LIVING WITH VAN GOGH

00:00:51:07 , 00:00:53:01 , We met in our village

00:00:53:04 , 00:00:55:13 , She came here before we married

00:00:56:06 , 00:00:58:20 , I brought her to the city

00:00:58:22 , 00:01:01:19 , First she worked in a factory, for…

00:01:01:23 , 00:01:03:05 , Six months ? | Yes

00:01:03:09 , 00:01:06:04 , Then she started to work with me

00:01:06:05 , 00:01:09:00 , She started out preparing the meals

00:01:09:11 , 00:01:12:12 , Then she began to learn to paint

00:01:12:19 , 00:01:14:22 , She is learning little by little

00:01:15:02 , 00:01:17:03 , with a lot of effort

00:01:18:03 , 00:01:21:15 , Girls learn faster than boys

00:01:22:10 , 00:01:25:14 , Boys lack patience

00:02:00:22 , 00:02:05:08 , At the factory we did not have any freedom

00:02:05:13 , 00:02:08:06 , You always have to ask the boss

00:02:08:11 , 00:02:11:07 , even for the slightest break

00:02:11:10 , 00:02:16:04 , ask the team leader, factory foreman, personnel director, the boss

00:02:17:24 , 00:02:20:17 , Even to go to the toilet

00:02:20:22 , 00:02:23:23 , It's limited to five minutes

00:02:25:12 , 00:02:28:00 , Limited time...

00:03:00:22 , 00:03:03:06 , What are your criteria for choosing a painting?

00:03:03:19 , 00:03:07:00 , To be in harmony with the interior decor

00:03:07:07 , 00:03:10:15 , That it matches the colors of the walls

00:03:10:18 , 00:03:13:07 , We are not connoisseurs

00:03:13:12 , 00:03:15:24 , We chose it to match the decor

00:03:18:01 , 00:03:20:08 , Our music school also sells pianos

00:03:20:11 , 00:03:22:23 , The paintings decorate our store

00:03:25:22 , 00:03:29:21 , Paintings in the hallways and classrooms

00:03:29:24 , 00:03:33:08 , make a good impression on the parents of students

00:03:33:13 , 00:03:37:11 , The children come to study classical music

00:03:37:15 , 00:03:40:23 , As our work is of an artistic nature,

00:03:41:02 , 00:03:43:24 , we chose paintings that say "Art"

00:03:44:16 , 00:03:48:23 , These paintings will be hung in the hallways

00:04:37:04 , 00:04:40:10 , It is an order for an exclusive client,

00:04:40:19 , 00:04:42:21 , a Dutch bank.

00:04:43:02 , 00:04:46:13 , I supply them with copies of Van Gogh

00:04:47:22 , 00:04:50:13 , Their prices are low

00:04:50:20 , 00:04:54:10 , but they only go through me

00:04:55:08 , 00:04:57:00 , How long is it ?

00:04:58:07 , 00:04:59:16 , 100 by 150 cm

00:05:01:11 , 00:05:04:13 , The bank is being established in China

00:05:04:17 , 00:05:06:21 , Entirely foreign investments

00:05:07:13 , 00:05:10:10 , Van Gogh was a well-known Dutch artist

00:05:10:17 , 00:05:13:24 , the bank made him an emblem

00:05:14:11 , 00:05:18:13 , The bank branches are named | with Van Gogh’s painting titles

00:05:19:01 , 00:05:21:21 , Like “Café d'Arles” ...

00:05:22:07 , 00:05:25:15 , The bank’s clients are Chinese and foreigners

00:05:25:22 , 00:05:28:17 , The bank only invests US dollars

00:05:30:04 , 00:05:32:08 , The minimum deposit is $100,000

00:05:32:14 , 00:05:35:02 , that’s the minimum to open an account

00:05:35:05 , 00:05:38:06 , The bank gives a painting to every new client

00:05:40:22 , 00:05:42:02 , Do you have the number?

00:05:50:05 , 00:05:55:21 , Here the Market and Art come together

00:08:16:14 , 00:08:19:17 , Here’s what we use to paint a series,

00:08:19:24 , 00:08:21:10 , a stencil

00:08:21:15 , 00:08:23:11 , With an ink roller

00:08:24:06 , 00:08:25:18 , It makes it easy

00:08:25:21 , 00:08:27:24 , Like for “The Sunflowers”

00:08:28:03 , 00:08:29:20 , Here is “The Irises”

00:08:30:09 , 00:08:33:13 , We print the outline on the canvas

00:08:34:18 , 00:08:36:20 , It saves time sketching

00:08:38:22 , 00:08:43:20 , The red ink goes through and prints on the canvas

00:08:46:20 , 00:08:49:00 , Here are the printed designs

00:08:49:19 , 00:08:55:01 , We just have to color it in

00:09:02:10 , 00:09:05:15 , We have orders by hundreds

00:09:05:22 , 00:09:08:18 , Just roll it and it’s done

00:10:30:21 , 00:10:32:04 , If you are fast

00:10:32:09 , 00:10:34:17 , you can paint a copy in an hour

00:10:34:21 , 00:10:36:22 , When you go fast

00:10:37:08 , 00:10:38:19 , it takes 15 minutes

00:10:38:22 , 00:10:42:04 , One of my students was that fast

00:10:52:22 , 00:10:55:20 , We did not paint so fast in school

00:10:56:03 , 00:11:02:11 , I was surprised later to paint 20 paintings a day

00:11:04:05 , 00:11:09:05 , In school we painted a painting in a week, in a month

00:11:12:23 , 00:11:16:01 , Once I got an order for small formats,

00:11:17:10 , 00:11:19:22 , 17,000 copies of the same paintings

00:11:19:24 , 00:11:22:03 , It was the minimum order

00:11:22:18 , 00:11:25:19 , That’s my worst memory

00:11:25:24 , 00:11:29:12 , We started at 9:30 a.m.

00:11:30:02 , 00:11:33:01 , We painted until 6 a.m.

00:11:33:12 , 00:11:37:07 , 21 hours of “The Sunflowers”

00:11:39:08 , 00:11:42:16 , We would fall asleep in the toilets

00:11:49:01 , 00:11:54:10 , This order is for 2,000 "The Sunflowers "

00:11:55:06 , 00:11:57:03 , plus the "Café d'Arles"

00:11:57:07 , 00:12:00:17 , A total of more than 7,000 copies of Van Gogh

00:12:01:06 , 00:12:04:13 , I have two months to finish

00:12:04:24 , 00:12:07:10 , We make 10 Yuans (1€) per painting,

00:12:07:21 , 00:12:10:17 , Not even. | 8 Yuans (0,8€) per copy

00:12:13:13 , 00:12:16:16 , There are always orders for “The Sunflowers”

00:12:16:20 , 00:12:18:20 , There will always be

00:12:22:10 , 00:12:24:12 , Van Gogh, Monet and Picasso,

00:12:24:16 , 00:12:27:07 , are the artists that sell here

00:12:27:11 , 00:12:31:03 , Van Gogh is the most popular

00:14:35:05 , 00:14:38:18 , Painters earn 2,000 or 3,000 Yuans per month

00:14:38:21 , 00:14:42:05 , Less the materials, that’s what’s left

00:14:43:01 , 00:14:46:13 , A lot of painters live from Van Gogh

00:14:47:03 , 00:14:50:04 , They are minimum…

00:14:50:12 , 00:14:52:03 , a hundred

00:15:46:16 , 00:15:48:17 , The rents are too expensive

00:15:48:19 , 00:15:52:18 , Sharing between two families, that’s O.K.

00:15:57:00 , 00:16:00:12 , My brother-in-law and his wife learned from me

00:16:00:15 , 00:16:02:14 , They have been painting for 7 years

00:16:02:15 , 00:16:06:16 , They can’t afford their rent, 1,000 Yuans (100€) per month

00:16:06:23 , 00:16:08:22 , with 3 children

00:16:18:02 , 00:16:21:24 , When I arrived in Shenzhen, I worked in a factory

00:16:22:03 , 00:16:25:12 , paid 0,50 Yuans (0,05€) an hour

00:16:26:07 , 00:16:29:13 , After a year I was promoted to designer

00:16:29:18 , 00:16:31:19 , I always loved drawing

00:16:31:21 , 00:16:34:16 , I designed artisan objects

00:16:35:06 , 00:16:37:11 , I visited out of curiosity,

00:16:37:16 , 00:16:39:11 , then I set up shop here

00:16:41:10 , 00:16:44:24 , In 1994, a painter started to do Van Gogh

00:16:45:04 , 00:16:48:23 , The price per copy was not much, at 45 Yuans (4,5 €)

00:16:50:01 , 00:16:52:18 , Clients found out that we did the "The Sunflowers"

00:16:52:23 , 00:16:55:05 , Due to demand the price went up

00:16:55:11 , 00:16:57:04 , 150 Yuans per copy in 1995

00:16:57:11 , 00:17:02:03 , In this building alone ten painters did Van Gogh

00:17:02:09 , 00:17:05:20 , From the first through the third floor

00:17:06:05 , 00:17:08:08 , Buyers knew us

00:17:08:13 , 00:17:11:04 , As soon as it was painted it was sold

00:17:11:06 , 00:17:14:07 , They came at midnight to buy

00:17:14:19 , 00:17:17:22 , At 70 Yuans (7€) per copy, "The Sunflowers" sold

00:17:18:06 , 00:17:20:14 , Money came in everyday

00:19:09:18 , 00:19:12:24 , At they outset there were two or three of us

00:19:14:23 , 00:19:18:14 , We trained students to lower our costs

00:19:20:08 , 00:19:23:05 , The older ones gave their students work

00:19:23:09 , 00:19:25:16 , They took the margin

00:19:26:00 , 00:19:28:22 , My paintings are more expensive

00:19:29:04 , 00:19:31:08 , because I take the time

00:19:31:21 , 00:19:36:02 , My students set prices at the lowest

00:19:36:09 , 00:19:39:13 , We charge 20 Yuans and pay the students15 Yuans

00:19:39:17 , 00:19:42:17 , They can ask 17 Yuans directly from a buyer

00:19:42:22 , 00:19:44:24 , So, they can earn 2 Yuans more

00:19:45:23 , 00:19:49:05 , The buyers ask me to meet the student’s price

00:19:49:07 , 00:19:51:03 , If not, they’ll buy from the students

00:19:51:08 , 00:19:53:23 , Thus, the master does not sell any more

00:19:54:03 , 00:19:57:00 , I have to sell at their price

00:19:57:05 , 00:19:59:15 , It’s an auction for the lowest price

00:20:00:11 , 00:20:04:17 , Before we sold for 100 Yuans, | today it’s 18

00:20:05:16 , 00:20:08:23 , The minimum was between 60 and 80 Yuans

00:20:09:19 , 00:20:13:10 , Now it’s 18 Yuans (1,8€), including materials

00:20:13:18 , 00:20:15:15 , We can’t make a living

00:20:15:21 , 00:20:19:02 , Before we used more paint

00:20:19:06 , 00:20:21:16 , It cost 10 Yuans

00:20:21:24 , 00:20:24:07 , Now we use 5 Yuans of paint

00:20:47:16 , 00:20:50:09 , You can see paintings in the trashcans

00:20:50:13 , 00:20:54:23 , It’s the unsold ones we throw out

00:21:15:04 , 00:21:18:05 , Impressionism | Van Gogh, Monet, Flowers

00:22:58:17 , 00:23:03:14 , There’s no more creation | We just remix

00:23:04:09 , 00:23:05:24 , Who creates anything?

00:23:07:00 , 00:23:09:01 , We take a photo,

00:23:09:06 , 00:23:12:03 , we copy a little and modify a little,

00:23:13:09 , 00:23:16:02 , we mix it, | and that’s a painting

00:23:30:08 , 00:23:33:04 , The prices of paintings is going down,

00:23:33:06 , 00:23:37:19 , because we only imitate others

00:23:37:24 , 00:23:42:12 , A painting worth millions is sold here for a few Yuans

00:24:22:03 , 00:24:24:00 , There is also an advantage

00:24:24:02 , 00:24:25:24 , Copying created an industry

00:24:26:18 , 00:24:30:01 , Art is not a privilege for the rich

00:24:31:10 , 00:24:36:03 , Anyone can buy it and decorate his life

00:24:36:07 , 00:24:38:19 , That’s a positive point |