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Chapter 423 Meeting with Master Yi

The three of them had some common topics, and as they talked along the way, Cheng Man and Meng Yu had become good friends who could talk about anything.

Seeing how quickly they were making friends, Yu Zhi felt like he couldn't keep up with the pace of the younger generation. Cheng Man and Meng Yu were both extroverted, and as a result, Yu Zhi had been talking more today.

They have already started talking about what they should go eat the next time they go out together.

When they arrived at the restaurant, Yu Zhi asked Meng Yu to go upstairs with them to have a meal. After all, they were all there and were friends, so there was no need to be so clear about the differences.

But Meng Yu shook his head in resistance. Whenever he heard the word "dinner party", his head would hurt.

The feeling of eating with good friends is completely different from eating with outsiders. Although Meng Yu is an extrovert, in such occasions, he has no idea what to say, when to interrupt, and when to shut up.

So in order to relieve some of the pressure on his mind and stop thinking about these messy things, Meng Yu thought it would be better for him to just have a bite to eat outside.

Yu Zhi tried to persuade Meng Yu several times but failed to change his mind, so he would not force him anymore and had to take Cheng Man upstairs to eat.

When they arrived, Master Yi and Fenghua had not yet arrived. Yu Zhi looked at the menu Chen Xun ordered and, after confirming that there were no problems, asked the kitchen to prepare it.

After waiting for about 10 minutes, Fenghua and Master Yi pushed open the door of the box.

Yu Zhi quickly stood up and walked in front of Master Yi.

"Hello, Master Yi, I'm Yu Zhi, and it's an honor to meet you."

Master Yi looked at the young man in front of him who looked very young and thought to himself that Fenghua had not lied to him. This kid was indeed young and must be an extremely talented seedling.

"You must be Yu Zhi, right? Feng Hua has been talking to me about it for the past two days. You said that your work is so good that he feels inferior to it? This really makes me, an old man, feel itchy. You also know that the sculpture industry has not produced any good works in many years. I just wanted to come here. I wonder if I disturbed you?"

Master Yi seems to be very talkative, which forms a different extreme from Feng Hua who comes later.

Yu Zhi wondered if Fenghua had developed such a quiet demeanor because she was surrounded by too many words while studying with Master Yi.

"Fenghua, you're being too serious. His work is actually excellent, but the judges at the time might have preferred a more realistic style. It's an honor for you to come and see my work. How can you even use the word 'disturbing'?"

Yu Zhi's words were flawless, and Cheng Man was a little surprised.

In his impression, Yu Zhi has always been not good at talking, and can even be said to have a relatively introverted personality, but he did not expect that he would be so appropriate in dealing with people.

It seems that people born into aristocratic families are indeed different. They have been cultivated with these basic qualities since childhood, and even introverted people will not make any major mistakes or problems.

Master Yi felt very comfortable talking with Yu Zhi, as if he was bathed in spring breeze, which was completely different from his own disciple who only farted once in a long time.

"But my sculptures are still in the sculpture room, so I'll take you to see them after we finish dinner."

When the waiter at the door heard Yu Zhi's words, he immediately placed the dishes that had been prepared long ago on the table.

The food at Tianxianglou is quite good, although it is not as good as those of private chefs. But at least when it comes to treating guests, one can still feel the sincerity.

Fenghua hasn't eaten since morning. After getting up in the morning, he hurried to the airport to pick up Master Yi. During the whole process, he was scolded and didn't even have a bite of snacks. Now seeing such delicious food, he was so hungry that he picked up the chopsticks to grab some.

Master Yi looked at his disciple's useless appearance and secretly twisted his thigh from below. Fenghua was in great pain, but he didn't show it at all on his face.

After all, if he screamed out, he would lose all his face.

"Master Yi, please try it. The food in this restaurant is pretty good."

It was not until Master Yi started to eat that Yu Zhi picked up his own chopsticks and started to taste the food.

Cheng Man, who was sitting nearby, didn't understand what was being said about sculptures, but from Yu Zhi's words, he knew that Master Yi must be a very famous figure in the sculpture world, so he livened up the atmosphere by saying, "Master Yi, you may not know that participating in this sculpture competition was full of twists and turns. The sculpture I prepared at the beginning was already very good, but unexpectedly, it was smashed. So I created the second one, and unexpectedly, although it took less time, it is also very good."

Feng Hua, who was busy eating, suddenly raised his head when he heard this. This competition was very short, from registration to competition, it was only a month.

It takes a normal sculptor at least four or five months to create a work of his own. After all, he needs to constantly refine it and conceive his work in advance, all of which takes time.

Feng Hua already felt that his talent was top-notch as he was able to create such a work in just one month. However, he did not expect that Yu Zhi could create two works in just one month.

Moreover, Yu Zhi's second work broke the mold of what he had painstakingly crafted for a month.

What level of monster is this?

"The first work was damaged?"

Master Yi has not seen Yu Zhi's work yet. He has heard everything from Feng Hua, so he does not have a clear and intuitive feeling about Yu Zhi's abilities and skills.

"Yes, luckily I took a photo here and kept it. I can only keep it as a souvenir later."

Fortunately, at that time, Cheng Man took pictures of Yu Zhi's sculptures together with his own, otherwise this work might never have the chance to be seen by anyone again.

Cheng Man took out the camera he carried with him, found the photo from it, and handed it to Master Yi.

There will definitely be some differences between what you see in photos and the real thing, especially in terms of light and shadow. After all, photography also has its own light and shadow. The light and shadow required by sculptures are reflected in nature, so there will definitely be subtle differences from what you see with the naked eye.

Master Yi took the camera and looked at the sculpture above. The sculpture was a mixture of Chinese and Western features, and Yu Zhi also gave the character her own personality traits.

The struggle in Aphrodite's eyes and her pain over the chaos in Greece were constantly intertwined, and she carried a sense of brokenness.

When Master Yi saw this work, he just wanted to applaud.

This actually coincides with his creative style. Master Yi wants a sculpture that has both emotional conflicts and expresses the character's personality traits. This is also the kind of work he has been committed to creating.

However, Master Yi's sculptures generally focus on showing Chinese folk characteristics, and his main purpose is to promote things with Chinese characteristics to other places.

Fenghua leaned over to take a look, and after just one look, he couldn't move his head away.

His entry this time is actually very similar to Yu Zhi's, and they both use similar techniques.

But there is a very obvious difference: there is his own soul in the eyes of Yu Zhi's sculptures, while although Feng Hua's sculptures are of high quality, his eyes are full of divinity and lack a bit of humanity.

"Heroes have always emerged from youth. Just from this sculpture alone, we can tell that young friend Yu Zhi has a truly high talent for sculpture."

Master Yi was not stingy with his praise. He knew that talents like Yu Zhi had a bright future.

This also made him feel happy. After all, he was the first to discover this genius. Fortunately, Fenghua, as a disciple, was of some significance and value. Participating in a competition also brought him such a good seedling.

"Master Yi, you are so kind. In fact, compared with your work, it is nothing but a small matter. I have been studying your work for a long time. From a Chinese perspective, you have hidden many Chinese characteristics in it, but at the same time, you have also created a power and beauty that is acceptable to the West. Only when such a combination of works can they shine in the international arena."

After hearing Yu Zhi's words, Master Yi knew that this child must have studied very hard, so he could say such insightful things.

"Wait a minute, you said this was your first work, so how long did it take you to create your second one?"

Fenghua ignored the mutual flattery between Master Yi and Yu Zhi. There was only one question circling in his mind.

That means it took a month to create these two works. Yu Zhi's second work is more eye-catching and outstanding than the first. So how long did it take him to create this thing?

Cheng Manke, who was sitting on the side, became excited. After all, he was the one who spent those sleepless days and nights with Yu Zhi.

"I watched Yu Zhi create the second sculpture. He had previously made a model of Medusa, but it was not used in the end. Yu Zhi only started constructing this sculpture seven days before the competition."

Cheng Man's words were full of pride, as if this work was created by him.

Seeing Fenghua's mouth wide open in surprise, Cheng Man just wondered how a mere mortal could be compared with a masterpiece like Yu Zhi?

However, he had not realized this before. He thought that things like sculptures were so simple that they could be completed in just four or five days.

"Hearing what you said, I'm even more curious about Yu Zhi's second work. I wonder what kind of stunning work could have caused a foolish disciple like me to show such an expression."

Yu Zhi's face turned red when Cheng Man praised him, and he felt a little embarrassed. How come he didn't know that Cheng Man had such a characteristic.

But after hearing Master Yi's words, Yu Zhi immediately shook his head modestly.

"In fact, the creation of this sculpture is also the result of many factors, including the right time, place, and people. I happened to meet an old lady that day. The precious humanity she showed inspired my creation. That's why I was able to create this work so quickly."

Yu Zhi was not at all proud of himself. He could only say that everything was destined. If he and Cheng Man had not helped the little girl that day, he would not have been able to create such a work.

Perhaps the Medusa painting was completed in a hurry and could not compare to Fenghua's work.

Not to mention that he can now eat at the same table with Master Yi and discuss the content of the sculpture.

So everything is the best arrangement, we just need to do it according to our own ideas.

After finishing his meal, Yu Zhi called Meng Yu and got in his car to rush back to school.

Master Yi looked around before getting in the car. He had been in many expensive cars, so he naturally knew that this car was very expensive. However, he knew that the car himself looked very simple and did not look like a wealthy person at all.

But it is also true that sculpture is very expensive, and if the family does not have some strength and financial resources, it is completely unaffordable.