Soul Painter

Hopkins.

He entered federal prison ten years ago as a felon.

He is charged with shooting six police officers, using explosives to blow up a police car, seriously injuring several officers, and maiming four officers in the final struggle, all because the officers wanted to Arrest his son - he is convinced that his son is innocent.

Hopkins was sentenced to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for life, but recently some people in the legal profession believe that the court has abused the "no parole system" and are trying to appeal for Hopkins.

The federal prison where Hopkins is located is not in the state of Massey, and Gao Fan's reputation and "divine power" cannot be spread there.

However, after learning about Hopkins' past, Gao Fan became interested in this veteran.

Although Gao Fan is already considered a celebrity in the art world in the beautiful country, it is still not easy to obtain the right to visit Hopkins. Fortunately, Gao Fan is rich. If he wants to see the murderer faster, he must pay Money, it cost Lawrence a small chunk of campaign funds, but it was still worth it, Lawrence saw it as an investment.

Because Gao Fan's Demon School "The Strongest on Earth" painting exhibition was successfully held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The two works "Cat" and "Ring Arena" express that Gao Fan is still making progress and is still stable at a creative peak. It means that Gao Fan's worth will rise, or at least stay the same.

This put a lot of pressure on the buyer market. As a direct result, Lawrence sold two more "Mask" paintings, the transaction prices were 97 million US dollars and 93 million US dollars, and all of them were claimed to be 100 million US dollars. So far this year, Gao Fan has already sold seven paintings in the art market, with a total price of more than one billion US dollars. He is well-deserved as the richest artist of the year in the world.

Therefore, if one of Gao Fan's works can sell for 100 million US dollars, all the investment is worthwhile.

...

A super-high-security section of a federal prison.

All criminals are kept in solitary confinement here for 24 hours.

So Hopkins welcomes any visitors.

He is an old man who looks very withdrawn.

A pair of eyes like eagle eyes.

Those withered hands, when held on the railing, looked like a pair of iron tongs. It was easy to imagine that when these hands grasped the fragile neck of a human being, it could be easily broken.

Gao Fan, Anna, and Hopkins were separated by an alloy fence.

However, when Gao Fan looked at Hopkins, he seemed to see a treasure, and involuntarily approached it slowly.

Anna wanted to hold Gao Fan back. She knew exactly what Gao Fan saw. From the 'distorted' perspective, this old man looked like a skinny killing machine. His whole body was cold, his eyes were blood red, and blood was dripping from his hands. He was a human being. Such an existence is very rare in society, and for Gao Fan, it is definitely a rare painting talent.

"Don't worry, little girl, I'm not a murderer." Hopkins smiled. "If they don't mess with me, I won't kill them. I just want to live in peace, but they want to take my son sent to prison."

"Who are they?" Gao Fan asked.

"The vampires, the police, the IRS, the judges, and the lawyers." Hopkins shrugged. "Who would have thought that these bastards are what we defend on the battlefield."

"You were sentenced to life imprisonment, but I heard that the lawyer is hoping to help you get the right to bail..." Gao Fan sat down again.

"Do you think they care about my human rights? No, they only care about the reputation they can get. If I am released on bail, they will throw me aside in the next second!" Hopkins snorted coldly, "I My house was sold, I was in huge debts and if I got out the tax office would tear me up and I'm too old to tear them up."

"But you still have something to sell." Gao Fan said with a smile.

"What is it? My life?" Hopkins sneered, and he became irritable, "I heard that you are a painter, what do you want from me!"

"It's very simple, be my model." Gao Fan said, "If you can go out, I will be responsible for repaying all your debts. If you can't go out, I will leave the money to your son."

"You...are you kidding?" Hopkins felt incredible.

"I brought the agreement with me," Gao Fan said.

Anna handed an agreement to Hopkins.

Hopkins skimmed through the agreement and found a $100 bill tucked inside.

"What is this?" he asked.

"Your compensation for being a model." The painter smiled.

...

The agreement signed by Gao Fan and Hopkins has been notarized by a lawyer.

It was originally a matter between Gao Fan and Hopkins, but at the time when a well-known lawyer was applying for bail for Hopkins, this matter was hyped up by him, as 'Hopkins still Having social value', 'becoming a model of a well-known painter represents the proof that this group has received social attention'.

Things are simmering.

Gao Van's choice of subject for painting has sparked some controversy.

Some people think Gao Fan is encouraging criminal behavior.

More people think that Gao Fan is paying attention to the disadvantaged groups.

Some people even think that this represents Gao Fan's political stance.

Lawrence's previous concerns are very reasonable. If the current factors of the event are already complicated, if the nationality of the painter is involved, then the public opinion will not know which direction it will develop. Once it involves deeper political factors, Gao Fan will be labeled as a If it is a political label, it will be too detrimental to Gao Fan.

Now, the voices of these discussions are only in the legal and art circles. As long as Gao Fan ignores them, it won't have too much influence.

Gao Fan really didn't have time to pay attention to those random discussions.

He was busy painting Hopkins.

For this reason, he not only had to sign an agreement with the veteran, but also paid a large sum of money for the federal prison. The prison believed that all the labor income of the prisoner during his sentence would go to the prison, and being a model was obviously a kind of labor. Lawrence Laughed at this shameless thought.

Gao Fan said that he would give it all to him, and he would go to the grave.

According to Gao Fan's requirements, this painting is very complicated and took 20 days to paint.

The portrait is complete.

This work can be said to be hot before it is exhibited.

One is because the exhibition of "The Strongest on Earth" has lasted for more than a month and has attracted a lot of attention. Everyone is looking forward to what the third painting will look like.

The second is because the Hopkins case is being heated up. The issue of veterans is a hot topic in society. Pugins' works are valuable to society, and the most important viewpoint is the oil painting portrait made by Gao Van for him.

"...I hope that everyone who wants to imprison this venerable veteran for life will buy a ticket to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and see how this great painter paints with compassionate strokes For the elderly who have dedicated their lives to the country!"

Chapter 3~