"This is simple, but Lao Zhang secretly told me another news just now!"

Hu Jianmin said mysteriously: "He is a member of Chen Lihua's Chang'an Club, and he was called to a party last week, saying that there is a good project to raise funds internally!" ”

"Oh? Chen Dongsheng's Dongsheng Club! ”

Wu Tianyuan is very interested, since he talked to Chen Dongsheng last time, he is now light!

In the past, he was self-made, and a lot of money was not honorable, but now he is delicate and expensive, so he naturally wants to live a first-class life. He didn't intend to do him a favor, Kuang Guoqiang took the initiative to bear all the charges, although the national security side knew the inside story, but there was no substantive evidence, and there was nothing to do with him.

In the future, he will definitely not come into contact with unearthed goods and smuggling again, because the risks are too high and the gains outweigh the losses. Now he has billions or even tens of billions of funds in his hands, and it is better to hype up art. The government can't control it, this is a market behavior, and there are big wrongdoers rushing to pay, one is willing to fight, and the other is willing to suffer.

"Chen Dongsheng will play more advanced and more hidden in the future! He has Ullens behind him, and Lewis of Jiashide, both of whom are capital predators and are mercenary, and it is estimated that the Dongsheng Club is also a chess piece for them to use! ”

Wu Tianyuan knows too much about it, and he is also playing, although the purpose is different, but the method is the same. With Chen Dongsheng's scheming and means, Dongshenghui and others are really not opponents in terms of art.

"They started to fry a few years ago, and the so-called F4 of modern art is the product of Jiashide and Jiade together. Ten years ago, the obscure and down-and-out painters were favored by them, and they have been fried in a few years, and now each painting is more than 10 million, which is more expensive than the old masters of Zao Wou-Ki and Zhu Deyong! ”

Hu Jianmin said disdainfully: "Hong Kong's Jiashi De Spring Auction has just been completed, and among the four people known as "Chinese Contemporary Art F4" Yue Mingjun, Zhang Honggang, Fang Lihua, and Wang Guangyi, Yue Mingjun and Zhang Honggang have works on auction but the results are mediocre. In recent years, the turnover rate of the works of the four has fluctuated, and even the auction has failed, and the market has seen that it is tired and has begun to refuse to take over. ”

Among the four auctions of modern and contemporary Asian art held at Harvest in Hong Kong on 3 April this year, Yue Mingjun's 1993 work "Happiness" sold for HK$4.4 million; Zhang Honggang's 2009 work "Green Wall: Study Room No. 1" sold for HK$1,875,000 and "Expecting Creatures" sold for HK$1,087,500.

In the Chinese and Asian Modern and Contemporary Art Exhibition held in Jiade Hong Kong on April 4th, although a large number of works by Chinese contemporary artists were presented in this exhibition, the popular "F4" of the past is still hard to find.

Zhang Honggang sold 25% in the 2015 spring auction, 1996 "Bloodline" work, 1997 work "Bloodline Series", 2006 work "Amnesia and Memory: Sleep" was unsold, 2005 work "Girl" was sold below the estimate, 2015 autumn auction turnover rate was 89%, 1995 work "Bloodline" was sold for 16.79 million yuan.

The other three were not very successful, with Fang Lihua selling for 60% in the 2015 Spring Auction and 50% in the 2015 Autumn Auction. Yue Mingjun's 2015 Spring Auction was unsold for 2 works, and the 2015 Autumn Auction had a sell-through rate of only 50%; Wang Guangyi's 2015 Spring Auction sold for 71% and Autumn sold for 60%.

Wu Tianyuan analyzes: "The bubble of 2007 and 2008 when the prices of contemporary art in China skyrocketed had a great impact, and the art market has been adjusted for six or seven years, and the aftermath is still to be resolved. Nowadays, the modern and contemporary art sector as a whole is still adjusting, the transaction market is showing a continuous decline, and the buyer's market is cautious. ”

"In this environment, auction companies are constantly adjusting according to the changes in market interest under the dual requirements of difficult collection and academic requirements, so there is a rotation of contemporary art sections and tastes. From the earliest F4 to the new F4, Liu Ye, Liu Wei, Zeng Fanzhi, Liu Xiaodong, to the current Zhao Bandi, Shang Yang, Shi Chong, Mao Yan, Duan Jianwei and other artists, the changes of leading figures can be seen in the adjustment and change of contemporary art, the price of the main artists has already reached the level of 10 million yuan, and the follow-up of continuous value-added is weak. ”

Wu Tianyuan coldly observed the ups and downs of the modern art market in recent years, and with Hu Yan to analyze his internal information, he had a clear understanding of the inside story. He is very optimistic about the so-called artists now, eager for quick success, plagiarizing the West, and simply following the example of the East!

He personally likes Wu Hufan and Zhang Daqian, and before that are the four kings and four monks, tracing back to the line of ancient traditional literati paintings. Even if you want to hype up the art now, you will not choose any F4 works that have no connotation, at least the five painters you choose have their own style, and there is huge room for appreciation in long-term collection.

"You take the original valuable things, after some commercial operations, to enhance their added value, this is publicity, is the ability!"

"If you put a piece of garbage, after artificial processing, package it into a treasure, and sell it at a high price to a layman who doesn't understand, it is a lie!"

Wu Tianyuan said to himself, he has a clear positioning in his heart, and in the future, he will use the most commercial methods to promote the best domestic works to the world, so that Westerners know that we have good treasures!

"Eight billion? So-so, let's get moving! ”

Chen Dongsheng looked at the big fat man sitting opposite, nodded and said, "Eight billion is not much, but you can also start the first step plan." Especially now, many people are staring at me, although Kuang Guoqiang has betrayed the crime, but Guoan will not give up on me, let's keep a low profile and take our time. ”

Ullens took a sip of the wine that had just been flown in from the Bordeaux estate in France and said, "No problem, I discussed the plan with Lewis, in the words of you Chinese, slow work and fine work, little by little." ”

Chen Dongsheng looked at the relaxed appearance of his old partner Ullens, and warned with a positive color: "This time is different, because of this kid Wu Tianyuan, he won't let us go easily, you must be careful!" ”

"Wu Tianyuan?"

Ullens straightened up and said with a solemn expression: "Yes, his growth speed is so amazing that it has seriously affected our plans!" It's a pity that I didn't do it sooner, and now ......."

It's a pity for the two, the current Wu Tianyuan is no longer a figure that can be dealt with with with black hands, there are many umbrellas to support, and there are big people behind them, and even the three major speculators are very helpless.

"Actually, it's not that serious!"

Chen Dongsheng said with a smile: "Traveling thousands of miles just for money, he is not a saint, hasn't the Tianyuan Society also started to hype up artworks recently?" The so-called Eight King Kongs are all human spirits and big experts in playing capital, I don't believe that they can easily give up billions or even tens of billions of huge profits every year! ”

"Regardless of them, let's go according to the plan, and no one can do anything about it if we keep a low profile."

Ullens smiled: "You also want to thank Wu Tianyuan for helping you solve your big trouble, and now you are relaxed." In the future, only use capital to operate, even if you are caught, it will be fine. It's a big deal to become a naturalized American, or if I ask the Duke of Switzerland to let you become a Swiss citizen, no one can help you! ”

"Okay, cheers!" (To be continued.) )