"No, Mr. Marth, how is the contract negotiated?"

The courtesy is over.

Mrs. Sakai seemed to remember that there was also a manager of the Mars Gallery beside her, and she casually raised her chin to the blonde young man, even if she said hello.

Almost all artists of Sakai's level have their own specially hired private brokerage team.

Even if you sign a big gallery like Mars, it is more like a business cooperation than a subordinate relationship, and you don't need to look at the face of the gallery owner or the gallery's agent.

The hunter agent outside, Mrs. Sakai has always been in a good mood to take care of it, and if she is not in the mood, she will let the other party go.

"Hanks, you can call me Hanks."

The agent continued to smile brightly.

He didn't expect Professor Sakai to be so close to the family.

He is also a transparent person, after thinking about it, he simply turned his head and smiled apologetically at Gu Tongxiang, and said frankly.

"I kid you not. Just within reason, I've given a very generous price. There is space, but not much. The investment of any gallery is to recoup the return, and since you have to risk uncertainty when signing a new person, it is a common rule in the industry to lower the price. ”

Hanks picked up the contract on the table, hesitated for a moment, wrote a few sets of numbers on the back of the contract with a pen, and handed it over.

"Generosity is generosity, and since Mrs. Cruz has come forward in person, this contract is null and void. Out of respect, I am willing to re-give the highest offer within my purview. If you are satisfied with this number, then we can reprint a new contract. ”

Mrs. Sakai didn't seem to appreciate it much, and accepted the contract with a smile.

She didn't look at the new conditions given by Hanks at the back of the contract, but carefully read the previous twenty or so pages of the contract from beginning to end, and then nodded.

"It's really atmospheric, the twenty-year contract is a bit of a pit, but it's a real villain on the bright side, not too much."

Mrs. Sakai remained calm, "If I had seen some strange clause on it, I would probably have questioned the ethics of the Gallery de Mars, added it to the blacklist of collaborations, or at least I would have asked for a trusted agent to talk about." ”

"You can rest assured that Mars Gallery has always treated its artists as partners in the same boat, and will never play tricks behind their backs."

Hanks still had a smile on his face, and his words were high-sounding, and cold sweat came down in his heart.

He knew he had just come full circle on the brink of unemployment.

Hanks Mars's surname is Mars, and he is only a distant cousin of the big boss Mars III.

Many of the galleries are family-inherited businesses, and the surname is not a big deal, and there are many relatives among colleagues.

Just because his surname is Mars,

If Mrs. Sakai really questioned his professional ethics, the boss fired himself from the pot, and he didn't even frown.

Damn it

Your Uncle Sakai Issei looks round and like a good comrade who is honest and honest, but I didn't expect to play yin for Lao Tzu here.

Hanks secretly scolded his mother for selling batches in his heart.

Uncle Sakai wants to make it fucking clear, this little painter in Yangon is your best friend, what a close relative and friend.

It is based on the level of painting expressed by Gu Weijing.

I've been giving all the conditions I can for a long time.

As a result, you just had a casual tone on the phone, and when you signed the contract, you sent your wife to check the accounts.

It's such a test!

Hanks resented in his heart,

He knew that people wanted to try whether his agent was worth long-term cooperation, and he shouldn't have made any big mistakes, but he was still afraid.

He licked his lips and set his gaze on the translator beside him.

Hanks made up his mind that if he didn't get the contract today, he would go back and fire him, and tomorrow he would be replaced by someone else as a translator.

Dangerous.

It's too dangerous!

Fortunately, I felt that the other party's suggestion was too idiotic and did not take it.

It's really a good person with a good reward.

"Twenty years? The common compliance in the industry is often only three years, and this contract can be a bit of a black store. No, please contact Tokyo Gallery. ”

Katsuko Sakai stuck out her head, looked at the conditions of the contract, and suggested to her mother.

"I can take a step and sign for fifteen years, Miss Sakai, sign this new ...... that is not famous," Hanks obediently shut up in the middle of speaking.

He watched the girl who followed his mother after entering the door, and generously took Gu Weijing's hand: "He is my boyfriend, and the gallery manager, Mr. Yukito Tahata, has been working on the BTAP (Beijing-Tokyo Asian New Generation Artist Project) project in the 798 Art District of Beijing since 2002. Back then, he was willing to give me a customized contract, and he would definitely be interested in Gu Weijing. ”

Hanks looked at the hands of the two young men holding hands, and his face turned green.

In addition to a wry smile,

I can't really make any other facial expressions.

When the two young men entered the door, Hanks noticed that there was some intimacy between them, and he had a guess in his heart.

But he still couldn't believe that Gu Weijing, who didn't seem to be surprisingly good, could really get a little princess like Miss Sakai.

Now the facts are in front of us,

Hanks looked up and down at the thin boy with light blue-rimmed glasses not far away, and the amazement in his heart was like a river, endless.

"I've got a big! This little brother is awesome! FUCK, master, what a fucking master, an absolute master of love. ”

What does it mean to fly on a branch and become a phoenix?

What is a grandmaster who eats soft rice?

Hanks finally figured out what was going on with the puzzling scene in front of him.

It turned out that the mother-in-law came to support her son-in-law.

He was suddenly in awe of Gu Weijing, who met for the first time,

Compared with the ability to draw, being able to soak in a beautiful little rich woman is called a real awesome.

literary and artistic media,

Eating soft rice, hooking up with rich women, and engaging in nepotism have been traditional arts since ancient times.

People like Titian and Balzac are representatives of eating soft rice and hard food.

The latter engages in the story of rich middle-aged and elderly widows, and it is almost possible to write a special tutorial for "fishing for men". When he was in boarding school, Balzac, who had great ambitions, looked at the bustling streets of Paris and wrote a grand life plan in his diary - I have three goals in life, to make a fortune and engage in literature, and for the first two, I should marry a rich widow.

Far from it.

One of the biggest news in the art world in the first half of 2022 was the paparazzi gossip that 27-year-old Canadian female painter Anna Weyant was dating Larry Gagosian, the founder of Gagosian Gallery, who was older than her grandfather.

Well-informed people immediately went on a frenzy to buy Weyant's work.

Many paintings have skyrocketed more than 100 times in a short period of time.

Soon, Larry Gagosian announced that Weyant had been in a relationship with him for more than a year and became the youngest artist represented by Gagosian Gallery since its inception.

As of now,

Weyant's works have risen nearly 4,000 times at their peak, and have repeatedly sold for millions of dollars.

The arms market is not so crazy.

Hanks did not have the slightest disdain for Gu Weijing in his heart, but only twelve points of respect, admiration and longing.

Vixen, phoenix man, please don't be red, all of them are the true skills of hard bridges and hard horses.

It's a very competitive industry.

If you can be a high-class art person, you will save 20 years of detours. If you can be a gallerist or a big artist, you will immediately be worth a hundred times, and you can really do the same as Murdoch's wife, Ms. Deng, the French President and the British Prime Minister, and treat you like a guest.

Miss Sakai wants to have a figure, a face, and talent.

You can soak this white rich beauty.

Hanks couldn't wait to replace him, and he was about to cry with envy.

"Fifteen years, 70% of the commission, $40,000 in creative allowance." Mrs. Sakai looked at the new quote written by Hanks on the back of the contract and read softly.

It's hard to say whether this figure is the best contract a broker can give.

For newcomers, it's definitely very good.

"Forty thousand? $40,000 a year! ”

Uncle didn't speak.

He drove Gu Lin, who wanted to watch the excitement, back to the bedroom to do his homework, and suppressed his excitement, hiding in front of the ventilation fan, and smoking a cigarette.

The aunt was already stunned.

Forty thousand dollars.

Forty thousand!

As soon as the blonde woman sat down at home, the price multiplied several times. $40,000 is a huge amount of money in developed countries, and many people can't get such a sum of money in their banks.

40,000 U.S. dollars, 15 years, that's 600,000 U.S. dollars, which translates to 2 billion kyats.

As soon as the upper lip of the other party touches the lower lip, it is given.

When my aunt was young, all the money was used to buy a small armed conflict in the Golden Triangle, which was full of blood, and she was killed.

"Xiao Gu, what do you think?"

Mrs. Sakai didn't say whether the price was good or not, but just asked Gu Weijing on the side.

Gu Weijing thought for a moment.

Mars Gallery isn't the first gallery to want to sign its own.

After Mr. Hyperion's video was launched on YouTube, he actually received invitations from several galleries.

In addition, their family is doing this business themselves, and the bottom belongs to the bottom, and Gu Weijing also has his own understanding of the general situation of the industry and the superiority of the contract content.

"I think the allowance is a bit too high."

No one in the room thought of it.

Gu Weijing would actually say such a thing.

Gu Tongxiang opened his mouth wide in surprise, Hanks frowned slightly, only Mrs. Sakai's face remained unchanged, and she hummed softly and motioned for him to continue.

"I think the allowance is too high, and the share is low."

"Forty thousand dollars, the annual sales of many young painters, is only this magnitude. I'm not famous at all, starting with 40,000. I know it's about buying my future with cash. Tens of thousands of dollars are very appealing to me, and I hope to choose the latter between the greater good and the greater good in the future. ”

Gu Weijing said softly.

Truth be told,

Faced with such a large sum of money, Gu Weijing really wanted to agree for a moment.

The fact that the concept of money is relatively weak does not mean that there is no need for money.

The system is a gold-eating monster.

If what was in front of Gu Weijing was not $40,000 but $400,000, he would definitely agree without saying a word.

Poor people, they have never seen a lot of money, and they will suffer losses in the future.

Now, as long as he has money, his painting skills can improve quickly.

But next month, with the release of "The Little Prince",

He should be able to get a final payment no less than $40,000. With a part-time job in illustration, tens of thousands of dollars are not enough to completely impress Gu Weijing at this time.

"That's what you think? Forty thousand dollars, not moving. Young people are so angry now, if Issei was young, he would probably agree. Even if it's fifty-fifty, you have to sell a painting with a small 100,000 dollars to get so much money. ”

Mrs. Sakai raised her eyelids and quipped with a smile.

If you think about it, when Sakai Kazunari was in college, if there were such lucrative conditions offered by a big gallery, I don't think he would have refused.

This is due to the fact that the dollar was more valuable at that time.

But at the same time, it shows that this young man's ambition is quite big.

"I know that only the top of the art pyramid can sell works for this transaction amount." Gu Weijing nodded.

"Wrong, the art industry is not a pyramid, the art industry is a big and slender head, how beautiful the painters at the top are, how depressed the painters at the bottom are."

"You can see KAWS, Damian Hirst making hundreds of millions of dollars a year, and you can see countless people who can't even earn a few thousand dollars."

Mrs. Sakai felt that she had better tell this little brother about the cruelty of his business.

"I heard rumors that out of the 193 contracted artists at Mars Gallery last year, about a dozen of them had zero sales last year." She said this to Hanks.

"NO, the rumors outside are not credible, and besides, some contracted artists are engaged in avant-garde art, and their creation is relatively slow......"

Hanks didn't have much confidence in what he said.

Since the decline of the Mars Gallery, only the sales of the head painters will be published, and the rest will ...... Well, it's a trade secret.

"How many people have total sales of more than $100,000?"

"39 bits."

Hanks hesitated for a moment, and then said that this number is not as good as some second-tier galleries.

"But we have seven painters, more than a million dollars, including a ...... that reached nine and a half million dollars," he immediately wanted to add some decent figures.

"Okay, I just want to tell Xiao Gu some simple numbers." Mrs. Sakai waved her hand, interrupting the agent's promotion.

"Whether it's Mars Gallery or Lisson Gallery, even Gagosian has signed some relatively 'less successful' painters."

Mrs. Sakai said quietly.

"In this world, there are no more than 1,000 painters who can sell 100,000 US dollars a year, no more than 300 painters who can sell 500,000 US dollars, only a few dozen painters who can sell 1 million US dollars of works, and those who sell more than 5 million US dollars a year can be at the top of the world's rich list of artists."

"In fifteen years, do you believe that you can become one of the top 1,000 people in the world's art tack?"

She looked directly into Gu Weijing's eyes.

Gu Tongxiang opened his mouth next to him, wanting to say something, hesitated for a moment, and still closed his mouth.

Only 1,000 people can make $100,000?

Gu Weijing suddenly felt a little dazed when he heard this number.

It's not that I think this number is too small, but I suddenly realize that I seem to be one of the thousand.

Combined with this year's long-term publishing share, the Scholastic Group has quoted more than $100,000 for the "Little Prince" project.

Although the upper limit of serious art is hugely high, the lower limit is hugely low.

In the lower-middle class, illustrators, game graphics, and graphic designers all earn more and earn more money than pure painters.

Although a project like "The Little Prince" is almost the ceiling of the illustration contract, without the powerful Mr. Sloth, no matter how good he is, he will definitely not be able to get such a high-quality contract.

Despite so many contingencies,

But he did make $100,000, something that many painters would never have achieved in a lifetime.

In the next fifteen years,

In the field of serious art, Gu Weijing sees no reason to think that this sales are beyond his reach.

"Uncle Sakai is willing to recommend me to Mars Gallery, because Uncle Sakai believes in my potential, and Mars Gallery is willing to pay this money, and also believes in my potential, thinking that a share of the allowance of tens of thousands of dollars can get greater benefits."

Gu Weijing said softly: "They all believe in me, why shouldn't I believe in myself?" ”

"Gu Jun, I also believe in you."

Sakai Katsuko suddenly patted Gu Weijing on the shoulder.

In front of outsiders and parents on both sides, saying such things made the tender-faced Sakai Katsuko blush, but she still felt that she should say something at this time.

"Well, don't worry, if you can't make money, I'll support you." She touched Gu Weijing's hair.

Damn it

Talk about the contract, talk about the contract, and show affection with it!

Hanks almost spurted out a mouthful of blood with envy as he listened.

"This little girl is amazing, in order to be able to date this kind of girl, it is worth going back to the bedroom to close the door and burn incense in front of the ancestral tablet." Gu Tongxiang leaned back on the seat with great relief, looking at Katsuko Sakai's eyes, how satisfied he was, how satisfied.

The kind ones are about to melt.

The old man felt that there was no need for him to speak.

Forty thousand dollars is certainly very good, he is a little reluctant in his heart, but Miss Sakai has opened his mouth, even if their family is about to starve to death tomorrow, he can't ask others to laugh at each other's house with a shallow eyelid.

"Gu Weijing! There are a lot of places to use money in the family recently, you children, you don't know how hard it is to earn money, 40,000-"

The aunt disagreed.

She endured it for a long time, but still jumped out.

My aunt thinks it's stupid, she always takes it for granted when she is young, in a chaotic place like Myanmar, it's nonsense to draw a pie or something, and it's really her own only when she gets it.

People have said that there are so many people in the world, and less than a thousand people can earn this money.

Everyone has two arms and one head, why can't anyone else, just her nephew!

The division of the brain, how can there be a down-to-earth, drought and flood income, and the money paid annually is reliable.

"I think since I'm here to sign Xiao Gu, it's better to listen to his own opinions. If Miss Gu Lin is interested, I can also introduce the gallery to her, and if they are willing to sign it, they can listen to you. Mrs. Sakai just glanced at her aunt and choked them back.

If it were someone else,

Auntie may be about to roll around.

It's just that since Mrs. Sakai came to the door, at the same age, people are beautiful and extravagant.

Middle-aged women also like to compare those things.

than a husband, more than a posture, more than jewelry, than a son and daughter.

The aunt was beaten by others, and her blood was suppressed.

"Gu Weijing is my nephew, I am his aunt, the cost of studying abroad is high, and it is inconvenient to exchange currency in Yangon, so I ......have this money," she said and wanted to say.

"Yes, then I'm sure you must be doing it for the sake of your heart. Xiao Gu is an excellent young man, the child has ideas, and we as elders can help. Well, don't worry about money, I can help Xiao Gu build an account overseas. Mrs. Sakai said.

"Gu Weijing is not an adult yet?"

"You don't need to be at least 18 years old for Citi Private Bank overseas accounts. There is no need to change hands in Myanmar at all, and it will be convenient for him to spend it in the future. Since you are good for him, there should be no reason to object. ”

Mrs. Sakai saw a lot of family disputes that arose after the development of artists.

After Uncle Sakai developed, all kinds of relatives who came to the door were not old and young.

She knew that this kind of thing had to be sorted out from the beginning, and the money had to be in her own hands.

The aunt's face was blue and white.

With a few words, a large sum of money turned around in front of me and ran away again. She was still unconvinced and wanted to say something, but was pulled away by Bo Bo, who couldn't stand it.

Mrs. Sakai doesn't care about this,

She also appreciated Gu Weijing's answer just now, thought about it, changed two numbers on the paper of the contract, and pushed Hanks back.

"Let's just sign it this way." She commanded without question.

(End of chapter)