Gu Zhisang stared at the replica of the painting on the wall, somewhat surprised:
“Who did he copy?”
No need to mention the strange gray-black yin energy that constantly overflowed from this painting, just looking at the painting itself, even Gu Zhisang, an old antique who lived thousands of years ago and could only appreciate landscape paintings and fine brushwork. She liked looking at beautiful things from the bottom of his heart.
This painting was excellent.
The rich and gorgeous colors were bright, but after blending and overlapping together, there was an inexplicable sense of heaviness and gloominess.
The emotions that the painter wanted to convey were all vividly displayed through a brush and a piece of painting paper.
Especially for people like Gu Zhisang who were particularly sensitive to emotions and power, she can fully empathize with the painter.
The separate line of introduction below the painting contains a reduced color photo of Hai Ming, his profile, and the international award that this painting won not long ago.
“Hai Ming, a well-known outstanding painter and art educator in Fencheng, a member of the Presidium of the Xiaguo Federation of Literature and Art, won one of the highest awards in the world for painting in the year 2XXX, and was good at abstract paintings and oil paintings with bright colors and intense emotions”
“Serves as a senior professor and dean of the Oil Painting Department of our school.”
“Award-winning work Vortex.”
This painting was indeed like its name, like a black hole that constantly attracts people’s attention.
Even if it was placed on a wall full of paintings, people can’t help but look at it as soon as they enter this classroom.
The police officer on the other end of the phone said: “It’s not that he plagiarized others, but that others plagiarized him… No, it should be said that this disciple of Hai Ming before suddenly jumped out when Hai Ming used “Vortex” to select the highest award in the world painting half a year ago, and accused Hai Ming of plagiarizing him and stealing his artistic crystallization.”
According to the police investigation results, this incident caused a huge stir in the art circle of the country at that time.
It was eye-catching for students to accuse teachers of plagiarism, not to mention that this painting had been shortlisted for the world painting competition at that time, and it was a popular work with a very good reputation and a high probability of winning an award!
People know that the award selected for “Vortex” was of high gold content.
Being selected for the shortlist means that you can join the ranks of “masters”.
The painters who can win awards can be counted on one hand, and without exception, they have become the most famous masters in the country, and their paintings were worth thousands of gold.
Therefore, the whole art world of Xiaguo is paying attention to the selection of ‘Vortex’.
Such a dramatic ‘scandal’ at a critical moment naturally attracted more attention.
Teachers and students from major art academies spoke out one after another, directly making this matter a hot search, and even netizens outside the circle followed up to eat melons.
This ‘farce’ ended very quickly. Within two days, Hai Ming quickly took out the original painting and scanned copies as evidence to prove that he was the author of ‘Vortex’.
After the ‘truth came out’, the whole network was in an uproar.
The student who accused him was criticized by the art world and was completely exposed.
Even netizens on the Internet scolded him for being shameless and slandering his mentor, and doing such a despicable thing when his mentor was winning glory for the country.
Because the scolding was so fierce at the time, relevant news could be seen on various news platforms and forums, and the police officers also knew about the matter.
Following the hot search terms, she clicked into the account of the student who accused Hai Ming by real name. There were hundreds of thousands of insulting and cursing comments, and there were many people who photoshopped his posthumous photo in the square.
Later, with the award of ‘Vortex’, Hai Ming’s reputation at home and abroad also rose with this painting and this award.
His paintings soared from tens of thousands of yuan per piece to six figures or even seven figures.
Especially this ‘Vortex’, which has been praised by the art world as a masterpiece since the new century. The original painting would cost at least 10 million yuan to shoot.
Gu Zhisang’s soul has not been in this world for long.
The time when Hai Ming won the award happened to be when she had just appeared on “Spiritual Affairs” and was broadcasting her first episode.
When her name appeared in the hot search, the terms above and below were all related to this incident. No wonder she always felt a sense of familiarity when she heard and saw the name Hai Ming for the first time.
The police officer said: “I remember that after Hai Ming won the award, he accepted several interviews and some variety shows to respond to this matter. For this reason, the student was pulled out again more than a month later and severely criticized and struggled…”
Then the heat of this matter gradually passed and faded out of the sight of most netizens, and they didn’t know the follow-up.
After investigating several people who died in the “Death Note” and Hai Ming’s social relations, the police finally found this past event and this young man who was deeply involved in the plagiarism report storm.
The responsible police officer then discovered that the student was dead.
“Dead?” Gu Zhisang frowned.
“That’s right…” The police officer nodded, his tone was complicated and regretful, and continued:
“We found out that this young man’s surname was He, and he changed his name to He Zhaosheng when he was in high school”.
“His hometown was a subsidiary village under Fengcheng, which was a few dozen kilometers away from the city. Three months ago, he committed suicide at home. His death was…rather tragic. He hanged himself at home. It was not until 3 days later that he was found by a neighbor who smelled the rotting smell of the body and called the police.”
“The case was taken over and filed by the county police station above the village. After multiple investigations and evidence collection, it can be confirmed that He Zhaosheng did commit suicide, and then the case was closed and filed.”
From the results of the police investigation, He Zhaosheng’s short first half of his life can be regarded as an inspirational genius boy.
He showed an amazing talent for painting since he was a child.
Without any foundation, he can draw well just by copying from picture books.
The village where He Zhaosheng lives was one of the few impoverished areas in Fengcheng. It was as remote and backward as Tianyun Village, so his family had been poor since he was a child and he had no money to attend painting classes.
Due to his interest, He Zhaosheng has been saving money to buy picture books with pictures since elementary school, and collecting and copying them himself;
For more than ten years before that, he ate snacks only a few times.
Human perseverance and enthusiasm have earned him painting skills that were not inferior to those of children who have learned to paint.
When it came to the second year of high school to be divided into liberal arts, science, art, and sports, although He Zhaosheng was at the top of the cultural subjects, he was still attracted by the promotional posters of the art class and went to several experience classes.
After a few days of contact with sketching and basics, he was able to paint well, and even the teacher in charge was surprised and determined that he was a very talented seedling and persuaded him to learn art.
After several struggles, He Zhaosheng resolutely chose to pursue his dream and expressed his desire to learn art to his family.
He was born in a single-parent family. His mother died in a car accident when he was in elementary school. He only depended on his father who worked as a deliveryman.
His father, who had always known his son’s dream, smoked silently all night and finally agreed to this matter.
He took out the compensation for his wife’s car accident and said:
‘You chose the road yourself. Our family has so little money. I originally thought that I would save it in the next few years and pay the down payment for your house when you get married.’
‘Just don’t regret it yourself.’
In the end, He Zhaosheng studied art. He spent the least and most stingy money among the students in the art class, but his works were always the first in the selection.
Even when everyone went out for training, he really couldn’t bear to spend tens of thousands of yuan to go out for training for more than ten days, so he chose not to go.
Even so, he still got into Fengcheng Academy of Fine Arts, one of the four major art academies in Xiaguo, with excellent cultural and professional scores in the college entrance examination, and became a genius and big man in their county school.
After entering university, He Zhaosheng’s painting skills improved rapidly and he was also among the best in the entire department.
During this period, he continued to earn extra money by imitating various famous paintings;
In his sophomore and junior years, he could take on some private custom paintings.
It was just that the art circle pays attention to ‘fame’.
Famous painters can earn tens of thousands for a painting.
Unknown low-level painters work hard for a few days and can only earn three or two hundred for a painting at most.
He Zhaosheng doesn’t know marketing and can only paint in silence, but taking extra money for a long time still reduces the burden on his family, and also has a small treasury.
Due to his outstanding professional performance, he decided to take the postgraduate entrance examination in his junior year and chose Hai Ming, who was not yet famous at the time, as his mentor.
In Hai Ming’s interview, he was also asked questions about He Zhaosheng. In the interview clip, he readily admitted that He Zhaosheng was a very talented young man. After establishing a teacher-student relationship, he cherished his talent and gave him more guidance and care.
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