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

early morning.

When Jiang Zhe woke up, he felt refreshed.

Yesterday’s busyness and excitement still left me in a good mood after a night of settling down.

After washing up, he opened the system as usual to take a look, but found an extra prompt on the system page.

Looking at the time of the prompt, it actually appeared after midnight yesterday. It's just that I was asleep at that time and didn't see it.

You successfully held your first solo exhibition. This exhibition was much earlier than you planned, and the results were far beyond your expectations.

The system comprehensively calculates your efforts in the exhibition and the results achieved, and decides on rewards.

Reward 1: An opportunity to observe a master’s creation.

Reward 2. Your oil painting techniques (both glazing and direct painting techniques) have reached the special level. The system rewards you with one chance to gain enlightenment.

When Jiang Zhe saw the two rewards, he immediately became interested. Without even bothering to eat, he sat down and carefully read the detailed 9-word explanation.

He was already familiar with the opportunity to observe and accumulate for future use. He only took a glance and then went to see the second reward.

This kind of reward appeared for the first time, and he read the explanation in detail.

Because his oil painting skills (two items) have reached the level of special skills, if he wants to upgrade to the next level, that is, the master level, he must comprehensively improve his skills and perceptions.

This is not something that can be achieved through hard work.

The system specifically provides an opportunity to gain insights through learning.

However, the system specifically states that this opportunity does not guarantee promotion, it only provides a direction.

Although there is no guarantee that the skills will be improved 100%, Jiang Zhe still feels that this reward is very valuable as long as there is a chance.

After you have achieved success and your skills have reached a certain level, the effort you put in to move forward will increase exponentially, and success is not guaranteed.

Many painters, after reaching a certain level, not only fail to make progress, but also regress over time and even lose the motivation to improve.

Without drive and pursuit, the work will become slick.

"Dong, dong, dong, there was a knock on the door. "Is Jiang Zhe awake?" Wang Zhen reminded him from outside the door, "It's time to have breakfast."

"Okay, I'll be there right away." Jiang Zhe agreed and looked at the system page again.

This opportunity can be preserved and used at the right time.

Ginger axis shuts down the system.

With this opportunity to gain insights, I now have a direction for improvement.

This reward comes at a good time.

The hotel's breakfast was still at the same level as before, but the two of us ate it with gusto.

In front of Jiang Zhe were typical Western foods such as milk, fried eggs, bacon toast, grilled sausages, and a small plate of cut fruit.

While eating, he listened to Wang Zhen talking about today's arrangements.

“In the morning, let’s go to Christie’s to discuss the follow-up cooperation.

Pete told me before that they want to increase their investment in you, but require that all your works sold overseas be entrusted to them.

Domestically, because their strength is currently insufficient, my gallery and Times Auctions are still responsible for operating and selling.

They may demand a bigger share of the profits.”

Jiang Zhe took a sip of milk and swallowed the food. "What do you think?"

Wang Zhen said: "We can make some concessions. After all, your works need their promotion and operation. As long as the total price is high, your profit will still increase. They have channels, customers, and funds. It can be said that the methods of operating artworks and artists are very mature. I think we can make concessions, but we must also stick to our own interests."

Jiang Zhe nodded to show his understanding: "If they have the ability, they can make the money. I don't know much about negotiations, so I'll entrust it to you."

After the two had lunch, Christie's sent a car to pick them up.

In Christie's conference room, the two sides began negotiations.

In the past, facing competition from peers, the two sides cooperated closely. But when it came to profit sharing, they had to talk it out clearly.

Although the language of the conversation was very polite, once interests were involved, both sides would haggle over every penny.

Jiang Zhe sat next to Wang Zhen, listening to the negotiations between the two parties and rarely interrupting the whole process.

He knew his strengths and weaknesses, but he didn't understand the skills involved in such negotiations, so Wang Zhen had to do the negotiations.

In his opinion, a small profit can be solved by you giving me a little and I giving you a little. However, Wang Zhen and Christie's do not think so.

After two hours of negotiation, they finally reached a new agreement, with Christie's profit ratio increasing compared to before.

At the same time, they also promised to continue their operations against Jiang Zhe.

Both parties quickly signed the contract and returned to their previous state of close cooperation.

Walking out of the conference room, Peter said, "Jiang Zhe, we have prepared the first payment for this art exhibition auction. It can be transferred to your account today. There is still some funds that are being processed, please wait patiently."

Jiang Zhe smiled and said, "I believe in your expertise."

Leaving Christie's, Wang Zhen asked, "We have achieved our main goal, and we can go back tomorrow."

Jiang Zhe looked at his watch and said, "I'm going to buy some gifts this afternoon. What do you need? I'll buy it for you as well."

Wang Zhen didn't hesitate to tell Jiang Zhe the gifts he needed. She still had some business to attend to.

The two of them went about their respective business.

While Jiang Zhe was rushing to buy gifts, the first payment had already been deposited into his account. Although it was only tens of thousands of dollars, Jiang Zhe felt that he had a lot more money on hand.

Shopping without any burden is what real enjoyment is.

He was thoughtful and prepared suitable gifts for his family and friends.

Gradually, I had more and more things in my hands.

At the same time, galleries of all sizes in New York received sales from Christie's special auction.

These big galleries have seen the world and handled many works of contemporary masters. Sales of $100 million to $200 million do not shock them much, but considering Jiang Zhe's age, they have to take this result seriously.

Many people are thinking about how to bring Jiang Zhe from Christie's to their own galleries. Even if that is not possible, they will still try to find a way to get a piece of the pie.

Some small galleries were particularly jealous of the sales performance of Jiang Zhe's exhibition. However, considering the power of Christie's and its related influence, they had to suppress their emotions and start thinking about how to make a profit.

In the evening, Jiang Zhe returned to the hotel with two large bags of gifts and checked to see if there was anything missing.

Soon, Wang Zhen returned to the hotel and came to find Jiang Zhe.

She said to Jiang Zhe, "I'm going to contact the business. The friends I knew before are all asking about you and want to meet you."

(End of this chapter)