Chapter 4 Going to the United States (1)
Ju An was deeply shocked, thinking that the thing could not be real, the man and beast were actually from the hands of this great painter? Then look at the rest of the artist's works, not to mention that there are really some similar works in them.
Even if the man and beast are an imitation, no one knows about the imitation. I don't know who painted the other little girls and dancing girls. However, Ju An estimated that the surname of the imitation was not large, and it should be that according to the date on the ledger, 1910 was five years before the death of this man and beast, and the time gap was not large, and it was unlikely that this foreign opium dealer put the ledger and some fake paintings in the iron cabinet. If the fake one is hung up at home, who would be stupid enough to put it in the safe and keep it. As for how to find someone to identify whether these paintings are true or not, Ju'an is a little difficult, you have to say that the appraisal of porcelain, Chinese painting can still be trusted in China, the appraisal of Western paintings is estimated that there are no experts in China, so I have to look abroad to look for them, in thinking that the paintings sold are galleries, auction houses or something, the gallery is too small to say, the big auction company is reliable.
I searched for foreign auction houses, and there was really a familiar one, Ju An remembered, this auction house once held an auction in City B, when a friend of the company owner entrusted this auction house to auction a porcelain.
I took out my card machine from the drawer, went into the space and took pictures of all three paintings, and sent a letter to the auction company according to the email address on the website, which meant that I wanted to ask them to appraise these paintings, and attached photos of these paintings. As for whether he could receive a reply, Ju Anxin didn't have any sense of humor.
The auction house was sent to the auction house because it was well-known in China and I had heard of it, and the auction house was headquartered in New York, and if I didn't reply to the letter, I would have to go to the United States with my boss to participate in a toy fair after two weeks.
Domestic small foreign trade companies generally do not go to the exhibition, but to see what toys are popular in Europe and the United States this year, in the name of viewing the fashion trends in Europe and the United States to adapt to the international market, in fact, most of them are to see what foreigners have come up with, come back to the cottage, and sell to foreigners.
The United States itself has been there several times, but every time I went in a hurry, and I came in a hurry, because US imperialism is too dark, and the salary of a soft girl of more than 3,000 yuan in Ju'an is only more than 600 yuan in exchange for a US knife, which is really shy in my pocket.
After graduating from college, he studied for a master's degree and doctorate in the United States, lived and studied in the United States for a few years, and then married a Chinese wife and settled in San Francisco. Once, my brother happened to be in New York, and my brother met and had a meal.
Thinking of this, I casually left a message on my brother's QQ, mentioning that I would go to New York in two weeks. If you are free at that time, the two brothers will have a good drink and two glasses.
As soon as the news was sent, the senior brother replied: "I won't go to New York during this time, why don't you come to me for a walk when you return to China?" ”。
Ju An looked at it and asked, "I'm in the daytime, and you're there at night, haven't you slept so late?" Do you know this auction house, my relatives left me a few paintings that I want to appraisal," and wrote the name of the auction house.
The senior brother made a surprised expression: "I'm writing a program, night owls are used to it, boy, I can't talk about you, this world is one of the best, your things are not reliable, if you just appraise it will cost a lot of money, in case something goes wrong, your money is not enough for others to do the appraisal fee."
"I just don't feel sure in my heart so I'm going to go to the appraisal, if it's true, I'll decide to sell it," Ju An gave a wry smile.
The senior brother hesitated: "Then you can call me when you get to New York, and I will go with you, I am much more familiar with it than you."
"I'll just wait for you, I'll call you in advance when I'm free, and I'll see you then," Ju An smiled.
"Okay, I'll see you then," the senior brother replied.
Two days later, Juan received a letter from the auction house stating that the photo was not taken clearly, and if you could, please bring the painting to the company, and the auction house would be more than happy to help. Juan wrote back that he expected to go to New York in two weeks, and that he would take the painting with him.
In the next day, Ju An found a strange thing, that is, the three puppies in the space grew up very quickly, only less than a week, and they actually grew up a few times, saying that they were four-month-old dogs, and some people believed them.
Looking at the half-sized dog, tricking around in the yard back and forth, Ju An studied and found that the water in the soil fence under the big tree seemed to be maintained so much forever, always maintained at a certain height, and the water either came out of the ground, or flowed down from the big tree, and you scooped up as much as the big tree flowed. I watered the weeds outside with the water of a large tree, and the weeds were about to grow into small trees in the blink of an eye, and when I tried the water in the pond, the weeds did not change at all. Ju'an also found that if you mix the water from the pond with the water in the earthen enclosure, the more water in the pond, the slower the weeds will grow, and the water from the trees seems to have some kind of aura.
When Ju'an was a child, he also had a few earth dogs at home, but none of them had the spirit of three little guys, and sometimes, a gesture and a whistle, they could understand.
In the future, I also tried to drink this water, thinking that I was also growing a few centimeters taller, although Ju'an's height of 1.78 meters and 1.8 meters is already good, Ju'an still wants to be at a high point.
After trying for a week, I didn't grow tall, and I didn't find anything special in the rest, but my strength was slightly greater than before, and my physical strength was better than before, but it was very limited. If it weren't for the fact that Ju'an couldn't find it one day, he would have been out of breath after climbing more than a dozen floors, but that time he was only sweating a little.
I go to work like this every day, make trouble with the dog, and live a relaxed and comfortable life.
Departing from S City Airport in the morning, after 12 hours of flying to New York, except for Wang Dongyu, who went abroad for the first time, the boss and Ju'an were a little tired, Wang Dongyu was the first time to go to the United States, and it was also the first time to do a plane, and there were a lot of words along the way.
"Brother An, the little house down here is like a matchbox, look at it!"
"From above, how does S City look like it's covered with a layer of fog, gray"
"Brother An, how did you say that the wings of the plane are shaking, are they not strong, I look like my heart is hanging, it won't break! Bah! Child's words are untaboo, children's words are untaboo".
"Look, the clouds are below us."
Originally, Ju An was going to take a nap on the road, but he was all disrupted by this guy. Looking at Wang Dongyu with excitement on his face, he remembered that when he first came to the United States by plane, he was also like this, everything was fresh.
The boss is a little painful, the boss is a big and fat man, the seats on the plane are a bit small for him, and every time he does a plane, it is not a good experience for him.
The group of three got off the plane, it was already more than eight o'clock in the evening in New York, and they took a taxi and went straight to the hotel. It was a black young man who was driving, but fortunately Ju An and the boss were the back seats, and Wang Dongyu was in the front.
The joy I chatted with Wang Dongyu along the way, from Broadway to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, from Clinton's Lewinsky to Occupy Wall Street some time ago, is quite a bit of the style of the brother of the capital city B.
The accommodation is located in Queens, a traditional white neighborhood that many affluent Chinese now prefer to live in. The whole area is basically a two-storey small building, there are a lot of good security here, it is also very quiet, the price is also cheap, basically in 100 US dollars, generally a double room is about 60 US dollars, much cheaper than living in a hotel, and it is only a few minutes away from the subway.
In fact, it's like renting a suite room in China, and the space is not much, more than a dozen square meters, two beds, and a writing desk. The good thing is that there is a reading power in each room.
Putting down the luggage, Ju An lay on the bed and stretched, Wang Dongyu stood on the windowsill and looked outside carefully.
"Brother An, looking at this New York on the way, now think about it, it's not bad, there are many people, there are many cars, and it feels like it's almost the same as S City, and this community is not bad, there are so many big trees, and almost all of them have to be hugged by one person. The greening is good, unlike the domestic community, the house is similar to the people, and the environment is a few streets away," Wang Dongyu said as he looked at Ju An, who was on the bed.
"It's like this in big cities, when I came to Jiangnan from a small county town to go to school, I thought everything was new for the first time, and after living for a few years, you felt that it was like that. It's like you haven't been to Huangshan, you think in your heart maybe how beautiful it is, after you go, you're thinking about it, in fact, it's nothing, you will have a chance to come in the future, wait for you and Brother Li, Brother Qi to come twice a year, come for a few years, you are not interested in coming, the boss is not there, they stay at home than we are under the nose of the boss, maybe how happy it is" Ju An replied.
"After three days, you will be free, take me to see Statue Liberty, I will take a picture and show my parents, my son has also been to the United States," Wang Dongyu turned around and sat on the bed and said.
"I really don't necessarily have time, I have something to do with free activities, and I have some personal matters to deal with with a senior brother I know, or you can talk to the boss to see if he is free" Ju An got up and said to Wang Dongyu.
"Doesn't the boss want to see his daughter, where will there be time?"
"The boss's daughter came to the United States to get a diploma, and last year the boss spent one day watching his daughter, and the other day took us around."
"Oh, then I'll ask the boss tomorrow" Wang Dongyu scratched his head after speaking, "You take a bath first, I'll wash later, see how tired you and the boss look."
"Next time you come, you will feel like me, you are excited, you go wash first, I will make a call below" smiled and said to Wang Dongyu and got up and walked out.