Fang Yi pushed open the door of the small room and saw that his friends and his wife were all in the room chatting. The groups were divided, men were in groups and women were in groups, and everyone was chatting warmly.
"Hey! Why are everyone staying here?" Fang Yi walked in with a smile.
"Hurry up and close the door. We got some food here and are eating it!" Su Meng opened her mouth and said immediately when she saw Fang Yi walking in.
Fang Yi smiled and closed the door, and then said jokingly to Su Meng: "I don't need you to tell me that you are eating. You even have something to eat on your face!".
After listening to Fang Yi's words, Su Meng looked at Zheng Yuan, then wiped her face with her hand: "Is there any more?".
"It didn't happen in the first place, he lied to you!" Zheng Yuan said with a smile.
Fang Yi pulled up a stool and sat next to Tao Yong and asked: "This is your and Qu Gu's first time participating in an exhibition. Why are you here sitting here? Why don't you go out and meet people? The level of the artists who came this time is
It’s really high.”
This year’s October Exhibition can really be said to be the October Masters Exhibition. In addition to Fang Yi and Bobile, plus the four linearists, Michael Carson and others, there are also nearly 20 world-renowned artists.
There are famous artists participating in the exhibition. There are also a lot of guests this time. If we count according to the previous exhibitions, if there are more than a dozen squatting in a small room, the exhibition hall will probably be quite empty. But now,
A dozen missing is the same as nothing missing.
"What are you talking about? It's true that when you use a book, you will regret it less. When we meet, all the birds are singing, and I know hello. Okay, oil and so on, how can we talk!" Tao Yong shook his head and said
: “I’ll provide a translator next time I have experience.”
At this time, Lu Qikun heard Tao Yong's words and said to Fang Yi: "What are you doing seeing so many people? It's not enough to talk about it! I think everyone I should know is in this room now!" After he finished speaking,
I repeated it again in English. Although there is a bit of a problem with Lu Qikun's pronunciation, you can make do with it if you listen to it in American dialect.
Tao Yong and others were not very good at English. Several of them started learning English at almost the same time. However, in the end, only Lu Qikun spoke 70% or 80% of English, and the rest were almost the same as before. From this point of view,
Sometimes it's good to have a bit of a paranoid personality. At least when you learn something, you have a little more perseverance than others.
Lu Qikun's words made all the men sitting in the room laugh.
Fang Yi sat down and chatted with his friends. As for the outside things, he forgot about them.
Fang Yi is throwing a tantrum here because of Fang Yi's artist. Zou Heming can't throw away as much as Fang Yi. He still has to personally receive high-profile guests. Even if they haven't bought anything from his gallery for the time being.
I've passed the painting, but the exchange of greetings is still necessary.
Zou Heming's current company is neither a wealthy person nor a painter, but Zheng Xiaopeng and Chen Shenglin from Jinpeng Gallery who came from China to participate in the October exhibition for the first time.
"You will come here every time from now on." Zou Heming took the two of them to the snack area, took a bottle of wine from the hand of Dai Yingsheng, and turned to look at Zheng Xiaopeng and Chen Shenglin and said.
"Of course I'll come if I have the chance! This time is really eye-opening." Zheng Xiaopeng also sat down and took two glasses of wine from Yingsheng's tray. He handed one of the glasses to the translator beside him and then said to Zou Heming.
Now Jinpeng Gallery can be said to be the leading large gallery in China. Not only is it ranked among the top three in terms of annual profit, it is no problem to be ranked among the top five. However, Jinpeng Gallery is a domestic attraction after all. When it comes to foreign countries, let alone compare it with those large galleries with a long history.
, in terms of market experience, it is not as good as Lawrence Gallery when it first signed Fang Yi.
It can be said that things in Western galleries are close to the standard, while in China we are still trying to cross the river by feeling the stones. But this is also good for domestic galleries. A lot of experience can be used.
Just like in the current Internet era, Yahoo in the United States has become popular and made huge profits. A group of people who squatted in the United States and worked for others. The brave ones ran back to China and copied Yahoo, and then there was a portal in China.
When a website is popular in China, Google will have this popularity and that search. If you think about it carefully, you will find that in the Internet era, even though there is a lot of activity in China, the truly original thinking is basically blank.
To use an advertising slogan, it can be said: Chinese turtles are the porters of the United States. The most important thing for the success of this model is the market. These domestic markets are controlled and relatively closed. If the Americans reach out,
If you come to such a sensitive area, there will be a lot of things going on.
Similar to the Internet, domestic galleries do the same thing, but the art market is much less controlled than the Internet. In recent years, major auction companies and galleries around the world have opened galleries in first-tier cities.
Of course, overseas galleries are also here to make money, not to teach you how to run a gallery. In a joint venture, you have to be led by others. If you don't have a joint venture, they won't give you free services.
The current situation of Jinpeng and Lawrence Gallery is a bit special. There is no affiliation between the two galleries, but there are indeed many cooperative relationships. Take what happened after Tao Yong’s participation in the exhibition as an example. The two galleries are very interested in the works.
After the sale, the gallery's net profits were discussed to be divided.
With such a cooperative relationship, Zou Heming and Zheng Xiaopeng can be regarded as friends. Taking this opportunity, Zou Heming took Zheng Xiaopeng to meet many old friends. Naturally, they went around in a big circle and wasted a lot of spitting. Can you not
Are you thirsty?
As for why Zou Heming was willing to take Zheng Xiaopeng around, how could he be so generous? Because Zou Heming, a profiteer, knew that even if he took Zheng Xiaopeng around to death, he would not be able to take these people away or pry them away. On the contrary, he could change his direction and tell them
Zheng Xiaopeng: Look at the strength of my gallery, I might be able to get some benefits from the negotiation table in the future.
Zheng Xiaopeng felt a little bit of Zou Heming's intention, but he didn't take it seriously. With the addition of Lawrence Gallery abroad, Bai was indeed a million miles better than Jin Peng's name. Who in the United States knew that Jin Peng Gallery came from China?
Where is the little bird? Of course, Lawrence Gallery wants to make its name brighter, and now it has a top artist under its banner.
In terms of the standard and reputation of the signed artists, Lawrence Gallery is not comparable to Jinpeng. Not to mention Jinpeng, many established galleries in Europe and the United States have to look at Lawrence Gallery with admiration.
"Actually, you should come here more and have fun, and hold more art exhibitions in the United States to promote signed artists to the American market," Zou Heming suggested to Zheng Xiaopeng.
"We have this idea, but arranging the personnel and space here was quite troublesome for us in the past! It was not only a trouble but also a money issue." Zheng Xiaopeng said, "It's fine now. Our two families have begun to cooperate.
Our gallery holds at least two special exhibitions a year in Europe and the United States."
The first thing to do when holding an art exhibition in the United States is the venue. Americans are not all bad guys, and they are willing to contribute to making money for Chinese artists in the U.S. market for free.
If you encounter someone who is not familiar with the market and comes to you on his own initiative, he will definitely sharpen his blade and give you a good bloodletting. Even if the price of the venue does not cheat you, the messy cost
It will also ask you to shell out a large amount of money. Don’t think that only the Chinese will do this. The profiteers in the old capitalist countries do it with a knife without leaving a trace. They will cut you all over, but they won’t smell the slightest fishy smell.
"No problem!" Zou Heming smiled after hearing this and gently touched a glass with Zheng Xiaopeng and said: "Happy cooperation, everyone!".
The four of them got together and chatted for a few minutes.
"Lawrence" Goldman from the French Gallery walked up to Zou Heming. This was Bobiel's manager, Simon Goldman, whom Lawrence had only met several times in Paris before.
When I met Zou Heming before, although he was quite polite on the surface, he was just showing off his gentlemanly demeanor. In his heart, he didn't think highly of this young American gallery owner.
Even if the Lawrence Gallery signed the so-called Linearism pioneering artist at that time, for the French Gallery, whether it was the foundation or the reputation, the small Lawrence Gallery was still unable to see Goldman's eyes. Only then did several artists
He pushed back the appointment several times and asked Zou Heming at the time to wait for him.
In the past, he knew that Zou Heming wanted something from him, but now Goldman smiled more sincerely when he faced Zou Heming. When he came to Zou Heming, he was the first to extend his hand. Because now everyone is not asking for someone else, but wants to cooperate with each other.
, so that everyone should at least be equal. Goldman is not so brainless when it comes to putting on airs, and Zou Heming will definitely not do this.
Because Zou Heming is Fang Yi's friend, Fang Yi will consider Lao Zou's feelings. As long as he puts the difficulties on the table like this, at least half of them hope that Fang Yi can help Zou Heming deal with it. And Goldman faces Bo.
When Biller wanted to convince the old man to do something, he wasn't even sure at all! It all depended on the old man's own decision, whether it was correct or not.
Although there is a cooperation between the gallery and the artist, there is also a strong side. When the artist is not famous, the gallery is strong. When people like Michael and Keshma are around, the artist is stronger. As for Popile, it is like Fang Yi.
Yes, for the four works displayed today, the so-called gallery has no binding agreement on the two of them.
Therefore, Bobile has always been the boss of the French Gallery! Not only can he not be beaten or scolded, but he also swallows tears when he is scolded, and he still smiles when facing the old man.
"Where's Henry?" Zou Heming asked Goldman.
"I went back to the hotel. I said I would go back to Paris early tomorrow morning," Goldman said impatiently, shrugging his shoulders.
"Will he be there when the techniques are announced?" Zou Heming asked again.
The so-called technique announcement means that Fang Yi and Bobile filmed their entire painting process and made it into a CD. The BBC confiscated Fang Yi and Bobile's money, but it can't be in vain. These four photos
The CD was made into "Techniques of Postclassical Masters", and I wanted to subsidize my own expenses. Of course, it was just two galleries, and even Fang Yi and Bobile could get a share.
Goldman sighed and said impatiently: "He hasn't thought about it yet!" (To be continued...)