The news media is the banner that moves with the wind.

It's hard to say what the art world is heading for.

The overall general public opinion about the trend of Detective Cat and "The Little Prince" is positive these days.

There is no greater political correctness than curing diseases and saving people, especially when it comes to the field of minors, and it has a chemical reaction-like effect.

Even translator Charlie Hawke flew to North America a few days ago and appeared as an interview guest on a special program recorded by NBCUniversal's flagship program "The Jimmy Tonight Show", which has an average viewership of more than 2 million people.

This is a temporary invitation from Global TV.

The broadcast date squeezed out the interview with Keanu Reeves in the blockbuster "Fast and Furious 4" on the original program list.

Lao Mei's talk show is the same as the evening news in Dongxia, it is a national-level program that every household will watch, and it is one of the most influential variety shows on the planet.

Presidential candidates are racking their brains to pull votes on TV, and talk shows will always only cover the most interesting hot news.

Without enough public interest to base it on, the publishing group would not be able to offer a million dollars for such a program.

The last time The Tonight Show interviewed a contracted writer of the Scholastic Group was JK Rowling when Time Warner's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movie was released in 2011.

It is foreseeable that after the TV station broadcasts a special program, it will inevitably cause a new wave of buying for "The Little Prince".

Of course.

Behind the infinite scenery, there are also some hidden crises.

For example, in the end, it turns out that the treatment of autism or something is just a boring hype farce.

Willing to jump out and spit on the detective cat or even the Scholastic group, there are not too many newspapers that step on 10,000 feet.

If there is evidence that publishers are subjectively leading consumers to believe that their illustrated books have medical benefits.

Class action lawsuits, applications for huge damages, and so on, will follow.

But at least at this moment.

Even the most caustic newspapers have become cautious in their words and deeds.

Voices mocking Oil Painting magazine began to appear on YouTube and Twitter.

The phrase "Miss Elena, you're wrong" on the video of Sir Brown's shareholders' meeting was also made a ghost by some people.

Elephants have the way elephants move, and ants have the survival wisdom of ants.

These art tabloids and art self-media, precisely because they are too small, do not need to worry about Chairman Brown's feelings at all.

Sir Brown's spat on them is a triumph for them.

It doesn't matter who you are! Lao Tzu just wants to scold.

If Oil Painting magazine were willing to respond to their ridicule in person, it would be a loss of blood.

Larger, formal art magazines were also reluctant to engage in a war of words at this time, and the rare ones began to collectively remain silent.

Even Oil Painting magazine has kept quiet about public opinion, as if the outside world's discussion of "The Little Prince" is not in the same time and space as them.

It's the same silence - the cold treatment at this time is completely different from the disdain at the beginning, and anyone can see the meaning of covering their ears and stealing the bell.

The magazine's ambitious transformation had just begun, and Miss Elena was shot accurately and ruthlessly.

Even if this shot hasn't hurt the muscles and bones.

But presumably, the top management of the magazine, like the fat quail standing on the branch in front of them, will also panic and jump into a mess.

"Awesome."

I imagined that Chairman Brown, who was omnipotent in the field of art and could speak freely, was embarrassed.

Eliot wanted to cross his waist and look up to the sky and laugh three times.

Just two weeks ago, who would have said that the oil painting magazine society was the losing side in this struggle. Then one might think that he is completely ignorant of the art market.

Including herself, the female secretary, everyone is not optimistic about the detective cat, except for her own lady.

From the resolution of the shareholders' meeting, to the booming sales, to the turmoil of autism.

The young woman in the wheelchair pulled back the balance of public opinion that was tilting towards the shareholders of the magazine step by step, and Elliot simply admired Anna a little when she thought of this!

Everything in the world develops according to her will, like a written script.

She said that detective cats can create miracles, so the other party really creates miracles, just like a quail will fall after a gunshot.

"Bullets?"

Anna was stunned for a moment, and then she laughed dumbly.

"I don't know what you're messing up with, Eliot, and when I say gunshots, I'm referring to the procession in front of the sculpture of the ancestors. You're my secretary and assistant, so you're my bullet and hound, not the detective cat. ”

Miss Elena reached out and handed the well-maintained shotgun to the butler, and naturally the manservant received it in the gun case.

She picked up the coffee beside her and took a sip.

The managers of the magazine, the old men, always have a habit of belittling themselves because of their age and gender.

She had to do things that only adults do, giving them a long memory.

Sir Brown likes to style himself as an old-school politician. In this case, Anna threw a large number of protesting residents to him in a very politicianly manner.

Woof!

August heard the word hound in Anna's mouth and thought it was the master calling him.

It had sprinkled enough flowers in the woods today, and its hunting instincts were satisfied, and it happily stuck out its big tongue to lick Anna's feet, making Anna giggle.

"Uh-huh, that's right. I'm supposed to be your bullet and hound. ”

Elliot lifted his chin proudly.

In European culture, the dog symbolizes loyalty.

Comparing to a dog is not often derogatory, and Thomas Cromwell was affectionately called "my beagle" by Henry VIII at court.

In this large manor, the only person who is closest to Anna, and the only one who can make the young lady, who is often cold like a piece of ice, smile from the bottom of her heart, is probably the big dog named "Auguste".

If there was anyone among the employees of the manor who could have this honor, Miss Irina intimately likened him to a hound and a bullet.

In addition to the old housekeeper, there may only be his own female secretary in life.

The wild African woman who has only been out for a few months.

Hum!

She doesn't deserve it.

Hearing Anna's words, Elliot was proud like an original wife who had just successfully torn the junior in the jealousy of the wind, twisting her neck in anticipation.

In the past time, the young lady has poured too much effort into the African illustrator, which has made the secretary Eliot have some indescribable complicated feelings.

Now it looks like -

That guy has the ability to have the ability, no matter who can be most close to and relied on by Anna, or is he a powerful personal girl!

"With my Miss Bianna's favor, you definitely have no chance of winning!"

Eliot snorted demonstratively in his mind at the illustrator who was far away in Algeria.

"Detective cat? She'......"

Anna looked at the sea of clouds in the distance and chuckled.

That person was certainly not her bullet.

The other party is the flame burning in her heart, the glow flashing in the clouds, the gems found in the sea of sand, the pearls fished up in the sea, and the pale cyan purple rhyme on the Jun kiln porcelain.

It was Van Gogh that she found in the vast sea of people.

Elliot pursed his lips.

Miss Elena didn't say anything, just stared at Yunxia in a daze.

Looking at the young lady's face, it was as if she had drunk a whole glass of honey and rotting wine, and her eyes were full of indescribable brilliance and luster.

The female secretary suddenly felt.

It seems that being Miss Anna's dog is not such a thing to be proud of.

"The balance of the contract and the sales profit share of the Easter holiday will be credited to the account when the marketing department of the publishing house calculates it clearly. It's probably the last two weeks, so remember to pay attention to it. ”

Anna, who has returned from hunting, sends a text message to the detective cat on her way home by the nurse.

It is common in the industry for publishers to default on the payment of remuneration to illustrators.

Fortunately, the Scholastic Group is a large company, and under Osborne's personal urging, the payment of the bill is very refreshing.

Originally, it was already possible to make payments.

However, the sales of "The Little Prince" were too hot, and the reprinting of various printing houses, the cost of new publicity and promotion, the calculation of profit margins of Amazon and physical bookstores, and the exchange of foreign currency for overseas sales delayed the remittance time slightly.

"Well, I saw the sales statistics, and it should be a lot of money that I couldn't have imagined before. Many online painters earn a lifetime and can't reach this number. Big Sister Detective Cat replied, "Thank you for giving me this opportunity, Mr. Sloth." ”

At the very least, publishers are expected to write a large check for more than $200,000.

In the field of illustration, it is already a real top-notch huge money.

When the illustrators in the Scholastic Group's art department, who knew the details of the detective cat's contract, estimated how much money they would pay this year's dividends based on sales, their eyes turned red with jealousy.

Jane Arnold may not be able to earn that amount in a year.

De Jong Van Doorn can afford to fly on a private jet because he's fashionista, not because he's illustrator.

Back then, he designed the promotional poster for the movie "Frozen", which was only a package price of $300,000, and he still had a whole studio team to support.

"You're welcome, I can also get a lot of dividends from it, and I'm just as happy as you are to earn money."

Anna typing on her phone.

Her agent can really take a lot of money!

Miss Elena's total assets have increased dramatically by about a factor...... Well, about 0.02‰.

But money is not the same as money.

The money was in front of him, and August might not have bothered to look at it, but it was indeed the most pleasant income Anna had earned so far.

"By the way, I've been keeping an eye out for you about the new painting contract you asked me to find." Anna brought up something they had discussed earlier.

It's been almost a month since Detective Cat Ms. handed over.

Anna has been trying to find a new contract.

The contract itself is not hard to find.

Illustrations themselves are a buyer's market.

But when the illustrator's popularity reaches a certain level, it becomes a seller's market.

A good illustrator will never worry about drawing without a drawing.

The Scholastic Group alone has a large number of painting tasks in demand every day, and Schubert Deputy Director also hopes to train the detective cat as his master.

Almost the entire library of quests is open for Detective Cat's proxy brokers to pick from.

But good high-yield tasks are hard to pick.

Especially a mission like "The Little Prince" that matches the knife painting style mastered by the detective cat is even more difficult to find.

otherwise

Anna wouldn't have called Osborne's head in the first place.

Miss Elena has been picking for so long, and she has only selected a few tasks that can barely be seen.

The highest priority for Scholastic Europe's current task is to illustrate romance bestseller Zola Pace's forthcoming book Blue Moon, with $60,000 plus a 3% sales dividend. Originally, the art department of this book was also to hire an external illustration studio to do it. The publisher said that if you want to paint, you can give it first. ”

$60,000, the price of a typical quality illustration job.

Zola Pace is also a popular romance writer in recent years, and her cumulative career sales have exceeded 3 million copies.

The 3% share ratio is almost the average price in the industry for the new books of best-selling authors, and the annual share of good sales is actually not a small amount.

"The Little Prince" is an outlier.

Seriously, if the publisher knew that the book would sell so well, and that Anna had the face in it, it might not have mentioned the matter at all.

With the prestige and circumstances of the detective cat, she made her paint in vain, and she had to thank Dade for thanking the publishing house for giving her a chance to show herself.

This contract is already very generous, as long as the number of illustrations is not very large, please get an illustration job like Welllein, no problem.

Schubert's willingness to hand over this illustration task to Mr. Sloth is itself a part of promoting the relationship between the two parties and showing the sincerity of cooperation.

It's just that......

"This is indeed the largest illustration contract for the Scholastic Group to date, and there are no issues with the contract itself, however, I don't really recommend you take it."

Anna hesitated for a moment, but still said what she thought in her heart: "I think its style is quite inconsistent with your painting style. ”

Anna got a sample of "Blue Moon".

Bestsellers like Zola Pace are the hottest genre at the moment.

How so?

The best-selling template of Ba Zongwen + dog blood drama + body writing is about similar to what kind of "50 Shades of Gray".

The sales of this kind of book will not be bad.

But the scale of the illustration is never small, and it is not consistent with the fresh and childlike style of knife painting.

Anna believes in the skill of detective cats, and it should not be impossible to control this style, but there is a famous saying in Hollywood, when you are a vase once, you are a vase for a lifetime.

This is to say that if an actress takes on the role of selling meat in a commercial film, the acting path will be narrow, and it will be difficult to wear back the clothes she takes off, and it will be difficult to play roles of different styles in the future, such as the heroine of "Transformers".

And illustrators also have a brand effect.

style

Style is more important than tens of thousands of dollars.

(End of chapter)