Chapter 107: The Artist's Character (Chapter 1 and 2)
Brilliant Art Museum is located in the business district of the southern suburbs of Hangzhou, covering an area of 30 acres, with a retro building and a total investment of 30 million, which displays new artworks.
The so-called new artworks are the collections of modern artists, such as sculptures, performance artworks, and leather paintings.
To put it bluntly, it is artistic, but it is not a valuable thing, and to put it mildly, it is to buy the works of modern artists who are a little famous and display them to fill the faΓ§ade.
The role of this art museum is nothing more than the face project of the brilliant group, the elegant project, the leaders of the province and the city, the peer companies to visit the brilliant group, will come here to see, the art museum has become the cultural enterprise of the brilliant group.
Large companies will have their own corporate culture, and Brilliant Group takes the road of art.
As the eldest daughter-in-law of the Zhang family, Li Guifen has been working in the Brilliant Art Museum for 10 years.
The Brilliant Group will allocate funds to the art museum every year, and Li Guifen will get some oil and build a small treasury privately.
In addition, the rental fee and admission fee charged for the exhibition artwork are also a considerable amount.
In addition, there are many places where you can make money.
Zhang Xiuyue liked to paint very much when she was a child, but her family didn't have that condition, so she had to dismiss the idea of going to the Academy of Fine Arts, after all, learning to paint requires money.
In addition, it was difficult for graduates of the art department to find employment at that time.
Successful artists naturally make a lot of money, but more often are unknown artists struggling to make ends meet.
After coming to the art museum, Zhang Xiuyue liked it in her heart.
She feels blessed to see so many works of art every day.
In Li Guifen's eyes, Zhang Xiuyue is a thorn, and she looks down on Zhang Xiuyue.
Zhang Xiuyue was a cashier in a supermarket before she got sick.
And Li Guifen graduated from a prestigious university with a bachelor's degree, her father is a doctor, her mother is a lawyer, and her family is very good.
Zhang Xiuyue holds the title of deputy curator and is in charge of finance.
This is Li Guifen's weakness.
If Zhang Xiuyue finds out something, Li Guifen will not be able to explain in front of Zhang Chongba.
So how does Li Guifen think Zhang Xiuyue is uncomfortable.
On the other hand, Li Guifen has promised a friend of hers that she can make this friend the deputy director of the museum.
This friend's name is Wu Dongling, he is a painter, and his family has opened three antique shops.
If an art museum wants to enhance its reputation, it needs high-quality and valuable collections, and every art museum and collection hall has a treasure of the town, and the Brilliant Art Museum has been established for more than ten years, and there is no so-called treasure of the museum.
Li Guifen and Zhang Chongba discussed before, and wanted Wu Dongling to be the deputy director, saying that as long as Wu Dongling was the deputy director of our Brilliant Art Museum, they could join forces.
Wu Dongling will put the treasures of his antique shop in the art museum for exhibition, so as to enhance the brand effect of the art museum, and can also be rated as a listed art museum, once the listed art museum will get benefits in many aspects.
For example, the city-level art museum can expand the area to 50 acres of land, which can attract more famous artists to give lectures and exhibit artworks in the Brilliant Art Museum.
But Zhang Chongba forgot about this matter, he directly arranged Zhang Xiuyue to the Brilliant Art Museum, and generally the female relatives of the family enter the art museum, unless they have management ability, for example, the third daughter Zhang Yahe is working in the headquarters.
Zhang Xiuyue was kind, and after arriving at the art museum, she quickly got along with the staff.
The staff are more willing to get along with Zhang Xiuyue.
After all, ordinary people can't get used to Li Guifen's high-minded appearance.
This made Li Guifen even more unhappy, and she was thinking about how to drive Zhang Xiuyue, a dirt bun, out of the art museum.
On this day, Wu Dongling came to the Brilliant Art Museum in a huff.
In Li Guifen's office.
"Ah Fen, is that how you do things? I said I would be the curator, but now I let someone else be, are you playing with me? Wu Dongling is 42 years old and still single, the reason is very simple, his vision is high to the sky, he must have the appearance of Jincheng Wu, Zhang Xueyou's voice, Beethoven's musicality, and Li Bai's poetry and songs.
Anyway, it's just an old woman who doesn't care, a standard gold leftover fighter.
"Dong Ling, it's not my problem, it's the deputy curator appointed by the old man of my family, and I don't have a problem!"
"What kind of character is it, and you still want your old man to appoint him?"
"Alas, a daughter who popped up out of nowhere." Li Guifen briefly introduced the situation.
"There is such a ridiculous thing, find someone who doesn't understand art to manage the art museum, I think your old man is also dizzy."
"Dong Ling, don't worry, I'll kick that woman out sooner or later."
"Hmph, do you have what it takes? She's the old man's daughter. β
"What's wrong with my daughter? If you don't have the ability, you have to give way. Li Guifen rolled her eyes and said with a gloomy smile, "This Saturday, the head of the cultural center will come to inspect our art institute, which is related to the future of our art museum...... Hehe, I can't do it without you. β
Wu Dongling immediately understood, "I understand!" Well, you can do it. β
"Don't worry, we're good sisters. By the way, I heard that your family has entered another batch of Burmese jadeite, there are good goods, but don't forget me. Li Guifen is very fond of jadeite and jade, and what she wears on her hand is a jade bracelet in the snow Laokeng, worth more than 500,000 yuan.
"Don't worry, I'll keep all the good things for you, and when I become the deputy curator, I'll give you a Yushan Ice Seed Jade."
"Okay, good, it's a word!"
After the agreement, Wu Dongling went to the second exhibition hall to see her works, she painted abstract paintings, but her skills were far from enough, so she didn't know what to say, I didn't know what she wanted to express.
To put it bluntly, Wu Dongling has no talent in painting at all, and she has no artistic cells, but she just wants to rely on art, and feels that this is the only way to have cards and an artistic life.
I've been painting for more than 20 years, and I haven't made a name for myself.
Coming to the second exhibition hall and looking at his abstract paintings, Wu Dongling was self-absorbed.
At this time, Zhang Xiuyue took a mop and mopped the floor in the No. 2 exhibition hall.
Of course, it is not Zhang Xiuyue's responsibility to mop the floor, but she can't be idle every day, and when she sees that the floor of the No. 2 exhibition hall is dirty, she drags it up.
The movement of the voice is a little louder.
"Can't you just be quiet? Don't see that I'm admiring a beautiful painting? After Wu Dongling's self-absorption was interrupted by the voice, he turned his anger on Zhang Xiuyue's body.
Zhang Xiuyue looked at the abstract painting and said in her heart: Just this painting, I don't know what the hell it is, what is there to appreciate.
Wu Dongling looked at Zhang Xiuyue disdainfully, "Dirt buns are also worthy of mopping the floor." β
Zhang Xiuyue thought that Wu Dongling was a guest, so she put up with it.
What do you think, Wu Dongling intensified, "Hey, Tubaozi, don't put your bucket here, what if you spill the paintings on the wall?" This painting is very valuable. β
Wu Dongling pointed to the abstract paintings that he would never sell.
Zhang Xiuyue was a little annoyed in her heart, and said: "The bucket is on the ground and painted on the wall, how can it be sprinkled?" β
"You cleaner, how dare you talk to me? Do you know who I am? Wu Dongling folded his arms and scolded arrogantly.
This reprimand really scared Zhang Xiuyue.
Oh no, is this woman so big?
In case it causes trouble for the art museum, it will not be good.
"I'll take the bucket away now." Zhang Xiuyue hurriedly carried the bucket and left.
"Stop!" Wu Dongling made a straight face and shouted.
Zhang Xiuyue's heart tightened, turned around slowly, squeezed out a flattering smile, and asked cautiously, "Do you have anything else?" β
"You haven't apologized to me yet." Wu Dongling said arrogantly.
"Huh? Apologize? What apologies? Zhang Xiuyue looked dazed.
Wu Dongling stepped on the sky and walked over arrogantly, she looked at Zhang Xiuyue who was dressed plainly, holding a mop and a bucket with contempt, "You disturbed me to look at the painting, and you talked back to me, shouldn't you apologize to me?" β
"Well, I apologize, I'm sorry." Zhang Xiu arrived at the beginning of the month and didn't want to make any noise, so he simply apologized.
After apologizing, Zhang Xiuyue was about to turn around and leave, not wanting to be pulled by Wu Dongling's hair.
Zhang Xiuyue was in pain, "Why are you grabbing my hair?" β
"Is that how you apologize?" Wu Dongling did not relent.
"How else do you want me to apologize?"
"Get on your knees!" Wu Dongling scolded.
"Get on your knees?" Zhang Xiuyue was stunned, she had never encountered this kind of thing before as a cashier in a supermarket.
"You don't kneel? Do you know what my relationship with your curator is? I can get your curator to fire you with a single word. After speaking, Wu Dongling raised his chin triumphantly, with a domineering expression.
Zhang Xiuyue suddenly understood, just now on the aisle of the No. 2 exhibition hall, I saw the cleaner Sister Zhao holding a mop but not entering the No. 2 exhibition hall.
It seems that Sister Zhao has also been bullied by this one.
"You seem to look down on the cleaners."
"Hahahaha...... What can you people look up to? I don't want to waste time with you, do you kneel or not? β
"Don't kneel!"
"Okay, I'll call your curator right away, your job is gone." Wu Dongling took out his mobile phone and began to dial the number, and after the phone was connected, he shouted to Li Guifen, "Ah Fen, hurry up to the No. 2 exhibition hall, your cleaners don't know what to do, make me angry, and refuse to apologize." β
As soon as she heard that the cleaner had provoked her best friend, Li Guifen went towards the No. 2 exhibition hall with a fierce attitude.
When I arrived at the second exhibition hall, I saw Zhang Xiuyue and Wu Dongling in a stalemate.
"Hehe, your curator is here, now you kneel, I can still intercede for you, it's hard to find a job now, and it's even harder to find it at your age." Wu Dongling said sneeringly.
"I can't quit my job."
"Aha? It's crazy, without you a cleaner, the museum can't work? Wu Dongling sneered, "Tubaozi, are you funny?" β
Li Guifen walked over and said, "What's going on?" β
"This dirt bun talks back to me, you can do it yourself." Wu Dongling said arrogantly.
Li Guifen looked at Zhang Xiuyue and was very embarrassed, she really didn't have a problem with Zhang Xiuyue.
"Sister, this is my friend Wu Dongling, and this is my sister Zhang Xiuyue, the deputy director of the art museum." Li Guifen introduced.
"What? This soil bun is the deputy curator? Wu Dongling was surprised.
Zhang Xiuyue's face sank, and she said, "Pay attention to what you say, don't take a bite of a bun." β
After Wu Dongling knew Zhang Xiuyue's identity, she had no choice but to restrain herself, after all, she was the deputy director and Zhang Chongba's eldest daughter.
"Everyone is friends, a misunderstanding, so forget it." Li Guifen and the muddy road.
"Humph! I really don't know what your old man thinks, he actually made her the deputy director. β
"This is my family affair, and it has nothing to do with you." Zhang Xiuyue knew that the other party was relying on Li Guifen's fox fake tiger might, so she was not afraid.
At this time, Zhang Xiuyue's assistant Bai Qin came over.
"Leader, here's a document you need to sign." Bai Qin opens the folder.
Zhang Xiuyue took a look, this is a purchase contract, the art museum bought Wu Dongling's three paintings, the total price is 500,000 yuan, the first column is signed by the curator, Li Guifen has signed, and the second column is the deputy curator's signature.
Li Guifen knew that Wu Dongling's paintings were worthless, but she still bought them, the reason was mutual benefit, I bought your paintings, and you gave me jade and jade.
"Wu Dongling......" Zhang Xiuyue silently recited a few times, her mind flashed, and she looked at Wu Dongling, Li Guifen had already introduced her just now.
Li Guifen saw Zhang Xiuyue hesitating, and hurriedly said: "Sister, Dong Ling is a master of abstraction, these three paintings have been sold to us cheaply, and we have picked up a big bargain." β
"Really?" Zhang Xiuyue smiled and said, "I really don't believe it, with her kind of behavior, the paintings she painted can be worth 500,000?" Although I don't understand art, I have always liked art, and I know that the more accomplished the artist, the more humble and kind he is. β
As soon as these words came out, Li Guifen was stunned, she didn't expect Zhang Xiuyue to also have a tough side.
Looking at Wu Dongling again, his face was distorted with anger.
Before, there was no deputy curator, and Li Guifen had the final say on buying and selling paintings, but now that there is a deputy curator, the signatures of the two are required.