Pick up bargains in Chinatown and make 10,000 times the profit at the beginning

Chapter 42: Speculating on paintings?

That's a corner of the gallery.

There was a cardboard box in the corner, containing a few small wooden sticks and a broken picture frame.

It is not difficult to see that it is garbage that was not cleaned up in time.

Logically speaking, such low-level mistakes should not occur in an art exhibition, as they would leave a very bad impression on exhibitors.

Lin Yuan walked closer and saw that in addition to the small wooden stick and the broken picture frame he had just seen, there were two paintings, one of which was obviously damaged.

Lin Yuan's heart immediately skipped a beat. Could the treasure have been damaged?
As we all know, if a good thing is intact, it can be sold at a sky-high price, but if it is accidentally damaged, it will be worthless, and even if you give it away for free, people will dislike it for taking up space.

Lin Yuan took out the damaged painting, looked at the treasure-hunting instrument again, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

The painting was covered with dust, which was immediately blown up by Lin Yuan's breath, choking him.

"Cough cough..."

Lin Yuan's cough attracted Alex's attention. He walked over and saw Lin Yuan fiddling with the cardboard box, so he explained that the box was not his.

Lin Yuan put down the broken painting in his hand and reached for another one.

It was a familiar Western painting, completely incomprehensible, and looked like a messy doodle.

When the audience in the live broadcast room saw this painting, their first reaction was that it was right, this is the Western painting we are familiar with!
Alex took a look and told Lin Yuan: "This is an abstract painting. I can't understand it either."

Although he did not understand what this abstract painting was trying to express, he knew that abstract paintings were those that had little or no resemblance to natural objects but had a strong formal composition.

To some people, abstraction is an unsightly thing.

However, in the eyes of some others, abstract painting completely breaks the limitation of art's original emphasis on realistic reproduction of themes, and abstractly combines the basic elements of art to create abstract forms, thus breaking through the barrier that art must have recognizable images and opening up a new space for the development of art.

Lin Yuan looked at the painting in his hand and said, "Can I take this painting away? Will it have any impact?"

Alex waved his hand and said, "No, this is something that no one else wants. If they wanted it, they would have taken it long ago."

OK! Since Alex said so, Lin Yuan didn't hesitate and put the painting away.

Alex was a little surprised. He didn't expect Lin Yuan to like this kind of painting. Can he understand it?

Lin Yuan called Paul and Henry and asked them to come over to help take the paintings. He couldn't take all of them by himself, after all, he had already bought four paintings before.

Seeing that Lin Yuan didn't seem to want the painting he gave him and didn't make any selection, Alex became anxious and quickly picked out two of his best works from his own exhibition room and forced them on Lin Yuan.

Not only did people take care of his business, but they also showed him a clear path. Two paintings would not be enough to express his gratitude!

Seeing this, Lin Yuan had no choice but to accept it.

As usual, he plans to give it to fans in the live broadcast room as a benefit.

“Don’t look down on them. Once Alex becomes famous, the value of these paintings will skyrocket. By then, one painting may cost hundreds of thousands, or even millions!” Lin Yuan said to the people in the live broadcast room.

When everyone heard this, they realized they were not stupid.

After all, there is already domestic capital that wants to operate Alex and make him famous. It is almost certain that Alex's paintings will appreciate in value.

For a while, people in the live broadcast room who had some financial resources became interested.

Chinese people love to speculate on things. There is nothing they don't speculate on, including various jades, wood, stamps, houses, and even concert tickets.

The same goes for paintings. As long as they feel there is room for appreciation, they will find ways to stock up.

As a result, the style of the live broadcast room suddenly changed. One by one, they asked Lin Yuan to help buy paintings.

Lin Yuan: “…”

If you guys do this, Alex will be famous even before that guy's help! Besides, if so many people want it, he doesn't have that many works!

This is the rhythm of sweeping the goods.

Speculating on paintings?

He was also convinced.

However, Lin Yuan had no choice but to do as the fans asked.

Henry said to Alex, "Hey! Brother, you are going to be rich."

Alex thought Henry was talking about the future, so he smiled and said, "I have to thank you for this. Let's add each other as friends! When I get rich in the future, I will treat you to a big meal."

Henry: "I'm not talking about later, I'm talking about now. I think you really need to learn Chinese well. People in his live broadcast room are frantically buying your paintings. What you should worry about now is whether your paintings are enough."

Alex exclaimed "Ah" and was stunned.

Your paintings are being snapped up?

At this moment, Lin Yuan asked, "Are all your paintings here? Do you have any more?"

Alex came back to his senses, ecstatic, and immediately said: "There are still ten or so paintings at home, but the best ones are here."

He didn't understand why his work suddenly became so popular.

Just when he was about to sell all of them, the person who had said he would support him contacted him and told him not to sell all of them, but to pick out a few good ones and let the company handle the operation.

It’s okay to sell a part of it, which is equivalent to asking those people to help with advertising.

If their company can create an atmosphere that Alex's paintings are hot-selling, it will be much easier to make Alex popular if they put more effort into it.

Alex then understood that it turned out that those people thought he would be famous and believed that his works would appreciate in value in the future, so they wanted to stock up a few of them and sell them for a good price later.

There were more than 30 paintings here, which were his paintings over the past ten years. Alex packed all of them for Lin Yuan, except for a few that he had reserved.

There were so many paintings that he definitely couldn't carry them all, so Paul took out his cell phone, dialed a number, and asked someone to drive over to help deliver some things.

Henry and Paul moved the packed paintings outside so that they could be loaded into the truck later.

Seeing this, some passers-by stopped and wanted to see what was happening.

After some investigation, they learned that all the paintings in this exhibition room were bought by a Chinese, which shocked them.

Because the painter was unfamiliar, they had never heard of him. However, his works were sold out.

The organizer came and tried to get close to Alex enthusiastically, hoping that Alex would choose this place for his next art exhibition, and that they would arrange a better exhibition room for Alex.

Alex expressed his regret and said he would go to China to develop his career.

The organizers were really sorry and had to give up. Congratulations to Alex for going to China to develop his career and we look forward to the opportunity of cooperation in the future.

In any case, it is a fact that this person has sold out in their gallery, and they can use this to publicize and attract more painters to hold personal exhibitions here.

(End of this chapter)