Almighty painter

Chapter 270 Tulips and Autism

Chapter 270 Tulips and Autism

"If there is any other bad news, let's tell it as well." Sir Brown said slowly, looking at Al-Khelaifi who was hesitant to speak.

"Um...do sales statistics count?"

Khelaifi opened the title page of "The Little Prince" and took out a note: "Just now I made a phone call to my friend in the publishing industry and got its first week's sales data."

"How many copies are expected to be sold, 2 copies? 3 copies?"

The chairman already had a bad psychological premonition, and unfolded the note in his hand.

"It's hard to say because the first week isn't over yet, but I think it should be more than that."

Sir Brown stared at the data on the note and fell silent.

【First day: 12296 copies】

[Second day: 7531 books]

[Day 6212: [-] copies]

[Day 6197: [-] copies]

[Day 5621: [-] copies]

【Total: 37857 copies】

"A total of nearly [-] books were sold in the first five days, which should have set a new record for the best-selling fairy tale book in history. It is only the sales performance in the UK."

Khelaifei's cheeks twitched: "Otherwise, why would I meet you in person to talk face to face? We may have made a mistake in our strategy and should be dealt with coldly. Many readers are curious, and the atmosphere of various online discussions is like There was free pre-publicity for the book before it went on sale."

"It doesn't make sense to say that now."

From the shareholder meeting, the moment Anna took "The Little Prince" out of her handbag, she didn't give him a chance to deal with it coldly.

Sir Brown crumpled up the note and threw it into the saucer on the other side.

He pondered for a moment: "We should see a more optimistic side. Our publicity is still effective. After the initial enthusiasm for public opinion was released, the daily sales of "The Little Prince" have now dropped by 60%."

"Such a hot sale is indeed slightly beyond everyone's original expectations. However, things are still within control. At least the public opinions of the mainstream art critics are under our control. Shareholder Al-Khelaifi, you are right, What we should do most now is put out fires and cut."

"Cut the relationship between the sales success and the illustrator. Then find a way to cut the relationship between this matter and the "Oil Painting" magazine. Don't let the public opinion field equate the success of this fairy tale book with the misunderstanding of the magazine. Judgment trend."

Good politicians can advance and retreat.

Sir Brown's head had cooled down.

Now that the objective fact that the sales of "The Little Prince" has been very successful has emerged.

The top priority now is not to continue to attack those who buy the new version of "The Little Prince" as idiots, so as to arouse readers' rebellious psychology.

He had to find a way to deprive Detective Cat of the sales honor of "The Little Prince", and at the same time, let the magazine escape from this unfavorable topic battlefield.

As long as the mainstream public opinion is still in your hands, it will not be difficult to accomplish this.

The rhetoric is ready-made.

If the amount of sales can be easily equated with the level of artistry, then the most artistic magazine in the world is not "Paintings", but "Playboy".

Wait for this matter to pass.

He, Sir Brown, had a million ways to deal with that detective cat.

"I'm afraid it's not as easy as you think. You haven't read the papers lately, my friend. There have been some bad voices in the mainstream media."

The American shareholders raised their eyebrows and reminded them quietly with a small voice.

"Which magazine is playing against us! I'm afraid it's a bit too impatient to rely on a Detective Cat to play against Tangtang's Oil Painting." Sir Brown was furious.

Everyone thinks that he, the "pope of art", is easy to bully or something.

"Oil Painting" magazine is the newspaper leader without any rival in the field of art criticism.

In terms of gold content, it can kill the other nine magazines in the top ten together.

Dare to stab his own knife at such a moment, I simply don't know how to write the word dead.

"It's not an art criticism magazine. It's a financial magazine. Have you subscribed to The Economic Critic or The Economic Critic? Even the CNN cable news network in the United States quoted them during its morning news period. article. You should probably really read it.”

"We can no longer suppress this kind of heat."

Sir Brown picked up the landline phone next to the table with a gloomy face and said a few words.

Immediately a clerk came into his office with a set of newspapers.

Reading newspapers is a daily compulsory homework for high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen. In order to keep in line with the high-net-worth readership, the staff common room of "Oil Painting" magazine subscribes to various mainstream European newspapers.

It only takes a few minutes to deliver a top financial newspaper like The Economics Reviewer.

On the cover of the newspaper was a huge cartoon that took up the entire page.

It was a golden balance with the words "oil painting" written on it.

There are a lot of white-bearded old men standing on the tray at one end of the balance, and a dialog prompt box is matched: "Miss Elena, you are wrong!"

At the other end of the scale is a lonely little girl in a wheelchair. The speech on the dialog box is: "Look me in the eyes and tell me that Detective Cat is a bad painter. Come on, you people, really understand art Well!"

The balance is now tilting in the direction of a large group of old men with white beards.

But there was a heavy-looking weight next to the little girl in the wheelchair, and it was about to fall from the sky.The weight has the title of "The Little Prince" written on it and the slogan "First week sales: More than 40K (more than [-] copies)".

The Economic Review also included a blurb for its cover cartoon - [Front page headline: The long-established oil painting magazine is about to set up its own art private equity fund, but after the rich hurriedly dialed the number of their personal financial assistants Before you prepare to transfer money, you might as well take a look at this interesting illustration battle. 】

Sir Brown turned to the first page of the paper.

The news commentary of "Economic Reviewer" is very long, occupying two full pages.

It combs through in detail the causes and consequences of the major reform of "Oil Painting" magazine, as well as the dispute between them at the shareholders' meeting about the artistic level of Detective Cat.

Judging from the gist of the entire article, the newspaper actually does not have the [Oil Painting Fund] that is about to take shape in the rumors that are very sensational and pessimistic.

Same as all mainstream financial analysts.

The Economic Critic also holds a positive, cautious and positive attitude.

It's just that the writing makes people feel a bit weird when reading it.

How to describe it.

It's like reading an editorial in a green-minded newspaper describing Saudi Aramco's efforts to become carbon neutral.

Obviously the whole article is praising you, but there are always some weird words to stab you.

As for the long-term trend of magazine reform, the "Economic Critic" even gave a relatively pessimistic negative attitude—[In June 1637, a tulip named 'Eternal Purple Emperor' in Amsterdam was sold for three The price of 6 Dutch gold coins.This is equivalent to the sum of the price of a sailing warship, a coastal manor and forty war horses. 】

[And the speculators who are gradually becoming popular in the trading market don't know.At this time, less than [-] days are left before the famous 'Tulip Crash Night' in history.The commercial transformation of the oil painting magazine, which is also led by Dutchman Sir Joss Brown, wonders whether it can learn from the lessons of its predecessors.Let’s listen to this newspaper’s exclusive interview with Anna Elena, a descendant of the founder of Oil Painting Magazine and a former member of the board of directors——]

Reporter: "Unbelievable, Ms. Elena, from the conversation just now, I can hear your pessimism about the future of the oil painting fund. This is almost completely different from the investment group in the market who can't wait to join this financial feast. The opposite attitude. And at this moment, you are still the largest private shareholder of the entire magazine. Outsiders are unanimously optimistic, and my family speaks bad things about myself. This is really a strange thing that I have never seen in my entire interviewing career!"

Ms. Elena: "The objective fact is that I was the one who was kicked out of the board because of disagreement. I don't shy away from this. It is impossible for a magazine to publish impartial art reviews and act for investors in the financial market. Play money games."

"A simple judgment question, if the truth is told, it may mean a loss. So how to choose? Artistic responsibility and profit, you can only choose one of the two. Regarding the matter of Detective Cat, the magazine made me feel ashamed Decision. It is an honor to be suspended for this matter."

Reporter: "Detective Cat, another Detective Cat. Ms. Elena, you repeatedly mentioned the name Detective Cat in previous conversations, and dismissed the African female painter from the magazine as the magazine founded by your ancestors. A landmark departure from artistic responsibility.”

"With all due respect, I don't intend to offend, but there is no systematic judgment standard for art. Regarding the issue of Detective Cat, is there a possibility that the shareholders of "Oil Painting" magazine are right, but you are wrong What about the side?"

Ms. Elena: "Art does not have a unified evaluation standard, but it is comparable to the case law that everyone is familiar with. You can pay attention to the works of Professor Boggs. He bought from the magazine "Oil Painting" The guide recommends a painter with a three-star painting knife."

"I didn't mean here that Professor Boggs's works are crude, because he is an excellent expert in knife painting. Compared with his works, the excellence of Detective Cat can be seen even more. There is another simpler way , Professor Boggs once published a collection of fairy tale illustrations for Disney."

"I believe it won't take long to tell the difference in word-of-mouth between these two sets of illustrations, regardless of reader reviews or sales. Of course, some people can say that artistic attainments cannot be measured by simple sales volume and money. Bar?"

Reporter: "Oh ma'am, you've said what I wanted to say. Is there anything wrong with this point of view?"

Ms. Elena: "On the contrary, there is nothing wrong with it. I am a holder of such a view. At some point, money is an external expression of artistic value, but artistic value cannot be directly linked to money."

"Then it's back to our original topic. A magazine affiliate who believes that art has nothing to do with money is leading a profitable private equity fund. From the beginning to the end, this incident reveals an incomprehensible black humor."

"..."

Sir Brown had given up reading any more.

He underestimated Anna.

The chairman himself is a person who is good at manipulating public opinion and controlling the media.

But his opponent was the heir of the Elena family, and Anna was not the kind of second-generation ancestor who would only cry in front of reporters or show a hilarious smirk.

She is also good at dealing with the media.

Miss Elena avoided Sir Brown's dominant art critics and chose an equally influential financial newspaper for an interview.

Long before she had the idea of ​​cutting this matter apart, Anna had already done it.

In media interviews, she turned the Detective Cat incident into a key point in the struggle between the Irina family and the oil painting management, just like the military flags that the two sides of the battle are fighting for.

The corners of the newspaper were pinched with fingers to make a few small holes.

"Hey, Sir Brown, I know you must want to tear up this newspaper right now. Believe me, when I read this report, I will definitely not be in a much better mood than you are now."

Khelaife sighed: "But I have to suggest that you hold your nose and read it, at least the last section. I have to say, I'm afraid, that's the worst part of this story."

"First week sales of 4 copies. How could it be worse? Even if you tell me that "The Little Prince" has won the top sales list this week, it won't make me feel any worse."

Sir Brown shrugged helplessly.

As the old gentleman spoke, his eyes still glanced at the paragraphs at the end of the newspaper.

[...Many readers may have been deeply impressed by the so-called real-shot corporate promotional video of Scholastic Group’s Easter book season on Youtube, Douyin, TV stations or subway stations.Many people already know that the book that made the crying girl smile is the new edition of The Little Prince.However, as well as general readers, scientists from King's College London and the ASD (Autism Medical Abbreviation) Trust Research Foundation were attracted by the advert. 】

[As we all know, autistic patients are called children from the stars. Since the concept of "art therapy" was proposed in the 30s, early intellectual intervention combined with painting and music has been the most common in the field of autism research. One of the treatment options used. 】

[Scientists have always hoped to find a piece of work that is enough to enter the heart of the child and become a link between the autistic child and the outside world.The effect of Detective Cat illustrations in advertisements has attracted the attention of researchers. 】

[Please note that based on the professional ethics of a news media, we cannot advocate the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of a new treatment without the seriousness of the FDA and other authorities.Just according to the content of the telephone consultation, the Scholastic Group has donated 1500 fairy tale books to King's College for auxiliary research. 】

[May the child recover soon! 】

"This guy's painting can also cure autism? What the hell."

With Sir Brown's self-restraint, he couldn't help but curse an ugly curse word.

what is this?
Will God be against him?
(End of this chapter)

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