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

Chapter 720, Double Happiness, the work was collected

Jiang Zhe saw that it was Wang Zhen's call and thought she wanted to ask if he had arrived at the airport. After pressing the answer button, he said directly: "Mr. Wang, I'm still on the way."

"Okay, turn around now and come back to the gallery." Wang Zhen spoke quickly, revealing a bit of excitement.

Jiang Zhe asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"

“Your work won a prize at the São Paulo Biennial.”

"Oh, what prize?" The unexpected news made Jiang Zhe excited.

"I've awarded you a Young Artist Award."

"What kind of award is this?" Jiang Zhe was a little disappointed.

"Don't worry about the award, just get it. I'll have someone change your flight ticket so you can stay a few more days." Wang Zhen said. "Let's make use of this to get your gold medal work collected by the art museum."

Jiang Zhe hesitated for a moment, and decided that since this was a possibility, he was not in a hurry to go back. "Okay, I'll go back now."

Ending the call, he told the driver to return to the gallery.

The driver turned the car around. He was a gallery employee so he knew everything about the industry. "Mr. Jiang, congratulations on winning the award."

"Thank you. I don't know the specific situation yet." Jiang Zhe said.

Although the driver didn't know the importance of this award, he thought it was always right to say something nice during the New Year.

Jiang Zhe called his family and school to tell them that he would be back late, then closed his eyes and quietly opened the system.

There is also a long-term task in the system, which requires him to participate in three major art exhibitions and obtain some results before he can complete it.

Now, the task prompts that he has participated in the Venice Biennale and the Sao Paulo Biennale and has achieved something. The remaining goal is the Kassel Documenta. However, to participate in that exhibition, he needs to wait for a long time.

Returning to the gallery, he knocked on Wang Zhen's office door.

Wang Zhen was holding up his cell phone to make a call. When he saw Jiang Zhe come back, he pointed to the sofa opposite the desk and motioned for him to sit down first.

Jiang Zhe put down his luggage and sat on the sofa.

Wang Zhen seemed to be discussing something with someone, and mentioned Jiang Zhe's award during the process.

After the call ended, Wang Zhen grabbed the water cup, took a sip of water, then stood up and sat down next to the sofa.

"I notified you as soon as I received the news. We didn't attend the event this time, so we couldn't know the situation in time." She told Jiang Zhe in detail the feedback from São Paulo.

Both of them were busy with their own affairs. They did not attend the Biennale. The holding of the National Art Exhibition prevented many practitioners from attending the Biennale, but some were still assigned to attend or took the initiative to participate. News about the Biennale was continuously transmitted back to China.

The organizers awarded young artist awards to a group of young painters, including Jiang Zhe.

Wang Zhen turned on the computer and motioned Jiang Zhe to come over and take a look.

A friend sent some photos, on-site information and reports from several media outlets to Wang Zhen.

Jiang Zhe and Wang Zhen read some information, focusing on reading some more influential reports.

Thanks to his language skills, he has no problem reading.

There is one report from domestic media and several reports from foreign media, all of which mentioned Jiang Zhe's works.

I felt relieved when I saw the good response.

As he was looking at the information, he asked, "How does the other thing you mentioned work?"

Wang Zhen replied: "Your work won the gold medal in the National Art Exhibition. According to past experience, works that win the gold medal may be collected by the National Art Museum. However, the museum has not yet given a clear statement.

I am helping you find out, there is great hope."

While the two were discussing this matter, everyone in a large conference room was watching the same reports.

Several heads of relevant departments sat in the center, and a staff member gave a work report based on reports from the São Paulo Biennial.

“…The 26th São Paulo Biennial is considered the largest international art biennial in the Southern Hemisphere. Considering that artists from these countries rarely have the opportunity to exhibit on the international contemporary art stage, this Biennial invites many artists from African and Asian countries to participate.

With the support of leaders from various departments, we carried out the exhibition of the national pavilion..."

The staff clicked on the projection and replaced it with the picture of the National Pavilion. "This is the live effect of our National Pavilion. The paintings, sculptures and installations of Chinese artists and famous artists living abroad have become the focus of public attention.

In addition, the Biennale's theme pavilion features works by 80 artists from 55 countries.

In this Sao Paulo Biennial, some works by Chinese artists became highlights and were reported by domestic and foreign media.”

Pictures of the report appeared on the screen one after another.

The staff explained one by one: "This work in our national pavilion consists of two parts: installation and video. The installation is a yurt, which has been transformed from the original form of the yurt, giving it more nomadic and mobile meanings. The projector installed in the yurt alternately shows pictures of mobile residences and survival migration status of various ethnic groups in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad. The yurt is also equipped with a neon font "Without leaving the house, you can know the world", which is a famous saying of Lao Tzu. The multiple perspectives and connotations of the work make the "Mobile House" a "global localized space", which is consistent with the concept of this Biennale."

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“This is the first floor of the theme pavilion, where many huge installations and some paintings are displayed.

The works of Jiang Zhe, a young Chinese painter, have aroused the interest and enthusiasm of many viewers. This photo shows the scene of the audience watching the works. It is said that this work is also one of the most popular works on the first floor.

In addition, according to the latest news, the painter won the Young Artist Award from the Biennale.

The title of this foreign report is, Special "Overseas Artists."

After hearing the content of this report, several leaders who were listening to the report exchanged a few words in a low voice.

"There are also some works by domestic artists that have also attracted many audiences..."

The staff showed the pictures and translated at the same time.

After he reported on his work in the Biennale, members of the organizing committee of the National Art Exhibition began to report on the work of the exhibition.

After the report was finished, a leader looked at the list of winners and asked, "According to the previous introduction, the National Gallery plans to collect the works that won the gold medal and some of the silver medals?"

The museum director replied: "According to the new requirements, the museum will negotiate with the artists and collect their works. Of course, their personal wishes must still be respected.

However, based on past experience, they are all very willing to have their works collected by art galleries.”

Another leader looked through the list and said, "This gold medal winner, Jiang Zhe, was also mentioned in the introduction to the Sao Paulo Biennial?"

"Yes, that's him."

“He competed in both tournaments.”

“He is a relatively prolific painter.”

A few people chatted for a few minutes and didn't continue the topic.

The debriefing continues.

The work that has been completed recently has been summarized one by one.

After the report was over, leaders of several departments began to give feedback and summarize.

"Recently, there has been a lot of good news in cultural work. I would like to congratulate all my colleagues..."

The speakers spoke in quick succession, all expressing their approval of recent work. The meeting ended and everyone left.

Several leaders of the National Art Museum returned to their units and began to sign specific work contracts.

After receiving the task, a middle-level manager in charge of collecting works asked the head of the museum for instructions.

"Director, we can contact all these painters, but it may be difficult for Jiang Zhe."

The curator asked, "Why? Is there something wrong with him?"

The middle-level cadre explained: "Before, when discussing the list, a colleague mentioned that we had tried to collect his works before, but failed. I am worried that we will encounter the same problem when we go to negotiate this time. In addition, he is still young. Young people are bound to be full of youthful vigor."

As soon as the curator heard this, he knew that this middle-level manager who had just taken over had been betrayed.

He didn't understand the cause and effect of the previous incident.

Considering that the person had just taken over the job, the curator did not blame him.

"Director Liu, you can learn more about Jiang Zhe's matter. Listen to the opinions of other colleagues. That incident has passed. This time, you can directly contact Wang Zhen who is in charge of the gallery. There will definitely be no problem."

Director Liu reacted quickly and realized immediately that there must be something he didn't know about, and immediately said that he would contact them personally.

He returned to his office and found Wang Zhen's contact information. As expected, just as the curator said, when the call went to Wang Zhen, Wang Zhen immediately expressed his willingness to cooperate.

Both parties agreed to come to the art museum for negotiations tomorrow.

After making the call, Director Liu thought for a moment and called a subordinate into the office.

"Xiao Wu, please sit down. I want to know something from you."

Xiao Wu responded: "I will tell you everything I know."

"I heard that our art museum once wanted to collect Jiang Zhe's works, but failed. What is the reason behind this? Can you tell me in detail?"

Xiao Wu knew about this, and because he was eager to show off, he told everyone what he knew in detail.

Director Liu pondered: "What Xiao Wu said is different from what I learned. The first thing I heard was that Jiang Zhe's conditions were too high. However, according to Xiao Wu, someone was obviously interfering and did not collect the work because Jiang Zhe was too young.

That work is in the collection of another art gallery in the capital.”

After Xiao Wu finished speaking, Director Liu said kindly: "Xiao Wu, thank you. If you have such information in the future, please let me know in time."

"clear."

"Don't tell anyone else about what happened today."

After Xiao Wu left, Director Liu put away his smile.

Thinking of the hint from the top leader, he realized that someone was trying to trick him. Thinking of the honest appearance and clothes of that man, Director Liu silently said to himself, just wait and see.

Wang Zhen was in the office. After putting down his phone, he happily said to Jiang Zhe, "How is it? Speak of the devil. He called us right after we finished talking about this matter. Let's go to the National Art Museum tomorrow."

"Is this settled?" Jiang Zhe asked.

"The person who called me was Director Liu, who had just taken office and was in charge of specific business. Since he came forward to talk to us, as long as you don't object, this matter can be settled.

In fact, according to convention, since you won the gold medal, there should be no obstacles. This is the real double happiness. Tomorrow, you should also be prepared. "

"Okay, I'll go back first." Jiang Zhe was very happy and prepared to say goodbye.

"Tomorrow, dress something formally," Wang Zhen advised.

Jiang Zhe informed his family and school of the good news.

After Professor Qin answered the phone, he reported to the department head.

At this time, several leaders of the college were in a meeting and heard the good news from the director of the Department of Plastic Arts in time.

The dean said, "This Jiang Zhe has given us another surprise. Now, the student's work has been collected by the National Art Museum. Should all the professional leaders and teachers also work hard?"

The vice president who led the team to the capital said: "If we had known about this, we could have come back later and witnessed the moment when the works were collected."

"It doesn't matter. Let him take photos of the detailed information."

Another person asked: "Is it possible that the works that won the silver medal will be collected by the National Gallery?"

"It's unlikely, so don't even think about it."

"With a gold medal, our results are already very good."

The next morning, Jiang Zhe and Wang Zhen came to the National Gallery.

The works of the National Art Exhibition have been removed. The venue is preparing for a new exhibition.

They had just arrived at the door of the office building and saw Teacher Dong and his assistant coming out.

Teacher Dong saw Jiang Zhe and waved to him: "Jiang Zhe, are you here to see Director Liu as well?"

Jiang Zhe said, "Yes, Director Liu asked us to come over."

"I guess you should come today." Teacher Dong told Jiang Zhe that his works would also be collected by the art museum.

After congratulating each other, Jiang Zhe said goodbye to Teacher Dong and walked into the office building with Wang Zhen.

The staff they met greeted them warmly.

Jiang Zhe once again felt the change in treatment after becoming famous.

Upon hearing that the two people came to see Director Liu, the staff enthusiastically led them to the door of an office and helped them knock on the door.

He didn't leave until he sent the two people into the office.

Director Liu talked about the collection of several works in a row, then cheered up and received Wang Zhen and Jiang Zhe.

He first congratulated Jiang Zhe on winning awards for his works at the National Art Exhibition and the Sao Paulo Biennial.

“We invited you two here because the museum hopes to collect the work that won the gold medal by Kang Cheol. We are very interested.

We will use good management to preserve excellent works and open them to the public for display.”

Before coming, Jiang Zhe and Wang Zhen had already discussed how to deal with it.

Jiang Zhe immediately expressed his willingness to donate the painting to the National Art Gallery.

Director Liu was very happy to see Jiang Zhe agree so readily without even asking for any conditions.

He said that he would give Jiang Zhe corresponding recognition and publicity in accordance with regulations.

Both parties happily reached an agreement and signed the donation documents with the help of the staff.

After the task was completed, Wang Zhen and Jiang Zhe said goodbye.

Director Liu, who had just completed a task, personally sent the two of them downstairs.

(End of this chapter)