Chapter 011: Selling Paintings
Carefully opening the dark compartment, Gu Wan took out the box, and with a sense of weight, she knew that the items inside were not lost, and she couldn't help but feel relieved.
It is not advisable to stay here for a long time, Gu Wan quickly left the house with the suitcase. And the two security guards who were defending didn't notice that Gu Wan had come.
After Gu Wan came back, he went back to his room, and then went to open the box.
The contents were taken out in the same way, first a pair of emerald jade bracelets. This was a birthday gift from someone else to Master that year, and Master didn't like it, she thought the color was good, so Master gave it to her. This pair of jade bracelets is worth a lot of money, definitely more than 100,000, and she is a little reluctant to sell them. Next to it is a calligraphy painting, open is a landscape painting with this inscription is good, and it comes from the hands of a famous artist, if you take it to sell, it should be worth 100,000. Then there are a few porcelain ornaments, most of which came from the Tang and Song dynasties, and any one of them is worth hundreds of thousands.
At the end, there is a small box, Gu Wan opened it, it is a small white Hetian jade pendant, which is suitable for girls to wear. It was given to her when Master was dying, and I remember that Master said that she should wear it, but she didn't like to wear it on her body on weekdays. Now look at this piece of jade pendant faintly has a trace of aura, and in the hand, a sense of warmth, jade has aura to support people. So she put it on, and she had already read the few remaining books on her own cultivation. Leaving the calligraphy and painting, Gu Wan put the other things in the box one by one, and then Gu Wan put the box under the bed, and there was a password outside the box, and no one else could open it.
I rolled up the calligraphy and paintings, and planned to sell them outside tomorrow, and use the money I got to pay off my debts. Because she got these things, she suddenly became rich again, although it was not as rich as before, but she could pay off her debts and solve the urgent needs of the Gu family, so even if it rained in the next few hours, Gu Wan still slept well.
The next morning, Gu Jingdong didn't go to work, and he was surprised to hear that Gu Wan was going to find an antique shop to sell calligraphy and paintings.
"Who would give you such a good painting? And since she gave it away, it's not easy to sell it. "After touching the calligraphy and painting paper, I can also see that this calligraphy and painting should be worth some money, but it is not suitable for others to take the things that are given by others.
Gu Wan said: "It's still my classmate, and it's okay to sell it, there are many paintings like this in her family, tell her about it when she goes back to school, and then say that our family is special now, she will understand." ”
can only lie, but the more lies are made up, I haven't found her so good at lying before.
"This ......" Gu Jingdong hesitated, although he heard her say this, but after all, the thing was given by her classmates, and if it was sold to pay off the debt······ It's still not appropriate to think about it.
Gu Wan knew that he might have some concerns, so he said again: "Sell it!" Otherwise, where will the family make up the remaining 100,000 yuan, there are only four days left, we have no other way to think of it, we can only sell this painting first to get through this difficult situation in front of us, I am just a student now, and it is useless to keep these things around. ”
"But it's your thing, so you owe a lot of favors to your classmates······" I don't know what I want to repay the favor in the future.
Gu Wan didn't care: "No, she doesn't care about such an ordinary painting if she has a lot of money, let's not talk about this, let's find a store to sell it quickly." ”
Gu Jingdong saw that she had already decided, and persuasion was useless, so in the end, he had to accompany her out and prepare to take her to the pedestrian street to find an antique shop.
In May, the pomegranate flowers are enchanting, and the green poplars are heavy with rain. The weather is getting hotter and hotter every day, and it rained last night, but the temperature outside is now 312 degrees, and even though it's only eight o'clock, the sun is very strong.
After getting off the bus, Gu Jingdong took Gu Wan to Qili Street, where there are many storefronts, and I remember that there is an antique shop.
This is usually the time of day when business is good, but this one is an exception. The store is also generally decorated, and there is no decoration. When Gu Wan and Gu Jingdong walked in, there was not a single guest in the house. Behind the counter in the middle of the innermost sat a man in his forties, who looked like the owner of this antique shop, reading a book with glasses.
Maybe it's because they're young now, Zhang Qingyang just looked up at Gu Wan and then read again, just because they were curious and walked in to take a look and didn't want to pay attention to them.
Gu Wan looked around the store, the store was nearly sixty square meters in size, and there were several wooden shelves on the walls on both sides of the store, and all kinds of ceramics and wood carving crafts were placed on the shelves. There is a large fish tank in the middle of the store, but there are no goldfish in it, and there are a lot of antique porcelain on the ground. There are a lot of things in the store, but they are not arranged according to categories, and the whole store seems to be a little crowded and cluttered.
"Wanwan, should we change stores?" Gu Jingdong asked, feeling that this store was not the same, especially the boss who didn't seem to want to do business at all.
"Ask first." Gu Wan retracted her gaze and walked towards the counter.
"Have you confiscated celebrity calligraphy and paintings?"
Zhang Qingyang was still reading as if he hadn't heard it.
Gu Wan had no choice but to say it again.
The man closed the book and looked up slowly: "You are not very old, where are you any valuable calligraphy and paintings, if you don't buy anything, go out quickly." ”
Gu Wan glanced at the book he had just closed - "Antique Collection Appraisal Guide", a little surprised, the owner of the antique shop didn't understand antiques and still read such a beginner's book?
Hearing him say this, he responded: "My family has something to do, and I want to sell this calligraphy and painting for emergency." Without waiting for him to reply, he took out the calligraphy and painting in the box and opened it to him.
The man only glanced at it and said, "It's a fake, take it back." ”
"This is Master Yi Qiu's masterpiece, how can it be a fake! Let's take a closer look! Gu Wan explained, once again suspecting that the man in front of her should not be the owner of this store.
The reason why she is so sure that it is not a fake is because she has seen this painting in her previous life, so she knows that the painting is not fake, if it were not for the Gu family's accident this time, she would still be reluctant to sell this painting.
Gu Jingdong immediately continued: "Yes! This is really a masterpiece, it is really a problem for the family, my sister wants to help the family, so she took out the painting and sold it······"
He didn't know which big guy Master Yi Qiu was, but he believed that Gu Wan's classmates would not buy a fake painting and give it to Gu Wan. At this time, he couldn't go on later, maybe he rarely begged anyone, if it wasn't for the family's debts now, he didn't want to sell her things to help the family in the evening.
The man still shook his head, especially since the other party was still two young people, and he was even more reluctant to recycle their paintings.
Gu Wan then asked, "Is your boss here?" ”
Zhang Qingyang's eyes dimmed, with a sad look on his face, and he said after a while: "I am the boss." ”