Almighty painter

Chapter 190
"You think too much, the author of this painting is not my daughter."

Uncle Sakai smiled and waved his hands: "His name is Gu Weijing."

"Gu... for scriptures?"

Hanks pronounced the name, changing the intonation and syllables several times. He was sure he had never heard of the name.

"Is he related to Gu Dexing, who is engaged in avant-garde art in the Queen's Modern Art District in New York?" He racked his brains to think.

"It has nothing to do with it, it's not even a last name." Uncle Sakai shrugged.

"A Nobody." Hanks shrugged.

He can no longer find a nephew or young disciple of a great painter with this name in his mind.

It should be just a small role that no one cares about.

"I told you from the beginning, he is now a nobody."

Professor Sakai smiled: "I was also a Nobody, OFA has made me, and I also repaid Ota Art Gallery with generous benefits."

"Any master was once a nobody. The difference between a down-and-out Van Gogh and a wealthy Picasso may be whether there is a suitable stage and whether there is a professional pusher team behind him. Isn't this why a gallery like yours exists? Does it make sense?"

Uncle Sakai shared this photo with Hanks using the airdrop function of his mobile phone, then glanced at the barbecue bar in front of him with some reluctance, stood up, and prepared to leave.

"Perhaps this is the reason. But pushing such a painter to a million-dollar resource is enough to push any creator of the same level to the same position. In the high-end art industry, this level of skill is not a scarce resource, Ma Shi The platform of the gallery is a scarce resource, so what reason do we have to promote Gu as the classic?"

"I said the choice is yours."

Uncle Sakai stood up with an inscrutable expression.

He held the Apple Watch on his arm up to Hanks' eyes.

"In this industry, opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared. This is true for both artists and galleries. Today you can find me in this barbecue restaurant at midnight. I personally appreciate your hard work and persistence, so put He introduced it to you."

"I'll call other galleries before I go home and go to bed, uh...you have three or 10 minutes to make a decision, you should have the contact information of my studio, it's not too late."

"I will think about it."

Hanks is still the previous answer, without much enthusiasm in his tone.

If other galleries are willing to sign such a painter, they can sign it.

"Boss, pay the bill, and I don't want sake." The manager waved to Master Otani who was preparing sake, and was about to end this unsuccessful supper.

The chef of the roasted bird restaurant is not willing to let go of the opportunity to slaughter the wronged person.

He stopped Hanks with a dark glass bottle of sake, shook the bottle, and signaled that the drink had been unsealed, "The most expensive sake in the store, 122000 yen, has been unsealed, and you can't stop drinking it. "

"Your broken wine is 122000 yen?"

Hanks pouted,

The barbecue here is cheap, but he didn't expect the wine to be so expensive.

122000 yen is about one thousand dollars, which is already the price of the top sake.

The "Jiu Ji" brand sake in this small shop in front of me is a high-end product that can't even cost one-twentieth of the price in the store.

"The price is clearly marked, and you ordered it yourself. Young man, do you think you are the first guest to dine with Sakai-kun and call out the most expensive bottle of wine?"

Master Otani has the expression of a profiteer that I am killing you.

"By the way, I think there is one more thing you should know." At this time, Professor Sakai had already walked to the door of the small shop.

He stopped suddenly, turned sideways, paused for two seconds, and then said in a slow tone: "He is not my daughter, but he is also only 17 years old."

"Is this the work of a 17-year-old artist? Wait a minute, can you elaborate..."

The uncle ignored Hanks' inquiry in astonishment at all, greeted Master Otani, then transformed into a cold fat man, and disappeared into the vast night of the streets of Tokyo without looking back.

Hanks, who was still arguing with the chef, froze for a moment.

17 years old?
He didn't care about questioning the obviously deceitful sake, and hurriedly took out his phone again.

Hanks once again carefully looked at the half-seen draft of the work from beginning to end.

The painting is still that painting,

The mentality of the people looking at the paintings is completely different.

All previous judgments of Hanks were based on the evaluation of a 40-year-old artist with a mature painting style as a template.

at this time,

When he knew that the creator of this painting was surprisingly young, not even an adult.

When Hanks entered the eyes, he immediately had a completely different feeling.

All the frizz and shortcomings of using the pen disappeared out of thin air immediately, no matter how you like it, no matter how you look at it, it is pleasing to the eye.

This is no ordinary cheerleader,

This is clearly a beautiful woman living in the countryside, but she is a peerless beauty!

Don't look at Xiaojiabiyu now, what is lacking is that she needs to wait for time to brew her youth, and then a few experienced old nuns will teach her how to be a woman, and she will be transformed into a stunner who will turn all living beings upside down.

Hanks thinks,
Mashi Gallery is quite suitable to act as this old nanny.

"It's like this at such a young age, how can I pay it back in five years? This is clearly another Miss Sakai Katsuko."

The growth of an artist's skills has never been a smooth curve, and has something to do with each person's physical condition, learning ability, talent, and the surrounding artistic environment.

Painters from remote areas,

Come to big cities like New York, London, Paris or Provence.

The most cutting-edge art trends come rushing towards us like waves, and if they are not destroyed by the waves, it is easy to have a reborn rapid growth.

Many black painters from Kenya and Tanzania gradually entered the peak of their careers after arriving in New York.

But generally speaking, after deducting the environmental impact,
Before the age of 25 to 33, painters are in the stage of rapid growth in painting level. Their learning ability is stronger, their techniques are improved faster, and their creative style will quickly mature.

Titian rose to fame in Florence, Picasso really formed his personal creative style during the "blue style" period, Monet and Renoir began to participate in French salon exhibitions, and the idea of ​​​​creating impressionism was born, all happened in this age range.

This is the golden age when painters are most likely to progress in technique and burst out with inspiration.

There are also artists in the circle who switched from lay professions such as actuaries and lawyers to painting in their 30s, and finally became late bloomers, but they are only a minority after all.

The younger you are, the stronger your plasticity.

After reaching middle age, the skill level begins to be finalized.

If Ma Shi Gallery signs a 43-year-old oil painter.

They certainly do not and cannot expect any impressive improvement in the painter's drawing skills at the age of 53.

Don't say ten years,

Even after 20 years, if he is still creating, the painting style may change, in terms of brush skills, it usually does not increase much.

But young painters are different.

A 23-year-old painter does not need to be 33 years old. As long as he is properly trained and has a good learning environment, after three to five years, his painting level can easily undergo a radical change.

Every five years is a completely different realm.

The reason why Ma Shi Gallery is willing to pay a million-dollar liquidated damages to find Katsuko Sakai is of course not because the little girl is beautiful...at least not mainly because the little girl is beautiful.

It's because she is not yet an adult, and her painting skills are quite mature.

Among painters of the same level, Sakai Katsuko is much younger than others, and it is almost hard to imagine where the limit of her technique is when she is 30 years old.

In the eyes of the gallery, Sakai Katsuko is a scratch-off lottery ticket with a high probability of winning a big prize.

No one is sure whether the next Yayoi Kusama will be born.

To become a great painter at the top of the pyramid, one needs to be on the cusp of the times, have enough excellent personal skills and one-in-a-kind good luck, and all three are indispensable.

It belongs to the type that is destined for seven points and three points depends on hard work.

But given enough time, she can be expected to become the next top Asian artist like Sakai Kazunari.

A model for the future.

Naturally, the price of such a genius cannot be compared with other adult painters with similar standards.

Like a racehorse at a racetrack,
With the same results, whether the foal is a seven-year-old full-grown horse, a four-and-a-half-year-old young horse, or a three-year-old foal just ready to compete, the value in the trading market is often more than zero or less Zero difference.

Now, suddenly another three-year-old foal shyly appeared in Hanks' eyes with a beautiful fur and a "Gu Weijing" brand name tag hanging around its neck.

His heartbeat began to speed up slowly.

Bang!Bang!Bang!
The heart hit Hanks' chest, and his breathing became faster and faster, and his face began to flush when he obviously didn't drink at all.

The best part, he found, was.

At this moment, the name is still unknown.

Obscurity means that the appreciation space is beyond imagination.

of course,

There are many uncertainties on the road of art.

He has just read a manuscript, and only knows Gu Weijing's name and the age of the other party, two very rough information.

It is too far away to say that a top master like Takashi Murakami and KWAS can be trained in the future.

But after Hanks thought about it for a while, he still felt his blood boil.

The more you put in upfront, the more rewards you can reap.

There is no more profitable business in the world than training an unknown person to become a master of art. For galleries, this means a gold mine of mass printing.

For a hunter agent, after a lifetime of doing this, they can live a financially free life like a yacht supermodel, and a small fee from the contract can be tens of millions of dollars.

Hanks wiped the sweat from his brow.

He felt that he should not wait any longer.

"122000 yen, welcome to patronize!"

Hanks raised his head, and Master Otani of the restaurant was still holding the sake bottle, standing in front of him like a door god, as if I wouldn't let you go if you didn't pay the bill.

He shook his head, took out his wallet from his pocket and took out his bank card. After thinking for a while, he simply threw all the Japanese yen in it and a pink [-]-euro banknote printed with a modern-style building on the dining table. .

"Enough to pay."

I am now a gold broker who wants to build the next rising art star and earn tens of millions of dollars in big business, so I don't bother to care about such a small amount of money.

Hanks didn't wait for Master Otani to change the money, picked up his briefcase with one hand, took the bottle of sake from the other's arms with the other, and hurried out of the shop.

"Professor Sakai! Professor Sakai!"

When Hanks rushed to the street, Uncle Sakai was gone.

He took out his mobile phone and started calling Professor Sakai's personal assistant. Before the call was connected, Hanks stopped a taxi with his hand and ordered, "Go to Narita Airport."

He couldn't wait for a moment.

Hanks wanted to fly over to see Gu Weijing in person the first moment he learned the specific information about Gu Weijing.

……

When Professor Sakai returned home, he saw the assistant's message on the social software LINE, and smiled as he should.

He knew that Hanks must be very anxious to find himself now.

Uncle Sakai only told the other party the key information of Gu Weijing's age at the last moment of his departure. Of course, it was not to create some kind of malicious drama effect.

Uncle Sakai is already a veteran in the industry.

Whether it is a collector buying a painting or an agent signing a painter, the more anxious the two parties are, the more they rush to the party who wants to sign the contract, and the more expensive they pay.

He deliberately wanted to make Hanks anxious, which can better reflect the value of Gu Weijing.

It’s similar to when buying a house, the intermediary said that you don’t want it at a certain point in time, and I’ll sell it to someone else, the same reason.

Professor Sakai is willing to recommend Gu Weijing to Mashi Gallery, not just because Hanks happened to come here today.

He had calculated it in his mind before, and found that the situation of Ma Shi Gallery really matched Gu Weijing.

my arsenic,

His honey.

Professor Sakai doesn't like Ma Shi Gallery, which is declining in the west, but it is very suitable for the development of the Yangon boy.

Even Gagosian may not be able to compare.

First of all,

Objectively speaking, super galleries such as Gagosian may not be able to see Gu Weijing.

Geniuses are rare, but there are already many great artists in the super gallery, and you are not bad at all.People's size does not need to gamble on the uncertainty of whether a genius will succeed.

Uncle Sakai hesitated to sign Gagosian,

It is because even if he joins Gagosian, he will not be a rotten fish, but he will belong to that kind of small fish and small shrimp. It sounds majestic, and staying there may not be more comfortable than it is now.

Gu Weijing is not even considered a full-fledged player. Compared with those great artists, his status is really just a hair on his body, nothing.

No matter how many resources these large galleries have, you can only use them on a little residue after the art giants have picked their teeth.

Uncle Sakai’s own private galleries such as OFA or Tokyo Gallery now take the boutique and high-end route, and there are only four or five representative painters in total. The same is true, and all resources have been divided up.

It is not difficult for him to mobilize some connections and get Gu Weijing a contract with a new artist.

But this may not be the best for Gu Weijing.

Ma Shi Gallery has been in a hurry to go to the doctor in recent years, and has signed two hundred people. Although it is a bit reduced to the laughing stock of the industry, it is precisely the scene where there is no tiger in the mountain that can make the monkey king.

There is not so much seniority ranking, and it is easier for capable young people to stand out.

Uncle Sakai felt that the Mashi Gallery was a small pond and could not be displayed because he was Kazusei Sakai.

The difference in weight between Sakai Kassei and Gu Weijing in the minds of collectors is countless times greater than the difference in their weight.

No matter how poor and unbearable the veteran big galleries are, they are not comparable to some second-tier galleries.

The promotion of artworks around the world and the presence of galleries on five continents alone require decades of business experience.

The small pond in his eyes, if Gu Weijing jumped into it, it would be a vast ocean with no bounds, a vast sea and sky, and some room for splashing.

"The wind is surging, the clouds are surging, step on the white clouds."

Uncle Sakai softly recited this famous line from the Dongying poet Tan Tian Shantou Huo, and smiled, "Boy, the opportunity is there. Whether you can walk up to the white clouds or not depends on your own good luck."

He was stuck for three or ten minutes, and finally got through to Hanks who was transferred from his assistant.

　Last night, Picasso's last lover died.

　　Last year, there was a solo exhibition of this old lady who was [-] years old.

　　What a mark of an era has dissipated.

　　In the writing plan of this article, there should be the plot of this old lady, and then it will be regarded as the unfolding of another timeline.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)