"This oil painting was handed down by your ancestors?"

Sitting in the palatial reception room, I looked restrained and honest, and in front of me was a middle-aged man in a suit and gold-rimmed glasses.

Zhao Shirong, an outstanding figure in the local painting circle in Jiangshi, 43 years old, opened the first gallery ten years ago, and became a new art critic in China with a sharp vision and comments, and then operated more than ten auctions of "famous paintings", according to the grapevine, he has a net worth of nearly 10 million.

"That's right, my grandfather was a rich man and collected a lot of good things, he passed away a few years ago, and the family didn't pay attention to it after sorting out the relics. This time, my dad was seriously ill and had to raise 500,000 yuan for the operation, and our family really couldn't come up with the money, so I thought of the relics left by my grandfather. ”

I said in an honest tone, of course, with a worried expression on my face, coupled with my immature age, I am afraid that no one would have thought that I was a liar.

"Do you know who Lin Fengmian is?"

Zhao Shirong smiled after hearing this, and pointed to the painting on the table.

I shook my head, nodded again, and finally said, "At first, I didn't know who he was, but then I searched the Internet and found out that he was such a famous painter!"

"You're young, but you're smart. ”

Zhao Shirong took the white gloves and carefully conducted an in-depth identification, he watched it for more than half an hour, while I sat on the sofa with a nervous face, and asked nervously: "How about it, it can't be fake, right?"

"It doesn't look like a fake......"

Zhao Shirong squinted his eyes, and finally set his eyes on me.

My heart tightened, and when I saw his sharp gaze, I immediately knew that he was observing me.

The old man told me that some experienced people in society can tell whether a person is lying or not by their expressions, eyes, and even body language.

Of course, I couldn't be seen by him, but I was still a little nervous when I was acting for the first time, so I stood up and tried to hide my nervousness with another emotion.

"Have you seen it, my dad is waiting for this painting to save his life! I checked on the Internet, many of Lin Fengmian's paintings have been auctioned for millions of dollars, and I don't want much from you this one, as long as 500,000 yuan, just make up the cost of my father's surgery!"

My tone was impatient, but to outsiders, it was just the panic and anxiety of worrying about my father's life.

"Don't worry, young man. ”

Zhao Shirong smiled, showed a very gentle smile, and said: "500,000, say more or less, say less and not too much, I have to be optimistic, we can trade, right?"

"By the way, where is your hometown?"

Suddenly, he changed his mind and asked me seemingly casually.

"My hometown is Muyang Town, my grandfather's name is Kou Wenfeng. I muttered impatiently: "Hey, do you want it, don't want me to find someone else." ”

"Wait. ”

Zhao Shirong nodded lightly, turned around and walked out.

As soon as he went out, I knew that he was asking people to check on me.

But I'm not worried at all, because in fact, there is indeed a person named Kou Wenfeng, and he was indeed a rich man in Muyang Town during the Republic of China.

He was the grandfather of one of my classmates, and my classmate once boasted to me that his grandfather was very rich when he was young, and he was a landlord at that time, and he took advantage of the chaos to make a lot of antique paintings.

But then my classmate's father gambled badly, ruined the whole family, and it was said that he still owed money to loan sharks, so he had to drag his family and run away.

Sure enough, Zhao Shirong walked in a few minutes later and said with a smile: "You're right, I asked a friend in Muyang Town to inquire, and your family was really a rich man before." ”

"But it seems that your father owes a lot of loan sharks, and there are still many brothers in the road chasing your family. ”

When I heard this, my face turned pale, and I booed and pretended: "Don't talk nonsense, I don't know what usury is." ”

"Don't pretend, don't worry, you're just here to sell paintings, I won't betray you. ”

Zhao Shirong smiled, gently stroked the frame with white gloves, and said in a calm tone: "I can accept this painting, but I have to do the final verification." ”

"What verification?"

"You leave the painting here, I want to identify the carbon element of the canvas, frame, etc., as long as it is proved to be something from the Republic of China, I will give you a lot of 500,000 yuan. ”

"That's not going to happen!"

When I heard this, I jumped up and shouted, "Don't look at me as a child and try to lie to me, if you give me a fake painting, I will talk to someone." ”

"Hehe, I'll just say you're a smart little guy. ”

Zhao Shirong helped his glasses and said with a smile: "In this way, I will deduct a little bit of the canvas on this frame, rest assured, it will not destroy the quality, follow me to the laboratory for identification, you come to me tomorrow, so it's always okay." ”

"That's fine. I pretended to be embarrassed for a long time, and then said: "500,000, a lot of money!"

"And I want cash, you know that our family is being collected for debts and owes a lot of money to the bank, so I can't transfer money with a bank card, otherwise it will be frozen by the court, so I need cash!"

"Don't worry, as long as the painting is real, the money is easy to say. ”

Zhao Shirong laughed.

When he finished it, I pretended to be very careful with the painting and followed out of the gallery.

However, instead of going home, I walked towards the hospital.

My intuition told me that Zhao Shirong must have sent someone to follow me.

Sure enough, when I was taking the bus, I noticed that someone was secretly following me, and my face remained unchanged and I continued to rush towards the hospital.

In fact, the hospital is also part of my plan.

When I arrived at the hospital, I quickly walked to one of the wards and cried at a patient wearing an oxygen mask on the bed: "Dad, don't worry, I'm already raising money for you." ”

At that moment, I swapped the patient's name card as quickly as I could.

"Kodeli, male, 48 years old. ”

While I was crying, a man walked into the room, glanced at the medical record card in front of the bed, confirmed the name on it, and walked out quietly.

"Son, who are you?"

At this time, the family members next to me reacted and asked me strangely.

"I'm sorry, I recognized the wrong person. ”

I wiped away my tears and walked out of the room peacefully.

"Zhao Shirong, wait. ”

A wicked smile tugged at the corners of my mouth.

Soon the next day, I took advantage of noon to get out of school, changed my clothes, and arrived at the gallery with my "famous paintings" in my hand.

Zhao Shirong still met me in the reception room, and the first time he saw me, he kept smiling.

"I asked my friends in the lab to test it, and the canvas and frame are indeed materials from the Republic of China. ”

He smiled slightly, motioned for the secretary to fetch a black box, and opened it with a bang, revealing a box full of banknotes.

"Five hundred thousand. ”

My eyes were about to fall out, and when I saw so much money for the first time, my whole face was flushed, and I was even more excited that I was about to succeed in the first fraud.

"Okay, draw it for you. ”

I nodded excitedly and was about to walk up.

"I want to take one last look at the painting. ”

Zhao Shirong said indifferently.

I looked at him quietly and pretended to frown: "You are really troublesome, if it weren't for my father's medical treatment, I wouldn't have sold 500,000 yuan." ”

This is an old fox, and I must not let up until the last step.

"Tsk...... If this is genuine, it can sell for millions, to say the least. ”

After three minutes, under my constant urging, Zhao Shirong suddenly spit out a sentence that made my face change greatly.

I was still too young after all, and my body trembled heavily in an instant, and I took a few steps back.

"Hmph, this painting is really fake!"

Zhao Shirong shouted violently, staring at me with sharp eyes, revealing a cold look.

"You're talking nonsense!"

At this moment, my mind went blank, and I subconsciously yelled: "You want to lie to my paintings, I won't sell them to you!"

The first of the rules of deception is: when the scam is detected, get out as quickly as possible!

I instantly rushed with enthusiasm, rushed over with an arrow, snatched the painting from Zhao Shirong's hand, followed the casual load, and ran to the door quickly.

"Hmph. Zhao Shirong watched me flee and did not stop me, but showed a cold smile.

After escaping from the gallery, my heart was still beating hard, cold sweat was blowing up, my back was soaked, and I was trembling even more when I held the fake painting in both hands, and at that moment I told myself that the last thing I wanted to taste in my life was the moment when the scam was discovered!

"You rabbit cub, you've pitted people on Rong Ye's head. ”

Suddenly, four or five people rushed over, grabbed me and dragged me into the alley, I was so frightened that my face turned pale and wanted to scream, but the other party covered my mouth with one hand, and when I got to the alley, without saying a word, I punched my stomach, and instantly I bent down in pain, and the yellow bile water was about to vomit out.

Bang bang, I was beaten like a sandbag, I only felt the pain of tears all over my body, I don't know when I fell to the ground, I clearly saw a familiar shadow at the mouth of the alley!

But soon, I couldn't remember anything, I just wanted to protect the important parts of my body, and let the gangsters punch and kick me, and finally I was dying, and the gang spat at me, threw down a mocking word, and walked away.

I don't know how long, I heard the sound of footsteps, subconsciously holding my head with my hands again, I didn't respond for a long time, I looked up along the black trouser legs, but at first glance, I cried like a fool, followed by the courage that I don't know where it came from, and punched the old man's face.

"You old bastard, watch me be beaten like a dog, do you don't care about me if I die?"

Tears fell down, I couldn't help it, it turned out that I was not mistaken, the figure at the mouth of the alley just now was really my master!

"You coward, how did I teach you?"

The old man easily avoided my soft fist, kicked me to the ground, tilted his neck and grinned: "Even if you don't learn the three-legged cat kung fu, you dare to deceive people?"

"You don't care. ”

I struggled to get up and rubbed my chest, the gang was so ruthless that my ribs were almost broken.

Seeing that I was leaving, the old man wanted to stop me, I pushed him away, annoyed that he didn't save him when he saw death, I coldly shook a sentence and said, "I don't have a master like you!"

I'm really angry, the old man is so unrighteous, even if he doesn't help, he can scare people away by shouting the police, but he doesn't care, watching me being beaten alive!

"Yo, are you so angry?"

The old man took out a big cigarette gun with a smile, took a quick sip, and then swallowed the clouds and spit out the fog: "Zhao Shirong, you can't blind him with your little skill, you want to take revenge, come with me." ”

I paused, turned my head, and saw the old man in the silent black Mercedes.

"Hemp egg!"

Suddenly, my face froze, and I surrendered very spinelessly, and raised my heels.