Yuan Wanxia’s account had not been updated in a long time. The crying fans were about to overturn the comments section of that Weibo account.
Coincidentally, Xia Wanyuan had time today, so she wanted to draw two more paintings.
The courtyard filled with chrysanthemums gave her a lot of inspiration. Xia Wanyuan drew two autumn chrysanthemums and posted them on Weibo. One was enthusiastic, and the other was filled with the sorrow of late autumn.
Xia Wanyuan had even drawn an oil painting. It was the Puerile Phoenix that Jun Shiling had given her. Its wanton and ostentatious petals were like a fiery phoenix that was filled with a domineering aura.
Once the painting was posted, the fans immediately heard the news.
[ Someone, come quickly. Xia Wanyuan is showing off her skills again! ]
[ Wow, the living Yuan Yuan!! Catch!!! She drew it so beautifully!! Although I don’t know how to praise her, Yuan Yuan is freaking good. ]
[ Although I don’t know anything about paintings, Xia Wanyuan’s paintings really hit my heart every time. I don’t know why either. Anyway, every painting of hers can make me feel differently. For example, that Puerile Phoenix is clearly a chrysanthemum, but why does my blood boil when I look at it? ]
The moment Xia Wanyuan’s painting was placed, it was almost instantly snatched away. Four million dollars instantly entered the account for the three paintings.
Such a rapid money attraction ability naturally attracted the jealousy of many people. Some people secretly mocked Xia Wanyuan for marketing her works behind her back, accusing her of coaxing the value of the painting.
“That painting of hers was clearly just finished. She actually dared to sell it for more than a million dollars when the ink has not even dried. Could it be that she relied on the fact that she was a celebrity and had fans who liked her to make the fans bid to buy her painting, causing the price of her painting to become higher and higher? The stench of this rice industry actually has to be brought to the art industry. It’s really a regression of the art industry.”
The person who said this was a scholar who had been flaunting his aloofness all year round. The people who echoed him were a group of sour and rotten painters who regarded themselves as arrogant.
Everyone reposted this Weibo post and expressed their condemnation of this bidding trend.
When the fans saw these comments, they immediately rolled up their sleeves and went to argue.
[ Sour, then sour. My teeth ache from the sourness. Yuan Yuan is amazing. Aren’t you angry? Someone is fighting to get one of Yuan Yuan’s paintings for ten million dollars. Even buying your painting for a hundred dollars would be considered to be a waste of space. ]
[ I’m speechless. What do you mean by relying on fans to raise the price? Why? Do I need your approval to have money to buy the painting? Do I live in the Pacific Ocean? ]
The number of fans Xia Wanyuan had now was completely different from before.
Thousands of ridiculing comments attacked these sour scholars’ Weibo. These scholars had always dealt with books. When had they ever been mocked like this? They immediately lost their minds and quarreled with the netizens online.
The fans had gained experience from arguing in the entertainment industry and quickly gained the upper hand.
However, at this moment, a news media posted an article.
“Regarding how the fan economy will destroy our country’s art field…”
The article was extremely formal. It displayed opinions and presented arguments. It directly used Xia Wanyuan’s works as an example. It felt that the way a fan like Xia Wanyuan competed to buy an idol painting and increase the price of an idol’s work was a destructive blow to the Chinese painting industry.
With Xia Wanyuan as a precedent, others would no longer study the painting seriously. Instead, they would think of ways to promote and marketing their works.
At the end of the article, the media also raised a question that made one think deeply. “If a person doesn’t draw well, but because of his fame, the painting can be sold for a very high price. In the long term, the Chinese painting industry will be in chaos, and all of this began with Xia Wanyuan.”
