Can He Weeps: from Closed Disciple to Traditional Chinese Painting Scum

The Shanghai painting scene was booming, and Wang Badan, who was born in a sect, was eager for recognition in the industry. In order to gain the reputation of being a new artist, he stole the unfinished lotus drafts from his fellow sects and spliced ​​them into the award-winning painting "Floating Ink". He relies on capital to build momentum, criticizes traditional pen and ink, and gradually reaches the top of the artistic flow, but he also continues to overdraw his conscience in the whirlpool of fame and fortune. His mentor Zhou Yan saw through the flaws in his paintings and warned him heartily, and the gap between master and apprentice deepened day by day. Li Haoran, whose manuscript was stolen, silently kept the evidence and adhered to the original intention of orthodox painting. Capital only values ​​the value of traffic. When traces of plagiarism are gradually exposed, cooperation will be decisively cut off. Public opinion was overturned and the industry blacklist was announced. Wang Badan fell into a desperate situation of betrayal and separation from his relatives. The nerve in his right hand was permanently damaged and his career as a painter was completely ruined. After the trial, all the evidence was made public, and the genius of the past fell into dust. A Pond of Broken Lotuses depicts the greed and delusion of the human heart. The story ends with the perpetrators being punished by both law and conscience. It reflects on the corruption of art by fame and fortune, and inherits the original intention of craftsmen to purely uphold their craftsmanship.