The two drove to a quiet street, which was only two blocks away from the city.
Galleries generally don't open in overly busy neighborhoods. Appreciating art is a kind of spiritual nourishment, and too much noise can lose that artistic conception. Therefore, this street is very suitable for opening a gallery, not far from the city, but also quiet.
After parking the car, Su Jinyue brought Wei Qingyun to the gallery. When they opened the door, the aroma of oil paint and a strong literary and artistic atmosphere hit them in the face.
The moment Wei Qingyun walked into the gallery, his eyes lit up. He was deeply attracted by the gallery. Paintings of different styles were hung on the walls, abstract, realistic, classical, anti-classical... There were so many dazzling paintings that it was hard to take your eyes off them.
Most of them are oil paintings, and there is even a landscape painting by Picasso.
Wei Qingyun walked to the landscape painting by Picasso, his eyes filled with excitement and excitement. "In 1897, Picasso's realistic style was influenced by symbolism. In a series of landscape paintings, the unnatural purple and green tones are the characteristics of Picasso's realistic period. During that period, Picasso's works were influenced by Rossetti, Steinlin, Toulouse-Lautrec and Edvard Munch, and integrated the characteristics of the painter he admired, El Greco, to produce Picasso's unique modern style. I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to witness Picasso's paintings with my own eyes." At this moment, he felt extremely lucky.
"Do you like it here?" Su Jinyue walked over to Wei Qingyun and stood side by side with him, admiring the paintings in front of them. She preferred Chinese ink paintings to Western paintings.
"Yeah!" Wei Qingyun nodded, with uncontrollable happiness in his eyes.
"From now on, this place will be managed by you." Su Jinyue said.
"Why give it to me?" Wei Qingyun looked at Su Jinyue in confusion. He really liked this gallery, but they had only just met. Did she trust him so much? Although Su Jinyue had mentioned it to him before, he hadn't taken it seriously.
"This gallery was given to me by someone else. I don't have time to take care of it, but I don't want to just hire someone else to take care of it. I think you're suitable." Su Jinyue turned her head and looked at Wei Qingyun with a faint smile. "Are you willing to do me a favor?"
"Aren't you afraid I'll ruin the gallery?" Wei Qingyun asked. He loved painting, but he had no experience managing a gallery. She trusted him so much, what if he ruined the gallery?
"It's okay, it was a gift from someone else anyway," Su Jinyue said nonchalantly. She didn't understand painting, so naturally, she wasn't interested in the gallery. But she believed that someone who loved art would cherish the things they loved. Besides, she had originally intended to give this gallery to him, so if it fell apart, it fell apart.
"I'm going back to China in two days. If you don't want to manage it, I'll sell it." Su Jinyue's eyes flashed with a cunning light. She knew he would definitely agree to take over.
Hearing that Su Jinyue was going to sell the gallery, Wei Qingyun became anxious and quickly said, "Don't sell it, I'll help you manage it." How could such a good gallery be sold? He would definitely do his best to help her manage the gallery.
Su Jinyue smiled triumphantly, "Thank you very much!"
He took out a card from his pocket and handed it to Wei Qingyun. "Your salary and the gallery renovation fee are all on this card. From now on, your monthly salary will be two thousand US dollars. Is that okay with you?"
"Two thousand dollars? That's too much, right?" Wei Qingyun looked at Su Jinyue in disbelief. Could it be that salaries in China are already higher than those abroad?
"If you give me too little, I'm afraid you'll ruin my gallery." Su Jinyue joked.
"I won't. Even if you don't pay me, I will manage the gallery well," Wei Qingyun explained. Looking at these paintings every day, he feels fulfilled.
"I was just kidding." Su Jinyue laughed.
Wei Qingyun smiled and scratched his hair, "I know." But he still wanted her to know that he would manage the gallery well.
"The password for this card is six ones. Wait a minute, and you'll advance 4,000 yuan to cover your painting tuition." Su Jinyue placed the bank card in Wei Qingyun's hand. "To manage a gallery well, you must first understand painting, so you must learn this."
"I'll use my own money," Wei Qingyun said. As long as he worked hard, it wouldn't be long before he could save enough money to study painting.
"You are learning painting for the gallery, so the money should naturally be paid by the gallery. If you insist on paying for it yourself, then I will sell the gallery. If a gallery can't even afford the cost of its employees learning painting, then what's the point of its existence?" Su Jinyue said.
"Okay then." Wei Qingyun nodded. He once again made up his mind to manage the gallery well.
Su Jinyue took out the key and handed it to Wei Qingyun, "This is the key to the gallery. From now on, it will be left to you."
Wei Qingyun took the key and felt it was heavy in her hand. It was not only a key, but also her trust and responsibility.
The two stayed in the gallery for a while, and then Su Jinyue sent Wei Qingyun back to Chinatown.
"Where do you live now?" Su Jinyue asked. She knew he was living in a row of tin houses behind Chinatown. Not only was the environment there dirty and messy, but the rent was also expensive.
"I live in the North District." Wei Qingyun pointed in the direction of his residence.
"Your own house?" Su Jinyue raised her eyebrows.
Wei Qingyun shook his head and said, "Rented." He couldn't afford to buy a house in the United States.
"You can live in the gallery from now on. There are several rooms on the second floor. It will be safer for you to live there and paint." Su Jinyue said. She really didn't want to see him suffer so much.
Wei Qingyun wanted to refuse, but after hearing Su Jinyue's next words, he nodded. There was an authentic Picasso painting there.
Su Jinyue looked Wei Qingyun up and down and frowned, "Your current appearance is not good. You need to buy some clothes. I'll take you to the mall." Although his clothes were clean, they had several holes in them. I really don't know how he survived this period of time in his previous life.
"I have clothes, no need to buy." Wei Qingyun said quickly. How could he let her buy him clothes?
"I know, but you will be the director of the gallery in the future, so you have to pay attention to your image. Let's go! I'll buy you some work clothes." Su Jinyue ignored Wei Qingyun's objection and walked forward.
Wei Qingyun shook his head helplessly and followed Su Jinyue.
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