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"Zhuang Rui, what's wrong?"

After Qin Xuanbing saw Zhuang Rui take the phone, her face became strange, and she couldn't help but ask. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"It's okay, Huang Fuyun said that he would bring people to see those Picasso sketches immediately, Xuan Bing, you go into the house and watch TV first, I'll entertain them in the living room......"

This has not been an hour since he broke up with Huang Fuyun in the restaurant, Zhuang Rui didn't expect Huang Fuyun to be so efficient, this Peng Fei just rushed over, this kid just went to the street to buy perfume for his girlfriend, French perfume is world-famous.

"Okay, Zhuang Rui, come on!"

Qin Xuanbing waved her fist at Zhuang Rui very obediently and entered the room, they lived in a luxury suite, and there was a living room outside that could handle official business.

"Huangfu, you and I have known each other for several years, this kind of thing will not lie to me, can you? Can you be sure that it is a Picasso sketch?"

In a car driving towards the hotel where Zhuang Rui was staying, an Englishman in a tuxedo, speaking inaccurately pronounced Chinese, was chatting with Huang Fuyun, and next to him, there was a white man about 50 years old.

This Englishman is called Ezkena, is a very famous family in London, England, and the Ezkenazi family is the most influential Chinese art artist in the world, so far, three of the top ten sky-high Chinese porcelain auction records are from the Ezkenazi family's collection.

The reason why the Ezkenazi family has so many Chinese artworks is, of course, inseparable from their ancestors, like Frey in France, who participated in the looting of the Old Summer Palace.

If you want to become a world-class home, you don't have precious cultural relics from China, or it is not enough to have cultural relics from China, you also need to have Western artworks.

The most important thing for the Ezkenazi family is Chinese antiques, but for Western cultural relics, they are not much, so after receiving a call from Huang Fuyun, Ezkena gave up a dinner party he was attending, immediately brought his appraiser, and drove to the hotel where Zhuang Rui and others lived.

"Mr. Ezkenner, with your eyes, you will be sure at a glance whether the sketches in my friend's possession are Picasso's works, and do you think I would use such a clumsy reason for you to admire some fake paintings?"

Although Huang Fuyun has not been in contact with Zhuang Rui for a long time, and he has not seen Zhuang Rui's so-called authentic Picasso, he believes that Zhuang Rui is not the kind of person who talks about it.

"The whereabouts of Mr. Picasso's works are basically verified, and I haven't heard of any of them missing, Mr. Ezkenner, I think we're wasting our time......"

Sterling, the appraiser sitting next to Ezkenna, shrugged his shoulders, and for him who was already off duty, it was all his own personal time.

"Let's see, the Oriental is a nation that is good at creating miracles, maybe the person named Zhuang really has Picasso's works?"

For antique dealers, they will never let go of any possibility, even if the probability is not large, they always have to see is believing, and the story of picking up Taobao often happens in this seemingly small probability.

"Zhuang Rui, this is Mr. Ezkena from the United Kingdom, their family has a lot of Chinese art, but there is a shortage of European artworks, this time I want to see if your sketches are the works of Mr. Picasso?"

After Huang Fuyun knocked on Zhuang Rui's door, while introducing Ezkena to Zhuang Rui, he winked at Zhuang Rui, the meaning is naturally self-evident, if the painting is true, wait for the buddy, you can go under the knife, they have Chinese good things.

"This is Mr. Stirling, an experienced appraiser......" Huang Fuyun continued to introduce Zhuang Rui.

"Oh, young lad, nice to meet you......"

Ezkena was very friendly to say hello to Zhuang Rui in Chinese, due to many factors such as family and his own ***, Ezkenna is very familiar with Han culture, knows that Chinese are especially good-looking, so he is very enthusiastic at first, and does not neglect him because of Zhuang Rui's youth.

"Hello, Mr. Ezkenner, please ...... inside"

Zhuang Rui quietly let a few people into the room, enthusiasm has a fart, if you want to exchange for Picasso sketches in your hands, then you have to take out Chinese antiques that can make your heart move, otherwise the rich buddies will not sell them to you.

It's just that when Sterling and Zhuang Rui passed by, the guy who looked more like a boxer than an appraiser whispered in Zhuang Rui's ear: "Young man, can you understand English?"

After Zhuang Rui nodded, Sterling continued: "That's good, young man, I can tell you, with me here, you don't have to try to deceive Mr. Ezkenner with some shoddy fake paintings, if you are interested, it is better to admit it now, then I will not embarrass you later......"

"Hmmm, damn it, I don't have a culture, I haven't seen anything yet, so I dare to make a big fuss here......"

After Zhuang Rui heard the words coming out of Sterling's mouth, he couldn't help but feel annoyed, and said coldly in English: "If your eyes weren't blindfolded by lard, you should be able to easily distinguish the real and fake ...... of a painting."

Zhuang Rui knew that there were many people abroad who looked down on Chinese, but he didn't expect that he lived in the luxury suite of this five-star hotel, and there were still people who looked down on people, which made Zhuang Rui very unhappy.

Ezkena, who was walking in front, clearly heard the conversation between the two people behind him, but he only smiled slightly, and did not mean to persuade, for him, the worse the relationship between the seller and the appraiser, the less there would be any cattiness.

You must know that not only there are "sets" and "layouts" in China, but such things are also common in foreign countries, and the methods are more sophisticated, as for collusion with appraisers, it is just a small means that cannot be put on the table.

"Peng Fei, take out a few paintings and show this "expert" ......"

After coming to the living room and sitting down, Zhuang Rui didn't mean to pour coffee or drinks for the guests, and directly asked Peng Fei to take out Picasso's sketches.

Before Ezkena and the others came, Zhuang Rui had already classified the thirty-two sketches, the six sketches of the naked women were divided into one, the eighteen sketches of children were divided into three parts, and finally the sketches of still objects were divided into one, a total of five parts.

Among these five sketches, each of them has a sketch with Picasso's autograph, and I believe that an appraiser who is really familiar with Picasso's works can distinguish the real from the fake.

Peng Fei has followed Zhuang Rui for these days, and has also gained a lot of knowledge, at least he knows how to wear gloves when he takes antiques such as calligraphy and paintings, and now he is wearing a pair of white gloves on his hands, and he seems to pick up a stack of six figure drawings from the coffee table in front of him and place them in front of Ezkenna.

"Sterling, you'd better come......"

Ezkenner shook his head slightly, got up and sat down next to him, making room for Sterling, he really didn't know much about European art, except for its staggering price.

"Slow ......"

Just as Sterling was about to pick up the sketch in front of him, he was suddenly stopped by Zhuang Rui.

"What? You just said it was true, and now you won't even let us see it?"

Stirling looked at Zhuang Rui with an unkind face, he didn't believe that this yellow man would have Picasso's works, and there were dozens of them, which was just like a fairy tale of Hans Christian Andersen, completely impossible.

"Mr. Sterling, I don't know if your teacher taught you that when you were studying appraisal, you must wear gloves when appraising paintings and calligraphy, which is the basic knowledge......"

Zhuang Rui looked at Sterling with a look of disdain, and after saying the above few words, he turned his face to look at Ezkena and said, "Mr. Ezkenner, I am very dissatisfied with the appraiser you have chosen, he does not have the qualities of a professional appraiser at all.

I would like to remind you, Mr. Ezkenner, that you should be prepared to accept my claim against you if there is any loss caused by the misconduct of the appraiser*** in respect of my collection......"

Zhuang Rui's words made Ezkenna and Sterling change color at the same time, they didn't expect this young man to speak so sharply, but Zhuang Rui's words were not too much, Sterling did not show the qualities that an appraiser should have.

Ezkenna nodded, and first said in Chinese: "Mr. Zhuang, please rest assured, I will be responsible for these works......"

Then Ezkenner looked at Sterling again and said, "Mr. Sterling, remember your profession, you are appraising a painting that is most likely Mr. Picasso, not a £1 sketch that the artists on the side of the road have drawn for you......"

Sterling's arrogance at this time is completely gone, if his behavior is spread today, it will definitely have a very bad impact on his reputation, you know, no matter what industry you are in, personal professionalism is extremely important.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Ezkenner, I'm sorry, Mr. Zhuang, it was my negligence, I think I still have the ability to identify whether these sketches are from the ...... of Mr. Picasso."

Sterling quickly adjusted his mentality, stood up and bowed respectfully to Zhuang Rui and Ezkenna, showing extreme sincerity.

Zhuang Rui had no intention of worrying about these with Sterling, waved his hand, and said, "Okay, Mr. Sterling, I hope your performance can be the same as what you said, don't waste time, please start appraisal......"