"Ding Dong. Good afternoon, teachers and students. This is the broadcasting headquarters of Tōkyō University. Next, we would like to broadcast a piece of good news to the entire school. Congratulations to student Du Qingyu from Year One Class Three of the Chinese Painting Department of our school. She has won first place in this year's Youth Chinese Painting Competition and her work will be displayed in the National Gallery. Congratulations to student Xu Shaoyan who is in the same class as her for winning third place. The two students have brought glory to our school and the school will give them a special reward. We hope that the two students will continue to work hard and strive to win in other competitions. "
The other students looked at Tao Wan with envy and surprise. Only Xu Shaoyan glared at him fiercely, completely forgetting to maintain his kind and generous image.
After the broadcast ended, Hu Wenshan was silent for a while before he started the class. However, his speech was disjointed and the students couldn't connect the dots at all. It wasn't good to interrupt him. Hu Wenshan was following the instructions of his superiors. He didn't succeed, so he would definitely be taught a lesson. The benefits that were originally promised to him were also gone. Moreover, during this period of time, he was so angry at Tao Wan that he almost had a heart attack. He had invested a lot of personal emotions and really didn't want him to win an award.
Usually, this kind of good news would only be broadcasted in each school. It was very rare for it to be broadcasted to the entire school. However, Tao Wan's work was selected to be displayed in the National Gallery. Such an honor was definitely worthy of being broadcasted to the entire school. Moreover, he was the first student in the country whose work was selected to be displayed in the National Gallery.
Xu Shaoyan's third place was just incidental. Moreover, it was because his father knew someone in the school that he was mentioned in passing.
After class, Tao Wan walked to the corridor outside the classroom and leaned against the wall to wait for Xu Shaoyan to come out.
"Congratulations on winning third place." Tao Wan said as he looked at Xu Shaoyan who was walking out of the classroom.
Xu Shaoyan's expression was very ugly. He wanted to say, "Don't be so proud. I will beat you sooner or later." However, there were other students around, so he gritted his teeth and held back those words.
"I've already congratulated you. Don't you have anything to say to me?" Tao Wan asked.
"… Congratulations to you too." Xu Shaoyan lowered his voice and said reluctantly.
"Congratulate me for what?" Tao Wan asked with a puzzled expression.
"Congratulations on getting first place," Xu Shaoyan said as he clenched his fists. From the exposed veins on the back of his hands, one could see how patient he was.
"Thank you." Tao Wan smiled and said, "You treated me as your biggest stumbling block and tried to make me unable to participate in the competition. You also asked Hu Wenshan to deliberately not let me draw well. In the end, you only got third place? Can't you work harder and at least get second place? At the very least, you'll be able to prove that you're only slightly worse than me. "
"I don't understand what you're talking about!" Xu Shaoyan would definitely not admit that those things were related to him.
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. After all, with your IQ, it's normal that you often don't understand what I say." Tao Wan stepped forward and said, "When you have time, go to the National Gallery to see my works. You'll know that the gap between you and me can't be made up by those despicable means."
Tao Wan turned around and went downstairs. Once again, he met Liu Xiujie who came to pick up Xu Shaoyan. Tao Wan ignored him again and directly walked past him.
When Liu Xiujie saw Tao Wan, he subconsciously stopped. He also heard the broadcast just now. Looking at Tao Wan's back, he felt very complicated.
What Tao Wan despised most was people like Liu Xiujie. If Xu Shaoyan and Hu Wenshan were despicable and shameless, then Liu Xiujie was childish and selfish. He hated people who bullied others when they couldn't get you. He didn't even have the qualification to be his opponent, so he didn't even bother to look at him.
Liu Xiujie liked the original host, but he didn't get any response after pursuing her for a while. He felt very embarrassed, so he got together with Xu Shaoyan. Then, he helped Xu Shaoyan find ways to bully the original host, and at the same time, he wanted to get the attention of the original host.
Tao Wan thought that it was lucky that the original host didn't like people like Liu Xiujie. Otherwise, he would be disgusted to death if the original host had a good relationship with people like Liu Xiujie.
After Wei Shicheng knew that Tao Wan's works were going to be exhibited in the National Gallery, he asked him to see it together.
Tao Wan thought that they couldn't show up at the same time, otherwise, they would definitely be talked about. What was there to see together? But considering that he was his employer, he still agreed.
After the car stopped, the two people who were kissing together separated. Tao Wan let go of Wei Shicheng's hand and said, "I'll go down first, godfather."
"Well, wait for me inside." Wei Shicheng said.
"… Okay." Tao Wan suppressed what he wanted to say in his heart. After agreeing with a smile, he opened the door and got out of the car.
Wei Shicheng wanted to go to another entrance. Under Tao Wan's request, although the two of them came to see the exhibition together, they wouldn't walk together. They would pretend that they didn't know each other at all. So Tao Wan just wanted to say that they wouldn't know each other after going in, so why would he wait for him?
Tao Wan entered the exhibition hall and quickly found his works. The works displayed here were all works of the master level of Chinese painting. His works could get a prominent position here, which was very proud. The news had already reported on his works. After the award ceremony, there would be reporters who would interview him.
There were many people in the National Gallery every day. There were still many people who came to see the exhibition today, and some people were already standing in front of his works.
"It's really shocking. Such a magnificent landscape painting was actually drawn by a student who is less than twenty years old. He must be a genius!" An old voice exclaimed excitedly.
The other people around also nodded in agreement. If it wasn't for the explanation board next to the painter's introduction, no one would believe that it was drawn by a college student.
Because the competition required a video of the painting process, the jury didn't have any doubts and chose him as the first place. They even let his painting be displayed in the National Gallery.
"Contact the director of the exhibition hall and ask him to give me the painter's contact information. I want to buy this painting." The old man who exclaimed excitedly just now turned around and said to his assistant.
The moment the old man turned around, Tao Wan recognized who this old man was. He was the master of Go, Su Yongfu, known as the Sage of Go.
"I'm the painter of this painting. If there's anything, you can tell me directly." Tao Wan didn't expect to meet the Sage of Go, Su Yongfu, here, but this was a good opportunity for him.
Everyone turned around and looked at him. Su Yongfu started to look at him directly, but there was some doubt in his eyes.
Tao Wan took out his student ID and handed it to him.
Su Yongfu took Tao Wan's student ID and looked at the information on the explanation board. Then, he returned his student ID and said, "Name a price, young man. I want this painting of yours."
"Can I make a request?" Tao Wan asked.
"What request?"
"I want to play a game of Go with you. If you win, I'll give this painting to you." Tao Wan said.
Su Yongfu raised his eyebrows and looked at Tao Wan. "This painting of yours is worth a lot of money. You're giving it to me just like that?"
"A painting is nothing to me." Tao Wan said with a smile.
Su Yongfu raised his hand and touched his goatee. He thought to himself that this young man in front of him had an outstanding temperament. He had the aura of a scholarly family. It seemed that not only was he good at painting, but he was also good at playing Go.
Su Yongfu had won so many times that he was numb to it. So, he would often play Go with some young people to feel their style of playing. To put it simply, he was just playing with them.
There were also many young people who wanted to be his disciple. He was not a selfish person. If he saw someone with talent, he would give them a few pointers. He thought that this young man in front of him most likely wanted to be his disciple. Well, since he had such amazing talent in painting, if his Go skills were passable, he would accept him as his disciple.
Su Yongfu asked his assistant to go to the car to get the Go. Then, he set up the Go board in the lounge area next to the exhibition hall. The two of them sat down and started playing.
Some people who came to see the exhibition found that there was someone playing Go in the exhibition hall. Because they were curious, they took a few more glances. After recognizing that the person playing Go was the Sage of Chess, Su Yongfu, they immediately went over to watch with the others.
Wei Shicheng received a phone call in the car and was delayed for twenty minutes before he entered the exhibition hall. After finding the work with the three words "Du Qingyu" next to it, Wei Shicheng took a few steps back and looked up at the painting.
At first glance, Wei Shicheng was shocked. He took two more steps back and looked at the whole painting. He was shocked by the magnificent landscape in the painting.
After the shock, Wei Shicheng was confused. He thought that he might have made a mistake. He walked closer and looked carefully at the annotation board next to it. It was indeed Du Qingyu's name. Could it be that the people in the exhibition hall made a mistake? The National Gallery should not make such a low-level mistake.
After standing in front of the painting for more than ten minutes, Wei Shicheng was still shocked. He was determined to make Tao Wan sell the painting to him. He would hang it in his office and look at it every day.
Wei Shicheng went to look for Tao Wan. He thought that he had gone to look at other paintings, but he could not find him after looking around. Seeing a large group of people around the rest area, Wei Shicheng felt that Tao Wan was not the kind of person who liked to join in the fun. He turned around and looked elsewhere.
Wei Shicheng looked around again, but he still could not find him. He took out his phone and wanted to call Tao Wan, but he turned around and looked at the crowd. He put his phone away and decided to go and have a look. After all, it was not good to make a call in a place like the exhibition hall.
Wei Shicheng took advantage of his height and looked over the crowd. He saw that someone was playing Go here. He looked at the person playing Go and found that it was the Sage of Chess, Su Yongfu. No wonder there were so many people here. Looking at Su Yongfu's opponent, he was immediately stunned. He wondered why Qing Yu was sitting here and playing Go with the Sage of Chess. No wonder he could not find him after looking around twice.
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