Fringe artists in the entertainment industry

Chapter 115 113. What is the value of art?

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Ji Fa closed the car door casually, her face reddened and panting slightly. She drank a lot of wine tonight, but the results were still very good.

"There's no need to come here tomorrow morning." Ji Fa turned around and said to his driver, then waved him away.

The driver in the car glanced at Ji Fa who was still awake outside the car, then turned around and left.

After the car left, the door of the villa suddenly fell into darkness. Ji Fa rubbed her temples, kicked off her high heels and carried them in her hands. Her white and tender feet looked particularly beautiful on the red brick floor.

Seeing that none of the rooms in the villa had lights on, Ji Fa curled his lips slightly and expressed contempt for Chen Li'an's fighting ability.

It's only been less than two hours, is this the end of sleep?

It’s really worth seeing but useless! Ji Fa, who had an overactive but unconscious mind, silently despised Chen Li'an.

But when she opened the door and went in, she was stunned. What a strange sound!

Ji Fa looked at the shoes scattered randomly at the door and the crooked sofa, and her active brain instantly made up the picture.

Especially with the bursts of humming and roaring coming from upstairs, Ji Fa felt ridiculous for his just evaluation of Chen Li'an.

This is neither fancy nor useful, it is a bit exaggerated.

Ji Fa is very hesitant now whether he should go upstairs or not. What should he do if he bumps into something he shouldn't bump into? Should he pretend not to see it?

Ji Fa shook his head, walked to the kitchen, opened the refrigerator and took a sip of ice water. After that, his mind became slightly clearer. Hearing the noise upstairs, he couldn't help shouting: "Quiet the noise! ​​I still want to sleep!"

It was quiet for a while upstairs, and then became lively again within five minutes.

That's too much!

Ji Fa angrily walked to the sofa and sat down. He heard a rumble outside, followed by the sound of heavy rain falling.

The strong wind and rain came at just the right time, covering up the noisy sounds upstairs. Ji Fa rubbed his temples, lay crookedly on the sofa and fell asleep.

When Ji Fa woke up the next morning, she found that she was sleeping in her own bed and had changed into pajamas.

"Get up." Bo Qing stood at the door with a cigarette in his mouth. He looked at Ji Fa who had just gotten up and said, "Go downstairs and have breakfast."

Ji Fa couldn't help but stretched and didn't ask why she appeared in her bedroom. Anyway, she didn't lose her virginity and she didn't suffer any loss.

In the restaurant downstairs, Chen Li'an was eating a sandwich and missed the delicious and juicy buns in Beijing. I wonder if there are any Chinese restaurants in Paris.

Sitting opposite, Ji Fa took a sip of milk and felt that her hangover was relieved a lot before she said to Chen Li'an and Bai Qing: "Aren't you curious how the conversation went yesterday? How many people are interested in your paintings?"

Chen Li'an rolled up an omelette with a fork, put it in his mouth and muttered: "If you're not curious, we believe you."

Chen Li'an's words moved Ji Fa's heart. His eyes lingered on Bai Qing for a moment. Bai Qing said nonchalantly: "I'm not curious either. I believe in your ability."

Ji Fa: "..." Although I was very moved, why did I feel like I was being fooled?

However, Ji Fa couldn't help but want to share the results of his efforts. He leaned forward and said proudly: "There are eight collectors who are interested in your paintings and will help you promote them during this period. Wait until June The auction will drive up the price."

Chen Li'an was not infected and asked calmly: "Where is the actual transaction price?"

Being choked like this by Chen Li'an, Ji Fa's interest was greatly reduced. She pushed the empty milk cup in her hand and said angrily: "Why don't you know how to cooperate?"

Bo Qing couldn't help but laugh beside him. Seeing Ji Fa's aggrieved look, he quickly said: "Don't pay attention to him, it's the moment of the sage."

A moment of sage? Ji Fa recalled the joke that Chen Li'an had made. Thinking of the meaning of the word, she felt that she had been hurt twice. She looked at the milk left in the corner of Bai Qing's mouth expressionlessly, and resentfully picked up the milk in front of her and drank it in one gulp. Go down.

"Why are you drinking from me?" Bo Qing said speechlessly.

Ji Fa licked the corner of her mouth and said, "I just like you!"

It tastes good only if you steal it.

Chen Li'an looked at Ji Fa's triumphant look. After eating some of the white and tender egg whites, he wiped his mouth and asked, "So what's the final real price?"

Ji Fa stretched out his palm and looked at Chen Li'an and Bai Qing and said: "For the two sets of works, apart from all the shares and costs, you can get 580,000 pounds."

Chen Li'an always finds it strange that France uses pounds as the currency unit, but he is quite satisfied with the price. Strictly speaking, this is the price at which he and Bai Qing first bought a work. It is already 580,000 yuan. It's a very high price.

According to the current exchange rate, it is converted into RMB 7.3 million. The two sets of works add up to a total of sixteen pieces, and a single work is equivalent to about RMB 450,000.

Now that he is about to become a multi-millionaire, Chen Li'an couldn't help but sigh, "Playing" with art really makes money! It’s all full of tricks! No wonder you can earn millions later by designing a LOGO without right angles.

I don’t know how much money Ji Fa made from this kind of routine, but it’s probably not less than 400,000.

When Bai Qing heard that there was so much money, he was not overly happy. Compared with those real masters, the price was not that high. It was just a few million yuan, no different from hundreds of thousands. Anyway, he had nothing to use the money for.

Ji Fa looked at the two people who were not very excited and wondered if he had just said the wrong price, so he couldn't help but say again: "Five hundred and eighty thousand pounds!"

"Yes, I heard it." Chen Li'an looked at Ji Fa strangely, wondering why she would repeat it again.

Bo Qing also glanced at Ji Fa strangely, then lowered his head and continued eating sausages and eggs.

Ji Fa: "." Do these two people have no idea about money? Hundreds of thousands of pounds! Is this the reaction? !

"Two lunatics!" Ji Fa couldn't help complaining, and then cursed angrily in a low voice: "They are two fools!"

However, Ji Fa was very happy when he thought that he could earn hundreds of thousands of pounds. This was only the debut work of Chen Li'an and Bai Qing. When they become more and more famous in the future, he could earn even more!

Oh, by the way, I spent 50,000 yuan to buy Chen Li'an's real debut photography work. Based on the current price, I have made at least 150,000 yuan, and more and more in the future!

There is not much room for appreciation in the value of artworks, but for works by new artists, the room for appreciation is very large.

It may only sell for tens of thousands or even thousands of dollars at first, but through packaging and marketing, tens of thousands of dollars will turn into hundreds of thousands or millions as time goes by!

Of course, the price of most works of art reaches its limit when it reaches this price. Unless it is the world-renowned top artists, their works can push the price to tens of millions or even hundreds of millions.

It will take a long time and enough luck for Chen Li'an and Bai Qing to achieve this price for their works.

This exhibition in Paris did not last long, only seven days. However, during these seven days, many people in the Paris art world have remembered the names of Chen Li'an and Bai Qing.

Many artists and art critics highly praise the works of Chen Li'an and Bai Qing, and several art collectors have even publicly stated that they are willing to spend one million pounds to buy their works.

Chen Li'an knew that this was Ji Fa's promotion behind the scenes, so he didn't pay much attention to these remarks. Except for the occasional need to cooperate with Ji Fa's performances, he and Bo Qing almost visited Paris.

We visited all the museums and art galleries in Paris, big and small, and took photos at many famous attractions.

Compared with the busy Ji Fa, Chen Li'an and Bai Qing are like two tourists traveling abroad.

Bai Qing, who had been wandering around all afternoon, sat on a chair in the Place de la Concorde, looked at the fountain in front of him and spoke out what was in his heart: "Where do you think the value of art lies? Just like the sculptures on this fountain, it should go How to measure its value.”

"You want to ask about commercial value, right? I don't need to explain cultural value and aesthetic value, you understand it." Chen Li'an took a sip of water and turned to look at Bai Qing and said: "Commercial value involves many aspects, such as fame, quality, scarcity, Novelty, etc., will affect the commercial value of the artwork.”

Bo Qing brushed his hair and looked at Chen Li'an and asked seriously: "Then what qualities do we have?"

Chen Li'an explained casually: "Except for the first one, we have them all. Of course, the most important thing is the last two. We are scarce and novel enough."

After hearing what Chen Li'an said, Bai Qing leaned on his chair and looked at the clouds passing by in the sky and said: "I always feel that it is not accurate to measure art with money. It is too material. Our works cannot be measured by hundreds of thousands of pounds."

"But this is the simplest and most direct way to measure it." Chen Li'an stretched out his hand to hold Bai Qing's hand and said: "You are not wrong in placing too high a value on culture and aesthetics, but these values ​​are the most difficult to judge, and they are not By these values ​​everyone can judge the value of the work of art itself.”

Simply put, how can people who can’t understand artwork know that this artwork is amazing? Money is the simplest and most direct way.

"I understand. I just feel that when we create, we put in so much passion and enthusiasm and inject all our emotions and cognitions into the work, but in the end it is simply represented by a few banknotes."

Bai Qing's perception is that of an artist, but not everyone can feel the emotional value, and there is no way to define the specific value. People who like it like it very much, but people who don't like it feel redundant at a glance. At this time How do you measure the value of a work of art itself?

Chen Li'an patted Bo Qing's hand and said, "Don't worry about these issues. Instead of thinking about these, it's better to think about what you should eat tonight."

"You're right, there's really no point in thinking about this." Bai Qing put away his messy thoughts and said, "You have decided what to eat. I just want to eat Chinese food now, but there is none here."

"How about we cook it ourselves? Ji Fa's kitchen is very good."

"Then I'll order some food!"

"good!"

I still owe Chapter 17... I will try to pay it off by the end of the month...