The Martial Artist Turned Movie Mogul
Chapter 291: Master’s stroke!

Chapter 291: Master’s stroke!

"Yo, you being cautious for once?"

The old man found the scene amusing.

His grandson was quite fickle, his enthusiasm for anything never lasted more than three minutes; the old man was aware of that.

How come he seemed a changed boy today?

"Grandpa, I told you it’s a treasure, I wouldn’t deceive you!"

"I think, lad, you’ve probably been had."

Who would pack a treasure in a broken cardboard box?

It’s as obvious as lice on a monk’s head.

However, at this moment, the little boy’s entire attention was fixed on the cardboard box, and he didn’t even have time to clear up his grandpa’s confusion.

The old man sat quietly to one side watching him, ready to enjoy the joke and take the opportunity to lecture him, to teach the boy a lesson.

"Rip—"

With a tearing sound, the tape was pulled off and the cardboard box suddenly opened, revealing its contents.

——A scroll about thirty centimeters long.

Beyond that, nothing else.

"Wow~~~~~ It’s finally here, hahaha!"

The little boy was overjoyed and carefully took out the scroll, as if it were a treasure, and slowly unrolled a white piece of paper from within.

"This Uncle She really doesn’t care about presentation, such a nice thing and he doesn’t even have it framed... but never mind, I’ll find a place to get it done myself."

He muttered to himself, cleared the table of the obstructive cardboard box, and slowly spread out the piece of paper in his hands.

In an instant, a landscape painting unfolded before his eyes.

"Wow! So beautiful, so majestic! The painting in real life has so much more impact than the pictures I saw online!!!"

The little boy’s eyes were glued to the landscape painting, truly not wanting to look away.

And the old man sitting next to him, just about to scold the boy for his exaggerations, was instantly frozen in place when his eyes caught a glimpse of the thing on the table.

"!!!"

The old man swiftly stood up from the wooden chair, stepped forward beside the little boy, astonishment filling his wise eyes.

"Where did this painting come from?!"

"Huh?"

Startled out of his thoughts, the little boy stared blankly for a moment before quickly introducing the piece upon seeing his grandpa’s excited gaze.

"Grandpa, this is a painting that a teacher in a live streaming room sent to me, how is it, not bad, right?"

"Not bad? This painting’s like one from a master!"

"A master’s work? Grandpa, is your opinion... that high?!"

At the old man’s words, the boy also couldn’t help but be startled.

He had only been learning Chinese painting for a few years and had merely recognized the painting was impressive when he saw it in the live stream, which stirred in him the desire to have it.

But he had no idea then that the painting was impressive enough to draw even his grandfather’s admiring glance.

The old man’s wise eyes narrowed slightly, his attention was now completely captured by the landscape painting.

At this moment, having come across a painting that truly moved him, he became excited and spoke more than usual.

"You are still too young to understand the value of this painting."

"Then grandpa, would you explain it to me?"

"Hmm, today I shall give you a proper lesson, so you’ll think twice before slacking off in the future."

"Hehe~~~"

"First, look here, the use of reinforced strokes along with careful rendering of ’Cao Yi Chu Shui’ details, the interplay of solid and void, stiffness and softness, thickness and thinness, depth and transparency—each is just right, imparting an innate sense of elegance."

"And look at the brushwork over here, the way the ink blends naturally, there’s water in the mountains, mountains in the water, and what’s even rarer is the entire painting holds an essence, a spirit. With each stroke of splashed ink on the paper, there is so much tension."

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