"Hello, Miss Caroline, I am Jerry's art agent. My name is Zhou Yang. Of course, you can call me directly by my English name Charlie." Zhou Yang smiled and greeted an intellectual and elegant girl.

Zhou Yang did not expect that the person who was interested in Liu Xiaojie's paintings was actually a staff member of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Does Liu Xiaojie want Tianhu to start? The first oil painting for sale will be collected by the Metropolitan Museum?

Well, he was thinking too much. It was just that this young girl named Caroline was interested in collecting Liu Xiaojie's paintings.

However, this is enough to make Zhou Yang pay attention to it. After all, the Metropolitan Museum is a holy place for American art. If you can enter the real circle of artists in New York through the girl in front of you, it would be like a carp leaping on the dragon gate for Liu Xiaojie.

Although the probability of this is also very low, after all, most of the employees working in museums are just ordinary people who get paid at work. But as the saying goes, don’t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of if.

"Can you tell me why Jerry Liu chose to paint this work?"

"Of course, because this year is the election year, Jerry is an international student who has just come to the United States for less than a year. Although his painting skills are very good, he has no chance to get in touch with the real art circle in New York, so he has no way to sell his works.

But he had to support himself, and the easiest thing to sell among them was to draw portraits. From the initial sketches that helped people draw $10 a picture on the street to the later colored pink paintings that cost $100 a picture, Jerry relied on his artistic talent and hard work to finally no longer had to worry about eating and sleeping.

But when he really had the conditions to calm down and start artistic creation, he immediately faced a very difficult problem. That is, how to find a balance between the painter's personal artistic expression and market acceptance.

This year happens to be the four-year U.S. election year, so Jerry and I decided to take advantage of the popularity of the election and create a series of oil paintings with the theme of the US president.

President Kennedy is one of the most popular presidents in the history of the United States, and Americans still miss him very much. However, when Jerry was collecting information about President Kennedy, he took a look at the original photo of the painting copied.

Even in the Oval Office, the center of American rights, even as the president of the United States and the leader of the most powerful country on earth, Mr. Kennedy has not forgotten his other identity, that is, the father of the child.

Putting aside power and money, the warmth of father and son is the heartwarming American dream!” Zhou Yang began to brag about his roommates endlessly.

Of course, he did not forget to praise Kennedy, because the girl in front of him would not have thought about buying this painting if she was not Kennedy's supporter, so he would definitely have agreed to his preferences.

Seeing the tears flashing in the other party's eyes, Zhou Yang wondered whether his empathy ability in speech had improved again, and he almost cried the girl.

"Thank you for your praise, let's talk about its price. If your offer is right, I don't mind writing a check now!" The blonde girl restrained her emotions.

"$3,000, what do you think?" Zhou Yang was going to offer a price of $2,000, but when he saw that the other party's tears were so low, the price immediately increased.

"Mr. Charlie, this price is enough for me to go to Greenwich Village by myself and find a professional painter to customize ten paintings!" Caroline said dissatisfiedly.

"First of all, Jerry's painting level is also professional. His father studied painting at the Higher Academy of Fine Arts in Paris, and he himself received an orthodox art education with his father's help since he was six years old.

Secondly, the most fascinating thing about artwork is the improvisational creation that contains the artist's thoughts. If strict rules and regulations are set in advance, then the work will have no soul.

The most valuable part of the work we are discussing is that it embodies the great touching of a foreign painter to the American dream when he first arrived in the United States and saw a presidential father and son who were as warm as countless ordinary American families.

If you strip away this part of your emotions, instead of customizing a lifeless copy of oil painting, you might as well just wash and print an original photo." Zhou Yang retorted patiently.

"Okay, you are indeed a good-looking agent. I decided to buy it at the 3,000 US dollars you offered!" Caroline thought for a while, and actually agreed to Zhou Yang's offer.

This made Zhou Yang wonder if he had lost money. He could buy $5,000 if he was cruel. So when he took the check signed by the other party on the spot, he always felt that things were going too smoothly, so he checked it carefully.

Sure enough, Zhou Yang found the reason in the check signature column. It was not that there was a problem with the check from Chase Manhattan Bank in his hand, but that the signature of the check surprised him very much.

Caroline Kennedy, translated into Chinese, is Caroline Kennedy.

Zhou Yang suddenly guessed the identity of the girl beside him, who was President Kennedy's daughter. So the person in the painting was actually her closest father and younger brother. No wonder she was so moved just now, it turned out that Zhou Yang was poked to the sad place.

In addition to being a political giant in the United States, the Kennedy family is also a billionaire. So Zhou Yang did lower the price, because for the American princess in front of him, there is no difference between $3,000 and $5,000.

If Zhou Yang remembers correctly, when she later served as ambassador to Japan, she disclosed her financial information. Her total net worth of family trusts, stocks, bonds, real estate, etc. was more than US$200 million.

"Miss Caroline, I don't know that Mr. Kennedy is your father. If you want, I want to give you this painting to express my respect for Mr. President!" Zhou Yang said and handed the check back.

"No, as you said before, the value of an artist should be respected. In fact, at first, I thought you knew who I was, after all, it was not a secret for New Yorkers.

But later, I found that you really don’t know me. Since you and your friends are not creating this work with the purpose of approaching me, I am willing to buy it." Caroline showed a sincere smile to Zhou Yang for the first time.

"Uh..." Zhou Yang thought for a few seconds and decided to tell the truth, "I want to say that you may make a judgment too early, maybe I am not as simple as you think.

A friend of mine is a lawyer at Davie Law Firm. She and I are preparing to file an unconstitutional lawsuit against the New York City government, asking the New York City government to protect the right of street artists to free speech.

I think she might think that if this matter attracts your interest, then her chances of winning will be higher. You know, New York is the territory of the Democratic Party after all!"

Zhou Yang smiled at the other party a little embarrassedly. The moment he saw the signature "Kennedy", he had already guessed the whole story of the matter.

There are so many coincidences in this world. A person who just jumps out of the way is the daughter of the US President.
Chapter completed!