Chapter 664: Steady As F*ck
Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations
Lin Fan looked at the three of them curiously, “I knew the three of you were up to no good. This ti, you guys pretended to ask to return to the association. I think you ca for sothing else.”
Zheng Zhong Shan couldn’t tolerate it after hearing that. Wasn’t he trying to malign him? He imdiately stood up, “Elder Lin, you can scold or hit but you can’t humiliate .”
“I didn’t humiliate you.” Lin Fan was a little confused. However, he was laughing in his heart as he saw Elder Zheng’s anxious face.
Usually, people who knew Elder Zheng wouldn’t dare to treat him with so much disrespect.
Elder Zheng wouldn’t act this way to an average person too. This form of interaction was only possible between close friends.
If it was seen by others, they would probably be stunned.
Zheng Zhong Shan said seriously, “The three of us ca to mainly ask you to return to the association. It wasn’t because of any stupid reason. You’re definitely more important than that.”
“Yeah, yeah!” Yue Qiu Ju Shi and Tao Shi Gang nodded in agreent with Elder Zheng’s explanation.
*giggle*
Lin Fan couldn’t take it and he started laughing, “Alright, alright. Those that don’t understand you would probably think all of you are insincere. I won’t say anything more about this matter. Tell about the Chinese Arts incident then.”
“Haha, I knew our Elder Lin isn’t a narrow-minded person. If anyone said that Elder Lin was a narrow-minded person, he would be destroyed in front of . Wouldn’t he be humiliating our Elder Lin?” Zheng Zhong Shan was smiling from ear to ear.
Yue Qiu Ju Shi and Tao Shi Gang looked at Elder Zheng in disbelief. Wasn’t he the one that said Elder Lin was narrow-minded?
However, at least things were okay now. That ‘incident’ wasn’t considered to be one anymore.
“Alright, alright. Don’t play dumb anymore. Do you think I can’t see through your tricks? I think the only person that would say that I’m narrow-minded is Elder Zheng,” Lin Fan chuckled.
Zheng Zhong Shan felt like he was being maligned, “Forget it. I’ll just take one for the team then. Actually, this international exhibition doesn’t involve us. After all, the most popular form of artwork overseas is oil painting. However, I didn’t expect the fella from the Japanese arts industry to say that Chinese Arts isn’t qualified to be on stage. He said that it’s all trash and even if we were to join the international exhibition, we’d be at the bottom. Look, do you think I can tolerate that?”
“Furthermore, that isn’t it. Those fellas from the Korean arts industry are really arrogant. They said that our Chinese Arts ca from them. They said they’ll show us the true Chinese Arts. Do you think I can tolerate those words? Of course I can’t tolerate it. In the past, I carried guns... Forget it, I’ll not talk about it anymore. It’s peaceti now. I won’t say these words to ruin the atmosphere here.” Elder Zheng was furious but he finally cald himself down.
Yue Qiu Ju Shi and Tao Shi Gang sat aside and looked like they wouldn’t give up unless they prove themselves.
Lin Fan looked at them in doubt, “Can you guys be honest? Why do I feel like it’s fake?”
Zheng Zhong Shan coughed gently, “I just exaggerated it a bit but I swear that the aning is there. We can lose to anyone on the international scene but the Japanese and Koreans. The older generation of artists didn’t just draw to pass ti. We draw to prove ourselves during important monts like this. We have to prove the might of our country so that the citizens would be proud of the country’s national treasures. Therefore, I really hope that Brother Lin can represent us and crush them with your artwork.”
“Are you done?” Lin Fan looked at Zheng Zhong Shan and asked. Elder Zheng kept talking about doing the nation proud and it was hard to resist.
“I’m done,” Zheng Zhong Shan nodded and felt that he said it with gusto. If soone else were to hear his words, he would definitely promise to do the nation proud of him. However, why was Brother Lin so calm about it? That seed a little weird.
Lin Fan nodded, “Alright, since Elder Zheng is here personally, if I were to reject you, I wouldn’t be giving you any face. I don’t want to wake up to an army of troops. Isn’t that scary?”
Elder Zheng was a little embarrassed, “Elder Lin, how can you think of it that way? My power is to be used to protect my good friends, not to destroy them. However, I really just want you to draw a good artwork to show them. But I think you look really energetic, how many are you prepared to draw?”
Lin Fan smiled and asked, “How many do you want to draw?”
Zheng Zhong Shan and the others looked at each other. It was as if they were asking each other, “Should we get one for ourselves too?”
Lin Fan realized what they were hinting at and he was furious. He imdiately started shouting at them.
“The three of you, don’t be too greedy. One for each of you? Do you want to die from anger? I’ll probably give nine or ten pieces,” Lin Fan said after thinking about it. He felt that the number of artworks wasn’t that bad. Furthermore, in order to boost his reputation, he had to choose the best artworks. The average ones couldn’t match up to the others.
“What?” The three of them were stunned when they heard his reply. They asked in disbelief, “Elder Lin, how many did you say? 10?”
The three of them looked pretty unhappy. Lin Fan glared at them, “Don’t be too greedy. Ten pieces of artwork is good enough. If I were to draw anymore, it’d be too many.”
Zheng Zhong Shan waved his hand anxiously and hugged Lin Fan involuntarily, “Elder Lin, I, Elder Zheng, has never been impressed by anyone before. But today, I am extrely impressed by you. You are a God in my eyes. Ten pieces of artwork... I think all of them would be blown away by your skills.”
Then, they looked like they were about to cry. They just wanted an artwork initially but they didn’t expect Elder Lin to be so generous. He imdiately said that he would draw ten artworks. They were ecstatic and couldn’t wait for it.
Lin Fan pushed Elder Zheng aside, “When do you need it by?”
“In a month’s ti. But we have to get them fifteen days earlier from you to send them to the gallery. Do you have enough ti?” Elder Zheng asked.
“Fifteen days?” Lin Fan hesitated for a mont. Then, he nodded, “Yeah, there’s enough ti. Don’t worry.”
“Slow and steady.”
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