its face.

At this moment.

Anna spoke for him. Sir Brown was too stingy to take the money, and the situation would be very embarrassing.

but.

None of these things had anything to do with Alexander.

"There should be a difference between art research and art creation. Art is higher than life. It provides us with a very rich space for imagination. In literary and artistic creation, a person can certainly become another person, and of course has the power to fully extend the imagination. Naturally, academic research can also have imagination, but this vastness should be based on reliable materials, otherwise, it may appear too entertaining..."

Anna had already shifted her focus away from Alexander.

He was not worthy of Anna's anger, nor was he worthy of Anna's scheming... He was even not worthy of Miss Elena's special attention.

In the ruthless records of history, he was just a random person in the "heavy rain, beheading two thousand prisoners" that Anna casually wrote in her diary.

She called out Alexander's name, and the expression on her face looked as if she was about to behead all the defeated prisoners and throw their heads into the mud.

"Regarding the article "The Old Church on a Thunderstorm", personally, I find it hard to agree with your point of view."

"When I started, I didn't know--" Alexander tried in vain to explain something.

"About Monet, and about Mr. Gu Weijing." The female host stopped him with her eyes and continued, "I find it hard to agree with the reason why you made the comment. I even think that this is extremely inappropriate behavior."

"The witch Medea?"

"We saw a good example today, witch." Anna paused, "Medea is the origin of the word witch in ancient Greek culture. Mr. Alex said that people should learn some lessons from this word. I agree with this point of view."

"But if history can help the present, if we can learn some lessons from ancient history - about the word witch."

"Personally, for me, the most important historical lesson that outweighs any other experience is always, always, always, never burn witches casually, right?" Anna said calmly.

"People get nothing but more hatred and more pain."

Alexander listened to Anna's trial with horror in his eyes.

Every word that came out of the mouth of the art director of Oil Painting magazine meant that his already shaky career was further shattered.

Nowadays.

In Alexander's words, Claude Monet became the witch who was almost burned to death by him, and then it was Gu Weijing.

At this moment.

When the interview came to an end.

Alexander, who had become a salted fish, was directly put on a wooden stick and placed on the firewood pile. Someone was sprinkling seasonings on both sides of the salted fish.

He felt that he should try to explain something again. In front of Gu Weijing who was willing to listen to his explanation, Alexander was so eloquent, but in front of Anna Elena who was unwilling to listen to him, he could not say a word.

He once suspected malice, fanned the flames, and arbitrarily imposed moral judgment on others.

Alexander thought he was an expert at this.

The matter is left at that.

Wildfires burn themselves. Karma is the cycle of cause and effect.

Alexander felt that he should face it all calmly, or at least walk off the stage with dignity. But when all his greed, all his ambitions, and everything else, collapsed into dust in Miss Elena's expressionless words.

His chest was filled with cold, hot fear.

Alexander's hands and feet felt cold, and it seemed as if an invisible flame suddenly ignited from his body, burning his heart so much that it trembled.

“If the Frustrated Foundation wants to focus on the Impressionism of 1875, what is it trying to avoid, to fight against, to defeat? Generally speaking, if there are competing twins of painting schools, the counterpart to the Impressionism of 1875 should be the Paris Academy of 1875. I use the word competition, not hostility, and the painters and art theories of the academic school also have their merits.”

Anna said: "What I want to avoid, fight, and even defeat is not the academic school of 1875. It is a prejudice about social rules."

The woman's tone was straightforward.

"A natural arrogance and prejudice. In the art world of Paris in 1875, there were two kinds of arrogance and prejudice in the critics, among the Impressionists and the academics. The impressionist painters were considered to be unfinished and rough works, which was a kind of arrogance with prejudice. The natural belief that all academic painters would despise the Impressionists and discriminate against them was also a kind of arrogant prejudice."

It comes down to it.

This is an art award that helped Impressionists overcome prejudice.

This is a foundation that helps Gu Weijing defeat Alexander.

A brave man, an honest man.

Brave and honest people deserve to be rewarded.

In a famous story, Michelangelo would pretend to seriously modify a sculpture just because a petty official of the church pointed out something. There is a reason why the famous painters in the classical era in European history often had an even more famous patron or protector.

Six hundred years ago, if a man like Alexander committed a crime like Caravaggio and ran away, and wanted to ask for mercy and pardon, Miss Irena's words could directly determine his life and death. Two centuries ago, Count Irena could easily decide whether he would rise to prominence or end up on the streets.

Even now.

Anna can also easily destroy the opponent.

"Is there anything else you want to say?"

She looked at the fragility and pleading in Alexander's eyes, and at the grilled fish on the firewood pile, with its mouth opening and closing and spitting bubbles. She felt that the seasoning was almost done, and struck a "match" expressionlessly: "Mr. Alexander——"

"After what happened today, I believe Mr. Alexander will have a new understanding of his thesis." said a voice.

"same."

"After what happened today, I also have a new understanding of my own thesis. I was surprised to see so much material about Carla, and also... saw different possibilities about Carol's identity."

Someone caught the matchstick that fell in the air.

Hold it in the palm of your hand.

This is Gu Weijing.

Ever since Miss Elena began reading the letters, the young man has been staring at the bronze mirror-like nameplate in his hand in a daze.

He was immersed in his own world.

Even when Miss Elena talked about the idea of ​​a foundation worth 10 million euros, she only said a few words. The hustle and bustle of the place seemed to have nothing to do with him.

Now, he finally put the nameplate on his legs and raised his head.

Anna stared at Gu Weijing angrily.

"Why does this guy have to jump out and meddle in other people's business? He has so much love that he doesn't know where to put it. Why don't he go back and discipline his cat that's as fat as a ball? I haven't even gotten to the point of arguing with this guy about August going out for a stroll and getting beaten by a cat!"

Gu Weijing and Anna looked at each other with calm eyes, without giving in at all.

He probably knew what Miss Elena wanted to do.

Just like Miss Elena probably knew what he wanted to do.

Since this is an art discussion, please keep it limited to art discussion. Alexander will be punished.

natural.

He guessed all this from the moment Alexander jumped out to make trouble, and everything happened exactly as Gu Weijing had expected.

That's enough for now.

When Anna picked up Alexander and slapped him repeatedly, Gu Weijing was immersed in his thoughts and didn't say a word.

He thought he had no need to speak.

Those were the words that Miss Elena should have said as an art critic and the art director of Oil Painting magazine. Those things, no matter how embarrassing, were what Alexander should have endured.

After his farce fails, he will also be criticized and ridiculed by public opinion in the future.

No matter how heavy the pressure was, he deserved it.

He has bad intentions and wants to get things that don't belong to him through such behavior.

Therefore, he was self-satisfied at first, and then suffered the consequences of his own actions.

fair enough.

Gu Weijing just felt that since Anna had already done what she should do and said what she should say from the perspective of a critic of Oil Painting magazine, she should not stand on the perspective of Countess Elena and do anything more.

Alexander himself deserves no sympathy.

But in this situation, do you think that Alexander was punished because he did something wrong, or was he punished because he offended the supreme majesty of the glorious Countess Elena?
Was he crushed by Anna because he chose to lie, or was he crushed by Miss Irena because he did not recognize that the painting "Old Church on a Thunderstorm" was a painting of Irena's family?
Please, Alexander is not an enemy to the Elena family at all.

He's just a miserable loser.

She is already that strong.

When Countess Elena can crush others with just a breath, why not try a gentler approach?

Alexander jumped out today and directly said that Monet exploited his wife's achievements without any concrete evidence. This is an act of arrogance and prejudice.

But there may be a shadow in the development of Impressionism, but this is not the case.

The painting may not have been painted by "Ms. K.", and it is not a piece of pride and prejudice. Although the painting embodies Miss Irina's beautiful imagination, it also embodies Gu Weijing's.

Therefore.

We should do more to be different.

Is not it?
Gu Weijing and Miss Elena looked at each other.

You can do it, he said with his eyes, do it for Carol.

(End of this chapter)