Chapter 220: Visiting Puhai
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"Buy, why not? These digital oil paintings, although they are a little more angry than the pure handmade ones, but in terms of workmanship, they are already very accurate and exquisite, if they are not connoisseurs, ordinary people may be difficult to distinguish, whether this painting is a digital oil painting, or a handmade oil painting. And you wouldn't think that all the vampires on Wall Street would be connoisseurs who know how to appreciate art, right? ”
Jin Muchen snapped his fingers and said, he is a qualified businessman, although this digital oil painting is not as good as a handmade oil painting in terms of artistry, but after all, its original is very low, and he is talking about his antique store, which is not specifically for high-end customers.
"I also think you should buy it, and you should buy more to go back, it doesn't cost much anyway, and I can't understand the nouveau riche on Wall Street. Especially the so-called new bankers, they may be very talented when it comes to money, but when it comes to art, those guys are a bunch of laymen, with bad tastes and visions that make people feel pitiful. And they all like vassal elegance, so these paintings, if you buy them back, will definitely not worry about selling. ”
Candace followed Jin Muchen's words on the side, and indeed if he talked about the experience of dealing with these bankers on Wall Street, Jin Muchen really didn't have as much experience as Candace.
After all, before their family went bankrupt, she had always lived in high society, with fine clothes and food, and those Wall Street bankers, many of them were guests of their family at that time, so she saw a lot of those guys. I also know a lot.
And since their family went bankrupt. Candace hated the politicians in Washington. and Wall Street bankers, so she asked Jin Muchen to buy these digital oil paintings and go back to pit those Wall Street elites, but she raised her hands in favor, and if she could, she was even willing to raise both pairs of feet.
The next day, Jin Muchen directly placed an order for the boss, and the first time it was just to test the waters, so he didn't order many paintings, about 20 groups of 100 paintings. The average cost of each piece is more than 50 yuan.
But these paintings, he took them back, but he planned to start with five hundred, and he was worried that it would be a little too dark, but Candace told him that it was not black at all.
If he sets the price too low, those Wall Street bigwigs are reluctant to buy it, because the price is too low, which will make them feel that they have a good share.
Anyway, when the time comes, as long as you fool them, this is a handmade copying work. With their artistic attainments, they could not distinguish between hand-copying at all. and the difference between digital oil painting.
What's more, even if those big guys buy them back, that is, hang them on the wall of the dining room or corridor at home, except for when they come to guests, they are used to show off their aesthetic taste and highlight their B style, they usually don't take a second look at them, so Candace told Jin Muchen that he doesn't have to have any psychological pressure at all.
Hearing Candace say this, Jin Muchen also felt that this was the case, so he didn't think much about it.
And just after they completed the transaction, the boss Wang was kind enough to provide them with a message.
"Boss Jin, if you really like hand-copying works, you might as well go to Puhai to have a look. After the rise of digital oil painting here, many hand-copied imitations could not be mixed here, some changed careers, and some went bankrupt, but many of them moved directly to Puhai. After all, it's a big city, and those painters like to mix in that place, and there are many art schools there, so if you find those students to become painters, the cost will be reduced a lot. Here is the phone number of a friend of mine, who now specializes in this kind of handmade painting in Puhai, his surname is Chen, but the price they ask is much more expensive than ours. For example, the average cost of each piece is less than 60 yuan, but the cost may be ten times higher on their side. ”
Why did this Boss Wang introduce Jin Muchen and them to his competitors so generously in the end, Jin Muchen and they don't know, maybe this Boss Wang is too confident, thinking that their cost advantage is irreplaceable!
But he didn't know that this just solved a big problem for Jin Muchen, after all, his gallery was opened on Wall Street, where there are as many local tyrants as nouveau riche, but there are also many high-end people who really understand art.
If you just use this kind of digital oil painting to fool people, that's not good, if one is not good, you may even smash your own signboard.
Therefore, to deal with those more high-end customers, it is best to show some sincerity, such as handmade oil paintings, whether they are copied or original, there must be some.
Declined Boss Wang's invitation to have a meal together, Jin Muchen took Candace to have a good time in this city for a few days, which is not only a world-class small commodity wholesale center, but also a national 4A-level tourist shopping city.
Needless to say, the scenery is beautiful in the south of the Yangtze River, but there are also a lot of delicious foods, such as Shangxi beef offal, Donghe meatloaf, fairy chicken and other delicacies, and the two of them enjoyed it all over again.
After spending another two days in the city, Jin Muchen took Candace on the road again, this time to Puhai, the most economically developed city in China.
Jin Muchen has also visited this city before, but each time it is not for a long time, except for the high-rise buildings here and the famous Bund, he has not visited it very carefully.
And for Candace, that's not to mention, it's also the same as a big city like New York, and it's the most attractive place for a young girl like her.
When he arrived in Puhai, Jin Muchen took Candace directly to Pudong and opened a luxury suite at the Shangri-La Hotel near the Shiliupu Wharf.
It can be said that it is one of the most prosperous areas in Puhai now, and it is also the place where you can best enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Huangpu River.
He has long heard of these well-known hotels on the edge of the Pujiang River, and of course he has to enjoy it this time.
After arriving in Puhai, Jin Muchen was not in a hurry to contact Boss Chen, but changed his mind, planning to have a good time with Candace in the city for a few days.
After all, as the former Far East Paris, now the largest and most prosperous city in East Asia, there are many places worth visiting.
Especially for an antique dealer like Jin Muchen, the antique market in Jinling has not been able to have a good time, which has made him a little disappointed.
Puhai is a city that has only emerged in the past 100 years, and the real history of this city is actually more than 100 years.
The city is a huge city of immigrants, and many people who fled from the north to escape the war at the end of the Qing Dynasty gathered here.
Those who had money lived in the concession, while those who didn't have money gathered in Zhabei.
And these rich people also brought a lot of culture and antiques to Puhai that they lacked the most.
On the day Jin Muchen arrived in Puhai, he specially checked some information about the antique market in Puhai, and only after this investigation did he know that the original antique market in Puhai has a first floor, a city and a bridge.
The first floor refers to the Chenghuang Temple tourist attraction, the treasure building at the west end of Puhai Old Street, the first city refers to the jewelry and antique city near Jing'an Temple, and the first bridge refers to the Yunzhou antique city near the big wooden bridge.
After checking the address, Jin Muchen also had a score in his heart, a few days ago, he took Candace and took a good look around the city, and when Candace had enough, he took Candace directly to the antique city.
The first stop was of course the treasure building near the City God Temple, when he went there was in the morning, there were not many people in the City God Temple, but this time I walked in, I really felt the real old Puhai.
Old-fashioned wooden slab buildings, cramped alleys, and the smell of feces and urine that can be smelled from afar.
Because this is Puhai is a government-established reserve for old buildings, the houses here generally do not have indoor toilets, and residents can only use toilets until now, and the first thing they do when they get up in the morning is to empty the toilet.
So if you come here, it's obviously not a good thing to come too early, and the taste is too rushing.
I finally passed through the Yu Garden and came to the Treasure Building, but when I got here, I couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.
This place is not quite the same as he imagined, originally thought that there must be people coming and going here, but when I thought of it, it seemed a little deserted, don't Puhai people like to play collecting?
Jin Muchen muttered secretly in his heart, but later, when he was chatting with the boss, he remembered that it turned out that today was not the weekend, no wonder it seemed so deserted here.
But no matter what, the market size of this treasure building is indeed much smaller than he imagined, not to mention that compared with Panjiayuan in the capital, it is compared with the Changle Road Cultural Market in Jade Bird City where he went before, it doesn't seem to be that big.
There are about 400 stalls inside, and the area of each stall is not large, but the things bought are quite complete, such as ceramic jade, antique ornaments, stone carvings, wood carvings, new and old calligraphy and paintings, the four treasures of the study, etc., are everything.
After chatting with the store, I realized that the busiest time here should be around 4 o'clock in the morning every Saturday, because there will be a ghost market here at that time.
Jin Muchen scolded secretly in his heart, it was not the right time to come.
I walked around in this treasure building, I didn't feel disappointed, there were good things in it, but not much, and most of the stores were suspected of homogenization, there were too many similar types of things to buy, there were many fakes, many handicrafts, and there was nothing he could look at. (To be continued......)