1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 332 Models and Car Purchase

"Brother Jing, I'm sorry."

"Ah."

Director Wang and Aunt Wang’s son Wang Xiaojing is a dozen years older than Xia Tian. He is now in his thirties. He looks haggard, with dark circles under his eyes behind his black-framed glasses.

Director Wang and his wife have dedicated many years to the literary and artistic circles, and many people came to see them off.

Wang Dao lost his wife in old age, and he seemed a little dazed, only nodding mechanically to the guests.

Xiaoxu and Zhang Li both shed tears, and Deng Jie's eyes also turned red...

Crowds of people, busy life, everything is over.

When a person leaves this world, her presence in people's memories will gradually fade away and become less and less.

When no one in this world remembers him anymore, he will disappear completely, as if he had never been there.

The ancients cared a lot about leaving their names in history. Perhaps they felt that living in history books and in the hearts of future generations was also another kind of eternal life?

……

For the next two days, Xiaoxu and Zhang Li were in a bad mood.

But it’s okay after all. Although they have met and talked with Aunt Wang, they didn’t have much contact with her.

Xia Tian was exposed to more things, from discovering Xia Tian's children's songs in his early years to later helping Xia Tian decide on the role of Liu Xianglian.

Xia Tian has collaborated with Aunt Wang a lot.

I didn’t expect… I just heard that he wasn’t feeling well, and then he was suddenly hospitalized, and then he passed away within a few days.

Milan saw that the three of them were not in high spirits, so he wanted to ease their mood.

After all, people can't always live in sadness, they need to cheer up as soon as possible.

So, she suggested, "I heard that the art museum recently held a large exhibition of oil painting body art. Should we go and take a look?"

Speaking of oil painting body art, these three people are really related. After all, they have all been oil painting models for Xia Tian~
There are still two paintings that have to be kept secret and never shown to anyone!
This exhibition is all about nude works~
Therefore, Milan’s proposal can be considered to be well thought out.

Speaking of which, at the beginning of this year, the first monograph in China that systematically studies nude art, "Theory of Nude Art", was published.

The sudden appearance of such a book in a field that has long been regarded as a "forbidden zone" naturally caused an immediate strong response.

All mainstream newspapers and professional academic journals have published lengthy comments by experts.

This book later won the National Book Golden Key Award, the 1988 Top 10 Best-Selling Book Award and the Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award.

Three editions were printed, with a total of more than 20 copies, distributed domestically and abroad~
For this exhibition, the author of "On Nude Art" also made a large screen with many pictures~
Speaking of this oil painting model, her development in the country has been quite bumpy.

There has been heated discussion over the years.

It is said that two years ago, a girl who worked as a model at Jinling Academy of Arts returned to the countryside to recuperate due to illness. It happened that the TV series "A Drop in the Ocean" was broadcast at that time, which told the story of a "painting master". But this person's character was very bad, so I won't go into details.

There is a scene in the play where a model is painted...

After seeing this, the villagers seemed to "understand" what it meant to be a model.

So people came to her house every day to watch the "Western scene" and even complained that she shouldn't "sell herself"... In the end, the 19-year-old girl became mentally ill.

And during this exhibition, a model scandal broke out.

During the exhibition, a model was recognized by the audience in front of a painting in the exhibition hall and was verbally abused, and her husband divorced her because of this.

Another model sparked a family dispute after being recognized by her in-laws on TV news.

As a result, the two nude models strongly demanded that the work be removed and that the school pay them financial compensation and increase their wages. The lawsuit lasted for ten years!
In fact, nude models and nude art were not legally allowed to exist until after the 78 plenary session.

By the beginning of 85, when the Shanghai Drama Academy publicly recruited nude models, all 500 application forms had been sent out in less than half a day.

Half of the applicants are employees, the youngest is 17 years old, and many are accompanied by their husbands.
In a sense, Shanghai is indeed more open than Beijing, but it's a mixed bag.
……

As a result, when I went to buy tickets in the summer, there were so many guests and reporters.

Audience members outside the door lined up in a long queue to buy tickets in the biting cold wind... Everyone was happily lining up to buy tickets in the middle of winter!

In the end, Xia Tian had to ask his friends for help and got four tickets - there was simply no one left!

The impact of this art exhibition far exceeded the attention of the art world and caused a huge sensation.

It is said that many yamen officials came to see what was going on out of their desire to be liberated - and in the end there was even a night show.

The final conservative statistics: about 18 people visited the exhibition in 22 days~
Among these 22 old Seppies, oh no, among the art connoisseurs, there is one from Milan!
She was so excited!
I almost asked, "Are you selling this painting? I'll take care of it!"

I don’t know if she fell in love with aesthetic art from then on, and she even found a lot of picture albums to read.

Western oil paintings, sculptures and so on.

After reading it, I was still very confused and asked like a curious baby.

"Why is this woman so fat?"

"She is plump."

"This woman was taken away by this man?" "That's Helen. Have you heard of the Trojan War in Greek mythology?"

"How can this eat people?"

"This is 'The God of Agriculture Eats His Son'."

The most classic one is when she asked about the statue of David.

She looked at the statue of David in the album and exclaimed in amazement: "Is that a towel on his shoulder? Is he going to the bathhouse to have a bath?"

Xiaoxu and Zhang Li were so amused that they rolled back and forth on the bed.

She also asked: "This David statue has well-developed muscles... why is it so small?"

Xia Tian explained: “During the Western Renaissance, small was considered to represent rationality.”

"Rational? Then you are a little irrational~"

Then she took the opportunity to "harass" Xiaoxu and Zhang Li.

Zhang Li blushed and said, "Stop it, I'm reading a book!"

Milan laughed and said, "Reading? Who are you trying to fool? Have you read the whole series?"

Then he reached into the quilt and grabbed Xia Tian's hand, "Let me see who is playing tricks ~ Hahaha ~"

……

These days at the end of the year, I plan to buy a car in the summer.

The main reason is that it is becoming inconvenient to ride a bicycle now.

In the past years, I was not that "famous", and people were not so overly obsessed with so-called "stars".

It's different now.

Xia Tian is already a celebrity and a big star in many fields, and the newspapers say that he earns millions a year...

Over the years, people have started to change their minds - they start to focus on money and no longer feel ashamed.
Nowadays, when you go out in the summer, you have to wear a mustache, glasses, and a hat to disguise yourself.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to move forward, let alone to take a single step!
It seemed as if everyone in Yanjing, from the old to the young, knew me and wanted to chat with me.

Just buy a car.

Although buying a car now is probably not cost-effective, I don't like driving in the summer.

But this is not a matter of having money on hand, so I don’t care about cost performance~
We need to consult Li Chengru on this kind of thing. This guy is rich now and he really acts like a big boss.

This kid was wearing a Pierre Cardin black suit, a belt around his waist, and holding a heavy mobile phone in his hand. With his shiny forehead that reflected the light, he was simply the epitome of a big boss of this era!
Xia Tian asked Li Chengru about the brand and price of the car, and Li Chengru slapped his thigh and said, "Oh, I told you a long time ago. You should have bought a car a long time ago!"

He also complained: "I don't understand why you live in such poverty?"

Xia Tian: "Just float away, kid!"

But speaking of it, business in that Te Te mall is really good right now!

Making a fortune every day is not enough to describe it!

Li Chengru is now considering whether to set up a clothing brand! Let's make suits too!
Then let Xia Tian advertise for the brand, how appropriate~
He looked very proud and said, "If you ask me, just buy that Mercedes Benz 300E! 60! Just three months' profit!"

Xia Tian glared at Li Chengru - the money came from the wind? !

But this car is really good.

But I don’t like to be too high-profile in the summer.

Let’s put it this way, I’m already conspicuous, and now I drive a Mercedes.

What? You want to be a gangster king?
Xia Tian: Do you want my property? If you want, I can give it all to you. Come and catch me! All my property is here~
“Is there anything more low-key?”

Li Chengru muttered: "Why are you so low-key? If you don't return home when you are rich and powerful, it's like walking in the night in fine clothes!"

Xia Tian smiled: "I am already the center of attention now, I don't need to return home in glory."

Only successful people who need to show off need to return home in glory. Summer has already started to enjoy the benefits of fame~
Usually, when others see him on the side of the road, they silently swear in their hearts: He can replace me!
Finally, Xia Tian decided to support domestic products by buying a Yanjing Jeep!
As soon as he said this, Li Chengru wanted to walk away on the spot: "I'm not going to talk to you anymore! You have no ambition at all!"

According to his thinking, if he doesn't buy a Mercedes-Benz, he should at least buy an Audi, right?

Even Toyota from Japan will do!
If that doesn't work, Santana is also an option?
This broken jeep doesn't look classy at all!
Xia Tian patted his shoulder and said, "Brother, you are still in the early stages of pretending to be cool. You only know how to use brand-name clothes and luxury cars to decorate yourself and show your status."

"And I'm already in the advanced stage of showing off - others use their cars to set off the people, but I use the people to set off the cars. I drive a Yanjing Jeep, and it can sell thousands more units a year!"

Yanjing Jeep was established in 84 and is China's first complete vehicle joint venture - in cooperation with an American automobile company.

At the beginning of this year, the 50th car of Yanjing Jeep rolled off the assembly line, which was a miracle for the Chinese automobile industry.

It is said that hundreds of millions of yuan are being invested in technological transformation of the production line and gradually increasing the localization rate.

"Besides, on this broken road, a jeep is actually easier to drive."

In summer, I still prefer tough cars with high chassis and large space.

(End of this chapter)