Almighty painter

Chapter 223 Anna's Little Thoughts

[The train slowly travels around the city, passing through the dark buildings, the bright lights and the white smoke of the locomotive reflect the charm of midnight...]

The phone vibrates lightly.

On the armrest sofa of the carriage, Anna looked away from the travel book "The Grand Bazaar of the Train" written by Paul Solu in her hand, and took out her mobile phone.

The train outside the window is slowly picking up speed and leaving the center of London behind.

After the thank you dinner with Osborne, Anna has no pressing schedule.

She didn't need to be in a hurry, so she asked the butler to book a first-class box on the next "Eurostar" train.

For no other reason,
Wealth not only allows people to take off from Paris and land in London within 45 minutes by private jet, but also allows Anna to spend a little more time leisurely walking along the cobweb-like railway lines, passing through Lyon, crossing the Ardennes, and finally arriving at the St. Anton Arlberg station in Austria.

She liked to watch the primroses and tulips slowly spreading and blooming across the carpet of lawns of the Continental plains in early spring.

It's like an oil painter using a soft brush to paint colorful arcs with colored dots on the green background.

Ok?
Anna's calm and good mood was easily broken by a new message from Detective Cat on her mobile phone.

"Mr. Sloth, I might be signing a new gallery."

The girl froze.

Detective Cat is about to sign a formal gallery, which has been expected by Miss Irina.

Anna is very well connected.

It's a pity that she is just a little girl, not a professional art dealer, let alone a large modern gallery with thousands of employees all over the world.

After all, professional brokers have to show their faces.

For a relatively simple contract such as an illustration contract, it is not a big problem for Anna to do it part-time behind the scenes.

But she hides her identity by herself, and it is impossible for her to complete the trivial work of organizing exhibitions, selling, contacting collectors, and coordinating the booths of art fairs.

Cutting Miss Elena into eight pieces alone will not do.

Industry specializing in surgery.

If one person "Mr. Sloth" can do such a complicated thing, then why do you need a professional gallery team?
Unless she decides to buy a gallery and hire a whole team of professionals just for Cat Detective.Otherwise, the career of a serious artist will always need the help of galleries for better development.

Of course she knew this.

When I first contacted Detective Cat, I suggested that I could introduce a pretty good gallery to him.

Signing a contract with Big Sister Detective Cat is a replacement and transition before the other party does not sign the gallery.

And therefore agreed a gentleman's agreement not to explore each other's identity.

A certain part of Anna's heart has always been very clear.

An excellent painter like Detective Cat should not be satisfied with only developing in the field of illustration, after all, he has to leave himself and go to a more serious aspect.

It's just that she didn't expect that this day would come so soon.

"congratulations."

Anna bit her lip lightly.

She suppressed her sadness, and still typed on the keyboard: "I am so lucky to be able to witness the birth of so many excellent works. Even if it is only a short month of cooperation, this is still a very precious memory. If you need any help in the future, or continue to want to develop on the way of illustration, even if I am no longer your agent, you are welcome to contact me."

"Scholastic Group is a leading company in the publishing industry. I personally think that you can continue to cooperate with the gallery after obtaining the consent of the gallery. In addition, I suggest to Ms. Detective Cat that you'd better wait until the book "The Little Prince" is released before signing a contract with the gallery, and..."

Anna pressed Enter, her fingers hovering above the on-screen keyboard.

She hesitated whether to tell the other party,
I should be at Osborn's place, and won the nomination for the other party for the [Scholastic Writing and Art Outstanding Contribution Master Award].

Ms. Elena firmly believes that as long as the market is given enough time, the illustrations of the new edition of "The Little Prince" will be able to pass the shock from the shallow readers to the upper collectors like dominoes.

Simultaneously,

Although illustrations are not serious enough, the publishing house's [Master Award for Outstanding Contribution] is the most serious award in the entire industry.

Both of these can greatly enhance the level of illustrators, elevating "illustrators" abruptly to the level of "artists".

Anna thinks,

Signing a gallery is of course a great thing.

It's just that Ms. Detective Cat should wait another month or two. At that time, her popularity and collector's market recognition will increase, so that she can exchange for greater benefits for herself.

When Gu Weijing saw Mr. Sloth's reply on the screen, he knew that the uncle had misunderstood.

"Mr. Sloth, we have had a great time working together, and I am very grateful for your efforts. I have no reason to change the agent I work with, or I have no intention of drawing illustrations anymore."

Gu Weijing explained.

"The gallery?"

"A friend recommended me to a large gallery with a long history. The gallery didn't know that I had also painted illustrations on the Internet, but was simply interested in my painting techniques."

"I just think I should inform you. At the same time, I want to know, will this affect our cooperation?"

That's it.

Miss Elena saw a new message on the phone screen.

She actually felt a sense of relief in her heart.

In the fairy tale book, the little prince spent so much time on the rose, so it was his rose.

Anna has spent so much effort and energy on Detective Cat, and by the same token, it belongs to her big sister.

No matter how she tapped the words of congratulations on her fingertips.

Miss Yi Lianna still has a considerable degree of reluctance in her heart for the fact that the painter she raised with soul resonance will run away with other gallery owners.

"I don't have any problems here."

Anna immediately replied: "It's agreed in the contract. I'm just the manager of the virtual artist of 'Detective Cat'. Your signing with the gallery does not conflict with us."

"But I suggest that you need to make a clear agreement with the gallery in advance to avoid future troubles. Is the painting regular? If it is a small gallery, I don't recommend you sign it, or only sign a short-term contract that is renewed every year."

"Really want to sign a gallery, maybe I can find a better one for you."

Anna suggested.

Painting knife painting is no longer welcomed by the mainstream art circles, and it is also popular.

Boggs is also a tenured professor at the Brooklyn Academy of Arts.

If you can paint as well as Sister Detective Cat, some first- and second-tier large galleries will also be interested.

and.

Deducting the painting with a knife, the sketch of Detective Cat itself is also a must.As long as it works properly and has suitable referees, it is not difficult to even sign some big galleries.

"It would have been better if it had been earlier." Anna felt a little regretful.

The Jelena family has communication channels with the top galleries, but in order to maintain its neutrality, "Oil Painting" magazine has not had close contacts with those galleries in the past.

It was incomparable to her relationship with Uncle Osborne.

At the same time, the conflict between Anna and Sir Brown of "Oil Painting" is not a particularly secret news in the upper art world.

At this time, those big gallery owners will definitely have concerns about signing the painters recommended by her.

Especially after Detective Cat was removed from the buyer section of "Oil Painting" magazine, it is more like a question of standing.

These gallerists are all savvy.

A De Jong Vandoorne accusation, they can care less.

But standing on the opposite side of the management of the entire magazine like "Oil Painting", which can play a decisive role in the hearts of collectors, unless they are full and feel that the gallery management is not challenging.

It would be too ugly to shut the door for Miss Irene.

If now Anna makes a private call as a senior collector.

Even Larry Gagosian will respond to her flattering smile, whether it is buying paintings or exchanging collections, it is a matter of one sentence.

But if you recommend an agent painter...

Well, since you know that the result will be hypocrisy, why bother yourself.

"Don't worry about this. The gallery that signed me is not only very formal, but also very large. It is an intercontinental gallery. This is the problem. I have no qualifications to negotiate conditions in front of the other party..."

Gu Weijing and Mr. Sloth expressed their perplexity - he didn't want Ma Shi Gallery to deal with Detective Cat.

encountered difficulties,

Mr. Sloth is a great listener, be it painting or otherwise.

He clearly remembered that when he first joined the uncle, the other party once offered to read the contract for him, so he should be very knowledgeable.

"understood."

Anna chatted on the phone for a while, and she knew what Ms. Detective Cat needed in her heart.

"Since Intercontinental Gallery...well, it should be the exclusive agent?" She asked after thinking about it.

"Yes, it's an exclusive agent, but I read the terms above, which only limit that I can't cooperate with other galleries or go to auctions. It seems that there are no restrictions on illustrations."

"That's it."

Anna thought for a moment.

She didn't immediately tell the other party whether she could sign or not. There are many legal twists and turns, which cannot be explained clearly in two or three sentences on social software.

"If you don't mind, can you send me the contract for a look?"

"Hold on."

Before the other party returns to the hotel,
Gu Weijing added Hanks' work social account, and Hanks also sent him a PDF copy of the contract in his mailbox.

He called up the PDF on the computer, mosaiced out all the information about "Ma Shi Gallery" in the contract, and then sent the file to Mr. Sloth.

It's not that Gu Weijing insists on guarding against Mr. Sloth.

But since he hopes to treat Gu Weijing and "Detective Cat" as two identities that cannot be combined and associated by outsiders in the future.

So it's better to pay attention to such trivial matters.

No matter how widely Ma Shi Gallery casts a net to catch fish, it is still a leading gallery that takes the elite line. In its history of more than a hundred years, it has only signed a total of about [-] painters.

In case the news gets out.

As long as anyone knows that Detective Cat is about to sign a contract with Mashi Gallery, he will scan twice with his eyes on the updated list of represented painters on the global official website of Mashi Gallery.

It is easy to lock his true identity.

"I have to work for a while at night, please help me get a computer? I also want a cup of coffee, no milk and no sugar." Anna received the new file and took out the mini walkie-talkie in her pocket.

In the [-]th century, when the upper class traveled by train, it was customary for the owner to book a first-class compartment at the host’s house, and to reserve a first-class or second-class berth at the back of the carriage for the personal servants.

Anna has a bad leg.

She simply booked two independent boxes next to each other, and the two nurses who were close to her lived next door to her.

2 minutes later,

The nurse in a black and white petticoat delivered the computer and the coffee from the dining car to the table in front of Anna's armrest sofa.

"Well, at least it looks like the contract is pretty formal."

Miss Yi Lianna read the content of the contract page by page on the computer screen, flipping the pages non-stop, sometimes highlighting some specific terms.

When a girl browses a contract, the first thing she focuses on is almost the same as that of Mrs. Sakai.

The standard contract of each gallery has its own unique style. Whether a gallery is a black shop that sells people can be seen by looking at the terms of the contract.

She didn't see those pitiful conditions, but her eyes paused for a moment on the share and age limit.

"15 years, 70% commission?" Anna thought for a while.

On this copy of the contract, Hanks still prepared the conditions and quotations before he first came to Yangon.

The draw is neither good nor bad.

It's just that the number of years is a bit too long, but Anna can understand if it is the Intercontinental Gallery that Ms. Detective Cat is talking about.

She put this thing aside for the time being, and carefully browsed the relevant fields of agency content.

"Restricting the auction, this contract clause is not very favorable."

Anna shook her head slightly.

If an illustrator goes to a high place, if he wants to break the circle, he will inevitably have to cooperate with the auction house.

KAWS is a frequent visitor to the auction house.

Even Takashi Murakami, who has similarities to his artistic style, often jointly announces with galleries and auction houses to hype hand-made, trendy toys, and inkjet illustrations with a unit price of more than 500 million US dollars.

Not to mention whether Detective Cat will take this route in the future, and whether it can reach this point.

Just the terms kill that possibility.

Anna took out her phone again.

Except when passing through the undersea tunnel and over certain mountains, Eurostar trains, as the pride of the old European railway industry, have mobile phone signals throughout the journey.

Anna didn't reply to Detective Cat in a hurry, but chose a name in her classmates and dialed it.

The art industry, the financial industry, and the political industry all belong to circles that are very particular about industry contacts.

High-end people are often seniors who graduated from the same school.

Certain colleges of Oxford University once provided more than 90% of the top eight and 30.00s senior bureaucrats.

The WYN Academy of Fine Arts, where Anna University studied, is one of the oldest art academies in Europe.

It is famous for two things.

It has the top five departments of art theory and cultural studies in Europe all the year round, and the Academy of Fine Arts once rejected a young art student with a mustache who dreamed of this institution for two consecutive years in 1907 and 1908.

Minus the latter, an unpleasant episode that has affected human history.

Since the 21st century, WYN Academy of Fine Arts has still cultivated a large number of high-end talents in the high-end art industry.

There are also a large number of people in the upper class who send their children here to cultivate their artistic accomplishment.

For example, Anna,
For example, her former roommate Aurora is now a senior administrative manager of the largest private gallery in Bern, the Swiss capital. Looking at art agency contracts is completely within the scope of her profession.

In fact, Anna didn't have to look for Aurora just to look at the business contract.

The Jelena family has a long-term consultancy agreement with the oldest law firm in Glitz.Anna has professional private legal counsel.

but,
She couldn't help but think a little bit.

"Aurora, show me a contract...By the way, you are a professional, can you tell which gallery the contract template and style used?"

As soon as the phone was connected, Anna couldn't help asking curiously.

(End of this chapter)