Chapter 1045 Full Support
Of course Bang is willing to do so. This kind of interview is just an advertisement for him, and he doesn't have to invest a dime! Even though he has already established a significant authority in the European and American tattoo circles, who would dislike being famous and making a lot of money?
A standard news interview with a big shot lasted about 30 minutes. The reporter told Bang that they needed enough tattoo design materials. The problem was that Bang and Liu Lan had just started working together and the agreement they signed was still hot. After careful consideration, Liu Lan still decided to calculate the price by word count, $5,000 per word, and the contract period was tentatively set at one year.
Why is it $1,000 more than the $4,000 that was previously sold to Maria? Because Bang believes that Jason and Maria have helped Liu Man to gain fame. They are like Liu Man’s living models. If ordinary people want to get a tattoo, they must see the finished product! Those who really want to get a Chinese character tattoo and can afford $4,000 will not mind paying an extra $1,000.
After Liu Lan came back, she received a message from Bang telling her that another customer had made an appointment for a Chinese character tattoo. He also sent the customer's requirements to her, but Liu Lan had no time to deal with the matter.
Only after Professor Su reminded her did she remember.
She told Professor Su everything about her collaboration with the American tattoo artist.
Su Yi has never dealt with anyone with tattoos in his life. In the perception of the older generation, tattoos are not a respectable thing. He has never thought that calligraphy could be related to tattoos.
After accepting Liu Lan as his apprentice, he has seen a lot of new things. Fortunately, he is a trendy guy and is very quick to accept new things. He also saw the tattoo photos of Jason and others on the Internet. They are indeed completely different from his old ideas, but he doesn't think there is anything evil about them.
Artworks such as calligraphy and painting are originally a niche circle. They follow the principle that scarcity makes things valuable. The fewer works circulating on the market, the higher the price can be. Therefore, a calligrapher may earn the same amount of money from writing 10,000 works as he does from writing 100. Moreover, it is often after the death of a calligrapher that his works will appreciate more significantly. This is the same reason why those painters were poor during their lifetime and became famous after their death. Under this premise, Su Yi had previously suggested that Liu Man should not sell her works casually to avoid flooding the market and causing depreciation. As a result, Liu Man found such a way to make money in another way.
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Tattoos are different from paper calligraphy. They cannot be circulated and once they are tattooed on the body, they cannot be moved. There is no such thing as the more tattoos you have, the more depreciated it will be. On the contrary, the more audiences there are, the more people will follow suit, which will directly increase the value of Liu Man's works and indirectly export Chinese character culture to the United States, killing two birds with one stone.
Su Yi felt his heart boiling just thinking about it. He was a man in his eighties and there were not many things that could excite him.
He and several colleagues in the calligraphy world have opened live calligraphy courses on Xuewen Tumo. The considerable income from live broadcasts is one aspect, but more importantly, the number of young people interested in calligraphy is increasing day by day. In addition to checking Weibo for half an hour every morning, he also spends half an hour reading letters from fans. When many people encounter something they don't understand while practicing calligraphy, they send him private messages to ask questions. He patiently answers them and selflessly passes on his eighty years of calligraphy experience to these strangers on the Internet whom he has never even met.
So Su Yi lived a fulfilling life every day. He became strong and walked with a breeze. Su Juan sometimes complained that her father walked too fast and she had to jog to keep up with him.
It can be said that Liu Lan deserves half of the credit for this. When Su Yi looked at her, he felt happy and relieved from the bottom of his heart.
Liu Lan thought that Professor Su would complain about her selling her calligraphy to Americans without his consent, but he was smiling all the time. She wondered, "Aren't you angry?"
Su Yi asked back, "Why should I be angry?"
Liu Man chose her words carefully, "Calligraphy is elegant, but tattoos...are still not mainstream in society."
"Then you are wrong. I don't think calligraphy is something elegant. It's just writing. Some people write well, some write badly. We can't deprive anyone of the right to write, and we can't elevate a few words to a high position. At my age, I can see things more openly. I am no longer interested in fame and reputation. I just want you to inherit my legacy and let more people regain their interest in calligraphy. If tattoos can increase their interest, this attempt is not a bad idea. Just like the live broadcast we do, it's always right to keep up with the times."
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