"I only provide electronic versions of drawings now. Of course, the price can be relatively cheaper..."
Gu Weijing is sitting in the studio, with the computer connected to the printer and file folders.
He is discussing the client's request for manuscripts online.
Every time he negotiates a business, he prints out the customer's requirements or the corresponding photo template, affixes the corresponding serial number, and prepares to activate his skills according to the classified batches.
An illustrator's reputation is business. Gu Weijing looked at the thick pile of folders beside him, feeling a sense of accomplishment in being recognized.
After thinking about it, he made a decision:
starting today,
All orders he receives are only electronic versions of drawings.
This is a common practice when requesting drafts online. Many painters have been painting electronically and don’t even have paper drafts.
Not providing paper versions of the drawings will avoid the risk of large-scale leakage of works, but the collection value will be reduced accordingly.
At least many people who follow the trend are unwilling to buy it.
But it's not that big of a problem.
After all, Gu Weijing's current user base is too large, and he cannot handle it well alone. He has no way to handle most of the requests for manuscripts.
After the initial screening, Gu Weijing left more than twenty order offers that could meet the requirements of both parties in a short period of time.
Most of these order requirements are uncomplicated.
There are several buyers who are big part-time studio buyers on Fivver, and their purchasing records within the past three months are very active. After the video of [Mr. Hyperion] was exposed, they had the mentality that they would be commissioned anyway. Customers are diverted to myself.
The cheapest of these orders is still only $170.
Gu Weijing didn't think it was a big deal. Although the price was cheap and the requirements were simple, there was basically no possibility of bad painting.
For example, four of the orders are very simple simple avatars. If the overall planning of these four orders is done well, it may only take the time of one Menzel skill.
It's so much more relaxing and enjoyable than before.
After receiving this batch of orders, Gu Weijing estimated that he could complete a large part of them this week.
Just when he took out his paintbrush and was about to start moving towards the second step of completing the professional series of tasks.
Suddenly, a new message reminder flashed across the computer.
He wasn't going to pay attention.
However, he vaguely remembered that this user whose avatar was a sloth had sent him messages several times in a row.
The other party seemed to be very persistent.
This aroused Gu Weijing's curiosity.
…
"Hello?——[Detective Cat]"
Seeing the new message notification flashing on the computer, Anna finally let out a long sigh of relief.
"Ms. Detective Cat, before you make sure you fully understand the contract, please be sure not to accept the gallery's requests indiscriminately."
Her fingers jumped quickly on the keyboard and she typed a line of words immediately.
"Uh, sorry. Who are you?"
After a few seconds, a new message flashed across the screen.
[I am Anna Elena, and I want to be your personal painting agent. 】
Ana's fingers subconsciously typed this line on the keyboard.
Looking at that line of words, she hesitated for two seconds on the Enter key.
"No... you can't do this." She gritted her teeth, resisting the desire to send the message directly, and reluctantly deleted the line from the computer screen.
Anna really wants to be the detective cat's personal agent.
Although she cannot become a great artist, Anna wants to discover her own Van Gogh, which is her biggest dream all along.
If you don't have the talent to be great, become a great companion and artistic companion.
Behind every successful artist is the help of noble people.
Just like Count Montesquieu and Proust, Madame Pompadour and Boucher, the president of the French Academy of Fine Arts and the royal chief painter, Madame Warren who brought Jean Jacques Rousseau to Paris's high society...
Whenever people mention these great names and great works, as well as the patrons who have been entangled with them all their lives, and the discerning Bole, they are the most unfading link in the legendary stories of these artists.
Art is more imperishable than glory.
This is Elena's family motto, and it is also the most romantic thing for Anna.
If you really find such a person.
So in art museums hundreds of years later, whenever people mention the life of that great painter, they will say: "Once upon a time, when this great painter was still unknown, there was a girl named Anna Elena. The young lady discovered each other's talent, and she spent her whole life helping each other and achieving each other's achievements. They are partners on the road of art."
Is there anything better than this?
True romance has nothing to do with lust, men and women, and does not even need to meet. It is just the throbbing of souls and mutual connections.
She saw potential in Detective Cat.
In classical society, the closest thing to a painter is his patron. For example, Anna’s Greek grandmother was an important art patron of the Pre-Raphaelites.
However, in the modern art commercial society, the model of patrons and painters has gradually disappeared.
What replaced it was a community-of-interest model between agents and painters.
A painter and her agent are the closest partners and comrades on the road of painting.
Sharing weal and woe, sharing honor and disgrace.
The painter is responsible for achieving greatness on the road of art, while the agent is responsible for paving the career path for an artist, opening up sales for his works, handling trivial matters at work, and negotiating art contracts...
Behind every successful painter there is not necessarily a virtuous wife or husband, but there must be a virtuous art agent.
Nothing can bring you closer to the heart of a master painter than becoming the other half of his or her artistic life.
Although Anna's main job is as an art critic, she certainly has all the conditions to become an excellent economist.
She has connections, influence, and good relationships with various galleries.
Not only can I receive suitable works for the other party, but I can also provide them with artistic guidance.
Not to mention the young painter who has just become famous, she just wants to be the agent of a famous painter like Professor Sakai, and the other party will welcome her with both hands.
It's a pity...it can't be this detective cat.
At least not as Anna.
"What a shame, if only Thomas would not have posted this video."
Anna was a little annoyed.
How she wished she had discovered this hidden gem while no one knew about it.
Unnoticed, he quietly paved the way for the other party, anonymously wrote art reviews, guided the other party to participate in art exhibitions, made the other party's paintings recognized by the public, and then exposed his identity to the world.
But just don’t do this sudden explosion of fire.
the reason is simple.
She has always presented herself as a professional and strict art critic, and has never signed a contract with a painter.
As a result, in the video of the world's number one Internet celebrity, I praised an unknown little painter to the sky, and then it was revealed that Anna, who had always been aloof, had become the other party's art agent.
Some knowledgeable people are willing to call this kind of behavior a beautiful talk about discerning pearls with a discerning eye.
More people will regard this as a conspiracy theory, with clear evidence of a shady conspiracy.
I collected money from the other party in order to flatter him, and there was a secret exchange of interests between the two parties when making the video...
Those art tabloids are very vicious.
And the audience just accepted this trick.
There was once a young African painter who was taken to Paris by a very famous female agent who could have been his mother. She gave a lot of art resources to the painter.
The two parties have always maintained a good cooperative relationship, but a tabloid reporter captured some of their intimate expressions while eating together.
This was not a big deal at first, but because the female manager usually offended many people in the industry.
As a result, the villain immediately compiled the title "Keeping Artistic Luantong" in the tabloid, attracting countless people who wanted to eat melons, and both sides were in a state of panic.
In the end, the two broke up on bad terms. Although the female agent's reputation was tarnished, the young painter's future was also cast a shadow. This is politics.
The reason why Anna didn't think about Thomas contacting Detective Cat directly or asking Thomas to leave his personal contact information to the other party.
Just to avoid suspicion.
This kind of news is really ugly and has such a bad impact.
It was not suitable for myself, Thomas, and especially the detective cat opposite who had just started to improve his career.
Although Anna has connections, her usual venomous comments also offend other artists.
Just like this time when she scolded Fan Dorn so much, his fans must be unconvinced.
Although the artist Van Dorn has not expressed his stance yet, if he does not express his stance, he will not express his stance. It is certain that the other party will feel unhappy or even jealous.
Fan Dorn has never been a good gentleman in the circle, and his connections are no worse than his own.
If this kind of news is exposed at this time, the other party will definitely not miss such a good opportunity to attack them.
It doesn't matter if she is there, her heart is strong enough.
But what about the detective cat?
Many artists have mild social fears, and it is not uncommon in history for people to commit suicide because they could not bear being sprayed.
Anna felt that she couldn't delay other people's painters just to satisfy her ideals. They deserved better, and there was no need to choose her.
and……
Now that the other party has just become famous, all kinds of economic contracts must be coming one after another. While trying to persuade others not to accept contracts randomly, she told the other party that she, Anna Elena, wanted to be the other party's agent.
Although she was doing her best for the other person, what would the other artist think——
Does she want to repay a favor?
Anna didn't want to create a bad impression from the beginning due to the pure soul bond between herself and the other party.
"Who are you, why do you say that, are you still there?"
The detective cat seemed a little impatient when he saw no response from him.
"Can I add you as a friend? I want to chat with you——"
Anna typed quickly.
"-Three hundred, no, five hundred euros, one hour."
