Chapter 373 Dissatisfaction
Lu Weiguo couldn't help but frown. He dealt with his wife and paintings every day, and he had a better eye for paintings. He could see that the paintings were not as good as before, not to mention that his wife was a person who pursued quality.
It can be seen from the strictness of her students' paintings.
Lu Weiguo did not say anything, but turned around and found a previous painting of Qu Zhi on the booth on the first floor, and found another painting with the same price of 200 yuan.
"Teacher Qu is a painter. Look at how different your current paintings are from your previous paintings."
Qu Zhi's eyes subconsciously looked at his previous paintings, and he kept silent at this time.
In front of Shi Tingyu, an internationally renowned painter, he couldn't lie with his eyes open.
It's not obvious when you look at it alone, but when you compare them together, the difference is still very obvious.
Lu Weiguo put the painting worth 200 yuan in front of Qu Zhi again: "Take a look at this one, it's worth 200 yuan, compare it with your current one."
The painting Lu Weiguo took was from a young painter, who was only 26 years old and not famous, but he painted every painting very seriously.
It was also one of the better-selling paintings in the gallery.
He also had many paintings consigned here, which was a bit similar to Qu Zhi, but his strict attitude towards paintings was far better than Qu Zhi's.
Lu Weiguo felt that Qu Zhi in front of him seemed to be blinded by money and valued quantity instead of quality.
Recently, his wife was preparing to raise the price for the 26-year-old Yan Qiudong.
At this time, Qu Zhi had to admit that Yan Qiudong's paintings were indeed better quality than his.
So far, he could only grit his teeth and say, "Okay, two hundred is two hundred."
Shi Tingyu was recently influenced by Professor Qi, so she said, "If Mr. Qu's paintings are performed normally, they are still very good. The money earned is proportional to the quality of the paintings and the fame, but not proportional to the quantity. Instead of relying on quantity, it is better to improve the quality of the paintings, and then the price will naturally go up."
Shi Tingyu didn't know whether Qu Zhi listened to her or not, but she said everything she should say.
In the end, Qu Zhi's paintings were placed in the corner of the first floor at a price of two hundred.
Qu Zhi's skills are there, but his paintings are indeed a bit impetuous, so the price of two hundred is reasonable.
After Qu Zhi left, Lu Weiguo put the painting he had just taken down back to its original display position.
Seeing that there were no outsiders, Qian Xiaohua talked about the situation when Qu Zhi came a few days ago.
"At that time, Qu Zhi brought two paintings to you, the boss, to ask for a price. It was not a day off and you were not there. I didn't know how to set the price, so I asked him to come back on a day off. He was a little unhappy at the time and said that I was playing tricks on him by asking him to take the paintings back and forth."
"Basically, those who supply paintings to our store know the time when you come. It's not the first time for him to supply paintings, so he must know it. I guess he misread the time that day." "
I was afraid that it would be inconvenient for him to carry the paintings, so I said that he could put the paintings here on the counter first and wait for you to come to see them. He disagreed and spoke as if he was afraid that our store would keep his paintings."
After listening to Shi Tingyu, he felt that it was difficult to say anything.
They have to sign contracts with the suppliers, okay?
Seeing that Qian Xiaohua was still a little angry, Shi Tingyu soothed him, "If this happens again next time, and they don't trust us, you don't have to ask again. If he wants to take it back, let him take it back."
Qian Xiaohua nodded.
She felt that she would not be so unkind the next time she met Qu Zhi.
After making sure that everything was fine in the store, Shi Tingyu reminded Shi Wenxue twice, and then went to the nearby post office with Lu Weiguo to deposit money.
On the other hand, Professor Qi also brought the student paintings that he had carefully selected to the gallery.
The student works are all of similar size, so the pricing is uniform and unbiased.
It was just that the timing didn't match with Shi Tingyu and the others this time, so in the end, Professor Qi placed the paintings directly in the store, said a few words to Shi Wenxue and the others, and asked Shi Tingyu to come over next time and take a look at them, and then left
. When Qian Xiaohua returned to the family courtyard, she went to Lu's house and mentioned this to Shi Tingyu, and Shi Tingyu asked her to hang the paintings in the booth reserved for students the next day.
She knew that Professor Qi would definitely not fool her with bad paintings, and his selection criteria would only be stricter than her own.
So Qian Xiaohua hung up the paintings the next day.
Unexpectedly, within three days, the two paintings were bought by buyers.
Shi Tingyu took the opportunity to tell Professor Qi about this when she went to Jinyi for class, and Professor Qi was happy that the paintings were sold at a higher price than his own.
Shi Tingyu smiled and said, "Please tell those two students to come to the gallery to settle the bill on their day off."
After she gave money to students last time, she thought about it and felt that it was not appropriate. It would be better to let the students go to the gallery to settle the bill. After all, a place like the school is not suitable for such things.
The gallery happened to be next to Jinyi, so it was convenient for students to go there.
Professor Qi agreed readily, with his mustache twitching, looking proud.
It was another day off, and Shi Tingyu and Lu Weiguo went to the studio early. Soon, two students from the Chinese painting class came to settle the bill.
After checking the information, Shi Tingyu asked Qian Xiaohua to pay them 95 yuan each.
It was the first time for the two to receive such a large amount of money. Their cheeks were red with excitement, and they thanked Shi Tingyu left and right.
Shi Tingyu waved his hand and said, "Don't thank me. If you want to thank someone, thank Professor Qi. He has made a lot of efforts to get two booths for you."
The two obviously didn't know this, but still said, "If you want to thank someone, thank both of you."
After saying hello to Shi Tingyu, they left.
Shi Tingyu vaguely heard the two talking about buying some food for Professor Qi, and excitedly said that they didn't expect that their paintings could also be sold for money. They earned ninety-five for one painting.
Shi Tingyu smiled and thought, they are still students.
At this moment, a powerful figure walked into the gallery. Shi Tingyu looked up and saw that it was Qu Zhi.
Seeing the other party's posture, Shi Tingyu asked in confusion: "Teacher Qu, what's the matter?"
Facing Shi Tingyu's face that looked a little cold, Qu Zhi's anger subsided a little, but the anger on his face did not completely disappear.
He stared at Shi Tingyu and questioned, "What do you mean, Boss Shi? Are you targeting me?"
Shi Tingyu was a little confused. The other party didn't even call him Professor Shi, but directly called him Boss. Judging from the tone of his voice, it seemed as if he was exploiting him.
The next moment, Qu Zhi spoke angrily: "Boss Shi, if you have any opinions about me, just say it directly. There is no need to treat me differently. When I came in just now, I heard the conversation between two students. They took 95 yuan for a painting, and the paintings of students in your gallery are priced at 100 yuan. That is to say, you only took half of them, but took a full 10% from me! Even capitalists are not as calculating as you."
Shi Tingyu's expression immediately turned cold, "I am a capitalist, so what are you, a painting seller? Let's cooperate and win-win, I don't owe you anything."
Although the national situation is not as serious as it was a few years ago, Shi Tingyu doesn't want to hear the other party slandering him like this.