The story of Red and Black was as follows: In the 19th century, the young German artist Hegel met a man named Ivan Nikolayevich Martov while he was going to France for his art training. Martov was a Russian musician and painter who was attracted by Hegel's aesthetic ideas and passion for art, and the two began a secret relationship. However, there was a sharp difference between Hegel's aesthetic ideas and Martov's romanticism. Hegel believed that art should express the essence of the absolute spirit, while Martov believed that art should reflect the essence of the real world. Due to this disagreement, the relationship between the two gradually became tense and they eventually broke up. After the breakup, Hegel returned to Germany to pursue his aesthetic career, but his works were criticized and questioned. Martov, on the other hand, began his romantic art career after the breakup. His works were widely praised in the art world. Many years later, Hegel's works once again attracted people's attention, and his aesthetic ideas gained more recognition. Martov's works gradually became one of the representatives of romantic art. The ending of the story shows the artistic ideas and life paths pursued by Hegel and Martov respectively. At the same time, it also reveals the differences and contradictions between art and reality.