Fringe artists in the entertainment industry

Chapter 263 261. Ji Fa’s fantasy: I want to monopolize modern art!

The early morning sunlight was particularly dazzling, shining directly through the torn curtains.

Chen Li'an, who was sleeping, frowned and opened his eyes. He turned his head and glanced at the curtains that had been removed by the princess last night, recalling the scene from last night in his mind.

The princess's physical condition is still not suitable for hanging, but she is quite strong and the curtains were torn.

Chen Li'an got up from the bed, looked at the sleeping princess, and without waking her up, he dressed and left after washing himself.

Take advantage of the fact that there are fewer people in the morning and escape quickly, in case there are paparazzi squatting outside.

After Chen Li'an slipped out of the back door of the villa, he went directly to the Peninsula Hotel. Ji Fa called him several times last night. He never answered Ji Fa's call and only returned it after the exercise.

Thinking of Ji Fa angrily scolding him for more than ten minutes last night, Chen Li'an felt a headache. When he passed by a flower shop, he bought a bouquet of flowers.

I hope it can appease Ji Fa's irritable little temper.

Chen Li'an came outside Ji Fa's room, rang the doorbell and waited for two minutes before the door opened from the inside.

Jifa, who had messy hair, opened the door and was about to curse when she saw Chen Li'an handing a bouquet of white roses to her.

Ji Fa's anger at getting up was immediately dispelled by the beautiful rose. She took the rose and sniffed it gently, frowned before letting go, glanced at Chen Li'an who was smiling, and then moved away.

Chen Li'an came in with a smile and closed the door. There was no better way to deal with a French woman than roses.

The room Ji Fa lived in was very luxurious, but it was messy, with clothes scattered everywhere. Chen Li'an also saw Ji Fa's underwear thrown on the sofa.

Chen Li'an looked at Ji Fa wrapped in a nightgown and placing roses on the table, and couldn't help but bend down to put away the clothes and high heels on the floor.

How come a beautiful woman doesn't pay attention to anything? Chen Li'an shook his head while cleaning up.

Ji Fa sat on the sofa with her legs crossed and looked at Chen Li'an. Her confused brain gradually became clear, and she couldn't help but choked: "Why didn't you answer my call last night? Why didn't you pick me up?"

"Busy." Chen Li'an said casually, then changed the subject and asked, "Has Bai Qing returned to the capital?"

"Well, I know I care about Bo Qing." Ji Fa couldn't help but curled his lips, patted the sofa and said to Chen Li'an: "Come here, I have something to tell you."

After Chen Li'an placed Ji Fa's high heels, he walked over and looked at her and said: "I have no intention of selling this series of works. If they are sold to collectors, they will only eat dust in the vault. I want my works to be seen by more people." arrive."

"If you really don't think about it, it can be sold for at least two million US dollars this time. You can almost see the taillights of the top master's car." Ji Fa couldn't help but persuade.

Chen Li'an shook his head and said, "If you don't want to sell it, please stop trying to persuade me."

"Then I'm not here in vain!" Ji Fa looked at Chen Li'an angrily.

Chen Li'an glanced at her sheepishly and said, "I didn't ask you to come either."

"Stop talking!" Ji Fa pushed Chen Li'an down, sat on him and said, "Anyway, I can't come in vain!"

Chen Li'an looked at Ji Fa's pajamas spread out and couldn't help but swallowed. He didn't know whether to be sad or angry or excited.

It’s so hard for a man! If you don’t make money for a woman, you have to be humiliated like this!

Chen Li'an shed white tears of grief and anger, which covered Ji Fa's body.

Ji Fa wiped her body with her slender fingers, pinched the sticky tears with her fingers, turned to look at Chen Li'an who was taking a break and asked: "Are you really not going to sell?"

"Not for sale!"

"Then tell me what's going on in this art space of yours."

"You are interested in?"

"Of course, as long as it's art-related and can make money, I'm interested!"

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Ten minutes later, Ji Fa, who was soaking in the bathtub, listened to Chen Li'an's words, thought for a while and said, "Then why didn't you come to me in the first place? You should have brought Bernard with you."

Chen Li'an shaved his beard and said, "I didn't think much about it at first. I just thought about doing installation art. Later I gradually came up with so many ideas."

Ji Fa couldn't help but roll her eyes at Chen Li'an. After soaking in the water and thinking for a while, he stood up from the bathtub and said to Chen Li'an seriously: "I want to become a shareholder!"

"Buy shares?" Chen Li'an looked at Ji Fa in surprise and said, "But the risk is still quite high, and it may not be as profitable as your gallery."

"It definitely won't work according to your original idea, but you can learn from Givenchy! Don't just focus on the artwork, luxury goods are also art!"

"Isn't that Teacher Chen?"

Chen Li'an didn't want to make luxury goods or fashion brands, he just wanted to make works of art.

Artists rarely have a suitable platform for their works to be exhibited, and they are too niche and closed.

Chen Li'an just wants to make art more accessible to the masses, so that more people can understand art and own art.

There are so many artists in China, and most of their works are gathering dust at home. It is basically impossible to sell them without professional galleries and art managers.

What Chen Li'an wants to do is to be different from the art trading platform of galleries. Artworks will no longer easily cost tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even millions.

Ninety-nine percent of artists do not have that kind of talent, and their works are not worthy of packaging and marketing by galleries and art managers.

But it would be a pity if those works were buried, so Chen Li'an thought of turning it into a "small art supermarket".

It is different from traditional cheap handicrafts and more accessible to the people than expensive works of art, so it is still very marketable.

The petty bourgeoisie and the middle class will like these things very much. Compared with handicrafts, wouldn't it be more stylish to have a few pieces of art at home?

The price is not too outrageous, you can afford it with a few thousand to tens of thousands of dollars.

Moreover, works of art are unique, unlike mass-produced luxury bags. No one can guarantee whether these works of art will appreciate in value in the future.

What if that artist becomes famous in the future, and the things he buys will be doubled.

It can also be regarded as an alternative investment, and can also be regarded as opening a blind box.

While the petty bourgeoisie cannot afford to invest in the real estate market and cannot afford to buy stocks, they also have an additional investment choice. Art investment is also a good choice.

Moreover, Chen Li'an plans to find ways to launch two artists in the first year to create an advertising effect.

Ji Fa, who had just dried her hair in the room, seriously persuaded Chen Li'an to accept her suggestion and let herself become a shareholder.

"With my joining, I can help you contact more new artists to join, constantly replenish fresh blood, and I can also help you cultivate truly great artists."

Ji Fa suddenly stood up and looked at Chen Li'an and said seriously: "If we do well, we can even monopolize the works of most new artists! This will affect the entire modern art trading market!"

Ji Fa couldn't help but get excited thinking about this. Although this idea was crazy and unrealistic, it was very exciting just thinking about it!

Ji Fa suddenly thought of China's classic strategy during the Anti-Japanese War, where the countryside surrounded the city!

Bypassing the top ten auction houses and controlling art from the bottom up, one day it will be able to indirectly affect the entire art trading market!

But Ji Fa was just thinking about it. The art trading market was very deep, so it couldn't be done so easily.

Chen Li'an looked at the excited Ji Fa but didn't think much about it, and didn't think it was possible to reach the height Ji Fa said.

He was just seriously considering the possibility of letting Ji Fa become a shareholder. He felt that if there were too many people involved, it might be very troublesome in the future.

There will always be various troubles when friends start a business together, even if the interests and responsibilities are clear from the beginning.

However, if professionals like Ji Fa join in, Chen Li'an is indeed very excited. Although his own method is very different from that of art trading, he still needs the help of art managers.

Ji Fa and Cheng Shufen complement each other very well, one is targeting ordinary people and the other is targeting high-end customers.

Chen Li'an was really excited when he thought about it. With Ji Fa's joining, he could become a hands-off shopkeeper.

In daily operations, Wang Zuxian helps to keep an eye on it, which is perfect.

Chen Li'an hesitated for a while and looked at Ji Fa and said, "It's not impossible, but I still have two partners and I need to ask their opinions."

"I am confident to convince them!" Ji Fa looked at Chen Li'an and said seriously.

Chen Li'an nodded and said, "Okay, let's meet and talk today."

"no problem!"

Chen Li'an asked Cheng Shufen and Wang Zuxian to come to the peninsula to meet.

While Ji Fa was waiting for Wang Zuxian and Cheng Shufen to come over, she was still talking to Chen Li'an about making luxury goods.

Chen Li'an hummed a few times without much interest. He didn't like luxury goods, especially those foreign luxury goods and industrial products.

It can't be considered a luxury product. A steel ball bracelet can be sold for 10,000 yuan. Isn't this a big fool?

Priceless woven bags in China cost several thousand yuan each.

It has nothing to do with art, nor does it have anything to do with fashion. Putting a brand on it becomes a luxury product.

Real luxury goods still have to look at domestic handicrafts, which are unique luxury goods.

However, the only bad thing is that the aesthetic progress of domestic handicrafts is too slow and too conservative. They blindly pursue retro and are difficult to be liked by modern people.

Such good craftsmanship was lost because it could not be sold and no money was made.

It's a pity when I think about it. They should be assigned a few designers. It's outrageous if the craft masters really only know handicrafts!

Chen Li'an met a bamboo weaving master who was very good at weaving, but he didn't know how to design. The things he made didn't look good and he couldn't sell them.

It's a pity just thinking about it.

Amidst Ji Fa's chirping, Chen Li'an's thoughts had long wandered to nowhere, and it wasn't until he heard familiar footsteps that he came back to his senses.

"Here we come." Chen Li'an looked at Wang Zuxian and Cheng Shufen who were walking together and turned to Ji Fa and said.

Ji Fa nodded and said to Chen Li'an: "I will talk to them personally later, just don't talk."

"So confident?" Chen Li'an looked at her strangely, wondering why she was so confident.

Ji Fa raised her chin proudly and said, "I'm better at dealing with women than you!"

Chen Li'an: "." Who are you looking down on! Compare your abilities!

However, Chen Li'an did not say anything in the rest of the conversation. He only served to introduce them to each other at the beginning.

Chen Li'an threw a piece of sugar cube into the coffee cup out of boredom. Looking at the beaming Ji Fa trying to fool Cheng Shufen and Wang Zuxian, he felt that she was more suitable for MLM.

Being an art manager is really a waste of talent.

Chen Li'an took a sip of the already sweet coffee, looked around boredly, and suddenly saw Leslie Cheung and the Sunglasses King.

"Could this be a Happy Together?" Chen Li'an couldn't help but muttered, a little worried that Leslie Cheung would accept this film.

The movie is a good movie, but Leslie Cheung was infected with the virus when he went to shoot it. Later, after it was released in Hong Kong, it was criticized by the gossip media and was even publicly humiliated at the Academy Awards.

Thinking of this, Chen Li'an couldn't help but stand up and walked towards Leslie Cheung and the Sunglasses King.

Wang Zuxian, who was listening to Ji Fa's talk about the business plan, noticed it, sat up slightly and looked in the direction where Chen Li'an was walking.

Cheng Shufen and Ji Fa also noticed it and turned to look over.

Seeing that it was Leslie Cheung and the Sunglasses Queen, Cheng Shufen took the initiative and said: "The Wang family has a new movie to shoot, so I have an appointment with Guo Rong here today."

Wang Zuxian snorted and then looked away. However, Cheng Shufen's next words made her a little worried.

Cheng Shufen looked at Chen Li'an's back and said: "It's a gay-themed movie. I heard that Li An was rejected by Liang Chaowei. Now I don't know if Li An will be attracted by Wang Jiawei. I was asked about Li An before."

"Huh??" Wang Zuxian immediately sat up straight and said, "No!"

Wang Zuxian had made Wang Jiawei's movie and knew his filming routines. She was a little worried about Chen Li'an and Leslie Cheung.

These two people usually have a good relationship. If they make a same-sex movie together again, if they develop feelings, it will be over!

Ji Fa also understood and said nonchalantly: "Li'an can't act in this kind of movie. I heard him say that a director has asked him to act in this kind of movie before."

Hearing Ji Fa's words, Wang Zuxian breathed a sigh of relief, but Cheng Shufen said with a smile: "But it's not certain this time. He and Guorong have such a good relationship, they might agree."

When Wang Zuxian heard this, she couldn't sit still immediately. She stood up and went over to stop this terrible thing from happening.

However, Cheng Shufen grabbed him.

"Don't go over there and cause trouble. I was just joking. You know their personalities and they won't make this kind of movie together."

"What if!"

"Nothing unexpected!"

Cheng Shufen didn't want the two of them to act in this kind of movie, it was too dangerous, but she also knew in her heart that Chen Li'an and Leslie Cheung would not make this kind of movie together.

Chen Li'an on the other side hadn't even walked in front of Zhang Guorong when Zhang Guorong saw him. He sat lazily on the sofa and looked at him and said, "Why are you here?"

"Come here to talk about something. I saw you here and came over to say hello." After Chen Li'an finished speaking, he glanced at the Sunglasses King and asked, "If you don't mind if I sit down."

Wang Jiawei looked at Chen Li'an standing next to Zhang Guorong, and a lot of inspiration came to his mind unconsciously. The two people were sitting and standing, one was lazy and the other was slightly serious, which was an inexplicable match.

The most important thing is that the feeling between them gives Wang Jiawei a very strange feeling, not like ordinary friends.

Wang Jiawei sat up silently and said to Chen Li'an: "I want to make a movie with you!"

Chen Li'an: "." I still wanted to kidnap Zhang Guorong, but you decided on me first? !