fringe artist

Chapter 78 77. The First Small Money (Please follow up, today is very important)
It was snowing again in the capital, the last snow had just melted, and the ground was covered with a layer of white silver again.

Chen Li'an was sweeping snow in Chen Hong's small yard with a broom. Chen Hong was wearing a down jacket and leaned sleepily by the door, looking at him and asked, "Are you going to the film festival?"

Chen Li'an nodded and asked, "Have you not been working recently?"

"Yes, I will go to commercial performances in the next few days, and there will be the most commercial performances before New Year's Day." Chen Hong yawned, and then said with a smile: "I want to make more money, and someday I will support you!"

Chen Li'an turned his head to look at Chen Hong, and said angrily: "If I want to make money, you don't make as much money as I do from eight business performances a day."

"Just blow it up, do you know how much I pay for a commercial performance?" Chen Hong looked at Chen Li'an dissatisfied.

Chen Li'an stopped and leaned on the broom and looked at Chen Hong and said, "Then let's make a bet, who makes more money before New Year's Day? If I make more money than you, you will listen to me in everything from now on."

Chen Hong immediately became interested, and ran to Chen Li'an and said, "Then if I win, you are not allowed to find other women, can you marry me right away?"

Chen Li'an looked at the excited Chen Hong, smiled and agreed, "Okay, it's a deal!"

"Pull the hook!"

"Pull the hook!"

Chen Li'an and Chen Hong ticked off their little fingers, completing the betting ceremony.

The bet with Chen Hong was not a whim of the ceremony, but Chen Li'an really felt that he was too poor now, he didn't have any savings, and he still owed Ji Fa more than 1000 foreign exchange.

Another reason is that Chen Hong has too many petty thoughts now, and she has to find a way to restrain it, even if it can only be controlled for a while.

After Chen Li'an swept out Chen Hong's yard, he went out to the art gallery.

There are three days left in the film festival, so it needs a perfect curtain call.

After arriving at the film festival today, Chen Li'an didn't see Xu Jinglei. He said yesterday that he was coming today, but he didn't know what happened.

But Chen Li'an didn't care either, he and Xu Jinglei weren't even friends, so why were they thinking so much.

Maybe it was to play rock and roll, she and Wang Shuo seemed to get together at this time.

Chen Li'an didn't think too much about these gossips, and just concentrated on finishing the film festival without being disturbed.

In the next few days, the film festival went smoothly. The man in the jacket from the health care product company did not appear again, and no one made trouble in the compound.

It seems that everything before is an illusion, and the days are as ordinary as the undulating waves erased by an eraser.

But Chen Li'an knew that Master was asking San'er to help him resist, otherwise it wouldn't be so peaceful.

The only thing that gave Chen Li'an a headache was Ma Lin, the reporter from Beijing Daily, who always spent money to buy tickets to watch the exhibition every day.

Every time I came here, I would pull a group of old men and aunts to ask questions, and I also approached Chen Li'an several times, but Chen Li'an never answered him.

Some things are too dangerous. A little reporter who is as thin as a monkey can't stop a few gangsters who are not serious.

However, Ma Lin did not give up because of Chen Li'an's attitude of rejecting others thousands of miles away. He interviewed more than a dozen grandparents at the film festival, and learned in detail about some false inside stories and propaganda in the health care product industry.

After getting a general understanding, Marin approached Chen Li'an and said: "I know you are worried about my safety, but I will not give up. The health care product industry involves too much. If you keep those fake products and continue to sell them, I don't know How many people will be harmed."

Chen Li'an looked at Ma Lin's young face and firm eyes and said, "You will be a good reporter. If someone threatens you, you can go to Zhushikou to find me."

Chen Li'an said, wrote down the address of the compound and his mobile phone number on a note and handed it to Ma Lin, saying: "This is a billions or even tens of billions of profiteering industry, what we do is to cut off people's wealth, You should understand the dangers involved, I was threatened just by opening a film exhibition alluding to them, if you reveal a deeper inside story, it will definitely not be peaceful."

Ma Lin glanced at the note Chen Li'an handed over, and then said with a smile: "I'm not afraid, as a journalist, this is what I should do."

Chen Li'an patted Marin's shoulder silently, and said seriously: "Remember to contact me if you need it. Although I don't have any background, I can still keep you safe."

Marin grinned and said, "Don't say that I seem to be dying, but you are a good person, and I will definitely ask you for help if necessary."

Chen Li'an couldn't help laughing, he didn't expect that the first good person card in his life was actually issued by a man.

After bidding farewell to Ma Lin, Chen Li'an looked at his back as he left. His thin and small body looked extraordinarily tall at the moment, much taller than himself.

After Ma Lin's figure disappeared from sight, Chen Li'an turned and went back to the art museum. Today is the last day, and the exhibition hall will be vacated after the exhibition is over.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Gong Li came and brought a van specially for Chen Li'an to pull works.

Dozens of oversized photo frames cannot be carried by ordinary cars.

Gong Li, the temporary curator, is still very dedicated, and Chen Li'an really likes this sensible and considerate big sister.

As the time came to five o'clock, there was no one in the exhibition hall. Chen Li'an looked at the pictures hanging on the wall, and then walked over silently to take them down with his own hands.

Gong Li followed behind to help Chen Li'an hold the photo, recalling the changes of this week, she felt a sense of accomplishment in her heart, as if she had made a very successful movie.

Gong Li feels that she is also a part of this film festival, and any exhibition cannot ignore the contribution of the curator.

Although the film festival did not win any awards, the super high evaluations in the art circle and newspapers and magazines are no different from winning awards.

Gong Li's current status is not only an actor in the entertainment circle, but also a new curator in the art circle, but there will be no chance to curate Chen Li'an in the future.

After Chen Li'an took down all his works and put them in the car, he said to Gong Li: "Can these photos be put in your place first? I will take them away after I find a buyer."

"Okay, you're not afraid that I won't return it to you." Gong Li said with a smile.

Chen Li'an laughed and said, "The film is in my hands, that's the most important thing."

As long as the negatives are in hand, you can have as many photos as you want, but Chen Li'an doesn't plan to continue printing photos, the only one is the most valuable.

Moreover, Ji Fa was very interested in the film, and was going to take it to France to find a buyer.

This kind of work by Chen Li'an is very popular in Europe, especially works about social reality, which the artists there love very much.

Of course, their own works of art are not in this style, they just simply like to see others expose the social reality.

At this time, Europeans were still playing new pop art and extended the low-brow art, which was very different from Chen Li'an's works in style, and the concept was also opposite.

But it is precisely because of this that it will appear rare and have a considerable market prospect.

After sending all the works to Gong Li, Chen Li'an went to find Ji Fa, and wanted to ask her whether she would buy them as a gallery owner, or as an art manager to help him find buyers.

This time, Chen Li'an and Ji Fa did not make an appointment with Maxim, but found a time-honored fried belly restaurant in Dongzhimen. Ji Fa kept talking about drinking Erguotou again.

After the dishes were served, Chen Li'an poured Ji Fa a glass of Erguotou before talking about the business: "How do you plan to operate my work this time?"

Ji Fa took a sip from the cup, the spicy taste instantly made her lose control of her expression.

"Huh, this wine is simply amazing." Ji Fa exclaimed, then looked up at Chen Li'an and said, "I'll buy it, how about giving you ten thousand pounds?"

Ten thousand pounds is still very attractive in this day and age, but Chen Li'an feels that his work should not be worth only that much money, and this is his debut work.

A group of photography works by Gilbert and George I met a few days ago in the 70s had the highest auction price of more than 300 million US dollars.

Of course, Chen Li'an couldn't compare with them now, but ten thousand pounds was indeed a little less.

Ji Fa looked at Chen Li'an, who was stuffed with food, and couldn't help but said, "You think the price is inappropriate? Your work is indeed very good, but you are just a newcomer, so I am taking the risk."

Chen Li'an looked up at Ji Fa and said helplessly, "It's okay for you to replace this set of rhetoric with others. We are partners. Put away your businessman's habits."

How could Chen Li'an believe in taking risks? If investing in himself was a risky thing, would Ji Fa sign a contract with him?

Hearing what Chen Li'an had finished speaking, Ji Fa couldn't help sticking out her tongue, and said with a kind of playful cuteness, with some disinterestedness: "Well, I can pay up to [-] pounds, any more will be really risky." If you are not satisfied, I can only act as a manager to help you find a buyer."

If this hadn't been Chen Li'an's debut work, Ji Fa would not have chosen to buy it with his own money, but had directly chosen to act as an intermediary to find a buyer for Chen Li'an, and then earn a commission.

However, it is valuable for collection because it is a debut work. Although [-] pounds is very high, it will definitely be doubled in the future. Ji Fa believes in her vision.

Chen Li'an calculated in his heart, the fifty thousand pounds converted into RMB is about 42!I don't know if so much money can earn more than Chen Hong's commercial performances, but even if it is not enough, with this money as capital, I still have a chance to make a fortune by going to Hong Kong.

Having made up his mind, Chen Li'an immediately raised his glass and said to Ji Fa: "This work belongs to you."

(End of this chapter)