Chapter 85
Su Xingyao never thought that her rescue of the killer whale would be filmed and posted online for everyone to see.
He even painted the picture "Killer Whale" because he was moved by the cleverness and courage of the baby killer whale who saved its mother, as well as the deep affection among the killer whale family.
So when he was video chatting with Xu Huan and listening to the other party talking about the progress of the film shooting, it was really a bit ridiculous to hear the other party telling him these two interesting stories.
"The funniest thing is that I heard that a painter also painted a killer whale and sold it for 46 million. Netizens are asking if he is your friend."
Su Xingyao, who was originally listening to Xu Huan's words with a smile on her face, had a subtly changed expression after hearing these words.
Then his attention fell on a string of numbers.
"How much did you say?"
Xu Huan was stunned for a moment, then repeated it again.
"Forty-six million."
After saying this, Xu Huan couldn't help but sigh, "This artwork is different. It's more expensive than my movie budget."
When Su Xingyao heard the price again, she felt it was a little unreal and quickly took out her work phone and opened it.
Then he found out that the gallery agent had happily told him the auction price a few hours ago.
It's just that he didn't check his phone much, so he didn't see it in time.
When Su Xingyao learned from others that her new work was auctioned for such a high price, her first reaction was not as excited as that of the gallery agent.
He probably had an expected price for the painting.
He felt that 6 million was enough.
However, who could have thought that the final auction price would be so outrageously high...
Six million is not even a fraction.
Although this phenomenon of competition for high prices occurs from time to time in auctions of works.
But Su Xingyao always felt that something was not right.
He sent a message to the other party, asking who the collector was.
However, the gallery agent was probably busy and did not reply to his message immediately.
After hanging up the phone with Xu Huan, Su Xingyao looked at the setting sun that was about to sink into the sea and began to pack up her drawing board and prepare to go home.
It is already very cold in China in late December.
But on the islands close to the equator, the temperature has not dropped at all.
The freely flying seagulls fly over the azure sea, skimming the waves.
Su Xingyao held the drawing board and walked barefoot on the golden beach. The sea breeze gently blew the corners of his clothes.
I have been on this island for more than three months.
But Su Xingyao didn't feel bored at all.
The island is quiet and comfortable, with no outsiders to disturb you.
It's especially suitable for one person to stay here and relax.
Of course the most important reason is that the island built by Lu Jiuxu is exactly the same as Su Xingyao’s dream.
After falling asleep at night, he had the dream from his childhood again.
In the dream, his childhood friend came to keep him company again.
The other party asked him, "Do you know the sea?"
Little Su Xingyao nodded, her eyes full of anticipation for the sea.
"I know!! But I've never seen what the sea looks like."
“I really want to go and see it.”
"I haven't seen it either, but when I grow up, I will definitely go there."
The other party looked at him and said, "I heard that you can live on an island."
Xiao Xiao Su's eyes immediately lit up.
“Can I live there?”
The other party vowed, "Sure, when we have a chance in the future, we will go together."
After he finished speaking, the other party took out a piece of paper and started to draw a blueprint for the future with Su Xingyao.
The two children happily described to each other the island they longed for.
I imagine how I will create my most beloved island in the future.
The best shape for an island is a crescent.
It should be like a fairy tale world, surrounded by lush trees, blue sky and bright sunshine.
There are also many colorful flowers on the island. You can reach the diving site by walking along a quiet stone path.
Diving into the seabed, they can see many dolphins and small fish, and whales can be seen from time to time on the sea surface.
It would be even better if there was a long boardwalk on the water that led to a warm wooden house like in a fairy tale.
The lights in the cabins will always be bright.
Even in the dark night, they can take in a homeless child like him...
All the "nonsense" that he spoke without restraint during his childhood was materialized on Lu Jiuxu's private island.
It was even more beautiful than the scenes he had longed for in his childhood.
Sometimes Su Xingyao wondered if Lu Jiuxu knew some magic.
Or maybe he was that childhood friend of his.
Otherwise, how could they have come together to create such a dreamy island.
However, Su Xingyao only thought about this occasionally.
When he was talking with Lu Zhiyun before, he had inadvertently talked about Lu Jiuxu's past.
The other party said that Lu Jiuxu grew up in the Lu family since childhood.
*
After completing 95% of the album on the island, Su Xingyao was ready to return home.
Although I like this island very much, I can't stay here forever.
When I was packing my luggage to go home in advance, Lu Zhiyun's video call came as usual.
Luo Ri is prone to airsickness, so Su Xingyao did not bring Luo Ri and Coral to the island for such a long journey.
Lu Zhiyun, who has always loved cats and dogs, is happy to take care of the two little ones every day.
But on this long journey, Sunset and Coral were obviously reluctant to part with Su Xingyao.
Therefore, Lu Zhiyun would make a video call with Su Xingyao almost every day, allowing the cat and the dog Su Xingyao to meet and talk on the phone.
Lu Zhiyun on the other end of the phone waited until Luo Ri and Shan Hu had acted coquettishly enough before he squeezed out a picture of himself between the two little heads to talk to Su Xingyao.
"Xingyao, did my brother pick you up?"
While Lu Zhiyun was speaking, Coral, who was dissatisfied with Lu Zhiyun for stealing the "C position", put her paw forward.
The mobile phone that was originally placed on the table fell down.
Lu Zhiyun rushed to rescue her, smiled apologetically at Shanhu, and stood up.
As Lu Zhiyun moved, Su Xingyao also followed the picture on his side and accidentally saw the carefully framed "Killer Whale".
Su Xingyao was shocked when he saw "Killer Whale" appear in his field of vision.
“You took this picture?”
It’s no wonder Su Xingyao had this association.
After all, Lu Zhiyun didn’t know that he was S, and he usually liked to spend tens of millions to buy expensive things like sports cars.
Given his personality, he doesn't quite understand the situation at the auction house, so it's not impossible for him to bid against others at such a high price.
On the other side of the camera, Lu Zhiyun, who was suddenly cueed to paint, looked confused.
"What? What kind of painting?"
Seeing this, Su Xingyao reminded the other party in confusion.
"The one behind you."
Lu Zhiyun, who had secretly followed Luo Ri and Shan Hu to Lu Jiuxu's study, turned around quickly and saw clearly that there was indeed a framed painting behind him.
He looked at the painting for a while and then scratched his hair.
"Oh this one!! It must have been taken by my brother~ I'm in his study."
Su Xingyao's heart, which had been hanging in the air, suddenly seemed to fall into a pool of gentle spring water.
It turns out that the collector who has a special liking for his paintings...
It turned out to be Lu Jiuxu.
…
A moment after hanging up the phone with Lu Zhiyun, the housekeeper on the island reminded Su Xingyao that Lu Jiuxu's helicopter would arrive soon.
Su Xingyao followed the other party to the airport.
The rumbling sound of the helicopter rang in my ears.
Amid the increasingly loud roar, the plane was getting closer.
Although Su Xingyao had already learned about Lu Jiuxu's itinerary from Lu Zhiyun.
But now that I see with my own eyes that tall and straight figure coming towards the wind, I still feel my heart beating half a beat slower.
In fact, he and Lu Jiuxu had not seen each other for a long time, but it seemed as if they had not seen each other for a long time.
*
The two had lunch together.
Su Xingyao, who had been pretending to be busy, couldn't help but ask about the painting.
"Mr. Lu, did you take that picture of 'Killer Whale'?"
When Lu Jiuxu was suddenly asked this question by Su Xingyao, there was no change in his expression. He still nodded faintly with a smile in his eyes.
"Yes."
He looked at Su Xingyao and asked, "What's the matter?"
When Lu Jiuxu asked this, Su Xingyao knew that the other party already knew that she was S.
He did not delve into how the other party knew it, but just told the other party what he wanted to say most in an extremely straightforward manner.
“I just think the price is a little too high.”
"In fact, that painting is not worth such a high price."
Now that everyone had talked it out, Su Xingyao told the other party about her plan.
"I'll return it to you in a few days after the agent transfers the money."
Su Xingyao's cheeks puffed up slightly.
"But the auction house will take a commission..."
As Su Xingyao spoke, he calculated the money in his mind and prepared to use his own money to make up for the deducted commission to Lu Jiuxu.
Lu Jiuxu beside him looked at Su Xingyao's serious and lively expression with a smile. After watching him secretly for a long time, he slowly interrupted him.
"I just like it."
He didn't explain why he liked her, but his eyes were fixed on the person in front of him.
Hearing this reason, Su Xingyao couldn't help but refute.
"If you like, I can actually draw it for you individually."
Lu Jiuxu smiled and shook his head.
“This is different.”
"What's the difference?"
Aren’t they all drawn by yourself?
But Lu Jiuxu directly avoided the question and asked him instead.
"So you don't want me to take this picture?"
Su Xingyao was tricked.
"No."
He explained to the other party.
"If someone else had taken the photo, I would have felt lucky and gotten a very high fee by accident..."
“But if you took the photo.”
“I’ll feel like I’ve gotten a bargain from the auction house.”
After Su Xingyao finished speaking, she looked up and met Lu Jiuxu's gaze, only to see that the other person was laughing happily at the moment.
It was as if I had not spent 46 million, but had picked up the biggest bargain in the world.
Su Xingyao felt that what she had just said seemed a little wrong, but for a moment she couldn't understand what was wrong.
In the moment he was stunned, Lu Jiuxu easily changed the subject.
"I heard from Uncle Lin that you haven't had any fun in this period of time?"
Although this island belongs to Lu Jiuxu alone, many recreational facilities have been built.
It’s just that Su Xingyao has been busy writing songs in the past few months, and she doesn’t really like those lively things. During this time here, she has been either painting or writing songs.
Lu Jiuxu waved at him and said, "I'll take you to do something fun."
Su Xingyao quickly followed the other person's footsteps.
With the other party's company, he suddenly seemed to have a great interest in these offshore projects.
Originally, Su Xingyao wanted to challenge the water booster.
But after thinking about it, I decided to go diving.
Lu Jiuxu had told him before that the seabed here was very beautiful.
So he wanted to see it with his own eyes.
Soon, under the guidance of a professional coach, Su Xingyao finally dived into the seabed.
When the clear sea water flooded over his head, he felt as if he had come to a new world.
The colorful corals seem to sway rhythmically, and all kinds of fish swim freely in the sea.
The sunlight penetrates through the sea surface, creating beautiful light and shadows underwater.
Su Xingyao felt the gentleness of the sea water caressing every inch of her skin, and felt as if time had stopped in this quiet and mysterious moment.
The seabed is really beautiful.
Lu Jiuxu was quietly accompanying him not far away.
Su Xingyao turned around and wanted to smile at him, but suddenly realized that the other party could not see it at all, so she stretched out her hand and waved at him.
Lu Jiuxu also made a gesture towards him, but Su Xingyao was a little flustered as it was his first time diving and couldn't see anything clearly.
After swimming forward for a while, Su Xingyao was surprised to find that a small group of fish had surrounded her.
They didn't seem to be afraid of people and swam right past him at a very close distance.
There were even some brave ones who took the initiative to interact with him.
Su Xingyao looked at the little yellow fish in front of her and cautiously tried to reach out to it.
The little fish seemed to understand his movements and gently waved its tail towards him.
The next second, Su Xingyao's fingertips gently touched the little fish's mouth in the gentle sea water.
Su Xingyao was so happy that her eyes were shining.
He hurriedly wanted to share his joy with Lu Jiuxu.
However, he didn't know that the other person, who had been looking at him the whole time, had quietly raised his camera to record this beautiful scene.
*
The happy vacation was over, and as soon as Su Xingyao returned to China, invitations to various shows came in one after another.
In addition to being a guest mentor on singing shows, directors of many other entertainment variety shows have also enthusiastically extended olive branches to him.
After all, Su Xingyao was dubbed the God of domestic entertainment variety shows by netizens, and all the various types of variety shows he had participated in before had miraculously become popular in various forms.
Therefore, everyone in the programs that are currently being broadcast or are being prepared is looking forward to it, hoping to invite Su Xingyao to participate, so that through his personal charm, they can contribute to the popularity of their variety shows.
Among them, the director team of "Escape" also seized the opportunity and sent an invitation to Su Xingyao as soon as possible.
Su Xingyao had appeared in the first episode of this program when it was first aired.
At that time, he and Luo Yiyuan, a duo who were afraid of the dark and ghosts, became very popular because of their various jokes and their wit that drove the directors crazy, making the show a huge hit as soon as it was broadcast.
So now, the show has entered its final stage.
In the last episode, the program team was extremely eager to invite Su Xingyao back to give the entire program a perfect ending.
Su Xingyao is a person who cherishes old times.
After learning that the other party’s last script and game settings were completely tailor-made for him.
So even though his schedule was extremely tight, he still agreed directly after the director invited him.
The director team was excitedly preparing to make an official announcement on Weibo.
At the same time, Chu Zian, who had been silent for a long time, also found a new financial sponsor after breaking up with Jiang Xunche.
His financial sponsor also used a lot of connections to help him get the qualification to participate in the finale of "Get Out".
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