Almighty painter

Chapter 217 Mrs. Sakai's Visit

During the holiday, Sakai Katsuko told Gu Weijing that the studio was going to be renovated.

He asked Uncle Alai to help him order a small bread from the moving company, and took all the more important works home.

At this time, the "Lucky Orphanage in Thunderstorm" opened in front of Hanks' eyes is a high-quality imitation that Gu Weijing's first copy is more than half the same as the original work of the second-class master.

Creating a painting and copying a painting are two completely different things.

When painting imitations, you don’t need to worry about it. You can compose the picture completely according to the original author’s strokes to restore the feeling of light, the change of warm and cold tones and the artistic conception of the picture.

Easier to understand.

The process by which painters create works of art from scratch is Tchaikovsky generally writing piano sonatas from beginning to end.

While copying some paintings without complicated techniques, I just play the compiled score on the keys according to the five-line score.

The difference is huge.

Copying and imitation are strictly prohibited in all art exhibitions, no matter whether they are large or small, and even some ordinary art competitions for middle school students.

If found, it will be disqualified immediately.

The reason is that the copied works of masters are inherently superior in the expressiveness of the picture.

Painting imitation is cheating,
It is very unfair to the contestants of other original works.

For the art students who study art, many of them painted the first piece of work that made them feel satisfied or surprised, which was copied.

It's not that they painted well, but that the master's original paintings are too outstanding.

They only imitated one or two parts of the fur, and with the help of the master, they painted a level beyond the limit that their original skill level could achieve.

The painting in front of me,
Gu Weijing copied this "Old Church" with the help of the thunderstorm weather, the location of the old church, and the people who added points to the system.

With the critical evaluation criteria of the system panel, the similarity between his painting and Senior Carroll's original work has reached 59.6%.

This number has properties that are difficult to replicate in a short period of time.

Gu Weijing tried to copy it again during the Peasant's Day holiday.

Without the assistance of the specific scene of the storm, Gu Weijing's normal oil painting technique can reach 50.00% stably, which is not bad.

The six-point resemblance of Ms. Carroll's brushwork is not comparable to the picture perception of ordinary painters' works.

There is also the treatment of the rich and clear dark tones of the painting itself, and the kind of candlelight and its reflection on the window form a beautiful dance of lines.

They are also very surprising paintings.

Hanks opened his mouth slightly.

"The painting is worth at least nine thousand or ten thousand dollars."

Compared with "The Orphanage in the Sun", Gu Weijing directly paid double the price for the "Old Church" copied by Gu Weijing.

"It's really a treasure."

When the idea of ​​wanting to sign the young artist came to mind.As a senior agent, a balance appeared in Hanks' heart.

At one end of the balance stands the child Gu Weijing.

The other end is the bargaining chip Ma Shi Gallery is willing to pay.

The number of chips will increase and decrease accordingly according to various information obtained by Hanks.

A combination of Europe and Asia, a painting method that is suitable for both East and West, add!
The painting method is too similar to Lang Shining, a little less points.

The age is only 17 years old, and the raise is fierce!
For the face of Professor Sakai, keep raising your bets!

In the eyes of Westerners, the painters who came from the art deserts of small places will lose points.

……

The offer he made to Gu Tongxiang just now was after he finally weighed various conditions, and he thought it was sufficient to sign the conditions given by Gu Weijing.

Paris, South France, Venice, London... Hanks has met hundreds of high-end practitioners such as artists, professional curators, and museum directors over the years.

The number of famous paintings I have witnessed is even more difficult to count, and there are very few things that can stir up waves in Hanks' heart.

Gu Weijing's current level of fusion painting may be considered half, this kid's age is one, and the impressionist work with dark tones in front of him is another.

Ding, ding, ding——

If there is really a physical balance in front of him in the real world, at this moment, the chips all over the sky are falling into Hanks' heart like big beads and small beads falling on a jade plate.

"This is an imitation that Gu Weijing copied from an oil painting."

Gu Tongxiang is a kind person, he hesitated for a moment, but still reminded him.

"Imitation... oh, imitation."

Hanks blinked.

"Is there such an excellent work in the art gallery here in Yangon? It's rare." He wondered.

"It's not in the museum's collection, it was collected by my grandson outside."

Mr. Gu Tongxiang didn't hide in front of the manager of Ma Shi Gallery either.

He went to the outer room and took out Carroll's authentic work from the safe.

Wealth is not revealed,

Since the painting must be very valuable, it may be very valuable.

Mr. Gu Tongxiang didn't intend to hang it in his own gallery store, so that Gu Weijing would secretly put it away when he didn't need to copy.

The target customers of their small shop cannot afford such high-priced artworks, so don't get robbed just to show off.

"It's a pen."

"This line."

"The color is also amazing."

When Hanks saw Carroll's original painting, he kept tsk tsk tsk.

"If it's an imitation, you can't participate in the exhibition. Ma Shi Gallery will not sell imitations." Hanks wrinkled his nose.

If this happens to Lao Tzu——I hold the original painting in my hand, imitate it as my own creation, and take it out for exhibitions, no one should know.

Hanks thought secretly in his heart.

"Received? How much did it cost?" He was curious.

"Around 2000, dollars."

"Lucky boy." Hanks licked his lips, "You can't sell this painting in your store, so I'll take it, $[-], how about it?"

"Professor Sakai Kazunari paid more than [-] yuan." Gu Tongxiang said softly.

"Sixty thousand dollars, huh, Professor Sakai really loves painting." Hanks hesitated for a while, and didn't mention buying the painting again.

The number of modern works by unknown painters of unknown origin is close to the ceiling.

Collectors who use such a large sum of money to buy paintings, unless they are really not short of money, more collectors still have to consider investment appreciation rather than pure appreciation.

Sixty thousand dollars can buy a set of Henri Matisse's essay sketchbook, Picasso's collages, or miscellaneous miscellaneous items such as silver plates and clay pots he made.

The artistic value of these things is definitely not higher than this oil painting, but they are all works of really super famous artists, which is equivalent to spending money to buy a name.

As far as investment expectations are concerned, the appreciation space is much higher than that of Anonymous' fine oil paintings.

"Even if it is an imitation, this imitation is a bit scary."

Hanks compared the original work with Gu Weijing's imitation.

He doesn't want to worry about some small money now: "Mr. Gu Tongxiang, how about it, we can give an extra [-] US dollars in allowances. We have maintained good cooperative relations with the visual art departments of more than [-] famous European art schools. If If necessary, we can provide Gu Weijing with a university quota, and the Ma Shi Foundation will also cover the cost of further study."

"If you, the guardian, agree, we'll sign the contract when we leave the house. Believe me, you won't find a more generous price."

Gu Tongxiang really felt that this condition was strong enough.

Especially the latter condition is really exciting.

The cost of foreign art colleges is only slightly lower than that of some private medical schools.

Similar to the law school, the tuition fee for one semester is [-] euros, and each academic year is divided into four semesters, which is common.

If you can’t get a scholarship, you might be able to bear debts equivalent to the amount of a suburban apartment in the bank after finishing college. Moreover, it is very difficult for foreigners to apply for student loans, and the interest rate is high if they are approved.

Do the math.

The benefit of Mashi Gallery alone is no less than the annual allowance.

"Can Ma Shi Gallery guarantee that it will hold a solo exhibition for Gu Weijing?" Gu Tongxiang asked.

"As long as he performs well, we have no reason not to give him resources." Hanks' answer is still very artistic in language.

Gu Tongxiang was still hesitating.

At this moment, the old man's cell phone rang. He answered the phone, said a few words, and turned to Hanks.

"Gu Weijing will be back soon, let's listen to the child's opinion."

When Hanks walked out the door, he found that the interpreter was a little behind two steps, and gave him a wink.

"I probably understand. You want to spend tens of thousands of dollars to sign a middle school student?" The translator rolled his eyes.

"So?" Hanks was expressionless.

"Why don't you give me some favors, the money in the briefcase belongs to me, and I'll help you deal with this family." The translator blinked again, with a cunning tone.

"You? You know how to paint."

Hanks looked at the translator in front of him wonderingly.

"I don't know how to paint, but I know the rules." The translator laughed at the foreigner for not knowing how to do it.

He engages in business and legal English like this, and in a humane society like Yangon, he sees a lot of local bureaucrats that he comes into contact with on a daily basis.

Think to yourself about how power works.

"Myanmar has very strict foreign exchange control laws. It is a criminal offense for individual citizens to hold foreign exchange equivalent to more than 400 million kyats. The law is like this, and there is a lot of room for specific manipulation. These are foreign tourists. Few of the shops are completely legal and compliant. I have some local contacts, and it is easy to deal with them.”

The interpreter smiled slyly, and said quietly: "As long as you bribe with a little money, this kind of family, you can do whatever you want."

Hanks rolled his eyes and looked at the translator with a foolish look.

What an idiot cannon.

What he wants to sign is an artist, not to buy a beautiful girl to be a whore in the street. If there is really a grudge, it will be a lose-lose result.

Most of the real dirty tricks in the gallery industry are built into contracts.

Similar to the percentage of commission deduction and the payment method of share settlement, whether the painter needs to bear the curatorial expenses, as well as liquidated damages and exemption clauses that obviously favor the gallery.

Some galleries especially like to use this kind of thing to trap novices who don't know how to do it.

It seems that the content is very lucrative, but in actual operation it is full of traps.

The easiest way.

The artist sells 50 U.S. dollars of art every year, and the 50-30 share should be divided into half, which is [-] U.S. dollars.At this time, the gallery will make an account and tell you that it has spent [-] US dollars to hold a solo exhibition for you this year, and the money must be deducted first.

If the contract you sign stipulates that the curatorial expenses need to be deducted before the share, maybe the painter Bai Gan will still owe the gallery money in the end.

Hanks is not such a pure person.

Ma Shi Gallery dug a hole and forced the contracted artist to lose money. It would be a bit embarrassing to go to court to sue, but we can bury several such clauses in our hands.

Even if he only signs a short contract now, he will not be able to renew the contract as he wants in the future.

The reason why he didn't do this was not that Hanks didn't want to put the bit firmly on the donkey he bought, but mainly because of the face of the introducer, Professor Kazushige Sakai.

It's fine to bully the ignorant little turtle.

The "friend" introduced by the great artist Kazunari Sakai, Hanks didn't dare to cheat.

Before he came to Yangon, he also did a corresponding background investigation. He knew that Professor Sakai Kazunari stayed in Yangon for more than a month at the beginning of the year and participated in the restoration project of the Shwedagon Pagoda by the Myanmar government.

Hanks even knew that Gu Weijing and his grandfather were also on the list for this project.

He speculated that it was at this time that Professor Sakai accidentally discovered Gu Weijing's talent and became fond of talent, so he recommended Gu Weijing to Ma Shi Gallery that night.

With the identity and status of this family, they are far from qualified to cling to such a great artist as Sakai Kasunari, so they should not have any too close relationship with Professor Sakai.

Even so,

Hanks' contract is still good.

The painting circle is really talking about strength nakedly, and sales determine a sea of ​​social status.

The essence of art is a game where the big fish eats the small fish.

Big galleries eat small galleries, big artists eat small artists, and whoever is at the top of the food chain has more power to speak.

This Gu Weijing's sales are zero, so he is just plankton.

Deckard Allen can sell 500 million US dollars of paintings a year, he is a hammerhead shark that can be carefully served by the Marsh Gallery.

Professor Kazunari Sakai can sell works worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

In this water area, even if he is not the Cthulhu sea monster with 45 tentacles lying on his stomach in the abyss, he is definitely a chubby fat blue whale.

If such a master cannot be signed, he must also give the other party enough respect.

Even after Professor Sakai introduced Gu Weijing and left him behind, Hanks did not dare to go too far.

pity--

Don't know why.

On the phone, Professor Sakai admired this young man very much, but he didn't intend to accept him as an apprentice.

Otherwise, where would it be necessary to arrange for Gu Weijing to go to Deckard Allen's studio.

If he could become the kind of personal disciple that Sakai Kasunari loved very much in his private studio, his contract alone would be worthy of the big boss, Mr. Ma Shi III, to read it personally.
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The driver wearing white gloves drives like an invisible and transparent person. There is no radio or music playing in the car.

Thick aluminum doors and double-layer laminated glass isolate most of the noise on the road, and the black Mercedes-Benz drives like it is suspended in the air.

It's embarrassingly quiet.

Ever since Gu Weijing got in the car, he felt a little uncomfortable and embarrassed.

In the co-pilot position, the blond Mrs. Sakai was always looking at herself through the rearview mirror of the car. Her eyes were condescending and arrogant in the past, but they also carried a stronger sense of scrutiny than before.

The girl sitting next to him saw his nervousness, so she stretched out her hand and gently grabbed Gu Weijing's palm.

Gu Weijing is very sure.

This scene fell into the eyes of Mrs. Sakai in the front row.

The noble lady squinted her eyes, her eyes were dangerous, reminiscent of the eyes of a hunter looking at a country pig running wild in his cabbage field.

Just when he wondered whether Mrs. Sakai would let the parking lot throw herself into the Yangon River on the right in the next second.Mrs. Sakai turned her eyes away.

"There is orange juice in the armrest refrigerator in Nakajima. If you feel thirsty, you can take it yourself." The blond aunt said coldly.

(End of this chapter)