Chapter 379 Demon's Help
"What if nothing works?" Ye Qiaoqiao asked thoughtfully.
Facing Ye Qiaoqiao's probing and inquiring eyes, Anson maintained his calm face, without the slightest hesitation or guilt.
"If nothing is accomplished, the fee will be half." Anson said flatly.
"Is this the rule in your industry?"
"Not everyone follows this rule. Only a few people follow this rule, and I am one of them. I won't break my own rules, so Miss Ye doesn't have to worry about it."
Upon hearing this, Ye Qiaoqiao neither said she believed it nor said she didn't believe it.
After all, she had heard that international mercenaries have their own rules, but what Anson said was very reasonable. Ye Qiaoqiao just felt that Anson's reaction was a little strange.
If she had to explain the reason in detail, she thought it had something to do with the special tenderness she could always feel in Anson's eyes.
That's right, tenderness.
Ye Qiaoqiao has observed carefully during this period of time and found that Anson is cold and ruthless towards his colleagues, and keeps a distance from them.
She noticed that Anson was like that with everyone else.
The only difference is when I'm with her. To be more specific, she treats me with a different kind of tenderness.
Ye Qiaoqiao realized this and paid close attention.
"Qiao, your game starts in five hours. Should we leave now?" The assistant took the initiative to go to the hotel room to remind Ye Qiaoqiao before the game.
Ye Qiaoqiao had just rested and was packing up her painting supplies.
"Okay, please arrange a car to take me there." Ye Qiaoqiao nodded.
After she said this, she subconsciously asked, "Where's Anson?"
"Anson didn't show up, and I don't know either." The person who answered was Ye Qiaoqiao's bodyguard.
She didn't explain much about Anson's identity, and only others roughly knew that he was an international mercenary arranged by her family.
As for the international ranking of this mercenary, no one knows.
"He hasn't shown up for a few days?" Ye Qiaoqiao suddenly asked.
The bodyguard thought for a moment and said, "Anson hasn't shown up since the afternoon before yesterday."
"The afternoon of the day before yesterday..." Ye Qiaoqiao thought, wasn't that the afternoon when she met Anson?
Could it be that Anson was already sorting out the things he had arranged?
I don't know if he can inject drugs into Modo. There is no doubt that Modo must have a lot of bodyguards around him. With the other party's wealth, it would be easy for him to hire bodyguards.
Ye Qiaoqiao thought so and looked around deliberately when she went out. As expected, she did not see Anson.
Wait for the car to arrive at the competition venue.
Ye Qiaoqiao walked in to participate in the competition. Since she had two previous experiences, there were no accidents this time.
After the painting is finished, the organizer will start the on-site evaluation.
There are only ten contestants in the finals, which is a small number. After selecting the top three, the remaining seven will have to leave with regret.
So the number of people is small and we no longer have time to judge the prizes as before.
The entire final lasted a whole day.
At noon, Ye Qiaoqiao and other participating painters had lunch provided by the competition organizers.
After lunch, we only rested for half an hour before the competition continued.
Until 5:20 pm.
The results of the competition are out.
The awards ceremony is about to begin.
Ye Qiaoqiao was luckier this time. In the past, there were always painters who had flashes of inspiration and whose paintings were more popular with the judges, so they won first place. Ye Qiaoqiao performed steadily and won second place.
But in this final, I don’t know if it was because the competitors were too nervous, but none of them had a flash of inspiration.
The result was that Ye Qiaoqiao won the first place thanks to her stable performance.
"Congratulations to Qiao for winning the first place in this Chinese painting competition and receiving a prize of 50,000 US dollars!"
The host shouted excitedly, and when Ye Qiaoqiao came up, he took the initiative to hand her the trophy and prize money, and then took photos with her.
Ye Qiaoqiao was very cooperative. After all, this Chinese painting competition earned more than she expected and she earned a full 80,000 US dollars.
Although it is not as expensive as the most expensive painting, it is more expensive than her Chinese paintings.
The highest-selling item before was an oil painting, which sold for US$120,000. This high price was achieved thanks to the help of teacher Damon, and the customer loved the painting.
The average price of the paintings she sold afterwards was about 20,000 to 40,000 US dollars.
When she could only paint traditional Chinese paintings, the price dropped directly to five thousand to ten thousand US dollars.
It’s not that Ye Qiaoqiao’s painting is bad, it’s simply that Ye Qiaoqiao is not well-known. Chinese painting is not popular abroad, except for the paintings of masters.
Ye Qiaoqiao looked down at the audience, where many newspaper and media outlets were taking pictures. She searched the crowd but couldn't find Anson.
It looked like Anson had really left.
The game is over.
Ye Qiaoqiao followed her assistant and left the stadium.
However, just as I walked to the door, someone came up to me and handed me a business card. "Hello, Miss Qiao. I'm the person in charge of the ** art exhibition. I wonder if I can arrange a painting with you to be put in our exhibition. If a customer likes it, I will contact you. Whether to buy or not, you can discuss it with the customer yourself."
Ye Qiaoqiao didn't expect that the weight of this Chinese painting champion was so heavy.
She thought for a while and then said, "Okay, I wonder what style you want and when you need it?"
The white young man was very happy and immediately stated his requirements. The agreed time was ten days later, and he also paid Ye Qiaoqiao an exhibition fee of US$5,000 a day for a total of three days. If the exhibition was sold during the period, the money would be charged based on the actual number of days it was exhibited.
This was good news no matter how you looked at it, so Ye Qiaoqiao nodded in agreement.
She was going directly back to the studio in the next city and agreed to arrange for someone to deliver the painting on time.
Afterwards, Ye Qiaoqiao returned to the hotel, and more people came to her one after another.
Some people approached her to ask her to paint them, and some wanted to interview her.
Ye Qiaoqiao handled all these matters.
Regarding the interview, she was a little hesitant and was thinking about whether to do it.
Because she is not sure whether being too famous is a good thing or a bad thing.
After all, her enemy is the Ross family.
This means that no matter whether she is famous or not, she has actually been targeted by the other party and her appearance is already known.
In that case...Ye Qiaoqiao accepted the interview.
She can make more money by becoming famous, at least there is something to gain.
Anyway, you can't prevent it by hiding.
It’s better to be open and aboveboard.
Because of the interview, Ye Qiaoqiao stayed here for another day before returning to the next city.
"Qiao, congratulations."
Just got back to the studio.
Several seniors who were still inside, including Damon and Seya, prepared flowers and gifts to congratulate her.
Ye Qiaoqiao is very grateful to Damon and everyone.
"Thank you, teacher."
"Thank you, Senior Seiya."
"I am able to achieve what I have now, thanks to your help. If it weren't for the teacher's persistence, I would definitely still be a pet in someone else's cage."
"Not to mention that I can now win first place in the Chinese painting competition."
Ye Qiaoqiao's voice was soft, and her words to everyone were sincere.
Damon and others are usually open to others, but they rarely have such emotionally delicate conversations.
Smiles appeared on the faces of several people, "Qiao, you deserve it with your strength."
"That's right, Qiao, we will have to help each other in the future."
"Qiao, we are senior and junior brothers and sisters, a lifelong friendship."
Ye Qiaoqiao listened to what everyone said and smiled, not saying anything polite.
After the celebration party, Ye Qiaoqiao will prepare for the next national competition semi-finals.
Of course, the collaborative paintings she agreed to do also had to be completed.
De Meng said, "Qiao, you are a traditional Chinese painter, which is not very competitive in national competitions. So, I suggest you take a look at some traditional Chinese painting styles that have won awards in the past 20 years."
“Find out what the market likes.”
"I understand." Ye Qiaoqiao does not have the pride of an artist. In her opinion, no matter what kind of painting it is or what style it is, there will be an audience for it, and naturally there is no distinction between high and low.
Damon was worried that she would be too arrogant and refuse to agree, but he heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that and quickly took out some information he had prepared long ago.
"Qiao, I sorted these magazines out. These are all the famous Chinese paintings that have appeared in magazines. Take a look."
"good."
Ye Qiaoqiao took it.
She thought for a moment and asked, "Teacher, I'm out of my latest medicine..."
"Don't worry, I have already arranged for someone to contact you."
"It will be delivered in two days." Demonbi Ye Qiaoqiao still cared about her health.
"I heard that Dr. Zhong is researching the antidote for the S reagent." When Damon said this, he looked at Ye Qiaoqiao tentatively, "I wonder what your relationship with Dr. Zhong is like?"
After hearing this, Ye Qiaoqiao had some ideas in her mind.
"Teacher, I'm not sure." Ye Qiaoqiao said conservatively.
"That's right. You've lost your memory, but she hasn't contacted you. It shows that even if you're her daughter-in-law, she doesn't care."
"But it's not surprising." Damon comforted her, "With Dr. Zhong's status, her son must have plenty of money to spend, so it's not surprising for him to marry as many wives as he wants. You're just one of the daughters-in-law, so it's normal that you're not important."
Although Ye Qiaoqiao thought this was strange,... it was very common abroad.
She read the letters and information her father sent her and realized that she actually had a good relationship with her husband.
Otherwise, both sides would not be in a hurry to go abroad to rescue themselves.
"Teacher." Ye Qiaoqiao raised her eyes and asked him, "You think so, but can the people of the Ross family think so?"
"What do you mean?" Damon didn't understand.
Ye Qiaoqiao decided to take a gamble. She whispered, "The reason why I was injected with the S reagent was actually because Mr. Modo from the Ross family wanted to cooperate with Dr. Zhong to develop an antidote, but Dr. Zhong was unwilling, so he captured me and threatened Dr. Zhong."
"Modo Ross?" Damon's expression was serious when he heard the news. "Is it really him?"
"Yeah." Ye Qiaoqiao nodded.
"Then this matter is difficult to resolve. The other party is a greedy businessman with no bottom line or morals." Damon cursed in a low voice. It sounded like the two of them had a conflict.
Ye Qiaoqiao looked at him expectantly, "Teacher, since I am just an unimportant 'former daughter-in-law' now, can I make Mr. Modo stop having people staring at me?"
"Modo arranged for someone to keep an eye on you?" Damon was angry. "What does he want to do?"
"You are my student now. If he targets you, he is targeting me!" Damon was very angry.
His family is ranked among the top wealthy families along with the Ross family.
Ye Qiaoqiao was a little surprised after hearing Damon's reaction. Could it be that Teacher Damon could resist Modo?
If so, her safety is guaranteed.
"Well, I'll go meet Mr. Modo." Damon frowned.
"Teacher, will this cause you trouble?" Although Ye Qiaoqiao wanted to find him as a backer, she didn't want to cause trouble for Damon, especially since Modo didn't seem to have a bottom line.
"Don't worry, even if he doesn't agree, he won't do anything to me." Demon's face was calm, "My elders also have a relationship with the Ross family."
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