【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

Chapter 241 I don't know what to do without your help

After reading the storyboard designed by Lucas, Lin Pin'er was very satisfied. But she was also worried about Lucas's fee, because You Kunning said that he was a very good director, and being good meant that he was not cheap.

Lucas smiled and said, "You can pay me my commission in installments. Let's first talk about the cost of the venue and the cost of the props."

Lin Pin'er looked through the storyboards carefully, and then said to Lucas, "You can use my car to shoot the convertible sports car, I can find a way to borrow the dress, and we can buy the flowers ourselves. This way we can save a lot. I calculated that only the studio part and the post-production computer part need to be paid for in real money." After all, Lin Pin'er has started her own business and has shot many commercials and music videos before. She knows which materials are necessary and which ones can be saved. At this moment, she has already calculated the cost list of this music video in her notebook.

Lucas nodded: "Then see you tomorrow afternoon. Let's start preparing our respective parts now!"

After hanging up the video call, You Kunling volunteered: "Give me the two dresses, I'll help you with it."

Yin Yue also said, “When I go out for a run later, I’ll go to the flower shop I often pass by and ask if there are any cheap flowers.”

Lin Pin'er's eyes suddenly filled with tears again: "It's great to have you guys. I must write a song for you in the future! If you didn't help me, I really don't know what to do!"

Yin Yue couldn't stand their sentimentality the most. It's not that she had no feelings, but she never let herself cry in front of others. She thought that was uncool.

"I'm going out first, you guys continue." Yin Yue put on her shoes and ran out of the door.

Lin Pin'er also stood up and prepared to put on her shoes and go out: "I'll go to the basement and take a picture of the car and send it to you. There is a dress that needs to be matched with the car."

You Kunling also came over to put on his shoes: "I'll go with you. I'm also waiting for news from there."

The two girls went out hand in hand.

*

In the Guan Garden in the capital, Li Wan was also sleepy and waiting for her pillow. She wanted to make some achievements recently so that she could gain some face in front of everyone. Jia She introduced her to the wife of a high-ranking official, who planned to develop charity through the art activities held in the garden.

Li Wan immediately started writing a plan and sent it over. The two of them hit it off and quickly began to organize everyone to carry out the event.

The first activity was fan painting, which was held in the Fengyi Water Pavilion in Guanyuan. The weather in early May was very warm and very suitable for holding the activity, and the spring scenery in the garden was beautiful. Li Wan invited Jia Xichun back one day in advance, and the others were just there to accompany the event.

Under Jia Xichun's guidance, the fans were naturally very creative. But they didn't know that the highlight was actually the activities after the fans were painted.

Li Wan invited the wife of that high-ranking official and asked her to write inscriptions for the fans. She picked up the pen and started writing. She wrote corresponding poems and signatures on each fan, and then they were auctioned for charity.

The children were all shocked by the auction. A fan was sold for hundreds of thousands or even millions. The dozen or so fans sold that day were expected to bring in a total of two to three million.

Xue Baoqin took Jia Xichun's hand and said excitedly: "We should have done this a long time ago. We have enough funds for the second half of the year for this event."

Jia Xichun was a little skeptical, as she was just an unknown little dream painter. Although she had some fans on Weibo, she knew very well what her paintings were worth, and today's auction was a hundred times more than the value of her paintings.

Li Wan was following behind the wife of a high-ranking official, listening to her lecture: "Today's effect is good, let's hold it for three consecutive days according to this standard. When the holiday is over, our activities will also end."

Li Wan quickly took out a plan: "We can hold a fashion design event for tomorrow's event..."

The lady immediately gestured to stop and said: "Just continue painting the fan, no need to change to anything else. You have seen today that the effect is so good. Don't rush to innovate. What if you fail to innovate and lose the effect?" After saying that, she turned her head and looked at Li Wan. Seeing that she didn't look very well and looked embarrassed, she hurriedly analyzed it to her in a low voice.

"It's hard to judge the quality of this painting, and it's hard to measure its price. If we say it's good and meaningful, it's naturally valuable, and the people who buy it will naturally be happy. How can they tell whether your fashion design is good or not? Besides, everyone has different tastes and different body shapes. If you can't sell it at the auction, how can I help you?"

After hearing this, Li Wan had no choice but to nod in agreement, and the flattering reception went without saying.

The fan painting activity lasted for several days, and on the third day everyone started to give their opinions.

"Why do you paint fans every day? It's so boring and there's nothing new to come."

"That's right. I'm tired of drawing. I don't have any new ideas."

Xue Baoqin saw that everyone had objections, so she was the only one who stepped forward to help Li Wan mediate: "Let's just make do with it. We have raised so much money on the first day, so we can do whatever activities we want in the future..."

Jia Xichun interrupted her immediately: "I will not come tomorrow, no matter what my sister-in-law says. This good art activity has been turned into an assembly line, which completely tarnishes the word art."

Xue Wenke also said, "That's right. I observed it with a cold eye. Now we are the fans that remain unchanged, while the guests come and go over there. It's like we are producing the fans, while they call different people to auction them. What kind of nonsense is this? Are they treating us as cheap labor? Or are they treating us as a gimmick? As for the charity money, I didn't see a penny, nor did I see where the money was donated..."

“That’s right, we’re not going to do it anymore.”

"I quit!" Several tenants in the garden immediately quit. They were not related to Li Wan, and they had come to participate in the event just for fun and elegance. Now it has become a money-making event, and they don't get any benefits, so who will tolerate it?

Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, Li Wan hurried to find the high-ranking official's wife.

"Don't worry, those who don't want to participate can leave immediately. I will arrange a car to pick up some students from art schools. If they don't want to join, there are plenty of people who are willing to do it."

Li Wan nodded. Half an hour later, a bus stopped at the gate of Guanyuan Garden. A group of professional painting students lined up to enter the garden, and the event went smoothly.

After the wife of the high-ranking official finished writing the inscription, a new round of bidding began. Today's auction price hit a three-day high, with each fan being sold for a million. Only then did Li Wan realize that these people were not here to buy fans, they were clearly here to flatter the wife of the high-ranking official. They had no idea how a fan was painted and they only hoped to show their faces in front of her and be remembered well.