"I thought you would stick to the agreed-upon price."
The main reason was that he felt Jian Sheng didn't seem to be short of money.
Whether it was for the Jian family or the Qi family, with whom her relationship was unclear, Jian Sheng would never be someone who lacked money or was greedy for small favors.
Jian Sheng sat on the ground, diligently stacking the banknotes by size.
Hearing Xiao Yu Feng's words, the little girl's face showed a look of confusion:
"Ten yuan was the price we agreed on. This money is the price she recognized. The price set is not the transaction price."
"There's always a bargaining process when buying things. If the young lady is not satisfied with the price we set and wants to pay more, we consider it a deal if it's acceptable."
"Is there a problem with this?"
— From the Chinese paintings I've collected, this one, purely in terms of skill, is indeed worth this much.
— I was just about to say we should stick to our principles, but after hearing Sheng Bao's explanation, it doesn't seem wrong?
— Exactly, why is it okay for others to bargain down, but not acceptable for others to want to pay more?
— So what is this, reverse bargaining?
— Let's not discuss the amount of money for now! If Xiao Yu and Sheng Bao don't hurry up and depart, they'll miss the progress of the others!
— Holy cow, I was so engrossed in Sheng Bao's painting just now that I completely forgot about the other two groups. What's happening on their end?
— I just came back from Nini's group. It's hilarious. They finally earned some money by doing a small job, but Nini sister, looking at the map, took the bus in the wrong direction. They just got off and are heading to their destination again.
— Yao Yao and Xiu Huan's group had smooth sailing in earning money. Before Yao Yao left, she got her bag back. Inside was a harmonica, which she also used to earn travel expenses through street performances. It's just that the atmosphere over there seems a bit off.
— Xiu Fan reporting in. Heard that after we left, my cub did something big. Regret not staying here.
— Nini Fan reporting in. Just cried my eyes out because of my silly sister. Indeed, one cannot generalize the intelligence of people.
While all three groups of guests were struggling with how to get to their destination, the show's van had already arrived at the South City Bus Station.
"How is the data team's statistics coming along?"
Hu Guang Xu asked, while also planning the show's subsequent arrangements based on its effectiveness.
"Director Hu, after the live stream split, and following initial growth, all three groups of guests have experienced varying degrees of traffic fluctuations based on the show's performance."
"As of now, Ke Xuan and Zhuo Nini's group had a peak viewership of 1.03 million, with the traffic peak occurring when Nini realized she had taken the bus in the wrong direction."
"Xiu Huan and Yao Yao's group had a peak viewership of 1.57 million, with the traffic peak occurring during the period when Yao Yao played the harmonica and Xiu Huan performed street dance."
"Xiao Yu Feng and Jian Sheng's group had a peak viewership of... 3.8 million, which is the current real-time count, and this number is still growing."
Hu Guang Xu raised his head in surprise, "Why is Xiao Yu Feng and Jian Sheng's group so popular?"
The data analysis team member explained, "The other two groups have already set off on their way. Although the guests are trying their best to create program effects to maintain traffic, the traffic is still leaking."
"After someone shared the progress of the other groups, a significant portion of it flowed towards Jian Sheng."
Hu Guang Xu was still puzzled, "Even so, this number doesn't match up, does it?"
The data team member opened his phone and handed it to Hu Guang Xu.
"Director Hu, you'll understand if you look at this."
It was a Jian Sheng painting video edited by someone else, with some edits and speed-up.
The ink wash landscape paintings laid out on the ground, and the little girl sitting on the ground with a brush in her mouth formed a stark contrast.
— When did marketing accounts dare to post such fake videos? Can't they even fake it better?
— People nowadays will do anything for traffic, not bothering to use any logic.
— Isn't this my Sheng Bao? What the heck, who photoshopped this video and is making fun of my cub?
— Is there a possibility that this video is real?
— How could it be real? If a child of just a few years old could paint such a spiritual ink wash landscape, I'll livestream eating a keyboard, I swear!
— Link: xxxx. Go and see for yourself if you dare. The entire process is being livestreamed.
Not to mention some people on Weibo who understood Chinese painting, even those who didn't, as long as they had normal aesthetic sense, could tell that this painting was very beautiful.
They simply couldn't believe that it was painted by a little girl.
So, many people clicked on the livestream link, preparing to expose the liar.
And amidst their questioning, a Weibo post from Hua Wen Art Studio directly triggered many insiders of Chinese painting.
[Hua Wen Art Studio Official Weibo:
Jian Sheng, aged four, is a specially recruited student of our Hua Wen Art Studio this year.
Due to her outstanding talent, she was specially recruited by our studio.
Figures p1 and p2 below are works by student Jian Sheng drawn before she entered Hua Wen Art Studio, with no prior foundation in Chinese painting.
Figures p3 and p4 were made after student Jian Sheng learned the most basic painting techniques at Hua Wen Art Studio.
According to her instructor, Su Liu, Jian Sheng's artistic talent and spirituality are unparalleled in his life, and her progress after systematic learning has exceeded his imagination.
We will subsequently release the classroom surveillance video from within the studio to prove the authenticity of the artwork's creator.]
If Hua Wen Art Studio's post was only known to insiders, then the subsequent series of reposts stunned everyone.
[China Artists Association Official Weibo:
A strong youth makes a strong nation.
Youth are the inheritors and disseminators of China's traditional culture, and the future of art's proliferation and blossoming.
We are fortunate that Chinese painting has found Jian Sheng, and fortunate that Jian Sheng has chosen Chinese painting.
@Hua Wen Art Studio Student Jian Sheng, aged four, is a specially recruited student of our Hua Wen Art Studio this year.
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[China Calligraphy and Painting Association Official Weibo:
Truly a monstrous talent. If it weren't certified by Hua Wen Art Studio, I wouldn't have believed it.
@Hua Wen Art Studio Student Jian Sheng, aged four, is a specially recruited student of our Hua Wen Art Studio this year.
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[China National Painting Association Official Weibo:
Little one is amazing.
@Hua Wen Art Studio Student Jian Sheng, aged four, is a specially recruited student of our Hua Wen Art Studio this year.
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These official Weibo posts directly brought out many industry professionals.
Then, based on the name Jian Sheng, they found the painting videos of Jian Sheng posted by netizens, and these people were stunned.
You're telling me this is a four-year-old little girl?
Have we been living in vain all these years?
They couldn't understand, and then they followed the transmission portal shared by a kind person to watch the livestream.
At the same time, they pushed Jian Sheng's popularity on Weibo even higher.
With the double authentication of official certification and live broadcast, most people basically believed the authenticity of the video.
However, the involvement of these official Weibo accounts brought them even greater confusion.