fringe artist

Chapter 267 265. Little Jew: She can do it and I can do it

"My friend, long time no see."

At the entrance of the art space, Bernard looked at Chen Li'an and extended his hand enthusiastically, and Chen Li'an also went up to greet him warmly.

This is his own benefactor, no matter what he has to treat each other with courtesy.

Among so many people who came today, only Bernard deserved Chen Li'an's initiative, not to please him but to thank him for his support.

Bernard's wealth was not enough for Chen Li'an to value, he would have that much money sooner or later, but Chen Li'an valued his influence very much.

This is not the influence that ordinary rich people can have. The influence of so many luxury brands owned by Bernard in the fashion circle is undoubted, coupled with his status as the world's top art collector and a large French auction house, It is also very influential in the art world.

Chen Li'an also hoped to use his influence to successfully promote his own art space.

The scene of Chen Li'an and Bernard shaking hands and embracing each other was clearly captured by the reporters, and it is estimated that it will be used as the headline on the front page tomorrow.

After welcoming Bernard in and chatting for a few more words, Ji Fa took the initiative to take over Chen Li'an's class and chatted with him.

After all, Chen Li'an was the protagonist today, and he couldn't stay with Bernard all the time, so he had to receive other people who came to join him.

After Bernard came, other people also arrived one after another. Some wealthy businessmen in Xiangjiang and collectors such as Da Liu who wanted to collect Chen Li'an's works all came over.

It was the first time for Chen Li'an and Da Liu to meet, but Da Liu seemed to have known him for a long time, as if he had met a bosom friend.

"I just like artists like you! Haha, romantic and talented!"

"I'll just take you as a compliment." Chen Li'an said helplessly, there was no need to say the latter sentence at all, who can compare to you when it comes to being romantic.

Da Liu didn't care about Chen Li'an's reaction, but asked directly: "Are you really not going to sell that work? I can offer 500 million Hong Kong dollars."

"Not for sale." Chen Li'an turned his head and glanced at Bernard and said to Liu, "I didn't even feel tempted when he just offered 250 million US dollars. I'm not short of money."

Da Liu: "." The price he paid for his feelings was still low, but seeing Chen Li'an like this, he really didn't intend to sell it, so he simply stopped asking.

"If yours isn't for sale, other works of art will definitely not be for sale. I don't intend to leave empty-handed when I come here this time." Da Liu said with a smile.

Chen Li'an said with a smile: "I hope you can buy a few more pieces to support the development of art in the Mainland."

"Haha, I'm not just here to support the development of art and invest in it." Da Liu laughed, chatted with Chen Li'an for a while, and then went in.

Cheng Shufen, who was always by Chen Li'an's side, looked at Da Liu's back and said, "He looks quite similar to you, and he will change his girlfriend in a few months."

Chen Li'an couldn't help but gave Cheng Shufen a blank look and said, "I don't have a girlfriend."

"Well, because you are shameless than him."

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Chen Li'an is too lazy to tell Cheng Shufen, why is he shameless, we are all friends, why should we add gender before friends, we can't emphasize gender, this is discrimination!

After Liu and his group went in, the stars that Cheng Shufen had invited to join him also came one after another.

Zhang Xueyou also came here as Cheng Shufen's artist, and it was the first time for Chen Li'an to see him in person, but looking at his face, Chen Li'an would always think of the emoji that became popular later on.

Shit you!

Chen Li'an tried his best to control his expression, and after greeting Zhang Xueyou, he waited for him to enter before turning his head and saying to Cheng Shufen: "Sister Shufen, did you sign his film and television contract with you? You shouldn't have let him go to Carmen in Mong Kok."

Cheng Shufen looked at Chen Li'an with a strange smile and said: "I only signed his singer contract, and the movie is not in my control. The movie Carmen in Mong Kok is very good."

"Indeed, you have contributed to the root of all evil." Chen Li'an couldn't help laughing, but when he saw a woman walking by, he stopped smiling immediately.

The head of the jade girl is also here, the little Jew is prettier in real life than on TV.

Chen Li'an asked in a low voice beside Cheng Shufen: "Sister Shufen, how many people did you invite over? Why is Zhou Huimin here?"

"Oh, she came here by herself, and she also likes to draw." Cheng Shufen took a look and explained.

Chen Li'an looked at Zhou Huimin who was walking over and asked curiously: "Is she falling in love with that good-for-nothing second child of the Ni family now?"

"Who knows the specific situation, there have been so many separations and reunions, and there was a lot of trouble before, but I heard that they haven't reunited yet." After Cheng Shufen finished speaking, she turned to look at Chen Li'an and said, "This woman is not clear-headed, don't worry about it." Provoke."

"It's true that she is not clear-headed. She can bear that playboy from the Ni family. She really can't figure it out." Chen Li'an felt that Zhou Huimin's eyesight must not be very good, and he didn't know what to think.

But after seeing Zhou Huimin approaching, Chen Li'an and Cheng Shufen stopped gossiping. Cheng Shufen took the initiative to take a step forward to greet Zhou Huimin, as if she didn't want to give Chen Lian a chance to get close.

Chen Li'an saw Cheng Shufen's thoughts and felt a little helpless. Ever since Cheng Shufen and Wang Zuxian worked together, she helped Wang Zuxian intentionally or unintentionally.

However, Zhou Huimin took the initiative to greet Chen Li'an, looked at Chen Li'an with a sweet smile and said, "Hi, I'm Zhou Huimin, nice to meet you, I like your works very much."

Chen Li'an reached out and shook Zhou Huimin's hand and said, "Thank you, I also really like your song and your little Jewish character."

"Then which one do you like best?" Zhou Huimin asked jokingly.

Chen Li'an thought for a while and said, "There is a song in the album you just released that I really like, maybe we should break up."

Zhou Huimin was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect Chen Li'an to say this song. She originally thought that Chen Li'an was joking about liking her song.

She would not be surprised if Chen Lian said that she likes the song she loves the most. After all, it is her most popular song. If Jiushun is not her fan, she should have heard of it, but he said such a song that is not very popular. , it made her feel that Chen Li'an might really be her fan.

Cheng Shufen could hear what Chen Li'an meant by this song, and standing behind Zhou Huimin couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.

"I didn't expect you to like this song." Zhou Huimin looked at Chen Li'an in surprise, feeling that he didn't seem like someone who had emotional problems.

Chen Li'an smiled without explaining. He looked at her and said, "Thank you for coming to join me. A few friends of mine are here. I'm going to entertain them and we'll talk later."

Chen Li'an nodded at Zhou Huimin, and then walked towards Zhang Guorong who just came over. Now he is very concerned about whether Zhang Guorong will take on the role of Happy Together.

"Why did you come here? You are the last to come on such an important day for me!" Chen Li'an walked over and said with his arms around Zhang Guorong's shoulder in a disfigured way.

Zhang Guorong still had dark circles on his face, and said to Chen Li'an wearily, "I'm busy preparing for the concert at the end of the year."

"Preparing for the concert? You don't plan to take on Wang Jiawei's play?" Chen Li'an looked at Zhang Guorong with some happiness. He really didn't want Zhang Guorong to take on this play.

Zhang Guorong hesitated for a moment and slowly shook his head and said, "I met him last night and I plan to continue."

Chen Li'an frowned slightly when he heard it. In the morning, he heard what Wang Zuxian said, and thought that Zhang Guorong was not going to pick it up.

Zhang Guorong glanced at Chen Shufen in the distance and explained: "Shufen also advised me not to pick it up, and even asked a feng shui master to tell me my fortune, saying that I and Wang Jiawei were not compatible, but I really like the stories Wang Jiawei told, I want to try try."

Chen Li'an was silent for a while, looked at him and said, "Okay, but remember to bring a doctor with you when you go to film, I will go to see you if I have time."

Zhang Guorong didn't understand why Chen Li'an kept asking him to bring a doctor, but he still nodded and said jokingly, "I'm in such good health, I'm sure nothing will happen!"

Chen Li'an curled his lips and said, "I hope your body is as hard as your mouth."

If it's not that I don't want to shoot this kind of subject, I would like to cooperate with him again, and I can watch him in person, but this subject is destined to prevent the two of them from collaborating in this film.

After chatting with Zhang Guorong for a few more words, Chen Li'an got busy, too many people came today.

The entire exhibition hall was full of people, but they were clearly divided into four groups. Ji Fa and Bernard visited various artworks together with a group of foreign artists.

Wealthy businessmen and celebrities from Xiangjiang gathered together, artists from the mainland gathered together, and ordinary audiences wandered around in twos and threes.

Chen Li'an wandered among the four groups of people, very busy.

But there is still good news. Bernard took down seven works of art, and they were still sold by Ji Fa at a high price.

Not one of them is less than [-] US dollars, which is a huge profit.

Da Liu also took four pieces, but the total cost was only more than 30 Hong Kong dollars, which was the result of Cheng Shufen's persistent price hikes.

But what Da Liu and Chen Li'an said was also true. He bought art for investment, and he controlled the price very well. He would not let Cheng Shufen and the others raise the price just because he liked it.

For these rich people, Chen Li'an's attitude is to earn more as much as they can, and not to lower their consumption level. Rich people have to be a bit aggressive.

The only thing that surprised Chen Li'an was Ido Cunji. He and several Japanese collectors took a fancy to more than 30 works of art and spent a total of more than 30 US dollars.

These wealthy people are not the main target today. Chen Li'an and the others are targeting the middle class. Don't underestimate the spending power of this group of people.

It is true that a single person cannot compare with those rich people, but there are many of them.

These middle-class people took over 100 works of art in total and spent more than 400 million Hong Kong dollars together.

But what made Chen Li'an most amusing was not how many artworks were sold today, but Li Lizhen's painting.

Chen Li'an and Li Lizhen stood behind a group of people, watching their comments on the painting, they thought it was really fun.

"Is this a self-portrait of Chen Li'an? The brushstrokes and techniques are very special, and there are abstract techniques in it, which vividly show his own anger at that time."

"That's right, I think it's also very good. I was at the scene that day, and I could feel the anger in Chen Li'an's heart at that time, which was the same as that expressed in this painting."

"Although it seems that the painting is very casual, this kind of randomness actually makes this emotion better."

Li Lizhen, who had been eavesdropping, felt embarrassed. Are these people talking about her own paintings?At that time, I just wanted to draw something handsome, what kind of anger, what kind of abstract art.

What the hell are you talking about!

Chen Li'an suppressed a smile and said, "Look, art is so paradoxical."

Li Lizhen looked at Chen Li'an in a daze and asked, "Could no one see that you didn't draw this?"

"Of course!" Chen Li'an Nunu motioned Li Lizhen to look at a few artists who passed by and then left, and then said with a smile: "They can see it."

"Then why didn't they speak out?"

"Because they don't want to argue with fools."

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Li Li really felt that she was also a fool, and she couldn't understand what art was all about.

"What are you guys talking about? I see you've been chatting for a long time." Zhou Huimin suddenly approached Li Lizhen from behind and asked curiously.

Li Lizhen glanced at Zhou Huimin, a strange light flashed in her eyes, and said to her: "We are talking about that painting, what do you think of that painting?"

Zhou Huimin leaned over to take a look, her brows were frowned, and she was not sure what was going on. At first, she was sure that this painting was definitely not drawn by Chen Li'an, but after listening to the compliments from the people around her, she wondered if she didn't understand.

Her artistic attainments are much better than Li Lizhen's, and she won a grand prize in an art exhibition later on. Although the gold content is not very high, it can also show that she has a good talent.

Zhou Huimin was a little confused whether he should trust his own judgment, or suspect that his vision was not enough.

Chen Li'an looked at Zhou Huimin's tangled expression, and couldn't help but said to Li Lizhen: "You are bad enough to deliberately make your friend look bad."

"It's not a friend." Li Lizhen muttered, looked at Chen Li'an and said, "I just want to see how she looks, I don't mean to see a joke."

To test Zhou Huimin's vision?Chen Li'an felt that Li Li really was thinking too much, her eyes were only normal when she looked at Li Ming.

Zhou Huimin's eyesight is not good, and his brain is not very good. Zhou Huimin later said that he and Ni Zhen are more and more convinced that they will be a couple forever. He said that Ni Zhen is a good boyfriend who is serious, careful and responsible.

Looking at Zhou Huimin who is so stupid, Chen Li'an couldn't help but want to cheat, just like seeing a silly roe deer in the mountains in the northeast and wanting to give it a stick.

After struggling for a while, Zhou Huimin walked back and said to Li Lizhen, "This painting should generally be drawn by beginners."

Li Lizhen looked at Zhou Huimin in surprise, and asked curiously, "How did you know that?"

"Because I drew similarly to it when I first learned it." Zhou Huimin said seriously, but looked at Chen Li'an as if waiting for him to give the final answer.

Chen Li'an smiled and said: "You are right, it is indeed a beginner's painting, but it is a very talented person."

Li Lizhen felt a little sweet when she heard Chen Li'an boasting about herself. She looked at Zhou Huimin and said in a low voice, "That's my painting, don't tell those people."

"Your painting?" Zhou Huimin was stunned for a moment, but she was very upset in her heart. You can hang your painting here for exhibition?Then can I do it too!
Zhou Huimin immediately cast her eyes on Chen Li'an and said seriously: "I think my paintings are also good. There are many paintings in my house, do you want to take a look?"

(End of this chapter)