It was still half past six in the morning, Qin Shiou went to the supermarket to buy some rice when he left from Hickson's Daddy Restaurant yesterday, and boiled a little fish and rice porridge in the morning.

The rich aroma of rice and the fresh aroma of wild fish blend together, and the snow-white rice grains and the crystal flesh of the fish complement each other, and the color and flavor are complete.

Qin Shiou was happily eating breakfast, the bedroom window was knocked, he opened the window, the red squirrel Xiao Ming jumped in, his little paws hugged his chest, looked up at him stupidly with his small dark eyes, and licked his little tongue.

"You're addicted to my fruit salad, aren't you?" Qin Shiou laughed, he put down the dishes and chopsticks, took out blueberries and black grapes, mixed a small bowl with syrup and salad dressing, and put them on the dining table.

He picked up a blueberry, nodded to the table and said, "Xiao Ming, come up." ”

The little squirrel didn't know why, but jumped up and down on the ground, squeaking with its paws outstretched.

Qin Shiou called again, the little squirrel blinked his black eyes, climbed up along the table leg, and ran to the position indicated by Qin Shiou.

Qin Shiou was a little surprised by the intelligence of the little squirrel, he handed it the blueberry and repeated it several times, and when he called 'Xiao Ming' again, the little squirrel would run to him happily.

"Damn, it's smarter than Lao Tzu's dog." Qin Shiou sighed, and was praising him, the little squirrel was full of food and drink, flicked his big tail and ran away.

After a while, the squirrel Xiao Ming jumped back again, and with him came a red squirrel that was slightly larger than it.

Qin Shiou was depressed and smiled, this guy is treating himself as a charity hall here, and he also called friends to come to dinner.

But the two little squirrels didn't go to eat directly, Xiao Ming took the new squirrels and jumped in front of Qin Shiou to stretch out their front paws, they each held a full pine nut, and they knew that they came with gifts.

This is supposed to be the food that squirrels have stored for wintering and spring, and spring in Canada came late, and squirrels could not find food until April, which was a precious gift for them.

These two pine nuts are very full, Qin Shiou received it, Xiao Ming jumped up happily, and the other squirrel was a little restrained, lying on the side honestly.

Xiao Ming climbed onto the dining table and squeaked, and the other squirrel looked at Qin Shiou and cautiously climbed onto the dining table.

Qin Shiou put down the pine nuts, Xiao Ming jumped over and grabbed one and handed it to him, clearly meaning to let him eat it.

There was no way, Qin Shiou had to smash one open and fill it in his mouth, but the pine nuts were sweet, sweeter than the syrup he mixed with fruits, and the taste was very good, and those fried pine nuts in China couldn't compare with this at all.

Seeing that he had eaten two pine nuts, Xiao Ming became happy and jumped around the fruit bowl.

Qin Shiou handed it the blueberry, and this time it didn't eat it, but gave it to another little squirrel.

With the two squirrels, Qin Shiou went back to the bedroom to watch TV, Xiao Ming was also very interested in the TV scene, Qin Shiou jumped as soon as he smiled, and the other little squirrel dozed off on Qin Shiou's shoulder with a black tipple.

The cell phone rang, and Auerbach's voice rang, saying that he and his friends from Ritchie would arrive later.

Not long after, a BMW 750li drove into the fishing grounds, and Auerbach got out of the car, followed by three other people, a half-bald and energetic old man, and two yellow-haired middle-aged white men in suits and leather shoes.

Auerbach introduced the bald old man to Qin Shiou and said: "This is my friend Shashewski, the artistic director of Ritchie Auction House in Ontario, these two are his colleagues, both of whom are appraisers of Ritchie Auction House. ”

Two men in suits introduced themselves, one named Kelvin, who mainly studied sketching, and the other named Petrus, who was more good at oil painting.

Qin Shiou placed the thirty paintings in the open, and the three of them put on gloves and took out a magnifying glass, and took a small computer, which could be used to scan these paintings after connecting it to a laptop computer.

Auerbach introduced Ritchie to Qin Shiou, although it cannot be compared with the world's top auction houses such as Sotheby's, Christie's, Phillips, and Southby, but in Canada, this auction house is also very famous.

Founded in 1958 in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, and now headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Ritchie Bros. is a leading auction house in Canada with more than 110 offices and more than 1,160 full-time employees worldwide.

Shashewski was a strict and serious person, and when he saw the painting, he frowned and discussed it with his two subordinates.

The three appraisers first looked at Pinajan's paintings, and looked at them very carefully, and it took about an hour before Shashefsky walked next to Qin Shiou, sat down and said, "Hello, Mr. Qin, according to our research, Mr. Pinajan's paintings are all genuine. ”

Qin Shiou wondered, what is the difference between genuine and fake? Could it be that this Pina Jean is still some kind of painter? He searched the Internet before, but he didn't find any information about this person.

Shhashevsky answered his questions: "Arthur Pinajang was an Armenian-American painter and cartoonist, he was born in 1914, his parents survived the Armenian genocide in 1915, and then came to the United States, where he taught himself to paint from childhood. ”

Like most famous artists, Mr. Pinajean died in 1999 when he was depressed and had to make ends meet by drawing for comic book companies. One year after his death, his achievements in the field of pure art were discovered by the art circles, and he was deeply accomplished in the fields of portraiture, landscape painting and abstract painting, especially his abstract expressionist paintings, which are considered to have extremely high artistic value. ”

After a brief introduction, Qin Shiou was overjoyed and asked, "Are Mr. Pinajan's paintings valuable?" ”

Hearing this, Shashefsky smiled slightly and said, "Yes, some of Mr. Pinajan's paintings are indeed more valuable now, but this is limited to his abstract paintings. Although you have four abstract paintings here, unfortunately they are all his early works and are not very valuable. ”

Qin Shiou was helpless, this person couldn't speak directly, this feeling of joy and sorrow was really uncomfortable, he simply asked, "How much do you think my paintings here are worth?" ”

Šašewski, after a pause, said, "If Pinajan's paintings were sold separately, they would probably sell for between $2 million and $2.2 million." If it's a packaged auction, it could be around $1.5 million. ”

Auerbach asked, "Why is the price gap so big?" ”

Qin Shiou was very satisfied, at least it was enough to pay his will and tax, and he could accept this fishing ground.

"Scarcity is expensive," Šašewski explains: "If thirty paintings appear on the market at the same time, it will reduce the value of Pinajean's paintings, and they will be sold separately – not separately – there is no such concern." ”

"Why can't we auction them separately?" Auerbach asked.

Schashzewski further explained: "Because it is the artists who like Pinajan's paintings, not the collectors, the artists do not participate in the auctions, they do not have the money to compete with the big dealers and celebrities. In the case of a single auction, collectors will not be interested in such a low-grade painting with such a low reputation, so they can only be packaged for auction. ”

Seeing that his old friend was quite disappointed, he comforted him again: "That copy of "Sunflowers" can be auctioned alone, and my estimate is 300,000 Canadian dollars, which should not be too low." ”

At the same time, Schashzewski explained to Qin Shiou why the "Sunflowers" looked like a forgery, and it was well known that Van Gogh was Dutch, and the text he used was Dutch.

The Dutch and English are similar in that they are also a combination of letters, but there are no 'q, x, y' letters, and this "Sunflower" has a sentence written on it: To my wandering life, there are two letters x and y in this sentence, so it is clear that this is not the real thing.

Qin Shiou is also satisfied with this result, what he urgently needs now is the part of the money that will be taxed, and these paintings can obviously solve his urgent need after the auction. As for more money, Qin Shiou is not in a hurry, he has this consciousness that he can crisscross the ocean wantonly, and it is a matter of time before he discovers the real Shen Bao.

The remaining focus is to verify the authenticity of Picasso's "Woman with the Golden Drum".

Šašewski told the two that examining Picasso's paintings was a waste of time, at least two hours, because they had to discuss them online with experts from the company's International Masterpieces Department.

Qin Shiou waited for a while and lost interest, so he ran upstairs to the bedroom to watch TV with the two little squirrels.

Before he knew it, at eleven o'clock, Shashefsky knocked on the door and walked in, and as soon as he entered, he saw the bronze statue placed on the balcony for decoration, and his attention was immediately attracted, so he walked over quickly to take a closer look.

This statue was fished up from Shenbao Lake along with those paintings, and Qin Shiou felt that this statue was rusty and should be worthless.

Shashefsky circled around the statue a few times, and after a long time, he turned his head and frowned: "Mr. Qin, now there is good news, a bad news and an uncertain news to tell you, which one do you listen to first?" ”

Qin Shiou roared in his heart, uncle, are you playing with me? We're not making movies, just say what news you have, why is it good news, bad news, and I'm not sure which one to listen to first?

However, people are here to help, Qin Shiou must be polite, so he said, "You are free, sir." ”

Shashewski nodded and said, "Then let's talk about the good news first, "Woman with the Golden Drum" is indeed Picasso's genuine work, according to the carbon 14 identification, that painting was born in 1939. ”

"The bad news is that this painting is Picasso's transitional work, and it should have been painted by him, and it is not very valuable, probably only slightly more expensive than Pinajan's copy of 'Sunflowers'."

"In addition, there is also uncertain news, your 'Perseus and Medusa' statue may be genuine, I will immediately invite a colleague to identify it, if it is genuine, then I estimate that it is worth at least 30 million Canadian dollars!"

&&&&& Thank you for the rewards of the brothers such as 'Galaxy Let Me Break, Xiao Ai Shen, Hurry Up, Linglong Four Criminals, Wind Transit', and thank you to every friend who has collected this book, and thank you for bowing here for the bullet shells! I hope that the brothers can continue to support and let our fishing grounds flourish!