The train drove slowly around the city, passing between the dark buildings, the bright lights and the white smoke locomotive reflecting the charm of midnight
The phone vibrated slightly.
On the armrest sofa of the carriage, Anna took her eyes away from the travel diary "Train Bazaar" written by Paul Theroux and took out her mobile phone.
The train outside the window is slowly speeding up, leaving the center of London behind.
After the thank-you dinner with Osborne, Anna no longer had an urgent schedule.
She didn’t need to be in a hurry, so she asked the housekeeper to book a first-class compartment on the next Eurostar train.
There is no other reason.
In addition to allowing people to take off from Paris and land in London in a private jet in forty-five minutes, wealth can also allow Anna to spend more money. In a little time, leisurely follow the cobweb-like railway transportation line, pass through Lyon, climb over the Ardennes, and finally arrive at St. Anton am Arlberg Station in Austria.
She likes to slowly look at the primroses and tulips, and the carpet-like lawns of the European plains in early spring continue to spread and bloom.
It is like an oil painter using a soft pen on the green background to sprinkle colorful arcs with color points.
Hmm
Anna's calm and good mood was easily broken by the new message sent by Detective Cat on her mobile phone.
"Mr. Sloth, I might have to sign a new gallery."
The girl was stunned.
Detective Cat is about to sign an official gallery contract, which Miss Elena has always expected.
Anna is very well connected.
Unfortunately, she is just a little girl, not a professional art agent, let alone a large modern gallery with thousands of employees around the world.
Professional agents have to be visible after all.
For a relatively simple contract like the illustration contract, Anna could do it part-time behind the scenes, so it wouldn't be a big problem.
But she hides her identity alone, and it is impossible for her to complete the detailed work of organizing exhibitions, sales, contacting collectors, coordinating booths at art fairs, and other professional and detailed tasks that large galleries are responsible for.
It won’t do to split Miss Elena into eight pieces.
There are specialties in the art industry.
If "Mr. Sloth" can do such a complicated thing alone, why would a professional gallery team be needed?
Unless she decides to buy a gallery and hire an entire gallery A professional team specializes in serving "Detective Cats". Otherwise, in order to develop better, the career of a serious artist will always need the help of a gallery.
Of course she knows this.
When I first contacted Detective Cat, I proposed that I could introduce him to a pretty good gallery.
I signed a contract with Detective Cat Sister, which was a substitute and transition before the other party signed the gallery.
And therefore agreed not to explore each other’s identities.sub-agreement.
A certain part of Anna's heart has always been very clear.
An excellent painter like Detective Cat should not be satisfied with developing only in the field of illustration. After all, he must break away from himself and move towards a more serious aspect.
It’s just that she didn’t expect that this day would come so quickly.
"Congratulations."
Ana bit her lip gently.
She resisted the sadness and typed on the keyboard: "I am very lucky to witness the birth of so many excellent works. Even if the cooperation only lasts for a short month, it is still very precious. Memories. If you need any help in the future, or want to continue developing in illustration, you are welcome to contact me even if I am no longer your agent.”
“Schostic Group is a leader in the publishing industry. Enterprise, I personally think that after obtaining the gallery’s consent, you can continue to cooperate with the other party. In addition, I suggest Ms. Detective Cat that you’d better wait until the Little Prince’s book is released before signing a contract with the gallery.”
Anna pressed Enter, her fingers hovering above the on-screen keyboard.
She hesitated whether to tell the other person,
She should have won the other person's nomination for the Schostic Master Award for Outstanding Contribution to Writing and Art from Osborne.
Miss Elena firmly believes that as long as the market is given enough time, the new version of the Little Prince illustrations will be able to spread the shock from the shallow readers to the upper-level collectors like dominoes.
At the same time,
Although illustrations are not serious enough, the publishing house’s Outstanding Contribution Master Award is the most serious award in the entire industry.
Both of these can greatly improve the level of illustrators, and elevate "illustrators" to the level of "artists".
Anna thinks,
Signing with a gallery is of course a good thing.
It’s just that Ms. Detective Cat should wait another month or two, when the popularity and market recognition of collectors will increase, so that she can obtain greater benefits for herself.
When Gu Weijing saw the message replied by Mr. Sloth on the screen, he knew that the uncle had misunderstood.
"Mr. Sloth, we have had a great time cooperating. I am very grateful for your efforts. I have no reason to change the agent I work with, or no longer want to draw illustrations."
Gu Weijing explained.
"That Gallery"
"A friend recommended me to a large gallery with a long history. The gallery did not know that I had also drawn illustrations online. They were just interested in it. I'm interested in painting techniques."
"I just think I should inform you. At the same time, I want to know if this will affect our cooperation."
That's it. .
Miss Elena saw a new message on the phone screen.
She actually felt a little relieved.Real feeling.
In the fairy tale book, the little prince spent so much time on roses, so they were roses that belonged to him.
Anna spent so much effort and energy on the detective cat. By the same token, it belongs to her big sister.
No matter how she tapped the words of congratulations on her fingertips.
Miss Elena is still quite reluctant to let go of the fact that the soul-resonant painter she raised will run away with another gallery owner.
"I don't have any problems here."
Anna immediately replied, "As agreed in the contract, I am just the agent of Detective Cat, a virtual painter, and you and the gallery are Signing a contract does not conflict with us."
"But I suggest that you need to make a clear agreement with the gallery in advance to avoid future troubles. If the painting gallery is a small one, I will It is not recommended that you sign, or only sign a short-term contract that is renewed every year.”
“If you really want to sign with a gallery, I may be able to find a better one for you.”
Anna suggested.
Knife painting is no longer favored by the mainstream art world, but it is also gaining popularity.
Boggs is also a tenured professor at the Brooklyn Academy of Art.
If you can draw as well as Detective Cat Sister, some first- and second-tier big galleries will also be interested.
Moreover.
Excluding the drawings and drawings, the sketches of Detective Cat itself are also outstanding. As long as it's done right and has the right references, it's not difficult to even sign some heads to the big galleries.
"It would have been better if it had been earlier." Anna felt a little regretful.
The Elena family has communication channels with the top galleries, but in order to maintain its neutrality, Oil Painting Magazine has not had close contacts with those galleries in the past.
It is incomparable to her relationship with Uncle Osborne.
At the same time, Anna’s current conflict with the oil painting Sir Brown is not a particularly secretive news in the upper-class art world.
At this time, those big gallery owners would definitely have concerns about signing the painters she recommended.
Especially after Detective Cat was removed from the buyer section of the oil painting magazine, it became more of a matter of taking sides.
These gallerists are all smart.
They don't care about De Jong Vandoorne's accusation.
But we are on the opposite side of the entire magazine management that works like oil paintings, which can play a decisive role in the minds of collectors, unless they are too full and think that gallery management is not challenging.
It would not be a waste to shut the door to Miss Elena, it would also look too ugly.
If now Anna makes a personal phone call as a senior collector.
Even Larry Gagosian would respond to her flattering smile. Whether it was buying paintings or exchanging collections, it was all a matter of one sentence.
But if you recommend an agent painter
Well, since you know that the result will be false and conceding, why ask for trouble.
"Don't worry about this. The gallery that signed me is not only formal, but also large in scale. It is an intercontinental gallery. That's the problem. I have no qualifications to negotiate terms in front of the other party."
p>Gu Weijing expressed his confusion to Mr. Sloth. He did not want Mashi Gallery to handle matters related to the detective cat.
When encountering difficulties,
Whether it is painting or other problems, Mr. Sloth is a very good listener.
He clearly remembered that when he first added his uncle, the other party had offered to help him read the contract. He should be very knowledgeable.
"Got it."
After chatting on the phone for a while, Anna understood what the detective cat lady wanted.
"Since Intercontinental Gallery, um, it should be the exclusive agent," she asked after thinking about it.
“Yes, I am an exclusive agent, but from what I see above, the terms above only restrict me from cooperating with other galleries or participating in auctions. There seems to be no restrictions on illustrations.”
< p>"That's it."Anna thought for a moment.
She did not immediately tell the other party whether he could sign or not. There were many legal twists and turns that could not be explained clearly in two or three sentences on social software.
"If you don't mind, you can send me the contract to take a look."
"Wait a moment."
Before the other party returns to the hotel,
Gu Weijing added Hanks’ work social account, and Hanks also sent him a DF copy of the contract in his mailbox.
He called up the df on his computer, blocked out all the information about "Mashi Gallery" in the contract, and then sent the document to Mr. Sloth.
It wasn’t that Gu Weijing had to be on guard against Mr. Sloth.
But since he hopes to treat Gu Weijing and "Detective Cat" as two identities that cannot be overlapped and associated by outsiders in the future.
It is better to pay more attention to such small things.
No matter how wide the net is cast to catch fish, Ma Shi Gallery is still a leading gallery that takes the elite route. In its history of more than a hundred years, it has only signed a total of about 300 painters.
In case the news leaks out.
As long as anyone knows that Detective Cat will sign a contract with Ma Shi Gallery, they will scan the updated list of painters represented on Ma Shi Gallery’s global official website twice with their eyes.
His true identity can be locked easily.
"I have to work for a while in the evening. Please help me get a computer. I also want a cup of coffee, without milk or sugar." Anna received the new file and took out the mini walkie-talkie in her pocket.
In the 19th century, when the upper class traveled by train, it was traditional practice for the host to reserve a first-class box, and then reserve a first- or second-class berth at the back of the carriage for the personal servant.
Anna has inconvenient legs and feet.
She simply booked two independent rooms next to each other.In the private room, the two personal caregivers lived next door to her.
Two minutes later,
the nurse in a black and white petticoat delivered the computer and the coffee from the dining cart to the table in front of Anna's armrest sofa.
"Well, at least it seems that the contract is quite formal."
Miss Elena read the contents of the contract page by page on the computer screen and kept turning the pages. , sometimes slightly highlighting specific terms.
When the girl browsed the contract, the first thing she focused on was almost the same as Mrs. Sakai.
Each gallery’s standard contract has its own unique style. Whether a gallery is a black shop that sells people can be determined by looking at the terms of the contract.
She didn't see those very deceptive conditions, but her eyes paused for a moment on the share and years.
"15 years, 70% commission?" Anna thought for a moment.
This copy of the contract contains the conditions and quotations prepared by Hanks before he came to Yangon.
The commission is good or bad.
It’s just that the years are a bit too long, but if it’s the Intercontinental Gallery that Ms. Detective Cat is talking about, Anna can understand it.
She put this thing aside for the time being and carefully browsed the relevant areas of the agency content.
"Restricting the auction, this contract clause is not very favorable."
Anna shook her head gently.
When illustrators reach high places, if they want to break the circle, they cannot avoid cooperating with auction houses.
Kas is a frequent visitor to the auction house.
Even Takashi Murakami, whose artistic style is similar to his, often jointly promotes works with galleries and auction houses to create figures and trendy toys with a unit price of more than five million US dollars. , inkjet illustration.
I don’t say whether Detective Cat will take this route in the future, or whether it will reach this point.
Just these terms kill that possibility.
Anna took out her phone again.
Except when passing through undersea tunnels and climbing over certain mountains, Eurostar trains, as the pride of the old railway industry in Europe, have mobile phone signals throughout the entire journey.
Anna did not rush to reply to Detective Cat, but chose a name in the classmate directory and dialed.
The art industry, the financial industry and the political industry all belong to circles that pay great attention to industry connections.
High-end people are often seniors who graduated from the same school.
Some colleges at Oxford University once produced more than 30% of the senior bureaucrats in Britain in the 1980s and 1990s.
The yn Academy of Fine Arts where Anna University studied is one of the oldest art academies in Europe.
It is famous for two things.
It has the Department of Art Theory and Cultural Studies, which is ranked among the top five in Europe, and the Academy of Fine Arts was ranked among the top five in Europe for two consecutive years in 1907 and 1908.He rejected a young art student with a mustache who admired this school.
Excluding the latter, an unpleasant episode that has affected human history.
Since the 21st century, yn Academy of Fine Arts has still cultivated a large number of high-end talents in the high-end art industry.
There are also a large number of upper-class people who send their children here to cultivate their artistic accomplishments.
For example, Anna,
Or her former roommate Aurora, who is now the senior administrative manager of the largest private gallery in Bern, the capital of Switzerland. Looking at the art agency contract, It's completely within the scope of professionalism.
In fact, just to look at the legal contract, Anna does not necessarily have to find Aurora.
The Jelena family has a long-term consulting engagement agreement with the oldest law firm in Gleze. Anna has professional private legal counsel.
However,
She had some thoughts that she couldn't help but feel.
"Aurora, help me read a contract. By the way, you are a professional. Can you tell which gallery this is and the contract template and style used?"
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