After drinking a cup of coffee, Paul left the cafe and continued his scalper's ticket-to-ticket business. He and Zhou Yang made an appointment to meet here at 9 o'clock in the evening and introduced Zhou Yang several friends on the street.

"You really want to pull him in too?" Reese didn't say much just now and kept smiling.

But in her opinion, Zhou Yang is getting more and more messy in order to make up for the number of people. People who sell fake shoes in this way are simply not in line with street art.

"Of course, don't you think a black student born in a chaotic place in Harlem, but still kind to the world and survives with a paintbrush on the street is a great character?

What an infuriating story of a black man who was trying to climb out of hell, but was kicked back into the abyss by several policemen, preferably white men!

The New York Times may use front-page headlines to report it, and all of New York will feel ashamed and cry for this!" Zhou Yang said, spreading his hands and said.

"You are such a devil!"

"Thank you for your praise!"

Freedom of speech is indeed an excellent subject to attracting public opinion, but this thing is actually a bit wild and is still a little far away from the bottom-class people in the United States.

And race/racial discrimination is different, which can be said to be the G-spot of American society. Especially when black and white are involved, it will be G-C just by touching it.

Before Zhou Yang traveled through time, the trial of the "killing Floyd on his knees" incident swept across the United States. The Minneapolis Municipal Government finally reached a settlement with the victim's family with a compensation of $27 million.

As for whether the police were punished, since the jurors in the criminal trial have not yet been determined, Zhou Yang naturally could not know the result. However, according to previous cases, it was difficult to convict.

Yes, similar incidents are common in the United States. The difference is whether they have been reported by the media. As long as they attract public attention, the final result is that the police are innocent and black brothers collectively take to the streets to "buy zero yuan".

Zhou Yang once saw a popular science article on Zhihu. The respondent listed more than a dozen riots in the United States that have been sensational in the past fifty years.

For example, the Los Angeles riots in 1992 not only swept across the United States, but also forced President Bush to dispatch tens of thousands of National Guards and Marines to suppress the riots.

If Zhou Yang remembers correctly, the same thing will happen soon in 1980, that is, this year.

He went to the library to check old newspapers a few days ago. Just a few months ago, four white policemen in Miami beat a black motorcycle driver to death during the law enforcement process, which attracted the attention of public opinion across the United States.

The case is still under trial and the court will soon announce the verdict. Zhou Yang can already foresee that the day the verdict will come out is the time when the black brothers in Miami take to the streets to "zero yuan purchase".

Even if Zhou Yang did not meet Paul today, he was planning to find a black "actor" to fight for it and contribute his own strength to the New York equal rights movement.

Regarding Zhou Yang's new idea of ​​playing porcelain, Reese said he would go back and report to his boss Connie, so the two of them parted at the entrance of the cafe.

Reese goes south to return to the headquarters of Davi Law Firm in Lower Manhattan, while Zhou Yang goes north to the Metropolitan Museum next to Central Park.

Although Liu Xiaojie rented a new studio, he seemed to fall in love with the feeling of outdoor sketching. After all, if he is bored in the studio, he is the only one.

When painting next to the Metropolitan Museum, at least many tourists will watch and support them. In addition to sketching outside the museum, Liu Xiaojie now has time to enter and copy famous works collected by the museum.

Because I have been copying more frequently recently, Liu Xiaojie has also met several painters who copied them together.

When Zhou Yang arrived at the Metropolitan Museum, he saw a small group of people under the steps from afar. It was the place where Liu Xiaojie was used to painting, and now it attracts some tourists to watch every day.

"Zhou Yang, you are here just now. A woman came here to buy oil paintings. I asked her to leave a phone number as you said!" Liu Xiaojie immediately stopped the brush when he saw his roommate coming.

Zhou Yang had specially instructed Liu Xiaojie before that if someone came to buy paintings, don’t rush to agree and wait for him to deal with it. After all, Zhou Yang is much more professional than Liu Xiaojie in business negotiations.

In addition, Zhou Yang also discussed the other party's future artistic path with his roommate. In addition to the source of income for color powder painting, he should not rush to sell oil paintings at a low price.

Because for a painter, too many works are by no means a good thing. Taking Picasso as an example, most people have the impression of his works as expensive, with more than one painting priced at over 100 million US dollars.

But the reality is not the case. Picasso created a total of 45,000 paintings, prints, sketches, sculptures, ceramics and other works throughout his life. The largest proportion was prints, as high as 30,000.

Therefore, Picasso's prints are also the cheapest. Even before Zhou Yang traveled through time, small works without a version number could be purchased for only two or three thousand dollars. If he went to the auction house now, he would spend at least a few hundred dollars, and he would have the opportunity to buy Picasso's original works.

Another famous painter, Van Gogh, is different. He created less than 2,000 works in his life. Therefore, in the global art market, the average price of Van Gogh's works is much higher than that of Picasso.

Things are precious because they are rare, which is a common truth all over the world.

At the same artistic level, galleries and art agents tend to prefer painters with less production, because this makes it easier for them to control and hype.

"Which painting is the other party going to buy?" Zhou Yang asked discontently.

"The one Kennedy."

"Americans are worthy of being good-looking parties. As long as they are handsome, they will definitely be popular, and the president is no exception."

Liu Xiaojie came here to sketch recently, and he painted not street scenes, but American presidents. This was Connie's idea.

Because American presidents have no portrait rights issue, and this is both related to politics and does not involve practical matters, it is definitely the best choice for freedom of speech.

Of course, Liu Xiaojie could not draw all the American presidents all at once. Zhou Yang would only help him choose a few more popular actors. For example, the third-rate Hollywood actor he just drew half of today.

Mr. Ronald Reagan is the most popular president in the future. However, he is still one of the few candidates within the Republican Party who are competing for presidential nomination within the party.

If New York police dare to come and cause trouble for Liu Xiaojie now, Zhou Yang will even dare to rely on the charge of interfering in this year's election, which is definitely unconstitutional.

Apart from Reagan, Kennedy is also very popular among Americans. Although the assassinated president is politically unreasonable, he is handsome and died of misfortune, and has great sympathy.

Liu Xiaojie did not directly draw Kennedy's half-body portrait, after all, he was not going to hang it in the corridor of the White House for people to admire.

Zhou Yang chose a very famous photo for him. President Kennedy worked on the firm table in the Oval Office, while his two or three-year-old son was playing under the table. This warm picture of the president and father and son moved countless Americans at the beginning.

"Caroline?" Zhou Yang took the note handed over by Liu Xiaojie, leaving only a very common girl's name and phone number on it.

This is not the first time that Liu Xiaojie's oil paintings have been asked for. In fact, as long as Liu Xiaojie comes to the Metropolitan Museum to sketch, there will be someone who will be interested every day.

However, Zhou Yang's offer is very high. Even a small oil painting was given a high price of US$2,000, so no one has been sold so far.

According to Zhou Yang's idea, it doesn't matter how much you sell now. After he gets enough capital, he will spend money to support Liu Xiaojie, which is a reward for his first pot of gold from his roommate.

However, this idea could not be revealed in front of Liu Xiaojie, so after he got the note, he immediately ran to the public telephone booth not far away to make a phone call.
Chapter completed!