Fang Yi didn't know that just this afternoon, two people from the gallery had arrived at the studio and saw his studies and the creation of "July 10th", and his heart became even more enthusiastic when he signed the contract.
Liu Hongshuo invited two old friends to dinner at his home in the evening. They had known each other for so many years. From the beginning, the old man greeted them at home and did not go to any big restaurant to show off. The food they ate was also ordinary home-cooked food.
Tomatoes, eggs, etc. The only two big meat dishes were a stewed chicken and a plate of braised pork.
Liu Hongshuo picked up the wine glass in his hand and gestured to the two of them and said: "Xiao Chen! I can only paint two more paintings this year! If others ask for paintings, I will postpone it to next year!".
The person Liu Hongshuo calls Xiao Chen is the gallery manager who is also Liu Hongshuo’s manager. His name is Chen Shenglin, one of the two owners of the gallery. Sitting next to him is Zheng Xiaopeng, the other owner of the gallery.
After listening to Liu Hongshuo's words, Chen Shenglin asked: "Mr. Liu! Do you have plans for the second half of the year? Is there anyone we can help with?".
Most of the other masters now have their own paintings represented by relatives, friends, etc. To put it bluntly, it means that the good news is not left to outsiders. Even if they are not well-known now, there are not a few who are waiting for the gallery to become popular and replace them with their own people. It is rare to do so.
Liu Hongshuo is such an outlier, and others have tried to dig him out several times without success. It can be said that a quarter of the gallery's profits come from Liu Hongshuo. Of course, the gallery values Liu Hongshuo and spares no effort in promoting him.
Liu Hongshuo said with a smile: "It's all trivial! In the second half of the year, I plan to go to Canada with my wife to see my daughter, and another grandson is about to be born!".
"Then let's congratulate Mr. Liu first." Chen Shenglin and Zheng Xiaopeng raised their hands to Liu Hongshuo and said with smiles on their faces: "We have to prepare some gifts for you to take with you!".
Liu Hongshuo happily waved his hands at the two of them: "Congratulations several times! There is no need to prepare any gifts this time!" At this point, he mentioned to Fang Yi: "I don't need to watch Fang Yi anymore, this child
It’s easy to teach! I’ve been there for several months and I’m not afraid of him being lazy!”
Listening to Liu Hongshuo mentioning Fang Yi with a hint of pride on his face, Dong Shenglin and Zheng Xiaopeng looked at each other.
Zheng Xiaopeng opened his mouth and said to Liu Hongshuo: "Mr. Liu! We have one more thing to do this time! It's about Fang Yi. After discussing it with Shenglin, I took the liberty to ask you to let Fang Yi sign for our gallery!"
We will definitely promote it carefully! Shenglin will be personally responsible for it!"
Liu Hongshuo was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He put the chopsticks holding the vegetables to his mouth and then put them back into the bowl in front of him. He looked at the two of them and asked, "Do you have a crush on him?" The old man nodded as the two nodded.
Wave your hands.
Seeing the old man waving his hands, Zheng Xiaopeng became a little anxious: "Are you worried about us? The entire promotion plan has been prepared!" After saying that, he gestured to Chen Shenglin next to him. Chen Shenglin immediately stood up and prepared to go to
I went to the living room where I kept my bag to get the Fang Yi promotion plan and let Liu Hongshuo take a look at it first.
Liu Hongshuo pressed his hand to Chen Shenglin who stood up: "It's not that I don't believe you, if I want to push him this time I'll let him and Zhou Tong sign with you, he's too young!".
Zheng Xiaopeng felt a little strange after hearing this. Painting at such a young age is also a selling point. An important part of his gallery's promotion plan is to capture this point.
It can be said that Zheng Xiaopeng started to inquire about Fang Yi when he learned that Liu Hongshuo accepted this disciple. It is not easy to sign a promising painter in this industry, and it is even more difficult to sign a famous painter who is as stable as Liu Hongshuo.
Please understand that if your gallery did not sign Liu Hongshuo at the beginning, it would attract a lot of people later with this brand.
Some painters have long been unable to sustain themselves. Of the dozens or hundreds of galleries across the country, only a handful can now claim to be making money, let alone making money, and few are even able to maintain their capital! There are several painters throughout the country who do not like this relationship.
Use your own family? Not to mention that 30 to 40% of the profit from a painting is taken away by the gallery. For most people, it is hard to part with good money!
Those who care so much about the old man's disciples certainly know how much the old man loves his disciples. When I saw the painting today, I understood a little bit why Liu Hongshuo treasured his disciple so much. He had such realistic skills at the age of nineteen, and he liked it even as a teacher.
!
"It will take one to two years from the start of promotion to the real spread of fame! In this way, Fang Yi will be twenty-two years old." Chen Shenglin tried to persuade Liu Hongshuo: "Our gallery has been responsible for the paintings in the past two years.
It is our gallery that operates, purchases and sells by ourselves! First, we participate in some art exhibitions, and then there are national awards, which will take a lot of time!"
What Chen Shenglin is talking about is a common method used by galleries to raise or maintain the price of a painter's works. That means that during a painting exhibition, one's own gallery hires a consignment agent to buy the contracted painter's works at a higher price, so that slowly the works will be sold at a higher price.
The market pushes up or maintains a suitable price. This method is not only used by domestic galleries, but also by almost all major galleries around the world.
Just like the painter Teiman once said when talking about his relationship with galleries: If his paintings are ignored at an art exhibition or no one cares about them for a period of time, then the gallery that cooperates with him will buy them.
Use your own works to maintain the market price of your works.
Liu Hongshuo said: "You are still too young!". Liu Hongshuo knew that his disciple, apart from painting, was like a young man who had nothing to wear but food to open his mouth! And he looked very shrewd, but in fact he had not experienced the baptism of life. In terms of personality,
There are still
It's a bit simple. If a young man becomes famous, it may not be a good thing for Fang Yi! Whether in history or now, are there few things that slander Zhong Yong in the painting world? When he was young and frivolous, he gained both fame and fortune. Liu Hongshuo was a little worried that his disciples would
Become arrogant and arrogant!
This is not impossible! Through these contacts over time, Liu Hongshuo has already seen the arrogance hidden in Fang Yi, and that arrogance is not domineering. If Liu Hongshuo's pride is written on his face, it is clear at a glance
.Then Fang Yi's arrogance is hidden deep in his heart, expressed in his warm smile to almost everyone.
It can be seen from some things that Liu Yuchan originally arranged for the four most outstanding students to live together, thinking that they could learn from each other and integrate with each other.
Look at Fang Yi! After living here for almost a year, he doesn’t even know where his class’s studio is. People like Tao Yong, Qu Gu and others can’t figure out what paintings are on their easels now. They even asked three people to come to the teacher’s studio.
Nothing was mentioned.
Not to mention that Fang Yi thought the teacher didn't agree to come as an excuse. When he didn't know whether Yi Shi's students liked others to go to the studio, why did Fang Yi dare to try to hang out, and now he didn't even mention it? Let's look at Zhou Tongzhi again.
During the interaction between Fang Yi and Zhou Tong, Fang Yi looked at Zhou Tong’s paintings far less frequently than Zhou Tong looked at Fang Yi’s paintings. Not to mention Zhao Jie, Zhao Jie is now more like Fang Yi’s student.
Just teach with some thought.
Looking at it this way, Fang Yi may not have the mentality in his heart: I don’t need to see your paintings, my own are awesome enough. This kind of thinking may not be felt by Fang Yi himself! This is unconscious.
From the depths of consciousness.
Listen to what Fang Yi said unintentionally, I haven't practiced my painting skills well yet! Because I haven't reached the level of these masters! If I can't reach such a level, it doesn't mean my painting skills have been honed? These paintings are all masterpieces of masters! Use this method
When measured against his standards, his teacher Liu Hongshuo should go back to the studio to practice his painting skills.
Liu Hongshuo could see it, but he did not get rid of the pride in his disciple's heart. The old man even thought that without pride, there would be no inner persistence! He just wanted the disciple to be more mature until he could face all kinds of things in society*
*, keep your true love for painting.
After thinking about his disciples for a moment, Liu Hongshuo said to the two of them: "I have my own plans for this matter! But I want to ask you for a favor!" After that, he told the two of them what he was thinking.
When the old man finished speaking, Zheng Xiaopeng and Chen Shenglin were stunned. This was the first time they had run a gallery for more than ten years that a teacher arranged such an arrangement for his students.
"I'll leave this matter to you!" After Liu Hongshuo finished speaking, he raised his arms to the two of them, and then said: "The long term is four to five years, the short term is two or three years!".
Zheng Xiaopeng and Chen Shenglin looked at each other and smiled bitterly, picked up their wine glasses and said to Liu Hongshuo: "Old Liu! If Fang Yi wants to sign a contract with a domestic gallery, he must consider us first!" After listening to the old man's words, these two people understood what the old man meant to him.
Fang Yi, a disciple, has so much hope. Now, let alone his own gallery, there is no gallery that can sign Fang Yi for at least two or three years.
"Well! As long as he signs with domestic galleries, it must be you." Liu Hongshuo said with a smile: "Maybe in two or three years, I will let him sign with you!" He drew a cake for these two friends.
After eating at Liu Hongshuo's house, the two chatted with the old man for a while, then said goodbye and went downstairs to get into the car. As soon as he started the engine, Chen Shenglin said to Zheng Xiaopeng next to him: "Today is really an eye-opener.
Got it!".
"The painting is really good. I have never seen such a realistic level at the age of nineteen!" Zheng Xiaopeng said.
Chen Shenglin nodded, backed the car out of the parking space, and turned the steering wheel: "Now that Fang Yi's skills are comparable to those in the country, no matter young or old, there is no problem in entering the top twenty! I don't know how this kid learned it.
.It took a little more than three years of hard work to reach this level!”
"Otherwise, I wouldn't have let Liu Laohua put so much thought into it and let nature take advantage of her!" Zheng Xiaopeng thought for a moment and said, "What others said is right. I hope this guy won't disappoint the old man!".
"Are we going to the hotel now?" Chen Shenglin asked, changing the subject.
"What restaurant are you going to so early? I know a famous bar. Let's go have some drinks." Zheng Xiaopeng patted the colleague next to him and pointed out a place, and then the two of them drove towards the target while chatting.