ps: Twist your neck and twist your ass, let's vote together!

David Li saw that Liu Xibo didn't even say hello, and he was almost unwilling to delay for a moment, so he shrugged helplessly and spread his hands towards Li Yi.

"He's like that, once he hears that he has something he likes, he can't care about anything, Mr. Li, I'm sorry. ¤”

Li Yi smiled and shook his head, looking at Liu Xibo with great interest.

Contrary to the image of an artist in Li Yi's mind, Liu Xibo pays great attention to dress, although the weather in Hong Kong is very hot, he still wears a suit and leather shoes meticulously, his hair and the thick beard on his face have been carefully trimmed, and the lines on his face seem to be carved with a knife and axe.

"This is a real masterpiece from Franz Klein! It's a fish that doesn't exist in the record, and now, I've caught you......"

Liu Xibo used his white-gloved hand to hang above the painting and gently stroked it, as if he was caressing his lover's naked back, the expression on his face also became intoxicated and infatuated, and the words muttered out of his mouth unconsciously showed the excitement in his heart at this moment, and he really recognized it at a glance!

After a while, Liu Xibo returned to normal, he walked over with a smile and shook Li Yi's hand, apologized for his recklessness just now, and then said with a look of anticipation:

"Mr. Li, I solemnly request that you hand over this painting to Sotheby's Hong Kong for auction, and you can rest assured that we will do our best to publicize it......"

Li Yi hesitated a little, and it was certain that he would give it to Sotheby's, but he wanted to give it to Sotheby's New York, not Sotheby's Hong Kong, because the author of this painting was an American himself, and only Westerners would value this kind of abstract painting that they couldn't understand.

"No, no, that's not a problem at all. Mr. Li, you may not know much about Sotheby's, but we will selectively invite some potential buyers according to the characteristics of some precious lots......"

After some explanations, Li Yi finally agreed to have Sotheby's Hong Kong auction the work, but when it came time to evaluate the work, David Lee and Liu Xibo offered a price that was difficult for him to accept.

"What? You say the work will probably sell for around $5 million? How could it be so low! ”

"That's right, Mr. Li, after all, this work is a work made by Franz Klein before his exploration is mature, although it is also a masterpiece, but you know ......"

David Lee has been explaining to Li Yi, and Liu Xibo gently clasped the table with the knuckle of his index finger, bowed his head and pondered, and suddenly, he waved his hand to interrupt David Lee's speech,

"1944 was a year in which the Allies switched from defense to offensive, and both in Europe and the Pacific Theater, the Allies won heavy victories and saw the dawn of victory...... In this painting, Franz Klein's brushwork is quite abnormal, and from these lines, we can see the ardent desire for victory and peace in his heart, and the shattering of this frame is a strong indictment of the devastation caused by the war......"

What the hell is this guy talking about? Li Yi glanced at the stunned David Li and the adoring Stephen on his face, and suddenly understood that Liu Xibo was putting gold on this painting! It is giving the author a deeper meaning to this painting!

I'll go, it turns out that the auction can still be played like this!

After Liu Xibo's retouching, their estimate of the transaction price soared directly to 15 million US dollars! That's tripled!

"Mr. Li, I wonder if you are in a hurry to use the money?"

"Oh, what do you mean by that?"

"You know, for a piece like this to fetch a high price, it has to go through a lot of publicity, and that time needs to be calculated on a monthly basis at least. But if you are in a hurry to use the money, Mr. Li, I happen to know that a wealthy man who is obsessed with Franz Klein is in Hong Kong at the moment, and I can help you contact him......"

Li Yi shook his head, he was not short of money, and he thought that their estimate just now was still a little conservative, so it was better to try it at auction.

Seeing that Li Yi could not change his mind, Liu Xibo didn't care, and motioned to Stephen to do his best to sort out the contract, so as not to have too many dreams at night.

After signing the contract, Li Yi left the painting behind and walked alone along the street towards the exhibition hall. Yesterday, Chen's father and daughter went over to greet him and invited them to a meal, so I should go to his booth today.

Walking along the street, I suddenly saw the sign of a very inconspicuous roadside shop with the words Jiuji beef brisket written on it, and remembered that someone said that this was the best beef noodle in Hong Kong during the search yesterday, and I was immediately greedy.

The store is small and old, but even so, even though it's only eleven o'clock, the store is already full of seven or eighty percent of the diners.

Li Yi ordered a bowl of stewed beef brisket noodles, tasted it, and felt that the meat was fragrant, and the meat was extremely tender but not rotten, so he couldn't help but nod and added another bowl of curry beef brisket.

Meimei ate a meal, Li Yi suddenly marched, he was ready to give up the road, all the way through the streets and alleys to the conference center, anyway, Baidu is there, and he is not afraid of getting lost.

After walking not far, Li Yi saw an alley, and there seemed to be many tourists in it, so he also turned in.

The alleys are very ordinary, but they have the characteristics of southern architecture, almost every household has opened a door on their own walls, selling some tourist souvenirs or something, Li Yi browsed while thinking about what to bring back to his parents, and when he looked up, he suddenly found that there was a shop dealing in antiques in front of him.

The storefront of this shop is not large, but the things inside are very miscellaneous, from Eastern porcelain calligraphy and paintings to Western pocket watches and jewelry, there are no less than a thousand kinds of small shops, and the small shop is full of them.

Li Yi walked in and looked at it for a while, and decided to try his luck with the spirit identification card, it seems that he hasn't missed it for a long time, and his luck has almost accumulated, right?

The boss's things are very crowded, often one by one, which is why Li Yi decided to try it with the spirit card. He knew that when the spirit card identified the same type of thing, it could be identified by multiple pieces and one piece, and he didn't know if it would react if so many kinds were piled together.

If there is a reaction, it will be developed, and if not, he is not interested in touching the dust of his hand for these little things.

While thinking about it, he put his hand on a table clock about 20 centimeters high, this one looks quite new, it should be a tourist souvenir, but Li Yi has observed that this wall clock is at least next to seven or eight other miscellaneous things, hoping to identify it together.

As soon as Li Yi's hand was on the table clock, the appraisal results came out, and two seconds later, just when he was about to give up, a few lines of small words suddenly popped out, which were the appraisal results of the pocket watches next to the table clock.

Li Yi raised his eyebrows, there is a play!

But after waiting for almost ten seconds, the spirit card did not give any appraisal conclusion.

Li Yi shook his head, the table clock and pocket watch are still the same kind of things in essence, and it took two seconds to identify them......

The boss saw Li Yi standing there with the clock for about half a minute, and thought he was interested in this kind of thing, so he greeted him with a smile.

"Sir, if you like this kind of thing, there are a few better ones here, you can take a look."

Li Yi thought about it, listened to the persuasion, and got half of it, but in fact, he was mainly embarrassed to leave as soon as he asked, so he decided to take a look.

The boss pointed to a shelf behind Li Yi and said:

"Sir, I can guarantee that these clocks are all old from the 19th century, and both of them can still be moved, and they are definitely highly collectible......"

Li Yi turned around and looked at the shelf, just at a glance, he fell in love with a black short and fat grandfather clock, to be exact, he did not look at the grandfather clock, but on the bronze figure about twenty centimeters high placed on the top of the grandfather clock.

As a carving enthusiast, Li Yi once worked the works of some master carvers, so he recognized at a glance that the bronze figure should be imitated by Auguste Rodin's "Bronze Age", but he made "Bronze Age" almost 10 times smaller!

He walked up and wanted to take the bronze statue off the clock, but as soon as his hand touched the bronze statue, a slightly cool breath suddenly appeared, flowing down his fingers to the palm of his hand!