Li Chengqian's Qiankun bag has many art treasures, and any one of them is priceless, but the only drawback is that many of these works of art are from unknown sources, some are stolen from the rich or some museums by the Shadow Gate, and some of them are treasures that have never been seen, and once they are released, there may be unexpected troubles.

Therefore, Li Chengqian needed to find a safe buyer to sell the artworks in exchange for a considerable amount of cash to support his future living expenses.

The next day, Li Chengqian and Chan'er followed Wang Yuan to his friend's art gallery to find the art gallery's owner, Feng Yong.

It is said that this Feng Yong was in his fifties, studied in France in his early years, studied art professionally, and had a deep study of oil painting, especially the European classical oil painting of the thirteenth century, which was studied more thoroughly and had a high reputation in the industry.

Later, Feng Yong returned to Xia from France, and opened an art exhibition hall by himself, which was mostly European classical oil paintings, in addition to his collection, he would also fund some young painters who were not famous, so that they could have money to maintain their daily expenses, and continue to create their paintings, which was actually an investment, once the painters he funded became famous in the future, the value of the works of these painters he collected would increase exponentially, and he would earn more money than he had funded these painters.

These things were all told to Li Chengqian by Wang Yuan on the road, Li Chengqian thought for a while, and said to Wang Yuan, "Let's meet with Feng Yong first to see how this person is, if it is reliable, we are trading with him, otherwise, we are looking for other buyers." ”

After thinking about it, Li Chengqian said again, "Find a time to reclassify the artworks in my Qiankun bag, isn't he more interested in classical oil paintings?" Then we will sell him all the classical oil paintings, for fear that he will not be able to eat them! ”

Li Chengqian's words are not an exaggeration, because real art treasures are difficult to buy with money, saying that they are priceless, absolutely not an exaggeration, Li Chengqian still remembers that when he was collecting Oriental artworks, he actually saw a work of Leonardo da Vinci, this work has never appeared on any occasion, Li Chengqian believes that this must be a treasure, if you want to sell it, it will have to be at least hundreds of millions of dollars!

Soon, Feng Yong's art gallery arrived, the exterior decoration of this art gallery is very classical, Li Chengqian stood in front of the door, looking at its signboard that read: "Yisheng Art Museum"

The three of them walked slowly into the art museum and found that there was a large space inside, with many corridors, and various oil paintings were hung on the walls of the corridors, and there were many tourists stopping to watch.

As the crowd continues to walk deeper into the museum, they will hear a voice coming from inside: "Gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our Yisheng Art Museum, I am the deputy director here-Zhang Li, and today we are going to show you a grand display of an art treasure that our art museum just collected a few days ago. ”

Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan came to the hall of the art museum, only to see that there were forty or fifty people sitting here, and in front of these people there was a large booth in the shape of the garden, and a middle-aged man in his forties was standing on the podium, holding a microphone and talking eloquently. Behind him, there hangs an oil painting, which is covered by a black cloth, and it is not known what the painting is about.

The people sitting at the podium were all well-dressed, obviously dignitaries, and their attention was focused on the obscured painting, their eyes shining with curiosity.

Seeing that the atmosphere of the scene was mobilized by him, Zhang Li was secretly happy in his heart, and he continued, "First of all, I want to emphasize that this oil painting is not genuine, because the original painting has been destroyed in the war, and it was copied by other painters, but its artistic value is still very high. ”

There was a buzz of discussion from the audience, and some people had disappointed looks on their faces, obviously, they were not very interested in copying imitations, they preferred the original works, so that they could collect them with both face and great room for appreciation.

In the face of the audience's doubts, Zhang Zhang showed a very calm look, and he continued, "Everyone, please don't underestimate this oil painting, do you know who the author of this imitation is? He was created by Rooney, a proud disciple of Leonardo da Vinci, and the work he copied was Leonardo da Vinci's "Savior Mundi". ”

As soon as Zhang Zhang finished saying this, the audience who knew art in the audience suddenly became excited, Da Vinci's name is too big, and none of the works from Da Vinci's hands are less than 100 million US dollars, and some are even as high as more than a dozen or even billions of dollars!

Although the author of this work is not Leonardo da Vinci, but one of his disciples, this is also an antique painting, Leonardo da Vinci's disciple Rooney and Leonardo da Vinci are the same era, both lived around 1,500 A.D., and Rooney is also a very famous painter, although not as famous as Leonardo da Vinci, but his paintings can also be sold in the market for tens of millions of dollars!

"Rooney copied the work of his master Leonardo da Vinci, and we don't know the story behind it, but he inherited the creative characteristics of Leonardo da Vinci very well, please see." After Zhang Zhang finished speaking, he walked to the oil painting and tore off the black cloth to show the whole picture of the oil painting in front of everyone.

I saw that in the oil painting was a European medieval man, he wore a typical bun of that era, and his face was a compassionate look, which made people know at a glance that this was the great savior Jesus.

The overall tone of the portrait is dark, giving people a faint sadness, but the expression of the characters is very firm, bringing people a strong emotional impact, I have to say, this painting, very perfect, although it is an imitation, but it is also a rare treasure.

Everyone's eyes were immediately attracted by the painting, many people let out a voice of admiration, and some people picked up their mobile phones to take pictures.

The tension didn't stop it, as long as the flash was not used, it wouldn't have an effect on the painting, and it also helped him sell the painting better.

The art museum also has to make a profit, otherwise, they simply can't fund so many painters, with a cost of tens of millions a year, and if they don't sell a few paintings, the art museum will close down!

After that, someone raised his hand and asked Zhang Zhang to ask all kinds of questions, and Zhang Li politely answered them one by one, and the atmosphere at the scene was very lively, which is a very good phenomenon, indicating that the audience is very interested in this painting, and it should be able to sell for a good price at the auction in a few days.

Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan sat behind the audience and waited quietly for Zhang Zhang to end the exhibition, in fact, Zhang Zhang had already noticed the three of them, because the curator Feng Yong had told him that there would be three guests to sell art today, and Zhang Zhang guessed that it might be them.

However, Zhang Zhang is not in a hurry, because every year there will be people like Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan, who take the initiative to sell their own goods, and each of them is said to be out of the blue, but in fact, after identification, it is either a fake or an imitation, it is not worth anything at all, and it is a complete waste of time.

Zhang Zhang also took a closer look at Li Chengqian's three people just now, and saw that although the three of them were gorgeously dressed, they did not have that kind of artistic cells, to put it bluntly, they were outsiders, how did they know what was genuine and what was fake, so Zhang Zhang speculated that the things on the three of them must be garbage, so he didn't pay attention to Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan at all.

The exhibition lasted for more than an hour, and when Zhang Zhang sent off the last guest, he walked slowly in front of Li Chengqian, Wang Yuan and others, stretched out his hand and said with a professional smile, "The three are the friends that our Feng Pavilion Master said are coming to sell art, right?" ”

Wang Yuan nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, yes, yes, I contacted Director Feng, we have a few artworks that we want to sell, and we hope to make a deal with your museum." ”

Wang Yuan's courteous attitude made Zhang Li even more convinced of his judgment, "These three people are laymen, they definitely don't have any valuable good things, eighty percent of them are bought from some so-called collectors, and then they want to make a fortune through the art museum!" ”

Zhang Zhang remained silent and said lightly, "Our art museum also wants to cooperate with you, however, the works you bring must be appraised by us, if it is genuine, it is naturally easy to say, and the price is easy to negotiate, but if it is a fake and imitation, then I'm sorry, we can't cooperate." ”

Wang Yuan hurriedly said, "Our things are all true, you can rest assured." ”

"There is no basis for words." Zhang Zhang looked disdainful and said: "Many people say that their things are genuine, but after being identified by our experts, they are all fake without exception, so let's not draw conclusions for the time being, and we will talk about it again when the experts come over tomorrow." After speaking, Zhang Zhang actually issued an eviction order, "Several, I still have something to do here, so I won't accept a few, I won't send it far, goodbye." ”

Wang Yuan's brows furrowed, he had long felt this tension, he seemed to be a little prejudiced against them, and he was not polite when he spoke, he just wanted to speak, but was stopped by Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian whispered to Wang Yuan, "Let's go first." Wang Yuan had no choice but to nod, it glared at Zhang Zhang with some annoyance, and then walked out of the art gallery with Li Chengqian and Chan'er.

"Master, I'm looking for another one, let's not sell it at their house! Our things are good, but are you afraid that we won't be able to sell them? Wang Yuan said angrily.

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "It's just a small role, don't care what he does, let's bring things over tomorrow and let him identify them casually." All we need is money, nothing else. ”

The three of them found a local hotel and opened two rooms, and Wang Yuan and Li Chengqian lived together. After that, Li Chengqian took out the artworks in his Qiankun bag one by one for screening, and after a while, this room of more than 40 square meters was filled with all kinds of artworks, as if it had become an art exhibition.

Among them, 37 pieces of European classical oil paintings and oil paintings of other eras were sorted out, all of which were the works of famous painters of various schools of the era, and in the process of sorting, Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan were surprised to find that there was a work by Leonardo da Vinci, and it was exactly the same as the imitation that they saw in the Yisheng Art Museum today, introduced by Zhang Li!

Wang Yuan's eyes widened suddenly, and he had heard all of them when Zhang Li was introducing this painting, so he said to Li Chengqian with some consternation, "Didn't that tension mean that Leonardo da Vinci's "Savior Mundi" had been destroyed in the war and disappeared?" How did it appear in Dongfang Yao's collection room, could it be that this painting has not been destroyed? ”

Li Chengqian nodded and said: "It must be like this, I believe that with the strength of this guy Dongfang Yao, it is absolutely impossible to collect fakes and imitations, so this painting must be the real work of Leonardo da Vinci!" ”

Wang Yuan suddenly became excited and said with a smile, "Zhang Li said that his imitation may be worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, so isn't our genuine painting worth more than a billion dollars?" Wowhaha, we're rich! ”

Wang Yuan laughed excitedly, but Li Chengqian looked indifferent, for him, money is really something outside the body, although he still needs money now, but, with the continuous improvement of his cultivation, the role of money on him will become smaller and smaller, once he breaks through the foundation building period and reaches the Jindan stage, he is almost an unscrupulous existence on the earth!

Chan'er couldn't sleep next door, and when she heard Wang Yuan's hearty laughter, she also ran over curiously, and saw the artwork on the ground, which startled the little girl.

"Ah, where do you get so many paintings? What are these drawings? The little girl looked at it one by one, but when she looked at it, she suddenly covered her eyes, her face was red with shame, and she said to Wang Yuan and Li Chengqian, "These paintings are so obscene, and the people on them don't wear clothes!" ”

Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan were stunned for a moment, and then they reacted, many of the European classical oil paintings are human body paintings, naturally they don't wear clothes, Chan'er is young, and she has never seen the world, where has she seen this kind of thing, she naturally feels unbearable and unacceptable.

"Haha, you don't understand this, Chan'er, these are world-famous paintings, ancient people thought that the human body was the most beautiful thing, so they all like to paint these people without clothes." Wang Yuan explained with a smile.

But Chan'er still didn't understand, she covered her eyes and shook her head, and hurriedly ran out of the house, she returned to her room, lay on the bed and closed her eyes, her head was full of those white human bodies, and she didn't sleep well all night.

The next day, Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan came to the Yisheng Art Museum again with the famous Da Vinci "Savior" to look for tension identification.

Zhang Zhang originally thought that Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan and the other three would not come again, but he didn't expect them to really come, he looked displeased and asked, "Are the three of you sure you want to cooperate with our art museum, our appraiser is the most famous master in the industry, no matter what kind of fake imitation, it can't escape his eyes!" ”

Zhang Zhang is words are in his words, he hinted to Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan, don't try to coax them with fake things, their appraisers are very strong, and those who know each other should leave quickly, if they find out, it will not be as polite as now!

Li Chengqian said with a light smile, "Deputy Director Zhang, don't worry, our thing is definitely genuine, you can identify it at will, if you are sure that it is a fake or an imitation, I will burn it on the spot!" What do you think? ”

Zhang Zhang raised his eyebrows, Li Chengqian said this, and he couldn't say anything more, so he nodded, and took the three of them to his office, Zhang Zhang picked up the phone and said, "Let Master Chen come over, there is a painting that needs him to appraise." ”

Putting down the phone, Zhang Zhang looked at Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan and the other three with disdain, and asked, "What works do the three of you want to sell?" Please let me take a look at it first. ”

"Absolutely." Li Chengqian nodded, signaled Wang Yuan to open the painting, let Zhang Zhang watch, Wang Yuan slowly unfolded in front of Zhang Li, Zhang Li's expression, from the original carelessness to suddenly solemn, and finally even more shocked!

"This, this is Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi"!" Zhang Li's face changed greatly, as far as he knew, this painting should have been destroyed in the war, and this matter is also recognized in the industry, how could another painting appear, is this also an imitation of Leonardo da Vinci's apprentice?

Thinking of this, Zhang Li hurriedly went to see the payment of this painting, and found that it was actually the signature of Leonardo da Vinci, as the deputy director of the art museum, his attainments in oil painting are also very high, and he could see at a glance that this was indeed Leonardo da Vinci's handwriting, which shocked him even more!

"Do you mean...... Is this the real thing? No, it can't be! Zhang Li's face changed and changed, "Let's wait for Master Chen to come and talk about it, I think this may be another high-imitation fake, yes, it must be so!" ”

In fact, if Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan had brought the works of other writers, Zhang Li might not have been so shocked, but what they brought was the famous Da Vinci's work, and it was a lost work, which made Zhang Li even more suspicious of its authenticity.

Soon, Master Chen came to Zhang Li's office with a small bag, and he saw that in addition to Zhang Li, there were three people in the office, including Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan, and couldn't help but look at them a few times.

"This is Master Chen, the royal appraiser of our art museum, he is very experienced, and no fakes and imitations can escape his eyes." Zhang Zhang introduced.

After introducing Master Chen, Zhang Zhang introduced Li Chengqian and the other three, and Master Chen and Li Chengqian nodded to each other.

"Master Chen, this work they brought is said to be the authentic work of Leonardo da Vinci, come and see if it is real." Zhang Zhang said to Master Chen with a nervous expression.

Master Chen nodded, slowly walked to this picture, he looked down, his body suddenly shook, his face showed a shocked look, and he said in a lost voice, "This, this is Leonardo da Vinci's "Savior Mundi", how is this possible, it should have been destroyed in the war!" ”

Zhang Zhang whispered next to him, "That's why I hope you will have a good appraisal, I think this may be another imitation of one of Leonardo da Vinci's apprentices, but I can't find evidence, because the signature of this painting is indeed Leonardo da Vinci's font, you have to take the trouble to identify and identify it well, so as to avoid causing huge losses to our art museum!" ”

Master Chen took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead, nodded again and again and said: "This is natural, this is also related to my reputation, if I really see the fake as true, then my job will be ruined!" ”

Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan sat next to them, looking at them with a relaxed face, they were very confident in their hearts, this work was definitely the authentic work of Leonardo da Vinci, no matter what means the other party used to find many people to identify, it could not change this fact.

Subsequently, everyone's eyes were focused on Master Chen, who clamped a high-powered magnifying glass to his eye sockets, and carefully looked at the oil painting from beginning to end, inch by inch, and this was not the end, he also used various means to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the painting, and even sent the painting to X-ray for perspective, hoping to find any clues about the real author of the painting.

The appraisal time was very long, from eight o'clock in the morning, Li Chengqian and the three of them came to the art museum until four o'clock in the afternoon, the painting was only appraised, Chan'er sat there and almost fell asleep, Wang Yuan also bought a lot of food and Li Chengqian waited while eating.

But the most nervous thing is still Zhang Zhang and Master Chen, Zhang Zhang has been pacing back and forth in the office, while Master Chen has been busy and has not stopped, the two of them have not been dripping water all day long, and have been waiting for the identification results to come out.

In the end, the results finally came out - it was the real work of Leonardo da Vinci!

Master Chen's hands were trembling, his eyes were fixed on the oil painting, and he said excitedly, "In my lifetime, I can still see the lost famous painting of Leonardo da Vinci in the world, my life is worth it!" ”

And Zhang Li is stunned, which has subverted his common sense! Now he suddenly realized a problem, since the original work is there, then his imitation of Rooney is not so valuable. With the original, who wants to buy a replica?

If the art museum takes out this authentic work for display, it will definitely cause a shock in the industry, and when the time comes, it will be auctioned by the auction house, and it will surely be sold for an astronomical amount.

However, as the deputy curator, Zhang Li couldn't do this kind of thing, so he immediately called the curator Feng Yong, and then truthfully reported the situation to Feng Yong.

Feng Yong said without hesitation after hearing this, "You have to keep the three of them, and I'll go over!" ”

Putting down the phone, Zhang Zhang changed his previous disdainful expression, he enthusiastically walked up to Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan and the others, and said cordially, "Three distinguished guests, after appraisal, the works you brought are indeed the authentic works of Leonardo da Vinci, and they are also lost heirlooms, congratulations!" ”

Wang Yuan snorted and said, "I told you a long time ago that our oil paintings are genuine, but you still don't believe it, now you slap your face!" ”

Zhang Li turned a deaf ear to Wang Yuan's cynicism, and still said with a smile on his face, "Our curator, Mr. Feng Yong, will come over immediately, please wait for a while, and then we will discuss the cooperation in detail." ”

"Nope." Suddenly, Li Chengqian stood up and said to Zhang Li, "Since it proves that our things are genuine, then there is no need for us to stay here anymore." ”

After Li Chengqian's words were finished, everyone present was stunned, even Wang Yuan and Chan'er were surprised, didn't they say that they would sell it to them? Why is it suddenly not selling again?

Zhang Zhang was also confused, he couldn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in Li Chengqian's gourd, you don't sell oil paintings, why did you come to me? Just to save an appraisal fee?

Zhang Zhang hurriedly stopped Li Chengqian and said with a smile, "Mr. Li, didn't you just want to trade with our art museum when you brought things over?" Why did you regret it halfway? If you have any questions, you can ask me, and I will find a way to help you solve them. ”

Li Chengqian smiled and said: "Actually, I came to you to use the eyes of your Master Chen to identify whether this painting of mine is genuine, if it is genuine, I can find a more powerful buyer to trade, there is no need to suffer your eyes here!" ”

After Li Chengqian's words were finished, Zhang Li's face became very ugly, his attitude towards Li Chengqian and others was really bad before, everyone could see that he looked down on Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan, and now people are using this matter to find fault, and Zhang Zhang has nothing to say.

Li Chengqian asked Wang Yuan to put away the oil painting, and Master Chen on the side was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and said to Zhang Li in a low voice, "Deputy Curator, this is really Leonardo da Vinci's real work!" Now there are almost no works of Leonardo da Vinci scattered in the world, this work is the only chance for our art museum, once we have it, our art museum's prestige in the industry will reach its peak, we must not miss this golden opportunity! ”

Zhang Zhang naturally understands this truth, but he has no other way, who let him offend Li Chengqian and Wang Yuan before.

Just as Li Chengqian, Wang Yuan and the other three were about to walk out of the art museum, Feng Yong, the director of the Yisheng Art Museum, hurriedly walked in.