Fight To the Third Generation

On the way to New York.

Su Yehao listened to the snoring and woke up to sleep.

Although he is the boss, he can wake up all the snoring bodyguards and let him sleep peacefully, but this is not always good.

It has nothing to do with the status, it is purely about the quality.

When I got to New York, I found a random five-star hotel in Queens, and after checking in, I started to make up for sleep.

The biological clock is a mess.

After waking up, I looked at my watch and found that it was only after nine o'clock.

Su Yehao quickly realized that he flew over from the West Coast and did not adjust the time difference of his watch. It was already noon in New York time.

Picking up the phone to look through the missed calls, both Xiao Nizi and Nong Qingying called, as well as that Jeff Koons.

before yesterday.

The artist's work has never sold for more than $300,000.

Today, however, many people have contacted Jeff Koons and learned that his business was bought by the founder of Yahoo and sold for over a million dollars.

Among the people who contacted him, Su Yehao offered the highest price, which was more than a million dollars higher than others' offers. This is probably why Jeff Koons took the initiative to call.

After contacting Jeff Koons first, we made an appointment to meet at an exhibition hall in lower Manhattan at 2:30.

He also sent messages to Xiao Nizi, Jiang Yu, and Nong Qingying one by one, saying that they had come to New York for a temporary business, lest they miscalculate the time difference and have no way to contact him.

After some cleaning up.

Su Yehao took Yin Liuli out, and the motorcade rented through the hotel was already waiting at the door of the hotel...

It's only been March.

The weather in New York is still very cold, the wind in the city is whizzing, and there is snow in the shade on the street that has not melted. Frozen rats in the sewers ran to the fences of the Brooklyn Bridge to bask in the sun.

During the slow traffic jam, Yin Liuli saw a dark shadow on the railing of the bridge. She thought it was a stray cat at first, but after reading it carefully, she found out that it was a few big mice, she was stunned.

Su Yehao was not surprised by this, and joked:

"As expected of New York, the food is good, and the rats on the street are a few times fatter than other places..."

last time.

When I brought Xiao Nizi to go shopping in New York, she was frightened and screamed by the dark shadows running around in the alleys and parks.

The darker the sky, the more reckless the rats in New York are, which has become a major feature of the landscape.

Around New York City in the 1990s, Su Yehao chatted with Yin Liuli.

He once heard the driver say that after an expert research and investigation, he believed that there are more rats in New York than the residents here, with an average weight of more than 330 grams, and even cats are afraid of them.

As the economic center of the United States and even the world, it is impossible to spend a few million dollars for rodent eradication. With the garbage on the street and the bumpy roads, the good impression of New York has been quickly shattered since Su Yehao came here last time. .

Interesting to say.

New York officials have no money to kill rats, but they have the money to subsidize those Manhattan office building managers to keep the lights on at night to maintain a brightly lit bustling night scene.

For Su Yehao, the criterion for evaluating a city is whether he wants to live here or not.

Silicon Valley is quiet and comfortable, San Francisco has a high happiness index, and Beverly Hills in Los Angeles has female stars, which seems to be pretty good, but Manhattan, New York, although there are many high-rise buildings, it is difficult for him to like it.

To get to the bottom of the reason, it is probably because although New York has the highest concentration of millionaires in the world, it also houses the largest number of homeless people.

It has the highest density of skyscraper buildings, but is reluctant to repair infrastructure or hire a few more cleaners.

all in all.

The good places are very good, but the bad places are also really bad. The management is too stretched. Overall, the score is not high.

At least living in Silicon Valley, Su Yehao dared to go out at night to drink in pubs and eat late-night snacks, so he didn't have to think too much about safety issues, but here in New York, even with bodyguards, he was a little worried.

After chatting with Su Yehao, Yin Liuli's anticipation for this trip to New York dropped instantly.

After careful observation, she found that the number of bumps in the car was indeed a bit more. On the streets of lower Manhattan, a long row of tents was erected. The exquisite setting is completely different.

With tens of thousands of homeless people living in New York, it is strange that the law and order can be improved. It is no wonder that in the 1990s, the media described New York as "Gotham City without Batman".

Of course.

Su Yehao didn't like the atmosphere of New York, but it didn't affect the really prosperous place here.

Commercial trade is extremely developed, and the environment and security are relatively good in the wealthy areas such as Midtown Manhattan and the Upper East Side.

It's just that this so-called world's largest city seems to be a bit unworthy of its name. It doesn't take into account the living and living environment, security, and happiness index. It's a bit of a money theory.

I came to the East Village in Lower Manhattan by car, and soon found the exhibition hall with Jeff Koons posters hanging on the outer walls.

It looks like a newly hung promotional poster, but it has already been graffitied with a big word, probably similar to a silly X, with an insulting pattern.

The security guard at the entrance seemed to weigh more than 200 kilograms. At this moment, he stopped Su Yehao and his party and said:

"The exhibition hasn't started yet. Let's come back tomorrow. The artist who rented the space this time... has a little brain trouble. I went in to see it. It was very boring. I suggest you not to go in."

Speaking of the artist, the security guard made a "2" gesture and hooked his finger, obviously mocking.

Su Yehao didn't know why Jeff Koons had offended him. He thought maybe he didn't tip the security guard. After thanking him, he took out his cell phone and called Jeff Koons.

Soon, the artist who had just turned around in his career went out to greet them in person, greeted each other, and walked into the exhibition hall.

I have to say that the two huge balloon dog sculptures do look a bit interesting, and because they are large enough, they can easily catch everyone's attention.

As for other things, most of them are the same as what the security guard at the door said, which is very boring.

For example, the sculpture of Michael Jackson holding a monkey, the yellow and white color scheme is ugly, or it is a decorative painting with random patterns and random spellings, which looks hot to the eyes.

The normal path of art has been occupied by people for thousands of years, forcing everyone to the modern age, and can only develop in an abnormal direction.

For example, Picasso, such as the so-called Fauvism, or realistic abstraction, Pop Art, etc. Anyway, rich people often don’t look at the quality of the work, the creator is famous enough, and the artwork has the opportunity to appreciate, this is enough .

Went around in the exhibition hall.

Su Yehao suddenly felt that if Jeff Koons had been in the industry for so many years, he should have a relatively powerful agent, or he was a second-generation rich man with some money in his hand.

Otherwise.

With this pile of works that don't look aesthetically pleasing, but are surprisingly expensive, this guy should have starved to death on the street long ago.

Most of them are garbage, but there are treasures among them.

Soon, Su Yehao stared at a rabbit made of stainless steel. Similar to a balloon dog, it also had balloon patterns on its body, which looked a bit interesting.

In my memory, the sky-high auction price was this small sculpture. The whole body was made of stainless steel and had a peculiar shape.

Although the auction price in the previous life was high, there was no suspicion of money laundering or asset transfer. However, after finally meeting an artist worthy of investment, Su Yehao also wanted to take a gamble. Anyway, investing in advance would not cost a lot of money.

Touched his chin.

Su Yehao asked, "I am willing to pay 2.3 million US dollars for two dogs, plus this rabbit. Direct payment, no extra commission, is very cost-effective for you, make a deal?"

"They are all my representative works. Once they are bought by you, I can't even open the exhibition."

Jeff Koons thought for a while, then added, "At least four million dollars."

Su Yehao then asked him, "How many balloon dogs have you produced in total?"

"There are only three, what's the matter? In fact, there is one semi-finished product. I haven't figured out what color to paint it."

Just as Jeff Koons finished speaking, Su Yehao said to him:

"Well, I know you've worked on Wall Street, and you're more business-savvy than any other artist. You're selling me these three things for $2.3 million now, until the next balloon dog arrives. At the auction, I promise to get the bottom line for $10 million, and if someone else bids less than $10 million, I'll buy it."

If no one else offers a high price at that time.

This is equivalent to Su Yehao spending 12 million US dollars to buy three balloon dog sculptures.

The average starting price of a balloon dog is 4 million US dollars, but the last one will sell for 10 million US dollars, and the orange and blue will also appreciate in value.

But if someone else pays more than 10 million US dollars.

Then, Su Yehao spent 2 million US dollars to buy a work of art worth 20 million US dollars. It doesn't matter if it is really worth so much, anyway, the market price is like this.

No matter how you calculate it, it’s not a loss anyway. When the time comes to hype it up through the Internet and raise your reputation, you might be able to earn tens of millions of dollars back~www.readwn.com~ Art works are often selling fame.

After Jeff Koons heard this, his heart skipped a beat.

Knowing that this is being targeted by the rich man, he is ready to hype himself.

His head started to feel dizzy, he took a few deep breaths, and asked, "Can this promise be written into the contract? When will it be sent to the auction?"

Su Yehao shook his head and told:

"Of course it can't be written into the contract, but I have two in my hand, and Jerry Young from Yahoo has one, and we definitely hope that the last one will fetch a huge price, so that our inventory will appreciate. No matter what So, the whole thing is very good for you, but the balloon dog must not continue to be produced, this needs to be written into the contract, and no one likes mass production and smashed their own brand of artists."

Don't care about anything else.

Even the $2.3 million was enough to make Jeff Koons happy.

The rose-red balloon dog that he sent for auction yesterday was an inventory he once sold to an art dealer for $90,000.

In other words, the money from the auction last night has nothing to do with him at all.

Therefore, after understanding what Su Yehao meant, Jeff agreed very readily, and immediately shook hands with Su Yehao to make a deal.

There are not many chances to be noticed by a super rich man. No matter what, it is important to make money first, and if these three balloon dogs are sold, the semi-finished product in the warehouse will be valuable.

As for the stainless steel rabbit, it has been in production for more than ten years and has never been sold. It was just found in the old warehouse a few days ago.

Can sell 300,000 US dollars, what is there to be dissatisfied with...