Soul Painter

Before arriving at Christie's New York auction center.

Lawrence synchronized several messages to Gao Fan.

First of all, Monk Chinfan, the new ruler of Siam, arrived in New York six hours ago for a state visit. She was included in the official itinerary of the beautiful country, including this Christie's winter auction.

"She still dares to come~" Gao Fan knew about the assassination of Qin Fan by the Nine Angels. He thought that according to the current situation, Qin Fan would not come to New York. , the same can be done.

"This shows that she attaches great importance to it." Lawrence's tone was obviously excited, because from which point of view, Qinfan came here for "Buddha".

"In addition, since the Second World War, no head of state has been assassinated in another country. She must be safe. Why didn't she dare to come?" Lawrence asked Gao Fan.

"That's true." Gao Fan realized that Lawrence was right. As the head of state, Qinfan's trip in the beautiful country would be strictly protected, and the investigator organization and government organizations had always lived in harmony. Therefore, Qinfan was in New York It seems that there is no need to worry about the safety during the period?

Besides, it was not Gao Fan's turn to worry.

All he had to do was sell the paintings.

"The second news is that Mr. Luc Villiers initiated a private acquisition invitation, and the quotation for "Buddha" is 500 million U.S. dollars, which is a very good price." Lawrence said again, "I originally wanted to find You can discuss it, but you can't knock on your door, and Lu Zhi also said that you can't agree."

"Dad, you have to have a backbone!" Lu Zhi in the back seat had already helped Anna change her clothes, and now lowered the shade between the front seat and the back row, and said to Gao Fan: "Is it so important to be rich? If you are photographed by Nine Angels When it comes to that painting, you'd rather destroy it than sell it to those stinky old men, right?"

"Yes! I destroyed it!" Gao Fan nodded heavily, determined not to sell it.

Lawrence glanced at the two of them, wondering if you are out of your mind, if you don't want to sell it to someone, why not hold an auction, and just contact the desired buyer directly?

"Tomorrow's auction will be "Ring Arena" and "Veteran". If the total price of these two paintings reaches 300 million US dollars, "Buddha" will be auctioned the day after tomorrow. Therefore, it is too late for you to regret it now, but it will become a joke. If you don’t, the media will think you’ve been counseled,” Lawrence said.

"You can't be cowardly." Gao Fan pondered, "How about this, big brother, you can discuss it with Christie's, don't make it so complicated, the three paintings will be auctioned together, and the starting price...well, Luc Villiers Isn't the bid 500 million US dollars? The starting price is set at 800 million US dollars, this old man is mad."

"Packed and sold, or 800 million?!" Lawrence stepped on the brakes, and the Lincoln car stopped on the side of the road. He stared at Gao Fan, "Little brother, we have already signed an agreement with Christie's..."

"If Christie's is not willing to change the auction format, they will pay them liquidated damages. Isn't there a bunch of small auction houses looking for you, and replace them with the auction." Gao Fan said, "A 20% commission, 160 million US dollars, they Do not want?"

want to.

Definitely want to.

Christie’s art auction will charge buyers a 20% commission. That is to say, for every 100 million US dollars that buyers pay to sellers, they need to pay another 20 million US dollars to Christie’s. Of course, when the transaction amount exceeds 100 million US dollars, the commission There will be big discounts, but also quite amazing.

"Christie's would agree, but they'd be crazy too." Lawrence sighed helplessly as he restarted the car.

At the same time, Lawrence communicated with the president of Christie's North America region through a Bluetooth headset. Gao Fan soon heard fierce questioning voices on the phone, while Lawrence's tone was very calm. After the communication, Lawrence won the victory. After all, Mr. Broker held the initiative.

"The staff at Christie's will go crazy." Lawrence repeated after hanging up the phone, "They need to reprint the auction brochure, communicate with thousands of buyers, issue press announcements, adjust the order of the auction... But these are small things, why? Do you have to sell the three works together?" Lawrence was puzzled.

"Be direct and see the result immediately. If it takes too long, I'm afraid New York will be bombed by them..." Gao Fan whispered.

"What did you say?" Lawrence didn't understand.

Gao Fan didn't explain anymore.

...

Gao Fan, Anna, and their agent, Mr., came to the Christie's auction site together.

This caught the attention of journalists.

They took a lot of photos.

Before the first "21st Century Modern Art" auction, that is, the auction session with Anna's works, Gao Fan and Anna had friendly and cordial exchanges with several collectors and art consultants who came to the scene .

Collectors and art consultants are obviously pursuing Gao Fan. No matter how much they secretly slander Gao Fan’s waywardness, when they see this youngest and most outstanding master master in this century, their attitudes Still very respectful, this is the respect for art itself.

An hour later, the auction officially began.

In this session, the auction works that attracted more attention included Camille Pissarro's "The Garden and Chicken Coop of Ledan Octave Mirbeau" created in 1982, and a Picasso "Armchair "Woman on the Sky", and "Small Wild Chrysanthemum in a Pink Vase" by the modern domestic painter San Yu.

In the end, the transaction price of Pissarro's works was 13 million US dollars, Picasso's paintings were sold for 18.65 million US dollars, and Sanyu's representative works finally stayed at 8.75 million US dollars, and the transaction prices of the remaining seven works did not exceed 5 million US dollars. Dollar.

"The oil painting market is not doing well recently..." Gao Fan whispered to Lawrence.

"This is a normal market situation. Your value is too high, and Anna's value is also rising. It is rare to see a living person worth more than a dead person in ten years." Lawrence replied.

Familiar names such as Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet, and Da Vinci in the market, not every work can sell for tens of millions of dollars or even over 100 million dollars. Ten to twenty million dollars is the norm, so Lawrence reminded Gao Fan, don't think that the market's price of 50 million US dollars is too low, which is already beyond the standard.

Soon, it was time for the auction of Anna's works.

The theme of the creation is "Landscape of Harvard". This is the third work that Anna has officially put on the market. The themes of the first two pieces are "Landscape of MIT" and "Landscape of Brandeis". is infinitely symmetric.

The starting price was US$14.5 million. After nearly 30 bids, it was quickly raised to US$19 million, which was higher than Picasso's transaction price. Of course, Anna's work was larger in size and had higher artistic value. But at 19 million US dollars, no one continued to quote, which made Gao Fan a little bit aggrieved for Anna.

He raised his card and made a gesture at the same time.

"Mr. No. 98 bid 20 million US dollars!" The auctioneer shouted, but after shouting, the male auctioneer was stunned for a moment. He knew Gao Fan. What's the matter, is the Devil faction self-produced and sold?

"What are you doing!" Lawrence called out in a low voice.