Qin Haodong said: "If I use Picasso's painting to exchange the bronze head of the zodiac with Sir Owen, how many copies will it take for him to accept it?"

Tian Ye said: "Mr. Qin, it seems that you still don't know how influential Picasso's works are in the world, and any one of these paintings in your hand will make collectors all over the world flock to them."

Although the value of antiques and works of art in China has also appreciated rapidly in recent years, in the eyes of many collectors, there is no comparison between the two.

Sir Owen, in particular, has a large number of Chinese art and antiques in his treasury, and what is missing is Picasso, a work of art with strong international influence.

If you take these paintings in your hand and exchange them with him, maybe one or two of them will be exchanged with you, and if you take out all four of them to form a picture album, then he will definitely hold the bronze heads of the zodiac in both hands and send them to you, and maybe give you some other antiques. ”

"Really? You're not going to lie to me, are you?"

Qin Haodong couldn't believe his ears, in his mind, the bronze head of the zodiac was a priceless treasure, and it was because of this that he painted 40 paintings of Picasso in one go, for fear that he would not be able to exchange it for less.

Tian Ye smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Mr. Qin, how could I joke with you about this kind of thing." ”

Zhang Chaohui said: "Mr. Qin, don't be surprised, maybe you are not familiar with the international market for art.

Although China has a long history and civilization, due to well-known reasons, more than 60% of the precious cultural relics have been lost overseas, which is an extremely large amount, which is a bit beyond people's imagination.

But foreign artworks are different, and it may take 10 or even hundreds of years for an artistic genius, such as Mozart, Leonardo da Vinci, Picasso, Van Gogh, and so on.

It is precisely because of the scarcity of quantities that the value of these works of art, such as Beethoven's handwritten staves, once fetched a sky-high price at an auction.

Because of the disparity in quantity, it is very easy to find Chinese art in the international auction market, and it can be seen anytime and anywhere.

However, it is very difficult to meet Picasso, Van Gogh's works, and once the news of Picasso's paintings is announced at any auction, it immediately attracts countless collectors from all over the world.

With Sir Owen's wealth and influence, he did not have a single Picasso painting in his hands, which shows its preciousness. ”

Qin Haodong said: "I have long heard that monks from afar will chant scriptures, but I didn't expect that artworks would be like this. ”

Tian Ye said: "In fact, this is not that Chinese antiques are not as good as foreign artworks, it is completely a matter of quantity, after all, Chinese culture is too long, and there are many outstanding talents, so there are naturally more antiques."

Another reason is the problem of human cognition, the influence of great artists such as Picasso and Van Gogh is global, and almost everyone knows their names.

In the early years, China implemented a policy of closing the country to the outside world, and the calligraphy and painting works were more in line with the aesthetics of our Chinese people, and it was difficult for Westerners to appreciate and accept, so there were many outstanding Chinese painters, but their influence in the world was not as good as that of Van Goda Vinci.

For those collectors, the market value of the goods is not the most important thing, they pay more attention to the fame of the work, and in the eyes of some large collectors, maybe 100 Chinese antiques are not as good as a Picasso work. ”

Zhang Zhaohui said: "In the past few years, the price of Chinese antiques in the international market was not high, that is, in the past few years, some international speculators and auction houses have speculated.

However, in the minds of European and American collectors, the value of Chinese antiques cannot be compared with Picasso's works. Among the ten most expensive paintings in the world, Picasso accounts for 4 of them, but there are no ancient Chinese paintings. ”

Zhang Tieniu listened to it for a long time, shocked wave after wave, he couldn't help but say: "It's just such a bare-ass girl, even the skin is drooping, I really don't know what's good?"

The black line at the end of the field said: "Big brother, is this called art?" ”

Qin Haodong said: "Trouble the two of you for helping, thank you." ”

After speaking, he waved his hand to Zhang Tieniu, and Zhang Tieniu immediately took the two red envelopes that had been prepared a long time ago and distributed them to the two people.

Tian Ye and Zhang Chaohui said: "Mr. Qin, we should help you, so you don't need this!"

Qin Haodong said: "Take it, it's a little bit of a small thing to delay you for so long." ”

Tian Ye and Zhang Zhaohui were no longer polite, and directly accepted the red envelope, in fact, when they went out to identify in the past, they often encountered generous gold owners to give red envelopes.

The two of them went out and got into the car, Zhang Chaohui took out the red envelope and pinched it, it was thin, and there didn't seem to be much money in it, he said: "Mr. Qin seems to be too stingy." ”

Tian Ye said: "Don't talk nonsense, Mr. Qin is the old man's guest, it's good to give a red envelope." ”

Zhang Chaohui pursed his lips: "What are you afraid of? He can't hear it here, rich people are so stingy......"

As he spoke, he tore open the red envelope and found that it was not cash, but a check, with a face value of 1 million.

"My God, that's a little too generous!"

Zhang Chaohui exclaimed loudly, if he wasn't in the car at this time, he would definitely jump up with joy.

Tian Ye also caught a glimpse of a check in his hand, and when he saw his gaffe, he asked curiously, "How much is it?"

Zhang Zhaohui shouted excitedly: "1 million, it turned out to be 1 million Huaxia coins, and I will have money to go out to bubble girls in the future." ”

Tian Ye was also extremely happy after the accident, in the past, they often received red envelopes from guests, most of which were thousands of yuan, and it was the first time that a big financier like Qin Haodong who had made a move of 1 million.

What he didn't know was that in fact, Zhang Chaohui borrowed his light, and Qin Haodong was most grateful to him, and this money was an information fee.

If it weren't for Tian Ye, Qin Haodong would not have known that Sir Owen still had a bronze head of the zodiac in his hand, let alone Sir Owen's preferences.

After sending Tian Ye and Zhang Chaohui away, Qin Haodong immediately began to prepare, he was going to Sir Owen to replace the bronze head of the zodiac, and he couldn't wait for a moment.

However, after the two of them said that he didn't want to take out all his family resources, and if he took out all 40 Picasso paintings, it would be counterproductive.

After thinking about it, he decided to take 10 to Sir Owen first.

Since Nalan Wushuang didn't like those nude sketches very much, he packed them into a canvas bag, and then borrowed Cheng Bo from Li Dongguo, got in the car and rushed to Sir Owen's house.

Acquaintance with the roads on Hong Kong Island, they soon arrived at Sir Owen's house, a very luxurious manor.

Different from the Li family's manor, it is basically a European-style building, and the buildings of the entire manor are simple and atmospheric.

At the gate of the manor stood four tall Caucasian bodyguards, and Uncle Cheng first went over to explain his identity to them, and then made it clear that he wanted to meet Sir Owen.

The head of the bodyguard said, "I'm sorry sir, you can't see Sir Owen without an appointment, even if you are the housekeeper of the Li family." ”

"This ......"

Cheng Bo looked at Qin Haodong in embarrassment, he thought that Qin Haodong had already made an appointment with Sir Owen, but he didn't expect to come to the door rashly. It is basically difficult for a person of Sir Owen's status to meet people without making an appointment in advance.

Qin Haodong walked to the door, handed over the wrapped scroll in his hand and said to the head of the bodyguard: "Please go and inform me now, I want to exchange some antiques with Sir Owen." ”

The head of the bodyguard said, "I'm sorry this gentleman, Sir Owen won't see you without an appointment." ”

"Give this scroll to Sir Owen, and he will come out to meet us himself. ”

He didn't want to waste too much time at the door, so he used the Soul Technique.

"Okay Mr. Qin, please wait. ”

In the eyes of several other bodyguards, the bodyguard leader hurriedly walked into the manor with a scroll.

Inside the manor, in a luxurious living room, Sir Owen was talking to Fred the butler, and he said with annoyance: "It's been so long, can't we still find a painting of Picasso?"

Fred said respectfully: "Sir Owen, this is also a helpless thing, I have already said hello to more than a dozen well-known auction houses around the world, and they have promised to contact us as soon as there is news of Picasso's paintings, but there has been no movement so far."

It's not surprising, who has a Picasso painting in their hands and sells it now, and if I had, I wouldn't?"

Sir Owen said, "But, in a few days my friend Cantona will be a guest at my place, and as you know, Cantona is a great collector, and it will be shameful for me to see that I don't have a painting of Picasso here." ”

Fred spread his hands and said helplessly: "Dear sir, I understand your feelings very well, but I can't help it. ”

At this moment, the head of the bodyguard hurriedly walked in with a scroll, saluted Sir Owen, and then said, "Sir, Uncle Cheng, the housekeeper of the Li family, has come to visit Sir with a young man, and he is now at the gate of the manor." ”

Sir Owen said dissatisfiedly: "Cisse, have you forgotten that I don't see anyone who has not made an appointment. ”

The head of the bodyguard said, "Sir, the gentleman surnamed Qin said that as long as I show you this scroll, you will go out to meet him." ”

Sir Owen said with annoyance: "No, no, I am in a bad mood right now, and I don't want to see anything messy, unless it is a Picasso painting." ”