Su Yehao took the time to have a cup of coffee with Jeff Koons and said that he would find a few experts to help him create a suitable development model for him.
It would be best to publicly destroy all the garbage in the exhibition hall and focus on the creation of giant sculptures, especially cartoon animals, so as to open up a new path to become a master artist.
The lawyer is helping to draw up the contract, and there will be a large amount of income soon, so Jeff Koons has no objection and just thinks that Su Yehao is right.
In addition, he also agreed to take some time to draw some design drafts recently, customize a batch of brand-new works, and sell them to Su Yehao for US$300,000 each.
Even the theme of the work has been discussed, and a complete set of giant sculptures are designed according to the twelve zodiac signs, with a slightly cuter shape.
There are twelve pieces in total, which means the purchase price is as high as 3.6 million US dollars.
Jeff has been overwhelmed by the huge surprise. He hopes to get more orders and make more appointments. He just hates that there are only twelve Chinese zodiac signs.
Although Jeff Koons clearly knew that Su Yehao was trying to stock up on goods in advance, so that when the time came, he would take out his works to hype them up, and use publicity and auctions to sell them at a higher price.
But this kind of hype is quite in Jeff's interests, so of course he won't refuse.
It has been dormant for nearly ten years. It is estimated that after doing this, I will be financially free and retire...
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After chatting with Jeff, I took Yin Liuli’s hand and walked around the area.
The East Village of Manhattan has a strong artistic atmosphere. Nowadays, a large number of down-and-out artists, singers, and dancers live here. The walls are covered with graffiti, and there are craft shops, bars, and restaurants everywhere.
I'm already here, and I want to buy something by the way.
The new house in Tai Long Wan is about to be completed, but it happens to be missing some decorations.
Su Yehao put so much effort into building a castle-like building beside the pond in his yard, partly to use it as a collection room to store his favorite things.
Yin Liuli is not good at English. Before, she was wandering around in the world, almost as if she was blind.
At this time, she was wandering in the gallery and heard Su Yehao say that he was willing to spend 10 million US dollars to buy the third balloon dog, and she was suddenly surprised and said:
"Oh my God, you don't have a fever, do you? How can his works be so valuable? In fact, at the auction last night, Mr. Yang spent 1.1 million US dollars. I thought it was too expensive. Now you
Spending more than 10 million is enough to buy famous paintings by Picasso and Monet..."
Seeing how much Yin Liuli cared about money, Su Yehao couldn't help but smile.
He put his arms around the girl and asked:
"Then how do you know that someone similar to me didn't buy Picasso or Monet's oil paintings at the beginning, and then prepared to use them for speculation like me? It doesn't matter whether they are worth money now, the important thing is that they may become
It’s extremely valuable. Instead of chewing the bones that have been chewed by others, I might as well make a new pot and eat it myself as a chef.”
"Oh~ You just want to make more money, so you plan to speculate on it yourself, right? But the price you paid for it is so high." Yin Liuli asked with a smile.
Su Yehao answered her:
"The price is indeed a bit high, but in order to get ahead of others, it doesn't matter if you spend a little more. Earning more or less is second. The main thing is to make it interesting by yourself. Do it yourself and turn a pile of cheap metal into a sky-high price art that is sought after by others.
It’s very interesting to think about it.”
"...The ideas of a rich young man like you are indeed very different."
"What's the difference? Liuli, you are still too young. Didn't you realize that Jeff was on the phone all the time, asking him to discuss business? Even if I didn't bet in advance, others would quickly buy his masterpiece. Last night's auction in San Francisco
Yes, it must have been noticed by interested people."
After saying these words, Su Yehao thought of something and added: "Maybe I don't care about Jeff's matter, mainly because the buyer is named Yang Zhiyuan, who is very topical. He is the founder of Yahoo and a super rich man worth billions of dollars. Every move he makes
All get attention.”
Yin Liuli asked again: "What about you? Will the news that you bought these be released?"
"It's not necessary for the time being. I'm not as famous as Yang Zhiyuan in the United States, and my influence is limited to the Silicon Valley area. In a few days, I plan to find a ship to transport them back to the port city and put them at home to slowly appreciate them. The one worth 300,000 US dollars
Do you want a stainless steel rabbit? It is very artistic and special. It is most suitable for collection. It is unique and rarer than a balloon dog."
"...Forget it, I'm afraid of rust."
As soon as Yin Liuli said these words, Su Yehao almost choked to death.
After being silent for several seconds, he retorted: "I said it is stainless steel, so it should not rust. After hearing what you said, I started to feel a little worried."
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Talk while walking.
I didn't find any works I liked in a small gallery, so I went to another one.
We walked around the corner for a while.
At a casual glance through the window, Su Yehao unexpectedly saw a familiar face. He stopped instantly and was stunned.
Yin Liuli also saw the girl in the painting through the glass, raised her eyebrows slightly, and couldn't help but asked curiously: "Is this a painting or a photo? I seem to have seen her...right, that Miss Jiang next to you?"
"
It is half a world away from the port city.
I actually saw an oil painting by Jiang Yu in the window of a gallery in New York's East Village.
It's no wonder that a woman like Yin Liuli, who has always buried her head in the sand, mentioned the title "Miss Jiang" in front of Su Yehao for the first time.
It was obvious that she already knew about Jiang Yu's existence.
Last time, someone planned to kidnap Su Yehao, and the news made a big fuss. The news about "traveling with beautiful women" was overwhelming. Of course, Yin Liuli had seen it and was deeply impressed by her.
"This is... a big departure! Could it be that there is a person in New York who looks exactly like my friend Jiang Yu?"
Su Yehao deliberately emphasized the word friend, but Yin Liuli just pretended not to hear it.
She thought for a while and said, "It's really strange. Maybe the photos were leaked online and spread to New York. Someone thought Miss Jiang was beautiful and maybe used her as a model."
"No way. Forget it, you can find out if you go in and ask..."
Push the door and enter the small gallery.
The bell at the door rang loudly. Su Yehao called the gallery manager. He didn't bother to test it slowly, so he took a Franklin out of his pants pocket and said:
"Tell me where the oil painting of a Chinese girl at the door came from. This is a tip."
The fat middle-aged white manager calmly accepted the one hundred dollars and told:
"I don't know. I came back from vacation two months ago and it was placed in the window. It must have been consigned by a customer. It was sold for $50,000. No one has ever asked about the price. Surrealist oil paintings are not popular recently.
Popular, after all, there are cameras everywhere, such paintings are very time-consuming, but do not have much collection value."
In order to be worthy of the $100 tip, the manager told everything he knew.
Su Yehao then asked:
"The person in the painting is a friend of mine. Since it is a consignment, you should have the seller's information here, right? I would like to meet the seller in person. If the seller is willing, I will buy it."
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In fact, Su Yehao has already made some guesses.
Last summer, Jiang Yu had a perm, but the painting showed a long, straight ponytail. If you look carefully at the lower left side of the painting, you can even see a corner of the school badge of Donghuang Rose Middle School.
Thinking about the people around Jiang Yu, it seems that only Miss Vera Andrade, who has no news, can best explain the current situation.
Miss Vera is not only friends with Jiang Yu, she is also very good at oil painting. She may have used Jiang Yu as a model.
Su Yehao once attended Miss Vera's painting exhibition, and the other party gave him a piece of "Blooming Peach Blossom". Although it was somewhat imitated by Van Gogh's "Blooming Apricot Blossom", the pink petals that filled the eyes were indeed quite beautiful.
Until now, that painting is still hanging in the penthouse mansion in the middle of the mountain, and you can see it every time you go there...