When I got downstairs, the phone happened to be unused. Stuffed a coin into the telephone and dialed the phone: "Hey! Brother Liu Chao, I'm Ju'an, I've been to New York, and now I'm staying at the Red Room Hotel in Queens, and we'll be free in three days."

"Hmmm! I know, I inquired, appraise a painting of 1,000 dollars, your three paintings cost more than 10,000 yuan, if something goes wrong, there will be no more than a year of saving" The voice of the senior brother came from the other end of the phone.

"The second email also made it clear, more than 3,400 US dollars, I'm mentally prepared for nothing, what about the money" If this money is blind, borrow a tricycle to sell fish at night, so many fish in the pond are more than 10,000 yuan, Ju Anxin has already arranged, there are fish in the pond, and I don't panic.

"It's good if you decide, if it's really you, don't be stingy, brother is working on a software here, invest one or two million, no problem, hahaha" Senior brother teased.

"If your brother doesn't say a word, if you have two million, you will take it." Ju An said cheerfully.

"It's so generous, if you lose it, your wife is gone, you kid is not afraid, mention that I'm talking about dollars" The senior brother also smiled.

"I'm talking about pounds, I lost my wife's capital, and I used my sister-in-law to pay off my debts."

There was a coughing sound from the microphone: "I said that you kid, you have the potential to be a capitalist, why didn't you see it in college?"

"You've been hiding for so long."

"Don't talk about it, I'll arrive the night after tomorrow, and you've been on the plane for more than ten hours, hurry up and wash and sleep." I'll book me a room when I arrive, and we'll talk later," the senior brother hurriedly stopped.

"Okay, then I'll hang up, I'll see you the day after tomorrow" hung up the phone with a smile on his face, Ju An and his senior brother are fellow villagers, from the same county, but Ju'an is in the county seat, and the senior brother's family is in the countryside, or the domestic university will cancel the fellow association, it is estimated that I am afraid that these fellow villagers will join together and become an unstable factor on campus.

It's nothing to help each other as much as they can, but if you form a gang and fight in a group, and start a club, it is estimated that the principal will have a headache.

hung up the phone, returned to the room, and found that Wang Dongyu had finished taking a shower, was wearing shorts and a T-shirt, and was looking for something in his travel bag.

I opened my luggage, took out my change of clothes, took off only a pair of boxers and shirts, and then took a shower for more than ten hours.

came out and took Wang Dongyu downstairs to the coin-operated laundry room and washed the changed clothes. After tossing a big circle, it was already more than ten o'clock at night, and then turned off the lights and met with Zhou Hui, turned off the lights for a while, and heard Wang Dongyu tossing and turning in bed. I guess the excitement hasn't passed yet.

At five o'clock in the morning, Ju'an woke up, really bored. When I got up, I saw that Wang Dongyu was still covered with a quilt on his head, and he was asleep. Changed into sportswear, closed the door gently with sneakers, and jogged around the community for dozens of minutes.

I saw a lot of people jogging or walking their dogs along the way. Breathing in the refreshing air, the mood is extraordinarily comfortable.

"Hey! You're a good runner, are you an athlete? Juan turned around and saw a white man with short hair. He is about a little more than 1.7 meters tall, dressed in sportswear, his hair is neatly combed, about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, to be honest, in Ju'an's opinion, the age of white people in their twenties and thirties is the same.

"I'm sorry, my name is Nien" Looking at Ju An's confused expression, the white man enthusiastically stretched out his hand.

"Hello, Nien, my name is Ju'an" Ju'an also stretched out his hand and shook Nien's hand gently, "I'm not an athlete, I wake up on time every day and come out for a run."

"Nice to meet you, I thought you were an athlete, I've been running behind you for a while, you just came, why haven't I seen you here" Nien put his hands on his knees and twisted them a few times.

"I came to New York from China to attend the Toy Fair, and I stayed here yesterday," Ju replied.

"Oh, I'm from China, I've been to Yanjing in China a few years ago, I've seen the Imperial Palace, it's really big, and I've been to the Great Wall, but I don't have much time, there are many places I haven't been to, next time I go to take a good look." Nien said.

"Hehe, then next time you go to the Summer Palace, there are also the Ming Tombs, that is, the tombs of ancient emperors," Ju An said as he looked at the enthusiastic white man.

"Thank you for the advice, I'll check it out next time. By the way, how many days will you be in New York? Neon asked.

"About five or six days," Juan returned.

The two of them ran and chatted like this, and ran for more than ten minutes. Then the two said goodbye, and Ju An went out of the community and bought three breakfasts.

Back at the accommodation, the boss was already up. Looking at the breakfast in Ju An's hand, he said with a smile: "I was just thinking about going down to buy it, why is it so early this time." ”

"I couldn't sleep, so I went out for a run, and then bought breakfast by the way," Ju An handed a small bag to the boss.

"Thank you, let's see if Wang Dongyu is up, we'll be going to leave in a while, let him get up if he doesn't get up" The boss said and returned to the house.

As soon as Ju An pushed the door, he found that Wang Dongyu was still sleeping with his head covered. walked over and pushed Wang Dongyu, and told him to get up and eat breakfast and get ready to go.

For the next two days, I went for a run every morning, and then went to the exhibition hall to collect some flyers, brochures, and so on. I don't know how many miles I have to walk every day, and in the past two days, Wang Dongyu fell asleep, Ju An actually looked like a nobody, and the boss suspected that exercising every morning had such a big benefit?

On the evening of the third day, the senior brother Liu Chao arrived in New York, Ju An opened a double room by himself, and before the senior brother came, he took out the painting from the space and leaned against the wall.

As soon as he put down his luggage, Liu Chao gave Ju An a big bear hug: "Good boy, this looks good, look at this spirit."

"Senior brother, you're a lot thinner, you're about to become a rib man" Ju An patted his senior brother's back vigorously.

Liu Chao let go of Ju'an and asked, "What about the painting, I'll take a look."

Juan pointed to the painting leaning against the wall.

"Oh, and made a cowhide case. It's quite formal" Liu Chao picked up the front pair and put it on the bed, untied the holster, and then looked at it carefully.

Ju An saw that it was the little girl, and hurriedly asked, "How is it?" The following string of Russian, do you know".

"I don't know" Liu Chao shook his head.

"Then do you think this painting is reliable?" asked Ju An again.

"Where do I know how to paint, where did you get these paintings" Liu Chao shook his head.

"I met an old man in Jiangnan in the past few years, before I died, I often went to see him, chatted with him, played chess or something, and he gave it to me before he died, saying that it was decades older in his hands" Lying to his senior brother in person, Ju An touched his head a little weakly.

"Didn't the old man tell you who drew it?" Liu Chao looked at Ju An in surprise.

"The old man didn't know, he said that his master left it, and he had a good conversation with me, so he left this thing for me," Ju An replied.

"Oh, if this painting is discovered during this special period, you will shed your skin if you don't die, and the old man is a strange person," he said with a sigh while holding the man and beast.

"What do you see in this picture of a man and beast?" Ju An asked in surprise.

"Damn, what kind of man and beast, this must be the mythical story in Europe, this person is a mythical figure with a leg of mutton" Liu Chao looked at Ju An, almost speechless.

"It doesn't matter what kind of myth he is, what I care about most is whether it's true or not, and how much it can really be sold for," Ju An said as he sat on the bed.

"Almost a hundred years of paintings, you have also checked one is a famous artist, if it is really enough for your kid to eat for a lifetime, you think about it, this painting is constantly increasing in value, you change money, whether it is dollars, euros or yuan, are constantly depreciating. This thing retains its value more than gold," Liu Chao hated a little that iron could not become steel.

"What do I keep in my hands, I want to build a horse farm, I understand, I have been to the horse farm in Jiangnan, more than 2,000 acres of land will cost tens of millions, and I am raising some cattle and sheep to be self-sufficient," Ju An said.

"You're talking about ranch, you are a mallet, if you really want to engage in ranching, I advise you not to do it in China, just the suburbs of Jiangnan more than 2,000 acres and tens of millions, just in the United States, tens of millions of yuan you can buy a ranch of thousands of acres, and not only yours, but the oil found below, the oil is all yours." Liu Chao said.

"Ah, the land in the United States is so cheap?" Ju An was a little unconvinced.

"The company I work for now, a shareholder bought a 1,000-acre farm in Texas, 2 million US dollars, less than 15 million yuan in exchange for Chengren, and 1,000 acres in exchange for more than 6,000 acres of land in China, and you invest in agriculture in the United States, the tax is very low, and now many domestic billionaires are buying farms abroad, and the last time the newspaper reported that a domestic rich man bought a large farm in Canada."

"Then if I buy a ranch in the United States, can I get a green card? I've heard this thing is full of difficulties," Juan scratched his head.

Liu Chao was speechless when he heard this, and pointed at Ju An: "I really can't speak, you want to bring tens of millions of dollars to the United States, you say I want an American nationality, and the immigration bureau will come to see you immediately." I've only heard of poor immigrants being rejected, which rich immigrants have you heard of? ”。

"Then I'll dream first, if I can sell it for some money, my brother will come and buy a ranch," Ju An said with a smile.

Liu Chao packed up a few paintings, and after the two brothers finished eating, they recalled the interesting things in school and continued to talk for a long time.

At nine o'clock the next day, when Ju An went out with his senior brother, he found that the boss and Wang Dongyu were still asleep. Carrying a few paintings, I took a taxi and went straight to the auction house.

The little girl at the main station and the main station explained her intentions, the little girl made a phone call, and after a while, a black-haired black girl came out, asked Ju An and Liu Chao a few words gently, and then took herself and her senior brother upstairs.

Ju An entered such a large company for the first time, and he was a little curious, just like a hillbilly entering the city, he caught a loophole and glanced around.

From the appearance of the whole decoration, there are only several materials, dark wood, glass, copper, but the combination of these things gives people a feeling of richness and some atmosphere. The real company is very quiet, there is no loud noise, even if you meet two people talking and walking by, you can't hear them talking when you take two steps.

Walking to the door, the black girl gently pushed open the door, smiled and made a gesture of please, and when Liu Chao and Ju An went in, the black girl did not follow in, and gently closed the door for the two.

"Welcome to the auction house, I'm Mike from the Oil Painting Department" As soon as I entered the door, I found a white man in his forties, wearing a suit and leather shoes, enthusiastically walking over and stretching out his hand, followed by three old men behind the white man.

"Hello, my name is Ju An (Liu Chao), it's a pleasure to meet you" Ju An and Liu Chao shook hands with Mike respectively.

"These are Professor Frank, Professor Javier, and Mr. Brundy, and the three of them will be in charge of appraising your paintings," Mike introduced the old men behind him.