Qin Haodong said: "Of course it's true, Manager Tian, I don't have to joke with you." ”

Tian Ye realized that he was a little out of shape, and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry Mr. Qin, I'm just too shocked, and I ask for your forgiveness." ”

"It's okay, can you come over and give me an appraisal now?"

"No problem, I'll bring the appraiser over now, please wait. ”

Tian Ye hung up the phone and immediately called someone to call the appraiser Zhang Zhaohui over.

As the largest auction house on Hong Kong Island, he has more than a dozen appraisers here, and Zhang Chaohui is the top one, and he is best at the appraisal of ancient European paintings.

"What's the matter with the manager? It's about to leave work, aren't you asking me to work overtime?"

A young man in his thirties walked in, he was Zhang Chaohui, and he had an excellent relationship with Tian Ye on weekdays, so he was unceremonious when he spoke.

Tian Ye said: "Take the guy you eat with me, there is an important collection that you need to identify." ”

Zhang Chaohui said: "Can't you wait for tomorrow? I finally got an appointment with a beautiful girl today." ”

"Of course you can't wait. As soon as Tian Ye pulled him up, he walked out, and said as he went, "The person who came to us for identification is the old man's honored guest, and we must be careful to serve him." ”

The two of them got into the car and drove in the direction of the Li family's villa.

"These rich people really don't care whether we work or die. Zhang Chaohui sat in the co-pilot's seat, vented his dissatisfaction and asked, "What do you want to identify this time?"

"Picasso's paintings. ”

"What?"

Zhang Chaohui, who was still lazy, suddenly sat up straight, and then lay back like a deflated ball, and said, "How is this possible, who will take out Picasso's paintings and sell them now, I guess it must be this rich man who doesn't have a long head who was deceived by others, and just casually made a painting and said that it was painted by Picasso." ”

It is not surprising that he said this, as the chief appraiser of the auction house, he has seen many rich people being deceived by those charlatans over the years, spending a lot of money, and as a result, he has bought a bunch of fakes.

Tian Ye said: "I don't know if it's true or not, so I brought you with me, I told you that this is a guest of honor that the old man particularly likes, you must be careful when you speak, and your attitude must be respectful." ”

As a professional manager, Tian Ye still has his literacy, and he did not tell Qin Haodong's identity. Soon they came to the Li family's villa and came to Qin Haodong's room under the leadership of Zhang Tieniu.

Knowing that a guest was coming, Nalan Wushuang went to the room inside to cultivate, and he was the only one in the room.

"Boss, I brought the guests. ”

After Zhang Tieniu finished speaking, he stood behind Qin Haodong respectfully

Tian Ye said: "Mr. Qin, this is Zhang Zhaohui, the chief auctioneer of our auction house, and he is particularly good at the identification of European ancient paintings. ”

"You may be seated. After Qin Haodong asked the two of them to sit down, he reached out and took a painting on the table, which was the nude sketch that Nalan Wushuang had seen just now.

"Mr. Zhang, please help me identify whether this painting is genuine Picasso. ”

After speaking, he sent the nude sketch to Zhang Chaohui.

Since the moment he saw Qin Haodong, Zhang Chaohui had a contempt, thinking that this must be the rich second generation of someone who was deceived again, in his opinion, Qin Haodong's painting is absolutely impossible to be genuine.

However, as a professional appraiser, he still has the basic literacy, his expression is very serious, he took out a white glove from his pocket and put it on his hand, took Qin Haodong's painting, and then took out a magnifying glass to look at it.

At first, Zhang Chaohui didn't pay much attention to it, but the moment he saw the painting, the whole person immediately became serious.

He didn't check what was on the painting first, but first looked at the sketch paper, and gently folded it with his hand to feel the hardness and flexibility of the paper, which is a procedure that a good appraiser should take when appraising.

After checking the material of the sketch paper, Zhang Chaohui's expression became more and more solemn, he had determined that the sketch paper in his hand was produced in Europe in the forties and fifties of the last century, and he thought that this would definitely not deceive his eyes.

Now he can be sure that even if these drawings are not Picasso's works, they are imitations of the last century, and in that sense they are antiquities.

Tian Ye watched from the side, and his expression became solemn. He has cooperated with Zhang Chaohui for many years, and he has seen some clues from the expressions of his friends, and now it seems that Qin Haodong took out this painting is definitely not ordinary, whether it is really Picasso's handwriting.

"Jacqueline, this is Jacqueline!"

When Zhang Zhaohui turned his gaze to the naked woman on the scroll, he immediately let out an exclamation, attracting everyone's eyes.

Hearing the movement outside, Nalan Wushuang had no intention of cultivating, and came to the door to eavesdrop, she also wanted to see if these ancient European paintings made by Qin Haodong could still be fake and real.

Zhang Tieniu stood behind Qin Haodong and couldn't help but pout, these Hong Kong Island people are really uninformed, aren't they just a bare-ass woman?

Now you can find a large number of small movies on the Internet, haven't they ever seen them?

Zhang Tieniu is a layman, but Tian Ye still knows a little, and when he heard the name, he immediately realized that the woman in the painting was Picasso's last wife.

Picasso has countless women in his life, Jacqueline is his last wife, the two have been together for 8 years, although this old man has always had a mistress, but Jacqueline accepted this, and the two have been walking hand in hand through the last days of Picasso's life.

Jacqueline created a warm world for Picasso in his later years, and Picasso often found inspiration in her and painted a large number of portraits of her.

Thirteen years after Picasso's death, Jacqueline committed suicide, and after her death, Picasso's drawings and paintings made for her went to auction, and it was during that time that Picasso's paintings appreciated.

It can be said that it is these paintings related to Jacqueline that have helped Picasso's work to a higher level.

Qin Haodong also didn't know the woman in this painting, and he was not interested in her, he just wanted to know if there were any flaws in these ancient paintings.

"Mr. Zhang Chaohui, have your appraisal results come out?"

Zhang Chaohui, who was obsessed with this sketch, came back to his senses, carefully put down the painting in his hand, he grabbed Qin Haodong's arm, and exclaimed excitedly: "I guarantee with the reputation of my appraiser, this painting is absolutely real, it must be from Picasso, and it is a portrait of his wife."

Dear Mr. Qin, can you tell me where this painting came about?"

A smile appeared on the corner of Nalan Wushuang's mouth behind the door, it seemed that Qin Haodong had succeeded again this time.

Qin Haodong was also very happy, smiled and said, "This is what I just painted." ”

"Uh......" Zhang Chaohui looked embarrassed and said curtly, "I'm sorry Mr. Qin, I was too excited and offended your privacy." ”

As a good appraiser, it is taboo to ask about the provenance of the collection.

Even in the international art market, the authenticity of the objects traded by private individuals has never been important, and the higher the class, the more important the privacy of individuals.

Because of this, in Zhang Chaohui's opinion, Qin Haodong was sarcastic about himself, and he would not realize that this was a true sentence anyway.

"Nothing. Qin Haodong took three more scrolls and said, "You can help me identify whether these pictures are real or fake." ”

He imitated Picasso's works and painted forty paintings, including ten sketches of the human body, ten sketches of children, ten sketches of still lifes, and ten oil paintings.

Zhang Chaohui first showed a look of astonishment, each of Picasso's works is now worth a lot of money, and it is great to have the honor to collect one, but I didn't expect Qin Haodong to take out four at once.

He took the three paintings with an excited expression and began to identify them in earnest.

Tian Ye also showed a look of astonishment, yesterday Qin Haodong said that he had some Picasso paintings, but he didn't expect that there were really some, not one.

If he knew that there were still 36 such paintings in Qin Haodong's drawer, he didn't know if his eyeballs would fall to the ground.

Zhang Zhaohui appraised his head very carefully, and it took ten minutes before he raised his head and said excitedly: "Mr. Qin, you are really amazing, I can assure you that these paintings are all genuine works of Mr. Picasso, and they are very well preserved, and there are no flaws at all." ”

Nalan Wushuang behind the door almost didn't laugh out loud, and said in his heart that these paintings had just been freshly baked, and they had added up to less than a few hours, and they were naturally well preserved.

After making sure that he didn't leave any flaws, Qin Haodong also breathed a sigh of relief, and said to the two people in the field: "Two, I'm not very good at art, can you help me estimate how much these paintings can be worth?"

"There is no specific price for the art, but it can only be estimated, and about five years ago, seven of Picasso's sketches appeared at auction and sold for $8 million," Tian said.

Although there are only 4 of these paintings, the advantage is that they are complete, including all the types of Picasso's paintings, and if you make a catalogue and take into account the rise in art over the years, the value should be between 10 million and 15 million US dollars. ”

"So much money?"

Qin Haodong was taken aback by this number, although he knew that Picasso was very famous, but he didn't expect his paintings to be so valuable.

"Of course. ”

Zhang Chaohui took over the topic and said: "Picasso is a true artistic genius, the 20th century is his century, and no artist can be as versatile and well-known as Picasso."

Although he was a prolific painter, creating more than 60,000 works in his lifetime, this number is too small compared to the number of people in the world who collect.

When Picasso was alive, tens of thousands of his works had already been acquired by others, and there were almost no works in circulation on the market.

It is precisely because of this that the value of Picasso's paintings is created. ”