The Book of Appreciation

Yan Ju glanced at the oil painting that had been carefully put away by the boss, and said unwillingly:

"Hearing what you said, I also feel that I have a little feeling for this painting! But, why did you pick up so many big leaks that were placed in the open in just a few days? It seems that the identification here Teachers and collectors are all fools, Xiao Wu, do you have any special tricks?"

Wu Di smiled wryly, yes, but I can't tell you, if you insist on asking, then I'll just start fooling around!

"Actually, this question is easy to explain. Because after all, not everyone has the awareness to find a professional appraiser to appraise his collection, and not everyone who looks for an appraiser will be able to meet a high-level, responsible person. Responsible appraiser. I don’t know if you have noticed. Most of the paintings I missed are not original works, or just one of a certain series. This is actually a reason why the light is dark. In people’s subconscious, this Since the painting has been collected by a certain museum, when they see the same painting appearing on the market, they will first position it as a fake, so that those who can afford it will probably ignore it past."

Yan Ju lowered his head and thought for a while, then shook his head with a wry smile:

"In the final analysis, it's a question of level! Just like me, even if I know the truth of being dark under the lights, I don't have the vision to distinguish which ones are really dark under the lights, and which ones are purely dead from seeing the light!"

Wu Di also shook his head with a wry smile. In this regard, his real level may be similar to that of Yan Ju.However, with the backing of the Heavenly Book, which never makes eye contact, he will have more confidence than them, and will progress faster than anyone else. One day, he will grow into a person who does not rely on the Heavenly Book and is better than everyone You must be a real master of appraising treasures!

While the boss was graciously sending them off, the three of Wu Di passed through the long and narrow exhibition hall of the gallery and walked towards the outside of the store.He casually browsed the immature paintings on the wall, while discussing the problem of darkness under the lamp with Yan Ju, suddenly, a huge landscape painting caught his attention, which made him slow down unconsciously. step.

"Boss, why didn't you see this painting just now?"

"Are you talking about this "Summer Evening"? A student just brought this one yesterday. He said it was given by a friend during his winter vacation, but now he is in urgent need of money, so he wants me to help. He dealt with it. This painting is very good, but the price is a bit high..."

"Hehe, Boss, the price of any good work here seems to be a bit high."

"This one is different, it's really a bit high, it costs 70 euros."

Wu Di was taken aback,

"70? So high? I don't know how the price was determined?"

"Sir, I didn't set the price, but the student said it. However, if you really like it, I can remove the part of the consignment fee for you, and you only need to pay 65. "

Wu Di nodded,

"65? Can it be lower?"

"This... another [-] discount, if you still think it's too high, I can't help it."

Wu Di glanced at the screen again, and motioned to the military adviser to pay the bill!

Yan Ju opened his mouth in surprise when he saw the lightning-fast deal between the two. He hadn't seen the painting clearly yet, but the deal was already done!Moreover, the transaction price is not generally high, more than 600 million RMB!Could it be that this one is authentic?

"That's right, this one is the real one. It's Isaac? Ilyich? Levitan's real one!"

Wu Di suppressed the joy in his heart and nodded firmly.

Isaac?Ilich?Levitan was a great Russian realist landscape painter.His works follow the tradition of realistic narrative landscape painting, and open up a new field of lyrical landscape painting. They are not only rich in profound philosophy, but also good at expressing social phenomena in a general way.

This "Summer Evening", also known as "The Abyss", is huge in scale, with the whole picture exceeding three square meters. It is a masterpiece of his later years.

The picture is a small lake beside an uninhabited dense forest. On this small lake, there is a simple wooden bridge. The whole picture is beautiful and peaceful.But this picture tells a sad story: a miller's daughter fell in love with a young farmer, but was firmly opposed by the daughter's father.In the end, he managed to bribe the conscription bureau and arrested the young man as a soldier.At that time, the military service of the police was lifelong, so the girl felt desperate when she heard the news, so she jumped into the pool from the bridge.

The scenery of this painting is no different from the real one. Through the dense forest and the rolling clouds above, the painter conveyed a kind of breathless sadness to every audience who knew the story. The hesitant and gloomy emotions of Russian progressive intellectuals permeate the picture, which is very contagious.

"Levitan? A Russian realist painter? My God, how did you recognize the masterpieces of these people?"

"Feeling, or an instinctive intuition. I have been reading related books introducing well-known European painters these days. I just saw Levitan's information last night. I didn't expect to be able to apply what I have learned today. Haha, I In my heart..."

Yan Ju's face was as black as the driver of an old steam train, and the two white winding marks on it were tears from his heart.your sister!I'm also watching that big book, and I've seen Levitan, but why did you recognize it at a glance, but I haven't remembered who the author is?

"Well, Brother Yan, are you 42 this year? Do you take Liuwei Dihuang Wan every day?"

"Get out! Boss, do you have a knife here? No? Scissors are fine too, I'm fucking fighting this kid!"

After paying the bill, the military division returned his bank card to Wu Di,

"Fifth brother, maxed out."

Wu Di took it with a wry smile, maxing out is a trivial matter, the key is that he still owes Zhongqi 3 million!

When they got back to the hotel, Yue Ge had already woken up, and he couldn't help being surprised when he saw that the military division had brought back two oil paintings.

"Boy, you won't tell me that in such a short time, you picked up two more world masterpieces, right?"

Wu Di grinned, but before he could speak, Yan Ju beside him spread his hands, his face full of helplessness,

"A piece of "Evening Bell" by Corot, and a piece of "Abyss" by Levitan. Old man, you don't know the feeling of watching others pick up leaks, but you don't even know who painted the painting. It's really like hearing the death knell, like facing the abyss! I think my mental age has caught up with your old man at the moment!"

"Go away, old man, I'm young! Hurry up, hurry up and let me have a look, and I'll find you two more people to replace them later."

Wu Di gave a wry smile,

"Old man, I like these two paintings very much. Can we talk about the exchange later?"

"Okay, I'm throwing a list, tell me after you read it, if you can still stick to your position, ok, nothing to say, old man, I will give you a word of convincing!"

"List? Father, Augustus has a letter?"

"Hehe, the old guy didn't come, he said he went home to prepare things. He sent someone to send a list, and he also invited you to London to see the real thing. How about it? I said he can't run away?"

Wu Di was about to speak, when suddenly he heard an earth-shattering pig-killing scream from Yue Ge's room,

"Shang Dynasty ivory cup inlaid with turquoise! ​​Tang Dynasty gilt dancing horse title cup pattern leather pouch style silver pot! Warring States period white jade inlaid agate mixed with gold and silver double living ear vase! Ru porcelain engraved dragon pattern large plate! Two full pages of catalog! Let Lei hack me to death, how can I live after seeing these things!"

The old man raised his eyebrows at Wu Di,

"The list just means that all the items on it are within the scope of selection, not that all of them will be exchanged for your one. Or, let's not tell him the news?"

The black line at Wu Di's head, the dignified old man, and the serious and cautious Yan Ju, the two of them have only been with him for a few days, why have they all changed to be similar to those guys like Wang Yuwan and Chi Menghua?

"Here, Xiaowu, look, there are only three pieces of Ru porcelain on it. I don't ask too much. You can just wash this azure brush for me. Also, there are so many blue and white flowers in the Qing Dynasty. You can do it." All right, just donate two things to brother as you like..."

Yue Ge couldn't help but slap Yan Ju on the back of the head,

"Do as much as possible to embarrass me, don't let people know that I am your uncle!"

Now it was Wu Di's turn to be dumbfounded.

"I'm afraid Mr. Meng is ninety-three this year, isn't he? Mr. Yue, you..."

"I just entered the teacher's school for a year, and the master is gone, and the rest are all learned from the elder brother. Everyone in the circle knows about this, and you, a freak, don't know anything except picking up leaks every day!"

Wu Di sneered twice, there were too many things this year, let alone this circle, many old friends from the past rarely contacted each other, and they had to walk around one by one when they were free.

"Hey, why don't you care about the old man calling him uncle?"

"The old man said that he learned everything from my master, which is almost equivalent to a prostitute. Although the issue of seniority can't be messed up, there is no need to talk about the uncle every day... Besides, isn't it still bluffing?" with someone?"

Wu Di smiled and blinked,

"Since you are in this relationship, it will be the same to play the recording to the old man later..."

"Get lost! Do I really want to turn my back on me again? I'll just turn my back on it and strangle you to death, you stinky brat!"

Yue Ge glanced at the two young people who were at least fifteen or sixteen years apart with a headache, frowned and said:

"Augustus didn't say how many pieces he could choose. He gave us this list. On the one hand, he showed his determination to win, and on the other hand, he also gave us a difficult problem. Xiao Wu, you can't take advantage of it all at once. , but don’t take advantage of it fiercely, who knows when there will be a second chance? It’s a contradiction!” (To be continued.)