Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 926 Someone Wants to Buy Paintings

When Zhang Zhong published the book, he didn't think about awards at all.

Otherwise, he could have written a few more science fiction novels before, preferably a few long, medium and short stories, and then the awards would be covered at once.

On the way home, Zhang Zhong suddenly received a call from the gallery steward.

The gallery was specially created by Zhang Zhong for Peng Peng because she had too many paintings.

At first, the gallery was full of Peng Peng's paintings, and later Xu Yuhan's paintings were also hung in it.

The gallery is open to the outside world, but because there is no publicity and it is not famous, so few people usually go there.

Zhang Zhong found a housekeeper for the gallery, usually Zhang Zhong and the others don't go there, the housekeeper stays there.

There is also little contact between the two sides. Usually, Zhang Zhong will bring some paintings to the gallery to hang every two or three months. In addition, the gallery steward will call Zhang Zhonglai to report the situation about every two weeks.

It has only been four or five days since the last time the gallery steward reported the situation to Zhang Zhong, so Zhang Zhong was a little surprised when he received the call from the gallery steward.

"Hey, Lin Yang, what's the matter?"

"Mr. Zhang, there is a visitor from the gallery who wants to buy our paintings." Lin Yang said.

Zhang Zhong frowned, "Didn't I tell you before that the paintings in our gallery are not for sale?"

"Yes, Mr. Zhang, you said that the paintings in our gallery are not for sale, but this time the customer's quotation is really high. I think it is necessary to report to you and let you make the decision." Lin Yang said.

High offer?Zhang Zhong was very surprised, he had some interest in the offer.

"Which painting does he want to buy, and what price?" Zhang Zhong asked.

"He wants to buy five paintings, two of which belong to Ms. Xu, and three belong to Ms. Pengpeng. Add up these five paintings, and his quotation is 280 million."

280 million, not to mention, even Zhang Zhong was taken aback by this figure.

Of course, 280 million is nothing to Zhang Zhong, let alone a drop in the bucket, it is almost a drop in the bucket.

But someone paid such a high price for the pictorials of Pengpeng and Xu Yuhan, he never expected it.

280 million, an average of nearly 60 for a painting, which is already the price of a well-known painter.

Even for a painter like Liang Xiao, a painting usually sells for less than 60 yuan.

Moreover, the area of ​​these paintings should not be large, maybe the two paintings of Xu Yuhan are larger in area, but they are only five or six square feet.

Pengpeng's paintings are even smaller, basically one or two square feet in size.

After being surprised, Zhang Zhong's first reaction was whether the person who bought the painting knew about Peng Peng and Xu Yuhan's relationship with him, so he was willing to spend so much money on the painting.

Although he has never publicized the gallery to the outside world, he has not deliberately concealed it, and it is normal for interested people to find out.

Let’s take Lin Yang as an example. He is the housekeeper of the gallery, so he naturally knows the relationship between Zhang Zhong and Pengpeng. He may also tell others about it, and even the security guard in the gallery may disclose the news.

But no matter what, Zhang Zhong had to go and see this guest.

First of all, he wanted to find out whether the other party bought the painting because he knew about his relationship.

If so, it's very simple, just send it away.

But if the other party really wanted to buy paintings, Zhang Zhong would ask him why he spent so much money on these paintings.

Of course, no matter what reason the other party wanted to buy the painting, Zhang Zhong would not sell it, at least for the time being he would not sell any of the paintings in the gallery.

"Let that guest wait a moment, I'll be there in a while." Zhang Zhong said to Lin Yang.

"Okay, I'll tell the guest right now."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Zhong said to the driver, "Lao Li, go to the gallery."

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After arriving at the gallery, Zhang Zhong saw two people sitting in the rest area from a long distance away.

Li Yang was sitting face to face with a middle-aged man. The man was wearing an ordinary black windbreaker and had a crew cut. He looked unattractive.

When Zhang Zhong approached, Li Yang saw Zhang Zhong and immediately stood up, "Mr. Zhang, you are here. Let me introduce you. This is Mr. Zhu Guoyun, who wants to buy the paintings of Mr. Zhang and Mr. Xu. "

Zhang Zhong kept staring at Zhu Guoyun, wanting to see his reaction.

As for Zhu Guoyun, he was chatting with Lin Yang, when he suddenly saw Lin Yang standing up, he turned to look at Zhang Chong in astonishment.

At this sight, he was even more astonished, because the person in front of him was familiar, isn't this Zhang Zhong?

To say that Zhu Guoyun knew Zhang Zhong, there is a little story in between.

Zhu Guoyun was engaged in printing textbooks in the early years, relying on the relationship in the family, he did it very well.

Later, the profit in the teaching material printing industry was not satisfactory, so he pulled his hands in time, and spent money to buy a batch of machines from Germany to start the imitation stone business.

Of course, relying on the relationship in the family, all of them are government projects.

Although he was in the teaching material printing business before, he is not a cultural person, so he doesn't usually read books.

And the reason why I knew Zhang Zhong was because a German expert came to their factory to guide the technology.

When they chatted during the reception, the expert mentioned Zhang Zhong, and when he mentioned Zhang Zhong, he was exaggerating. For this reason, Zhu Guoyun specially checked Zhang Zhong, and even read two books by Zhang Zhong.

But I really don't like to read books at ordinary times, and I didn't read any more after reading two books.

But he remembered Zhang Zhong.

As for why he came to buy paintings, it has to mention his other hobby - collection.

He is not a cultural person, nor is he a professional collector.

The main reason is that the relationship in the family is too strong, and the business is too easy. I usually have nothing to do, so I started to learn from others and start collecting art.

He passed by this gallery today and ran in to have a look.

After looking around, I didn't see a clue, but I also vaguely saw something like Surrealism, Fauvism, Postmodernism, and Romanticism.

I wanted to buy a few paintings and go back to play, but after asking, I learned that the paintings in this gallery are not for sale.

When Lin Yang told him that the paintings were not for sale, he felt itchy instead, because the better things are, the harder they are to buy.

Then he quoted a price that he thought was relatively high, and wanted to see the other party's reaction.

Although he didn't understand art, he wasn't being taken advantage of. He was watching Lin Yang's reaction when he made the quotation.

At that time, Lin Yang didn't agree immediately, but he didn't refuse immediately either, showing a tangled look.

Seeing Lin Yang's performance, Zhu Guoyun felt that his offer was reasonable.

But now, when he saw Zhang Zhong in front of him, he suddenly began to admire himself for being so discerning.

(End of this chapter)