Chapter 55: Trio Meets Trio
Before this, Xiang Yue had heard it so much that her ears were callused, but she remained unmoved.
Yu Yin tactfully brought up the budget issue.
Painter Ning began to talk about other things and took out one of his works to show them. He was an abstract painter.
Yu Yin saw this painting after meeting painter Ning. She could feel him as a person from the painting, and then reflect his personality on the painting. She could understand the painting, but could not appreciate it from the heart.
Contemporary art isn't about understanding; it's about perception. But perception is a deeply personal thing. Without an agent to help expose his work, Ning, a talented artist, would likely struggle to find a mentor.
Xiang Yue asked him, "Has it been named yet?"
"'Shadows under the Smoke'..." Painter Ning talked incessantly about his paintings. He is a painter who talks a lot.
Xiang Yue and Yu Yin had similar feelings. She said, "I'm not someone who can appreciate it, so I can't show it better during the exhibition. So I still can't agree to it."
Painter Ning was very disappointed. Yu Yin handed him a business card and said, "Mr. Ning, we can't help you. We don't agree to help you hold an exhibition. This is out of respect for our work and your work."
Painter Ning took the business card, which belonged to an art dealer. He thanked Yu Yin, gave her the painting, and left the studio.
Xiang Yue looked at his back and said to Yu Yin, "What made you think of giving him your business card? It's not like you to meddle in other people's business."
"If I don't show him a way, he will pester me for a long time. I only met the agent once, and I can't guarantee whether he can contact the agent." Yu Yin picked up the coffee on the table and drank it.
Xiang Yue asked worriedly, "Aren't you afraid that the agent will come looking for you?"
"So many people have used various channels to get his contact information and contact him. If he really paid attention to me, Ning Yudong must have caught his eye." Yu Yin had nothing to be afraid of.
"I think Ning Yudong got his attention by being difficult."
"Being difficult is also a skill. I have many reasons to block him so that his anger can't reach me."
"What if it's fire you need?"
"I won't block it. Maybe I'll gain more connections in this circle." Yu Yin picked up the painting and handed it to Xiang Yue. "It doesn't matter if there's no movement. I got a painting."
Xiang Yue also understood the purpose of her business card. He leaned against her and said teasingly, "The abacus beads are clacking loudly."
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In the evening, Xiang Yue, Yu Yin and Mo Qianyao got together and went to a nearby bar for a drink. Yu Yin and Xiang Yue were determined not to get drunk.
In the bar, Yu Yin looked at the wine list and said hesitantly, "I'd rather drink juice."
Mo Qianyao said, "Since we're here, it's a waste to drink juice. Let's have a gin and tonic. It won't get you drunk easily. Just a small drink will make you feel relaxed."
Then Yu Yin and Xiang Yue both ordered a gin and tonic, while Mo Qianyao ordered a martini. They just wanted to have a drink to relax today.
Xiang Yue told him about Painter Ning coming to the studio today.
After listening to this, Mo Qianyao said, "Do you think he is talented?"
Yu Yin thought for a moment and said, "I think he is talented. He didn't study art, but he has become self-taught to this point. He must have a certain talent."
Xiang Yue also agreed with Yu Yin. She asked Mo Qianyao, "Isn't your mother a painter? Do you feel a similar aura from her?"
"Yes, he's unruly and does many things on a whim. He always gives people hope, but also disappoints them..."
Mo Qianyao didn't know how her mother and father, two people whose personalities were so different, ended up together. Their separation was understandable, however: their personalities were incompatible. Mo's mother was a free-spirited, promiscuous woman, content with supporting herself. She wasn't materialistic, and she hadn't considered raising a daughter.
When Mo Qianyao was little, she loved her mother coming to play with her. They were both mother and daughter and friends. Gradually, she realized that her mother didn't treat her like a daughter, and that she came to play with her to change her mood and relieve boredom. When Mo Qianyao grew older and showed rebellious emotions, her mother avoided her and rarely took the initiative to contact her because she had become troublesome.
Mo's father was a kindhearted man. Though not wealthy himself, he often helped his brothers and friends. Sometimes, when Mo's mother was short of money, she would ask him for help. He sometimes couldn't even come up with the money for Mo Qianyao's school expenses.
With this pair of unreliable parents around, Mo Qianyao hates anything related to art and attaches great importance to money. Who would have thought that the industry she is currently engaged in is closely related to art? She even uses her mother's relationship to contact some artists. She feels that life is always full of irony.
Of the three, Xiang Yue had the best upbringing. Even now, her salary is used as pocket money, with all other expenses covered by her elders. She's an only child, and her parents are also only children. Her grandparents, her parents, and her parents all revolve around her. Xiang Yue sometimes asks why she doesn't have a boyfriend, but deep down, she doesn't need much love. She's already surrounded by so much affection, and she's not feeling empty.
Mo Qianyao didn't receive much love from her parents, so she preferred to find a boyfriend to fill the emotional void, even trying to have two boyfriends at once. After the two men knew about her, and after a while of being a master of time management, Mo Qianyao felt a bit tired and broke up with them. Yu Yin and Xiang Yue, who knew about her relationship, called her a role model.
While the three of them were chatting, another group of three came into the bar. Mo Qianyao saw Ye Fengjia and couldn't help but say, "I heard a long time ago that Ye Fengjia is back and works in the same building as us. I never met him in the building, but I saw him here instead. No wonder you two were a couple before, you are destined to be together."
Yu Yin and Xiang Yue looked over together, and the trio also looked over and looked at each other.
Although the lights in the bar were a little dim, Lawyer Qin's eyes lit up when he saw Mo Qianyao. It was love at first sight.
Ye Fengjia and Wang Ji both knew Yu Yin and the others, so they walked over and Lawyer Qin followed.
"What a coincidence, we came here on our way home from get off work." Ye Fengjia looked at Yu Yin while speaking.
Yu Yin said, “We too.”
Lawyer Qin asked, "Do you all want to sit together? We all know each other."
Yu Yinqian smiled and said, "I'd rather be with my friends. Wait for the next opportunity?"
The refusal was obvious, and Ye Fengjia also said: "Well, wait for next time."
Lawyer Qin, looking a little disappointed, sat down at another table with Ye Fengjia and Wang Ji.
Xiang Yue said to Mo Qianyao, "There's something fishy about the way that guy in the blue shirt looks at you. Is he in love with you at first sight?"
Mo Qianyao was used to seeing this kind of look. "Love at first sight is often just a matter of appearance. Yu Yin, does Ye Fengjia know that you're married?"
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