Yoshihiko Wada is quite talkative, which probably has something to do with his status as a university professor.

He is a professor in the Fine Arts Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Nihon University, a private university that is one of the "Five Beauties of Tokyo" and from which Hideyomasa Aoyama, the author of Detective Conan, came from.

When he learned that Yoshihiko Wada was fifty-nine years old, Lin Hai was surprised, the other party looked like he was in his early forties at most, and he didn't know how to maintain it.

Listening to Lin Hai's question, Yoshihiko Wada smiled: "Art is the secret that keeps me young, immersed in the ocean of art, time slows down unconsciously...... Speaking of which, you surprised me even more, I like Kurosawa's paintings very much, but unfortunately I haven't had the opportunity to visit, I didn't expect you to be his student, how long have you been studying with him?"

"I just worshipped yesterday. Lin Hai said embarrassedly: "I'm ashamed, I don't know anything about art, and I don't know what he likes." ”

"Hahaha, that means you must have something special!"

Yoshihiko Wada said with a smile, suddenly remembered something, and said, "I'm sorry, I just remembered that there was something at school, I'll make a call, don't you mind?"

"If it's inconvenient, it won't delay you. ”

"I didn't have a class today, but I forgot to explain a little thing. ”

After Yoshihiko Wada finished speaking, he pulled over, took out his mobile phone and got out of the car to make a call.

There was a smell of turpentine in the car, which smelled uncomfortable, so Lin Hai and Ren Shasha took the opportunity to get out of the car to breathe.

Ren Shasha is now enthusiastic about learning Japanese—and I don't know why—she listened to Yoshihiko Wada on the phone with her ears crossed, and asked Lin Hai in confusion for a while: "Why can't I understand what he's saying?"

Lin Hai said: "You don't understand, it's right, he doesn't speak Japanese, italian." At this, a meaningful smile appeared on his face: "Of course, he doesn't understand what we're talking about. ”

……

When he arrived at the Metropolitan Police Department, Lin Hai realized that he could see that Rika was actually a member of the search section under the Criminal General Affairs Division. Although it is not clear why the members of the search section who specialize in vicious criminal cases would take care of small things such as lost and stolen sesame seeds, Lin Hai didn't ask too much, and asked too many questions to offend people.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that she doesn't know how to serve with a smile.

The middle-aged man in charge of receiving Lin Hai is named Masao Ota, who is a police officer. The police are roughly equivalent to the second-level police superintendent or third-level police superintendent in China, and the position is equivalent to the director of the prefectural and municipal public security bureaus.

It sounds bluffing, but in Lin Hai's opinion, it is somewhat perfunctory.

It is estimated that the embassy personnel will arrive soon, and if the Metropolitan Police Department really wants to show its attention, it should send a chief inspector over.

Looking at Ota Masao's age, it is not clear that the non-professional group climbed up - the police are the pinnacle that the non-professional group can achieve - it is estimated that he is also an insignificant little person in the Metropolitan Police Department. The Japanese police value their background more than their titles, don't look at Ota Masao is three levels higher than Rika Nomi, and they don't dare to shake their prestige in front of the latter.

Lin Hai didn't see Yu Zhengchao in the reception room, and he didn't care about any of this, he pointed to the picture frame wrapped in cloth on the table and asked, "This is the painting I lost?"

"Yes. Daejeon replied.

"Can I check this?"

"Feel free. ”

Lin Hai walked to the table, unwrapped the cloth, and finally saw the painting as it was.

Yoshihiko Wada had been following Lin Hai closely, and when he saw the content of the painting, he immediately exclaimed, "It's actually a shadow samurai!"

Ren Shasha's art appreciation ability is not high, and she feels that the painting style is sloppy, and the facial expressions of the characters are even a bit like stick figures drawn by children who have just learned to draw, and she really can't understand what is good about it.

She couldn't help but ask, "Is this painting famous?"

Lin Hai asked rhetorically, "You haven't seen the movie "Shadow Warrior"?"

"I've heard from the teacher, but I haven't seen it. ”

"When you go back, you're going to be a junior, so you have to hurry up and brush up. ”

Listening to Lin Hai's reminder, Ren Shasha was a little embarrassed. Although the screenwriting department emphasizes the amount of reading, it also has certain requirements for the number of movie-watching, and how can you write a good work without even reading the final effect of the script?

After Lin Hai reminded Ren Shasha, he turned his head to look at the painting carefully.

Or rather, the examination is more appropriate.

In the painting, three samurai dressed in red, orange, and black armor are mounted on horses, and both men and horses are looking to the right of the picture, as if looking into the distance.

Behind the three samurai, a flag was planted on each of them, on which was written in kanji - "wind, forest, fire".

This painting is very famous among many of Kurosawa's fine arts.

As I said before, Akira Kurosawa had been unable to attract investment for a long time, and he made a crazy move when he had no money to film, that is, to draw the movie in the form of storyboards. He drew hundreds of storyboards for the entire play, and it was these storyboards that ultimately gave investors confidence and ultimately made a great film.

The painting in front of me is one of the most representative ones, both in terms of the meaning of the painting and the art itself, it is a rare masterpiece.

Lin Hai checked it carefully and felt that it should not have been dropped, so he turned around and asked Daejeon Police: "Can you tell me how you found this painting?"

"It was sent by an art dealer, and the name is inconvenient for me to reveal to you. ”

Probably thinking that his answer was too blunt, Daejeon said in a soothing tone: "The other party is sorry for this misunderstanding, and I hope you can not hold him accountable." ”

"He instructed the person who stole the painting?"

Daejeon shook his head and said, "No, he bought it from someone else, and strictly speaking, he is also a victim." ”

"Heh......"

Lin Hai sneered and said, "Don't the current dealers take a look at the paintings when they buy them? Or do the police deliberately shield this person?"

When the Daejeon police heard him say this, they immediately straightened their faces: "The police will not shield anyone......

Lin Hai interrupted him and said, "I remind you that I am not only a student of Master Kurosawa, but also an entertainer myself, if you don't want me to talk nonsense to the media after I go out, then you better agree to my request." ”

"What requirements?"

Daejeon Police has seen last night's news, and he doesn't need Lin Hai to remind him, and he knows that this is a troublesome person.

Lin Hai may not have much status, but the media attention he has attracted is not small, if the fierce news of "the police shielding the suspect" is exposed from his mouth at this time, not to mention that the Metropolitan Police Department cannot withstand the pressure of public opinion, even the Minister of Justice will be crazy.

Daejeon looked at the sweat and asked resentfully, "What do you want?"

He said this sentence a thousand times, thinking that he was a marginal person in the Metropolitan Police Department, and now he was forced to bow to a teenager.

"I want to meet the dealer. ”

Lin Hai made a request.

"No way. ”

It was not Ota who spoke, but Rika Nori.

Daejeon was already ready to agree, but was rejected in advance by Rika Nomi, thinking about the other party's father, his face showed an embarrassed expression.

Fortunately, Lin Hai also knew that he was useless in his words, so he didn't embarrass him.

Lin Hai said directly to Rika Nomi: "I want to meet the art dealer, in addition to wanting to express my gratitude, I also want to ask a few questions in person, which involves the details of the case of the theft of the painting, and I have the right to know as a direct party." ”

Rika Nomi thought for a moment and said, "Okay. But we're here too. ”

"Absolutely. Lin Hai promised: "Don't worry, I won't act irrationally." ”

With Lin Hai's assurance, Rika can be seen looking at Daejeon and looking at him as a policeman.

Datian couldn't wait for this matter to pass quickly, and said: "The other party is being questioned now, you wait, I'll let someone bring him over." ”

After speaking, he dialed the phone on the table and said a few words.

After a while, a pot-bellied man, accompanied by a policewoman, came to the reception room.

The man glanced inside the room, his gaze paused slightly on Yoshihiko Wada's face, and finally landed on Lin Hai.

The man stepped forward enthusiastically and said, "Lin Jun, the contemptible person is Ichiro Azujima, the director of the Kuritakawa Gallery Black Eyes Store, please take care of me when we meet for the first time!"

"Please take care of me. ”

Lin Hai replied with a salutary salute and said straight to the point: "Mr. Anjima, I have a few questions for you. ”

"Speak, please. ”

"First question, when did you receive the painting?"

"It was about nine o'clock this morning. ”

"As far as I know, Kuritakawa Gallery won't officially open until 10 o'clock?"

"Well, yes, although we are officially open at 10 o'clock, we will come to the store in advance to prepare, and you know, the paintings need to be dusted every day, so as to give customers the best shopping experience......

Hearing this, Ren Shasha couldn't help but whisper to Lin Hai: "Isn't it a gallery, why is it still related to shopping?"

Lin Hai explained to her briefly.

There are two types of galleries in Japan, one is the well-known art museum style, which focuses on collections and exhibitions, and is easily not sold to the public, and even if it is sold, it is usually entrusted to an auction house.

The other is department store-style (curated) galleries, which are mostly in the form of chain stores and are controlled by large corporations and conglomerates, and in addition to collecting and exhibiting, they also sell various art works to the outside world, and some also sell art supplies.

Both art museums and department stores are privately owned – there are only four large national art museums in Japan, and the reason for this is that the Agency for Cultural Affairs is too stingy, with a budget of only 400 million yen a year for the acquisition of artworks.

The former will not be discussed here, only the latter.

The department store-style gallery is represented by the "Seibu Department Store Gallery". Seibu is one of Japan's largest conglomerates, consisting of more than 100 companies, mainly engaged in department stores, real estate, and transportation and rail transportation, and is a large zaibatsu that is not inferior to Mitsui.

Seibu Gallery has been able to open all over the country with its financial advantages, and it is recognized as a symbol of high level in the Japanese art world, and many artists are proud to hold exhibitions in Seibu.

The grade is very high, and the price is naturally expensive.

At Seibu Gallery, a very ordinary painting can be sold for millions of yen, which is not something that ordinary families can afford, so small galleries such as Kuritakawa Gallery are given room to survive.

Lin Haihai has been to the Kuritakawa Gallery to buy paintings all his life, and most of the paintings sold there are unknown paintings, which are more high-end decorative paintings than works of art.

Not to mention whether such a gallery that sells decorative paintings can quietly dispose of Akira Kurosawa's well-known paintings, it also has to worry about the crackdown of large corporations if the news leaks.

This is probably the main reason why the store manager Yasushima took the initiative to return the paintings.

But......

Lin Hai said to Ichiro Anjima, who looked respectful, "Didn't the manager of Anjima check the painting when he received it?"

Ichiro Anjima shook his head and said, "The painting was received by a clerk under my hand, and he thought it was an imitation, so he only gave the other party 100,000 yen." ”

"It's a bargain to buy a copy for 100,000 yen. Lin Hai asked again: "That clerk has the right to do this?"

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