Almighty painter

Chapter 219
"No, Mr. Marsh, right? How's the contract going?"

The ceremony is over.

Mrs. Sakai seemed to remember that there was an agent from Mashi Gallery beside her, and she casually raised her chin to the blond young man as a greeting.

Artists at this level of Kazushi Sakai almost have their own private management team specially hired.

Even if you sign a contract with a large gallery like Ma Shi, it is more like a business cooperation than an affiliation relationship, and you don't need to look at the face of the gallery or the gallery's agent at all.

Mrs. Sakai, the hunter agent outside, always responds when she is in a good mood, and let the other party go when she is not in the mood.

"Hanks, you can call me Hanks."

The agent continued to smile brightly.

He didn't expect Professor Sakai to have such a close relationship with this family.

He is also a transparent person, after thinking about it, he simply turned his head and smiled apologetically at Gu Tongxiang, and said frankly.

"I didn't lie to you. I just gave a very generous price within a reasonable range. There is indeed space, but not much. The investment of any gallery is to recover returns. Since you have to risk uncertainty when signing newcomers Sexual risk, price reduction is a common rule in the industry."

Hanks picked up the contract on the table, hesitated for a moment, wrote a few sets of numbers on the back of the contract with a signature pen, and handed it over.

"Generousness is generosity. Since Mrs. Cruz has come forward in person, this contract is void. Out of respect, I am willing to re-offer the highest quotation within the scope of my authority. If you are satisfied with this number, then we can reprint a copy new contract."

Mrs. Sakai didn't show much appreciation, and accepted the contract with a half-smile.

She didn't look at the new conditions given by Hanks at the back of the contract, but read the previous twenty pages of the contract carefully from beginning to end, and then nodded.

"It's really quite grand. The 20-year contract is a bit tricky, but it's a real villain on the bright side, so it's not too much."

Mrs. Sakai still spoke calmly, "If I see some strange terms on it, I may question the professional ethics of Ma Shi Gallery and add it to the blacklist of cooperation. At least I will also ask for a trustworthy broker to come talk about."

"You don't have to worry too much. Ma Shi Gallery has always regarded its artists as partners in the same boat, and will never play tricks behind the scenes. You can rest assured about this."

Hanks still had a smile on his face, and his words were high-sounding, and cold sweat broke out in his heart.

He knew he had just come full circle on the brink of unemployment.

Hanks Ma Shi's surname is Ma Shi, and he is just a distant cousin of the big boss Ma Shi San.

Many galleries are businesses inherited from the family. It is not a big deal to be named Ma Shi, and there are many colleagues who are related to each other.

Just because his surname is Ma Shi,
If Mrs. Sakai really questioned her professional ethics, the boss fired her for taking the blame, without even frowning.

hell,

You, Uncle Sakai Kasunari, looks round and round like a simple and honest good comrade, I didn't expect to play tricks on me here.

Hanks secretly scolded his mother for selling money in his heart.

Uncle Sakai wants to fucking make it clear, this little painter from Yangon is your best friend, such a close relative and friend.

Just rely on Gu Weijing's painting level.

I have obediently and obediently given all the conditions that can be given.

As a result, your voice on the phone was just a tone of casually carrying the younger generation. When signing the contract, you sent your wife to check the accounts.

There is such a test of people!
Hanks felt resentment in his heart,
He knew that he wanted to test whether his agent was worthy of long-term cooperation. He probably didn't make any big mistakes, or he was afraid.

He licked his lips and set his eyes on the interpreter beside him.

Hanks made up his mind, if the contract is not settled today, he will be fired when he goes back, and another person will be the translator tomorrow.

Danger.

Too dangerous!

Fortunately, I felt that the other party's suggestion was too idiot, so I didn't adopt it.

Really good people get rewarded.

"20 years? Common compliance in the industry is often only three years. This contract is a bit like a black shop. If not, you can contact Tokyo Gallery."

Sakai Katsuko stuck out her head, looked at the conditions in the contract, and suggested to her mother.

"I can make a concession, just sign for 15 years, Miss Sakai, sign this kind of unknown new..." Hanks shut up obediently in the middle of speaking.

He watched helplessly the girl who followed her mother after entering the door, and held Gu Weijing's hand generously: "He is my boyfriend, Mr. Yukito Tabata, the owner of the gallery, has been in the 2002 in Beijing since 798. The Art District is engaged in the BTAP (Beijing-Tokyo Asian New Generation Artist Project) project. Back then, he was willing to give me a customized contract, and Gu Weijing would definitely be interested.”

Hanks looked at the hands of the two young people holding each other, his face turned green.

Except wry smile,

Can't really make any other facial expressions.

Hanks noticed the intimacy between the two young people when they entered the door, and guessed in his heart.

But he still couldn't believe that Gu Weijing, who didn't look too unusual in appearance, could really get a little princess like Miss Sakai.

Now the facts are in front of us,

Hanks looked up and down the thin boy with light blue framed glasses not far away, and the admiration in his heart was like a surging river, endless.

"I gave a big fuck! This little brother is amazing! FUCK, master, really a fucking master, an absolute master in love."

What does it mean to fly up a branch and become a phoenix?

What is a master who eats soft rice?
Hanks finally figured out what was going on with the scene in front of him that made him confused.

It turned out that the mother-in-law came to support the son-in-law.

He was immediately in awe of Gu Weijing who met him for the first time,
Compared with the ability to paint, being able to meet a beautiful little rich woman is truly awesome.

literary media,
Eating soft food, hooking up with rich women, and engaging in nepotism are traditional arts since ancient times.

People like Titian and Balzac are the representatives of the hard-working people.

The latter engages in stories about rich, middle-aged and elderly widows, and it is almost as good as writing a tutorial on "Finding Men".When he was in boarding middle school, the ambitious Balzac looked at the bustling streets of Paris, and wrote down a grand life plan in his diary——I have three goals in life, making a fortune, engaging in literature, and for the first two years. Or, I should marry a rich widow.

Don't say far.

One of the most important news in the art world in the first half of 2022 is that paparazzi gossip that 27-year-old Canadian female painter Anna Weyant is dating Larry Gagosian, the founder of Gagosian Gallery, who is older than her grandfather.

Well-informed sources immediately began frantically buying Weyant's work.

Many paintings have skyrocketed by more than a hundred times in a short period of time.

Soon, Larry Gagosian, who was approaching his octogenarian age, announced that Weyant had been with him for more than a year and became the youngest artist represented by Gagosian Gallery since its establishment.

up to now,

Weyant's works have increased by nearly 4000 times at the highest, and works of the order of one million dollars have been sold frequently.

The arms market is not that crazy.

Hanks didn't have the slightest disdain for Gu Weijing in his heart, but only [-]% respect, admiration and longing.

Fox spirit, phoenix man, please don't be jealous, all of them are the true skills of hard bridge and hard horse.

This industry is highly competitive.

If you can date a high-class artist, you will save 20 years of detours.If you can find a gallerist or a great artist, you will be worth a hundred times immediately, and you can really reach the level of Murdoch's wife, Ms. Deng, and the French President and British Prime Minister, and they will treat you as a guest of honor.

Ms. Sakai needs to have a figure, a face, and talent.

Can soak this kind of white and rich beauty.

Hanks wished he could replace him with his body, and he was about to cry with envy.

"15 years, 70% of the commission, [-] US dollars in creative subsidies." Mrs. Sakai looked at the new quotation written by Hanks on the back of the contract, and read softly.

Whether this number is the best contract an agent can give is hard to say.

For newcomers, it is definitely already very generous.

"Forty thousand? Forty thousand dollars a year!"

Uncle didn't speak.

He drove Gu Lin, who wanted to watch the fun, back to the bedroom to do his homework, while suppressing his excitement, he hid in front of the ventilation fan, smoking heavily.

My aunt was already in a daze.

Forty thousand dollars.

forty thousand!

As soon as the blond woman sat at home, the quotation doubled several times.Forty thousand U.S. dollars is a huge amount of money in developed countries, and how many people cannot afford such a sum of money in their banks.

Forty thousand U.S. dollars, 15 years, is 60 U.S. dollars, converted to 20 billion kyats.

As soon as the opponent's upper lip touched the lower lip, it came out.

When my aunt was young, all the money was spent on the Golden Triangle to engage in a bloody small armed conflict, killing people and killing them.

"Xiao Gu, what do you think?"

Mrs. Sakai didn't say whether the price was good or not, but just asked Gu Weijing on the side.

Gu Weijing thought for a while.

Mashi Gallery is not the first gallery to want to sign itself.

After Mr. Hyperion's video was launched on Youtube, he actually received invitations from several galleries.

In addition, their family is in this business, and the bottom belongs to the bottom. Gu Weijing also has his own understanding of the general situation of the industry and whether the contract content is good or not.

"I think the stipend is a little too high."

No one in the room thought about it.

Gu Weijing would actually say such a thing.

Gu Tongxiang opened his mouth wide in surprise, Hanks frowned slightly, only Mrs. Sakai's face remained unchanged, and she hummed lightly, signaling him to continue.

"I think the subsidy is too high and the share is too low."

"Forty thousand dollars, the annual sales of many small painters' works is only of this order. I have no reputation at all, and I started with [-] dollars. I know that this is to buy my future with cash. Tens of thousands of dollars are very exciting for me. Heartbeat, between the greater interests in the future, I hope to choose the latter."

Gu Weijing said softly.

to be frank,
Faced with such a large sum of money, Gu Weijing really wanted to agree for a moment.

The concept of money is relatively weak, which does not mean that money is not needed.

The system is even more of a gold-swallowing behemoth.

If what Gu Weijing had before him was not $40 but $[-], he would have agreed without saying a word.

Poor people have never seen big money, and a loss in share is also a loss in the future.

Now as long as he has money, his painting skills can be improved quickly.

But with the launch of "The Little Prince" next month,
He should be able to get a final payment no less than forty thousand dollars.With the paid part-time job in illustration, tens of thousands of dollars is not enough to completely impress Gu Weijing at this time.

"What do you think? $[-] won't bother you. Young people are so loud now. If they were [-]% young, they would probably agree. Even if it's [-]% or [-]%, you still have to sell a painting worth less than $[-]." , to get so much money.”

Mrs. Sakai raised her eyelids and joked with a smile.

Thinking about it in his own shoes, when Kazunari Sakai was in college, if there were such a generous offer from a large gallery, he would probably not refuse it.

This is due to the fact that the US dollar was more valuable at that time.

But at the same time, it shows that this young man's ambition is quite big.

"I know that only the top of the art pyramid can sell works with this transaction amount." Gu Weijing nodded.

"Wrong, the art industry is not a pyramid. The art industry is a big, thin head. The painters at the top are as beautiful as the painters at the bottom."

"You can see KAWS, Damien Hirst earning hundreds of millions of dollars a year, and you can also see countless people who can't even earn thousands of dollars."

Mrs. Sakai thought she had better tell the little brother about the cruelty of the business.

"I heard rumors that among the 193 contracted painters signed by Ma Shi Gallery last year, about a dozen of them had zero sales last year." She said this to Hanks.

"NO, the rumors outside are not credible, besides, some contracted painters are engaged in avant-garde art, and their creations are relatively slow..."

Hanks had no confidence in what he said.

Since the decline of Mashi Gallery, it will only announce the sales of top painters, and the rest... Well, it is a commercial secret.

"And how many of them had total sales over $10?"

"39 people."

Hanks hesitated for a moment, and said hesitantly, this number is not as good as some second-tier galleries.

"But we have seven painters over a million dollars, including $940 million..." He immediately wanted to add some decent numbers.

"Okay, I just want to tell Xiao Gu some simple numbers." Mrs. Sakai waved her hand, interrupting the agent's promotion.

"Whether it is Ma Shi Gallery or Lisson Gallery, even Gagosian has signed some relatively 'less successful' painters."

Mrs. Sakai said quietly.

"In this world, there are no more than 1000 painters who can sell works of art worth 50 dollars a year, no more than 300 painters who can sell works of art worth 500 dollars, and only a few dozen painters who can sell works of art worth one million dollars. Those with annual sales of more than $[-] million will be at the top of the list of richest artists in the world."

"In 15 years, do you just believe that you can become one of the top 1000 people in the world's art tack?"

She looked directly into Gu Weijing's eyes.

Gu Tongxiang opened his mouth next to him, wanting to say something, hesitated for a moment, and then closed his mouth.

Only 1000 people earn $[-]?

Gu Weijing suddenly felt a little dazed when he heard this number.

It's not that the number of people is too small, but I suddenly realized that I seem to be one of the 1000 people.

Including this year's long-term publishing share, the price quoted by the Scholastic Group for the "Little Prince" project exceeded [-] US dollars.

Although the upper limit of serious art is extremely high, the lower limit is extremely low.

In the middle and lower-level fields, illustrators, game graphics and graphic design have higher incomes than pure painters, and it is easier to make money.

Although projects like "The Little Prince" are almost the ceiling of illustration contracts, without Mr. Sloth, who has great powers, no matter how good his paintings are, he will definitely not be able to get such a high-quality contract.

Although so much chance,
But he has indeed earned $[-], which is an achievement that many painters cannot achieve in their lifetime.

15 years in the future,
In the field of serious art, Gu Weijing thinks that he has no reason to think that this sales figure is beyond his reach.

"Uncle Sakai is willing to recommend me to Mashi Gallery because Uncle Sakai believes in my potential. Mashi Gallery is willing to pay this money because he also believes in my potential. He thinks that sharing it can get more benefits than a subsidy of tens of thousands of dollars."

Gu Weijing said softly: "They all believe in me, why shouldn't I believe in myself?"

"Gu Jun, I believe in you too."

Sakai Katsuko suddenly patted Gu Weijing on the shoulder.

In front of outsiders and the parents of both parties, saying such words made the tender-faced Sakai Katsuko blush, but she still felt that she should say something at this time.

"Well, don't worry, if you can't earn money, I will support you." She stroked Gu Weijing's hair.

Oh shit,

Talk about the contract, talk about the contract, and bring the show of affection!
Hanks almost spat out a mouthful of blood enviously while listening.

"This little girl is amazing. To be able to meet this kind of girl, it is worth going back to the bedroom and closing the door and burning incense sticks in front of the ancestral tablet." Gu Tongxiang leaned back on the seat with great comfort, looking at Katsuko Sakai How satisfied the eyes should be, how satisfied.

The kindness is about to melt.

The old man felt that there was no need for him to speak.

Forty thousand dollars is certainly good, and he felt a little reluctant, but Ms. Sakai even spoke up, even if their family was about to starve to death tomorrow, she couldn't just ask her to laugh at her family.

"Gu Weijing! There are a lot of places in the family that need money recently. You children don't know how hard it is to earn money. Forty thousand—"

Aunt disagreed.

She endured it for a long time, but still jumped out.

My aunt thinks this is stupid. Young people always take it for granted. In a chaotic place like Myanmar, painting big cakes is all nonsense. Only when you get it in your hand is it really yours.

People have said that there are so many people in the world, but less than 1000 people can earn this kind of money.

Everyone has two arms and one head, so why can't other people do it, but her nephew can!
There is no such thing as a down-to-earth split, guaranteed income in drought and flood, and reliable annual money.

"I think since I'm here to sign Xiao Gu, it's better to listen to his own opinion. If Miss Gu Lin is interested, I can also introduce the gallery to her. If she is willing to sign at that time, I can listen to you." Sakai The wife just glanced at her aunt and choked her back.

If someone else

Auntie might be about to throw a tantrum.

It's just that since Mrs. Sakai came to visit, at the same age, she is beautiful and expensive.

Middle-aged women also like to compare those things.

Comparing husbands, appearances, jewelry, sons and daughters.

My aunt was a little bit bleeding when she was hanged and beaten.

"Gu Weijing is my nephew, and I'm his aunt. The cost of studying abroad is high, and it's inconvenient to exchange currency in Yangon. With this money..." She was still trying to say something.

"Yes, then I believe that you must be thinking about Xiao Gu in your heart. Xiao Gu is an excellent young man. If the child has ideas, we as elders can help if we can. Well, don't worry about the money, I can help Give Xiao Gu Jian an account overseas." Mrs. Sakai said.

"Gu Weijing is not yet of age?"

"Citigroup's private overseas account does not need to be old. There is no need to change hands in Myanmar, and it will be convenient for him to spend in the future. Since you are doing it for his own good, there should be no reason to object."

Mrs. Sakai has seen a lot of family disputes that arise after the artist's prosperity.

After Uncle Sakai became prosperous, there were many relatives who came to visit him.

She knew that this kind of thing had to be distinguished from the very beginning, and the money had to be in her own hands.

Auntie's choked face turned blue and then pale.

In just a few words, a large sum of money swirled around in front of my eyes, and then ran away again.She was still unconvinced and wanted to say something, but was pulled away by Uncle who couldn't stand it.

Mrs. Sakai doesn't care about these things,

She also appreciated Gu Weijing's answer just now. After thinking about it, she also changed two numbers on the paper of the contract and pushed it back to Hanks.

"Just press this sign." She ordered without question.

(End of this chapter)