"Now, let’s invite our guests to co on stage and unveil their exclusive blind box artworks. This ti, we have prepared blind box artworks including those by Georg Baselitz, Dai Yu, Jean Dubuffet, Agnes Martin, and Zhao Guan’s wonderful creations; still life and landscape works by Gu Yuan and Chen Wenxi..."
On stage, the host gracefully introduces the upcoming event content.
Below the stage, many guests are preparing to stand up and go on stage.
Jin SuYan was among them.
Before she stood up, she confidently told Xu Wei, "Awei, you like Jean Dubuffet, and I’ve always had good luck. I’m going to go and unveil it for you now."
"Okay," Xu Wei curled his lips slightly, "good luck!"
Jin SuYan leaned forward towards him with her exquisitely made-up face, clearly hinting for a kiss.
However, today Xu Wei didn’t imdiately give her a passionate kiss as usual, but instead urged, "Go quickly, many people are getting on stage."
Jin SuYan turned her head and saw that indeed, several people were already on stage, and several other guests were jogging towards the stage. She imdiately couldn’t bother about the kiss from her boyfriend, "Awei, wait for ."
She strutted her way towards the stage.
Xu Wei nodded softly.
After Jin SuYan left, his gaze returned to the table where Ning Youguang and Zhuang Yijing were seated. More precisely, his calm and distant gaze fell on Ning Youguang.
In Xu Wei’s mind, a sentence was repeatedly simring throughout the evening, "I once loved soone, in the ridiculous and immature age of sixteen or seventeen, giving all of myself."
Later, that person left the city, and he thought they wouldn’t have any more encounters for the rest of their lives, nor would they et again.
He had secretly decided to hide his youthful affection in the deepest part of his heart.
Over the years, he deeply experienced that in his youth, it was better not to fall for soone too wonderful, or else you wouldn’t bear to remove her from your heart.
Mixed with the youthful lack of love, her influence on him was indeed significant.
Even if they hadn’t seen each other for ten years, upon eting again, he still couldn’t remain indifferent to her.
Clearly, she was just the one he couldn’t obtain.
On the other side.
Zhuang Yijing shrugged and said to Ning Youguang, "I haven’t heard of any of these people; I don’t understand any of these paintings. I really don’t know how to appreciate modern or contemporary art."
Ning Youguang smiled, "If you need it, I can recomnd a science book on art introduction to you, and you’ll know after reading it."
"What book?" Zhuang Yijing asked curiously.
"’Understanding Art’," Ning Youguang ntioned the book title, "This book says that appreciating modern or contemporary art is actually very simple. If conditions allow, see it in person, spend a little more ti in front of the work, look with your eyes, capture details, and consciously make an effort to look; a more thoughtful approach is to ask questions, explore associative aning, and bring more experiences to the mont you encounter the artwork."
Zhuang Yijing looked uninterested, "I lack the patience to understand them."
Ning Youguang chuckled, "Compared to traditional art, modern and contemporary art happens now, and they coexist with us in the sa era. The things they present truly happen around you and . By appreciating them seriously, they often provide us with another perspective on the world and society."
"That sounds kind of interesting," Zhuang Yijing said.
"Regarding appreciating and enjoying modern art, the best starting point isn’t to judge whether it’s good or bad, but to understand how it evolved from Da Vinci’s classicism to today’s pickled sharks and ssy beds. Like most things that appear difficult to understand, art is like a ga, and all you really need to know is its basic rules so that what used to be confusing starts making sense." Ning Youguang, seeing Zhuang Yijing taking interest, seriously shared so of her insights and thods she usually used to understand art.
Unfortunately, Zhuang Yijing may naturally lack a fondness for art.
Hence, even though Ning Youguang herself almost wanted to go on stage to unveil a blind box artwork, her heart wandered elsewhere.
"Xu Wei is looking at you," she blurted suddenly.
"What?" The event venue was buzzing at the mont.
"I said..." Zhuang Yijing leaned in close to Ning Youguang’s ear and said word by word, "Xu Wei is looking at you."
"..." Ning Youguang.
Well, the art topic couldn’t continue anymore.
She had to turn her head towards Xu Wei.
At this glance, she imdiately t Xu Wei’s gaze.
She smiled gently at him.
Xu Wei was taken aback, then quickly smiled back at her before standing up gracefully.
When Xu Wei, wearing a black suit that made him look more mature and steadier than before, was about to walk up to her.
Ning Youguang was the first to greet him: "Classmate Xu."
"Classmate Ning." Xu Wei slightly lowered his gaze, silently chewing on the title "Classmate Xu" in his mouth.
"Long ti no see." The two of them spoke simultaneously again and then smiled at each other.
Zhuang Yijing watched on the side, secretly clicking her tongue.
She truly couldn’t understand why her friend had the ability to face soone who once confessed to her with such composure, as if their relationship had never been one of liking and being liked...
Resolving the potentially awkward situation of a reunion after a long absence within seconds.
"Ms. Zhuang." After laughing, Xu Wei raised a glass to Zhuang Yijing, "You gained quite a lot tonight, congratulations."
"Likewise," Zhuang Yijing raised her glass too, "I never expected Mr. Xu to have such a deep understanding of aesthetic education."
They were the top two donors of the night.
In the previous donation segnt, Xu Wei had already given a brief speech on stage, and his speech centered around dostic aesthetic education research.
Xu Wei quickly glanced at Ning Youguang, confidently told Zhuang Yijing, "Life is a aningless practice, and we are all slaves to our own will, trapped in the insatiable basic desires for sex, food, and security. Various forms of art will be the only way to rescue us from this twisted boredom because they can give us transcendence, help us achieve a spiritual escape, and offer a hint of comfort. Perhaps children won’t understand art at the beginning, but I believe, when they look at each painting, they will actually have their own ideas." 1314
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