064: Stratagem
As soon as Fu Yuanshan got his mobile phone last night, he called Shulei, and he was relieved when he learned that Shulei was fine. There was a lot of work to deal with this morning, and she didn't ask much about Ma Jun's injury.
It was now close to noon, everyone got up and left the office to prepare for lunch, Xu Hui came over and asked, "Shulei, is she better now?"
"It's better. Yuan Shan looked at Xu Hui, but blamed this woman in his heart.
Xu Hui was not very happy to see the distant mountains, so she also became serious.
Once a man finishes venting, his body is tired and his mind wakes up, he is no longer so obsessed with his desire to please women, Xu Hui knows this well.
"When is your wedding date for Shulei?"
"It should be in September, the time is quite rushed, there are a lot of things to be busy, we have diamond rings, houses, etc., we haven't seen anything yet. Yuan Shan sorted out some documents in front of him and stood up, "Let's go, let's go eat first." β
Walking on the road, Xu Hui picked up the topic just now: "Then this house is a diamond ring, I didn't hear you say that the Shulei family can handle it, and you don't have to worry about anything." β
"That being said, you must know that the Qu Mansion is not a good place to stay. At the wedding banquet that day, the man brought by Shulei's sister was either the boss of her own company, or a famous painter engaged in art, and the income was all that I had never thought of before, and that night it was really a slap in the face! I am a big man, married such a wife, outsiders look at me, thinking that I have a big gold brick, but I have a hard time, I can't even raise my head in this family. β
Xu Hui knows that Yuanshan has always been a proud man, a high-achieving student of Tsinghua University, who has wanted to use knowledge to change his fate since he was a child, but the reality is not what he thinks.
"You have to think about it carefully, yesterday's farce, you offended Shulei's sister who was not fuel-efficient, and in this family in the past, you have to look at her sister's face everywhere. β
Fu Yuanshan walked to a restaurant and sat down, he smiled and said, "Actually, I acted rashly yesterday, which is really inappropriate. β
Xu Hui thought that yesterday Yuanshan saw Shulei having physical contact with other men, and since he was so angry, he knew that Yuanshan had Shulei in his heart.
Thinking of this, Xu Hui was a little sad.
She paused and said, "Yuanshan, I'm thinking about divorcing my husband. β
Yuan Shan's eyes moved away from the menu and looked up at Xu Hui: "I really can't go on?"
"I don't love him, I love you. Actually, I'm not a woman who only thinks about myself in my heart, I like you, so I'll do my best to be with you. Xu Hui's eyes turned to the scenery outside the window, and she didn't want to look at the distant mountains at this time.
"But we can't. Yuanshan vetoed Xu Hui's dream.
"What's impossible? We know each other, we're colleagues, and we're all in harmony at work, in life, and in that aspect. We live together with our monthly income, and we are also a well-off family. Moreover, you don't have to worry about raising a child for me, the alimony given by the child's father is quite a lot. β
Yuanshan hesitated: "It's still not good, this thing is too complicated, I can't do it." I'm just at the beginning of my career, and I really don't want to focus on the love affair between men and women. β
"Do you want to use the platform of the Qu family to show your strength? I think it's not worth it. β
"Xu Hui, it's not because of this!" Fu Yuanshan didn't want to say anything more, so he asked the waiter to come over and order.
But Xu Hui wanted to break the casserole to find out, so she asked, "Why is that?"
"Shulei has my flesh and bones. Yuan Shan said reluctantly.
"You can't let go of this kid?"
"Hey...... Perhaps, but then again, if it weren't for Shulei having my child, I wouldn't be as embarrassed as I am now. I don't have to get married so early, I can focus on work, and now, in addition to work, I also have to take care of the book, and I have to be busy with the wedding, and when the child is born, I still have to take care of the child. My time was compressed in an instant, and I was overwhelmed for a while. β
Xu Hui thought for a while and said, "You mean, if Shulei doesn't have children, you can have free control over your life, right?"
"Probably so. β
Yuanshan didn't want to dwell on this issue anymore, he just wanted to bury his head in eating and continue to devote himself to his work later.
At this time, his leader, Mr. Li, walked over to them and said: "Yuanshan, your plan has made a great contribution to the bidding of this project, and in a few days the American customers will come over, and we will have a dinner, so you can participate in it." And I heard that you are going to get married, so bring your fiancΓ©e and come with you, after all, our client is also bringing his wife with him this time. β
Yuanshan got up and nodded and said, "Okay, thank you, Mr. Li." β
Mr. Li patted Yuanshan's broad shoulder and turned to Xu Hui and said, "And you, come with you and bring your husband." β
Xu Hui thought that Shulei would also go with her, so she politely refused: "Mr. Li, my husband is busy on weekdays, and no one takes care of the children, so I have to take care of the children, besides, this kind of business gathering, and I can't leave early, for fear of being rude, I won't go." β
Mr. Li smiled: "Okay, well, since this is the case, it's not reluctant, then I'll take a step first." β
After they said goodbye to Mr. Li, Xu Hui looked at Yuanshan with a smile and said, "It seems that you will be able to become a regular soon, and maybe you will be promoted soon." It's a rare thing to have a meal with a company client. β
"Then you won't be invited. β
"You're a newcomer, I'm an old fritter. Let's make a bet that if you get a regular or a promotion, invite me to dinner?"
"What if not?"
"I'll stay with you for the night. β
When Yuan Shan heard this, he instantly lost his appetite, and forced out a smile: "Let's see then." β
Shutao called Li Wen, Huang Junjie and Ma Jun to his house for dinner today, saying that he was going to have a double CP party. Prepare at home all day.
After Ma Jun and Zhao Youyou met, they drove to Shutao's residence, and as soon as they entered the door, they asked, "Is it going well in the gallery?"
"It's very smooth, with Lixuan's operation, a hundred rest assured. β
Ma Jun made a grimace, saw Shu Tao wearing an apron and smiled: "Hahaha, you still wear this thing, are you going to cook today?"
"What's the matter, this apron is a limited edition of CHANEL, I wear it to feel what it's like to be a hostess, you see I just bought vegetables. β
After finishing speaking, Shu Tao picked up a cabbage wrapped tightly in plastic wrap, and this cabbage was held by her like this, like an Oscar-winning golden man.
"Are you going to the supermarket?" Ma Jun looked suspicious.
"I didn't go, I asked the private purchasing service in this building to help me buy it, and I also made an appointment with the French Le Cordon Bleu chef to come and cook for us tonight. Shu Tao was angry when he talked about French food, "I was going to eat together yesterday, but who would have thought that you would be beaten into a one-eyed panda!"
"Hey, Qu Shutao, you are experiencing the hostess cooking, you are simply a lady pretending. β
Shu Tao walked up to him and flicked his head with his fingers, and Ma Jun shouted, "Oops!
Shu Tao opened a cabinet, took out a folder and handed it to Ma Jun: "Look at it, these are the list of invitations to the exhibition, the front is the name, and the back is the position and social identity. β
Ma Jun took the folder and looked at it, Shu Tao walked to the whole kitchen, and cut the fruit with a knife as a pastime.
"How can there be Shen Yun on this list?" asked Ma Jun suspiciously.
"Shen Yun?" Shu Tao was puzzled, because she didn't know this person at all, she only knew that part of the list was entrusted to Li Wen to ask Huang Junjie to help contact and sort it out, "Some of this list was made by Li Wen's boyfriend, you know that as Gao Ya's assistant, he can always find some people in the fashion industry, I have been in France for so long, I have completely derailed from the Chinese circle, and if I want to invite these important people, I have to have someone to help." β
Ma Jun picked up the pen and drew a cross behind Shen Yun's name. He said: "You can't invite her. β
"Why?" Shu Tao shoved a piece of fruit that he had cut into his mouth.
"She is Shanzi's mother, Shanzi and I hold art exhibitions, and we don't want our families to be involved, and sometimes we don't let our parents know about young people. β
Book peach puts the cut fruit on a plate. She said while placing the fruits: "It seems that you and I are two different types of people, if I can paint and hold an exhibition, I will definitely notify the seven aunts and eight aunts to show my ability to Qu Shutao." β
Ma Jun drew another cross and said: "Don't invite Gao Ya." β
"Ma Jun, such an important person, if you don't invite, you are stupid. β
"It's because he's too important and will increase media exposure, so it's better to have more than one thing, and it's better not to come. β
"Then don't hold this art exhibition, isn't it to increase the exposure of the art exhibition to better promote the gallery?" Shu Tao put the placed fruit plate in a well-lit place, and took a photo with his mobile phone.
"Shutao, you are opening a gallery, not a supermarket! It's not that the more people who know, the better, but the more high-quality customers who can fool them into spending, the better. A fox like Gao Ya would not easily invest in a young painter. β
"But as long as these paintings are noticed by the media, the price will also improve, right?"
"You are too naΓ―ve, to do a good job in the gallery, the responsibility of the gallery manager is not only to be discerning, but also to fight a good public relations war! Our customers should be powerful senior collectors, and the paintings will have a market value when they are in their hands, and once the first batch of paintings has a price code, then when the second batch of paintings is released, that is when you make money. So this exhibition is just the first step, it's just a bait. β
Shu Tao put the fruit plate in front of Ma Jun: "My great painter, come, eat some fruit." β
Ma Jun saw the fruit plate placed by the book peach, which was really delicate and ingenious. He smiled and said, "It turns out that you still have this kung fu." β
"I've never eaten pork, I've always seen pigs run, I've eaten so many star-rated restaurants, and I still know how to put a fruit plate on a gourd. Shu Tao picked up the topic just now and asked, "What do you mean by saying that this exhibition is just a fishing bait?"
"This time, we're just throwing bricks and bricks and bringing together these veteran collectors and letting them see the paintings. And you have to remember that the price of the painting must not be too high, too high will make them feel discouraged, we want to make sure that the volume of transactions. β
"In that case, how can I get back the money I invested in decoration, I won't do it!"
"Listen to me," Ma Jun became serious, "these paintings are worthless until these collectors get their hands on them." In the art market, there is also a blind following the trend, as long as senior collectors start, there will be follow-up hype, so the first thing to buy is not the painter, nor the work itself, but the vision of senior collectors. β
Shu Tao seemed to have an epiphany, and felt that Ma Jun at this time was like two people from the previous Ma Jun, no wonder he would make Shu Tao gradually let go of his arrogance and make her bow down.
Ma Jun continued: "Moreover, this operation can kill two birds with one stone!"
"Killing two birds with one stone?" Shu Tao frowned, "I don't understand." β
"If you raise the price, not only will no one buy it, but it will also dampen the enthusiasm of Tong Wei and Xu Jia, which is a hard disservice to the painter. If you have a very small chance of shit luck and the paintings are sold, it will not be easy for you to manipulate these painters in your follow-up work! Painters are also men and women who eat and drink, and it is normal for people to die for money and birds for food. I'm afraid that these painters have a good price for their paintings, and you will have to accept their paintings in the future, which is not the current number. β
"Why didn't I think of this!" Shu Tao suddenly felt that he was just talking and doing things, he usually had a lot of big truths, and he really went to the battlefield, but he only charged into battle with enthusiasm, how to talk about the art of war and strategy.
Ma Jun took another bite of the fruit and said, "Do you think that painters are only obsessed with art? They are also laymen who look at money." β
"You make so much sense, I really didn't think they would cheat and cheat!"
"As long as you make this bait, you can put a long line to catch big fish. I will ask these painters to sign a long-term contract with you, and collect the paintings according to the percentage of the market value of the painter's works, that is to say, all the auction circulation of their first works can only be sold through Taolei Gallery, and no matter how outrageous the market value of their paintings is, when it comes to you, the bulk of the profit is still yours, and you will not lose money!"
After Ma Jun finished speaking, Shutao excitedly gave him a bear hug that caught him off guard and kissed him fiercely.
"It hurts!"
Shutao accidentally touched Ma Jun's wound, and hurriedly said, "Be good, be good, don't cry." β
Ma Jun laughed and swept away the fruit plate placed by the book peach.