Jiang Zhe and the business manager of Times Auction chatted for a short time. He learned from him that the contemporary painting special session of this autumn auction was a great success. Times Auction Company is very confident in developing this market and will increase its investment in the future.

Of course, he understood that the other party said this to strengthen his confidence and hope to continue cooperation.

Not long after the call ended, Wang Zhen called.

"Hey, Jiang Zhe, did you hear the good news?"

Jiang Zhe said: "I just spoke to the manager of Times Auction Company on the phone."

“Congratulations! The huge increase in the auction price not only increases the price of your work by a large margin, but also reflects the recognition of you by these big clients.

Christie's and other foreign auction houses are also paying attention to the reaction of the domestic market. I heard that as soon as the total transaction amount of the special session was announced, Times Auction received many congratulations from auction houses. I guess foreign auction houses will also start to make efforts in this regard.

I have compared and found that among young painters, especially among the award-winning painters of this Biennale, your works are sold at the highest prices, far exceeding others. The recent turmoil has affected many painters. Everyone is working hard to prove themselves.

The high prices of your works not only prove the market value of your works, but also respond well to those who doubt you. "

Immediately afterwards, Wang Zhen told another piece of bad news.

My own fake paintings have quietly appeared on the market.

Jiang Zhe didn't expect that the day when his work would be counterfeited would come so early.

In the past, there were only some commercial oil paintings that sold for a few dozen yuan imitating his own works, and those were not considered fake paintings. But some counterfeits of his own works were sold at high prices, which was pure deception.

"Don't worry too much. This kind of thing is inevitable. As your fame grows, the market price of your works will get higher and higher, and imitations will be inevitable." Wang Zhen comforted Jiang Zhe: "We have controlled the channels from the beginning, so the problem is not serious. Times Auctions and Christie's are working hard to promote it. Purchase from formal channels."

Jiang Zhe was helpless in the face of this situation. Even if information becomes more developed in the future, and everyone can easily find a lot of information, it is impossible to completely eliminate fake paintings.

Wang Zhen continued, "I originally wanted you to come to the capital to attend a few events during the long vacation to increase your exposure. But things have been bad recently, and many people have been caught up in some turmoil. I think you should not show up here for now to avoid being targeted."

Jiang Zhe is not in the capital, so he can only learn information indirectly from Wang Zhen and others.

Wang Zhen told Jiang Zhe that several people were indeed investigated recently. They were not painters and artists, but some staff members of relevant departments.

These people have more contact with the art world because of their job positions. They are not high-ranking officials, but they can play a key role. The investigation of these people is not worthy of appearing in the news, but it is extremely shocking to people in the art circle.

After Jiang Zhe ended the call, he started looking up information online.

He really wanted to know whether the people Wang Zhen mentioned were the ones who suppressed him.

At that time, there was already information on the Internet, but it had not yet involved all aspects of life. Most of it was traditional news, with at most some celebrity gossip and some industry news that people were paying attention to.

There is very little news about painting and the art industry.

Things like someone's work being overpriced, having no demand, or even some fake transactions will never appear on the Internet.

He searched for a long time but found nothing.

That night, he opened the system as usual, but saw no new prompts, so he had to continue waiting.

……

After the last class before the long vacation, Jiang Zhe and his classmates have packed up their belongings and are ready to enjoy the vacation.

"Everyone put your works against the wall, then clean up the studio..." Teacher Hu instructed the students to interview the sketch works of this professional course and wait for the grading. Then he held a meeting to emphasize the precautions during the long vacation, and especially emphasized the safety issues.

Some students go home late, and some want to go out for fun. Teacher Hu reminds them that they must report in advance if they want to go out.

Jiang Zhe and several classmates walked out of the studio while chatting.

For college students, the long vacation really doesn’t bring the same joy or excitement as before. Some college students who are very happy in their lives feel even more indifferent about the vacation.

Only students who go home during the long vacation will walk in a hurry.

Teacher Hu found Jiang Zhe and asked, "Do you want to go to the capital during the long vacation?" Because the Capital Biennale is still in progress, many teachers are going to the capital, and Jiang Zhe has not found him, so he came to ask.

"Teacher, I won't go to the capital." Teacher Hu said truthfully. Neither Professor Qin nor Wang Zhen recommended that he go to the capital recently.

Hu nodded: "Recently, there are indeed a lot of rumors in the circle." She has also heard a lot of rumors, and the news about fake paintings is more concentrated than before, including rumors involving Jiang Zhe.

……

studio.

In order to complete the work as soon as possible before the holiday, the teacher in charge of the sketching class invited many teachers to grade the students.

After everyone finished their round of grading, the teacher asked, "Jiang Zhe's work will be kept in school. Everyone, take a look. Do you have any questions?"

"The school has agreed."

"This work is really good." Many teachers turned their attention to Jiang Zhe's sketch and gave their comments.

There are dozens of works depicting the same characters, but Jiang Zhe's works are far superior to other works in terms of beauty and visual impact.

I don't know if it's a psychological effect or a real feeling, but many teachers think this work has reached the level of a famous artist. If I ask myself honestly, I'm really not sure if it can reach this level. Fortunately, no one mentioned this.

Regarding the perception of beauty, everyone is different, and there are also big differences among painters.

Tomorrow is the beginning of a long holiday, and Jiang Zhe specially took his parents to the villa to celebrate the holiday.

The family prepared dinner and happily enjoyed the food and admired the moon in the villa courtyard.

As long as there is someone to play with, Xiaoka will become very excited. He plays until very late, and then the villa becomes quiet.

Jiang Zhe lay in bed, waiting for the settlement time to come at 12:00 midnight.

You can start learning points settlement this month.

Jiang Zhe saw the prompt on the system page and immediately clicked to settle the payment.

After calculation by the system, your learning accumulation evaluation level this month is excellent.

You can get a fund reward of 37 yuan. You can choose to withdraw it through the following channels, or you can choose to accumulate it.

Jiang Zhe first clicked on the channel and found that it was still selling paintings, stocks, and lottery tickets, and there were no new channels.

He chose to accumulate.

The previously accumulated rewards can often be used at critical moments. It can be seen that if you are not short of money, there is no need to withdraw cash frequently. Using the rewards at critical moments is the best choice.

Moreover, only part of the last financial reward was redeemed at the Times Auction. The remaining part should be redeemed at the Christie's auction.

Close the page. No surprises for this month's rewards.

Tomorrow is the first day of a long holiday and there are still many things to do.

He closed his eyes and fell asleep peacefully.

(End of this chapter)