Xi Qing was taken aback by Wu Lisha's words, these antiques have a price, such as the bronzes of Xia Shangzhou, national treasures such as the bronzes, are also extremely expensive in the international auction market, although Picasso's works are rarely auctioned on the mai market, but there are still rumors among the people, obviously losing transactions, will anyone do it?

"You don't know this, they will think that thing is not valuable, but this Picasso painting is excellent, don't worry, it will, someone will change it!"

Lisa nodded affirmatively. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"I don't think the auction house is stupid, it's unlikely."

Wu Lisha said with a smile: "I didn't say to find an auction house, the auction house will not change, they pay attention to maximizing profits, but some private individuals who pursue Picasso's works, as well as those museums that have Chinese art, will definitely be willing to change."

What Wu Lisa said is that for those people, the market value of the collection is not the most important thing, what they value is the fame of the work, and in the hearts of some big collectors, maybe 100 Chinese antiques are not as good as a Picasso work......"

Xi Qing didn't get angry when he heard Wu Lisha's words, because he knew that Wu Lisha was telling the truth, in previous years, the price of Chinese antiques in the international market was not high, that is, the price that has been raised by some international speculators and auction houses in recent years.

However, in the minds of many collectors in Europe and the United States, the value of Chinese antiques is still far from being comparable with the works of Van Gogh Picasso and others, as can be seen from the 10 most expensive paintings ever auctioned, including four works by Picasso, but not a single Chinese ancient painting.

It can be seen that this is greasy.

In the past few days, there are a lot of people from all over the world who have come to participate in the Paris auction, including some billionaire-level collectors, who are all the sales targets of Wu Lisa, and Wu Lisa also knows that these people's homes have more or less some precious cultural relics from China.

After Lisa left in the afternoon, Xi Qing and Tao Xiaoman chatted for a while, and then had a romantic time in the city of Paris, and the whole person was influenced by this environment

There are too many famous places in Paris, Xi Qing accompanied Tao Xiaoman to visit the Place de la Concorde, saw the fountain, went to the Eiffel Tower, and went shopping on the Champs-Élysées.

I'm really tired......

"Xi Qing, where are you?"

As soon as Xi Qing returned to the hotel, he received a call from Lisa Wu.

"I'm in a hotel room."

"What about in the hotel? Well, you get ready, I'll bring a British friend to you, and I'll be there in ...... at once."

"Okay."

"Xi Qing, what's wrong?"

After Tao Xiaoman saw Xi Qing take the phone, his face became strange, and he couldn't help but ask.

"It's okay, Wu Lisa said that she would bring someone to see those Picasso sketches immediately, Tao Xiaoman, you go into the house and watch TV first, I'll entertain them in the living room......"

Xi Qing didn't expect Wu Lisa to be so efficient, and this Xi Qing asked him to bring the sketch over just now.

"Okay, Xi Qing, then you have a good talk! Come on. ”

Tao Xiaoman waved his fist at Xi Qing very obediently and entered the room, they lived in a luxury suite, and there was a living room outside that could handle official business.

"Wu Lisa, you and I have known each other for several years, this kind of thing won't lie to me, right? Can you be sure that it was Picasso's sketch? ”

In a car heading for the hotel where Xi Qing was staying, an Englishman in a tuxedo, speaking an inaccurate Chinese dialect, was chatting with Lisa Wu, and next to him sat a white man in his fifties.

"How could I lie to you, in fact, this thing really sounds a little unbelievable, but it is indeed true, you believe it after seeing it."

"I hope it's true, it's our heyday."

This Englishman's name is Schar, and he is a very famous collector in London, England, and the Schar family is an influential collector of Chinese art in the world.

The reason why the Charr family has so many Chinese artworks is of course inseparable from their ancestors, just like Frey in France, they all participated in the looting of the Old Summer Palace. At that time, a lot of Chinese artworks were accumulated.

If you want to become a world-class collector, you don't have precious artifacts from China, or it is not enough to have artifacts from China, you also need to have Western art.

The most important thing for the Shahr family is Chinese antiques, but for Western cultural relics, they don't have much collection, so after receiving a call from Lisa Wu, Shaer gave up a dinner party he was attending, and immediately brought his appraiser, and after driving to pick up Lisa in the morning, he rushed to the hotel where Xi Qing and others lived.

"With your eyes, Mr. Schal, you will be sure at a glance whether the drawings in my friend's possession are Picasso's works or not, do you think I will use such a clumsy reason to let you admire some fake paintings? So, it must be a real painting, you can rest assured! ”

Although Wu Lisha has not been in contact with Xi Qing for a long time, and has not seen Xi Qing's so-called authentic Picasso, he believes that Xi Qing 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. Schal, I think we're wasting our time......"

The appraiser who was sitting next to Shar shrugged his shoulders, for he was already off work, it was all his own time now, and he didn't really want to waste it.

"Let's see, the Oriental is a nation that is good at creating miracles, maybe the person named Chong really has Picasso's works, or not?"

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.

It didn't take long for the three of them to come to the hotel where Xi Qing was.

Lisa walked in the front, followed by Shar and Torres.

The three of them walked steadily without losing their hurry, in fact, everyone had different expectations in their hearts.

"Xi Qing, this is Mr. Schaar 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 those sketches of yours are the works of Mr. Picasso? Take it out. ”

After Wu Lisa knocked on Xi Qing's door, she blinked at Xi Qing while introducing Sha'er to Xi Qing, 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.

"Xi Qing, besides, this is Mr. Wu Torres, an experienced appraiser......" Wu Lisha continued to introduce Xi Qing.

Meaning, first you're going to get this guy done.

Schar isn't that easy to fool, and bringing a helper makes that clear.

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

Shaer was very friendly and greeted Xi Qing in Chinese, due to many factors such as family and his own collection, Shaer has a very good understanding of Han culture and knows that Chinese are especially good-looking, so he was very enthusiastic at first, and did not neglect Xi Qing because of his youth.

"Hello, Mr. Schar, let's invite ...... inside"

Xi Qing quietly let a few people into the room, enthusiastic and useful, if you want to exchange for Picasso sketches in your hands, then you have to take out Chinese antiques that can make you excited, otherwise the rich buddies will not sell them to you.

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

This is somewhat contemptuous.

Xi Qing disappointed him, and after nodding his head, Wu Torres continued: "It's good to understand English, young man, I can tell you, with me here, you don't have to think about taking some shoddy fake paintings to deceive Mr. Shahr, if you are interested, it is better to admit it now, then when you wait a while, I will not embarrass you......"

"Huh? Rub, uneducated, things haven't been seen yet, dare to make a big deal of nonsense here......"

After Xi Qing heard the words that came out of the mouth of Wu Torres, 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 tell the truth of a painting, so I don't need to say anything to you......"

Xi Qing 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 Xi Qing very unhappy.

Shaer, who was walking in front, clearly heard the conversation between the two people behind, but he just smiled slightly, and did not mean to persuade, for him, the worse the relationship between the seller and the appraiser, the less there will 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.

"I'll take out a few drawings and show them to this expert, and you'll have to look at them as well......"

After coming to the living room and sitting down, Xi Qing didn't mean to pour coffee or drinks for the guests, and directly took out Picasso's sketches.

Before Shar and the others came, Xi Qing had already classified the thirty-two sketches, the six sketches of 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. Xi Qing is also for connoisseurs to see at a glance. Of course, the other party must know the goods.

"Noon Torres, you better come......"

Scharr shook his head slightly, got up and sat down next to him, making room for Afternoon Torres, he really didn't know much about European art, except for its staggeringly expensive price.

"Slow ......"

Just when Torres was about to pick up the sketch in front of him, he was suddenly stopped by Xi Qing.

"What? I said it was true just now, but now I won't even let us watch it? ”

Wu Torres looked at Xi Qing with an unkind face, he didn't believe that this yellow man would have Picasso's works at all, and there were dozens of them, it was like a joke.

"Of course not, it's just Mr. Torres, I don't know if your teacher taught you that when you were studying appraisal, you must wear gloves when appraising calligraphy and painting works, this is basic knowledge, didn't you consider putting on gloves first......

Xi Qing looked at Wu Torres with a look of disdain, and after saying the above few words, he turned his face to look at Sha'er and said, "Mr. Sha'er, I am very dissatisfied with the appraiser you chose, he does not have the qualities of a professional appraiser at all.

I would like to remind you, Mr. Schal, that you should be prepared to accept my claim against you for any loss caused by the mishandling of the appraiser in respect of my collection......"

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

Shahl nodded, and first said in Chinese: "Mr. Xi, please rest assured, I will be responsible for these works, I'm really sorry......"

Immediately afterwards, Schal looked at Wu Torres again and said: "Mr. Wu Torres, please remember your professional ethics, you are appraising a painting that is very likely to be Mr. Picasso, not a pound sketch painted by those artists on the side of the road, so please show your professional qualities and don't let Mr. Xi laugh at ......"

Wu Torres's arrogance at this time is completely gone, if his behavior today is reported, 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. Schar, I'm sorry, Mr. Xi, it was my negligence, I think, I still have the ability to identify whether these sketches are from Mr. Picasso's handwriting, I'm sorry just now......"

Wu Torres quickly adjusted his mentality, stood up and bowed respectfully to Xi Qing and Sha'er, and his attitude was extremely sincere.

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

Torres opened the bag he was carrying and pulled out a pair of white gloves and a magnifying glass, which he certainly had.

In fact, these appraisers at home and abroad ate at a similar level, and after putting on their gloves, Torres picked up the top sketch in his hand. (To be continued.) )