The preview at the Metropolitan Museum of Art was a full two days, and because the number of works did not reach the pre-booked number, the interval between them was very large, about three meters. Fortunately, almost all of their works are not too small, and they don't look too empty.

The last time it was almost all managers of small businesses, collectors and the like, and this time there were not only well-known entrepreneurs, but also managers of some big banks in New York, who were generally responsible for buying some art for the bank and hanging it in the big customer room or headquarters office of the bank headquarters to show their taste. There are also some well-known collectors in the United States.

The million-dollar price tag for a work was not something that most of the guests could afford last time.

Fang Yi and his friends showed their documents to the staff at the entrance of the exhibition hall, and a staff member next to him hadn't seen Fang Yi's documents, so he reached out and pulled the soft velvet strap on the railing, made a gesture of please, and let the five people in.

Before they had taken two steps, they heard someone behind them ask, "Is there an art exhibition in this hall?" Can we go in and have a look! ”。

Hearing this, Fang Yi couldn't help but turn his head to take a look, because this person's accent was very peculiar, to be precise, with a Chinese English accent, and he was stumbling when he spoke.

"I'm sorry! This is a preview of the linealist school, and today I want to see the invitation letter," the staff member explained.

"Linearism?" The man who spoke muttered a little. Then he whispered in Chinese to the person next to him who seemed to be his wife and son.

After talking to his family, the man turned to the staff and said, "Is one of them Fang Yi?" ”。

Listened to this. Fang Yi was a little curious, this man actually knew about himself, and directly turned his body to look at the family of three at the door.

The man's words stunned the staff. I don't know who Fang Yi is, generally foreigners are the first and last names after he transferred them, and the staff was a little incomprehensible: "I'm sorry, what Fang Yi?" ”。

"It's Yifang," the man reacted, repeating again.

This time, the staff understood and nodded directly.

After figuring out that it was Fang Yi on display inside, the man said to the staff again: "We will return to China tomorrow, and my son is also studying painting, can you let us go in and have a look?" We'll come out after a while. I don't take pictures or anything, my children like Fang Yi's works now."

"I'm sorry, I can't let you in without an invitation," the staff member repeated with a smile on his face.

Just when this family was a little disappointed and wanted to turn around. Fang Yi took two steps to the entrance, and said softly to the family in Chinese: "I'll tell them, let you come in and watch for a while!" ”。

Well! The family was still wondering, so they heard Fang Yi turn his head and talk to the staff in English. Of course, the staff knew that Fang Yi was one of the five artists in the exhibition. I want to send him the invitation. Listening to Fang Yi whisper a few words, he once again untied the soft cord and signaled that the family of three could enter.

The middle-aged man didn't know Fang Yi, and thought that Fang Yi was a staff member of the museum, and after entering the door, he said to Fang Yi in a loud voice: "Thank you very much, I still have acquaintances who are easy to do."

The fifteen or sixteen-year-old son looked at Fang Yi and blinked his eyes and said, "You are Master Fang Yi?" ”。

"I'm Fang Yi, I don't dare to be a master," Fang Yi said with a smile.

"You are Fang Yi? So young" The middle-aged man looked Fang Yi up and down and said, "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it!" ”。

Fang Yi still has something to do here, so naturally he can't accompany this family of three. However, he still whispered: "It's okay to go in and look at the paintings, but don't take pictures and don't use flash." Be quiet".

Chinese people have a bad habit of taking pictures when they like to look at oil paintings, and there is no problem in taking pictures, and foreigners also take pictures. However, most foreigners take pictures, and our Chinese people like to take pictures of themselves, and the subject is definitely not a work of art, but themselves! It stands to reason that these preferences are nothing, and can be explained by cultural differences. However, using the flash is the problem, the key is that the sign of the family clearly says that it is not allowed to be used, many people are still unconscious, pressing the flash of their camera to flash non-stop, until a staff member comes up to stop it, and the staff turns around and some people use it again, this habit of some people is really angry.

The reason why Fang Yi let this family in was not because he said that he was leaving tomorrow, or because this family was not too casually dressed, like a family with a little money was going to sell a painting or something. Now my works are not something that can be bought with a little money, a work is more than one million US dollars, and the exchange rate of the renminbi against the US dollar is still about one to eight.

First, I watched the family speak to the staff in a low voice, and secondly, I heard that the compatriots from China had heard of their own name, and they heard that they liked their works, and they were a little complacent.

"Zhilu Dao, we won't be like that, we will look at your work and leave, ten minutes at most" The man said with a smile at Fang Yi.

Hearing this, Fang Yi gently raised his finger and pointed at his work, signaling that the family could look at it at will, and then turned his head and walked towards Zou Heming's circle.

"This is Mr. Fang!" Zou Heming watched Fang Yi come over, and directly introduced Fang Yi to a white couple next to him who looked a little fat, bald with a bald brain shell and glasses: "This is Steve?" Mr. and Mrs. Cohen".

Fang Yi politely stretched out his hand and shook hands with the two, these two Fang Yi had already heard Zou Heming nagging in his ear, what kind of hedge fund manager is a bold collector or something.

Next, Fang Yi naturally chatted with others about his creations and the like, and it took five or six minutes for Fang Yi to chat with the couple about himself and his works. Then he said sorry with Zou Heming and turned to a couple. This matter has been the norm for almost two days, and Fang Yi's narration with people is about to become mechanical, and practice makes perfect.

After seeing two groups of people in a row, Fang Yi found that the family of three who came in front of him was standing by the door and looking at his side.

"I'll go over for a moment!" Fang Yi whispered to Zou Heming, stepped away and walked towards a family of three, when chatting with others, Fang Yi would also observe these three people from time to time, if there was anything that unconsciously annoyed Fang Yi, Fang Yi would definitely go over to drive people away, but what satisfied Fang Yi was that the conduct of this family of three was very good, and he couldn't find anything wrong.

Walking in front of this family, Fang Yi asked, "Is there anything else?" ”。

The man looked at Fang Yi and said embarrassedly, "My child wants to take a photo with you."

Fang Yi thought for a while and said, "Then let's go out, it's not good to take a group photo here." The ones who came were all the masters with their pockets swaying, and staying here to take a group photo made Fang Yi feel a little weird.

"Okay! Why don't we close in front of the billboard at the exhibition not far from the door? The man looked at Fang Yi and said, looking at Fang Yi and nodded, everyone walked there together.

took a photo with this family, and as soon as Fang Yi returned to the exhibition hall, he saw Zou Heming walking towards him with a smile and pulling himself aside: "Yi, Mr. and Mrs. Cohen bought your No. 1 and No. 6 works."

"Oh!" Fang Yi immediately became happy when he heard this, thinking that Zou Heming's price meant that he would soon have more than a million dollars in his pocket. Of course, this is the money that has been removed from the gallery, and the money from taxes.

Zou Heming seems to be happier than Fang Yi, saying that holding an art exhibition has pushed the five cash cow works signed to more than one million, but people who can pay millions to buy an oil painting are also picky. Now the sale of Fang Yi's two works has undoubtedly given Zou Heming a reassurance, not to mention that Fang Yi's No. 6 work in the rain village was sold for 1.4 million US dollars. With the beginning of Fang Yi's work, although the works of Khima and several people have been affected by the previous works, it should not be a big problem to have a little bit of a small head out of a million.

As it turned out, the afternoon of the next day was the harvest season, Fang Yi sold two, Keshma's work sold one for one million and fifty thousand, Anders's work was also sold for one million yuan, and none of the works were sold for Artur and Ruud. But the two don't have to worry, waiting for the end of the tour to have at least one work sold, the buyer is of course Zou Heming's Lawrence Gallery, there are a few works sold, how can Zou Heming let the other two's works not be sold or fall below the million line? The value of the gallery is reflected here, which is different from the contracted artists, but it loses both and prosperes.

More than six million-dollar works were sold in a single day (one each of Artur and Ruud was advertised, announced by the gallery to be ordered, and actually purchased by the gallery). Such news suddenly appeared on the pages of major American newspapers, and the works of the five founders of linearism crossed the red line of one million dollars and officially entered the upper pyramid of the oil painting market.

The news also ignited the enthusiasm of some middle and upper class people to see the exhibition, and the next day's public exhibition greatly exceeded the gallery's expectations, and there was even a queue of more than 20 people at the entrance of the exhibition hall.

Generally speaking, the art market in the United States is more active in the low-end and high-end, and the mid-end is not up or down. Although the high-end is active, the transaction volume of millions of dollars or millions of works in a month is between three or five, including some works of famous artists who have passed away, and now the linearism five has sold six works at once, which is naturally worthy of newspaper coverage.

The names of the five people are also slowly becoming familiar to some middle and upper classes: you can't afford it, but you can always look at it! (To be continued......)