Chapter 13 The Twelfth Little Painter Shen Benefactor

Jie Chen’s younger brother, Jie Chen, likes painting very much. For a while, one of his favorite questions to ask Jie Chen was: “Senior Brother Jie Chen, what do you think of the painting I drew today?” Whenever this time, Jie Chen Anger is always difficult, because Junior Brother Jiechen's painting skills are really average, very average.Under this premise, there can only be two answers to refraining from anger. The first is: to break the precepts and tell a lie that even oneself cannot be convinced; the second is: to let go of the friendship between brothers and sisters To tell the truth, Junior Brother Jie Chen would definitely be heartbroken, obviously, neither of these two outcomes is what Jie Chen wanted.

For this problem, the town's painter Shen Benefactor once gave Jie Chen a trick.Benefactor Shen said: "You don't have to judge a painting by good or bad. You can praise the artistic conception of his paintings. You must know that the word artistic conception is very mysterious, just like we praise others for their temperament, which is not practical. It’s a ruler, so you don’t have to blush.” However, Benefactor Shen's clever trick of avoiding anger was useless, because after a while, Junior Brother Jiechen didn't ask that question again.Jie Chen thought, maybe even the understanding brother Jie Chen also felt that it was not good to make things difficult for the senior brother again and again.

The benefactor Shen mentioned above is actually Jie Chen's peers, and he met Shen benefactor when he was only a teenager.At that time, Benefactor Shen was in middle school in Miao Town. He would often go to the mountains to draw pictures with a drawing board on his back. His favorite place to stay was the waterfall behind Maoshan Mountain.Benefactor Shen's purpose in coming to the mountains was not to sketch, because Jie Chen found that although most of his paintings were landscape paintings, they basically had nothing to do with the scenery in the mountains.Benefactor Shen said that he just likes the environment of Maoshan, and most of the landscapes he painted are conceived in his heart.

Benefactor Shen's grades are not very good, frankly speaking, it should be very bad.Jie Chen remembers that Benefactor Shen's mathematics is particularly poor, if any time he can score more than 30 points in mathematics, then Jie Chen will be happy for him.Because under normal circumstances, Benefactor Shen's math grades can be expressed with ten fingers plus ten toes at most. Jie Chen believes that the main reason for Shen's poor grades is himself, because most of the time when Jie Chen met Shen Benefactor in the mountains was in school, and he obviously skipped class. However, Benefactor Shen is fundamentally different from those students who are idle and do not study. He is considered a person with ideals.Benefactor Shen often said that he hopes to be able to do what he likes when he grows up, that is, to be a painter.Of course, the primary goal is to be admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts.

When Benefactor Shen said those words, Jie Chen firmly believed them.Although Jie Chen doesn't know painting, it is impossible to make a professional judgment on Shen's works, but Jie Chen feels that every time he looks at Shen's works, he can always feel a kind of joyful emotion that cannot be described in words, as if the heart The irritability dissipated in an instant. But a few years later, the ideal of the benefactor Shen did not come true.According to Shen Benefactor's classmates, even if he applied for the art school, he still had to take cultural courses. Although Shen Benefactor's painting skills were indisputable, his cultural class scores did not even meet the minimum score, so he would naturally not be admitted.

Benefactor Shen did not succeed in going to school. After staying at home for half a year, he finally found a job with a good salary in the town.But the content of the work has nothing to do with painting, and painting, after all, can only become a hobby of the benefactor Shen. Jie Chen has been aggrieved for Shen benefactor in his heart for a long time, but more of it is melancholy, because Jie Chen knows that between dreams and reality, what may be changed and easily changed is always a dream.Jie Chen even felt that the dream soap bubble in Shen's benefactor's heart might become smaller and smaller as time went by, and finally burst unconsciously.

Last year, Benefactor Shen showed Jie Chen a magazine. He pointed to an illustration on it and told Jie Chen that it was his work.I haven't seen Shen's works for a few years, and I feel that his painting skills have not deteriorated, but the paintings have become more charming. I just read the magazines that published Shen's works, and it seems that they are not official publications, but rather An internal publication of a certain company. Benefactor Shen explained that it was a friend of his who asked for the manuscript, and this magazine is an internal communication publication of his friend's company.After saying a few more words, Jie Chen discovered that the manga manuscript fee paid by the other party to Shen benefactor was also very low, only a few tens of yuan per piece.But Benefactor Shen said proudly that because it was an internal publication, his friend's original intention was only to let him draw a few sketches, but the paintings he finally handed over to him were very detailed and completely exceeded his expectations.

A few months later, Benefactor Shen told Jie Chen that he was about to go to work in other places, and he was working as an art editor in a well-known magazine, and it was the original job that introduced him to this job Editor of internal publications. At that time, Jie Chen was also very happy for Benefactor Shen. Although there are many uncertainties in Benefactor Shen's future work, it cannot be concluded that Benefactor Shen has succeeded, but what is certain is that Benefactor Shen has made great strides towards the life he yearned for. At least he has a chance to do a job he loves.

Sometimes, when Jie Chen thinks of Benefactor Shen, he can't help but think that the fate of people is actually very subtle. For example, Benefactor Shen was recognized, as if it was just a coincidence. After a series of coincidences, Benefactor Shen miraculously fulfilled his wish. But in fact, the more important link may come from those few cartoons that could have been treated carelessly. If there is no sincere investment in that time, if it is not for the serious attitude of the benefactor Shen in the predicament, perhaps all the luck and opportunities will be because of This tiny gap is missed.

We often say a mantra that gold always shines.In fact, most of the gold in this world is hidden deep underground, without sunlight, and they are the same as coal hidden underground.If one day gold is unwilling to shine when it can and should shine, then such buried gold is simply regrettable and has no right to resent.