"What?"

Mrs. Sakai turned her head sideways.

"It was the Enhancement class, I was in the Dulwich Student Gallery and I saw a sister's work, her drawing...... I think it's pretty serious. Mom, are you good at recruiting her? ”

Katsuko Sakai pondered her tone.

"Katsuko?"

Mrs. Sakai sat up from the chaise longue and narrowed her eyes.

The nonsense in Katsuko's mouth,

The lady didn't believe a word.

Knowing a woman is like a mother.

Some high school girls lie as if they were eating and drinking, but her daughter, Katsuko, clearly belongs to the type of well-behaved child who is not very good at lying.

The head was lowered and the eyes were fluttering under the soft bangs between the foreheads, the fingertips were pinched together, and an unnatural red appeared on the face.

I almost wrote the line "Mom, I'm telling a lie" on my face.

Besides......

Draw seriously?

What nonsense is this.

Art is not about seriousness, or rather, not just seriousness.

Art wants talent, excellence, and a sparkle that makes people's hearts move.

The painters and masters of the decoration company also paint the walls very seriously, and work hard to do it.

It's a pity that they probably won't be able to become artists.

This may sound a bit arrogant, but in Mrs. Sakai's worldview, engaging in art has always been the prerogative of a few gifted people.

Seriousness can only be regarded as the bottom line of learning to paint by Mrs. Sakai's standards, and it is not even the most basic passing grade.

This reason is simply ridiculous.

"Who is it? Did you make any new friends at school? She is the one who asks you to do it. ”

Mrs. Sakai asked patiently.

She was a little angry.

Mrs. Sakai is not angry with her own daughter, but at the scheming girl who instructed Katsuko to do this.

The art circle pays attention to connections,

All kinds of exchanges of interests cannot be avoided.

Especially in a humane society like Dongying, it is even more common for Mrs. Sakai to take in a student and other things like wanting her to take in a student.

Even in the studio of her husband, Professor Kazunari Sakai, there are occasionally a few political Chinese or the sons and nephews of Nagoya's big local entrepreneurs who are sent to be gilded.

But the daughter will always be the mother's baby.

Katsuko is a relatively innocent child, and Mrs. Sakai is a little worried that her daughter will be taken advantage of.

"No, I don't have anything to do with her, her name is Mona Sandnu."

Mona?

Mrs. Sakai was stunned for two seconds.

She stepped out of the recliner and put her hand on Katsuko's shoulder, not letting her avoid her gaze.

"Shengzi, you and your mother are honest, is it Gu Weijing, that bastard boy, please ask you? Right. Mrs. Sakai asked coldly, looking her daughter in the eye.

Katsuko Sakai's unsuccessful lie was exposed.

Under her mother's forced gaze, she had to nod her head in a panic.

"You're angry? Please, Mom. ”

The girl looked cautiously at Mrs. Sakai's uncertain face, and pleaded pitifully.

"It's okay."

To Katsuko Sakai's surprise.

Her mother didn't seem to have any intention of losing her temper, and the lady just sneered twice.

"What a nostalgic person."

Mrs. Sakai's tone was implicitly mocking.

She was unhappy in her heart, but she was not so angry.

Mrs. Sakai is looking further than her daughter, Katsuko, who has not yet stepped into society.

Different people have different values,

Gu Weijing, the original poor student in Yangon, was not even worthy of carrying shoes for Komatsu Taro in the eyes of Mrs. Sakai.

But who made her daughter like it?

Mrs. Sakai's eyes fell on the frame of the picture on the side.

Not only is her husband so optimistic about him, but after a long period of contact, even she has to admit that this is a young man with great potential to become a great painter.

The more the mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, the more she likes it.

But Mrs. Sakai pinched her nose and recognized that although this kid couldn't compare to the resources that Komatsu could bring to her daughter, she wasn't completely unworthy of her daughter.

At this time, she has more thoughts.

Mrs. Sakai didn't want to make it difficult for her daughter.

What's more, she thinks it's actually quite interesting to think about.

Gu Weijing asked his daughter to ask for a place in the improvement class for Mona, who was a childhood sweetheart.

Of course, Mrs. Sakai never thought that this little local girl would be her daughter Katsuko's opponent or anything, but if she agreed to this request.

presumably

That Miss Sandnu will have a hard time looking up in front of Katsuko in the future.

Mrs. Sakai was playful.

……

Austria

The Glitz New Art Center, a lively art gallery full of people.

In the next two months, the museum, which resembles an alien spaceship, will be the venue for this year's annual European Art Conference.

This is the Super Bowl that belongs to the art world.

Glod Richter, Cao Xuan, Damien Hirst......

The world's most prominent and wealthy artists currently living in Europe will come together here.

In order to prepare for this annual meeting, the Glitz Center for the New Art has specially seconded the works of these master artists from well-known museums around the world to hold a special exhibition of modern art.

At this point,

A beautiful, somewhat thrilling girl is sitting in a wheelchair and copying a black-and-white landscape watercolor in the cold and silent style of Naomi Tydeman, winner of the 2013 Turner Prize for Watercolor Awards.

It seems that he is afraid of disturbing her painting, and he seems to be simply shocked by the beauty of her Greek sculpture.

Within a radius of a few meters around her, a quiet field was formed.

All the tourists who approached quietly slowed down.

Countless people quietly admired her side face, but no one had the courage to come forward to talk.

“You remind me of Oscar Wilde’s famous saying:‘You can never be over educated or over dressed. You are just right with both.”

(You remind me of Wilde's famous quote, your looks and your artistic accomplishments, perfect and just right.) )

Finally, a brave man appeared.

The handsome young man with blond hair and blue eyes walked up to the girl and said in admiration in English: "This kind of watercolor painting in the cold style of Nomi Tudman is not appreciated by everyone. ”

Anna didn't even look up.

She just gently stretched out her palm and made a gesture to leave in the direction of the exit of the art museum's exhibition hall, indicating that she had no intention of getting to know this literary and artistic youth.

"I appreciate your vision. But miss, with all due respect, you don't seem to know much about copying. The painter's brushstrokes are a bit more spontaneous, and your brushstrokes are too stiff. The multi-color smudge treatment here ......"

The handsome young man seemed to know well the artist's style of painting that the girl was copying.

He picked up the spare wolf watercolor pen that the girl had placed on the small table, dipped some black paint on the paint plate, and was about to point it on the drawing board.

"Please stay away from my paintings."

Before the tip of the pen touched the drawing paper, it was blocked by the girl with the back of her hand.

Anna frowned and glanced at the young man on the side, and put down the brush unhappily.

She knew that her talent for drawing was really limited.

Therefore, every time she copies the works of famous artists, she enjoys the process of communicating with the spirit of the master.

As for the quality of the painting, it doesn't matter.

Anna has a penchant for artistic cleanliness and hates it when some self-inflicted amorous guy scribbles on her work.

“…… Uh......"

Now it was the turn of the blonde youth to be embarrassed.

As a well-known young watercolor painter. He has always felt that it is easy for him to hook up with this kind of literary girl with an average level of painting.

Unexpectedly, in front of this young lady who was so beautiful that he had only seen it in his life, he was deflated.

Ignorant chick, do you know that a painting of mine can sell for thousands of euros?

He wanted to say something, but Anna stopped talking to him, and the girl seemed to feel the vibration in her clothes, and she pulled her phone out of the pocket of her beige trench coat and began to reply to messages.

"Sir, please get out of here."

The butler of Yelena's estate appeared ghostly from the corner of the pavilion and patted the young man on the shoulder.

"Miss doesn't want anyone to disturb you now, can you please go out with us?"

The butler shook the collar of his dark dress jacket and smiled kindly.

Some young people can't get off the stage.

"You're her father, don't be so old-fashioned. And it's a public place, I can stay wherever I want, what right do you have......"

He was only halfway through his words when he was stunned.

Because the young man saw the silver-haired old gentleman tidying up the dressroom, the black strap under the armpit of the dress jacket that was briefly exposed.

He was an American and recognized it as a concealed holster.

The young man immediately realized that something was wrong.

Even in North America, where guns are extremely common, the "concealed gun license" is the most difficult gun certificate, and in Europe, it is no longer a difficult problem.

Only a small number of plainclothes police officers, military intelligence agency agents, and security personnel around high-ranking dignitaries are qualified to carry weapons with this blazer and concealed armpit belt.

Not to mention that this is an art museum with strict security checks.

Now that I think about it,

Although European art museums do not prohibit art lovers from copying at will, such special exhibitions with a large number of people generally require special permission to paint on the spot.

He had been around the New Art Center for so long, and he had only seen this girl painting alone with an easel in front of the original works of a famous artist, which was proof of this.

I should have realized that the identity of the other party is not simple.

Realizing that he had hunted an object that should not be provoked, the young man was suddenly stunned, he lowered his head, and honestly hung his head towards the door of the art museum.

When he left the gate of the museum in the future, he finally looked back without giving up.

Then he saw a scene that amazed him.

The beautiful girl in a wheelchair looked at the screen of her mobile phone, her brows and eyes as cold as frozen snow on the mountains melted little by little.

She was beautiful, but she was cold.

When I laughed at this time, there was a feeling of spring blossoming and everything recovering.

Not only was he stunned.

Many tourists can't help but pick up their mobile phones and secretly take pictures of the girl's beautiful appearance.

"Excuse me, would you like to be my agent, Mr. Sloth?"

Anna looked at the invitation sent by the detective cat on the screen, and felt a visceral sense of satisfaction in her heart.

She was very happy to receive the invitation from this big African sister, and even happier to receive the invitation from the other party at this time.

Theoretically,

Detective Cat is not a good time to hire a broker right now.

The biggest role of the broker is to find suitable contracts for the painter in the art market, to act as an intermediary between the artist and the employer, and to receive remuneration or a share of the artist's income.

Although the painter and the agent are a community of interests,

But sometimes we don't get along.

The biggest problem is the contract commission.

Many artists, especially illustrators, often feel that they don't need an agent after finding a suitable employer, and there is no need for the agent to take so much money from their income.

In order to save hundreds of euros in agency fees, unsophisticated illustrators bypass their agents and employers to sign new contracts privately, and end up turning against each other.

There are also some famous agents who not only take a high commission when signing a small painter, but also like to open a sky-high liquidated damages.

Then they will wait for their painters to become famous, and then sell them to some big galleries for a profit, just like the Premier League club fires footballers.

Anna understands these situations.

Where there is money, there is filth.

In the art world, the objective reality is that agents and illustrators are a lot close to each other, and they are more vigilant and wary of each other.

Obviously it was a detective cat that the Scholastic Group had contacted privately, and she could pretend not to know about it, but she was able to take the initiative to find herself, which made Anna's heart very warm.

"Of course, it's my pleasure."

Anna expressed her wish without hesitation.

"Detective Cat Lady, I'd love to be your agent."

"There's a problem, I probably can't come up with much money right now...... Would you like to take a cut of my contract income, if not? I will only be able to pay you when I get the money at the end of this Scholastic contract. ”

"I don't want a salary, huh...... I only need 10 percent commission, do you think it's okay? ”

Anna thought for a moment and reported a number.

Objectively speaking,

The 10% commission is neither high nor low in the field of illustration.

If you think of Detective Cat as a first-line illustrator, the other party may not be able to find a proxy agent with a lower price in the market.

Anna didn't deliberately make the draw very cheap.

She didn't care at all how much money she could draw from Detective Cat's contract.

With the connections and fame of the Elena family, if she wants, she can go to galleries like Gagosian and Lisson, and the million-dollar salary can only be regarded as a start.

That's what she cares about.

Two people are bound together, their names are connected, and they are moving towards a goal together.

No matter how little she drives, it's not interesting, and her contribution is not cheap.

"But I don't want any liquidated damages, if you don't feel that you don't need me anymore, or my work is sorry for this commission, let's all get together and disperse."

"Of course, that's a great deal for me." The detective cat's answer was also very crisp and neat.

Tonight or tomorrow I will try to add another chapter.

Most likely tomorrow.

I fight for it.

(End of chapter)