Published at 18th of November 2020 09:14:45 AM
Chapter 81: 81
Chen Kexin thought about it for a bit and sent her a message via WeChat .
[Master, I just want to check in to see how the congratulatory painting is coming along . ]
Her tone was much more respectful, very different from her teasing tone when she referred to her as Guru two days ago .
It was her grandma’s 70th birthday this Saturday .
Grandma had always enjoyed more traditional style items . In order to prepare a delicate gift for her grandmother, Chen Kexin had started her search since a month ago .
She worried that her being no expert in antiques or painting, she would accidentally end up with knockoffs . Not only would they be of low quality, but it would also be humiliating .
Which was why starting last month, she had asked around for a few somewhat well-known artists in the Chinese ink painting artists and calligraphy artists to have them collaborate on a painting with calligraphy for her grandmother .
Some of the masters were quirky and would not accept the request .
Some others’ work was so expensive that she couldn’t afford them with her allowance .
So she had another idea . She’d forego well-known artists and look for the ones that were not yet well known and give her grandmother 10 paintings with inscription from 10 different individuals . As the number 10 would suggest perfection .
She thought that was a great idea before, but now, not so much .
She emptied out her boxes, dug out all the paintings that she had already collected, and spread them out next to Orange Tabby and Butterfly .
“Ugh… this disparity…”
When they were placed next to each other, the disparity between them was only too obvious .
Let it be the lines, the form, the soft naturalness of the strokes, or the painted objects’ charm or aura were all of an entirely different level .
The Orange Tabby instakilled all the other paintings .
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“All these look like they are missing something… like they have no souls…”
Chen Kexin looked at them over and over again .
Discouraged, she picked up the phone once again .
[Master, how big of a painting do you have in mind? Maybe we should go with something smaller? Can you give me an idea of how much it’d cost?]
Chen Kexin wanted to cry .
She had underestimated the channel master previously . She worried now that she wouldn’t be able to afford the painting when she heard the price!
The bigger the size of painting of any well-known artists, the higher the cost .
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Chen Kexin, having been purchasing a lot of congratulatory paintings and loved to shop on a regular basis, didn’t have a lot of her allowance left .
But she did not want to give up now!
After this comparison, she’d be embarrassed to follow through with her original plan of giving her grandmother 10 different paintings .
With her cellphone in hand, she waited anxiously for a response .
***
On the other side, Gu Shishi finished her Four Sons Offering Up Mythical Peaches painting in pouring sweat .
All the fine sweat on her face was from heat .
She didn’t realize she had soaked her feet for 1 . 5 hours!
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It was surprising that she didn’t pass out… .
But earlier, when she was focused entirely on the paintbrush in her hand, she was one with the paintbrush and couldn’t feel time passing at all .
She only noticed that she was about to break down from heat after her cellphone had vibrated .
[I am done with it already . Let me send you a picture of it . ]
Gu Shishi relaxed her shoulder and turned off her foot spa before taking a picture and sending it over to MeowMeow .
As for the price… .
[Just pay me however much you see fit . ]