Van Gogh Reborn! - Chapter 24
Ko Hun, who sold his first work for 2.8 billion won, was already a celebrity.
Although, at first it was simply noted that a painting was sold at an exuberant price.
But the impression of people changed when they directly visited the Seoul Art Museum and saw Ko Hun’s [Sunflower].
Soon it got spread onto the social media and NewTube.
It became a social phenomenon
Did you see Ko Hun’s painting at the exhibition?😶😶
All of the articles in the internet are about him and his paintings.😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
I saw it on UTube. Is it really draw by a 10-year-old boy, who lost both of his parents. So pitiful.😢😢😢
Even if it was hard for him, he drew the painting with courage.👍
Who is this Ko Hun? It’s been a few days and the story of Ko Hun keeps coming up.😅😅😅😅😅
When I saw his painting, I felt like something is comforting me.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Can we still see it?💦
Nope. The exhibition is over.🙍♂️🙍♂️🙍♂️🙍♂️
So everyone was wondering when the next exhibition will be held.
Those who were moved by [Sunflower] wanted to feel that feeling once again, and as the number of such people increased.
There were people who wanted to see it at least once.
Those who wished to see the painting for at least one time, requested to Ko Hun and Henry Marceau on NewTube and other social network platforms.
The media also poured out articles about Ko Hun, and thus the number of views on videos and articles related to Ko Hun soared day by day, but there was little information about what kind of kid Ko Hun really was.
It was difficult to find stories other than the two articles published by reporter Kim Jiwoo of Yehwa.
Kim Junyong, editor-in-chief of the The Korean Express, who felt something from Ko Hun, ordered reporter Lee Inho to take an exclusive interview with Ko Hun, and reporter Lee Inho, who visited Korea University, hoping to see Ko Hun was frustrated.
“Are they on vacation?”
“Yes.”
“Then is there any way to contact them.”
At reporter Lee Inho’s words, the receptionist’s eyes narrowed.
“I can’t tell you that.”
Lee Inho hurriedly took out his reporter’s ID and business card and showed it to her.
“I came from the daily Newspaper The Korean Express. I’m here to have an interview with Ko Hun. So can you please give me the contact information of Dean Ko Sooyeol.”
“Even if you say like that…..”
“please….!”
“ I understand that it’s the reporter’s job to cover the story. But do you know how many people ask for the professor’s contact information. What will happen if I give his personal information to every single one of them?”
During the two years, she dealt with countless reporters who came to cover Ko Sooyeol.
In particular, the number has increased significantly in recent years.
All of them proudly demanded personal information for the reason that they were journalists, and the receptionist was fed up with the species of journalists.
“Good morning!”
At that time Professor Jang Mirae came into the office.
“Hello.”
The receptionist greeted her warmly and said to reporter Lee Inho.
“If you have nothing else to do, please leave.”
“No, Please…. wait a minute.”
“What? What’s going on?”
Jang Mirae sensed a strange atmosphere and asked the receptionist about the situation.
“He is a reporter from the The Korean Express, and he keeps asking to give him the contact information of Professor Koo-Yeol.”
“Teacher? What is he asking the contact information of the teacher?”
To Jang Mirae’s question, Lee Inho answered with a feeling of grasping last strand of straw.
“Ko Hun is a hot topic these days, isn’t it? I want to interview him, but I have no way to contact him. Are you a student here. Do you have his contact?”
“student?”
Jang Mirae was a little surprised.
“excuse me. Why are you so rude?”
The receptionist retorted at the reporter Lee Inho’s words.
“You come without an appointment and kept asking to tell how to contact the dean, but now you are asking Professor Jang Mirae, whether she’s a student? Are you really a journalist? How can you write an article on art without knowing the professor?”
Reporter Lee Inho, who knew nothing about art, was bewildered.
“Oh, that’s..…Sorry…. I misunderstood for a moment.”
It was’t a mistake to think that she was a student since called Dean Ko sooyeol a teacher.
‘No matter what happens, I have to get it.’
If he returned empty-handed this time, he didn’t know what the editor would say this time.
“sorry. It’s my first time here.”
“You think that makes sense?”
Jang Mirae put down the papers she was holding and comforted the receptionist.
“Come back when the teacher is here. We wouldn’t even be able to tell him anything now.”
“What? Why…….”
“Because he is traveling in Europe.”
“Uh, Europe? When is he coming back?”
“He said that he’d be going to be there in about two months.”
In response to Jang Mirae’s answer, Lee Inho opened his mouth involuntarily.
He couldn’t wait two months in a situation where he didn’t know when the interest in Ko Hun would fade.
Even if it didn’t, he couldn’t go and say to the editor-in-chief that the article could not be because because the interviewee was traveling.
“Where in Europe?”
Jang Mirae looked at Lee Inho.
She did not understand, why a person who has zero knowledge in art, looking so desperate for an interview.
But she didn’t think it was bad to give him a chance since look so desperate.
‘It will good be for Hun too.’
“Wait.”
Jang Mirae took out her smartphone and called Ko Sooyeol.
After a long wait, Ko Sooyeol answered the call.
-Hello. Professor Jang.
“Teacher, how is your trip?”
-haha. Its good I think Hun likes it very much. He really enjoyed visiting Van Gogh Museum.
“Really? I know, he will like it. After all Hun’s painting always reminds me of Van Gogh. Oh, sir. A reporter came to the university and he said that he wish to interview Hun. what do you think?”
-interview?
“Yes. I think it would be good if a follow-up news about Hun came out.”
At Jang Mirae’s words, Ko Sooyeol sighed and exhaled.
It was because Hun was too young, unnecessary contact with the media must be avoided as much as possible, but as Jang Mirae said, it was not a bad time.
He also will be having an exhibition with the WH Museum, so he decided that it would be helpful to Hun if people get to know about him.
– Not bad.
“The reporter said he will be coming there. right?”
In response to Jang Mirae’s question, Lee Inho hurriedly nodded his head.
– Is he with you now?
“Yes. Shall I give him the phone ?”
-Okay.
Jang Mirae blocked her smartphone and told reporter Lee Inho.
“If you make a mistake on the phone with the teacher, think that this article will not be available and accept it.”
Although he didn’t know about Jang Mirae, Lee Inho, who had at least a rough idea of who Ko sooyeol was, nodded his head in order to interview Ko Hun.
“Hello, dean. Greetings. I am reporter Lee Inho of the The Korean Express.”
– Yes. Hello. So you want to write an article on Hun.
“Yes. I want to ask for an interview. Oh, there will never be a bad story. I will write it in the best possible way.”
-Well. It’s up to the reporter to do that. Oh, and I have some condition.
“Conditions?”
– Is it hard?
“no! no! Fine. Please tell me anything.”
-First of all, I hope that you don’t ask Hun about his parents, and I hope that there will be no words that put pressure on his work activities. For example, the question of how long will it take for his next painting.
Reporter Lee Inho hurriedly pulled out a notebook and wrote down Ko Sooyeol’s words.
“Yes. I won’t ask him about his parents’ or about his future plans.”
– And he’s not good at Korean. Can you speak English or French.
“English. I can speak in English.”
-Hmm. Then it’s fine…. Now we’re in Amsterdam. can you come
“Of course. Of course I will come.”
– Or, if you want, you can do it over the phone,
The editor-in-chief’s face flashed across Lee Inho’s mind.
“No. I will visit you in person and I have to take some pictures.”
– Do as you wish. It also looks like we’ll be staying here for a few more days.
“Yes. Yes. Okay. thank you.”
-haha.Yes. see you later
After finishing the call, Lee Inho bowed and handed over the smartphone to Jang Mirae.
Jang Mirae hung up the phone after hearing the rough story from Ko Sooyeol.
“Your enthusiasm is amazing. Please go to Amsterdam and write a good article about our Hun.”
“Thank you. Leave it to me.”
When reporter Lee Inho left the office, the assistant said worriedly.
“Isn’t that person a bit strange? He can’t even recognize the professor.”
“It’s fine, he seems to be passionate. It will work out somehow. By the way do I really look like a student.”
The receptionist froze on the spot, confused on how to answer the question Professor Mirae was with a smiling face.
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two days later.
Reporter Lee Inho, who visited Amsterdam, did not forget to take the books, even while travelling in the taxi in order not to forget the art-related knowledge he had crammed for the past few days.
‘He said it was the second floor. Right?’
Lee Inho got into the elevator and pressed the number 2 heading to the second floor.
However, he could not find Ko Sooyeol and Ko Hun no matter how much he looked around the second floor.
‘What? I was told he was on the second floor.’
He wondered if he had found the wrong floor.
When he looked for the elevator again, the first floor was written as ground floor and the second floor as First floor.
Lee Inho took the elevator again and went down one floor and saw a crowd of people gathered in front of Vincent van Gogh’s [Sunflowers].
‘People are gathering here. Why.?’
As he got closer, a Little boy was explaining [Sunflowers] to the people around him.
“This is Vincent’s favorite painting. Even Paul Gauguin, who secretly ignored him, criticized him for drawing only sunflower.”
“Ha ha ha ha ha!”
Among foreigners, the boy who explained pictures in fluent English was definitely Ko Hun.
Since it was forbidden to take pictures inside the exhibition hall, Lee Inho took pictures secretly while watching the people around him.
A full-bodied man who was listening to Ko Hun’s explanation asked.
“But, why did he draw sunflower in such a dull Color. Isn’t sunflower looks more brighter than this?”
“This is not this paintings original color. It has changed color over time.”
“Uh?”
“There is a paint called chrome yellow, but it is said that the color changes worse when it is illuminated. It was originally a really bright yellow.”
“Really?”
“Yes. You can see what I drew. It used to be bright like this painting here ”
Ko Hun showed his drawing of [Sunflower] with his smartphone.
“Ha ha ha. Look at this guy, doing things for his publicity.”
“Did you really draw this?”
“Huh? Isn’t this a painting brought by Henry Marceau? Right? Were you the grandson of Sir Ko Sooyeol?”
“Are you…….Ko Hun?”
“Oh my God. Are you really Ko Hun?”
The smile of the boy promoting his self-portrait is so clear and bright.
Lee Inho, who was taking the picture, had no choice but to stop and watch the scene.
