Frank's words really sounded like that, but he was still slapped in the face by Brina, his precious daughter. (Due to caching reasons, please visit the browser directly.\nCOM website to watch the fastest chapter updates)
"Dad, do you believe what you say? In the first two years after the death of this wandering painter, the price of his paintings increased a lot because of some speculation. However, in the past two years, not many people have speculated on the artist's legacy works.
, there is almost no room for appreciation.
He is not a talented painter like Van Gogh. I think it is basically impossible for his paintings to appreciate in value in the future. This painting will only continue to depreciate if you keep it in your hands. It is the wisest choice to sell it at a high price now, just 10,000
U.S. dollars."
Frank felt heartbroken for a while after hearing what his daughter said.
They are not even considered boyfriend and girlfriend, but their elbows are already turned out so much.
"Just fifty thousand dollars."
Chen Feng said. Although Brina helped him negotiate the price, he couldn't give up any face to Frank, right?
It doesn't matter if it's father and daughter who are bargaining like this, but he is an outsider after all, so Frank can't be put down.
Of course, he can't really be taken for granted. The true valuation of this painting was revealed by Brina, and he certainly can't continue to buy it for $100,000.
When Chen Feng said this, Brina and Frank both looked at Chen Feng in surprise.
They are all smart people, and they soon understood the reason why Chen Feng asked for $50,000, so as to give the father, daughter and himself a step up.
Frank doesn’t really want money, nor does he mean to trick Chen Feng. In art collection, one is willing to sell and the other is willing to buy. There is no such thing as high price or low price.
"Chen, I'm sorry, I did exaggerate the price just now. The original estimate of this painting was only 20,000 US dollars at most, so you can just pay 20,000 US dollars."
It's not like Frank doesn't know how to be a good person, especially when his daughter exposed his old background just now. If he calmly accepts Chen Feng's second offer, will he still have this old face?
Seeing that he was not being polite, Chen Feng smiled and nodded: "Okay, just 20,000 US dollars. You can draw up a contract later and we will close the deal right away."
"Well, you are such a generous guy."
This painting can be sold for 20,000 US dollars, and Frank will certainly not lose money. As his daughter said just now, this painting will not have much room for appreciation in the future, and it is undoubtedly very wise to sell it at this time.
Seeing that the two had reached a verbal agreement, Brina said nothing more.
Next, Chen Feng looked at the other paintings in his collection, but unfortunately none of them met Chen Feng's requirements.
After Frank showed him the collection, Clark, who came up from downstairs, took him to see the postcard collection.
After finally reading the postcard, Frank had already drawn up a sales contract for the painting. The content was very simple. After Chen Feng took a rough look at it, he signed it.
Chen Feng will take the painting away first and pay Frank within three days.
When we got back to the hotel, it was almost ten o'clock in the evening.
In the hotel room, Chen Feng stared intently at the "Rose" he had just bought. It contained enough life energy for him to absorb for an hour. This was really an unexpected surprise for him, especially since it only cost 20,000 yuan.
US dollars, less than 200,000 Longguo coins, it was a bargain.
When he came from China this time, he only brought three photos containing life energy and two scrolls of calligraphy. According to the amount of ten minutes of absorption every three days, he could barely sustain himself for two months.
It's not that he doesn't want to bring more, but it's inconvenient to bring some artwork abroad, and besides, he may not be able to stay in America for two months.
But in order to make up for the shortcomings of these works of art, it was necessary for him to add some more when he came to America this time.
This "Rose" undoubtedly gave him a surprise, and he plans to continue his efforts, hoping to find more works that meet the requirements here.
After taking a bath, Brina came out of the bathroom and saw Chen Feng standing in front of the "Rose" painting, staring at it motionlessly, and said with a smile: "My dear, it seems that you really like this painting. I
Although I don’t know much about painting, in my opinion, this painting is still a lot worse than the works of famous painters. I really don’t know why you like it so much."
After Chen Feng heard what she said, he stopped absorbing the life energy in the painting, turned to look at her with a smile and said: "I don't know much about painting. The reason why I bought it was not mainly for collection, but simply
I like it and think it suits my eyes."
Brina shook her head when she heard this and said, "I know you are rich, but you spent so much money to buy it, not just for collection, which really surprises me."
"It's not mainly for collection." Chen Feng corrected, "I only buy them if I like them. Collection is secondary. I don't buy these works of art for investment or economic reasons, but purely for personal preference."
"Okay, I understand. So, if you are going to the art fair tomorrow, you will also buy those works of art based on your own preferences, right?"
"Yes, the main thing is to see if it suits my taste. I won't consider the value, connotation, or fame of the creator of the artwork itself. It just depends on whether I like it or not."
"You are really willful, but this is your freedom. I will go with you tomorrow and I will see what kind of art you will buy."
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There was no talking all night, and the next morning after the two had breakfast together, they set out to visit the expo.
The expo here is very different from the ones in China. They are all held in a large venue. Each stall has a variety of art works on display, including various sculptures, various ornaments, oil paintings,
Photography works, even colorful scarves, clothes, etc.
In fact, most of the exhibitors are well-known galleries and some personal works recommended by art agents.
Chen Feng originally came with high expectations, thinking that since it was such a large art fair, there should be many art works that met his requirements. However, after walking around, none of the works met the standards.
This made Chen Feng really feel like he had seen a ghost.
Yesterday, he easily got the art work he wanted at Brina's house, and it was just a painting by a wandering painter from Frank's personal collection. Frank's total collection of paintings was only in the single digits.
Now he has looked at hundreds of art works at this art fair, but none of them meet the requirements.
The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
Chen Feng reluctantly walked around this large venue again, looking at basically every stall, but the result was still the same, none of the works met his requirements.
In the end, Chen Feng could only come here happily and leave disappointed.
Brina was surprised to see that he had been shopping for a long time, but not a single work she liked. After all, in such a big art fair, there were hundreds if not thousands of works on display, but Chen Feng didn't like any of them.
Yes, this is amazing.
On the way back, Brina saw that Chen Feng was not in a good mood, so she said, "I know a flea market with an art thrift store inside. Are you interested in checking it out?"
Chen Feng asked nonchalantly: "Is it close?"
Brina replied: "It's not far. Now we need to change the route and we should be there in ten minutes."
Chen Feng thought for a while, and there was nothing wrong with going back now. The most important thing was that he was still a little unwilling. After all this happened, he couldn't gain nothing.
So, I nodded in agreement.
Ten minutes later, the car arrived at the location.
Brina took him to the art thrift store with familiarity. The store was not very big, only thirty or forty square meters, and there were a lot of artworks scattered around inside, especially the hangings on the walls on both sides.
Full of various paintings.
Chen Feng just looked up slightly and was stunned after taking a quick glance.
With just a quick glance, Chen Feng discovered that among the dozen or so paintings hanging randomly on a wall, two contained life energy.
He looked towards the other wall and miraculously found another picture.
Chen Feng suddenly had the feeling that "there is no place to be found without any iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get there."
"This art thrift store has been open for decades and is somewhat famous in Los Angeles. Most of it is art collected from various channels, and a small half is some unknown artists who put their works on consignment here. You can
You can take a look at it at will."
While Brina was introducing, she was also looking at the various artworks in the store, including various ornaments, sculptures, porcelain, etc.
There was a counter at the door, and sitting inside was an old white man with white hair and beard. He looked to be in his seventies or eighties. At this time, he was wearing reading glasses and holding a small porcelain bottle in his hand and looking at it. For Chen Feng and the two of them,
I didn’t pay much attention to the arrival.
Chen Feng walked over and asked directly: "Sorry, excuse me, how do you sell these paintings hanging on the wall?"
When Chen Feng said this, the old man raised his eyes to look at him. After hearing this, Brina came over curiously and asked curiously: "Do you want to buy a painting here?"
She had spent a long time shopping with Chen Feng at the expo before, looking at at least hundreds of art works, but Chen Feng didn't want to buy any of them.
Now when I arrived at this thrift store, I already wanted to buy it as soon as I walked in.
"Yes, if the price is right, I would like to buy some here."
While Chen Feng answered Brina's question, he looked at the old man again.
Of course the old man heard what he said, his eyes immediately lit up, and he said with a smile: "These paintings hanging on the wall are all high-quality products of our store. I specially selected them from hundreds of paintings. They have greatly appreciated in value."
Space. Therefore, each of these paintings is no less than $500."
"500 US dollars?!" Chen Feng couldn't help but widened his eyes slightly.
Of course, he didn't think the other party's price was too expensive, but that it was too cheap.
Among the three paintings he just took a fancy to, the one with the least life energy was enough for him to breathe for half an hour, while the one with the most contained enough life energy for him to breathe for at least an hour.
Therefore, 500 US dollars, which is only three to four thousand dragon national coins, is really too cheap.
However, in the eyes of the old man and Brina, his questions and expressions made them think that Chen Feng was too expensive.
The old man immediately added guiltily: "If you just buy one painting, it will cost at least 500 US dollars. If you buy multiple paintings, there will definitely be a certain discount."
Brina immediately said: "I have visited your store several times with my father before. In my memory, none of the most expensive paintings on your wall sold for more than 300 US dollars. Did I remember it wrong?"
When the old man heard this, he looked at Brynna carefully and seemed to have some impression. After all, Bryna was quite beautiful. He said a little embarrassedly: "That was before. Now you know, the price of everything is rising. In our art world, the price is rising."
Of course, the product market has also risen, and the price of US$500 is really not expensive.”
Of course Chen Feng didn't care about the small amount of money, and immediately said: "I plan to buy three paintings, the package price is 1,200 US dollars, what do you think?"
The old man immediately shouted: "Deal!"
Seeing this, Brina didn't say anything else. She knew that Chen Feng didn't care about the money, not to mention that the price had been negotiated.
"Then please take down this one, this one, and this one over here."
"Okay, sir, I'll get it for you right away."
The old white man came out of the counter with a warm smile and took down the three paintings as requested by Chen Feng.
Getting these three paintings made the trip worthwhile.
But Chen Feng was obviously not satisfied yet, so he asked: "Do you have any other inventory in your store? Especially paintings and photography."
"Of course, my store is a time-honored one. It was founded by my grandfather. Our store has a special warehouse that stores a lot of various artworks. There must be what you need. I can take you to see it.
.”
"Okay, then I'll trouble you."
When the old man knew that he had met a big customer, he immediately closed the store and took the two of them to the warehouse with great enthusiasm.
The distance is not very far, it only takes a few minutes to drive there.
The other party's warehouse did not disappoint Chen Feng. It took Chen Feng nearly an hour to find several works that met the requirements, including five paintings and two photography works.
It’s still a package price, so I got it for $3,000.
Chen Feng is happy, and so is the shop owner. It seems like a win-win situation.
After putting these art works in the car, Chen Feng asked Brina to take him to the flea market. He wanted to go to several other art thrift stores to see if they could find treasures.
As a result, I visited two more stores and found nothing.
Although Chen Feng was a little disappointed in this regard, he was still very satisfied overall. After all, he had only spent more than four thousand US dollars, which was only twenty to thirty thousand dragon national coins, to buy eight works that met the standard, which was enough for him to use here.
It's been two or three months.
"This is the last one. After visiting this store, it's time for us to have lunch."
Under the leadership of Brina, the two came to the last art thrift store in the flea market.
The area of this store is relatively large. The store looks like 200 square meters. The decoration and layout are very modern. There are also three staff members in the store. In addition to the cashier at the counter, there are also two shopping guides.
After the two of them walked around, Chen Feng didn't see anything that met the requirements. When he was about to go out, one of the male shopping guides asked: "Sir, what kind of art do you want to buy? Our store
There are various artworks from all over the world, and what is displayed in the store is only a part of them. We have made a list of the rest, you can take a look, maybe there will be something that satisfies you."
"Okay, let me take a look." Chen Feng agreed.
After hearing this and asking him to wait a moment, the shopping guide went to the counter and quickly brought a tablet computer, from which he opened the product catalog for Chen Feng to view.
Chen Feng operated on his tablet, flipping through page after page, and he found a work that he seemed to be satisfied with. The catalog was not only rich in pictures and texts, but also included some videos shot by the real person, which was very professional.