On the trading market,

Obviously, they are all paintings created by the same great artist in the same painting period, and the size is similar, so it stands to reason that the prices should be about the same.

In fact, counterintuitively, there is often a difference in price between these different individual works of several million dollars or more.

The reasons for this fluctuation are the differences in the historical background of the creation, the popularity in the eyes of the public, and the history of the exhibition.

The biggest influencing factor is the artist's creative status.

Some of the pictures are not performed well, which is the objective reason that the artist is trying a new painting method that they are not familiar with, or because of the occasional occupational disease such as arthritis of the wrist.

There are still some ...... It's that they really don't want to draw well.

Even when Picasso was about forty or fifty years old, his art style was already very mature, and he was even the most famous international painter at that time.

But it's still easy to find some very poorly painted works.

Gu Weijing thinks that the level of brushwork in these paintings may not be much better than that of him now.

The kind of works that obviously seem to be perfunctory, he speculates, are not good because they are occasionally short of money and cash, and they still give them to the dealer after the painting is casually finished.

It's all Picasso's signed paintings,

It's the worst kind of work, an ordinary work, a masterpiece, or a super masterpiece like War and Peace.

The difference in perception they bring to collectors in the end may be greater than the difference between Guo Degang and Liu Yifei in front of people's eyes.

The price range can range from a low of about 10,000 US dollars to a high of more than 200 million US dollars, and the difference is more than 20,000 times.

Normally,

In the 40s, when you bought Picasso's works with your eyes closed, and sold them half a century later, the average yield could be more than 10,000 percent, almost a hundredfold.

But if the vision is particularly poor, and the luck is a little worse, I just bought Picasso's more "thunder" paintings.

And there is very little that goes up,

Counting inflation and the depreciation of the dollar, you will lose money if you don't do it.

This kind of thing is quite common in the literary and artistic circles, whether it is calligraphy, painting and literary creation.

The painter of the early Qing Dynasty was similar to the Bada Shanren or something, and there was a high-ranking official and nobleman who came to ask for painting and words, if he felt that the other party was a native old hat, and he couldn't shirk it, he would deliberately paint very badly.

None of these works can reflect the original level of the creator.

And the other way around,

Those that make the artist say "awk!" when the artist finishes it. To be able to do this, Lao Tzu is really a fucking genius, his cock has exploded, and he has no regrets in this life! This kind of emotional work.

is much higher than his normal level.

Fitzgerald worked on second-rate scripts for half of his life in his early years, and wrote countless bad plays in his later years, just because he held back a copy of "The Great Gatsby", and since then he has become the greatest writer in American history.

It's similar to drawing,

In the field of painting, there are many painters who have only painted one famous painting in their lifetime, and there are many painters who have enjoyed a very high status since then.

After this [Muse's Blessing Little Candle] skill card is opened,

Gu Weijing found that the system automatically displayed the sign of an unlit candle next to the Baiyi tree on the virtual panel.

Gu Weijing tried to click on the small candle.

thereupon

The side of the candle icon looks like a treemap, with many branches extended, each with a plus sign after it:

[Painting Technique——]

[Sketch Technique: Lv.4 Professional Painter: 1st Order (2367/5000)]+

[Chinese Painting Technique: Lv.4 Professional Painter: First Order (1156/5000)]+

[Oil Painting Technique: Lv.5 Professional Painter: 2nd Order (39/10000)]+

【Watercolor Painting Technique ......】

Gu Weijing tried to click the plus sign on the back of the sketching technique, and the system immediately popped up the corresponding prompt.

"Do you activate the Muse's Little Candle to upgrade the sketching technique to: Professional Painter 2nd Order (1/10000)? [Note: Current option, skill duration (857) seconds]"

857 seconds.

What does it look like in ten minutes? A serious sketch is certainly not enough, maybe if he moves quickly, enough for him to draw a simple sketch.

Gu Weijing canceled the interface and tried to replace it with Chinese painting techniques.

"Do you activate the small candle of the muse and elevate the Chinese painting technique to the second order of professional painter (1/10000)? [Note: Current option, skill duration (728) seconds]"

It is also a class level 1 skill that lasts a little shorter than sketching.

It should be because his Chinese paintings have slightly less experience points than sketches.

He thought about it for a moment and tried again to choose the oil painting that had just been upgraded to the second rank of the profession.

"Is it ...... Raise your oil painting technique to: Professional Painter 3rd Order (1/30000)? [Note: Current option, skill duration is (551) seconds]"

The higher the level, the shorter the duration of the skill.

This time, it was directly less than two hundred seconds.

"So try to improve your system skills?"

Gu Weijing played for a while, and finally wanted to see the effect of this little candle on the skills given by the system before.

"Raise Menzel's painting fundamentals from perfect to legendary? [Note: For the current option, the skill lasts for (2.3) seconds]"

Well, it's not that it can't be used.

2.3 seconds,

If you have a quick hand, drawing an egg with a pencil should be enough.

Gu Weijing resisted the urge in his heart to see what the "Legendary Eggs" would be, and finally pulled down the list.

At the bottom of this tree-like skill bar, the entry for [Knife Drawing: Legendary] is gray and unselectable.

He clicked on the knife to draw, and the system immediately popped up a relevant prompt.

"This skill cannot be applied to the improvement of [Lv.9 Master 3rd Order] and system skills above Perfection level."

After figuring out how to use this skill.

Gu Weijing turned off the panel.

"It's too wasteful to practice and use it normally, and at some critical times, this skill plays a big role."

Gu Weijing smacked his lips.

"The only pity is that this skill is a one-time thing, and I don't know if I can open a similar skill card in the future."

……

The next morning,

In the living room of the Gu Book Gallery, a middle-aged woman with an apron chatters at the cash register while checking accounts on holiday.

"Ah Lin, pay attention to safety on the way to dinner with your classmates, and be more attentive. Say AA, don't be fooled! Some children like to take advantage of others, so you have to look at the bill carefully before paying......"

Myanmar is a traditionally agrarian country.

The second day of March is the time when Yangon's special local festival "Farmers' Day" is located.

Farmer's Day, like May Day, is a statutory holiday stipulated by the government.

On Thursdays and Fridays of this week, people don't have to go to school or work, and even ordinary small shops are not very open, which is a good time to visit relatives and friends.

"Well, how many times have I said these words, I am rambling." Gu Lin traced the new lipstick he had just bought in front of the dressing mirror, and he didn't raise his head.

Gu Weijing took a towel and washed out of the bathroom, when he bumped into his cousin Gu Lin preparing to go out to have dinner with the little sisters in the school during the holiday.

I came back late from the orphanage yesterday and spent a lot of time researching the use of new skills.

He actually got up a little late today, and he didn't even go out to buy breakfast at all.

However, the aunt had more important things, so she just glared at him, and didn't care about counting her nephew, so she continued to tell her daughter about the precautions on Gu Lin's road.

"Where are you going to have dinner with your classmates?"

The uncle, who was staring at the morning news in front of the TV in the living room and pulling a bowl of Shan soup powder into his mouth, suddenly asked curiously.

"Harukawa Japanese food."

Gu Lin raised his eyebrows and made a proud statement: "According to the recommendation, this is the top ten must-check places for young women in Yangon to live a delicate and light luxury life." ”

The second half of the sentence is a business signage slogan on Google Maps.

She has been longing for this Japanese restaurant for a long time.

"Japanese food isn't cheap?"

Uncle's focus is obviously not on the delicate and light luxury life of young women.

He frowned slightly: "The party you went to before cost 150,000 kyats to the classmate's party, and now you go to eat Japanese food...... You are so young, there is no need to pursue such a high consumption. What kind of family is our family, what kind of family are your classmates! ”

"I didn't know it was not easy to make money."

"Got it, got it. I'm annoyed, and I don't care if you ask for money, the New Year's money given by grandma during the New Year. Gu Lin turned his head, ignored his father, and walked out of the gallery door in a hurry with his schoolbag.

"You're almost there, what kind of attitude do you have towards children!"

The aunt was a little dissatisfied with the uncle's tone towards her daughter.

The Douyin account she pays attention to has said that parents and children should communicate like close friends.

"There is no harm in letting Gu Lin and his classmates get together more and handle interpersonal relationships well. They are all brothers and sisters, some of them have tens of thousands of dollars in painting tools, and they also use peace of mind, your daughter went to have a meal with her classmates, what is it? ”

Gu Weijing saw that his aunt began to miss his expensive Lukes master art suit again, so he immediately left the living room and moved to the courtyard.

Walk into the small courtyard at the back of the gallery.

I smelled a pungent smell of sweet vinegar, millet spicy, and sauce mixed with sesame seeds and garlic oil, which made Gu Weijing's nose itch.

"Up? Just come and taste some of the soup noodles that your grandfather Wu made in the morning. ”

Grandpa Gu Tongxiang was carrying a small horse and sitting in the yard playing chess with a little old man in a black crewneck shirt.

When he saw Gu Wei coming, he just greeted him casually, and continued to concentrate on studying the chessboard in front of him.

"Cannon five flat one." The old man moved a chess piece.

"Hey! Then I'll jump into three draws and two. ”

On the other side, the old man in the round-necked shirt who was playing against Gu Weijing's grandfather slowly pushed the chess.

He took a puff of the cigarette pinned behind his ear, took a comfortable puff, and raised his chin casually to Gu Weijing, even if he said hello.

"For the sake of the scriptures, go eat powder first, and when I clean up your grandfather, I will make up for this year's New Year's money." He bared a mouthful of yellow teeth and said casually.

"Uncle Wu, you're busy."

Gu Weijing nodded obediently, "I'll pour you tea." ”

He knew the old man.

surnamed Wu, he runs a shop that sells literary bracelets, and he can also write a large character with a comfortable structure and a thin gold body.

He is a permanent director of the Yangon Calligraphy and Painting Association, a little power, and he is a leading figure on this street.

As we all know, every government and authority in every country in the world has an official circle where artists can judge seniority.

There is an Artists Association in Dongxia, and the president of the association is a serious 800 bigwig with very high-level state administrative treatment. In Japan, there are the Federation of Calligraphy and Painting, the Royal Society of Fine Arts in the United Kingdom, and the BVDG (Federation of Galleries and Art Dealers) in Germany, all of which are famous in the history of art.

The rest of the European countries are also similar organizations, or belong to the art advisory group of the European Union Cultural Agency.

Artists are also human beings, and they also have the desire to compare, and no one is exempt from vulgarity.

Standing Director of the Official Calligraphy and Painting Association,

This position is placed in Dongxia, and he is more or less a master or a retired veteran cadre of a provincial organ.

However, in this small pond in Myanmar, the water is really shallow and there are no big fish, and his grandfather Gu Tongxiang also hung the name of a special consultant for Chinese painting in it.

Although it is a serious official organization, it is a better title to hear, and that's it. In addition, if you come across something like a Shwedagon Pagoda restoration project, you can use this platform to mix up qualifications in it.

Not beat around the bush

The Shwedagon Pagoda may not be able to meet the scale of renovation this year in half a century, and the association is basically a small circle of people entertaining themselves.

It's a little right, but it's not big enough to make people blush, and there's no fly camp and dog stammering camp.

Old man Wu and his grandfather Gu Tongxiang have always been a bit of a gentleman's friendship, which means that they are as light as water.

Old man Wu likes to paint very much, knows how to draw, but his painting level is limited to the category of enthusiasts.

There is no competition between the two of them in business, but they have accumulated a few points of incense that belong to the same Dongxia literary and artistic circle over the years.

During the Chinese New Year, I will give you a New Year's painting, and you will give me a Spring Festival couplet.

The old men got together and occasionally played chess, and the more they came and went, the closer their friendship became.

Old man Wu's daughter-in-law is from the Shan ethnic group and mixes a local specialty soup powder.

Instead of adding chicken breast and duck side dishes like the soup noodles bought outside, the sauce is made with pure lard and spices, and the soup powder is specially set aside and mixed together when eating.

It is sour and strong, and has a unique flavor.

When Old Man Wu walked over, he would often bring a little bit to give them a taste.

"Grandpa Wu, are you back from Thailand?"

Gu Weijing took a bowl from the side, mixed a bowl of noodles for himself from the portable lunch box brought by Old Man Wu, and asked while snorting.

I didn't see Old Man Wu during the festival this year.

This old man went to Bangkok for a Spring Festival vacation, and he just came back in the past two days.

"Look at your son's circle of friends, did you go to see a ladyboy show? At such an age, I'm not afraid that my heart can't stand it. ”

Gu Tongxiang arched his pawn, glanced at the chess friend opposite, and quipped: "It's not serious." ”

"It's not interesting, the shemale show is too naked, like a vulgar animal show." Old man Wu is also an interesting person, spit out the smoke ring, and said lightly, "It's better to look at Tang Bohu's Spring Palace map." ”

As if he remembered something, he waved his hand at Gu Weijing, who was eating powder on the side, and pointed to a leather document bag on the table next to him.

"For the scriptures, let's take a look first, it's a gift from Grandpa Wu."

"What's this?"

Gu Weijing picked up the document bag and found that it was heavy and stuffed with a lot of things.

"Go and see, he brought it early in the morning, and mysteriously said it was for you, and no one else was allowed to move."

Gu Tongxiang was also a little curious.

Gu Weijing opened the sealing rope of the document bag and pulled out a certificate-style document from it.

[Dear Chinese painting artist Gu Weijing:

Thanks to your artistic skills and patience in the Shwedagon Pagoda restoration project. After discussion by the Yangon Calligraphy and Painting Association, it is agreed that you have met the qualifications to become a member of the Artists Association, and your application for membership has been approved!

Congratulations! Best wishes!

Yangon City Department of Culture. 】

I wanted to finish writing this plot, but I was a little sleepy.

(End of chapter)