"You don't need the exclusive agency right?"
The three of Professor Sakai destroyed the barbecue on the plate, threw away the sign, looked at the agent who came over for a few seconds, and then asked slowly .
"It's boring to say that, of course I still want it. Professor Sakai, fifty million US dollars, any gallery that offers such a big contract will require exclusive agency."
Hanks said with a smile.
The so-called exclusive agent means that the contracted artist can only cooperate with one of their galleries during the extension of the contract.
Whether it is selling works, exhibitions or auctions, it must be done through the channels of Mashi Gallery.
This can be called their leading artist.
Otherwise, while they are crazily marketing for Uncle Sakai, they will turn around and sell paintings through other galleries, or even directly bypass the gallery and contact the auction house.
Isn’t Ma Shi Gallery just an idiot whose wife uses your hard-earned salary to hook up with a male gym coach outside?
“Fifty million US dollars in four years is already very sincere.”
Hanks really wants to sign this golden man who is equal in weight to fat. Big artists are ten times more expensive.
The art business has always been a market where the gallery has the final say.
There are many art students who dream of becoming artists, and there are also many people who are willing to sign vampire contracts that can knock bones and suck out marrow.
But as you move into the high-end field, the artist’s own say becomes more important, and it becomes a matter of galleries scrambling for artists.
A painting worth half a million dollars can be resold for millions of dollars, and the best paintings may earn several million dollars per painting.
In order to prevent competitors from poaching talents, liquidated damages for internationally renowned artists can often reach nine figures.
At present, among the first-line painters in the industry who are at this age and in their prime period of high productivity, only a few have contracts that are about to end.
Uncle Sakai will end his seventeen-year cooperative relationship with Daejeon Art Gallery in September this year. He may be the only well-known artist who has not yet heard of signing a contract with another artist.
Hunters from various galleries are frantically rushing to express their intention to negotiate. It is said that the most promising one is Komatsu Gallery in Osaka.
Sakai Kazunari was not in a hurry, and even the studio’s emails to various gallerists were very formulaic and perfunctory.
After Hanks Max made a special trip to Japan, he didn’t even see the other party in person.
He found out that Professor Sakai likes to go to this small barbecue restaurant for late-night snacks at night.
In order to negotiate this deal, Hanks also worked hard. He rested in the hotel during the day and squatted in the 24-hour Starbucks in front of the barbecue restaurant at night.
After squatting for more than half a week, I finally caught the fat figure of Professor Kazunari Sakai in my sight.
"Boss, have a bottle of sake, the best." HanksWaved to the chef.
They sat in a secluded corner of the barbecue bar.
Except for Master Otani, there are few customers in this restaurant, and the public security conditions nearby seem to be good.
Hanks asked the chef to get the wine, looked around for a moment, and then took out an exquisite automatic winding box from his handbag.
He put three layers of clean napkins on them and pushed them along the black countertop.
"M&M Gallery has cooperated with Richard Mille. This watch is a small meeting gift from Mr. M&S III. It is not a respectful gift."
Watch box Printed on it is the logo of the artistic watchmaker Richardie, which is famous for producing top-notch ultra-thin mechanical watches.
Just a watch like this in a specialty store starts at US$150,000.
Of course, Mashi Gallery got this watch for free.
Luxury goods companies and watch manufacturers are traditional sponsors of galleries and art museums.
Hanks hopes to use this luxury watch to get closer to the other party.
In addition to watches, which are called men’s cosmetics, he didn’t know what to give to Uncle Sakai.
Learning to please big artists is almost a basic professional skill for hunters and managers.
Tragedies such as those who took drugs together and suffered heart attacks, those who got infected while playing models together, and those who broke their legs while climbing snowy mountains together are not uncommon news.
The main reason is that Uncle Sakai’s hobbies are too down-to-earth.
Forget it, those who like antique cars, beauties, handsome men, yachts, and hunt lions in Africa. Hunting by artists was an elegant hobby a few decades ago, but now it is easy to be passive. Do it.
Anyway, these requirements are easy to handle.
Even if you want to go to heaven, as long as you can bring enough benefits to the gallery, a seven-day tour of the International Space Station may not be impossible.
But if you like to eat Hanks, even if you have the courage to risk your life to accompany a gentleman, you can only chew two bunches of roasted garlic.
Still in this cheap little restaurant, Hanks looked at the price list and lost interest in treating him.
"That's unnecessary."
Uncle Sakai was used to the agent's overtures and didn't even have the intention to open the watch box. He shook the five hundred on his wrist. USD aeatch "I'm used to wearing this. My wife needs to check my exercise records regularly."
At this moment, the mobile phone on the bar suddenly rang.
Professor Sakai saw the phone number above.
The fat on the fourth layer of the chin of the originally calm uncle visibly shook.
He made a silent gesture to both Master Otani and Hanks.
After waiting for more than ten seconds, he carefully picked up the phone.
"Have you taken care of your diet, daily routine, and exercise recently?" Mrs. Sakai said on the phone, digging a hole for her husband.
"Yeah, yeah, darlingYes, I did the rowing machine for half an hour before going to bed and ran three kilometers on the elliptical machine. I went to bed on time at around nine o'clock and only woke up when I received your call. ”
It seemed that Uncle Sakai had just booked a room with his mistress when his wife caught him raping him.
He looked at the barbecue on the tray, swallowed, and was frightened. It's a lie.
He is not a person who is very proficient in electronic software and does not know the power of Apple's location sharing, which is known as the "housewife's spyware".
It's just that these years. , I always felt that my wife’s phone call was mysterious.
Over in Yangon, Mrs. Sakai, who had returned to the hotel, sneered in her heart.
But she didn’t. To expose her husband’s lies, he just said in a very gentle tone, “Well, my Byron is the best. I believe that when Katsuko and I return to Tokyo in the summer, you will definitely lose weight to less than 220 pounds and give us a surprise, right? ”
Sakai Kazunari swallowed hard.
Mrs. Sakai is always condescending and domineering to outsiders.
But she has always treated her husband very well after marriage. Gentle.
Sometimes, Uncle Sakai would rather his wife yell at him on the phone instead of encouraging him in such a tone full of expectations.
This makes Sakai. The uncle is no longer happy eating meat, as if he is a heartless man.
Whenever the other party calls him "my Byron" in a sweet tone, it always makes his little heart break. Jumping around, the fat on his body surged.
Back then,
When he was studying in Spain, a beautiful rich girl told him that he had Byron. Such sad and emotional eyes.
Uncle Sakai’s career was not going well before he received his first contract with ofa.
At that time, he was often criticized. He criticized the picture for lack of characteristics, just the second Ingres, and the market response was average.
The school girl was always in his ear, saying in such an expectant tone, "My goodbyes." Len is the best, don't worry about the stupid words of those bullshit critics, you are not the second Ingres, you are the first great artist Kazunari Sakai. "
The great artist Kazunari Sakai is still very moved when he recalls this past event.
Although he always feels that he is "as sad and full of emotions as Byron" "The look in his eyes" was actually because he hadn't eaten enough back then.
But his eyes were still red.
The private lives of fellow artists in many circles are very messy.
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Because there are so many beautiful models around, it’s too easy to get them.
Marriage and divorce are just like legal holidays. I feel itchy if I don’t come here every year.
There are countless couples who have a restricted party together, or simply declare to the outside world that they have an "open relationship".
They can stick to it., five years of marriage can be regarded as a model couple, but Uncle Sakai has a very good relationship with his wife. He has never made a mistake that was sorry for his wife.
There are good-looking women everywhere, but this is the elementary school girl who cares about him like a mother-in-law.
"At 220 pounds, the doctor said that I am prone to obesity and it is difficult to lose weight." Uncle Sakai still wants to struggle a little harder.
"I believe in you, you can do it."
"225 pounds"
"220 pounds, and the blood lipids cannot exceed the standard. I have been Work out and stay in shape. Katsuko and Tsunasa are both older. I’m thinking about how we can try to have another child when I go back.”
“Okay”
Uncle Sakai gritted his teeth and considered whether he should undergo liposuction surgery in private.
"You never let me down."
"Dear, what's the matter with calling me so late?" Seeing that his wife was finally satisfied, Uncle Sakai hurriedly changed Start a topic to prevent the other party from adding requests such as losing fatty liver.
"Humph, I want to talk to you about my daughter."
"Katsuko"
"Yes, she is not with me now." Sakai said the wife.
"What's wrong with her so late? What happened?" Uncle Sakai shouted and stood up from the bar, looking a little nervous.
"Your daughter is a big girl. Now she is going to paint with our little artist Gu Weijing. Maybe the atmosphere is just right now in front of flowers and under the moonlight."
Mrs. Sakai's tone was teasing.
"Oh, not bad."
Hearing that his daughter was fine, Kazunari Sakai relaxed visibly, sat back on the chair, and took a sip of the sake in the glass.
"What do you mean, it's okay."
Mrs. Sakai's tone increased in displeasure, "Katsuko went out on a date with a boy at this time, and your reaction was 039, Fortunately, 039, you are such a father."
Sakai Kazunari really likes Gu Weijing.
He is talented, hard-working and calm.
He himself comes from an ordinary family, and he doesn’t care that much about being in the same family. At most, he can leave enough money for his daughter and son-in-law to be safe and prosperous.
As long as you have a good personality and good character, nothing else matters.
Sakai Kazunari has always found this matter quite interesting.
Women are really strange creatures.
My mentality when I was in love was really different from when I became a mother. His wife fell in love with me when I was still penniless, but when my precious daughter was in love with a poor boy, she started to pick on her. Eye-catching.
Of course,
Uncle Sakai does not have the courage to point out his wife’s double standards.
He immediately obediently followed the lady’s tone and changed his words, “What a bastard Shengzi is such an obedient child., I have been led astray by him. I will definitely deal with that little bastard next time we meet."
Uncle Sakai cursed a few words.
He was still a little worried about whether his wife was awesome. After going to play with the mandarin ducks, he tried to persuade me and said, "But, my dear. The children have grown up, and we should also give Shengzi a certain amount of personal space. Gu Weijing is actually a good child, and it is not easy to handle this matter too roughly. Do you think so?"
There was no reply from the other end of the phone.
Uncle Sakai's heart slowly sank.
People who study art, They are very sensitive to emotions. Love is a win-win or a lose-lose situation. Many times, if it is not handled well, it will hurt both children.
"Puff"
Mrs. Sakai on the other end of the phone suddenly laughed, and she asked in a playful tone, "Issei, you are so sure that I have to be a villain."
"Well, of course not. It’s just that I thought you wanted to bring Shengzi and the Komatsu family together. "
Uncle Sakai realized that things might be different from what he imagined.
"Yes. I do think so. As a leisurely and elegant rich lady in a gallerist's family, she should not have to suffer much in her life. "
Mrs. Sakai said calmly, "As a mother, of course I hope to give Katsuko a better choice. But it's a pity that our daughter Shengzi's heart has been taken away by that boy Gu. What can I do? I'm not selling my daughter. Xiaosong himself is not up to par, but I can still force Shengzi to marry him. ”
“If you can’t control it, leave it alone. Anyway, it was she who chose the man, not me, and I had to suffer the hardship myself. ”
“That’s the truth. "
Uncle Sakai nodded vigorously and patted his belly.
"There won't be any problems between you and President Komatsu. "Mrs. Sakai asked.
"President Komatsu, oh, nothing will happen. ”
Sakai Kazunari shook his head, “Don’t tell me that I haven’t signed with Komatsu Gallery yet. Even if I sign, it will still be the same. It will be a little embarrassing at most.” A business worth tens of millions of dollars will not change because of children. ”
“No more. President Komatsu is indeed very powerful, but to my shame, he doesn’t have the ability. " Sakai Yisheng shook his head with disdain.
The art world is afraid of offending the elders.
The big guys suppress the younger generations and make things difficult for you, with just one sentence.
But for an artist who has reached this stage, Uncle Sakai himself is a senior figure, and he is not willing to offend President Komatsu, but he is not afraid of him.
“This is the best, and I think so too. . "Mrs. Sakai was obviously relieved. Her tone was actually a little cheerful, as if she wanted to share some new discovery with her husband, "I'll tell you a secret. Maybe my daughter has inherited my good eye for discerning pearls. "Please remember to bookmark, the latest and fastest website without anti-theft and free reading