Chapter 1980 Modern Art (Please Give Me a Monthly Ticket!!! Please Subscribe!!! Please Recommend!!!)
Honestly speaking, Athena is much easier to deal with than Hera!
There is no way, Athena is really inexperienced, and she is not the kind of goddess who indulges in carnal desires. Not only that, she can even be said to be a little celibate in this regard. Of course, you can't say that this experience is bad. On the contrary, Kai thinks it is great.
Athena does not pull Kai to do that all the time. On the contrary, she prefers to hug each other and then tell each other about topics of interest to both parties.
If she is happy to talk, Athena may come, but the frequency is not high.
Most of the time, Kai either accompanies Athena to lie in the pavilion, not talking, or hugging each other and lying on the blanket, or accompanies her to watch various arts, including sculptures, paintings, singing and dancing, especially singing and dancing.
This is Athena's favorite project.
She has the largest open-air theater in the entire Heaven Star.
Here, there are always the best actors performing various programs, including singing and dancing and dramas. There are even people who give speeches there.
In short, when not enjoying the quiet, it is one of the places where Athena stays most often.
Another place is the military exercise room.
It is a very unique place, where you can see wars between Athena's followers on various planets.
It is also through here that Athena and her staff will deduce the progress of the war while responding to the prayers of the followers. Athena will really give revelation when she sees something pleasing to the eye.
This is also Athena's favorite place.
However, Athena has not been there these days.
In short, Kai's life can't be said to be happy these days, it can be said to be very happy.
Although he doesn't understand art and opera, to be honest, this misunderstanding is not understanding the modern art of mankind. Art is beauty, and everyone can appreciate it. Although not everyone can talk about this kind of beauty, beauty is a common thing, and it is the same all over the world.
Old farmers in the countryside can appreciate it, and the kings and the rich can also appreciate it.
The vulgar and the highbrow are actually a false proposition, and that thing is added by someone.
Look at the so-called modern art... complacent with obscurity and proud of being strange and bizarre.
Maybe some people really express themselves like that, but the question is, who the hell knows what your self is like? Outsiders can't understand it at all!
The older the art, the more pleasing it is to the eye. After all, the artists under Athena. Their art still has a kind of classical beauty, at least it won't make people confused. Abstract art in modern art has always been praised by many people.
But in fact, there are not many people who can really appreciate that stuff. But as long as it is mentioned, it seems that everyone can say a few words.
In Kai's opinion, that stuff is really not as good as this art with obvious ancient Greek style.
At least Kai is pleasing to the eye, whether it is a sculpture or a painting, it is very beautiful.
Good-looking, this is the most primitive expression of art.
Nothing is more important than this.
On the other side of the earth... Kai doesn't understand those so-called arts.
The most amazing piece of art Kai has seen is a piece of white paper!
A piece of white paper is the most imaginative, and no one knows what value of color a white paper can eventually present. But even if we use up all the protein in our brains, we still can't imagine that a piece of white paper can be sold as a top-notch artwork, and it was sold for 90 million. What's even more infuriating is that people can sell it for 400 million by just drawing a few circles on the paper lazily and listlessly. Seeing that a white paper and a few circles can actually be exchanged for a long string of numbers, some people were so angry that they directly changed Deng Ziqi's "Bubble" to: It's all "hype", just a moment of "deception"...
This is not a painting at all, it's not as good as my son's graffiti, how can it be sold for 90 million or even 300 or 400 million? So the question is, how much can my son's graffiti sell for? The god-level figure who can make a piece of white paper sell for 90 million is not Leng Jun who is good at drawing photos, nor is he Fan Zeng who is good at assembly lines, but Robert Lehman from the United States. Lehman's best painting method is to draw as little as possible, and not to draw if he can. Anyway, it's just to save trouble. It can also be said to be a lazy painting method. His works are like a piece of white paper with nothing on it. Maybe Westerners are not like us Chinese. When doing art, they also need to "rely on the Qin and Han dynasties for literature and the Tang dynasty for poetry". They are good at innovation and specialize in future science fiction. Lehman's minimalism is well-known in the West. No matter what doctrine it is, ordinary people don't understand it anyway. It just looks like that. Look at those audiences standing in front of his representative work "Untitled". Aren't they confused? But such a piece of white paper was sold at a sky-high price of 90 million. Do you think there are really such rich and stupid people in the world? Art in the eyes of Westerners is really incomprehensible. Even if you are ten thousand unconvinced, a piece of white paper was really sold for 90 million.
Maybe it's too disrespectful to the audience's IQ to sell white paper directly. A painter named Setompoli couldn't stand it anymore. He also painted "Untitled". In order to show his respect for the audience's IQ and his own dedication, he added a few circles on the white paper.
These circles were so remarkable that the art world regarded him as an outstanding representative of abstract art, so several of his graffiti circles were sold for a staggering 450 million yuan. In fact, abstract art, to put it simply, is like a painter playing hide-and-seek with you. His true thoughts are not to be told to you, but to have people perform various interpretations and guesses. As for how many circles Setomboli drew, in addition to paying tribute to the audience's intelligence, the critic's professional interpretation is that "the circles draw the pain of life." It's a pity that most viewers can't feel the so-called pain of life except for eye pain when looking left and right.
Forget it.
Others are more egregious.
For example, some people call the graffiti that an orangutan draws casually with a paintbrush a work of art.
By the way, there are also pig ones.
These are all true.
Can this thing have artistic value?
Hey, don't be angry, this thing has artistic value, and it's sky-high. Because this thing is not for ordinary people to play at all!
After all, in the art trading market, the lowest asking price for a piece of shit painted by someone unknown is tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands.
That's it, it's an entry-level product for low-level players.
Art collections often give people an enigmatic impression, and most people will be deterred due to a lack of appreciation of the collections. In fact, art is one of the three major investment areas alongside financial bonds and real estate.
In addition, it also plays a very important role, that is, money laundering!
The characteristics of art determine that it is one of the most convenient money laundering tools. There is no authoritative organization or valuation standard for determining the value of artworks, and they can easily be speculated to sky-high prices. Coupled with the opacity of art transactions, these factors determine that art has become the first choice for some people as a money laundering tool.
The money laundering techniques behind art auctions usually include the following: First, black money laundering. For example, if A needs to turn hundreds of millions of black gold into legal income, he can purchase artist B's works on the market at a price of 100,000 yuan each, and then wantonly speculate the value of these paintings into sky-high prices, and Send the painting to auction, and arrange for different people to auction it off at different auction houses through money laundering organizations at sky-high prices of 10 million yuan or more. The money will be paid with A's black gold, so that the black gold is laundered in the name of art investment. .
The second is corruption-style money laundering. Assuming that person A can control 100 million yuan in public assets, he can establish an art investment institution or art museum. Next, A finds B to join forces and sell the 10 million yuan worth of artwork that B sent for auction to 100 million yuan. The extra 90 million yuan can be turned into private money and shared by A and B through negotiation.
The third is related money laundering. Some sky-high transactions do not benefit both buyers and sellers, but launder money for related parties with whom they have no social relationship. A buys in a large amount of artist B's paintings one or two years in advance and turns the black gold into art. Then the money laundering organization arranges for C and D to work together to create a rising market price for B. Then A can sell B at any time at the auction house or gallery. works and transfer the proceeds to related parties to achieve the purpose of money laundering.
In order to maximize the profit of money laundering funds, the price of goods used for money laundering is generally increased by about 100 times, and the true price of the goods is part of the money laundering fee. Some money laundering transactions can be divided into two parts: real transactions and virtual transactions. For example, for a 430 million transaction, the real transaction part is 30 million, which requires actual payment, and the virtual transaction is 400 million, then the 400 million virtual part is used for money laundering. Cultural relics are used to launder money. The authenticity of the cultural relics on the auction house is not important, and it is better if they are fake, because the real price of the fake ones is lower, which reduces the handling fees for money laundering. For example, a fake Han Dynasty jade stool was sold for 200 million, a fake Song Huizong Thousand Character Inscription was sold for 100 million, a fake Qi Baishi shrimp was sold for more than 120 million, and a fake Xu Beihong oil painting was sold for 70 million.
There are also people who will find those so-called artists who are not famous and spend money to support them. As for whether those things are real works of art...it doesn't matter, as long as they have a gimmick. For example, the white paper and the gorilla drawing and the pig drawing just mentioned.
As long as there is a gimmick and attention, then find art critics and start talking about it!
Otherwise, how do you think those blank papers and graffiti are valuable?
Also, how do you think those art critics live? Their biggest source of income is to raise prices for people by making fun of them!
In short, it doesn’t matter whether it is art or not, and it doesn’t matter what the painting is. They will praise the artist and the artistic value of the so-called works of art.
Then you can start the game.
Do those who buy art really like art? The answer is of course not.
The two biggest purposes they buy this thing for are tax avoidance and money laundering!
After all, the price of this thing cannot be measured. As long as someone bids, then how much is it worth.
As a result, the so-called modern art has begun to go astray. It is either the author's ultimate personal expression, or it is really made casually, and there is no so-called artistry at all.
The only good thing is... they don't prey on the poor.
Do poor people need to avoid taxes?
Do poor people need to launder money?
So, it’s not surprising that Kai can’t understand those so-called arts. Who can understand that?
Kai told Athena about this matter, and Athena was angry and funny at the same time. Funny is how Kai describes it, and it is indeed funny. Especially the white paper one almost made Athena laugh to death.
Angry because art is her domain.
She is the patron saint of artists. She would not be happy if art was desecrated like this.
But she soon forgot about it.
Because Kai brought something new, a smartphone.
Although there was no way to access the Internet, Kai's smartphone itself had a huge memory. When he came, Kai asked artificial intelligence to download countless ultra-clear photos of classic art.
These works of art made Athena very happy.
Especially the works of the masters of oil painting and sculpture in the Renaissance, Athena liked them very much.
If Athena had to say that she had a preference, she preferred sculptures, and among paintings, she preferred natural scenery.
In short, both parties were quite satisfied.
The only one who was unhappy was Thor. He obviously asked Kai to do something, but what happened?
As soon as Kai came out, he went into the women's nest. Thor hadn't seen Kai for half a month.
This made Thor very unhappy.
The key is that Thor could do nothing but be unhappy. After all, this is someone else's territory. He is not afraid of making trouble in other people's territory, but if this is Kai's girlfriend's territory, Thor will not be able to get angry.
Fortunately... someone is more anxious than Thor.
That is Aphrodite. She originally wanted to make Athena fall, but these two people actually played pure love for her!
This is not right.
Aphrodite does not hate pure love. On the contrary, this goddess appreciates and even revels in pure love. But if the object is Athena, then it is not right.
Seeing that Athena is unlikely to fall into a lustful woman, she can't wait.
She has a better way, that is to make Kai fall in love with her!
Aphrodite is absolutely confident in this point!
Aphrodite has a magic weapon, a golden love belt. It hides her secret to seduce others. As long as the belt is worn on the waist, it can increase her own charm and arouse the attention and lust of others.
Coupled with her unparalleled charm, no one can ignore her.
Fortunately, Athena is not really idle. She can't sleep for a week like Hera... That's terrible.
Athena reluctantly bid farewell to Kai and went into her war room, where countless wars were starting and ending, and she had to pay attention to it.
She had already agreed with Kai that she could go to Earth to see him when she was free. Maybe Kai came to see her through the Rainbow Bridge.
In short, since there is already a connection, it won't be so easy to break it.
Kai was caught by Thor when he walked out of Athena's domain.
"Brother! I came to you for help! Can you solve the problem before picking up girls? I've been waiting for half a month."
Kai smiled bitterly and said, "Brother... I'm helping. Now you know the situation, right? If the two of us really go to the City of Almighty, there is almost no choice except to fight. If I don't appease these goddesses, we can't enter the City of Almighty."