"Why did you ask me to endorse a facial mask for men?" Yuan Zhou asked without any change in his expression.
"Because you are good-looking, Head Chef Yuan. You are a perfect match for our products," Mu Ou answered without hesitation.
He was really a person with good judgment. Yuan Zhou was shocked in his heart. After all, nowadays, there were fewer and fewer people like him who were honest and had good judgment.
Yuan Zhou was very touched. "I'm sorry, but I can't agree," he said.
"Why?" Mu Ou asked.
"Because I'm just a chef, a very simple chef," Yuan Zhou said.
"Alright, I understand. A chef should only do what a chef should do," Mu Ou nodded, indicating that he understood.
Without further ado, Mu Ou bid farewell to Yuan Zhou and turned around to leave.
This Mu Ou was indeed an interesting person.
Along the way, people greeted him and Yuan Zhou responded to them. After a short rest …
Before dinner, Wuhai rushed down the slide excitedly.
While running, Wuhai shouted, "I'm OK! I'm OK! Hahaha, I've become the master!"
"La 'er, la' er, la 'er, la' er, I'm indeed the strongest!"
Most people didn't know what happened to Wuhai. But since it was the Black Beast, it was normal even if they didn't know.
Inside the restaurant, Yuan Zhou heard it as well. Thinking about it, he roughly understood why the Black Beast was so excited.
"Is the painting of the 108 generals done?" Yuan Zhou guessed.
To use oil painting to paint the 108 generals with Chinese characteristics. To put it bluntly, this kind of combination sounded a little nondescript.
But the painter was Wuhai. But it had only been a short time since he went up to the sky. Was he done already?
"I'll know during dinner," Yuan Zhou thought to himself as he continued preparing the ingredients.
When it was time to line up for dinner, Wuhai was in the first line as usual. What was different from usual was that the girl who had confessed to Wuhai had come again tonight. Her intentions towards the Black Beast were as clear as day. Everyone in the restaurant knew about it.
In any case, the way the girl looked at Wuhai was sparkling.
However, ever since her first confession failed, the girl seemed to be a lot more restrained.
It was clear that the black beast was in a very good mood today. In terms of appetite, it had eaten a third more than usual.
After the table of delicacies was finished, the Black Beast said, "I've finished my painting. When the opening hours are over, I'll come and take a look."
After saying that, the Black Beast left. He would not take up Yuan Zhou's time during business hours.
Yuan Zhou had guessed correctly. At the same time, he was quite curious about the Black Beast's latest creation, but he had to suppress his curiosity for now. He couldn't afford to be distracted while cooking.
"You must come for another meal when you get paid next month."
"Two or three times a year is enough. Next month's payday … Don't tell me you want to come once a month?"
They were two young lovers who were working hard in Chengdu.
"Ah, I'm so jealous."
"Jealous of what?"
"Why did Boss Yuan open a restaurant in Chengdu? Why didn't he open one in our city? "
As for the people who said that, they were two girls who had come to Chengdu for a vacation from Shanghai.
After the diners finished their meal, the opening hours were over. Su Ruoyan began to clean up while Mao Ye came to take over and help.
During this time, Yuan Zhou washed up again and went to Wuhai's kennel.
As for why it was called a kennel, there was no need to talk about it. Anyway, as soon as Yuan Zhou arrived, Wuhai rushed up to him.
For some reason, when Wuhai ran and hopped, he looked like a silly husky. Therefore, sometimes Yuan Zhou was really afraid that Wuhai would do something like a silly husky.
"Yuan Zhou, come and see, this is my work." With Wuhai leading the way, Yuan Zhou saw the masterpiece in the inner room.
The adjective "masterpiece" had two meanings. The first was that it was 349 × 197 cm in size, which was 3.5 meters long and 2 meters wide.
Fortunately, Wuhai's room was big, otherwise it would be really crowded.
The second meaning was the content of the painting … Yuan Zhou didn't know much about painting, but the work in front of him could really be described as magnificent.
In the painting was the Liangshan in Wuhai's heart, where the 108 generals lived. Every character was based on the statue of Yuan Zhou. Looking at them together, the relationship between them could be seen at first glance.
With so many characters, it was impossible to draw all the close-range scenes even if it was a huge painting of 3 meters. Therefore, Wu Hai mostly used distant and mid-range scenes. Even so, he could still clearly distinguish who each character was.
For example, Yan Qing, who leaped onto the stage, Qin Ming, who fought Huyan Zhuo, Dong Ping, who was lured deep into the enemy's territory, and so on.
At first glance, Yuan Zhou's only feeling was that it was not a painting of the Water Margin, but a story of the Water Margin.
"How is it? How is it?" Wuhai began to narrate, "Many people have painted this kind of large-scale oil painting, but I studied it for a long time, and the size of everyone's works was not suitable until I saw Master Xu Beihong's Tian Heng Five Hundred Soldiers.
"Western oil paintings mostly express one's identity through clothes and appearance, but because the story of the Water Margin is known by everyone, we can use actions. For example, the monk who pulled out the weeping willow, everyone knows that it's Lu Zhishen. This is something unique to us.
"We don't rigidly adhere to the location. We combine all the locations of the story into one, such as the vegetable garden of Xiangguo Temple and the back mountain. Of course, this fusion is very difficult. After all, it's not the same place, and it's easy to be fragmented. I thought about it for many days before I could overcome this problem."
The more Wuhai spoke, the more energetic and confident he became. "Look at the Liangshan Lake. The lake is the lake, so I used the water as the imaginary central axis of the painting. Oh yes, I forgot to mention that I like to use two central axes when I paint, one imaginary and one real.
"In this way, all the locations have a unity, just like Rembrandt's light, Van Gogh's blue, and Titian's color. The water is the best choice to combine these locations.
"The best is like water. Water is good for all things but does not compete. This is what the ancients said. Sometimes, the wisdom of the ancients is really amazing.
"Using the familiar story as the skeleton, and then using everything else as the flesh and blood, I created this painting!" Wuhai concluded.
Although he didn't understand what Wuhai was talking about, he felt that it was really amazing.
But as Wuhai said, Yuan Zhou really didn't feel that the painting in front of him was divided at all. Instead, it was strangely harmonious.
"Very good, really very good." Yuan Zhou nodded and asked, "What's the name of the painting?"
This question caught the attention of the Black Beast. He only cared about the painting and didn't give it a name.
Wuhai scratched his head and said, "Why don't you give it a name for me?"
"You've found the right person. In the field of naming, I have no rival." Yuan Zhou pondered for a while and said the name under the expectant gaze of Wuhai, "The Magnificent Water Margin."
"The Magnificent Water Margin, this name is really good." The black beast repeated it several times. Then, it stroked its mustache with satisfaction, "Just use this painting of mine, and then launch it together with your statue. At that time, we will be the first and second signboards of Taoxi Road. Who can be our opponent then?"
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