Chapter 424: Reasons for Cooperation
Chen Dahe noticed that Sophie used a career instead of a project, indicating that she wanted to maintain a long-term relationship with her, rather than a certain stage of the transaction, and was a little interested in her proposal.
"Please, madam," Chen Dahe raised his hand and smiled slightly, "It's just that I hope this is not a compensation agreement." ”
He is naturally referring to taking advantage of himself in the terms, whether he was poor in his previous life, or rich in this life, he can't do this kind of thing, and with Sophie's mentality at this time, this is not impossible.
"Of course, at all times, I want to ensure that both parties are fair, even with your high commission, I can guarantee that I don't have a high-value antique in my possession, and the previous transaction is still fair, so you don't need to remind you of this," Sophie said with a smile on her swan-like neck, "I mean that I want to cooperate with you to set up an art agency." ”
"Art agent?" Chen Dahe's eyes moved slightly, looking at her tentatively, "You mean, oil painting?"
Unlike the wide variety of domestic artworks, when it comes to Western art, the most famous is oil paintings, and it seems that there is nothing other than oil paintings and sculptures, and in fact it is, maybe other buildings, murals, classical furniture and other niche handicrafts can also be classified as works of art, but obviously not the focus of Sophie's art agency.
"Yes,"
Sure enough, Sophie nodded, "European art is dominated by oil paintings, and galleries will also be the most important module of this company in the future." ”
"I'm sorry madam," Chen Dahe frowned slightly, "this market is indeed very promising, but you don't need to cooperate with me, in comparison, you have a better choice, such as an art family in Paris, or an art school administrator or something like that." ”
Did he really guess correctly, Sophie was working with him in order to return part of the commission? He didn't see the importance of his part.
"They are the ones I fight for, and you are my partner!"
Sophie raised her chin slightly, looked at Chen Dahe and said with a smile, "There are three main reasons why I chose you to be a partner. ”
Chen Dahe pursed his lips and smiled, "I would like to hear it in detail." ”
"First of all, this art company not only deals in Western art, but also deals in Oriental art, so it takes a person to open up the source of Oriental art, to be precise, Chinese art, and among the people I know, you are naturally the most suitable person for this. ”
Unexpectedly, Sophie's first reason made Chen Dahe a little surprised, in addition to oil paintings, she also wanted to deal in Chinese art, in today's social environment, she is quite bold, but why does she think that she can get the source of Chinese art?
But he didn't speak, and listened as Sophie continued.
"I didn't care about it before, but in the process of helping you buy antiques, I started to get in touch with the art market, and I found that in the European and even American markets, a kind of high-end Chinese art has become popular in the past two years."
Speaking of this, Sophie's eyes flashed with a hint of excitement, "I have seen those works of art, whether it is pattern modeling, or workmanship, it is a rare good product, where the really good things will be popular, if we can get similar Chinese artworks, we will definitely be able to sell at a good price, since you are collecting Chinese antiques, and the collectibles market is connected, I think you can find this kind of supply." ”
I see.
"Madam," a wry smile appeared on the corner of Chen Dahe's mouth, "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, I can indeed find this kind of source, but the artworks you mentioned have been monopolized by people in the European market, so I can't provide these artworks to you." ”
"Huh?" Sophie was a little stunned, "Enzo, I don't quite understand what you mean. ”
"I mean," Chen Dahe pouted, "that a friend of mine owned these works of art, and he sold them to an old family in Europe, and you can't touch them in terms of rules or pros and cons." ”
As soon as Chen Dahe heard what Sophie said, he knew that the Chinese art in her mouth was the batch that Thierry had brought to Europe, otherwise there would be no similar products on the market, at least Oliver strictly abided by the rules and never set foot in the European market, even the performance brokerage business, in addition, there were no batches of domestic high-end artworks in the world.
As a result, when Sophie heard this, not only was she not disappointed, but the excitement in her eyes was even greater, and she stood up and waved her hands, "Enzo, I really didn't see the wrong person, you just have the ability to open up the source of goods, the source of oriental art, it's amazing!"
"Wait, wait, madam," Chen Dahe raised his right hand and looked at her blankly, "You don't seem to understand what I mean, I mean...... ,”
"Enzo, Enzo, I understand, I understand," Sophie pressed down with her hands and smiled happily, "I know what you mean, that is, the same kind of high-end Chinese art on the European market can't be touched, right?"
"Actually, I don't have any thoughts of going against the British Dawn family, but," Sophie continued, without waiting for Chen Dahe to speak, "the other artworks are not affected, are they?"
"Uh," Chen Dahe nodded, he didn't know what the hell the Dawn family was, it should be the partner Thierry was looking for, but Sophie was right, as long as he avoided the similar artworks handled by Thierry, the others were indeed not affected, and unlike the monotony of Western artworks, there were so many types of domestic artworks that it was dizzying.
"Then that's fine," Sophie said with her arms outstretched, smiling even more, "I asked the Chinese expert at the University of Paris, and he told me that Chinese art in Europe is only a small part of all the art types in Europe, and we can manage the rest." ”
Well, if so, it is indeed possible to give it a try.
Perhaps, you can consider bringing in the works of domestic calligraphers and painters?! Chen Dahe thought to himself, anyway, Sophie also plans to open a gallery, it is easy to open a special area for landscape painting in the gallery!
However, Chen Dahe suddenly remembered that he had come to Switzerland to avoid the limelight, so what was the matter with going back to find a source of goods for her?
Just as she was about to say no, Sophie continued, "The second reason why I am looking for you is that the Far East market, the art market in Europe is currently very mature, and the mature result is that there are many competitors, but there are no very strong competitors in the Far East, the reason is the same as the previous one, a powerful young rich man cannot have a little influence in the Far East, if I cooperate with you, it will help open the Far East market and sell our oil paintings." ”
"As for the third point," Sophie looked at Chen Dahe deeply, and finished all the words in one breath, "After more than ten years of business career, apart from you, I can hardly find a partner who reassures me, and with you, I will have no worries, devote myself to the company's business, and will not worry about someone stabbing me in the back!"