Fringe artists in the entertainment industry

Chapter 81 81. Disillusionment between Artists and Artworks

“Whoever doesn’t have some unforgettable thoughts can predict the consequences.”

In the brightly lit living room, Chen Li'an was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, buttering a baguette and watching TV. Today was the finale of "Laughing at the Wind and Cloud," and the opening song "Laughing at the Wind and Cloud" was pretty good.

Chen Li'an couldn't help but hum a few times, but he couldn't remember the content of the TV series. He only remembered that the villains Guo Jinnan and Zhang Guorong in it looked very similar.

Chen Li'an turned his head and glanced at Leslie Cheung, who was playing mahjong on the other side, and suddenly thought that several male celebrities would become famous because they looked like him.

Seeing Zhang Guorong yelling and urging Wang Jingwen to play his cards, Chen Li'an thought to himself that there was no way he could make April Fool's Day sad.

Just when Chen Li'an was concentrating on dealing with the baguette, Zhang Guorong suddenly turned his head and shouted at him: "Li'an, come here, help Jing Wen look at the cards, she plays so slowly!"

Wang Jingwen looked at Zhang Guorong and said unhappily: "I'm a newbie, so it's normal to be slower!"

Under the urging of everyone, Wang Jingwen threw out a card, then glanced at Chen Li'an, hesitating whether to find a helper. He was a little addicted to cards just now and was excited. It would be very disappointing to find someone to make suggestions.

Chen Li'an, who was sitting on the sofa, ignored the situation there and was still focused on solving his own food and clothing problems.

The skin of the baguette was very hard, and Chen Li'an felt a little pain in his cheeks. If he wasn't too hungry, he would not eat it!

"Li'an, come to the rescue!" Zhang Guorong watched Wang Jingwen struggling to pick up and put down the cards, and couldn't help but turn around and call Chen Li'an.

Chen Li'an was startled by Zhang Guorong, and the butter on the knife smeared directly on his hand.

"Mahjong Rong! You won't let anyone eat anymore!"

Chen Li'an angrily threw the knife in his hand on the table, wiped his hands and stood up and walked over.

Chen Li'an's mahjong words made the mahjong table quiet for a moment, and then everyone couldn't help bursting into laughter, especially Liu Jialing's laughter, which was so exaggerated that she slapped the table.

Zhang Guorong was stunned. He was originally ready to retaliate, but when he saw Chen Li'an walking over menacingly, he held back his words.

This guy is too venomous. It's better not to quarrel with him. It would be embarrassing if you can't win.

Chen Li'an walked directly behind Wang Jingwen, took a look at her cards, and then decisively broke the three and five, and played out the three.

"Why are you calling this? What if four items come?" Wang Jingwen couldn't help but look back at Chen Li'an.

Chen Li'an pointed at the cards on the table angrily and said: "Two of four came down, and Sister Qingxia got three of them right, but no one got four of them. Don't you understand?"

Wang Jingwen thought about it thoughtfully, and it seemed that this was really the case, and Shitiao might really be gone.

"Li'an, please help save the situation, Jingwen played too slowly." Zhang Guorong said immediately, and then urged Wang Jingwen's Liu Jialing to play.

Chen Li'an nodded, moved a chair and sat behind Wang Jingwen to act as a dog-headed strategist.

With the addition of Chen Li'an, Wang Jingwen played cards much faster and was finally able to keep at the same frequency as the others.

"Thirty thousand?"

"Open seven loaves."

"Sixty thousand, right?"

"right!"

After two rounds of playing, Wang Jingwen finally got a good hand that could play all the cards. Chen Li'an also became more energetic and got closer to Wang Jingwen to figure out how to play.

Wang Jingwen asked Chen Li'an when he was unsure. Unknowingly, their heads were almost touching.

When Wang Jingwen came back with a two-cake card, he was a little confused looking at the cards he had heard.

"Do you want to change?" Wang Jingwen turned to look at Chen Li'an and asked softly.

Chen Li'an reached out and took the two-cake piece from Wang Jingwen's hand and punched it out. When his fingertips ran across the back of Wang Jingwen's hand, he was shocked by static electricity.

"Yeah!" Wang Jingwen couldn't help but suddenly pulled back his hand and exclaimed, his thin voice was very pleasant.

Chen Li'an: "." Don't scream so ecstatically!

The singing girl is different, her voice is really good, Chen Li'an really wants Wang Jingwen to sing a song about an easily injured woman for him.

It's definitely different from the one on the record, and the sound is definitely melodious and beautiful.

However, everyone paid no attention to such a small accident and continued playing cards.

After playing several more rounds, everyone was hungry before the poker game was temporarily stopped. Chen Li'an was already so hungry that he was weak. He looked at Zhang Guorong and asked, "What should I eat for dinner? I'm so hungry."

Zhang Guorong glanced at the time and said, "Let's go out to eat beef brisket noodles and continue after eating."

"Let's go." Chen Li'an immediately pushed Leslie Cheung out and said eagerly, "You can eat anything!"

Several people took a car to go to Central. Leslie Cheung was very picky about food and had to go to a store in Central to eat beef brisket noodles.

Chen Li'an, who was sitting in the passenger seat, thought about his purpose of coming to Xiangjiang, then looked back at Wang Jingwen, who was sitting in the back row, and asked, "How was Dou Wei and the others rehearsing?"

Wang Jingwen was stunned for a moment and asked curiously: "Are you here specifically to see the concert?"

"Well, that's right." Chen Li'an nodded and said, "I quite like rock and roll, and I quite like Dou Wei's songs."

Zhang Guorong added next to him: "He came to the concert specifically and has been pestering me for a long time."

Wang Jingwen looked at Chen Li'an, who was not rock'n'roll at all. Unexpectedly, he was still a rock fan, so he said: "The rehearsal was good. I have gone to see it a few times. Do you want to introduce me to you?"

Chen Li'an shook his head and said, "What I like are songs, not people. If I were familiar with him, I probably wouldn't like his songs."

What a strange theory this is! Wang Jingwen didn't quite understand Chen Li'an's words, and there was confusion in his eyes.

"It's just like artists and artworks. If you like a piece of art, don't get to know the artist, otherwise you will be very disillusioned." Chen Li'an explained lightly. Seeing that Wang Jingwen was still a little confused, he gave an example and said: " Look, brother, can you now connect him playing mahjong with Cheng Dieyi?"

This is the truth. If you like an artist, don’t go see his works. If you like a piece of art, don’t get to know the artist.

Otherwise, you can’t help but wonder, how could such a person create such a work!

Wang Jingwen nodded suddenly, and Lin Qingxia next to him also smiled and said: "This is why celebrities have to package their image. There is a big difference between the work and the person."

Zhang Guorong couldn't help complaining: "When I saw Li An's film festival, it was difficult to connect it with him. His works were in newspapers every day, and I even suspected that he gave red envelopes to reporters."

Speaking of this, Wang Jingwen suddenly asked: "Have you heard of my song? Is it different from what you thought?"

Chen Li'an thought for a moment and said, "Fortunately, your personality is not much different from your song, as long as you don't slap the table and shout nonsense."

"Haha, after all, it's not disillusionment!" Wang Jingwen laughed and said, "I'm quite curious about what your film festival is like. I must see it if I have the chance."

"If you have a chance, please go and see it." Chen Li'an said with a smile.

Zhang Guorong immediately said: "He will have his works exhibited at the National Art Exhibition in a few days, right? I haven't seen any of his oil paintings, so I'm quite curious."

The National Art Exhibition is unfamiliar to people who are not in the circle of painters. Several people in the car did not know the importance of this art exhibition. However, Wang Jingwen, a mainlander, probably guessed from the name that it was a national art exhibition that should be very authoritative.

"National Art Exhibition? When is it? I'll go and see it then." Wang Jingwen asked curiously.

Chen Li'an replied: "I'll be in the capital on the 24th of this month."

"I happen to be going back to the capital in a few days, and I will definitely go then. I also want to see how I became disillusioned." Wang Jingwen said with a smile.

Chen Li'an looked into Wang Jingwen's eyes and said calmly: "You shouldn't be disillusioned. You don't like me. You don't even know what kind of person I am. Where did you get disillusioned?"