Almighty painter

Chapter 282 Emotional Chat Room

"How to say?"

"What else can I say, try to please her as much as possible."

"I guess they will ask you to talk about your creative mood, inspiration and connotation. You can just talk about how you drew it, if necessary. You can also mention that you will be launching more works at Ma Shi Gallery... …never mind."

Hanks hesitated for a moment, then changed his mind: "Let's not talk about this for now, at least not on the first chat. It seems that you are eager to stick to other people's wallets."

"I understand. I want others to praise me, but I don't want to express it right away. This would be too explicit." Gu Tongxiang nodded.

For an old man like him who has experienced the ups and downs of life in Southeast Asia, there is absolutely no need for a young man like Hanks to teach him how to behave.

"That's what I mean. Anyway, building a good relationship with such a big buyer will always only bring benefits." Hanks giggled twice on the other end of the phone. "When you opened a gallery in the past, you would also leave some contact information of generous customers to maintain customers and cultivate your own base. It is the same thing now."

Gu Tongxiang completely understood the purpose of Hanks's call.

Not only is the painter a profession where personal connections are king, but the gallery is also a personal connection business.

For top galleries in the industry such as M&A and Gagosian Gallery, their greatest asset is actually not their annual nine- or ten-digit sales.

It’s the list of big buyers who have good relationships and transaction records with the gallery.

Gu Tongxiang's top friends on Whatsapp and WeChat chat software are a counselor from the South African Embassy in Johannesburg and a gem dealer from Eastern Xia.These two brothers have supported Gu Weijing and Gu Lin’s Dulwich tuition fees for several years.

The South African counselor was later promoted to Russia. Mr. Gu Tongxiang was really sorry to lose this big customer who loved oriental art.

"I thought being an agent of Ma Shi Gallery would be a little different...for example, a bit cooler." Gu Tongxiang shook his head.

"We are quite aloof to ordinary buyers, except for the real wealthy people. You have never seen the big boss Mas III at some celebrity social dinners. He looks like a big swallowtail butterfly spreading pollen crazily. No. They kept exchanging phone numbers and promoting their own galleries. After all, connections are wealth."

Hanks chuckled twice and said: "It's just that big galleries like ours have greater ambitions. Mr. Gu, you used to add customers on WeChat in order to sell more paintings worth [-] US dollars. Our ultimate goal now is to see how much money we have." Can she sponsor your solo exhibition or something?"

"Do you know who bought your work?" Hanks on the other end of the phone licked his lips, "It's Miss Anna Elena, the Elena from Oil Painting magazine."

In fact, it is not common for collectors to directly add painters to social software.

Even if the ordinary white-collar middle class is willing to buy paintings from Ma Shi Gallery, they are not qualified to ask for the painter's contact information.

Really big buyers pay great attention to personal privacy, and galleries want to but don't dare to disturb others.

Even Hanks only knew that the buyer was a super VIP. He didn't know her specific identity until the other party took the initiative to contact her today.

The person who photographed Gu Tongxiang's "Peony Painting" turned out to be Miss Irina, who is now trapped in the center of the whirlpool of public opinion in the art world.

This is not a bad thing.

Regardless of the final outcome of the dispute between Miss Irina and the management of "Oil Painting" magazine, which one is right or wrong.

The wallets of the Jelena family still smell very good.

"It's this family."

Gu Tongxiang was in awe when he heard this.

He did not expect that he would have direct contact with such a legendary figure in the history of art in his lifetime.

"So let you seize the opportunity! You don't know that they bought an unknown pawn painter like you... who makes objective statements and has no malice... and they also actively want to know how difficult it is to encounter the artist himself. People Just drop some money in the cracks of your fingers and it will be enough for you to hold a personal art exhibition."

"Unfortunately, your luck is not very good either. Now I heard that Miss Elena had a falling out with Sir Brown, the head of "Oil Painting" magazine. In the past, if you could be published in the main magazine of "Oil Painting" In the visual arts column, if the editor recommends a few hundred words, that’s how you make money.”

When hanging up the phone, Hanks' tone was still a little regretful.

After ending the call with his agent, Gu Tongxiang stopped washing the car.

The old man leaned against the car door, first took out his mobile phone and searched for Anna Elena's name on Google.

"This girl is really a mark. It turns out to be her."

Gu Tongxiang smoothed his hair.

Even though the old man's memory is not very good, after seeing a few media photos, he still immediately remembered the content of the YouTube video he had seen on the online TV in the restaurant at home a few months ago.

When a girl is so beautiful and sits in a wheelchair, it is difficult to forget her intentionally.

Old Man Gu sniffed, and his back was like an old caterpillar, twisting proudly against the car door several times.

It's not that Mr. Gu Tongxiang is boring or crooked, he certainly doesn't have any other thoughts.

Simply contented.

The so-called gifted scholars and beauties, gifted scholars and beauties, are ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, from east to west, north and south.

In the life dramas of great artists, there must be stories of conquering beautiful girls with their talents.

Su Shi and Wang Wei, the two peak literati painters of the Eastern Xia Dynasty, were actually very popular with women in history, especially romantic figures who were liked by ladies and ladies.

Needless to say, Tang Bohu and Liu Yong, the notorious old man Qian Qianyi and Qian were accompanied by Liu Rushi.

The great painters and writers in the West are all walking pile drivers, sources of sexually transmitted diseases, and one is racing the other in debauchery.

Some painting schools even have a coquettish declaration like "works that can conquer beautiful girls are good works".

The career of an artist contains a hidden gene of boredom.

Mr. Cao Xuan was also a very popular figure when he was hanging out in Shanghai's Shili foreign market.

"No wonder why I was able to hook up with Miss Sakai because I have good genes, like me. It's a pity that I'm old."

Mr. Gu pried his beard and looked at Anna's photo. He had no dirty thoughts in his mind, but was filled with a huge sense of vanity.

Your grandpa is your grandpa.

He was able to attract the favor of the heiress of the Elena family, but he was inferior to his grandson.

When Wang Wei was writing the scroll, a poem conquered Princess Yuzhen and passed it down as an elegant and beautiful story through the ages. It was nothing more than this.

Princess Yuzhen is not known for her appearance, so she must not be as beautiful as Miss Elena.

Gu Tongxiang stayed there for a while, then finally calmed down, opened the chat software Whatsapp, and clicked on a link that Hanks had sent.

In order to protect privacy, Whatsapp can add friends through the specific link generated without using the mobile phone number.

[Are you sure you want to apply to add contact Anna Elena to your address book? 】

The phone screen jumped to the social homepage, and the corresponding chat prompt popped up.

The social homepage is very clean, without any redundant notes or messy online names, only the simple German name Anna Elena.Her avatar is neither like Musk’s Twitter page, which is full of two-dimensional anime otaku style, nor is it a personal headshot or life photo like many business people or celebrities.

Anna's homepage photo is an impressionistic oil painting of a big dog with black and white spots, which actually reflects the feeling of a young girl.

Gu Tongxiang didn't remember a famous painting like this, and she didn't know if she painted it herself.

"Huh? It's not the account of someone's assistant or secretary. It looks like it's the private account used by Miss Anna."

Gu Tongxiang was even more surprised.

He clicked OK to add the other party as a friend, and almost immediately, the application was approved.

Gu Tongxiang was still racking his brains to think about how to write a suitable self-introduction as an opening statement, but the other party had already sent a new message.

[Bonjour Monsieur Gu, vos dessins m'impressionnent. (Hello, Mr. Gu, I am deeply impressed by your paintings)]

A large line of Latin letters that he didn't recognize at all appeared on the screen.

strange,
Is that... French?
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at the same time,

Gu Weijing walked into his bedroom, locked the door, turned on the sound card on his computer, and then entered the reserved ZOOM online chat room.

Mr. Sloth is already waiting in the chat room.

"Bonjour"

"Bonjour."

"Being able to use illustrations to treat autism, if successful, will be a sensational good news. Ms. Detective Cat, please support me."

"of course."

The two exchanged casual greetings.

They usually communicate in English, and occasionally use French words as they do now.

Mr. Sloth speaks French fluently.

When studying Western art to a high level, there are several countries that cannot be avoided.

In the history of art, Britain and the United States can only be regarded as second- or third-rate countries.

American collectors are relatively rich, and the courage of major art foundations to acquire art at auctions may only be matched by buyers from Eastern Xia.

But after all, the history is relatively short, and the artistic and cultural heritage is much worse.

To this day, it still has not completely shaken off the image of a country that is regarded as an upstart country.

The shortcoming of the UK is that only the name Turner on the cover of the [-]-pound note can illuminate the world. The remaining Thomas Gainsborough, William Blake, Burne Jones... of course are all famous painters. , but compared to the kind of giant who can really hit the table and make people tremble, it still lacks a bit of meaning.

Germany and Russia each have their own unique aesthetic charm, and they are also qualified to try to take the first place.Germany is certainly unique in the field of philosophy, but what really shines are drawings, prints and watercolors.

The absence of a legendary oil painter is like a powerful track and field country without a [-]-meter champion.

In addition, it is the drag of the disgraceful history during World War II.

In fact, Russia has the same problem as the Americans. The history of art is too short.

Before the generation of the Anti-French Alliance and Pushkin, the literati in St. Petersburg had always regarded France as their spiritual motherland. Even they themselves looked down on the rustic culture of their mother country, Tsarist Russia.

It almost went from being a barbarian on the snowfield to a glorious golden age without any transition.

Of course, this feature, which is like a big cannonball exploding in the snowy field, making the whole of Europe look at him in an extremely eye-catching way, is also the unique charm of Russian literature and art.

Only French art history falls into the category of "I have my hands in my pockets and I can't find an opponent" in the Western world.

Britain and France have been enemies for centuries. When it comes to literature, John Bulls, Shakespeare, Dickens, and Wilde can fight each other. When it comes to painting and art, the French take a second look across the English Channel, but the French lose.

Degas, Cézanne, Monet, Gauguin, Renoir, and Picasso can also be regarded as most French people... To this day, Southern France is still a holy place in the minds of art students all over the world, attracting millions of art lovers. Make the pilgrimage there year after year.

Paris is the Jerusalem of Western art.

When Dulwich required every student to take a minor language as a compulsory course, more than 50.00% of the students took French as an elective.

Gu Weijing's French class scores have always been good.

His father also works in France and got an A11 score in the DELF (similar to the French version of IELTS) exam in the 2th grade.

Before meeting Mr. Cao, Gu Weijing's dream was actually to apply for a French academy of fine arts in college. The cost of studying abroad in France is relatively cheaper in Europe than in the UK, the United States, and Australia.

He chose Algeria as the nationality of the detective cat, not only because it was listed first alphabetically, but also because it was a French-speaking country.

"Uh... could you two please speak in a language I can understand?"

A slightly rough and confused male voice spoke in English.

There was a third person in the chat room, and the only one with a live camera on.

He is an Asian man who looks to be about 50 years old. His hair is fixed back with hair wax. He is wearing a black and gray striped suit and a white shirt with a Windsor collar.

Even though the background is a private office with warm furnishings, the tie is still worn meticulously.

The first impression of a person dressed like this is that he is an academic intellectual, a lawyer, a university professor or a senior doctor.

"Dr. Jin Anqing."

The man raised his hand and briefly introduced himself: "Mr. Jane Arnold's personal psychological consultant, the person in charge of Tony's psychotherapy, and I proposed to invite you to intervene in Tony's treatment. Considering that I will Language type, out of politeness, I suggest how about everyone speaking English or New Zealand Maori?"

"Sorry, of course, I'm just used to it."

Before Gu Weijing could answer, Mr. Sloth had already apologized.

In a three-person meeting, it is inherently impolite for two people to communicate in a language that others cannot understand.

"English is very good."

"Don't be restrained, I just made a little joke. In fact, even if any of you really know Maori, I can't understand it. I just howl along with the college football team during the game. I know multiple languages. It’s always enviable, French is beautiful, no need to apologize for my ignorance.”

Dr. Jin Anqing smiled gently.

Gu Weijing also laughed. Dr. Jin is indeed a very accomplished expert in the field of psychology. He only used a small joke to liven up the atmosphere in the chat room.

"Then let's get to the point. Everyone has gotten Tony's case investigation form, right? The patient's condition has been summarized in great detail."

(End of this chapter)