Fang Yi returned to Los Angeles and lived a peaceful life of his own. Of course, to be stable, there are always some people who come and go back... The one who is having a good time during this period is Zou Heming.
Christmas, a big holiday in the West, is approaching. It seems that the New Year is here in the United States. Those who want money and those who pay are suddenly busy. Fang Yi has gained two things during this period. The Fang family's
The second boy was born, and Fang Yi himself became an honorary citizen of Los Angeles.
Of course, it’s almost the end of the year, and the awards that should be given out have to be given out. Fang Yi doesn’t have any big awards to win, but his wife Zheng Yuan really has a lot of awards, some charity events, some musicians’ events, etc.
It seems that he is much busier than Fang Yi.
Fang Yi looked at the second son Zheng Mingyang in the arms of his mother-in-law Li Yunmei, and then said to Zheng Yuan who was about to go out: "Zou Heming is coming over today, or I will go with you!".
Here Fang Yi was speaking politely to his wife. There was a charity meeting in the music industry tonight. Zheng Yuan attended as a female guest speaker, including the performance and a small dinner after the end. Not many people in attendance were
There are many, but according to Zheng Yuan, they are all good musicians.
Being a good musician and painting are two different things. Fang Yi has accompanied Zheng Yuan to almost ten shows in the past two weeks. Fang Yi really can't arouse any interest in this show.
"I know! Just wait for Zou Heming to come over!" Zheng Yuan smiled at Fang Yi, then stretched her head into her mother Li Yunmei's cup and teased her second son. Finally, she looked at her eldest son Fang Yi.
Nu kissed him on the face, turned around and went out and got into the car.
As soon as Zheng Yuan left, the second boy Zheng Mingyang immediately burst into tears at the top of his lungs, and his voice didn't stop at all.
Fang Nu, the little guy, stretched out his hand to hook his grandmother's sleeve. He yelled indiscriminately: "My brother is crying, let me see!".
Seeing his eldest son's anxious look, Fang Yi couldn't help but shook his head. When the boy heard his younger brother crying, he felt as if he was on stimulants. He was extremely happy. He didn't know what was so happy about it. For
Fang Yi didn't understand this.
"A little loser! You little thing has the nerve to cry." Fang Yi muttered to his second son with a smile. He stretched out his hand and scratched his son's nose.
Originally, Fang Yi didn't know how much he was looking forward to having a daughter. Who knew that he would be a son this time? Fang Yi was immediately disappointed. Moreover, this son was not at all like the worry-free Fang Rui when he was young. He was completely a troublemaker.
, he usually sleeps soundly during the day, but at night he howls at the top of his lungs. To Fang Yi, he looks like a little troublemaker.
Fang Yi was a little disappointed. It’s not that he didn’t like his son, but when it came to liking the little thing, it was Zheng Xianguo and Li Yunmei who cared most about him. Maybe that’s why the little thing’s surname was Zheng!
"Don't cry, baby, don't cry anymore! Mingyang is good!" Li Yunmei immediately started to coax her, and while she was chanting, she started to spin around the room. After walking a few steps, her second son stopped talking and opened his nostrils.
With it, a big bubble came out of his mouth. This is the second troublesome thing about the little thing. When he is not sleeping, he must move.
Fang Yi took advantage of the situation and left the living room, focusing on the studio. He began to work on his own creation, that is, the conception and sample collection of Nezha Naohai.
As soon as the door of the studio closed, Fang Yi was immersed in his own world. Now Fang Yi was holding a comic book in his hand, yes! It is commonly known as a comic book. Zhang Xu helped Fang Yi to create this comic book.
It is a complete set of Nezha, and it is a very beautifully printed edition published in 1980.
Now Fang Yi is half lying on the chair in the studio, with his legs crossed proudly. From time to time, he reaches out to flip through the little book, or picks up the teapot next to him and takes a sip. Just looking at this look does not look like a master is creating a work, but rather
It's like a landlord in the old society looking at the account book. It would be more like that if there was a fat butler standing next to him!
Fang Yi was watching Nezha ripping off the dragon tendons of the third prince of the Dragon King when he heard Zou Heming's voice coming from next to him.
"Are you looking so fascinated?" Zou Heming pulled up a chair and sat next to Fang Yi and said.
"When did you come here?" Fang Yi turned to look at Zou Heming, then turned his attention to the little book.
"Just arrived!" Zou Heming said to Fang Yi. As he spoke, he took out a check from his pocket, put it in front of Fang Yi's eyes and waved it: "This is what Sophoby gave you, the ones from the insurance company.
The money will be available for a few days!".
Grabbing the check in front of him, Fang Yi skillfully folded it in half with one hand and put it into his breast pocket. After putting the check in, he continued to flip through the little book: "These guys are asking us to pay."
They are always very positive, but when they are asked to lose money, they drag it back and forth!”.
"Haha!" Zou Heming stretched out his hand and patted Fang Yi's chair armrest: "The necessary process still needs to be done! Besides, they can't run away. The money will be in your account in at most two weeks, and you don't have to
Why are you so anxious to pay so much attention to this! Why don’t you show your original magnanimity when you just give away 27.5 million?”
After hearing this, Fang Yi immediately raised his face, glanced at the cheerful Zou Heming and said, "I didn't expect the price of that work to be so high!".
The 27.5 million that Zou Heming mentioned was the Vermeer imitation. Fang Yi originally estimated that it was only 7 to 8 million US dollars, but reality gave Fang Yi another blow.
The museum also has two private collectors because of this work,
They were very enthusiastic, including the Tokyo Museum of Western Art in Japan. They wanted to take this work back, but in the end they failed to do so. The Philadelphia Museum gave the final price of 27.5 million to take this work back.
A copy of Vermeer was collected.
The ironclad facts prove that Fang Yi always estimates the price of some works and the auction price are so different that they are completely different.
Fang Yi, who received two blows in a row, now made up his mind to underestimate the price of paintings in the future, because in Fang Yi's opinion, some people in the world are crazy!
"You can create billionaires and another multi-millionaire with just one hand. You are considered a person who shocked North America!" Zou Heming looked at Fang Yi and said with a smile.
This sentence refers to the painting where Michelangelo created a rich man worth 300 million U.S. dollars. Zhang Xu and Li Lin divided the 27,800 U.S. dollars, and both of them were rich men worth tens of millions of dollars.
guest.
"What are you talking about? Didn't you see that I was reading a book?" Fang Yi felt a little embarrassed after hearing this. Nowadays, when friends mention this matter, they usually use a joking tone like Zou Heming.
Zou Heming stretched his head and looked at the little book in Fang Yi's hand and said: "This thing can be considered a book? It's just like a primary school student looking at pictures and talking, don't be so advanced!".
"What do you know! I'm not just looking at pictures, I'm looking at childhood memories!" Fang Yi turned over the little book and explained to Zou Heming: "You are a naughty kid who grew up in the United States, how can you be like me?
My experience! Let me tell you, when I was growing up, I used to rent books like this at roadside stalls. Each book cost one cent or two cents. At that time, because of the
Books, I often ask my sister to borrow money!...".
While flipping through the little book, Fang Yi told Zou Heming about the time he read the little book on the roadside when he was a child. He tried to tell Zou Heming that the thing in his hand was a kind of enjoyment when he was a child. Of course, Fang Yi asked his sister to borrow it.
The word "borrow" for money is understood differently from the ordinary word "borrow".
Although Fang Yi said it with emotion, telling this to Zou Heming was obviously an understatement. Lawrence Zou, a yellow-skinned and white-hearted man, could speak fluent Chinese, but he didn’t have Fang Yi’s experience. America’s No. 1
After the Second World War, the world became a superpower. It’s hard to predict Fang Yi’s age when it comes to entertainment. Zou Heming has already watched indoor action movies!
It is difficult to resonate with things without personal experience, just like Zou Heming who is listening to Fang Yi speak now.
"Okay! I know that your living conditions were very difficult when you were a child, or that life in China was very difficult at that time, but now everyone is living a better life. Look at your current life. The villa has a swimming pool. The car is also b
Starting with "! Don't think about the hard days in the past, let me tell you something."
After saying that, Zou Heming told Fang Yi what happened with Popile in the eyes of Fang Yi with disdain!
Fang Yi was a little dumbfounded after hearing this. He subconsciously took the little book in his hand and flipped to the cover. After taking a look, he felt a little incredible. He turned his eyes to Zou Heming and asked, "No way! Bo
Biller actually found a scholar who studies Chinese mythology to give him a lecture?".
"It's not a guitar lesson, it's for his current student Dean Lintege, and he will sort it out and summarize it before narrating it to Bobiel." After Zou Heming finished speaking, he saw Fang Yi's expression and said, "What's wrong? What's wrong with you?"
So surprised.”
"This is too ridiculous!" Fang Yi couldn't help but said: "Isn't it enough to just paint a picture of Nezha Naohai and listen to the story? You also need to systematically understand Chinese mythology?".
Zou Heming thought for a while and said: "You have always lived in the Chinese cultural atmosphere. He is a European who doesn't understand it, so of course he needs to know more about it!"
Fang Yi shook his head after hearing this. In Fang Yi's opinion, there is no system in ancient Chinese mythological stories. There is a hammer in the east and a hammer in the west. The time when the mythical characters were created and the relationship between the characters are not very clear. It is very confusing! This is
The mythology of ancient Greece is very different. Later, some Buddhist stuff was added, and it was so mixed that it would be difficult for a Chinese to sort it out, let alone a Westerner who is not a good person.
Westerners who understand Chinese culture.
"Then I can only wish the old man good luck!" Fang Yi sighed and prepared to continue reading his little book.
Seeing that Fang Yi was about to read again, Zou Heming reached out and pressed the little book in Fang Yi's hand and asked: "The young man from the village is the one you asked me to help arrange a small house to live in. He can't be
Apprentice?".
"What are you talking about? I am only in my early thirties and he is in his early twenties. Want to be my student?" Fang Yi knew as soon as he heard this that Zou Heming had misunderstood: "Loretto is not the disciple I want.
I just think he is pretty good, so I asked him to go to the Painter Village to learn more! As for what he will gain, I wish him good luck. I haven’t found a student yet, but Lao Wang’s son will most likely be given away in two years.
come over!".
It seems that few talented people are stupid. Loreto arrived at the Painter Village after talking to Fang Yi for a week, and now he and Keshma seem to be getting closer. After all, they are both Italians.
, which is also human nature.
"He's very talented?".
"Talent seems to be a bit, but the most important thing is favor!" Fang Yi said matter-of-factly. Lao Wang even opened his mouth and Lu Qikun also praised the child. Fang Yi also nodded before,
Nine out of ten times this kid has become Fang Yi's disciple.
After hearing this, Zou Heming put the matter aside: "Then let me tell you about Sophoby's arrangements?".
"Okay! Tell me, let me hear what they want me to do!" Fang Yi put down the little book in his hand and said to Zou Heming. If you take other people's money, you have to do things for them. This is Fang Yi's point.
It still has some moral standards.
After explaining Softby's booking process to Fang Yi, Zou Heming asked Fang Yi, "What do you think?".
"I don't think it's very good!" Fang Yi was a little impatient when he heard that Sophoby was going to move some of his works to his home, and then move them back after appraisal. If he kept going like this, he would come to his home every three to five days.
Then earning more than one million is too tiring.
After thinking about it for a while, he said: "Let's do this. You ask them to take photos of the works that meet my requirements and send them via email to my mailbox. If there are good works, I will ask them to send the paintings over!".
Fang Yi is not interested in seeing so many fake or unknown works. Don't bother him at home. He should send an email first. If there is a genuine product or he likes it, he will send the original work.
Bring it.
If anyone else heard this request, Fang Yi would think it was excessive, but Zou Heming just nodded: "Then I'll tell them!".
When Fang Yi made this request, he thought it was a bit excessive, but since he said it, he should wait for Zou Heming to bargain with Sopheby. (To be continued...)