At this moment, even the students and leaders of Tsinghua University's North American College stopped standing on Zhu Shengkang's side and speaking up for him. Only Dai Owen continued to stubbornly and mindlessly praise his mentor.
With so many people watching, Zhu Shengkang's toes dug into the ground, and his face flushed even more.
"Do you still think I'm not a master?"
Ye Chen looked at Zhu Shengkang.
"Hmph, so what if you're a master? It's just that you, a master, say there's a problem with my painting. You alone, even if you're a master, can't represent everyone; you can only represent your opinion."
Zhu Shengkang remained stubborn and shameless. If he weren't so shameless, he would have become depressed long ago after seeing those comments online.
"Who said that? I also support Professor Ye."
"I suppose Qian could be considered a master, but I also think your paintings aren't very good."
"Your painting is an insult to art and to oil painting. The fact that someone like you has not been banned yet is a disgrace to the Chinese art world."
Before Zhu Shengkang could finish speaking, rebuttals immediately came from behind. Several senior teachers from the School of Fine Arts at Shanghai University, including influential masters in the art world, stepped forward.
Dean Qin was also very displeased with Zhu Shengkang. If this kind of person who worshipped foreign things and slandered traditional culture were in their school, he would have expelled Zhu Shengkang a thousand times over.
So when he was contacting those international students, he also invited these highly qualified and respected professors from the School of Fine Arts at Shanghai University.
Let them criticize Zhu Shengkang.
Upon hearing someone question him, Zhu Shengkang immediately wanted to refute them. However, when he looked at the group of elderly professors who had come over, he was embarrassed. Compared to Ye Chen, he considered himself a senior and a veteran, but these people who had come over were even more senior than him, the most senior of his seniors.
After criticizing Zhu Shengkang, these senior professors and elders took a closer look at Ye Chen's paintings. They highly approved of Ye Chen's work and praised him, saying that Ye Chen was definitely the future of Chinese art and a rising star.
Now Zhu Shengkang was even more embarrassed.
"Thank you for your kind words, seniors."
Ye Chen was extremely polite to these highly respected seniors.
"Hmph, a bunch of guys with no sense of aesthetics."
Zhu Shengkang muttered something stubbornly, but now he had become the target of everyone's criticism. After saying that, Zhu Shengkang slunk away from the scene, not daring to stay any longer.
"What the senior figures said earlier makes a lot of sense. It is a disgrace to the Chinese art world that Zhu Shengkang has not yet been blacklisted. Therefore, I propose that we blacklist Zhu Shengkang from now on!"
Ye Chen shared his thoughts.
Zhu Shengkang's worship of foreign things and his deliberate attempts to vilify Chinese people and pander to Western ideas cannot be tolerated. He must be blacklisted by the art world and his career must be completely ruined!
"Professor Ye's idea is excellent, I wholeheartedly agree!"
I agree.
“People like Zhu Shengkang should indeed be blacklisted to prevent them from poisoning the next generation.”
Upon hearing Ye Chen's suggestion, the senior professors unanimously expressed their strong approval.
Afterwards, Ye Chen and these senior professors jointly issued a proposal to ban Zhu Shengkang, and released it. These senior professors were leading figures in the art world with numerous disciples and a terrifying network of connections in the art world.
Seeing that so many senior professors had made the suggestion, people in the art world who were related to or knew these professors also felt it was a good idea and forwarded it to express their support.
Artists who already despised Zhu Shengkang and his sycophantic attitude towards foreign things also voiced their support after seeing the statement.
Ye Chen used his connections to clear away other obstacles, and Zhu Shengkang was successfully blacklisted by the art world and artists. Even mainstream media came out to criticize Zhu Shengkang.
Now, Zhu Shengkang can only rely on the netizens who support him to speak out.
Previously, although many people criticized Zhu Shengkang online, there were still people who tried their best to protect him. Now that Zhu Shengkang has fallen from grace, these same people have quickly stepped forward.
However, contrary to Zhu Shengkang's expectations, these people changed their stance and expressed their full support for the decision to ban Zhu Shengkang.
Now, Zhu Shengkang is completely all alone.
Zhu Shengkang was blacklisted, and Dai Iowen, his disciple, became a pariah, completely ruined in the art world. Dai Iowen's status as a student representative was also replaced by other people from the leadership of Tsinghua University's Academy of Fine Arts.
This competition with Tsinghua University's North American College will continue, with the student in place of Dai Owen standing up to compete against Su Ningshuang.
At the same time, other students from the two other schools, as well as professors, also came out to compete.
On Su Ningshuang's side, her strength had greatly improved because she had been guided by Ye Chen, while the Tsinghua University student who replaced Dai Owen was slightly weaker. The result of the comparison between the two was predictable.
With Su Ningshuang's victory, the School of Fine Arts at Shanghai University came out on top and won first place.
The matter was concluded satisfactorily, and just as Ye Chen was about to take his leave, several leaders from Tsinghua University's North American College came over. They had just inquired and learned that Ye Chen was only an honorary professor at Shanghai University, so they also wanted to invite Ye Chen to Tsinghua University's North American College to be a nominal honorary professor.
They were attracted by Ye Chen's status and abilities, believing that bringing Ye Chen into their Tsinghua University's North American College would greatly benefit their school, allowing them to benefit from Ye Chen's reputation.
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