After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 571: What Gives You the Confidence to Despise Performers?

Chapter 571: Chapter 571: What Gives You the Confidence to Despise Performers?

"But—"

"Riding on the coattails of popularity is one thing, but aren’t you going a bit too far with this?"

The boy pointed at Shi Yaoguang’s painting, rolling his eyes skyward, "Kindergarten kids, even they can paint better than you, can’t they? And yet, you have the nerve to display this in an exhibition, are you sure you’re not here to embarrass yourself?"

"My painting, why should I feel embarrassed about it?" Shi Yaoguang countered.

The boy clicked his tongue, "It seems, you really lack a proper understanding of yourself, don’t you? Well, let me tell you why right now."

He shook his head and sighed, "Just compare for yourself, look at the brushwork, the color of the flowers, or the details..."

"This painting of yours, I could paint it with my eyes closed, and even then, it would be countless times better than yours."

"As for the details, there are simply none in your sunflowers! Now, look at hers, this field of Lavender Fields, it looks so lifelike, I almost feel like with a breeze, they would sway in the wind. This is an entirely different realm, do you understand?"

Shi Yaoguang shook her head.

The boy was speechless, "Don’t you understand what I’m saying?"

Shi Yaoguang denied, "I can understand what you’re trying to say, but I do not agree with your view."

"If you say that Shi Yaoguang’s painting of the lavender is good, I won’t deny it, her painting does have its merits."

"But if you say this painting is lifelike, then I’m afraid I have to disagree."

Upon hearing this, the boy snorted coldly, "Are you disagreeing with what I’m saying, or are you just unwilling to accept reality?"

"I know about your feud with Shi Yiqing, but personal grievances are personal grievances, and that doesn’t mean you can deny the fact that she paints better than you."

He said, raising his voice, "Why not let everyone judge and see who makes more sense."

Shi Yaoguang was noncommittal, "Since judgment is needed, how about we discuss it when the art exhibition starts?"

The boy frowned, he had initially thought that he could discourage Shi Yaoguang from bringing her works to the exhibition, but from the looks of it, was she really not planning to give up?

Thinking this, his expression soured.

He disliked such senseless people the most.

Terrible at painting but thinking too highly of themselves.

It was simply...

Ridiculous!

The organizer originally did not want Shi Yaoguang’s paintings in the exhibition either, but as he rolled his eyes, he came up with a new idea.

In his opinion, not allowing Shi Yaoguang to exhibit was for her own good.

Since Shi Yaoguang was courting disaster, there was nothing he could do about it, right?

Thinking this, he covered the canvas again.

He then said to the people moving the paintings, "Alright, take the paintings over there."

The two men picked up the painting, and one of them hesitated, wanting to say that this painting was not an exhibition piece.

But the other gave him a look, telling him not to speak.

After thinking it over, he chose to remain silent too.

The organizer didn’t notice this interaction.

The boy saw it but didn’t take it to heart.

After the painting was moved, the man eagerly approached Shi Yiqing and asked to be acquainted, "Hello Shi Yiqing, my name is Zhou Minran, pleased to meet you!"

Shi Yiqing looked at his radiant smile and returned a faint one, "Hello, it’s nice to meet you too."

Zhou Minran chuckled and praised her, "Your lavender painting is really good, it’s not an exaggeration to say it’s lifelike! Let me tell you secretly, I’ve seen all the works exhibited, and your Lavender Fields is definitely the most beautiful one!"

"Really?" Shi Yiqing’s tone revealed a hint of surprise.

Zhou Minran nodded, "I wouldn’t lie to you, and your painting is truly outstanding..."

Upon hearing Zhou Minran’s name, the person in charge looked at him with even more eager eyes.

Seeing him getting along so well with Shi Yiqing, the person in charge became quite animated.

He looked at Zhou Minran, swallowed hard, and decided to voice his thoughts.

"Um..."

Zhou Minran looked at him, "What’s the matter?"

The person in charge nodded vigorously, "I would like to ask for Young Master Zhou’s help."

"What kind of help? If I can, I will certainly try to assist."

Encouraged by Zhou Minran’s words, the person in charge’s face lit up, feeling like he had been thrown a lifeline.

"Young Master Zhou, here’s the thing..." the person in charge began eagerly, "When I was bringing Miss Qing here, I happened to run into Miss Shi. Since she’s an actress, I instinctively questioned her purpose in coming to the gallery..."

In the manager’s understated explanation, Shi Yaoguang was portrayed as someone with grandiose aspirations, wanting to leech off the exhibition’s fame, even bringing her own graffiti to participate, and deliberately causing trouble by wanting to lodge a complaint against him.

And the person in charge himself was very helpless; he was just a minor manager who didn’t understand why he was being targeted by Shi Yaoguang, but he was powerless against her, considering Shi Yaoguang was a "capitalist."

Since Shi Yaoguang could bribe others with just a sunflower painting to exhibit, who knows, she could get him fired with just a single word.

The favor the person in charge asked of Zhou Minran was that he hoped Zhou Minran could help him, at least not to be fired because of Shi Yaoguang’s complaint.

Zhou Minran’s initial impression of Shi Yaoguang was already quite bad.

Now after hearing the person in charge, he felt even more disgusted with her.

"A big star acting high and mighty on the screen, but so despicable in private, truly disgusting," he said.

Upon hearing this, Shi Yaoguang raised her eyebrows, "What did you say?"

Zhou Minran snorted, "Did I say anything wrong? He was just reasonably suspicious, why would you file a complaint against him?"

"People like you, I’ve seen plenty. Just because you have backing, you target others, right? Acting like you’re some big shot."

"Actors, actors, at the end of the day, aren’t they just performers? What are performers? In ancient times, they were considered the lowliest of professions!"

Listening to Zhou Minran’s impassioned speech, Shi Yaoguang pondered, "I think you make sense."

Just as Zhou Minran was about to show a smug expression, he heard Shi Yaoguang continue, "Since you insist on comparing with ancient times, then I’d like to know, what was the status of painters in ancient times?"

Hearing this, Zhou Minran’s face stiffened.

He had not expected Shi Yaoguang to attack from this angle.

His face turned red as he struggled to retort, "How can you compare the two?"

"How can you not compare the two? I don’t see any issue with that."

Shi Yaoguang’s face bore a slight smile, "Was it not you who said that performers were of the lowest class in ancient times? If you look closely, the status of a painter seems not to be much higher than that of a performer."

"So... Young Master Zhou, what gives you the confidence to disdain performers yet believe painters to be so superior?"