Chapter 388: Sky-high gifts
Although Lu Chong is not as visionary as Zeng Wanyu, just from the look on Zeng Wenyu's face, he understands that this painting can definitely be regarded as the proud work of the old man.
As an old man, they all claim that this is their own proud work, and it is conceivable that the value of this painting is so high that it may not even be under the painting that was auctioned at a sky-high price in the previous life, but it is a transaction price of more than 100 million!
"No, old man, this is too precious, Lu Chong deserves it!" Although he helped the old man solve the stubborn disease, but this diagnosis fee worth nearly 100 million yuan is too exaggerated to put it anywhere!
Zeng Wenyu heard Lu Chong's resignation, and immediately said unhappily: "Brother Chong, this is not right, it's just a painting, it's just a painting, what is it precious! And the parrot in this painting is your pirate, I can paint it because of your help, if you don't want to accept it, the old man will destroy it!"
Saying that, Zeng Wenyu stretched out his hand directly, and was about to take the painting on the countertop where the ink had not yet dried into his hand, and he was really ready to tear it up.
Lu Chong was shocked, he didn't expect that the old man's character would have such a strong side, and immediately stepped forward to block the old man's outstretched hand, and said with a wry smile: "Although the kid doesn't understand painting, he can also see that this painting is like a natural one, why do you bother like this, old man!"
Zeng Wenyu snorted and said: "I painted to express my heart, if you don't accept my gift, my heart is not smooth, in this case, looking at this painting is to block me, so why keep it!"
Zeng Wanyu also stepped forward and persuaded softly: "Lu Chong, grandpa's painting can indeed be worth a lot of money when it is taken outside." But with your net worth ambitions, why don't you need to trade the painting for money? If you keep the painting for yourself, no matter how precious it is, it's just a gift from a friend, so why bother with its value?"
This is also true, even if this painting is worth hundreds of millions, or even hundreds of millions, it is impossible for Lu Chong to take it out and exchange it for money. Thinking of this, Lu Chong immediately smiled and said: "Then I'm welcome, my office is still empty at this time, and it's just right to take it back to decorate the façade, haha!"
Zeng Wanyu listened to Lu Chong's words, and suddenly rolled his eyes, he could figure out that he could decorate the office with his grandfather's rare masterpiece in ten years, this is because the company's security guards are too idle, and they want to recruit some thieves for them to go back, right?
Unexpectedly, Zeng Wenyu listened to Lu Chong's words, and actually nodded and said: "The painting is to be used to appreciate, Brother Chong, you didn't think about locking it in the safe, but taking it out to be really practical, this is in line with the true meaning of the painting." ”
As he spoke, he turned his head to Zeng Wanyu and said, "Since Brother Chong wants to decorate the office, a single painting is inevitably too monotonous, you might as well choose some from my old works and give them to him later." By the way, let's give him the picture of a pirate I drew last time, although I'm not very satisfied, but Brother Chong won't mind too much, haha!"
Zeng Wanyu listened to the old man's instructions and asked in surprise, "Grandpa, won't you burn that painting?"
When Lu Chong heard this, he felt strange in his heart, why should he burn it if he painted it well, this is a master's work, it is too wasteful!
Zeng Wenyu shook his head with some emotion and said: "After this turmoil, grandpa has some new realizations in his heart. Some of the stinky cards in the past, while they can be changed now, let's get rid of them, haha!"
Zeng Wanyu saw that Lu Chong had a puzzled look on his face, and explained with a smile: "Grandpa, he used to have a habit that if he was not satisfied with the painting of the same thing, when a satisfactory work came out, he would inevitably destroy the original unsatisfactory work. ”
"Originally, we used to tear it up and throw it away, but then someone discovered my grandfather's habit and waited outside our house to pick up the garbage. Later, grandpa found out that in order to prevent those unsatisfactory works from circulating, once this happens, the unsatisfactory works will be burned!"
Lu Chong couldn't help but laugh dumbly when he heard this, sure enough, most of those who can excel will have some peculiar temperaments. Perhaps it is precisely because of this temperament that they can achieve far more achievements than their peers.
Zeng Wenyu sighed lightly: "In the past, I was too much in pursuit of perfection, but after this experience, I finally understood that there is no perfect thing in the world, so why force it, this brand will be changed in the future!"
Having said that, Zeng Wenyu's painting skills have reached their peak, and he has been in good physical and psychological condition with the help of Lu Chong.
In addition, he was already old, and he no longer had as many paintings as before, and for the rest of his life, he only occasionally started painting when he was in the best mental state.
So much so that for the rest of his life, he never drew a picture that he was dissatisfied with and needed to redraw. The two parrots in Lu Chong's hand have thus become the only two homologous works intact in the master's life, becoming unique products, and therefore being estimated at a sky-high price.
Of course, this is already a later story, and these two paintings, no matter how high the price is estimated, Lu Chong has never had the intention of selling them, and they have become one of the treasures of the Lu family.
Although Zeng Wenyu looked very relaxed when he painted, it was actually very exhausting, and it was late at night, and after chatting for a while, Zeng Wenyu went back to his room to rest under Zeng Wanyu's persuasion.
And since Lu Chong has already lived in the guest room, of course there is no reason to go out to live in the hotel again, if he really dares to leave, he is afraid that Old Man Zeng will be angry and will not let him come to the door again in the future.
However, after sending the old man back to the room, Lu Chong did not go back to the room to rest, but went down to the hall on the first floor with him at Zeng Wanyu's instructions.
Aunt Xue may have touched a nail in front of the old man before, and she had already left first, and one of the servants who served the old man had already cleaned up the living room and went to sleep first.
Although Zeng Wanyu has behaved much more naturally after getting along and talking for a while, she is still a little nervous when the two are alone at this time.
After inviting Lu Chong to sit down on the sofa in the living room, Zeng Wanyu took out a jar of big red robes from the study, and was busy boiling water to make tea, so as to relieve the tension in his heart.
After soaking the big red robe in a purple clay pot, Zeng Wanyu took out a plate of dim sum made of coarse grains for Lu Chong to taste, and then she finally did a good job of psychological construction for dialogue with Lu Chong.
"This superb red robe is grandpa's treasure, I usually don't dare to move, but I can drink a pot tonight, but it is stained with your light. Zeng Wanyu made a small joke first, trying to make the atmosphere of the conversation more relaxed.
After drinking two cups of tea in a row to calm down his mood, Zeng Wanyu said in a low voice: "Lu Chong, ...... before." Don't take what Grandpa said before, don't take it to heart!"