People who are old enough will always have many friends. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Being old enough means living long enough, and generally speaking, you will know more people than younger people.

When I was a teenager, I didn't have any doubts about each other, how to be happy and how to get along, and every peer was a friend.

But as we get older, we have fewer and fewer friends, and we are busy with work, life, calculations, precautions, or ...... Don't get distracted. As a result, the friends around me gradually drifted apart, and everyone only maintained polite interactions, and being with friends was often not as good as the drinkers who met in a random izakaya.

But the age will get older and older, until one day, there is less utilitarianism, less ambition, less calculation and defense, only the emotion and aftertaste of time remain, and those friends who have not had time to tear their faces in the long years have become real friends again.

This is the case with Kenichi Miyamoto.

Ten years ago, he often felt lonely, and for him, the greatest relaxation was after work, before dinner, find a small izakaya near Shinsaibashi, enter the door with his head bowed and say sorry for the interruption, and then ask for four or five slices of sashimi, a glass of shochu, add some ice cubes, and chat casually with other drinkers. Sometimes, the sashimi is replaced with a small plate of grilled meat.

But since he was in his sixties, he has become isolated, because he no longer has the spirit of striving when he was young.

When they found out that their old friends were the same, they started to move around a lot again.

On that day, when Shi Lei exchanged paintings with him, several people he invited to help with the appraisal were his friends.

Miyamoto wanted to play some tricks to hide from everyone in order to ensure that his life's reputation would not fall at the last moment, and he had to get the support of those people. Because, only they know the truth.

After thinking about it for a long time, Miyamoto Kenichi felt more and more that this was a hurdle that he couldn't overcome, so he had to call the phones of those people separately.

In the case of the overwhelming news, Miyamoto Kenichi's old friends are also worried at home, because they know very well how Miyamoto Kenichi gave up the painting saint's work, and they are afraid that this matter will implicate them. They are retired, they are already in their old age, and they don't want to have a bad reputation for betraying a national treasure before they die.

After receiving a call from Kenichi Miyamoto, they all knew what was going on, and Kenichi Miyamoto said that he had something to discuss with them, and they rushed to the small apartment near Shinsaibashi without hesitation.

The apartment is not large, only 11 tsubo, and the Japanese unit of measurement still retains its ancient style.

One tsubo refers to the size of two standard tatami mats, which is 3.3 square meters.

Eleven pings are more than 30 square meters, even if this is the usable area of the suite, this apartment is extremely cramped and cramped, and it is not even the size of a gazebo in Miyamoto Genichi's big house.

Seeing that old friends for many years could only live in such a small house, several old people who came couldn't help but feel a little sympathy.

Of course, the topic revolves around the true shape of the Five Stars and Twenty-Eight Nights, and Miyamoto Genichi sighed with a pause: "Who could have known that it was actually the youthful work of the painting saint when he was young? ”

Everyone was in tune with it at the moment.

"Fortunately, I got the true handiwork of Yan Liben, this is the statue of Wang Youjun. Kenichi Miyamoto accentuated his tone, emphasizing how precious his gains were.

An old man whispered, "But that's the work of the saint." ”

Genichi Miyamoto looked at the old man surnamed Watanabe, and he said solemnly, "To be exact, it's a study of painting saints." ”

Everyone was puzzled, and Miyamoto Genichi said eloquently: "No one has ever really seen the complete version of the true shape of the Five Stars and Twenty-Eight Nights, and what everyone sees is just the one I used to scroll up." For a long time, the world regarded that work as a copy of Liang Lingzan, and then it was determined that there was a next volume, but it was lost. But now that it has been proven to be a work of the painting saint who was about 20 years old, it is very questionable whether there is a next volume or not. What if it was just a study used by the painter to practice his brushwork? He was just feeling the sparseness of the body, feeling the appearance of the Zhang family, and he felt bored halfway through the copy, and it ended hastily, and it was a work that he was far from reaching maturity, what was it?"

Everyone looked at each other, still not understanding what Miyamoto meant by Kenichi.

The old man Watanabe insisted on whispering, "But after all, it is the heirloom of the painting saint." ”

"Is Yan Liben so much worse than Wu Daozi? Du Fu is a poet saint, but who can say that Xiao Du is not as good as him? Lao Du is more solemn, but Xiao Du is romantic. Yan Liben's artistic value, why can't even one of Wu Daozi's studies when he was young?"

Everyone looked at each other again, and Watanabe seemed to understand Miyamoto's intentions, and he said, "Miyamoto, what do you think, just say it directly." We've been friends for many years, and we're definitely on your side. ”

Miyamoto looked around, added some soju to everyone's cups, and then said: "The Chinese can prove the value of Wu Daozi with an auction, why can't we follow his example and prove the value of Yan Liben with an auction? This is a statue of Wang Youjun!"

Here are all fox demons who have cultivated for thousands of years, and when it comes to this level, a group of old ghosts naturally understand.

Miyamoto Genichi picked up the wine glass, raised his hands high, and said respectfully: "We are all people who are about to die, and the reputation of our lives cannot be ruined here." I learned that someone intended to sell Yan Liben's authentic Wang Youjun statue, but he had little savings in his life, so he had no choice but to sell the true shape of the Five Stars and Twenty-Eight Houses that was identified as a copy of Liang Lingzan at that time. In exchange for capital, only for the authenticity. If one of Wu Daozi's works can be auctioned for 163 million, why can't Yan Liben's original work reach 180 million?"

After a pause, Miyamoto Genichi said again: "I respect you for this glass of wine, and please take care of it." ”

Everyone looked at each other, and they all picked up their wine glasses, and a group of old men drank with pride.

Sotheby's was vetoed, and the cost would be too great, and Sotheby's would definitely insist on the percentage of commissions. Since it's a show, why pay such a big price?

An old man named Tanaka said that he knew that there was a small auction house in South Korea that had insisted on the auction of art for many years, and did not require high commissions. If Yan Liben's authentic work can be traded with them, they may agree without commission.

Tanaka immediately contacted the auction house, and it was promised that the seller would not have to pay the commission, and the seller would only have to pay a commission of $100,000.

Kenichi Miyamoto made a request, and the list of participants in the auction was provided by the seller.

The two sides hit it off, and on the same day, Miyamoto Kenichi managed to send the portrait of Wang Youjun to South Korea and handed it over to the auction house.

That night, the auction was held among a group of old men, and in the end, Miyamoto bought the painting he had bought for $180 million, paying a commission of $100,000.

Watanabe and Tanaka took action, hyping up the auction, and claiming that Miyamoto Kenichi would reluctantly sell the true shape of the Five Stars and Twenty-Eight Houses for the sake of a real painting, and at that time, he had no way of knowing that the painting was made by the Painting Sanctuary.

But no matter what, the Osaka Municipal Museum of Art has welcomed back a new national treasure-level ancient Chinese painting, and Yan Liben's long-lost portrait of Wang Youjun has been rediscovered.