Chapter 52

This is a strange painting.

The color of the picture is bright. The pen is direct and the bright lines outline the graceful figure of a * * girl. The girl lay on a bright red sofa with her head tilted. Her face was split in two. The black lines connected her nose and mouth from the background above her forehead.

If you distinguish carefully, you will find that this is a combination of half side face and half front face. This combination makes the picture look three-dimensional, which is also a common technique used by Picasso.

The strangest thing is the girl's hand. Judging from the color, fat, thin and shape, it can be clearly seen that this is not a person's hand. What's more interesting is that she has six fingers in each hand.

"I bought this painting from the United States last Christmas." Xia Wenyuan didn't know why Aoki suddenly asked about this, but after he came out of his dream, he had considerable trust in Aoki. "He has been hanging here since he bought it."

Aoki was close to the picture, and the tip of his nose was almost touching the paint. Generally speaking, it is very impolite to appreciate the painting in this way. It is easy to damage the painting. Even if it will not be touched, the moisture exhaled from the mouth is also a serious injury to the oil painting that is difficult to preserve.

Wu Lixia knew that Xia Wenyuan loved the painting very much and gently reminded: "the painting cost 150 million US dollars. It shouldn't have been hung directly on the wall like this."

"Oh, I see." Aoki is a little far away from the painting, but it still looks worrying. He will touch the paint off at any time. "You must like this painting very much."

"Of course." Xia Wenyuan said, "I don't need to invest in art to earn the price difference. If I don't really like it, I won't spend so much money to buy an oil painting and hang it in my study and watch it every day."

"Can you tell me why you like this painting so much? From the style and collection of books in the study, you still prefer oriental aesthetics. If the oil painting downstairs is to match the fireplace, the oil painting in your study is too strange." Aoki asked.

"Sir, you have a good eye! It's also the painting that is destined for me."

Xia Wenyuan praised Aoki, and then talked about the process of buying paintings.

"Last year, I was invited to a charity auction in the United States. At the VIP preview before shooting, I saw Picasso's dream. To be honest, I know little about western art and rarely collect relevant collections. But I liked this painting at the first sight. It has a feeling that I am very familiar with it, as if I had seen it somewhere."

"Such a famous painting must have seen pictures on the Internet or somewhere else!" Aoki said.

Xia Wenyuan said: "no, it's not that kind of familiarity. It's a feeling of 'long absence', just like meeting with relatives who have been separated for many years."

Aoki suddenly remembered a symbol of the hourglass of time. At that time, he also had a feeling of "long absence", so he could understand Xia Wenyuan's feeling. But he can be sure that he is inextricably linked with the symbol, and what does Xia Wenyuan have to do with a famous oil painting?

It's impossible to "haven't seen you for a long time" without any reason!

"Then you bought it?"

"Of course not." Xia Wenyuan said, "I'm a businessman. I won't buy a work of art worth more than 100 million dollars because of a temporary emotional impulse, but I don't know how to really appreciate it. You know, 100 million dollars can invest in a very good Hollywood film. If it is used to support the young people in the family, I can set up more than ten start-up companies."

Aoki has no concept of money, especially dollars, but he can still do simple arithmetic problems. What is $100 million? It is the income of a taxi driver who has driven continuously for 5000 years; It's like the price that 10 million cocktails can be sold at the back of the bar; Even if the women in the nameless alley at the entrance of Liuying alley do business without capital and receive 30 men every day, they have to work for 500 years to earn money.

"Then what prompted you to buy it?" Aoki asked.

Xia Wenyuan said: "You know, fate is a wonderful thing. At that time, I just had a little fluctuation in my heart and didn't intend to bid at the auction, but at the reception that night, Ronald Cohen, the chairman of the dream foundation, that is, the owner of the painting, sat right next to me. He introduced the context of the painting to me in detail, and I knew how much the painting was different from me Big fate. "

"I was born in 1932, and this painting was created by Mr. Picasso in 1932. That year, my mother gave birth to me in the war. This may be a coincidence, but there are more coincidental things. Picasso painted his lover Teresa. He should have painted many portraits of Teresa, but only this one is the most perfect."

"In 1927, they met at the railway station. Picasso was 30 years older than Leisha. My father and my mother also met in 1927, and there was a difference of 30 years between them. At that time, my father was a silk merchant with a rich family and a good name. My mother was a student of the National University. She was injured by the suppressed military police in a student parade, and my father saved her So there was me. The year I was born, the Songhu Anti Japanese war broke out. My father went to the front line with the materials he raised, but unfortunately disappeared in the war. My mother became ill and couldn't get up. When my father came back, the evergreen on her grave had already blossomed. "

"Cohen listened to my story and said that the painting existed for me. He suggested that I buy it. In order to show respect for my father and mother, he was willing to sell it to me at a very favorable price. It is well known that he bought the painting from Las Vegas tycoon Michael Jones for $155 million, and the price he offered me that day was only Five million dollars has been added to the original price. "

"Although so many coincidences make me excited, and the price is fair enough, I still won't buy it. As a qualified family manager, every decision I make may affect the fate of the family, so I must fully restrain my inflated desire, even if the business looks good."

Deja vu: "as like as two peas of Cohen's invitation to me, I finally know what the feeling of" deja vu "came from when I first saw it. The girl's posture in this picture is exactly the same as that of my daughter who took a picture.

"The more I look at her, the more I think she looks like my daughter Xiao. I even have an idea in my heart - she is my daughter. This painting is painted by the painter for my daughter."

"So I made up my mind to buy the painting. I asked Cohen to sell it to me. I thought he would take the opportunity to offer a high price. Unexpectedly, after he heard about my daughter, he readily reduced me another $5 million."

"Please forgive me," Aoki thought these coincidences were too strange. "Can you show me the picture of your daughter?"

Xia Wenyuan seemed a little hesitant, looked at Wu Lixia, and then nodded.

Wu Lixia took out a photo album from a drawer of her desk and took a photo out of it.

In the photo, a beautiful young woman leaned against the red sofa with her eyes closed. Sure enough, it was somewhat similar to the oil painting on the wall.

Aoki looked at the photo, scratched his messy hair and embarrassed his face. His expression was a little strange: this, isn't it Meimei's young mother?

"Excuse me, where is your daughter now?"

Xia Wenyuan suddenly looked sad: "Xiaoxiao died five years ago."