Hong Kong is in full swing

“We should definitely go check it out.”

The green light came on, and Wei Size drove Yu Wan to the gallery address in Sheung Wan.

The gallery is still in the stage of dismantling old facilities and has not officially started renovations.

After the car stopped, the two leaned against the side of the car and looked up at the workers dismantling the scaffolding of the door headlights. Wei Size sighed, "It really needs a major renovation."

Yu Wan nodded in agreement, then said, "The renovation design plan will probably be ready in the next two days. Does Young Master Wei have any special ideas?"

"Don't worry about me. After all, you're an art major. This is your profession. If I interfere, it would seem out of place."

Yu Wan smiled, and Wei Size also smiled. "How about it? Do you think my shareholder is particularly easy to talk to?"

Yu Wan nodded: "It's really hard to find someone who is both rich and not blindly bossy."

Wei Size stared at her. "Now that you mention it, how come you have such a brilliant business acumen?"

Yu Wan blinked and said half-jokingly, "Not bad, probably worth about 100 million."

"Just brag without even thinking it through." Wei Size teased her.

Yu Wan burst into laughter.

Wei Size asked her, "It will only take about one or two months from the start of renovation to completion of this gallery. During this time, are you sure you can arrange for the painter to move in?"

"no problem."

Wei Size was still a little worried. "Don't force yourself. Tell me if you need help. We are in the same boat now."

Yu Wan smiled and said, "I'm not trying to be stubborn. Have you forgotten that I'm friends with Teacher Mei?"

"You can even get Teacher Mei's work?" Wei Size was surprised and speculated, "You want him to become the gallery's treasure?"

Yu Wan shook her head. "I can't get the works for now, but I can ask Teacher Mei to find a way to introduce other painters to me."

Wei Size looked her up and down, and after a while he said with emotion: "You really have a way."

If my dad knew that you and Teacher Mei were so close, he would be jealous to death."

Yu Wan smiled, and Wei Size continued, "You just go and deal with those painters, and leave the auction house matters to me."

There are usually three main ways for galleries to make money: the first is to organize exhibitions, sign contracts, or train painters, and then help the painters sell their paintings according to the contract, arrange commercial activities, and share the profits.

The second is that the gallery directly sells the painter's works and makes a profit from it.

If the first two are like brokerage companies or commission-based sales, then the third is a bit like a pawnshop model.

——Painters actively or passively sell their paintings to galleries, and then the galleries resell them. The process may include raising prices, hyping the painters, and other very utilitarian commercial means.

This is also the reason why many painters disdain Lan Kwai-fang's works: they think Lan Kwai-fang is a commercial symbol completely hyped up by others and cannot be considered a real artist.

The business of buying low and selling high has existed since ancient times, and the reasons for its controversy are varied and complicated.

But the core problem is actually very simple: the benefits are distributed unevenly, and the gains of fame and wealth are not proportional.

A large number of assembly-line paintings are now flooding the market due to the galleries' unscrupulous hype and marketing strategies. Good paintings are squeezed out by bad paintings, and truly excellent works of art are often ignored and buried in the world.

The gallery that Yu Wan and Wei Size are going to open is actually a comprehensive commercial gallery that integrates these three models.

She provides the funds, Wei Size provides the fame, and their target customer group is positioned at the middle and high-end level. The three arrows are fired at the same time to make money together.

She won't not do something just because it's controversial; she knows she needs a lot of money.

For the next half month, Yu Wan was busy working with the Hong Kong gallery, from decorating and designing to inviting painters, and then drafting the contract terms...

Given the previous division of labor, Wei Size has been frequently attending social events recently to promote his upcoming gallery. Several times he called Yu Wan in the middle of the night to ask her to pick him up, and she had just come back from a dinner party.

He not only has the gallery business, but also many other projects at home that require his involvement. To be honest, Wei Size is much busier than her.

There were several times when Yu Wan was driving Wei Size home, thinking that this young master must have suffered a lot following her.

Although she thought so in her heart, Yu Wan would not be so foolish as to run to Wei Size to please him. After all, the contract had already been signed, and there was no need to do anything unnecessary.

Everyone just does their job.

Time went by day after day, and she was so busy that she was dizzy. Qiao Heng came to interfere again and said that the order with the Wen family might be cancelled, and asked her to find a way to save it.

Yu Wan didn't want to listen to his rambling and said directly, "I remember that when you reported to Dad, you took all the credit for yourself. Now you want me to get involved. Are you trying to give me half of the benefits?"

"We're all family, Fourth Sister, why are you being so polite?" Qiao Heng complained. "Besides, Fourth Sister, you might not know this, but the Wen family's order isn't as good as it seems. The delivery time is tight, and there are many inspection steps. The most troublesome thing is that their evaluation standards are completely different from ours and are extremely strict."

Yu Wan laughed when she heard this. "Third brother, what you said is really funny. Wasn't the contract signed by you and the eldest daughter of the Wen family? Could it be that, third brother, you can't read?"

"How could I have imagined so much back then?" Qiao Heng seemed a little impatient. "Now that I think about it, this order might have been a trap set by Wen Ruolan."

Although she said so, Yu Wan knew in her heart that Qiao Heng must have calculated the interests of all parties clearly before signing the contract. He was just eager for success and wanted to take advantage of Qiao Wang's absence to perform well in front of the older generation so as to seize the position of heir.

It's your own fault.

"It's useless to tell me this. I think you, Third Brother, are well aware of the Qiao family's business. How can I interfere? Moreover, the contract has been signed, and the project has been handled by you, Third Brother. I don't have the ability to turn the tide. Third Brother, you may have found the wrong person to help you."

"You're right." Qiao Heng was afraid that she would hang up the phone, so he quickly continued, "Fourth sister, let me be frank. Third brother actually wants you to talk to Wen Ruolan again and revise the contract. Didn't you get the contract last time by using a bottle of wine? This time..."

"Third brother, do you want to kill me?"

"Not to mention that I just got out of the hospital and haven't recovered yet, just look at Wen Ruolan's disgust towards me. Do you think I can get away with it if I go to her and beg her?"

"You don't have to be so absolute." Qiao Heng said, "Ms. Wen is actually quite easy to talk to. After all, the last time I asked her to sign a contract, it seemed to go quite smoothly."

"Since he's easy to talk to, why don't you just go by yourself?"

Seeing that she didn't buy it, Qiao Heng's good temper could no longer be maintained, "You really don't want to go?"

"Don't go."