When I came to the quiet corner on the second floor of the coffee shop and sat down, Mr. Rong immediately asked Ding Ding, "can you show me all the pictures, please?"
Ding Ding first took a look at Huang Ziping. He handed it to Huang Ziping when he agreed. Then he called the waiter and asked for a pot of instant coffee.
Mr. Rong opened the ancient paintings, took out an enlarged mirror and a fine mirror from his pocket, and spread out the ancient paintings with great interest. He nodded from time to time, then looked suspicious, occasionally said, impossible, how can it be, and so on. When Huang Ziping asked him questions, he didn't answer them. When the coffee came, he didn't drink it. And put the coffee far away from the painting, a pair of eyes only painting, forget the whole world.
Thinking that he was not in a hurry, Huang Ziping did not urge him, so he drank coffee, listened to music and waited patiently.
After studying for more than ten minutes, Mr. Rong said, "Dr. Huang, your painting is so strange..."
Huang Ziping said, "how strange is that?"
"It's genuine, but it's signed But he is a great poet, Du Fu, the poet saint. It's true that the inscription is his handwriting. "
Huang Ziping was confused: "I don't understand what's strange about this."
"There are many poems and few paintings handed down by Du Fu. I didn't even know he could draw, and he was so skillful. " Mr. Rong pointed to some details of ancient paintings of ladies and said, "it's very difficult to draw portraits. Compared with flowers, trees and landscapes, it needs more technology. But you can see that the control of these details is very good, and there is no pressure
"I don't understand painting."
"What do you want to know?"
"Whether it's genuine or not, the value."
"I can't answer you for the time being. I want to take it back and study whether it is painted by Du Fu. It's rather depressing, because the signature is Du Fu, and the inscription is also Du Fu, and the painting lacks evidence, so we should find out the evidence first. "
"How long will it take?"
"I don't know. It's hard to do the identification work."
"All right!" Huang Ziping was a little upset. What does Ellis mean? He did not lose such a painting clearly. "Let me ask a hypothetical question, assuming that the final conclusion is the authentic work of Du Fu. What do you think of the value?"
"Priceless, what is the most valuable thing? Only one. "
"Art is priceless, of course. I understand that. I asked about the market auction price."
Mr. Rong rolled up his paintings and began to drink coffee. He thought, "let me tell you something. Last year, a painting was auctioned in Hong Kong. It was a famous painting of the Sui Dynasty. It was a city view. It sold for 135 million dollars."
Huang Ziping was shocked: "is a painting so expensive?"
"Things are rare, but diamonds are expensive because they are scarce, right?"
"How much is the most expensive painting in the world?"
"There is no saying about the most expensive. If it comes to valuation, the most expensive is in Huaxia, but it will not be listed. For the price generated by the above market transactions, Paul Gauguin's "two Tahiti women" sold for us $300 million, which is the most expensive art piece in the world. "
Huang Ziping is speechless. NIMA, hundreds of millions of a painting. If it's used to launder money, why don't you take a painting with you? For example, when Ellis came in, he couldn't bring more cash. He had to use his card to carry a series of foreign exchange controls and a picture. Everything was done: "Mr. Rong, I'm shocked."
"I'm also shocked. If Dr. Huang doesn't mind, I want to study it."
"Do you want to go to the graduate school?"
"Yes, go through a procedure. Last insurance. If something goes wrong, you'll get paid."
"Oh, that's it." Huang Ziping is considering whether to do this identification? Hesitated for a few seconds, finally decided to do, "OK!"
"Thank you. Where did you get this painting from? "
"From a Norwegian friend of mine."
"It's cheap?"
"Thousands of euros!"
"Any other information? Like where your friend got this painting from. "
"No, it can't be. You can only study it yourself."
"It shouldn't be too late. Let's go through the formalities at once."
It's too urgent, but Huang Ziping can understand Mr. Rong's idea. Isn't there a saying that all those who engage in research are lunatics.
After checking out in a hurry and leaving the cafe, it took half an hour to go through the formalities. Huang Ziping and Ding Ding came out empty handed.
After getting on the bus, Ding Ding said to Huang Ziping, "boss, if the research is authentic, the reference price is 135 million US dollars. This is going to be issued, isn't it?"
Huang Ziping said: "it's not only the price, he refers to a painting of a great master in the Sui Dynasty. He didn't say the name of the master, so he should not be very famous. On the other hand, Du Fu is a famous poet. The poet is engaged in painting, and the painting is so exquisite, I think the price will certainly surpass. " Huang Ziping shrugged, "of course, it depends on whether it's authentic."
"I think it's better for them to study than for us to ask Mr. Ellis ourselves?"
"I just thought about it. It's not reliable. Maybe Alex doesn't know what's going on with the painting. He's not an expert"You mean, he has a little guess in his heart, which may be valuable or worthless? When I see you off? "
"Yes, we'll identify it ourselves. Anyway, this guy certainly didn't buy it. What costs nothing is equivalent to zero cost. Even if we identify great value, it will not suffer. Ah, people's hearts are too complicated, but it's good. Originally, I thought that if the value is too high, it would be better not to accept it. Now I have to accept it. No matter what its value is, Alex didn't give it to me because he knew it was valuable. On the contrary, if you don't give it to me, it may be a very ordinary painting. "
More than ten minutes later, Ding Ding drove to the parking lot of a supermarket. She got out of the car and went to the supermarket to buy food materials for cooking at night. Huang Ziping stayed in the car and waited. By the way, he made a phone call to Duan Mengying and told her about Alice and the ancient paintings. On hearing the value that may be identified, Duan Mengying laughs, and then says: people are better than dead people. The value of gifts you receive depends on the unit of 100 million. How can no one give me a gift of this value?
Huang Ziping said, "my daughter-in-law, isn't mine yours?"
"That's not the same."
"I'll send you. Is that ok?"
"No, it's comfort."
"Well, how about that?"
"No, I just want to run you. Then I'll tell you, I won't go back to dinner in the evening. I'll go to the provincial capital with my mother and have a meeting with the marketing department's team in charge of pharmacy expansion. "
"You didn't say that earlier? I also asked ding ding to buy the dishes you like... "
"Save it for tomorrow."
"That's not new."
"If you want to find Ling Menglei, she's boring. Hang up first. I'm still busy here."
When the phone hangs up, Huang Ziping calls Ling Menglei and asks her to take Chang Xin out half an hour later.
Ding Ding finished buying food, Huang Ziping said about the situation, two people immediately went to Wang Nuo's villa.
After receiving Ling Menglei, Huang Ziping sat in the back seat with her. He asked Ling Menglei, "Miss Ling, how did you talk with big brother bullet?"
Ling Menglei said: "in terms of superstars, we have worked out a few candidates who are likely to succeed, and he is responsible for them. I'm in charge of the newcomer here, and I'm still in charge of material knowledge. In fact, there are many candidates, but quite a few are difficult to find. "
"Money?"
"Spending money is on the one hand and breaking the rules on the other. Let's try to avoid it." Ling Menglei changed the topic and said, "has Miss Duan gone home?"
"She went to the provincial capital to talk business."
At home, Huang Ziping and Ling Menglei sit on the sofa drinking red wine and chatting, while Ding Ding and Chang Xin are responsible for cooking.
At 7:30, four people had dinner. After eating, Ling Menglei suggested going out for a walk. Let's go, but because she is a big star, what she said about walking is just sitting in the car and swimming in the river. Ling Menglei and Huang Ziping go in front, and Ding Ding and Chang Xin are behind.
Walking, Ling Menglei said to Huang Ziping, "doctor Huang, do you go to work?"
"Tomorrow, there are a lot of appointments. It's not good for patients to wait too long."
"I want to get back to work as soon as possible. I have nothing to do every day. I'm bored and feel like a useless person. Say a thing you don't believe, I think in my heart now, I don't like to be a star, I have to do all kinds of disguise when I go out. We can't go to places with a lot of people and a lot of excitement. We don't have ourselves at all. "
Huang Ziping really can't believe it, because Ling Menglei didn't think that way when she was treated. On the contrary, she said that she likes to be a star and can accept all kinds of inconveniences brought by her identity. How long has it been? Of course, it may be that she was in that field and felt that she had nothing to do when she came out. It's not until I come out that I can see clearly that it would be more comfortable not to be in that field.
Huang Ziping said: "Miss Ling, do you want to completely erase the star side? Can you go out like ordinary people, or do you feel uncomfortable and complain a little? "
Ling Menglei thought for a few seconds and then replied, "it's impossible to erase completely. Even if it is possible, I will deny myself. Besides, the company needs stars, right? I don't mean to complain. I just feel tired. I want to be simple. "
"You have to be simple. Just do it. Don't go out in the dark. The media likes to shoot enough."
"You can't do that, can you?"
"Why not? You are no longer in someone else's agency. You don't have to obey so many rules. In fact, those rules are also inhuman, even love is impossible, what? Anyway, since you have come out and started your own company, don't think about the rules any more. You can do whatever you want. "
"I'll try plain face tomorrow and go shopping without dressing up..."
"Yes."
"Running in the park?"
"Yes, it's up to you. Why do you have to design so many rules for yourself? If you like, do it in time. I've been through the gate of death many times, and I understand that regret is more painful than death. "