The next few days.
Lin Yuan was silently waiting for his solo exhibition to be held at Zhongzhou Art Museum.
Shadow Studio.
Jinmu's expression was serious:
"With the official opening of the personal exhibition at Zhongzhou Art Museum, the Soul of Painting series will be publicly released for the first time. Shadow's ranking will soar to the sky, and he may even be able to aspire to be the number one painter on Blue Star!"
This time Kaneki didn't question it.
Kaneki had seen the Soul of Painting series with his own eyes, and felt the same shock that he had never felt in the works of any other top painters on Blue Star!
"Um."
Lin Yuan nodded.
When the exhibition officially begins.
This outcome is inevitable.
Because there are only five contemporary masters in the entire Blue Star who possess master-level painting skills, including Lin Yuan.
As for how Lin Yuan knew
Because Lin Yuan possessed master-level painting skills, his vision and perspective had greatly improved, so he specially appreciated the works of many top painters on Blue Star.
After repeated comparative studies.
Lin Yuan came to this conclusion.
After the painters list came out, the four top masters who were identified by Lin Yuan as having master-level painting skills were indeed ranked in the top four of the list.
This also proves from the side:
The list produced by the Blue Star Literature and Art Association is quite fair.
If the Soul of Painting series had not appeared in his personal exhibition at the Zhongzhou Art Museum, Lin Yuan felt that Shadow would probably be able to make it into the top five of the painting list.
Because he is the fifth master painter of Blue Star.
As for where he would be ranked in the top five, Lin Yuan couldn't say for sure. After all, at the level of a master painter, the gap between them might be determined by the audience of their work style rather than the ability itself. However, this guess was actually meaningless, because everything was based on the premise that Lin Yuan did not take out his painting soul.
Without the painting soul Lin Yuan, it would be possible to enter the top five;
With the painting soul shadow, you can compete for the first place!
Lin Yuan is very sure about this result!
Unless the group of people in the Literary and Art Association who have the power to make the list are immune to the effects of Painting Soul, but this is obviously impossible.
For example.
If several masters play a game together, and one of them secretly cheats, the result will be a massacre.
Don't even mention the Master.
Maybe any gold player who gets a powerful plug-in can beat the master in the laning phase.
But Lin Yuan didn't expect:
Among his three aliases, Yingzi was the last to be created. Xianyu and Chu Kuang have been very successful in their various careers.
The shadow sandwiched between the two people seemed to be transparent.
But the one who will reach the top first will be the shadow.
"Perhaps our harvest this year will be quite good. Yingzi should become the number one in the contemporary painting world. Chu Kuang is now very close to the tenth place. He should be able to enter the top ten smoothly in the last update at the end of the year. As for Xianyu, there is no need to say more. Although the music chart has not been formulated yet, no one doubts that Xianyu will enter the top ten in the end. The only thing that can make people entangled is the question of where Xianyu will be ranked in the top ten in the end."
Kaneki said with emotion.
This is only the first year of the Blue Star merger, and Lin Yuan’s three aliases have achieved such success. What will happen in the next few years
…
certainly.
The results are all preset.
Whether Shadow can reach the top of the Blue Star painting world before the end of the year depends on the results of the exhibition, and Jinmu is also looking forward to it.
In such expectation.
The days go by.
There are even more discussions about Yingzi's exhibition on the Internet. It is already very eye-catching for a cartoonist to hold a personal Chinese painting exhibition!
"Shadow's art exhibition is about to begin."
"As a Chinese painting enthusiast, I'm in a dilemma. I live in Weizhou, which is not too far from Zhongzhou due to convenient transportation. I want to go to the exhibition but I don't know how good Yingzi's Chinese painting is. If he's not good enough, it would be a waste of my time and energy."
“It’s said to be OK.”
"Of course I know that Yingzi's Chinese painting skills are not too bad. Someone with too poor skills can't be ranked so high in painting, but I want to know how good he is. If he is just average, it's not worth my trip."
“It’s hard to say, actually.”
"I don't really believe that Yingzi, a cartoonist, can be compared with those professional traditional painters in Chinese painting."
“But he ranks high!”
"No. 18 on the painting list!"
"I've attended the exhibition of Teacher Mu Mu, who ranks 19th. I was really shocked. Shadow ranks higher than her. Does that mean that Shadow's Chinese painting is better than hers?"
"Then you are talking nonsense."
"Shadow's high ranking is mainly due to his comics and animations, which account for the largest proportion of his data. The proportion of Chinese paintings is estimated to be very low."
"Yes."
"Mu Mu made it onto the list entirely because of his Chinese painting skills. He doesn't have any other professions, unlike Yingzi who tries everything. If we exclude Yingzi's achievements in comics and animation and only consider his Chinese painting skills, I estimate Yingzi's ranking would be very low."
"Low ass!"
"You haven't seen Yingzi's "Running Horses". I was very shocked by that painting, and professional painters in the industry all spoke highly of it!"
“Never heard of it.”
The cartoonist wants to hold a Chinese painting exhibition.
This matter itself is likely to cause controversy.
After all, Yingzi's previous painting "Running Horses" had a limited effect on the Internet, and the impression he gave people was ultimately that of a cartoonist.
Even those who support Yingzi don't know what level his Chinese painting skills are.
After all, those masters of Chinese painting who are ranked similarly to Shadow are all extremely specialized.
Unlike Shadow, who suddenly organized a Chinese painting exhibition, it gave people the feeling that it was just a hobby to show off his omnipotence.
…
Amidst the chaos on the Internet, December 20th, before the end of the year, finally arrived.
Morning.
Zhongzhou.
Art exhibition hall.
A huge crowd of people was waiting at the door.
About half of these people are fans of Shadow, especially comic fans.
The remaining half of the people are netizens who got the news online and became interested in Yingzi's personal Chinese painting exhibition. Most of them came here simply because they like the art of Chinese painting and want to know and come into contact with excellent related works.
It turns out that:
No matter how many people on the Internet think that "cartoonists doing Chinese painting" is unreliable, the majority will remain silent due to survivor bias.
Look up.
When the day of the exhibition arrived, it was clear how many people were interested in Shadow's exhibition!
people!
A lot of people!
A lot of people!
If the Zhongzhou Art Exhibition Hall was not large enough and could be visited in batches and time periods, many people would not even have the chance to get in!
In front of the crowd.
Countless media from all continents also rushed here excitedly, pointing their cameras at the crowd and filming the visitors before they entered!
“So many people!”
"Even if the top three Chinese painting masters on Blue Star held a Chinese painting exhibition, the effect would not be much more than this. But Shadow is only ranked 18th and there are so many people interested in his exhibition!"
“The key is that it’s still early!”
"There will definitely be more people coming later, but Shadow can attract so many people mainly because of his personal fame. After all, he is the king of comics on Blue Star, and his basic audience is much larger than that of Chinese paintings."
"All the reporters are here."
“Regardless of whether it’s Chinese painting or not, for a celebrity of Yingzi’s level, if he or she organizes any event, most reporters from all over the world will come out in droves.”
"yes."
"But this is actually nothing. You didn't see the last time Xianyu held a movie press conference. It was a sea of people. Even if the top ten composers on Blue Star appeared together, they probably wouldn't have attracted as many fans as him!"
"nonsense."
"Compared to Xianyu's film press conference, Yingzi's art exhibition is definitely a little less interesting. Not to mention the number of fans, do you know how many top bosses Xianyu invited as guests?"
“That guest lineup is simply unbeatable.”
"In comparison, Shadow's guest lineup is not that great. We haven't seen any big names coming yet. However, Xianyu, as Shadow's friend, might come to support him..."
Between words.
The reporter raised his head, but his voice suddenly stopped. The next moment, his mouth opened wide and he cursed:
“Fuck!”
"What's the matter?"
"Xianyu is here?"
"Look for yourself!"
The other reporters looked up when they heard this, and their faces suddenly turned red, as if they had discovered the eighth wonder of the world!
“Oh my god!”
"How is that possible!"
"Why are they here!"
"And they arrived together!"
"Normally, they are rarely seen together. Even when the top painting awards are held, they are never able to gather together!"
"They are..."
"All the top ten masters on the Blue Star Painting Ranking are here today..."
“All together!?”
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ps: I really fought hard for the monthly votes. Everyone, see if anyone has a vote for Wubai. If I had known, I would not have set the target of 50,000 votes. This is for excitement.