Antique Dealer

Chapter 116

After making an appointment for departure, Fang Hao bid farewell to Qian Min. When he came out of the police station, he raised his hand to check the time. It was just after ten o'clock. It was a little late to go to the supplier Zhu Junda introduced, and it was too early for lunch. The time is awkward.After thinking about it, he simply walked casually on the road and thought about the next plan.

After walking aimlessly for a while, Fang Hao raised his head, and accidentally saw a gallery not far away, with a janitor. This gallery has been around for some years, which made him a little curious.

Many people know that there are institutions like galleries, but they don't know how the galleries operate.

To put it simply, artworks are commodities, and galleries are agents and distributors of artworks. Galleries need to select painters they think have market potential to sign contracts, or directly buy artworks, and then market these artworks. The specific method It is an art exhibition. If someone takes a fancy to a painting, the selling price minus the purchase cost and daily expenses is their profit.

In addition, the gallery will also operate some peripherals to increase income, such as some designed products, or exquisite stationery and so on.

Therefore, in theory, galleries should make money by buying the works of potential painters and helping them promote them.But basically this one is hard and the flow is too low.Now most of the galleries have a hard time surviving, and they do not make money on their books.

Moreover, the gallery also has the competitor of the auction house, and the auction house can completely seize the business of the gallery.In China, since galleries and auction houses started almost at the same time, and the total has only been about 20 years, in this case, it is equivalent to pulling galleries with small capital and auction companies with strong capital to compete on the same stage.

In recent years, domestic auction houses have worked hard to develop "special auctions for graduates of the Academy of Fine Arts". If overseas auction companies do the same, it is tantamount to driving small and medium galleries to death, and they have to work hard.At present, domestic galleries have little ability to resist auction houses, and the result is self-evident. It is difficult for galleries to develop under such circumstances.

Therefore, in China, many galleries have not been open for a long time, but they closed down because there is no business. Now only galleries with connections and funds still survive, and some of them are only regarded by investors as a platform to make friends.

Because of the difficult situation of the galleries, most of the galleries are operated together in the art district, so that they can gather popularity. Many of the independent galleries like this one are small galleries, or pocket galleries, and the location is good. Those with a large scale either have certain capital or are well-known in the industry.

The location where Fang Hao is now is a very popular street, and the rent is definitely not cheap. This gallery named "Shuangli" must have its advantages to survive here, but it just made Fang Hao curious. Yes, in his impression, he had never heard of the name of this gallery, including in the calligraphy and painting salon last week.

This is exactly why Fang Hao was curious, so he planned to go in for a stroll.

As soon as he entered the store, Fang Hao saw several people gathered around a desk, watching one of them write.

Fang Hao recognized one of them as Liu Ze. He had met him at the salon before, and he gave him his business card during dinner.Liu Ze noticed someone coming in, raised his head and looked towards the door, and saw that it was Fang Hao. Surprised, with a smile on his face, he nodded to Fang Hao, and then pointed to the writer, indicating that he did not want to disturb.

The other onlookers noticed Liu Ze's movements and raised their heads to look at Fang Hao.

Fang Hao also smiled and looked around casually, and found that all the works displayed in the store were calligraphy and traditional Chinese paintings. From a distance, the level was not bad.

Now is not the time to appreciate these works carefully, Fang Hao walked towards the book case, and when he got there, he found that the writer was writing the "Heart Sutra" in regular script.

Fang Hao got the writing principles and techniques of regular script calligraphy before, and has been practicing these days, and he has also done some understanding of regular script after Zhang Xiaoxiang.It can be seen that the writer should have learned Shen Du's regular script.

Shen Du is the initiator of the "pavilion style" criticized by everyone.As a representative of good books in the Ming Dynasty, all important court documents, gold slips and jade books are written by Shen Du.By following the example, there are naturally many people who learn other characters.

The characteristics of Shen Du's regular script are "black, square, light and large", and this writer has at least eight or nine points of his skill, which is commendable.

When the last stroke was made, the writer straightened up, let out a long sigh of relief, and the audience applauded.

I saw a man next to him with a beard and a rough voice, laughing and said: "Old Wang, your level of regular script is getting higher and higher now! No wonder Lao Qin called you the last time I had dinner with Lao Qin. For little Shen Du!"

With a smile on his face, Lao Wang waved his hands and said modestly: "No, no, my skills are not up to par. Among our friends, Lao Nan is the one who most resembles Shen Du. Still inferior to him."

Liu Ze said with some regret: "It's a pity that Lao Nan has something to do today, so he can't come here to show his skills."

"He can't come, isn't there still his disciple to help? Come and see how much better you are than your master!" While speaking, the bearded man pushed Fang Hao to where Lao Wang was.

Fang Hao was at a loss, when did he become someone else's disciple?

Seeing this situation, Liu Ze was surprised and almost laughed out loud, but he was also curious about Fang Hao's calligraphy skills, so he didn't remind everyone, but also smiled and said: "Yes, don't be embarrassed, the most important thing is to communicate!"

Fang Hao originally wanted to clear up the misunderstanding, but when he saw what Liu Ze said, he suddenly felt a little amusing, and wanted to see everyone's reaction after he finished writing calligraphy, so he bowed his hands to everyone: "Then I will give it a try, Please forgive me for messing around in class!"

Having prepared his pen and ink, Fang Hao thought for a while, since this guy wrote the Buddhist "Heart Sutra" just now, then he should write the taught "Heart Sutra".

"The Heart Sutra" is also a Taoist classic. Its full name is "Taishang Laojun Said the Heart Sutra". It was written in the Tang Dynasty and has no author. The full text of "Liao Xin Sutra" is more than 100 words, and the focus is on explaining the truth of "cultivating the Tao requires cultivating the mind".He pointed out that "the heart is the master of God, and the movement and stillness follow the heart. Cultivating the mind is cultivating the Tao." Only by "observing the mind" can one achieve enlightenment and "understand the mind" before one can obtain the Tao.

Knowing that Fang Hao was going to write "The Heart Sutra", the other one winked at Lao Wang, and Lao Wang glared at him, feeling a little unhappy: "It's fine if it's your master, but you, a junior, still want to follow me." Singing against the stage is really extremely arrogant!"

When Fang Hao just wrote the pen, everyone's faces were still relaxed, and when the first word and the last stroke were written, they began to show a little surprised expression on their faces.

However, all those present were calligraphy lovers. As time went by, everyone was amazed and began to immerse themselves in the wonderful calligraphy in front of them.

(End of this chapter)