Start with hooves

Chapter 324

After seeing the photos, Suri placed an order on the spot.

Just four days later, the painting "Rain in the Oak Forest" was flown from Moscow to Los Angeles and hung on the wall of his study.

Since the painting was originally placed in a museum and involved some exchange of interests, the final purchase price was as high as $90.

Also sold was "The Oaks of Old Peterhof", also by the Russian painter Shishkin. Due to its much smaller size, it sold for US$45.

Jiang Jiaya likes these two paintings very much.

After the workers left, she admired it carefully and praised:

"Although there are no obvious features suitable for hype, it looks much more beautiful than some brutalist oil paintings. It has a feeling of fresh air and water mist blowing on your face after the rain, which makes people feel relaxed and comfortable."

Suri doesn't like to follow the crowd and prefers to buy what she likes.

At this time, he was drinking coffee, put one hand in his pants pocket, stood next to Jiang Jiaya and said:

"It's probably like the difference between stars who become famous through hype and talented actors. The latter may be more likeable, but the former can often earn more. Fauvist oil paintings look like children's graffiti. , it’s hard for me to appreciate how beautiful they are.”

Jiang Jiaya turned to look at him and mocked:

"Kim Kardashian also became famous through hype. When you met her, you didn't say you hated her. Your eyes almost jumped to her."

Su Rui double standard said:
"It's two different things. Black-nosed sheep are cute, but big-tailed sheep are also very distinctive. If you gave me an oil painting by Henri Matisse, the founder of Fauvism, for free, I would probably choose to accept it."

Jiang Jiaya understood, rolled her eyes at him, and continued:
"I just forgot to tell you that you were on the trending search again today. Students from the journalism department at the University of California posted a video of your interview on Youtube. The number of clicks is soaring. There were already more than 3 comments."

"..."

Su Rui remembered his nonsense and said calmly after listening:
"I'm not in the fund business, but they want me to teach others how to invest for free. How can there be so many good things in the world? From last year to today, I can't count the number of times I've been on trending searches with both hands. I'm so confused It’s no longer possible to show up in public, as it will always attract onlookers.”

Feeling that he was showing off, Jiang Jiaya continued:

"This only proves that you go out too little. If you are like Keanu Reeves, the star of "The Matrix", you take the subway out all day, go shopping and live like an ordinary person. If you see more people, you will It loses its novelty.”

"It makes sense, but Los Angeles is a tourist city. The tourists still won't let me go and will only cause more trouble..."

I sat in the study for a while and finished today's official business.

While brushing his teeth in the morning, Suri thought of a good movie called "The Lucky Key". It tells a funny story about an ordinary person who lost his memory and thought he was a perverted killer.

Others are so worried that they can't sleep all day and all night because of a good project.

As for Suri, there are so many good works to learn from in her previous life, and she often has to worry about which one to shoot first.

Through "Lucky Key", he was reminded of Korean dramas such as "My Love from the Star", "Train to Busan", "Signal", "Squid Game" and so on.

Find some screenwriters to make them into movies and TV series according to their ideas, and you will have a chance to become a hit.

A good memory is not as good as a bad writing.

Suri opened the drawer in the study, took out a small book with a cowhide cover, and continued to write down these names. One after another, he wrote the names of more than 20 movies and TV series in the book, so that he would not have to worry about it in the next three to five years.

Thinking about what other online TV platforms could compete with me, I continued to search online for information registered with the Screen Actors Guild, hoping to gather the original cast of "The Big Bang Theory".There is no light in the east and light in the west.

I still couldn’t find the genius “Sheldon” with super low emotional intelligence. I accidentally gave him Bryan Cranston, the star of “Breaking Bad”, and Kristen Stewart, the heroine of “The Twilight Saga”. found it.

Suri vaguely remembered where she had read it, and knew that this handsome beauty Kristen Stewart, who is still very beautiful today, later came out to like women.

I've been looking through the registered actors' information a lot recently, and I've become a bit blind when it comes to beauties. I only write down the familiar actors' information, and have no intention of messing with this girl.

……

Near noon.

Suri receives an unexpected call from the Four Seasons Hotel Lanai.

Manager Kona is still the same, always like a carefree optimist, keeping his desires low and enjoying the simple life of the status quo.

On the other end of the phone, he asked Suri:

"Boss, when will you return to Lanai? Since the peak summer vacation season, there have been so many tourists on the island that the hotel is almost full. They hope to see you on the island."

During the off-season in the first half of the year, Suri returned to Lanai twice.

After hearing these words, I didn't dare to go back, lest the whole island become noisy and be regarded as a tourist attraction by tourists, making it impossible to have peace.

"What's going on? Hollywood is... a little busy, and I have no plans to go back soon."

"Okay, I'm just asking. Guests often want your signed posters and records. Use them to appease the tourists, and they will succeed every time. If it's not troublesome, I hope you can send another batch."

Manager Kona's tone was cheerful.

This kind of personality is undoubtedly very suitable for working in the service industry. Otherwise, facing unruly and willful customers all day long will easily lead to psychological problems over time.

Suri said cheerfully:
"No problem. When I have time, I can customize a batch of posters and sell them in the store. How is the performance of the hotel? Is there any problem at the ranch?"

"The hotel business is very good. We can sell about 3000 packages a day and receive an average of 5 tour groups. As for the ranch, the old cowboy Andy seemed to be preparing to slaughter the cows and asked me if it would affect the hotel's business. .”

Manager Kona finished speaking on the phone and added:
"Since I chose to sterilize wild deer, there are no vegetarians or extreme animal rights activists protesting now. I think it should be fine to keep a low profile. You can ship the cattle to the slaughterhouse, as long as you don't do it on the island."

The batch of Wagyu beef to be slaughtered was purchased from Australia last year.

After a three-quarter fattening period, they are finally reaching the standards for slaughter.

Su Rui was thinking that it was really difficult to make a living from the land, and the cycle of making money was too long.

It takes at least 15 months for Wagyu calves to grow into good snowflake beef. If you want the best fat texture, you have to continue to be patient in raising them. Some Japanese Wagyu cattle have a breeding cycle of as long as 30 months.

This is assuming everything goes well. If something like mad cow disease occurs, all the initial investment will be in vain.

Even if the cattle are successfully raised, they may encounter low meat prices and still lose all their money.

Suri told the Kona manager:
"Help me say hello to old Andy. If that doesn't work, just wait until the off-season before slaughtering the cows. Anyway, it's only more than a month, and then the number of tourists on the island will drop sharply again..."

(End of this chapter)