Chapter 264 The Auction House Delivered to Your Door
The so-called carpenter level six sounds very mysterious, but in fact it is all subjective.
In the early days, there were no carpenters, carpenters, carpenters, master carpenters, great masters, or gods of craftsmanship.
They are carpenter apprentices, carpenters, and old carpenters.
The so-called grading, to put it bluntly, is to enhance status.
A carpenter, no matter how good his craftsmanship is, is still a craftsman. Once he hears this, his skills will be much higher.
Just like painters, people who made a living by painting in the past were called painters, and those who were better were called painters.
Later, I felt that neither the painter nor the painter was high enough, so there were painting masters, painting masters, and great artists.
In fact, in the final analysis, these crafts in ancient times were the crafts of ancient people eating.
Even in modern times, why don’t those artists and painters who are praised by others make a living from painting?
However, Zhang Junping could only think about these words in his heart and would never say them out loud.
Zhang Junping bowed slightly to Lin Fengmian modestly, "Thank you, Mr. Lin. I am still far from the master's level. If I study with the master for another twenty or thirty years, I may be lucky enough to reach the master's level."
Zhang Junping's modesty made several older-generation artists present look a little better.
At their age, money is no longer attractive to them, and they have almost made enough money.
It can be said that when you become successful, what you hope to gain more is the respect of younger generations.
Because people from the Chinese University of Hong Kong gathered in front of Zhang Junping’s exhibits, it attracted many tourists, art lovers, and art collectors.
Of course, there are also art investors.
The so-called art investors, officially speaking, rely on their forward-looking and keen vision to discover and buy art works that have room for appreciation, and wait for future appreciation.
The truth is, the water here is very deep.
The general operation is to find some painters who are relatively good at painting but not famous, and sign a contract with them.
How many years to come or how many works to come will belong to him.
Then, investors started various operations, dragging in contracts with painters, calligraphers, or other works of art, and the value continued to increase.
They profit from it.
From this kind of operation, the biggest profits are naturally made by investors, but as a painter himself, the gains are also considerable. He can gain not only fame but also generous financial returns.
It can be said to be a win-win situation.
As for the buyers, they naturally don’t suffer either.
Some people really like it, and it is not easy to be fooled by such people.
Some people's purpose of buying art is not pure, so it doesn't matter whether they are fooled or not.
As long as the art you bought at a high price today will become worthless tomorrow, that's fine.
It doesn't matter whether it will appreciate in value later.
What they buy is more face and the title of artist.
Such people are the best buyers in the eyes of art investors.
Art investors have already prepared these things perfectly for them.
Various titles, various awards, and even international awards will definitely dazzle you.
No, as soon as the Ministry of Culture, school leaders, Lin Fengmian, Rao Zongyi and others left, someone approached Zhang Junping.
A young man in his thirties, wearing a crisp suit and looking like an elite, spoke a tooth-aching Cantonese Mandarin and approached Zhang Junping.
"Mr. Thunder Monkey... I am still a human being and a wood carving...
I am willing to pay five million to buy human words and wood carvings."
This person is not the art investor mentioned just now, but another, relatively pure investor.
This type of people truly rely on their eyesight and judgment of the market to invest in art.
"Do you want U.S. dollars?" Zhang Junping was in a good mood at this time, so he chatted nonsense to the other party.
"No, no, it's in Hong Kong dollars. This type of thing is in Hong Kong dollars, so of course it's in Hong Kong dollars."
"I'm sorry! This is not for sale." Zhang Junping simply refused.
"Sir, I really like your words and wood carvings.
I am very sincere, and five million is already a lot of money." The young man was not disappointed and continued to persuade Zhang Junping patiently.
Frankly speaking, the price of five million Hong Kong dollars is really very sincere.
If you were an ordinary person, you might be impressed.
However, Zhang Junping is not an ordinary person.
He is a time traveler and an artist who is not short of money.
Naturally, he won't be impressed by five million Hong Kong dollars. If he was given five million US dollars, he might be able to impress Zhang Junping.
"Feel sorry!
These works of mine are not for sale." Zhang Junping refused again.
"Sir, think about it!
If you are not satisfied with the price, I can help him take it to an auction and sell it at a better price." The young man did not give up and took out a business card while persuading him.
Zhang Junping took the business card politely, took a look at it, and suddenly felt secretly happy in his heart.
Sotheby's Xiangjiang Auction House, Senior Consultant Liu Qianli.
It's a pity that the surname is not good. If the surname was Song, it would be called Shuang Qianli, which would be much easier to pronounce.
Send you away, thousands of miles away.
Zhang Junping was so happy that he was preparing to find Sotheby's or other international auction houses.
"Mr. Liu, although I can't sell you my own works, I have other businesses and I need Mr. Liu's help."
I am very happy to serve you." The young man heard the meaning of Zhang Junping's words and instantly fell into the role.
"I have some relatively precious stamps in my hand that I would like to entrust to your auction house to sell."
"Sir, can you tell me what stamp the paper (not a typo) is?"
"A little quartet of Penny Black, and some little quartets of Preachers."
“A Penny Black quadruplet? And a Preacher quadruplet?
Sir, didn't you lie to me?" In shock, the young Mandarin became much more standard.
"Of course it's true. If Mr. Liu is interested, we can make an appointment and Mr. Liu can find someone to identify it." Zhang Junping said with a smile.
In fact, when he came to Xiangjiang this time, he not only brought stamps, but also a Picasso sketch.
For the time being, he was not going to take out Picasso's sketches, but would use stamps first.
"No problem.
What’s your surname, sir?”
"My surname is Zhang, my bow is Zhang!" Zhang Jun introduced himself with a flat smile.
"If it is convenient for Mr. Zhang, you can bring the stamps to our auction house. We have a dedicated appraiser who will be responsible for the appraisal.
If Mr. Zhang is inconvenient, we can also bring the appraiser to visit him." Young said to Zhang Junping in a very polite and professional manner.
"Let's have an afternoon! I'm staying at the business hotel next to the city hall.
I'm waiting for Mr. Liu at the hotel." Zhang Junping thought for a while and said.
The reason why I didn't go to the auction house was firstly because I didn't have time, and secondly because I wanted to take the opportunity to raise the price.
"Mr. Zhang, I am really sincere. Why don't you think about your words?"