Li Rui asked rhetorically, "What does the principal mean?"

The assistant said, "The principal is not interesting, he is just curious and wants to know." ”

Li Rui kept muttering in his heart, could it be that the level of that beautiful painter was so good, it touched the principal's heart, otherwise why did he ask these details? and thought, the principal should understand the price, he can't tell the truth, otherwise he may have thought that the value of the painting was very high, but when he heard that it was only worth three thousand, he couldn't look at it, his eyes rolled, and he said: "That painting was given to me by my friend, and I don't know what the market value is." ”

The assistant asked excitedly, "I wonder what is the name of that friend at Li's office?"

Li Rui smiled and said, "Do you want to know, or do you want to know?" This question involves my privacy, and there is no need for me to say it to outsiders. ”

The assistant smiled awkwardly and said, "Okay, I'll take you to the principal, he wants to ask you a few questions." ”

Li Rui said: "Oh, has the principal finished calling?"

The assistant sneered, "It should be over, I'll go in and have a look." After speaking, he walked to the door of the principal's office, raised his hand and knocked, and without waiting for the inside to speak, he pushed the door and walked in, and closed the door with his backhand.

Li Rui looked at the door of the house and sneered secretly, this assistant, is it so easy to deceive when he is a three-year-old child, and "it should be over", if the principal doesn't finish the call, will he have time to pay attention to the painting he sent?

The assistant entered the house for only half a minute, then walked out again and beckoned Li Rui in.

Li Rui walked into the house with him, and saw at a glance that there was a guy in his fifties who looked like a scholar sitting at the boss's table in the house, and it was estimated that he was the president of the Provincial Agricultural University. His painting was placed on his desk, half rolled and half unfolded, as if he had just finished admiring it and had not yet had time to put it back.

"Principal, this is Li Rui Li from the General Office of the Qingyang Municipal Party Committee!"

The assistant introduced Li Rui to the principal, and said to Li Rui: "Li Division, this is our principal Chi Guohua Chi!"

Li Rui saw that Chi Guohua was sitting in it and didn't mean to get up, that is, he didn't plan to shake hands with him, and he really didn't talk about the etiquette of hospitality, and he became more and more angry in his heart, but he didn't have a grudge against him because of this, he was also a serious hall leader, and it was very good to see you as a junior cadre at the department level, do you still point to him and tell you etiquette? With a smile that was neither humble nor arrogant, he took the initiative to greet him: "Hello Principal Chi, I am disturbing your work!"

Chi Guohua can not talk to him about etiquette, but he must meet Chi Guohua with etiquette, first, Chi Guohua's level is there, second, he is the master, he is a guest, and third, this is to ask people to come, all these reasons, we must do the superficial work, so as not to be ridiculed by people Qingyang's cadres don't understand bullshit, and they are more and more underestimated.

Chi Guohua nodded perfunctorily and said, "Okay, okay, you're okay, let me ask you, you said that this painting was given by a friend, I don't know under what circumstances your friend gave it to you? Is it a return gift, or a debt, or something else? Can you tell me more about it?"

Li Rui had already made up nonsense before, but now he definitely can't change his words, saying that I bought it for 3,000 yuan, so it would be a joke, so I could only continue to make it up: "It was my friend who saw that I liked landscape painting and gave it to me." ”

Chi Guohua's eyes widened, and he said incredulously: "What was given to you casually...... What does this friend of yours do? Collector, or Big Boss?"

Li Rui's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he asked, "Principal Chi asked like this, is this painting very valuable?"

Chi Guohua asked anxiously, "You answer my question first." ”

Li Rui said: "Well, my friend is neither a collector nor a big boss, she is actually a painter, and she paints very well." ”

Chi Guohua frowned, and asked, "Oh, then what's his name, how old is he, and where is he now?"

Li Ruike couldn't answer this question, so he didn't plan to answer it, and asked, "Principal Chi, is this painting very valuable, I think you seem to care very much?"

The corners of Chi Guohua's mouth curled, and he asked again: "When your friend gave you a painting, didn't he tell you who painted it? Did he tell you how much this painting is in the market? You actually took it to me casually?"

Li Rui pretended to be ignorant and said: "She didn't say anything, and I didn't take it seriously, is it possible that the market price of this painting is very high?"

Chi Guohua stood up and said angrily: "You don't need to say it, I already know, your friend, it's not the second generation of officials, it must be the second generation of rich, he doesn't understand anything, he treats this famous painting as an ordinary painting, and he will give it to you in a daze, and you don't know anything about it, so he casually took it over and gave it to me as a gift." What you have done to insult the paintings of famous artists is really hateful, hateful, and pathetic! You are so angry with me!"

Li Ruiqi said: "Famous paintings?" After speaking, he looked at the seal on the scroll, this painting, where does not indicate the identity of the author, the only thing that can be reflected, that is, the seal that was printed later, but it is full of books, I don't know what is written, is it the author's name?

Chi Guohua said angrily: "This is the masterpiece of Mr. Wen Xingwen, one of the best landscape painters in China, don't you know?"

Li Rui said with a blank face: "Wen Xing?

"Nonsense!", Chi Guohua rebuked unhappily, "On the chapter is 'Yamano Hideshi', which is the number used by Mr. Wen in his early years, but it is not used much now. This seal is printed on this painting, indicating that it is Mr. Wen's early work, and the whole painting is fresh and elegant, smart and frivolous, which is also in line with the characteristics of Mr. Wen's early paintings. ”

Li Rui was stunned, this painting was obviously painted by the little beauty with a melon seed face, and the chapter was also stamped by her, how could it become Wen Xing's early work? Is this Chi Guohua's mistake in appreciation, or is it something else?

Chi Guohua said bitterly: "The market price of this painting may be about 40 million, and you actually gave it to me casually, I am really sad, how can this kind of painting fall into the hands of you people who don't know how to paint? It's just a tyrannical thing!"

Li Rui was taken aback and exclaimed, "Forty million......? I didn't listen, did I?"

Chi Guohua snorted and said, "40 million is still less to say! This painting may be auctioned for 50 million or even more when it is auctioned at Sotheby's Hong Kong!"

Li Rui shouted loudly: "How is it possible?" The heart said that this painting was just hung on the wall by the girl very casually after the painting, how could it be auctioned for a sky-high price of 50 million?

Chi Guohua said: "How is it impossible? This is Mr. Wen's painting, his painting is worth this price, and this painting is his early work, which is even more precious and unparalleled in the world." You actually brought it to me without asking clearly, boy, let me tell you, that is, I am older and have a better temper, and when I am young, I will definitely whip you. ”

Li Rui looked at him blankly, and his mind only recalled the details of meeting the beautiful woman.

Chi Guohua waved his hand and said: "What are you looking at me for? Let me tell you, although your paintings are sent in a daze, I can't accept them in a daze, if you bring the paintings back, I will not accept such a valuable painting!"

Li Rui came back to his senses and shouted: "Ah, what, you don't accept it? What can you do if you don't accept it? We only prepared this gift for this trip, and you can't accept it." You've got to take it, uh...... It doesn't matter how much it's worth, if you like it, be sure to take it. ”

Chi Guohua said angrily: "I like it, of course I like it, but it's so valuable, how can I take it? Hurry up and put it away, don't let me talk nonsense!"

Li Rui's eyes rolled, and he said with a smile: "Principal Chi, are you mistaken, this painting is not genuine at all, it is a fake, it may just be copied by my friend, and the chapter is also a fake specially made for the sake of vassal elegance, in fact, the whole painting is fake, and it has nothing to do with that Mr. Wen, you can accept it." ”

"Fart!"

Chi Guohua was furious and said: "Are you insulting my IQ? Are you insulting the eyes of the dean of the School of Art of Shannan University? I just invited him to come over for appraisal, he has studied the works of famous Chinese painters, and it can be seen at a glance that this is Mr. Wen's early works, the brushwork is a little too immature, but it is expensive in the agility, less restrained and dignified in the later period, from which you can get a glimpse of the detailed changes in Mr. Wen's mood in the process of artistic advancement, which is tantamount to a vivid and inexhaustible advanced course for painters. ”

Li Rui laughed and laughed, if it weren't for the vivid action of blowing his beard and glaring, he would have suspected that he was acting with him, and wondered in his heart, who was that beauty? Why was her painting recognized by Chi Guohua and others as Wen Xing's work? And the seal on the painting was also a seal used by Wen Xing in the early days? Could she be Wen Xing's student, or was she a relative or friend of her niece? There was only one thought in her heart, that is, to hurry back to Qingyang and ask the true identity of the little beauty.

He froze and said, "Principal Chi, I don't care what you say, I brought this painting here today, and I gave it to you, you must accept it, I will definitely not bring it back, how can there be a reason to take it home?"

Chi Guohua looked at him incredulously when he heard this, as if he was looking at an idiot.

The assistant also looked at Li Rui with a strange face, and said in his heart Is this kid stupid, the principal has pointed out the market price of this painting, but he still doesn't take it to heart, he has to send it out when he opens his mouth and closes his mouth, is his brain in water, or is his family very rich, and he doesn't take this painting seriously at all?