Reborn as a great painter, with a system, you can be willful

Chapter 177, Honor Increase, Auction Company
At 8pm, Jiang Zhe and his parents returned home happily. Because he had a professional class tomorrow and his work was already finished, he decided to stay at home overnight.

He teased Xiao Ka while chatting with his parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Jiang Yi are always in a good mood, and the atmosphere when they watch TV is more harmonious than ever.

Before going to bed, Jiang Zhe turned on the system.

He found that after only one day, the honor value experience bar had increased significantly. At this time, the system was still constantly reminding him that he was gaining honor value.

The honor points gained in one day exceeded the accumulation of the previous month, which made him sigh at the role of the media.

No wonder many painters like to appear in the media for publicity.

The next day, Jiang Zhe got up early and went to school to do morning exercises. While eating breakfast, he told Chen Yan the good news.

Chen Yan was happy for him, but also blamed him for not telling her earlier.

Jiang Zhe sent Chen Yan to the classroom and went straight to the library to read. When he felt tired from reading, he went back to the dormitory to rest.

In the afternoon, he estimated the end time of the class and came to the studio, where he saw the teacher observing his homework with great interest.

When the teacher saw Jiang Zhe, he didn't ask where he was going, but talked about the homework directly: "This work is good. When you look at it, it feels like drinking a cold drink. No matter what method you use, it's good to be able to express your feelings and your understanding."

He asked Jiang Zhe to talk about his creative intentions. After listening to Jiang Zhe's story, he began to talk about his understanding and experiments of creation.

The lecturer is very talkative and can tell you a lot of relevant information as long as he sees a work that interests him.

In summarizing this class, he explained the reason why the school arranged this class. First, it is to broaden students' horizons and cultivate their creative consciousness. Second, it paves the way for future study. The oil painting major has three studios with different research directions. Students will choose the direction of study when they are in their junior year.

Although Jiang Zhe's homework for this class was not delayed, he once again received an A.

In the provincial capital, Wang Zhen was rushing to the art museum.

She just learned that the domestic Times Auction Company has sent a business manager to the provincial capital to visit the exhibition. They are planning to launch an auction of contemporary art works this year.

On the way, she called the painters who had cooperated with the gallery one by one, hoping that they would mobilize their relationships and seize the opportunity.

When Jiang Zhe received the call, his first question was: "Auction? It should be the secondary market. If the painter sends his work to the auction, will it affect your gallery business?"

Wang Zhen explained helplessly: "What you said is that the primary and secondary markets abroad are very mature. The situation in our country is different. Auction companies and galleries will cooperate. In recent years, this situation has also occurred abroad.

Now, I think you should act as quickly as possible and try to get your work auctioned, which will go a long way in raising awareness.”

Jiang Zhe heard Wang Zhen's anxious tone, so he agreed and put it aside. In his opinion, it was good enough for his work to be published in newspapers and win awards. As for his work being put on a large auction, he had not thought about it yet.

Because Times Auction Company is one of the six largest auction companies in China, it has considerable influence, and its parent company is very powerful. Therefore, several members of the art exhibition organizing committee personally accompanied the business manager and consultant sent by Times Auction Company to visit the exhibition.

The business manager's surname is Zhao. During the visit, he and the consultant did not show any interest in the work.

A member of the organizing committee suggested to the two that there were also many good works in this year's joint exhibition of calligraphy and painting by college students.

Manager Zhao of Times Auction immediately agreed.

The group soon came to another art gallery to view the shortlisted works of the college students' joint exhibition of calligraphy and painting.

During the visit, people kept coming up to say hello. Wang Zhen also caught up with the group at this time.

Whether it was the organizing committee or anyone else, those who were willing to accompany the auction company's people to visit the exhibition were all trying to recommend certain people and works to the auction company. Manager Zhao did a lot of superficial work to make every recommender feel valued.

Everyone chatted while visiting. Manager Zhao walked to Jiang Zhe's work, stopped, and looked at it intently for a moment. Wang Zhen came over in time to introduce him, "This oil painting is called Dancer, and it is the work of a freshman from Binhai Art College."

Manager Zhao responded perfunctorily, "For a freshman, he has already reached this level. That's amazing." He looked at the consultant calmly.

A member of the organizing committee said, "Manager Zhao, there are better works ahead. If you think a painting is good, we can contact the author immediately."

Manager Zhao said: "Don't worry, we need to go back and discuss it."

The person accompanying the visit took the opportunity to ask the auction company what kind of works they were planning to auction, whether there were any restrictions on the way the works could be expressed, and so on.

Manager Zhao made a very nice statement, "We not only auction the works of famous painters, but also want to build a platform for young artists with potential..."

After the visit, he and his consultant secretly contacted several gallery directors, including Wang Zhen.

On Saturday morning, Jiang Zhe went home and took Xiao Ka out for a walk. Since there was no work to do today, the walk was very relaxing.

Just half an hour into the activity, he received another call from Wang Zhen. He was thinking about how to deal with it, but Wang Zhen did not mention the operation.

"Jiang Zhe, where are you?"

Jiang Zhe replied: "I'm taking a walk outside. Have you returned to Binhai now?"

Wang Zhen said, "Wait a minute, I'll bring two friends to meet you. Where would be more convenient for you to meet?"

Jiang Zhe thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to my studio. What's the matter? Let me get ready."

Wang Zhen said: "An auction company is optimistic about your oil painting. Now, they are visiting my gallery to see another oil painting of yours.

We will try to send your work to the auction. This is a great opportunity and we must not let it go. Even if there is only a 1% chance, we must fight for it. Today, you must cooperate with me."

Jiang Zhe heard Wang Zhen's rapid speech and agreed first, then asked, "I'm not famous. Even if I put my work up for auction, will it be sold? What if it can't be sold, or the price is too low?"

Wang Zhen said: "Don't worry, as long as the auction company is willing to operate, there will be a way. Okay, I'll call you when I have news."

Jiang Zhe ended the call, took Xiao Ka back to the studio and got ready.

While he was preparing tea, he was still wondering whether this could be the opportunity the system mentioned.

An hour later, he received a message from Wang Zhen and arrived at the entrance of the community, where he happened to see Wang Zhen and two men getting out of the car.

Wang Zhen saw Jiang Zhe and waved.

Jiang Zhe took the initiative to go over.

Wang Zhen introduced the two parties: "Manager Zhao. Teacher Liu. This is Jiang Zhe."

"Jiang Zhe, these two are Manager Zhao and Consultant Liu from Times Auction Company."

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