Almighty painter

Chapter 122 Agency Contract

"What?"

Mrs. Sakai tilted her head.

"It's the advanced class. I saw a sister's work in the hallway of Dulwich students' works exhibition... I think it's quite serious. Mom, can you recruit her?"

Sakai Katsuko considered his tone.

"Success?"

Mrs. Sakai sat up from the recliner and narrowed her eyes.

The nonsense in Shengzi's mouth,
The lady did not believe a word of it.

Knowing a daughter is better than a mother.

Some female high school students lie like eating and drinking, but her daughter Katsuko is obviously the type of good boy who is not very good at lying.

She lowered her head shyly, her eyes drifted under the thin bangs on her forehead, her fingertips pinched together, and an unnatural red appeared on her face.

I almost wrote the words "Mom, I'm lying" all over my face.

Moreover……

Seriously?
What a nonsense statement.

What art needs is not seriousness, or in other words, not only seriousness.

What art needs is talent, what it needs is excellence, and what it needs is the shining point that makes people's hearts move.

The master painters of the decoration company also painted the walls very seriously, okay?

Unfortunately, there is a high probability that they will not become artists.

This may sound arrogant, but in Mrs. Sakai's world view, art has always been the privilege of a few talented people.

According to Mrs. Sakai's standards, seriousness can only be regarded as the bottom line for learning painting, not even the most basic passing line.

This reason is really ridiculous.

"Who? A new friend you made at school? She asked you to."

Mrs. Sakai asked patiently.

She is a little angry.

Mrs. Sakai was not angry with her own daughter, but with the scheming whore girl who ordered Katsuko to do this.

The art circle pays attention to connections,

Interactions of various interests are unavoidable.

Especially in Dongying's humane society, Mrs. Sakai often sees things like asking her to take in a student through her connections.

Even in the studio of her husband, Professor Kazushige Sakai, occasionally a few political Chinese or nephews and nephews of big local entrepreneurs in Nagoya would be sent for gilding.

But a daughter is always a mother's treasure.

Shengzi is a relatively pure and clean child, and Mrs. Sakai is a little worried that her daughter will be used by others.

"No, I have nothing to do with her. Her name is Mona Sandnu."

Mona?

Mrs. Sakai was stunned for two seconds.

She stepped down from the recliner and put her hands on Katsuko's shoulders, preventing her from avoiding her eyes.

"Shengzi, to tell you the truth, that bastard Gu Weijing asked you, right?" Mrs. Sakai asked coldly, looking directly into her daughter's eyes.

Sakai Katsuko's unsuccessful lie was exposed.

Under her mother's gaze, she could only nod in panic.

"Are you mad? Please, Mom."

The girl looked carefully at Mrs. Sakai's uncertain face, and made a pitiful request.

"well enough."

It was beyond Sakai Katsuko's expectation.

His mother didn't seem to have any intention of losing her temper, the lady just sneered twice.

"He is really a nostalgic person."

Mrs. Sakai's tone was sarcasm.

She was upset, but she wasn't that angry.

Mrs. Sakai looks further than her daughter, Katsuko, who has not stepped into society yet.

Different people have different values,
In the eyes of Mrs. Sakai, Gu Weijing, a poor student in Yangon, was not even worthy of carrying the shoes of Taro Komatsu.

But who made her daughter like it?

Mrs. Sakai's eyes fell on the picture frame on one side.

Not only is her husband so optimistic about him, after a long time of contact, even she has to admit that this is a young man with great potential to become a great painter.

The more the mother-in-law looks at the son-in-law, the more she likes it.

But Mrs. Sakai recognized a little while pinching her nose. Although this kid is not as good as the resources that Xiao Song can bring to her daughter, it is not that he is not completely unworthy of her daughter.

At this time, she was more concerned.

Mrs. Sakai did not want to make things difficult for her daughter.

More importantly, she thinks it's actually quite interesting to think about it.

Gu Weijing asks his daughter Mona, who is a childhood sweetheart, to ask for a place in the advanced class.

Although Mrs. Sakai never thought that this little local girl would be a match for her daughter Katsuko, but if she agreed to this request.

presumably,

It will be difficult for that Miss Sandenu to hold her head up in front of Katsuko in the future.

Mrs. Sakai thought about it.

……

Austria,
In the Glitz Art Nouveau Center, people come and go in the lively art gallery.

In the next two months, this art gallery, which looks like an alien spaceship, will be the venue for the annual European Art Conference this year.

This is the Super Bowl of the art world.

Gerud Richter, Cao Xuan, Damien Hirst...

The world's most prominent and wealthiest artists currently residing in Europe will gather here.

In order to prepare for the holding of this annual meeting, the Glitz Art Center specially borrowed the works of these master artists from well-known art museums around the world, and held a special exhibition of modern art.

at this time,

A beautiful and somewhat thrilling girl is sitting in a wheelchair, copying a black and white landscape watercolor in the cold style of Naomi Tydeman, the winner of the 2013 Turner Watercolor Prize.

It seems that she is afraid of disturbing her painting, and it seems that she is simply overwhelmed by her Greek sculpture-like beauty.

Within a few meters around her, a quiet field was formed.

All the tourists who approached quietly lightened their steps.

Countless people quietly admired her profile, but no one had the courage to strike up a conversation.

"You remind me of Oscar Wilde's famous saying: 'You can never be over educated or over dressed. You are just right with both."

(You remind me of Wilde's famous quote, Your face and your artistry, perfect just right.)
Finally, a brave man appeared.

The handsome young man with blond hair and blue eyes walked up to the girl and said with admiration in English: "This kind of Nomi Tadman's cold style watercolor painting is not for everyone to appreciate."

Anna didn't even look up.

She just gently stretched out her palm and made a gesture of leaving in the direction of the exit of the art gallery, expressing that she had no intention of getting acquainted with this literary youth.

"I appreciate your vision. But miss, with all due respect, you don't seem to be very good at copying. This artist's brushstroke style is more casual, and your brush is too rigid. The multi-color and smudge treatment here ..."

The handsome young man seems to understand the artist's painting style that the girl is copying.

He casually picked up the spare Langhao watercolor pen that the girl put on the small table, dipped some black paint on the paint tray, and was about to put it on the drawing board.

"Please stay away from my paintings."

Before the tip of the pen touched the drawing paper, the girl blocked it with the back of her hand.

Anna frowned and glanced at the young man on the side, and put down the brush unhappily.

She knew that her drawing talent was indeed limited.

Therefore, every time she copies the works of famous masters, she enjoys the process of communicating with the master's spirit more.

As for the quality of the painting, it is not the key.

Anna has an art freak, and hates some self-indulgent guys scribbling on her works.

"……Uh……"

Now it was the blonde's turn to be embarrassed.

As a well-known young watercolor painter.He always felt that it was easy for him to hook up with this kind of literary girl with average painting skills.

Unexpectedly, in front of this young lady who was so beautiful that he had never seen in his life, he was devastated.

Little girl, do you know that I can sell thousands of euros for a painting?

He still wanted to say something, but Anna no longer paid attention to him. The girl seemed to feel the vibration from the clothes. She took out her mobile phone from the pocket of the beige windbreaker and began to reply to the message.

"Sir, please leave here."

The butler of Elena Manor appeared from the corner of the exhibition hall like a ghost, and patted the young man on the shoulder.

"Miss doesn't want anyone to disturb you now, please go out with us."

The butler shook the collar of his dark formal coat and smiled kindly.

Some young people can't get down.

"You are her father, don't be so rigid. And this is a public place, I can stay wherever I want, what right do you have..."

Only halfway through his words, he froze.

Because the young man saw the silver-haired old man tidying up his clothes, and the black suspenders that were briefly exposed under the armpit of his formal coat.

He was American and recognized it as a concealed holster.

The young man immediately realized something was wrong.

Even in North America, where guns are extremely rampant, the "concealed gun certificate" is the most difficult to obtain a gun certificate, but in Europe, this is no longer a difficult problem.

Only a small number of plainclothes policemen, MIB agents, and security personnel around senior officials and dignitaries are qualified to hold weapons with this kind of gun belt hidden under the armpit of a suit jacket.

Not to mention that this is an art museum with extremely strict security checks.

Now want to come,

Although European art museums do not prohibit art lovers from copying at will, such special exhibitions with a large flow of people usually require special permission to draw on the spot.

After wandering around the New Art Center for so long, he only saw this girl painting with an easel in front of the authentic works of famous artists, which is proof of that.

I should have realized that the identity of the other party is not simple.

Realizing that he had caught someone he shouldn't have provoked, the young man was overwhelmed all of a sudden. He lowered his head and walked obediently towards the gate of the art gallery.

When he left the gate of the exhibition hall in the future, he took a last look back unwillingly.

Then he saw a scene that shocked him to the extreme.

The beautiful girl in a wheelchair looked at the screen of her mobile phone, her eyes and eyebrows, which were as cold as the frozen snow on a high mountain, melted little by little.

She was originally extremely beautiful, but extremely cold.

When I laughed at this moment, there was a feeling of the warmth of spring and the revival of all things.

Not only was he dumbfounded.

Many tourists couldn't help but pick up their mobile phones and secretly took pictures of the girl's intoxicating beauty.

"Excuse me, would you like to be my manager, Mr. Sloth?"

Looking at the invitation from Detective Cat on the screen, Anna felt a sense of satisfaction from the bottom of her heart.

She was very happy to receive the invitation from this African big sister, and even more happy to receive the invitation from the other party at this time.

In theory,
Detective Cat, now is not a very good time to hire an agent.

The biggest role of the broker is to find a suitable contract for the painter in the art market, handle various issues between the painter and the employer as an intermediary, and get remuneration or a share of the painter's income.

Although painters and brokers are a community of interests,

But sometimes they may not get along very well.

The biggest problem is the contract commission.

Many painters, especially illustrators, after finding a suitable employer, often feel that they do not need an agent, and there is no need for an agent to take such a large sum of money from their income.

In order to save hundreds of euros in intermediary fees, unscrupulous illustrators signed new contracts privately with their employers, bypassing their agents, and finally turned against each other. Examples abound in the art circle.

There are also some well-known brokers who not only ask for a high commission when signing a small painter, but also like to ask for a sky-high liquidated damages.

Then, like the Premier League clubs speculating on football players, they will wait for their painters to become famous, and then resell them to some big galleries for profit.

Anna can understand these situations.

Where there is money, there is dirt.

In the art circle, the objective reality is that brokers and illustrators are much closer to each other, and they are more vigilant against each other.

Obviously she was the detective cat contacted by the Scholastic Group in private, she could pretend she didn't know about it, but she was able to take the initiative to find herself, which made Anna's heart very warm.

"Of course, it's my pleasure."

Anna expressed her wish without any hesitation.

"Ms. Detective Cat, I am very happy to be your agent."

"There is a problem. I may not be able to get much money right now... Would you like to take a cut of my contract income? If not. I can only wait until the Scholastic Group contract ends and I get the money. Pay your salary."

"I don't want a salary, um... I just want a [-]% commission, do you think it's okay?"

Anna thought for a while and reported a number.

Objectively speaking,

A [-]% commission is neither high nor low in the field of illustration.

If Ms. Detective Cat is regarded as a first-line illustrator, the other party may not be able to find a lower-priced agent in the market.

Anna didn't make it very cheap on purpose.

She doesn't give a damn about how much money she gets from Detective Cat's contract.

With the contacts and reputation of the Elena family, if she wants to go to galleries like Gagosian and Lisson, a salary of one million dollars can only be regarded as a starting point.

What she cares about is this meaning.

Two people are bonded together, their names are connected together, and they are moving towards a goal together.

It's meaningless to drive less, and her contribution is not cheap.

"But I don't want any liquidated damages. If you feel that you don't need me anymore, or if my work is not worth the commission, we can all get together and leave."

"Of course, this is a very favorable condition for me." Detective Cat's answer was also very crisp.

　Try to add a new chapter tonight or tomorrow.

　　Most likely tomorrow.

　　I fight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)