When Lian Gu Weijing saw the news, his heart beat twice.
"Oil Painting" magazine is no joke;
For some young painters whose market prices are still unstable, oil painting magazines almost have the same effect as market endorsement.
Gu Weijing quickly turned on his computer, logged into the official English website of oil paintings, and clicked on the [Buyer's Guide] section.
The page jumps to a login link.
The buyer's guide section of "Oil Painting" magazine implements a paid subscription system, which costs 75 euros per person per month.
Not cheap for the usual paid membership, but not too expensive for a professional guide to painting information.
Information is money, and art is similar to stocks in this regard.
Or to put it bluntly, some people speculate on art as stock futures.
These professional painter analyzes are like the stock market analysis and financial reports produced by large accounting firms.
For some famous paintings that have a high market value but are only circulated among some private collectors, you want to buy detailed information from underground headhunters. A copy of a simple appraisal report will cost at least 10,000 euros.
In addition to reports issued by regular magazines such as "Oil Painting", another type of valuable news in the art circle is news about underground auctions of stolen famous paintings in various black markets. These news are also very valuable.
Gu Weijing and his school have purchased the educational version of "Oil Painting" as a member, but they need to be on the campus network to use it.
Fortunately, their family runs a gallery after all, and his grandfather is also a member.
The link jumps automatically.
[Painter: Detective Cat (real name - unknown)]
[Information: Internet painter on Fiverr, 36 years old, female. Currently living in Algeria. (This information is doubtful)]
[Signed Gallery: None/Unknown]
[Agent Broker: None/Unknown]
[Introduction to painting style: The artist has exquisite sketching strokes and profound pencil drawing skills. He is good at expressing the muscle texture of characters. His painting style is similar to that of the famous illustrator Norman Rockwell. 】
[Representative work: "Hyperion Batman" (Note: This work once received similar ratings to the illustrations of the same theme by the painter Jane Arnold (jump link) on the channel of the YouTube blogger Mr. Hyperion) .]
[Estimated market value of the work: USD: $2000-$20000 (Special note* This painter’s work has never been circulated in the auction house art market. This data has a low reference value. Buyers should choose carefully.*)]
[Comprehensive evaluation: two and a half stars - a potential painter full of uncertainty. 】
…
It was the afternoon when Gu Weijing found out that he was on the website of Oil Painting Magazine.
He received two messages from Fiverr customer service on his mobile phone.
"Your appeal application to complain about malicious competition has been accepted, and we have withdrawn the negative review your store received at 13:57 on February 2."
“Fiverr part-time studio [Cheap but not bad] has been required to correct the poster, pin an apology letter, lower the recommendation priority and other penalties. If you are not satisfied with the result, you can appeal again and we will respond within 4 hours. Give you a response."
This is naturally Anna's handiwork.
Many times, a person's different status and different vision determine the way he handles things.
[Cheap but not bad] This kind of studio is coming to bite you. For painters like Gu Weijing or Professor Lewei Lewis, it is like dog shit stuck on your leather shoes, which is difficult to deal with.
But for Anna, things are far from complicated.
After she updated the Detective Cat recommendation page on the Oil Painting Magazine website, she sent an official complaint letter to Fiverr’s customer service department in the name of Mr. Sloth, the podcast host.
She casually questioned what kind of artistic values the other website wanted to convey by allowing such promotional posters to appear.
So half an hour later, everything was properly resolved, and she didn't even need to use her connections in the art world.
Foreign websites are not afraid of official censorship, but they are very taboo against criticism from professional private commentaries.
Moreover, according to the strict website rules and regulations, [Cheap but not bad] studio’s cheeky behavior is not allowed.
It’s just that customer service is often slow in handling problems.
The two sides are arguing with each other, and the customer service will be at odds with each other, and a few weeks will pass.
But as Detective Cat appeared in Oil Painting magazine, the meaning immediately changed.
What is Detective Cat now?
Are you an online illustrator?
No, she is an art expert.
In recent years, Fiverr has gone beyond the old days of taking a cheap part-time job for $5.
The senior management has always wanted to professionalize the nature of the website, focusing on creating the concept that what you are looking for here is not just a part-timer, but an industry expert to provide you with a brand new solution.
For example, the senior coders from Silicon Valley with annual salaries of millions of dollars on the website's promotion page are the largest ones on Fiverr, and they are also part-time experts in the IT field.
And now Detective Cat has become an expert in the field of fine art illustration.
Although the operating income of a store cannot be compared with that of a programmer, the rarity of the word artist is much higher than that of a programmer.
Fiverr naturally felt that it was a treasure to have such an artist working part-time on its website. After receiving the complaint from Mr. Sloth, a dedicated VIP customer service staff immediately handled the complaint.
On the night after the only review was canceled, Gu Weijing's positive review record finally reached 20 orders.
【Buyer O YANG gave you a good review! 】
[More than 20 orders have been received on Fiverr (fulfilled), with a positive review rate of over 95% (fulfilled). 】
[Congratulations, you have completed the second step of the professional chain task! 】
He opened the panel.
The second step of the professional chain task on the panel has been completed, indicating that there are rewards waiting for Gu Weijing to receive.
He clicked to receive it, and a new skill appeared on the panel.
[Active skill: calligraphy and painting appraisal]
[Current quality: excellent]
[Special Effect 1 (Appreciation of Calligraphy and Painting): After activating the skill, you will be able to decompose the color, structure and lines of a painting. And the painting information appears in the panel in the form of data. You can directly appreciate the physical paper products, or you can appreciate the high-definition electronic album. There is a certain difference in the appraisal effect between the two. 】
[Special Effect 2 (Soul Sensing): During the process of appreciating the master's paintings, there is a probability of triggering a limited mission. Note: Appreciating works that are too advanced for your current aesthetic attainments may cause additional mental burden on the host, please use skills with caution]
[Special Effect Three (Skill Advancement): This skill is an upgradeable skill. After using the painting identification technique a thousand times, the skill will be upgraded. (Current progress bar: (0/1000)]
[Equipment requirements: Have more than twelve years of relevant experience in the field of art study, appraisal or art criticism. Each use of skills consumes 50 free experience points and has no cooling time. 】
[Note: The soul absorbs the emotions of another soul to enrich itself, and then returns to the world with richer emotions. 】
"Upgradeable skills?"
