Chapter 318 The tour exhibition was a complete success, $180 million
The Paris stop of the Chinese Traditional Arts and Crafts Touring Exhibition lasted for three days and finally concluded successfully.
During the three-day exhibition, various handicrafts, calligraphy and paintings were sold for a total of more than 50 million French francs.
This makes people who don't know the truth feel as excited as a shot of chicken blood.
In fact, more than 15 million French francs were actually sold, and the remaining 35 million was the result of Zhang Junping's behind-the-scenes operations.
In the evening, Zhang Junping came to the room where Li Keran lived.
"Uncle!"
"Tongfei is here, come in quickly!" Li Keran enthusiastically let Zhang Junping into the room.
"Uncle, I came here to tell you something. In this traveling exhibition, a total of three of your works were sold."
"I know!" Li Keran was very happy. He was very happy that his work could be loved by the French people.
"Uncle..." Looking at the happy Li Keran, Zhang Junping suddenly couldn't bear to tell the truth of the matter.
At this time, telling the truth is really hurtful.
"Please take the time to create a few more works. We have five stores and we have to hold traveling exhibitions. Your inventory of works is not very large, so I came here to remind you." Zhang Junping finally chose to conceal the truth.
Forget it, the company won't suffer anyway, and the left-handed person will be able to sell it at a high price in the end.
Even if it's a white lie.
In Zhang Junping's mind, he decided that from now on, art companies would speculate on calligraphy, paintings and handicrafts without notifying the authors.
Of course, the price difference between before and after the hype will not be reimbursed to the author. After all, hype also costs money.
On the fourth day, Zhang Junping took a group of artists, company staff, and staff sent by George Fairburn to charter a flight to Rome.
Going to the airport with Zhang Junping and others were Chen Lijun and several employees who could not adapt to life abroad. They took the plane together and returned to China.
Rome, Italy, is an ancient city. It was the political and economic center of the entire Europe and the birthplace of the ancient Roman Empire. It is nicknamed the "Eternal City" because of its long history.
Rome is a famous fashion capital in Europe and has a very strong artistic atmosphere. Zhang Junping has thought about opening a store in Rome many times.
However, I have never found a suitable store, so I have been putting it off.
For this European tour, Rome was scheduled as the second stop.
July is the peak tourist season in Rome, and it is also the discount season for Italian products. Tourists from all over the world gather here to play or buy their favorite products.
The traveling exhibition was held at the Exhibition Center of Rome, and George Fairborn coordinated the co-organizing of the Roman Museum Company.
With the experience in Paris, Zhang Junping paid an additional fee to ensure that there would be no less than 5,000 visitors to the exhibition every day.
Including the art agent he found, in three days, the sales totaled more than 15 million US dollars.
In fact, some Italian currency was directly converted into U.S. dollars by Zhang Junping.
Mainly Italy's currency, like Italy, is a huge pit.
The third stop is Spain, which is also an old empire. It was one of the rogue empires, but it is already dusk now. The fourth stop is Switzerland. The Bald Eagle is the last battle. The final battle is in the country of the Bald Eagle.
Exhibited for a week. …
I have to admit, Bald Eagle Country is awesome. The total sales in the seven days of the exhibition reached 50 million US dollars.
Among them, real sales alone accounted for 30 million US dollars, which surprised Zhang Junping.
Except for the double-headed eagle and the allies of the double-headed eagle, we did not go because of institutional reasons.
This traveling exhibition was held in fifteen countries in total, lasted for forty-five days, and was finally a complete success.
In the end, the total sales of calligraphy, painting and artwork on the surface reached US$180 million, which can be described as a great success.
Because the currencies of different countries are different, Zhang Junping finally deposited all the currency received this time into the Bank of China.
The Bank of China is China's only external bank in this era, and all foreign exchange exchanges are through the Bank of China.
Before the 1970s and 1980s, it was the only bank in China with branches abroad.
The foreign exchange is deposited into the overseas branches of Bank of China, and then the art company can withdraw the corresponding RMB after returning to China.
The artist delegation led by Zhang Junping has not yet returned to China, but the news has been passed back.
Domestically, city government leaders expressed that they would hold a grand celebration party for art companies and artists.
The touring exhibition of traditional Chinese arts and crafts returns to Paris, and the final destination is back in Paris.
Zhang Junping held a grand party at his Count's Manor in Paris to celebrate the complete success of this touring exhibition.
Naturally, various partners have also appeared one after another.
"Dear Zhang, congratulations on this tour exhibition being very successful."
"Thank you, success is inseparable from Mr. Carlson's support!" Zhang Junping raised his glass and touched Carlson.
Some of the artworks were purchased by Zhang Junping through Carlson, and some were purchased through Cordo.
These two parts are on the surface, and the next step will be to auction them directly through their auction house.
Then Zhang Junping will send someone to buy the artwork.
In addition, there is also a part of the secret purchase, which selects the finest works of art and buys them through Christina.
This part will be Zhang Junping's private collection from now on, and it has now entered his space.
Provided him with a lot of experience fragments.
As for when these works of art will see the light of day again, it all depends on Zhang Junping's mood.
Perhaps when he retires and his private museum opens, these works of art will be able to see the light of day again.
"I should thank you for supporting the work of our auction house.
Dear Zhang, why do you have to wait until next year to start shooting?
This year's autumn auction is a good opportunity, taking advantage of the fact that the touring exhibition has just been completed, it can be well publicized and enhance the atmosphere." Carlson worked hard on Zhang Junping's work.
“Carlson, just because I finished the touring exhibition, I thought it would be better to participate in next year’s spring auction!
Whether it is an art company or those works of art, it takes some time to settle.
It is not suitable to make too much noise in a short period of time.
Don't worry, I will organize an Asian tour exhibition in conjunction with the spring auction tomorrow." Zhang Junping smiled and rejected Carlson's proposal very resolutely.
"Okay! You are BOOS, you have the final say!" …
"No, we are friends! No one has the final say. What I hope is that we can win-win!" Zhang Junping said with a smile.
"Win-win! I like this word!" Carlson clinked the glasses with Zhang Junping again, and then drank it all.
Carlson had just left when George Fairborn, Jordan and others came over.
"Dear Zhang, when will the next traveling exhibition be held? Or this time next year?" George Fairburn asked with a smile.
This time, George Fairburn and others made a lot of money.
Although the George Fairburn Association is responsible for organizing traveling exhibitions, it is not free. Everything it does has to be paid.
A tour of fifteen countries made George Fairburne and others a fortune.
No, I’m starting to think about next year’s touring exhibition again.
"George, Jordan, don't you think that touring exhibitions once a year is a bit too frequent?"
"No, how come it's so frequent? I think once a year is just right..." George Fairburn tried his best to persuade Zhang Junping.
"George, listen to me, once a year is definitely not enough!
I plan to not combine calligraphy, painting and handicrafts next year.
From now on, there will be a touring exhibition of traditional handicrafts every two years, and a touring exhibition of calligraphy and painting every two years. In this case, it is actually equivalent to having a touring exhibition every year." Zhang Junping smiled and said his plan.
"Great, dear Zhang, your decision is very wise. If you don't tell me, I plan to tell you about it.
It is not a very good idea to display calligraphy, painting and traditional handicrafts together.
Appreciating calligraphy and painting requires a quiet atmosphere, and being with traditional handicrafts is too messy and affects the mood of appreciation." Jordan said with great agreement.
In fact, as long as there is business to be done every year, it is whatever Zhang Junping says.
Anyway, Zhang Junping spends money and can do whatever he wants.
Seeing a group of artists mingling with the beauties around him, Zhang Junping shook his head.
The so-called artists never take the ordinary path.
Maybe real works of art can only have creative inspiration if they release their nature.
Ignore him, let's have a fun night and charter a flight back to China the next day.
After five days of flying, we finally arrived at BJ Airport.
As soon as I left the airport, I saw banners hanging outside.
Warmly welcome the triumphant return of the art delegation.
The gongs and drums are noisy, and firecrackers are blasting.
The scene was quite lively.
With a foreign exchange income of 180 million, the city government should be very satisfied with this answer.
My father-in-law personally came to the airport to greet me, so he must be very satisfied.
"Xiao Zhang, very good! Well done! On behalf of... I would like to congratulate you on your achievements!
The city...is going to hold a commendation meeting for you." My father-in-law held Zhang Junping's hand and said excitedly.
"Dad, let's stop fanning each other and give your condolences to those old artists!" Zhang Junping whispered to his father-in-law.
"Okay!" My father-in-law patted Zhang Junping on the shoulder again, turned around and went to express condolences to the old artists.
Three buses took the group directly to BJ Hotel.
After having a grand welcome party at BJ Hotel, we went home.
Of course, my family is out of town, so I stayed at the BJ Hotel, and the art company paid the bill.
As the central figure, Zhang Junping was drunk.
No, it was just a little wine spilled on the body, the rest went directly into the museum space, and was left to exchange for things with the double-headed eagle later.
By the way, he doesn't seem to have the time or energy to go to the Double-Headed Eagle to exchange supplies now.