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A 7-year-old girl from Chengdu tweeted about drawing on coffee shops and market stalls. The price has increased from 1 yuan to 9.9 yuan, and his business is still booming. She relies on her unique childlike style to attract people lining up.
In a coffee shop in Chengdu’s Jinjiang district, seven-year-old boy Jiujiu entered a state of “flow.” With people coming and going in front of her and loud music playing behind her, she concentrated only on the brushes on her fingers and the model in front of her. She looked up from time to time to inspect, and then lowered her head to paint. On her stall is a door header made of paper balls, on which is written in childish strokes: Jiu Boss’s big head, painting portrait, dog portrait and cat portrait. People with mild dyslexia can easily interpret this sentence as “drawing a human being like a dog”.
According to reports from Sichuan Daily and Global Network, the colors on the drawing are very bold, with fluorescent pink, Klein blue and bright yellow clashing together; The lines are also very rich, with curves, straightness, softness and thickness intertwined, embellished on the characters’ clothes, and the figures are even more generous, with thin necks and crescent-shaped arms. The combination of these magical elements unexpectedly resembles the model in front of me.
In comparison to his paintings, the adults’ comments seemed at a loss for words, “It looks just like it looks, it looks very similar.”
Jiu Jiu’s mother was an art teacher and her father was a designer. Jiu Jiu has liked painting since childhood. Business at Boss Jiu’s painting stall was surprisingly good. At first, he charged 1 yuan (RMB, same below) and set up a stall on the river bank in front of his house. There was a long queue of people waiting to draw his picture.
Later, her mother took Jiujiu to participate in various fairs. Jiujiu also enjoyed it and made many friends. His mother discussed with him, “Let’s raise the price to 3 yuan. Do the math. There are costs you have to pay to participate in the market.” Jiujiu did not understand what the cost was and could not calculate it, so he disagreed with the price increase.
Later, when I went to elementary school, I learned addition in Jiujiu, developed a vague “financial management concept”, and agreed to raise the price to 3 yuan. Business is still good. The busiest time was when I set up a stall in Yulin and tweeted photos until late at night. There were still many people standing in the queue.
“It’s all “class flavor”.” Jiujiu’s mother discussed with her child again: “Let’s adjust the price to 9.9 yuan, so that there will be fewer people in line.” Jiujiu did not understand the logic, but agreed anyway.
From last summer to now, Jiujiu has earned more than 400 yuan from painting, which he keeps on his phone and watch. “You can buy a lot of snacks.” Jiujiu said happily.
Although she was an art teacher, Jiujiu’s mother did not teach her children to draw systematically. “Once they learn it systematically, the pictures can take on a childlike innocence and playfulness.” Jiujiu’s mother said, “Although this feeling may disappear sooner or later, I think she will keep it for a long time.”
