Reborn as a great painter, with a system, you can be willful

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition hall.

The camera flashes flickered from time to time. Wang Zhen had finished taking the photos, and Jiang Zhe saw that there were Christie's business managers and others taking photos for him, so he maintained his original posture and smiling expression.

Facing so many eyes, Jiang Zhe was calm and confident. In the past, he would have felt awkward to maintain the pose for the photo, but today he was in a good mood and was particularly relaxed.

After the photo was taken, several friends came over and shook hands or hugged him again to congratulate him. This kind of social etiquette, which is repeated over and over again, may be a characteristic of the West.

In Jiang Zhe's opinion, it was a bit too social. But I was happy today.

"Congratulations. When your works are displayed here and seen by many people, it means that your art has been recognized by the market or the art circle." Miller and George walked closer to Jiang Zhe.

George said: "This kind of recognition means that your work has entered the high-end circle."

Jiang Zhe expressed his gratitude to George. No matter what the other party's purpose was, he really helped him.

George looked at Jiang Zhe and was very proud of his choice. When Jiang Zhe was not yet recognized by the art circle, he had already discovered and started to operate him. When Jiang Zhe's success was noticed by people, it would be another successful operation case of his.

After the ceremony of collecting the works ended, Jiang Zhe and a few others began to prepare for the evening celebration.

Jiang Zhe took the time to call his parents and friends to tell them the good news.

When they heard that Jiang Zhe's work had been officially collected by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, everyone was extremely happy and asked when they could see the ceremony materials.

Jiang Zhe said he would send the information back as soon as possible.

He and Wang Zhen took time to send the filming materials to the school and the gallery respectively.

Professor Qin and Teacher Hu, who had been waiting for news from Jiang Zhe, received the information and started checking it on their computers.

Teacher Hu looked through the photos Jiang Zhe took at the museum and stared at the life-size sculpture for a long time. "I wonder if my work will have such a chance?"

Professor Qin could hear the envy of his students. He comforted Teacher Hu: "You are not the only one who is envious. I have thought about it too, but you should keep a calm mind. You are not a student now. I can only tell you that you can work hard, but you don't have to be so obsessed with the results."

He saved the information and then called the department head to report to me.

The department head immediately reported the matter to the school’s top management.

With Miller's assistance, Wang Zhen hosted a dinner for Jiang Zhe and invited many friends to attend.

I heard that Jiang Zhe's works have been collected by the museum. People in the circle who were originally a little repulsive to him had to face up to this matter and this young man.

Many people volunteered to attend the dinner.

The number of participants exceeded expectations and the dinner was particularly lively.

In addition to meeting some painters he already knew, Jiang Zhe also met many new people in the circle through George's introduction. Some of them were people he had only heard of before, and today was the first time he met them.

Many people, after meeting Jiang Zhe and exchanging greetings, go to their own small circle to entertain or chat.

Jiang Zhe and Wang Zhen wandered around the party scene, constantly interacting with people from different circles.
Although today is worth remembering, Jiang Zhe will get bored if such social activities go on for too long.

He declined a lady's invitation, took a glass of orange juice from the waiter's tray, took a break from his busy schedule, found a secluded place to sit down and observe this extravagant scene.

Watching the men and women laughing and having fun, some scenes he had seen in his previous life when he was working in the workplace emerged in front of his eyes.

There were several opportunities for him to follow the company's senior executives to participate in some entertainment activities. Unfortunately, no matter what kind of entertainment, he could only watch as a spectator. The process made him very embarrassed.

At that time, I also envied those who had so much fun and had so much entertainment.

But after being polished for a long time in the workplace, I gradually became numb. Knowing that some things may never belong to me, I gave up some of my hopes, and then numbed myself with the reason of different personality or hobbies.

In fact, no matter how introverted a person is or how much he or she likes quietness, it is impossible to isolate oneself.

The freest way may be to not be controlled when you want to be alone, and to be able to handle it with ease when you want to be in a lively environment.

The scenes that he envied in his previous life were far inferior to the current scenes, but recalling these things made Jiang Zhe feel satisfied and made up for some of his previous expectations.

Everyone played until very late.

After many guests left, Jiang Zhe and Wang Zhen rushed back to the hotel.

Wang Zhen was already very tired. Seeing that Jiang Zhe was walking and talking as usual, he said curiously, "I really admire you. In the past, I thought you couldn't drink well and didn't like this kind of occasion. I didn't expect that there were so many things going on today, and there was such a long party in the evening, and you were fine?"

Jiang Zhe couldn’t say that this was the healthy foundation given by the system. He could only explain it as being in good shape and performing well today.

"I'm not going to say any more. I'm going to go back to sleep. What's the matter? Let's talk about it tomorrow." Wang Zhen said.

Jiang Zhe sent Wang Zhen back to the room, then returned to his own room and asked the waiter to send the clothes for cleaning.

After washing up, he sat on the sofa and turned on the system.

When he got the collection certificate at the museum today, the system had already given a prompt. He had been holding back his curiosity and had waited until now to check it.

First prompt on the system:
Your sculpture Perseus has been officially collected by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is a milestone in your career. Perhaps this event will be remembered in the future. Please continue to work hard so that people who collect your works and institutions will regard your works as a topic of conversation and honor.

Your performance in this matter is excellent. After comprehensive calculation, the system will issue the following rewards:

Reward 200: million yuan in funds. You can choose the channel to withdraw or accumulate.

Reward 2: The collected work is a sculpture. The system will grant a skill upgrade opportunity once, designated as a sculpture skill. Using this opportunity, you can upgrade the current sculpture skill to a super-super skill.

Reward 3: One chance to gain enlightenment. If you use the opportunity and accumulate a certain amount of enlightenment, you may be able to break through to the master level.

Reward 36: Starting from the moment your work is officially collected, your honor points will be doubled within hours.

After reading the reward information, Jiang Zhe first looked at the channel for withdrawing funds.

The options given by the system are business opportunities and selling paintings.

He chooses business opportunities. There are no works to sell recently.

The system prompts that choosing a business opportunity will allow him to make a profit from the invested business.

Jiang Zhe guessed that it was possible to make a profit from Meng Xi's business.

After clicking OK, the system will display that you can wait for good news.

Next, Jiang Zhe clicked to upgrade the sculpture skill.

This upgrade covers Western sculpture skills.

In the process of receiving experiential information, Jiang Zhe saw the creative scenes and the process of creating many works.

After a large amount of information was stored in his mind, his mind became clear again. He looked at the opportunity for enlightenment, hesitated for a moment, and did not use it immediately.

He planned to wait for a suitable opportunity and make more preparations before using it.

Jiang Zhe clicked on the honor value page.

Since receiving the good news, the cursor on the honor experience bar has been moving forward every day. This movement is visible to the naked eye, indicating that the honor points accumulated every day are very high.

After doing all this, fatigue set in.

Jiang Zhe lay on the bed and fell asleep quickly. In the conference room of the Academy of Arts, an impromptu office meeting had just ended. In the past, people who had things to do would leave one by one.

However, today very few people stood up.

Everyone knows what the department head is going to say next.

The department head cleared his throat and operated the computer himself.

A photo appeared on the projection screen.

The photo shows the moment when Jiang Zhe and several guests slowly pull open the cloth covering the sculpture.

Everyone present knows what Jiang Zhe is going to the United States to do.

After seeing the content of this photo, several people who had been to the Metropolitan Museum of Art began to introduce it to those who had not been there.

Some people introduced the origin of this space, and some introduced the exhibits around it.

The department head deliberately waited for everyone to discuss for a while before speaking: "Everyone knows what I'm going to talk about next.

Jiang Zhe, a student majoring in oil painting in our Department of Plastic Arts, has his works officially collected by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This is an honor for our entire Department of Plastic Arts and the entire college.”

As he spoke, he played some materials, including some short films.

Several guests at the ceremony were influential and famous in the New York art circle. Several teachers knew them and quietly introduced them to their colleagues.

In these materials, every photo and every short video has topics that can be discussed.

The honor that Jiang Zhe has obtained is something that the teachers in the college have failed to achieve. Faced with such an honor, everyone no longer regards Jiang Zhe as a student.

"We will publicize this matter, and we should also pay attention to the method when promoting it to students in the major. We should not add too much pressure to students, but at the same time play a positive role of encouragement.

Of course, we can’t promote it in a way that is too outrageous.” The department head reminded everyone to pay attention to what issues they should pay attention to when discussing this matter.

He changed the subject: "After discussion and research, the school leaders decided to give a certain amount of extra points to the oil painting teaching and research group when selecting outstanding teaching and research groups this year."

Although it is an honor selection, these honors often involve many things. For example, personal professional qualifications can also affect or partially affect the selection of bonuses and titles.

We have to pay attention to it.

The teachers of the oil painting department were naturally happy, but a teacher of the sculpture department began to raise objections.

“Director, Jiang Zhe is a student majoring in oil painting, but he achieved honors with sculpture.

Jiang Zhe also learned sculpture in school. Would the school consider our sculpture major? "

He said this to claim credit, because no one could prove that Jiang Zhe studied sculpture outside of school. It just so happened that he had taken clay sculpture and various sculpture-related majors during college, so the teacher used this as an excuse to raise objections.

Although other majors were not convinced, they had nothing to say.

A teacher from the oil painting department said, "The work that Jiang Zhe was selected for is a bronze sculpture." He paused for a moment, considering that he couldn't say that Jiang Zhe didn't learn this knowledge in school, so he used similar reasons to explain the difference between the majors.

Although no one argued fiercely, it was obvious that the dispute was for the benefit of their respective professions.

The department head is used to this kind of dispute. It is almost inevitable when discussing personal interests.

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new York.

Jiang Zhe visited each of the guests and friends who came to support him and expressed his gratitude.

When he visited Professor Kerry, he had a long talk with the professor.

Professor Kerry not only attended the collection ceremony, but also suggested that Jiang Zhe consider studying sculpture.

His reason is that sculpture may seem unpopular, but as long as one has sufficient ability, there are more opportunities in Western society.

Jiang Zhe said he would seriously consider it.

On the third day after the ceremony, he and Wang Zhen ended their New York trip early and returned to the capital with gifts and invitations to create works.

The reason for returning home early was that Wang Zhen and Jiang Zhe both received invitations from the Art Association.

Because Jiang Zhe's works are collected, they are very popular in the domestic circle.

The Art Association hopes to increase its performance through this event.

Considering that Jiang Zhe still had to stay in the domestic circle, it was difficult for him to refuse the invitation.

After returning to the capital, the two immediately went to the association.

The association has already developed mature plans for this type of work.

While promoting the association's work achievements, it invisibly helped Jiang Zhe gain fame.

Many people who didn’t know Jiang Zhe before now know that the works of this young artist have been collected by foreign museums.

This process is very similar to the change in Jiang Zhe's fame in New York.

Many people first knew the name Jiang Zhe because of sculpture, and thought that his major was sculpture. Jiang Zhe spent a lot of time explaining the resulting misunderstanding.

After finishing the promotion in the capital, Jiang Zhe returned to Binhai to cooperate with the college's promotion.

Jiang Zhe's villa welcomed many guests one after another. It was not until half a month later that the villa gradually returned to peace.

Jiang Zhe put the matter aside and began to concentrate on preparing various materials for postgraduate studies.

For him, language proficiency is not a problem, he just needs to take the exam. What really requires serious preparation are the portfolio and the interview.

In order to increase the success rate of the application, he sorted out the collected works and prepared the presentation documents.

While preparing for the work, he did not relax his study and accumulation.

He found time to create a sculpture for Christie's headquarters in New York and for Wang Zhen's gallery in the capital.

Both sculptures are based on athletes.

He excels in realistic style creation, so he focuses on expressing the strength and movement of the statues.

One Saturday morning, Jiang Zhe prepared his drawing paper and pencil, ready to start a new creation.

After a period of gestation, the creative idea has become more complete.

He wanted to use some moments of attending parties in New York as materials for his creation. Many painters have depicted scenes of decadence and extravagance.

Jiang Zhe intends to draw different feelings.

The pencil drew lines on the paper, and the tip of the pencil rubbed against each other, making a rustling sound.

On the paper, a character gradually emerged. (End of this chapter)