Almighty painter

Chapter 499 K Award
during the long nineteenth century.

In the early days, there were many art middlemen, painting equipment dealers and gallery owners.

They treat their painters just like Old Man Wu treats Awang. They believe that only painters who don't eat enough can burst out with the most powerful creativity, and hunger is the source of hard work.

Survival of the fittest.

What kind of level you have, what kind of food you eat.

Your paintings are awesome, popular in the market, buy a large manor, travel in a first-class train, buy a sailing yacht and be friends with the king, it's all right.

Your painting is terrible and you are not famous for your painting.

Even if you starve to death, you have no one to blame.

Until the Brazilian prince, Paul Durandrue.

With a gambler's determination, a gambler's fanaticism, and a gambler's inability to be understood, he was determined to sell off his property to raise creative subsidies, thereby supporting a large number of people headed by Renoir, Monet, and Morisot. Impressionists with growling stomachs to keep their faltering art careers afloat.

It turns out.

He also achieved a rate of return comparable to that of a gambler who draws a royal flush at the poker table or a three-in-a-row jackpot on a slot machine.

simply put.

After classmate Paul made a lot of money and his assets appreciated at least several hundred times.

Finally, art dealers began to realize that they should treat painters better.

Towering trees need nutrients and time to break through the ground.

Genius doesn't happen overnight.

The old shedding hen that is squawking with hunger at the moment only needs a good "bone".

If thrown into a warm chicken coop, supplement with warm sunlight and sufficient feed.

It is also very possible to lay golden eggs.

Especially after the art market entered the Jin and Yuan era.

As long as one of the dozens of chickens raised can produce a golden egg.

This business is profitable.

As a result, the relationship between the gallery owner and the contracted painter became more warm and patient.

of course.

It can be said that all this is just a result of the trend of interests, and the capital market has adopted a more efficient method of pursuing profits in the long run.

It is the false warmth between wolves and sheep.

But it is also an objective fact that the living conditions of painters officially contracted by the gallery are getting better and better.

There are some small-scale and low-end urban galleries with small capital and high daily operating expenses.

In this era, life is still tight.

The relationship between them and the contracted painters may still be the same as it was a hundred years ago, which was two months, one quarter, or at most one year, and then quit if the results were not achieved.

But when it comes to a gallery the size of Ma Shi Gallery, the operating philosophy is completely different.

They want to earn more, so the training period for painters is long and they have more patience.

This is not to say that the capital chain of Ma Shi Gallery is no longer tight.

Life has not been easy for the big boss Mas III in recent years.

It’s just that what people are worried about is big money.

Important branches in metropolitan cities such as London and Paris do not count the publicity costs of participating in various exhibitions, nor the social expenses of having parties with the organizing committee judges.

The basic operating expenses alone for InterContinental Gallery start at 2000 million euros per year.

How many children can be saved from the contracted painter's teeth?

What he spent was a mountain of gold, and he also had the ambition to earn back hundreds of millions.

Therefore, these intercontinental galleries never save on the food, clothing, housing and transportation of their painters.

At least when you wear down the patience of the management and marketing department, and when the big boss thinks that you may not be able to lay a golden egg, there is no value in continuing to look forward to it.

I'll grab you by the neck and throw you out of the "chicken coop".

The hens' little lives were quite nourishing.

Forget about sunshine and feed, you wish you had someone to give you a muscle massage, making you scream in comfort. You only need to think about the creative content with peace of mind, that's enough.

When Gu Tongxiang saw the treatment of the artists sent to the London branch of Mashi Gallery this time.

I was so excited that I wanted to stretch my neck and scream "cluck".

For Gu Weijing's sake.

When Hanks signed Mr. Gu, he didn't care about it.

He gave Gu Tongxiang a three-category contract that was very interesting for a new painter as generously as possible within the scope of his authority.

New artist?

Yes, it is a cruel fact that although Gu Tongxiang has been painting all his life in Myanmar, his painting head is all bald.

But in the eyes of top-tier super galleries, an old man like him... has almost zero international influence, and can really only be regarded as a newbie in art.

Perhaps in the whole of Myanmar, only a few people who have entered the National Artists Association barely have the slightest qualifications to have any international influence with Ma Shi Gallery.

You defeated 50 million people in the entire country, but in the eyes of outsiders, your reputation is only as small as the beginning of your career.

This is the tragedy of artistic third world countries.

But Gu Tongxiang was not aware of being insulted.

He was very happy to be "insulted".

I feel so good that I want to take off——

Artists who are married painters who are not native to Europe can receive the highest level of expatriation subsidies.

Mashi Gallery has several townhouses allocated to artist families in the western suburbs of London. If you don't want to live in them, you can choose a monthly housing allowance that is twice the average monthly rent in London, which is about 2 pounds.

Food allowance of £75 per day.

All transportation expenses are reimbursed, family members can be brought along, and additional heating subsidies are provided in winter.

Commercial medical insurance...

The long list of benefits even includes one-week wellness holidays twice a year to the famous spa town in the Belgian Ardennes forest.

So it's no joke that the gallerist gives his hens a relaxing massage.

All this is just to put them in a good creative mood.

Gu Tongxiang has lived a lifetime, and for the first time in his life, he knows that his "good mood" can be so valuable.

Old Man Gu felt that Ma Shi Gallery no longer had to perform such troublesome operations.

Just discount all these things.

He was so happy that he was so happy.

Just hit the abacus and you will know.

I work hard here to open a gallery business, but throughout the year, I may not be lying there doing anything but receiving subsidies.

Earn more.

Gu Tongxiang used to only think that being able to sign a contract with a top gallery was like being admitted to a top university, it could change his life, it was dazzling and cool.

But these are general terms for virtual bubbles.

As for how to be cool and how to change your life.

Gu Tongxiang doesn't have a clear concept.

This was still too far away for him. Until that day, Hanks asked on the phone. Although this was a bit too much for a sixty-year-old man, considering the gallery’s development strategy, he asked if he would consider transferring to the London branch.

Gu Tongxiang had a profound understanding of the generosity of these leading dealers in the art market.

He even felt that the small shop passed down from his ancestors seemed, seemed, maybe... not that attractive anymore.

Too much?

Please be more generous to him and don't pity him just because he smiles like an old chrysanthemum.

Gu Tongxiang only found out after hearing what Hanks said.

This is even due to the poor operating conditions of Ma Shi Gallery in recent years, and it has begun to adjust to casting a wider net and catching more fish.

There are a lot of signing contracts issued every year, and there are too many rotten fish and shrimps.

Not counting the lowest-level appointments for new artists, there are dozens of painters in the gallery who have the same three-category formal contracts as Gu Tongxiang.

The original creative subsidy expenditure is a bit unsustainable.

It affects the unit resources allocated to each "hen".

A lot of signing benefits have been cut off.

Companies like those headed by Gagosian earn at least ten figures every year. The entire stall is so big, but it is a super boutique gallery supported by only a dozen or so talented contracted painters.

Provide employee benefits and various allowances to their contracted painters.

It can even be compared with the various subsidies and subsidies provided by industrial giants such as General Electric to the top executives of the board of directors.

The New York Times once complained.

It takes about ten minutes to walk from the Hilton Hotel to the exhibition. The top painters are so extravagant that they have to take a helicopter.

Ma Shi, a painter who just reimburses the taxi fare, is already considered a very petty person.

"Project New Era?"

Gu Weijing didn't expect that while he was still hesitant and didn't know how to speak, the old man was already secretly yearning for enjoying the fancy life of the decadent capital world.

It seemed like she wanted to moisturize her faster than he did.

At once……

Gu Weijing was left speechless.

But his focus was not on Gu Tongxiang's plan to go to Belgium in the winter, soak in an open-air hot spring, and massage his old waist.

Instead, he heard a very familiar name.

"Uh, yes, don't you know about such a big thing? The New Era art project led by "Oil Painting" should be the art movement with the largest amount of funding since the 19th century. We can't just If you are busy painting, you should also pay more attention to the cutting-edge art consultation. The life of a painter is not just about the little things on the page.”

"In the final analysis, it has to be a collision between people. It's not possible to do things behind closed doors."

Gu Tongxiang casually gave his grandson a few words of habit.

The expression on his face was "You don't even know about the New Era Project" and you are already out.

"We, Max Gallery, are one of the eight founding galleries of the New Era Project. Hey, your grandfather and I may now become the sponsored creators of "Oil Painting"."

Gu Tongxiang's face was full of pride, he raised his chin and proudly showed off to his grandson: "You know, this art event also has a part that belongs to your grandfather! Be awesome."

Gu Weijing shook his head.

Although Sir Brown's speech at the opening ceremony of the European Art Annual Conference.

The public response has been nothing short of disastrous.

But I have to mention that to be able to stand firm in the storm for a hundred years and to become the leader in the entire art criticism industry, "Oil Painting" magazine does have its own survival wisdom.

"Oil Painting" magazine's subsequent series of rescue responses can also be called textbook astuteness.

It did not engage in any real public opinion war with the Irina family even though it was already wearing the "NAZI" label.

But...

Just scared.

The tone of his speech at the conference was so high.

After the opening ceremony, I got sick very quickly.

A column was published in the magazine re-explaining the content of Sir Brown's speech.

The magazine apologizes for any possible misunderstanding caused by the public.

And in order to express the open and inclusive attitude and stance of art criticism that "Oil Painting" magazine has firmly adhered to and has never wavered since its inception.

Even they are sorry that Ms. Anna Elena misunderstood Sir Brown's original intention.

But they still admire Miss Elena's courage to speak out at the opening ceremony of the annual meeting and her act of donating a huge artistic property to the public.

Show sincere respect.

The board of directors unanimously agreed to promote the original comments editor, Ms. Anna Irina, to the general manager of the visual arts column——

The youngest manager in the history of the visual arts column since its inception.

Gu Weijing even received a letter of apology and invitation from Sir Brown to himself from Mr. Sloth.

In the letter, Sir Brown expressed sincerely that even now, he still has different opinions on his artistic style.

but.

After reflection, Sir Brown believed that, given his status, the attack on Detective Cat was very inappropriate at an occasion like the European Art Annual Meeting. He was carried away by "enthusiasm". He expressed his sincerest apology to Ms. Detective Cat and asked for understanding——

"As I said in my speech at the annual meeting, I have never had any personal bias against you. My speech does not represent the official attitude of the 'New Era' plan. Here, in order to make up for the harm caused to you , I sincerely invite you to join the final competition for the newly established 'K' Award of the 'New Era' project.

I guarantee on my honor that you will enjoy the most just and fair treatment. As long as I am in charge of this project for one day, this invitation will be valid forever..."

Gu Weijing rejected Sir Brown's invitation.

He is no longer a three-year-old child. When he goes to someone else's project site, it is not up to him to decide what fair and equitable treatment is.

Gu Weijing did not have the courage and determination to boldly run into other people's lands and conquer everything there like Miss Anna did.

Did he really place his hopes on Sir Brown's reputation?
but.

Even Gu Weijing was a little surprised, it was beyond his own stereotype.

Sir Brown is really a very soft man.

The full text of the apology letter was not only sent to myself.

The full text was also published in a local newspaper in Vienna.

Put yourself in their shoes.

If he, like Sir Brown, stood at the pinnacle of infinite glory and was praised as the "Pope of Art", Gu Weijing felt that he could not lose face and gave in to the Irina family and apologized to a small painter like him.

Sir Brown not only apologized directly.

There is even an additional "K Award", and the name of this award is the letter "K".

Double entendre.

It not only represents the German word - Künstlerhaus, which is translated as "the all-inclusive artist's broad home", but also represents the "Ms. K." in the tragic story told by Miss Irina, indicating that the New Era Plan pays tribute to Ms. K. with high respect.

Starting next year.

At the opening of the European Art Annual Conference every year, the New Era Project Management Committee selects five artists and five art scholars from around the world to compete for two groups of "K Award" winners.

Each prize is $2 million.

While almost doubling the annual Nobel Prize prize money, it also set a new record for prize money in art competitions around the world.

and.

That's not even the point.

More importantly, art scholars will receive research grants sponsored by Kruger Brothers Bank, and artists, that is, painters or curators, will receive a research grant at the Met, also sponsored by Kruger Brothers Bank. Opportunities for solo exhibitions at art exhibitions.

(End of this chapter)