Answer: Gessen and Sakura do have very different points of view about the painter and his fees. Sakura believes it is shameful for him to bring up money, and she says that he is greedy. Gessen does not feel shame in charging so much from rich people when it is to a good cause. He suffers through their scorn because he knows the money is being spent to improve the lives of the poor villagers, who he will later spend the money on.
