Glass Butterfly

The wall paint dries quickly, and the smell is not strong. Tang Tu said that he chose it after comparing many houses. The building is not well ventilated. Although using inferior paint can save costs, it is too late to dissipate the smell, which will affect the senses. Looking at the painting The atmosphere is very important, and these invisible designs will also inadvertently affect the viewing of the exhibition, and even make the painter's success.

After leaving the gallery, Tang Tu didn't know what to do in the office. Ruan Youqing scribbled and drew in the sketchbook, and passed the whole afternoon feeling nothing.

Although it was the Spring Festival and the dusk gradually moved back, the wind in the first month was still as cold as winter. When going out, Tang Tu wrapped the wool scarf tightly to cover his mouth, only showing the upper half of his face.Waiting for the elevator to be in neutral, Ruan Youqing unzipped the pocket of the padded jacket and said to him, "Hand."

"What?" Tang Tu stretched out his hand subconsciously, and Ruan Youqing put a pack of eight-treasure candies in his open palm: "New Year's gift."

Tang Tu opened the small pocket, and inside were several crystal-clear glass candies, which were rounder and brighter than Liu Yan's before, and the granular glass powder on the surface was more uniform.

He held the candy and asked Ruan Youqing: "Do you have a New Year custom there? Do you have to give gifts during the Spring Festival?"

"No, only a few parents will give their children...not to take advantage of you, but the original one is an experimental product, these are better." Ruan Youqing said: "I will give you even if it is not for the New Year."

Tang Tu nodded, hummed through his nose, and then asked him tentatively, "Would you like me to see you off, there won't be a traffic jam today."

Ruan Youqing thought for a while, anyway, the two of them were spending the New Year alone, so it would be okay to spend more time together, so she agreed.Seeing him nodding his head, Tang Tu seemed very happy, and waved to him: "Then let's go."

They went down to the garage and parked in front of a slightly retro matte black Porsche 911 with black wheels, which looked very low-key mixed with a row of brightly colored coupes.

They didn't talk to each other along the way, the roads in the urban area were rarely driven at a high speed, and the roaring engine drove them through most of the quiet city to a quieter industrial area.The factory didn't even start work, and everything seemed to stand still after sunset. Tang Tu accompanied him out of the car and walked to the front of the car. The place where the engine should have been was the trunk, which was occupied by Ruan Youqing's small old suitcase.

"What are you going to do these few days?" Tang Tu asked.

"I don't know, just keep blowing bubbles." Ruan Youqing was very careful when taking out the box, for fear of bumping the car paint.

"Then, see you in a few days." Tang Tu said goodbye to him.

Ruan Youqing dragged the box to her residence, opened the door of the container like an ice box, and lit the desk lamp.The sudden sound of a car sounded, he turned and glanced outside the door, and the Porsche left.

Before returning to Ciqing for vacation, he deliberately left the windows with a gap of more than ten centimeters. Apparently, the butterflies had already left during the New Year. Butterfly eggs as repayment.He roughly counted, there are at least 20 or so, is it too many...

The gallery resumed work on the fourth day of the first lunar month, and the atmosphere was a bit lazy, but the official work will not start until tomorrow.

Xu Hanyi slapped her hands: "Students, remember to wear dark suits tomorrow. "Contemporary Art and Investment" is going to be the boss's special topic on the solo exhibition of imported foreign artists. Maybe it will also pat the working environment and us." The girl emphasized in everyone's ears: "We might be in a magazine!"

Ruan Youqing was originally flipping through Noah's English painting collection published at the end of last year, when he heard this, he closed the pages of the copperplate book in his hand.A dark suit... He turned on his mobile phone and looked through a certain treasure, and now the online shopping will not be delivered in time tomorrow...

"Ruan Youqing." Tang Tu stopped him in the afternoon.There is nothing serious today, I ventilated the gallery, arranged a series of work matters for the next year, and everyone left one after another.

"Want to buy a suit?" Tang Tu glanced at his phone screen.

"Well. I don't have a suit." Ruan Youqing didn't have any occasions to wear a suit before, but she had more opportunities to wear a work apron.

"There should be a set of formal clothes. Let's go shopping with you."

Tang Tu took him to a nearby shopping plaza where luxury goods were gathered, but Ruan Youqing didn't get out of the car: "Do you choose it here?" He doesn't need such a high-end suit.

"If you want to buy a suit, you should buy a suit with decent fabric and tailoring." Tang Tu turned off the fire and opened the door.

Ruan Youqing didn't quite understand the concept of "passable" in his mouth, and she still sat there without moving.

Tang Tu got out of the car and made a half-circle, opened the co-pilot's door for him and waited for him by the door: "I'll buy it for you, a New Year's gift."

...Ruan Youqing was already on the verge of swallowing it, but seeing Tang Tu's smile now, he could suddenly appreciate the shrewdness of a businessman.Someone else accepted his New Year's gift, so it's not easy for him to refuse now.But is it too much to exchange a few glass candies for an expensive suit...

Tang Tu casually stood by the door without urging him, but couldn't help wrapping his windbreaker tightly when the wind passed by. This person was always afraid of the cold.

Ruan Youqing couldn't bear to see it, so she got out of the car, followed him into a store she had never set foot in before, and picked the simplest three-piece pure black shirt and suit from the shopping guide lady, and took it into the dressing room.He touched the worsted fabric of the top. It was light and smooth, and the inner lining was finely stitched, which was quite different from those fast fashion suits that cost hundreds of dollars and were full of glue threads.

Dressed inside and out, there doesn't seem to be any unbearable sense of restraint.It's just that the buttonholes on the sleeves of the shirt are too tight to fasten with one hand.He pushed open the door of the dressing room and went out. The shopping guide immediately rushed up to help him straighten his collar and roll up his trousers: "Your dress looks better than our model. We are in European and American sizes. Asians don't have such a good proportion. You Look at the length of the cuffs and the length of the trousers, they are tailor-made for you. Do you feel that the size is not suitable?" She squatted at Ruan Youqing's feet and lowered her head to help him straighten the trousers.

Ruan Youqing doesn't go shopping very much, and mostly buys clothes online, and has never enjoyed such a compliment. The shopping guide lady speaks quickly and softly, like a lingering stream or a slightly swaying wind chime. He is not used to being touched like this by strangers, and even The important thing is that when he just changed his clothes, he took off his hearing aid and put them on the tray in the dressing room with his mobile phone. Some people who couldn't hear clearly were asking him something with their heads lowered.

"Let me fix it for him." Tang Tu finally saw that he was uncomfortable, walked to his side and lowered his head to button the cuff of his shirt for him, leaning slightly close to his ear and whispering: "It's very suitable. Let's just let it go They help you fine-tune."

Ruan Youqing nodded hurriedly, he was really not used to this kind of place.

It was a bit late to arrive at the gallery the next day, Ruan Youqing was afraid that such an expensive suit would be squeezed, so he deliberately staggered the subway with the most people, picking up clean places along the way.The moment he just stepped into the office area, he felt that he was back in the suit shop again. Xu Hanyi put down the powder puff and sighed, and then surrounded him with Liu Yan and began to comment openly.

"That's why! It makes sense for suits to last for a long time!" Xu Hanyi held up her mobile phone to take pictures around him: "I'm not afraid of my face, I just take pictures of clothes." Liu Yan was quiet, holding a coffee cup and laughing until Ruan Youqing's back was sweating : "Teacher Youqing, do you think you have to look like this as an artist?"

Even Cheng Mo joked that other people rely on their clothes, so they can make their debut directly by their appearance.

"Look at what time it is." Tang Tu pushed open the office door to help him out.

"Ten o'clock."

Several people immediately put away their playful minds, and Liu Yan took the gallery key and went downstairs.Not long after, Xu Hanyi knocked on the doors of Tang Tu and Cheng Mo respectively, informing them that the appointed time had come, and the editor and photographer of "Contemporary Art and Collection" were already in the parking lot.

Tang Tu asked everyone to go to the gallery downstairs.In the elevator, he emphasized again: "Pay attention to the oil painting area and don't let the photographer turn on the flash."

The interview lasted more than two hours. Ruan Youqing stood in front of Noah's paintings and listened to them talking on the sofa not far away, from contemporary art to millennial collectors.

"In fact, after the rise of domestic consumption power, people entering the circle of collectors have gradually become younger. After learning about contemporary art, more and more young people say that it is better to spend tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, on a bag or a watch. , they are more interested in buying a work of art. Most of these people are consumer collectors, who do not invest for the purpose of purely appreciating works.”

The editor then asked about the over-commercialization of art, and it happened that Liu Yan was refilling their cup of coffee and was stopped by Tang Tu.

"Look at the sunflower on her silk scarf, it's Takashi Murakami's surroundings." Tang Tu said, "What do young people in their 20s like her who don't have to worry about food, drink, and life use? Her water glass is from Yoshitomo Nara. The little girl with the forehead, her car key chain is Yayoi Kusama's polka-dot pumpkin, and she puts a tray of balloon dogs on the desk for decoration. You see, they are not only full of luxury brands like Hermes and Chanel now , will also discuss popular artists, discuss artists’ genres, and exchange souvenirs from foreign art museums as souvenirs.”

The photographer pointed the camera at the silver sunflower brooch on Liu Yan's silk scarf. Tang Du paused until the editor looked away from Liu Yan before continuing: "Not everyone understands the starry night when they are born, Mona Lisa Yes, they only know that it is a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation, but they don’t understand why so many people admire a painting. Before they understand and understand the historical background, are they separated from art? For today’s young people, These more impactful pop artists are their artistic enlightenment. Although it is not advisable to over-commercialize art, it is a better way of communication. Because of this lovely sunflower, she will learn about Murakami Long, understand Pop, and then become interested in the profound art form and history behind it. However, commercialization is a huge challenge for artists.”

Tang Tu said loudly: Commercialization is a double-edged sword. It makes artists no longer trapped by reality, and it also makes artists trapped in reality.

During the brief silence, Ruan Youqing looked around, his eyes flicked over everyone's faces, and everyone fell into thinking at the same time.

At work, Tang Tu is always so calm and quiet, yet has the demeanor of silently controlling everyone. He easily guides and pushes the topic with his expression without any sense of superiority, and resolves sharp conflicts one by one.

"I heard that Noah Brown has a relationship with you." As the interview drew to a close, the editor changed the subject and started gossiping.

"Well, we are alumni. We used to know each other. He liked my mother's paintings very much."

"Oh? But before I came here, I have seen all the media interviews of Noah. In one interview, he said that he once pursued a young man surnamed Tang, who came from a family of artists. Thinking of the first time he came to Asia to hold a solo exhibition, he chose Tu Bai this young gallery cooperation..."

Tang Tu laughed: "Probably British humor. You know, I don't fall in love with artists."

After the interview, the editor really proposed to take a photo, but Ruan Youqing still stood in the distance and did not move. He had not received a work contract from the gallery, and he was barely considered an intern at the moment.

"Ruan Youqing?" Tang Tu signaled the photographer to wait a moment, and waved to him, "Come take a photo."

The editor glanced at him twice: "This is?"

"The artist I want to sign, Ruan Youqing. You will have a chance to get to know him in the future." Tang Tu dragged him to the side.

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young teacher~