Four Chinese people got together and celebrated Christmas in a foreign country as the Spring Festival. They ate turkey and the like, and the four of them started to chop stuffings and make dumplings, or make some big fish and meat to go with it.
Serve the beer, just spend your time however you want.
Fang Yi held a wine bottle in his hand and sat around the sofa with Luan Xiao. They were eating dumplings, drinking beer, watching TV and chatting.
Li Yuncong looked at Fang Yi, pinched a dumpling with his hands and put it in his mouth: "Fang Yi, when will your mansion be built? It's been more than a year and I haven't heard that it will be completed. Why does it take so long?
”.
Fang Yi stared at the TV and watched the program: "It's almost done. The construction work will be completed in two or three months, and the decoration part will be completed in another two or three months. Then everyone will be together.
Go stay with someone for a few days."
"Are you planning to settle in the United States?" After hearing Fang Yi's answer, Guan Fangfei turned to look at Fang Yi and said jokingly: "This is a bad idea. If you have some achievements, you just want to head to developed countries. A little bit.
I don’t have the heroic ambition to fight for the country for decades!”.
"I don't have to talk so much when I draw. You should tell the young students who have gone abroad to study basic industries that no country can be without artists like us who eat and drink." Fang Yi held it in his hand
He took a sip of his beer and joked: "The per capita land area in China is already small. If I build such a big house when I go back, it won't be a waste of cultivated land. It's better for me to harm the Americans."
Luan Xiaoxiao looked at Fang Yi and asked: "The price of your paintings in China is quite high now. Has the gallery ever thought of selling your works in China?".
"It's quite high. Shouldn't it be the highest? I don't think of anyone who is as famous as Fang Yi." Guan Fangfei doesn't know much about the domestic art market. In her mind, Fang Yi's works should be the first in China.
One person said: "In any case, the price of his works should be on par with that of Mr. Zao Wou-Ki."
"Who knows if they haven't been sold before?" Fang Yi looked at the TV and shook his head. As for the price of his works in China, Fang Yi was really not sure. He couldn't understand the domestic market!
The development of the domestic art market in the past few years cannot be described as rapid, but can be directly defined as hot. If not others, take the works of Fang Yi’s teacher Liu Hongshuo as an example. In the past, there were six to seven million pieces, but now they are ordinary.
It’s impossible to get a large or small work for less than two or three million dollars, and the number has doubled four or five times in a few years.
However, despite the booming market, large European and American galleries are rushing to open offices and branches in China one after another. This situation greatly satisfies the pride of some Chinese people. However, if you study carefully, you will find a small problem. That
That is, the big galleries in Europe and the United States almost exclusively represent local Chinese artists, and rarely introduce the works of famous foreign artists to China.
Hype and package these domestic artists, and directly face the Chinese market to make money. As for those methods, foreign galleries have been developing for such a long time, and using this thing can directly leave domestic galleries a few streets away.
Different from the foreign art market, like France, there will be works by German artists, American artists or Latin American artists. But in China, there are almost all works by domestic artists. The reason for this phenomenon is that domestic fashion men
The second reason for not recognizing the works of these people is due to domestic tax issues. After all, the art market only started to develop again after so many years after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Not to mention imperfect laws and regulations, the biggest problem lies in taxes. Everyone knows that many taxes in China are repeated taxes, while in Europe and the United States, almost all taxes are single taxes. It is difficult for a work by a foreign artist to be brought to the domestic market.
Whether the price can be raised, even if it is sold at the price of the European and American markets, the tax paid will not only affect the gallery that brought the work, but also the income of the artist himself will be much lower.
Li Yuncong didn't know why he suddenly remembered something and asked Fang Yi: "Do you think the twelve animal heads in the Old Summer Palace are works of art? During this time, my head was a little confused when I heard about this.
Some people say it is a national treasure and some people say it is worthless. What do you think of this issue?"
Fang Yi thought for a while and said: "My tendency is that they are just faucets, and national treasures and the like are just people's hype using patriotic enthusiasm."
Fang Yi also doesn't understand the issue of animal heads. How could a faucet made by a foreigner become a national treasure of China? Anyone who knows what these faucets are about knows that this thing was originally designed to achieve results.
Woman, because this design is in line with the Western architectural style. However, this plan was passed to 'Old Man Shiquan', that is, Qianlong, a half-toned art guy. The old boy rejected it and replaced it with twelve animal heads, and then naturally
It was snatched away.
"To buy this thing, it is better to buy some works of masters." Fang Yi opened his mouth and said: "If we can bring the works of Van Gogh and Titian back to the country, and then publicly display them, this would have a much greater meaning than some animal heads."
, think about it, if you can bring all Van Gogh’s works back to China, foreigners will have to go to China if they want to see Van Gogh, that would be exciting!”.
Buy back what others have robbed? Then you might as well pursue it. Look at what these foreigners usually shout about about human rights, and what they claim to be about peace. If they don't return what they robbed, you will know what kind of virtue these so-called powerful countries have in their bones.
Luan Xiao listened to Fang Yi's talk and couldn't help but speak again: "Why don't you sell your works in China? Wouldn't the price be higher in US dollars?"
"Tax!" Fang Yi opened his mouth and said directly: "The tax is too high." As for where to sell the works in the country, it is Fang Yi's turn to consider this matter. Zou Heming has been tinkering with this matter since Fang Yi and others became famous.
When I learned about the domestic art market, I gave up this idea. Because if Fang Yi's works were really sold back to China, the prices would rise, but in the end they would fall into the hands of everyone, almost the same as in the past.
Exported to European and American markets
The sales are about the same. And in the end, it’s a little more. Because Americans have tax rebates, just like Fang Yi built a house in Los Angeles, and because it’s consumed in the American market, this year it’s almost the same as
There is no tax. Because all the money earned has been consumed by Fang Yi’s relatives. Once the money is used in the market to buy things, the tax will naturally disappear. The domestic art market is not perfect yet, and there are still some problems in this regard.
Some way to go.
Speaking of Fang Yi's works, Guan Fangfei was very happy because she got one of Fang Yi's sketches. She happily showed off to Luan Xiao and Li Yuncong and said: "You two don't have much discernment. Last time I
When sending Fang Yi to Xiaocun
Then, I got one of his sketches." After saying that, he turned to Fang Yi and asked cheerfully: "Next time you want to go somewhere, tell me, and I will send you one more time. It takes a few hours to send someone back and forth.
With millions in hand, this business can be done!".
Fang Yi glanced at the proud Guan Fangfei and said: "Then you are going to buy a computer. I will draw a sketch for you when I have nothing to do. You can also lend me the computer! Remember to buy a computer that can cross the ocean.
That kind!".
"Forget it!" Guan Fangfei thought for a moment and said, "The kind of portable computer you mentioned is too expensive, I can't afford it."
Li Yuncong looked at Guan Fangfei and said: "Are you smart? I also have Rude's works, which cost about a thousand yuan when I bought them. Now, haha! I'm going to keep them as family heirlooms." When he said this, he took a picture
Fang Yi, who was sitting next to him, asked: "Do you think Rude's works will still rise in price after a hundred years?".
Luan Xiao laughed after hearing this: "If you ask Fang Yi, of course he will say it will increase. What is the big difference between Rude's works and his? They are both artists from the same school of painting, but there is less and more.
problem".
"The money in your hand keeps rising!" Fang Yi looked at Li Yuncong and said, "Just keep it. Now when you are fine, you can hope that this kid Rude will die."
"Look! I said so." Luan Xiao proudly stretched out his hand and nodded at Fang Yi: "When he bought Gregory's works in the past, everyone joked that if he encounters such a good thing in the future, don't forget it.
Who knew we would be met by you, Yun Cong?" After saying that, he introduced to Li Yuncong and Guan Fangfei how Fang Yi purchased Gregory's works.
Guan Fangfei and Li Yuncong listened to Luan Xiao's emotional description of how Fang Yi had a sharp eye and how Lu Qikun was puzzled. Not only these two people, but even Fang Yi himself sounded a bit similar.
It's like a romance.
"You are really good at talking!" Fang Yi looked at Luan Xiao with a smile and said, "It's a pity that you are so eloquent and don't become the successor of teacher Shan Tianfang or become a screenwriter."
"You are so awesome." Guan Fangfei looked at Fang Yi and said, "How do you know that this old man's paintings can be famous? And how do you know that this man is dead?".
Fang Yi blinked: "How could I know these things at that time? I'm not a god. At that time, I just thought that this Maozi's works were good and had a very unique style. Besides, the works were cheap, and they only cost so much.
Even if you lose money, you can hang it on the wall of your home, that was the idea at the time."
Naturally, Fang Yi couldn't say that he had something equivalent to a standard answer in his mind. Even if he said it, the three people sitting here probably wouldn't believe it.
Luan Xiao added at this time: "Maybe this thing is about talent." At this point, he turned his body sideways and leaned on the armrest of the sofa: "Or it can be said that after reaching a certain level, you can naturally
You can see it. Take for example the way I look at fashion now.
After arriving in Paris, I obviously feel that I have made progress than before. I really admire Fang Yi's ability to see people and paintings! Did you notice? This guy just can't draw, so he has been relying on this skill for his whole life.
I can eat and drink without any worries."
"You're not bad, you're quite familiar with that Anders now," Guan Fangfei said, looking at Luan Xiao.
Luan Xiao nodded: "To put it bluntly, it's through Fang Yi's light. If Fang Yi's family, Anders, doesn't know who I am? Now when there is a party at home, he invites me as soon as he is free." (To be completed.)