Chapter 521: Goodbye to the Statue of the Virgin
Zou Heming laughed on the other end of the phone and said, "What's wrong with this!" If there is a need, there must be a pay, not to mention that we are still in demand now! The result of my negotiation came out and it was almost this price, and the other conditions remained the same, and the annual salary rose by 20 percent, 10.2 million US dollars a year! Now only Sofford's family agreed, and his family still wants to struggle on the issue of annual salary, but it won't last long, if you want to sign the other two, then give me another week, we are not in a hurry! βγ
Fang Yi knew the hidden meaning in his words when he heard Zou Heming say this, Zou Heming wanted to let him still go to Suofubi, who had always cooperated with him, but when he thought of this, Fang Yi nodded directly and said, "That's Suofubi!" βγ
For the world's first shot, Fang Yi doesn't have so much bad feelings, in fact, it should be dissatisfied in the hearts of people Suofubi, because it is Fang Yi who has been giving people the stage, not Suofubi.
"Well, I'll just reply to Wald, now this person will call me whenever he is free, two or three times a day, and he can get involved for a while by asking about the case and some things......" Zou Heming said to Fang Yi a little verbose.
Although he stopped talking about Wald's several phone calls a day, Fang Yi knew that in Zou Heming's heart, he didn't know how proud he was, and many gallery owners and managers would be a little complacent about letting the manager of the world's No. 1 auction house chase and send money.
"That's it! Don't show off, the whole circle now knows what you're at stake! Fang Yi opened his mouth and said to the old friend on the other side of the phone: "You still have to care about the newcomer you want to sign a contract in China."
"I already know this question," Zou Heming said, and after a pause, he asked Fang Yi again: "I heard that the three of you are going to hold a painting contest in China or something?" βγ
"Your nose is smart enough. You'll know this is just an idea! Fang Yi listened to the joke, Zou Heming said.
Zou Heming laughed at himself here: Businessman! After that, he asked Fang Yi: "It's fast, it's slow, I just want to ask if Chinese cultural companies can participate?" βγ
Fang Yi directly started Tai Chi pushing: "Don't ask me this question." I want to ask Zhang Xu and Li Lin, and I'm afraid I won't know until after the painting is taken."
"Alright, I'll call them later!" Zou Heming opened his mouth and said when he heard it.
Fang Yi hurriedly persuaded: "It's better for you to take time to fight tomorrow, now these two boys are afraid that they have fallen asleep on the bed for a long time!" βγ
The two chatted about domestic things for a while and then hung up the phone, Fang Yi went on the Internet and then picked up a pencil to draw some of the most memorable characters in today's day, all of which were sketches and the like.
As soon as Zou Heming hung up the phone, he dialed Wald. Told Vald about Fang Yi's decision to sign a contract with Soffordy.
Put down the phone. Wald couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then he put back the heart he had been carrying. Things had the desired outcome, and Wald pulled out a small box of cigars from a drawer under his desk. Comfortably lit up step by step.
Over the past few days, Sofouby's bad luck has been one after another, and to be honest, Wald has not been well off in his current position. It made Wald's time feel impermanent. And it's like a roller coaster. It's not exciting, it's Fang Yi who brings himself such a 'hot water' life.
Now this nasty ghost can't be offended, not only can't be offended, but also confessed, at least at this time for a year or two, as for the limelight past, then it has to be said separately.
Wald said in his heart that there were thousands of reasons why he didn't want to have anything to do with Fang Yi, let alone spend 1.2 million a year to hire a staff member who could hardly be regarded as 'doing things'. But now, even if Soffoby doesn't hire him, Christten and Phipps will hire them with their tickets. Sometimes it's not about whether people can do things. Sometimes those who don't do things have their uses, just like Fang Yi now, the importance of reputation to Sofobe now is not only clear to Wald, but also to rivals.
Since there seem to be only two options in front of Wald, if he obediently pays to hire Xia Yi, or wait for the other two to hire him and then use Fang Yi as a spear to force Sofby, this result is that Valder will go to Wright's footsteps, pack up his things and roll into the office.
There are countless times when no one is around, Wald has launched countless other two actions in his heart to sign Fang Yi's other two shooting lines, even the most straightforward attacks are not used, directly sue sΓΉ or buy pages in the media to publish news, as long as Fang Yi is signed, then Fang Yi's 'ability' can be introduced in the news, of course, the reference reflected in Fang Yi's ability is the incompetent Sofby.
What will be Sofby's image in the eyes of the public? Incompetent signing agency? Or an unscrupulous auctioneer? Anyway, it's definitely not what the old guys on the board want to see.
This is something that Wald does not want to see and does not want to see! Therefore, for Wald, hiring Fang Yi is not the most willing result in his heart, but it is the best result.
"It's better to get things done first!" After Wald finished smoking his cigar, Wald subconsciously wanted to press the transponder on his desk, but he stretched out his hand and couldn't find the transponder and found that he was still at home, and now the sky was not yet bright, but there was a faint light.
Standing up from his chair in his study, Wald looked out his window at the weather, smoking his cigar and looking out at the sky outside the window, not even knowing what he was thinking.
As a scourge in the eyes of Wald and Sofouby's staff, Fang Yi's life is quite in line with the standards of the bad guy of the scourge, after finishing the painting, he turned his head and fell asleep when it was time to go to bed, and woke up on time at a little time in his early four hours, when most people were still in the sweetest time of the day. Ran for a walkout lap.
When I arrived at the Tony Museum, it was exactly half past eight o'clock, and it was exactly the time when the museum staff went to work.
And this time. Tony had just gotten out of his car, and when he saw Fang Yi standing at the door of the museum, he immediately greeted him happily.
Tony tucked the bag he was holding under his arm, then took off the gloves on his hand and stretched out his hand to Fang Yi: "You came here so early, I thought the opening time you said was the time for the public!" βγ
Fang Yi smiled when he heard this, shook hands with Tony and thought in his heart: I came to Italy to live in a hotel, and I didn't have an easel and almost nothing, so I could only draw a sketch, and I couldn't go to major museums. Where can I go if I don't come sooner?
Thinking so in his heart, he said, "Come over early and see the paintings in your museum!" Let's see if you have any other collections that are particularly impressive! βγ This can be described as typical duplicity.
However, Tony was obviously not interested in delving into the question, and with a smile on his face, he raised his hand and made a gesture of please. took Fang Yi and walked towards the museum.
When they arrived at Tony's office, the female assistant helped the two of them have some drinks, and after a short rest, Tony took Fang Yi and began to visit.
Not for a while. Fang Yi stood in front of the statue of the Virgin. This statue of the Virgin Mary is the first time Fang Yi saw it in Mingzhu, saying that it is Tintoretto's work, but in fact it is a fake work.
Fang Yi stood in front of the work and looked at it for three or four minutes, and now Tony next to him was a little strange, and asked Fang Yi, "What's wrong?" βγ
"Nothing!" Fang Yi turned his head to look at Tony and said, this work used to be 99% similar to Fang Yi, but now he has been promoted to the level of a master. When I saw the work again, the similarity only dropped a little. It has become ninety-eight percent, such a level of fraud really makes Fang Yi not know how to evaluate it.
As Fang Yi's own level got higher and higher, the imitation scores that he had previously distinguished became lower and lower, for example, the similarity that he had seen was ninety-five percent, but now he couldn't even have eighty percent, but this one only dropped by one percent! How could Fang Yi not be surprised by the abnormality!
Now Fang Yi is looking for the different two percent on the whole picture, and this two percent is very difficult to find, because this anonymous person who imitates the painting almost did not leave any signature or mark, if this work was not for the obvious hint in Fang Yi's mind that it was an imitation, Fang Yi would also think that it was genuine. The level of imitation is like that of the work that I painted in the Louvre.
Some people think that imitation painting is a criminal act of falling grades, but Fang Yi looked at the imitation of Tintoretto in front of him, but did not feel the derogatory meaning of the liar, but felt that the imitator himself should not only be an artist, but also a polymath and a knowledgeable person, because the person who imitates a work has to consider far more than the person who creates a work.
For example, if you want to imitate Leonardo da Vinci's work, you have to know that Leonardo da Vinci painted on walnut boards, and if you want to get this wood, you can get it from old Renaissance furniture, and you also need to know that when the walnut is cut down fifty years later, you can't tell the date.
You also know Leonardo da Vinci's way of painting and habits, he always took the trouble to put eight layers of white on the walnut board. Then you paint on a white background, and you also have to know that some times Leonardo da Vinci used to draw with his left hand.
When you understand all these people, it is not the end, you also have to know that after the long river of history, there will always be cracks, that is, spider web-like cracks that will form on the oil painting due to drying. You also need to know that such cracks should be carved in imitations naturally and uniformly.
It is also important to know that in each crack, the color from the edge of the crack to the bottom of the gap is different, because it not only has time deposit, but also some fine dust and so on.
You also need to know that works with traces of history show green spots under ultraviolet light, which appraisers consider impossible to fake. In fact, as long as your kung fu is high enough, such a class can be faked.
These things Fang Yi knew when he was forgery, it was because he had a standard in his mind, a criterion for judging, as long as he reached more than ninety-five and took it out, and how did the person who imitated this work do it? Fang Yi couldn't get it, and it was precisely because of this that Fang Yi felt that the greatness of this work was not the greatness of Tintoretto, but the nameless imitator.
Seeing that Fang Yi had been staring at this work, the more he didn't speak, Tony's heart became more and more nervous, his eyes turned on the painting and Fang Yi's face from time to time, very afraid that Fang Yi would say that the works in his museum were imitations. The last time he was with Michael, Fang Yi pointed out the mistakes in his museum, and now it would be really nice to have another one.
"Great work!" Fang Yi looked at this work for half an hour, and Tony was also worried for more than twenty minutes before he heard Fang Yi say this. With this sentence, Tony put his heart back.
"Great work indeed!" Tony nodded and said, he didn't expect that what Fang Yi said about greatness was completely opposite to what Tony meant! (To be continued......)