Art investment is also a skill.

Su Yegao took the time to have coffee with Jeff Koons and said he would find a few experts to help him tailor a suitable development model.

It would be best to publicly destroy many of the garbage pieces in the exhibition hall, and focus on creating giant sculptures in the future, especially cartoon animals, to open up a new path to becoming a master artist.

Lawyers are helping to draft the contract, and a large sum of money will be received soon, so Jeff Koons has no objection and assumes that Su Yegao is right.

In addition, he also agreed to take some time to draw some design drafts and customize a batch of new works to sell to Su Yegao for $300,000 apiece.

Even the theme of the works has been discussed. According to the Chinese zodiac, a complete set of giant sculptures should be designed, with slightly cute shapes.

A total of twelve pieces, which means that the purchase price is as high as $3.6 million.

Jeff was overwhelmed by the huge surprise, hoping for more and more orders, only regretting that there are only twelve kinds of Chinese zodiac signs.

Although Jeff Koons knew that Su Yegao was hoarding goods in advance, and then taking his works out for hype, using publicity and auctions, in order to sell at a higher price.

But this kind of hype is very much in line with Jeff's interests, and he will certainly not refuse.

He has been silent for nearly ten years. It is estimated that after finishing this deal, he can directly achieve financial freedom and retire...

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After chatting with Jeff, he strolled around with Yin Liuli, hand in hand.

The East Village of Manhattan has a strong artistic atmosphere. Nowadays, a large number of down-and-out artists, singers, and dancers live in this place. The walls are full of graffiti, and there are craft shops, bars, and restaurants everywhere.

Now that they were here, he wanted to buy something.

The new house in Big Wave Bay is about to be completed, and there just happens to be a lack of decorations.

Su Yegao spent so much thought building a castle-style building by the pond in the yard, partly for use as a collection room to put some of his favorite things.

Yin Liuli's English is not good, and she was daydreaming before, almost like a blind person.

At this time, she was wandering around the gallery, and when Su Yegao mentioned that he was willing to spend ten million US dollars to buy the third balloon dog, she was immediately surprised and said:

"My God, are you having a fever? His works are not worth that much! In fact, last night at the auction, Mr. Yang spent $1.1 million, and I already thought it was too expensive. Now you are spending more than 10 million, which is enough to buy paintings by Picasso and Monet..."

Seeing Yin Liuli so distressed about the money, Su Yegao couldn't help but smile.

He hugged the girl and asked:

"Then how do you know that in the beginning, there wasn't someone like me who bought oil paintings by Picasso or Monet, and then prepared to hype them up like me? It doesn't matter whether they are worth the money now, what matters is that they may become particularly valuable. Instead of gnawing on bones that others have gnawed on, I might as well make another pot and eat it myself."

"Oh~ so you want to make more money, so you plan to hype it yourself, right? But the price you got is so high." Yin Liuli asked with a smile.

Su Yegao replied:

"The price is indeed a bit high, but in order to be ahead of others, it doesn't matter if I spend a little more. It's secondary to earn more or less. The main thing is that it's more interesting to do it myself. Doing it myself, turning a bunch of cheap metal into priceless artworks sought after by others, is very interesting to think about."

"...Your thinking as a rich young master is really different."

"Where is it different? Liuli, you are still too young. Didn't you notice that Jeff was constantly on the phone just now, looking for him to talk about business? Even if I don't bet in advance, others will soon buy his representative works. Last night's auction in San Francisco must have been noticed by interested people."

After saying this, Su Yegao thought of something and added, "Maybe it doesn't matter to Jeff, mainly because the buyer is called Yang Zhiyuan, which is very topical. As the founder of Yahoo, a super-rich with billions of dollars, every move he makes attracts attention."

Yin Liuli asked again, "What about you? Will the news of you buying these be released?"

"There's no need for the time being. I'm not as famous as Yang Zhiyuan in the United States, and my influence is limited to the Silicon Valley area. In a few days, I plan to find a boat to transport them back to Hong Kong and put them at home to appreciate slowly. Do you want that stainless steel rabbit worth $300,000? It's very artistic and special, most suitable for collection, unique, and even rarer than the balloon dog."

"... Forget it, I'm afraid of rust."

Yin Liuli's words almost choked Su Yegao to death.

After a few seconds of silence, he retorted, "I told you it's stainless steel, it shouldn't rust, right? Listening to you say that, I'm starting to worry a little."

...

They walked and chatted.

They didn't encounter any works they liked in the small gallery, so they changed to another one.

They walked around the corner not long after.

Through the window, an unintentional glance unexpectedly made Su Yegao see a familiar face. He stopped instantly, stunned.

Yin Liuli also saw the girl in the painting through the glass, raised her eyebrows slightly, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Is this a painting, or a photo? I seem to have seen her... right, that Miss Jiang beside you?"

Half the globe away from Hong Kong.

He actually saw an oil painting of Jiang Yu in the window of a gallery in New York's East Village.

It's no wonder that Yin Liuli, a woman who usually buries her head in the sand, mentioned the name "Miss Jiang" in front of Su Yegao for the first time.

Obviously, she already knew of Jiang Yu's existence.

The last time someone tried to kidnap Su Yegao, the news was all over the place, and the news about "traveling with a beauty" was overwhelming. Of course, Yin Liuli had seen it, and she was deeply impressed by her.

"This is... outrageous! Could it be that there is someone in New York who looks exactly like my friend Jiang Yu?"

Su Yegao deliberately emphasized the word friend. Yin Liuli pretended not to hear it.

She thought for a while and said, "It's really strange. Maybe the photo was leaked online and spread to New York. Someone thought Miss Jiang was beautiful, so they used her as a model."

"No way. Forget it, I'll know if I go in and ask..."

He pushed the door open and entered the small gallery.

The bell at the door rang crisply. Su Yegao called the gallery manager and, too lazy to test slowly, took out a Franklin from his pants pocket and said:

"Tell me, where did the oil painting of the Chinese girl at the door come from? This is a tip."

The slightly fat, middle-aged white manager quietly took the one hundred dollars and said:

"I don't know. I came back from vacation two months ago, and it was placed in the window. It should be a consignment from a client. The asking price is $50,000. Surrealist oil paintings have not been very popular recently. After all, there are cameras everywhere. Such paintings take a lot of time, but they don't have much collection value."

In order to be worthy of this one hundred dollar tip, the manager told everything he knew.

Su Yegao then asked:

"The person in the painting is my friend. Since it's a consignment, you should have the seller's information here, right? I want to meet the seller in person. If the other party is willing, I will buy it."

In fact, Su Yegao already had some guesses.

Last summer, Jiang Yu permed her hair, but the painting shows a straight ponytail. If you look closely at the lower left of the oil painting, you can even see a corner of the Donghuang Rose Middle School badge.

Thinking about the people around Jiang Yu, it seems that only Miss Vera Andrade, who has disappeared, can best explain the current situation.

Miss Vera is not only a friend of Jiang Yu, but also very skilled at painting oil paintings. Maybe she used Jiang Yu as a model.

Su Yegao once attended Miss Vera's art exhibition, and the other party also gave him a painting of "Blooming Peach Blossoms". Although it somewhat imitated Van Gogh's "Blooming Almond Blossoms", the full view of pink petals was indeed quite beautiful.

Until now, that painting is still hanging in the penthouse of the mansion on the hillside, and you can see it every time you go there...