Inside the living room of the mansion.

Mr. and Mrs. Blake and Henry. Kravis, Merry. Zhu Xi and his wife both had their eyes flashing, wanting to expose Ji Cheng's hypocritical "liar" at any time.

Xiao Lizi heard a few people say that before, of course, he also thought that Ji Cheng was not a good person, and he also wanted to give Steve Steve, who also wanted to promote himself in the collectibles industry. Cohen is ringing the alarm bells.

It's just that before Ji Cheng's things were taken out for identification, they didn't want to attack directly, after all, Ji Cheng was Steve. Cohen's invited guests, if they rashly make trouble, it will be tantamount to offending Steve. Cohen, they are all friends, and they can't directly make their friends lose face.

Only Steve. Cohen was really interested, "Ji, take out all the things." ”

"Okay, I'll bother a few people to go outside and help me move my things down in the car."

Ji Cheng took the initiative to propose.

"Move down?" Xiao Lizi was stunned, "Did you bring a lot of things here?" ”

Ji Cheng said with a smile: "There are not a lot of things, but one of them is a woodblock oil painting that is relatively large, and it is not easy for me to hold it alone." ”

Oh!

Woodblock oil painting!

Some of these paintings are indeed quite large.

Everyone didn't think much about it, and even in order to quickly debunk Ji Cheng, they didn't let Steve. The servants in Cohen's house helped, and several people followed Ji Cheng outside one by one to move the things in the car into the mansion one by one.

After a while, everything that was hidden was piled up over there.

"You sit down first, and I'll show you one by one."

Ji Cheng smiled and invited everyone to sit down, then put on white gloves, and then took out a box containing silver coins from his pocket.

"Hehe, sit, everyone sit down." Steve. Cohen pressed his hand.

The crowd didn't take it seriously and sat down on the couch.

They had just sat down, and they were still talking to each other.

Ji Chengcheng threw out an astonishing remark, "The small box in my hand contains the Xiong Guo Constantine silver coin, the light-edged version, if you are interested, you can take a look." ”

"What? Bear State Constantine like silver coin glossy version? "The widest range of Leon. Blake stood up again, looking at the silver coin in the small box that Ji Cheng had just put down with a shocked expression, his eyes were full of disbelief!

At this time, Deborah. Blake coughed, "Honey." ”

Although she didn't say anything else, it was just a simple title. Blake reacted, yes, Ji Cheng may be a liar, so this seemingly precious Constantine silver coin gloss-edged version may also be a fake, what is the excitement.

Henry. Cravis and Merry. Zhu Xi didn't dabble so widely, and they had long decided that Ji Cheng was a liar, so naturally there was no overreaction.

The same is true for small plums.

Only Steve. Cohen looked at Ji Cheng with some surprise, obviously, he didn't expect that Ji Cheng's first thing to collect would be so valuable!

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"The second one is a necklace." Ji Cheng unhurriedly took out a dazzling pink jewelry necklace, "According to my research with relevant people, this necklace is said to be a very high probability that Queen Mary once owned an ornament." ”

As he spoke, he took out a necklace in a jewelry box and showed it to everyone in his hand, "This necklace is made of a total of forty four-carat conch beads, and with the Victorian style, the collection value is very high." ”

"It's beautiful!" Deborah. Blake's eyes were instantly captivated!

MERRY. Zhu Xi also reacted almost as much, her eyes couldn't take her eyes off this conch bead necklace!

Steve. Cohen's eyes lit up and said: "Now the value of one carat of top-grade conch beads is about fifteen thousand dollars, and your conch bead necklace weighs one hundred and sixty carats, even if it is not worth two million four thousand dollars, if it can really prove that it is the ornament of Queen Mary, I am afraid that the value will soar to more than five million dollars, which is indeed a good thing." ”

"Isn't it that it hasn't been proven yet, let's read on first."

Henry. Kravis said in a rambling voice, as if to remind his wife and Mrs. Blake.

MERRY. Jush and Deborah. Blake was almost deprived of his mind by this extremely beautiful conch bead necklace just now. Kravis's reminder, the two of them couldn't help but secretly blame themselves, and said that the things that this damn liar brought out were really good, even if they were so well-informed, they almost fell into the way.

"Well, except for one sculpture, the rest are oil paintings."

Ji Cheng cautiously picked up a covered oil painting, and then said, "Let's look at the sculpture later, let's take a look at the oil painting first." ”

"Well, I'm more interested in oil painting than sculpture." Steve. Cohen answered.

Xiao Lizi asked casually, "What oil painting?" ”

Ji Cheng tore open the white curtain that covered it, and said solemnly: "The top Dutch master Vincent. William. Van Gogh's masterpiece "The Painter on the Way to Work"! ”

Steve. Cohen was the first to exclaim, "What? Isn't this painting missing? ”

Ji Cheng saw Steve. Cohen's surprised expression was secretly smug in his heart, and he said that the rest of you must be very surprised, right?

What he didn't expect was that in addition to Steve. Except for Cohen, the others all showed speechless expressions.

Ji Cheng looked at Mr. and Mrs. Blake, Xiao Lizi, and Mai Rui. Jush and Henry. The "indifferent" appearance of several people in Kravis is a little suspicious of life, this horse is Van Gogh's lost masterpiece "The Painter on the Way to Work", are you people so well-informed that you don't pay attention to such top works of art?

He didn't know whether it was Mr. and Mrs. Blake, or Henry. Cravis and Merry. Zhu Xi and his wife, or Xiao Lizi, regarded him as a liar from the beginning, and now they see that they have taken out a masterpiece of oil painting that should have been "lost" a long time ago, and they are even more convinced that he is a liar.

Isn't that a joke!

It is said that this painting was burned to ashes as early as World War II, so why did you go to heaven and ask Van Gogh to paint a new one?

Everyone looked at Ji Cheng calmly and speechlessly.

Ji Cheng thought that everyone was not interested, and he couldn't help but be a little disappointed, so he had to take out the next oil painting, because this oil painting was an altar painting, he couldn't expand it alone, and asked everyone to help.

That's right, it's the great Michelangelo. Merisi. Reach. "St. Francis and St. Lawrence and the Birth of Jesus" by Caravaggio!

At that time, Ji Cheng thought that everyone would be surprised to see this painting, and the result was the same as just now. Cohen was taken aback, and the expressions on the faces of the others became more and more speechless.

Ji Cheng was stunned, Nima, these two paintings can cause a huge shock and sensation if they are placed in front of anyone who likes oil painting collections in the world, why didn't this group of people react at all?

Helpless.

He had no choice but to show them one by one in order.

The next Western painting is Saint Raphael's "Portrait of a Young Man".

The same is true of the people.

Then there is the father of Western oil painting, the founder of the early Dutch painting style, Jan. Every. Ike's magnum opus, The Adoration of the Lamb, the stolen altarpiece, and the woodblock print of The Just Judge.

Everyone reacted this time, but instead of being surprised or sensational, or unable to take their eyes off, they yawned one by one.

Famous Mexican female painter Frida. Caro's "Wounded Table" woodblock print!

One of the greatest British contemporary painters, Lucien. Freud's triptych Francis. Bacon!

The seventeenth century is an ancient wither!

Each of these works of art and antiques is worth a fortune, but Ji Chengdu didn't see any excitement or other positive reactions from a few people when the display was almost over.

!

Shouldn't buddies bring these priceless treasures and can't sell a single one?

Ji Cheng saw the reactions of these people, and his heart was also bottomless, originally he was going to let Steve. Cohen called the appraisal expert to come over for identification, and suddenly saw that there was an oil painting on the corner of the coffee table that was not displayed, this oil painting was relatively small, only the size of A4 paper, and it was easy to be ignored, so he almost forgot it just now.

"Well, I have one last masterpiece to show you, and after that, we can call an expert to identify it."

Ji Cheng picked up the corner of the coffee table and placed the hidden oil painting.

Steve. Cohen asked with great interest, "Which master's masterpiece is this time?" ”

Mr. and Mrs. Blake didn't raise their heads, but listened with interest.

Although Ji Cheng was a little unacceptable to the reaction of these people, Steve. Cohen is his own financier, and now he is interested, and he will definitely go into detail, "Hehe, Mr. Cohen, you must be interested in this painting, because it is Rembrandt, who has the reputation of 'Rembrandt who can walk'. Sanskrit. Lai Yin's masterpiece "Portrait of Jacob III"! ”

With that, he ripped off the covering cloth.

A lifelike portrait of Jacob III appears in front of everyone's eyes!

This time, everyone was dumbfounded!

Little Lizi: "......"

Mr. and Mrs. Blake: "......"

MERRY. Jush and Henry. Kravis: "......"

Even if it's Steve. Cohen was also dumbfounded, staring at Ji Cheng's face in disbelief!

Silly!

Everyone was dumbfounded!

"This ...... Is this "Portrait of Jacob III"? Xiao Lizi said in astonishment.

Ji Cheng finally saw everyone's surprised reaction, and he was proud in his heart, and nodded, "Yes." ”

MERRY. Zhu Xi took a breath and said, "This ...... How can this be? ”

How can this be?

Ji Cheng didn't understand what she meant by this, thinking it was a language disease, and asked with a smile: "Why not?" ”

Henry. Kravis sprayed directly, "Why can't you say?" Because the original work of this painting is in the collection of the Dalic Gallery! ”

"Fake! This painting of yours must be a fake! Xiao Lizi was directly angry by Ji Chengquan, he didn't do his work and came all the way to be able to appreciate the top artworks, but Ji Cheng gave him such a whole play, not to mention how annoyed he was, he stood up and sprayed directly, "Although "Portrait of Jacob III" is often stolen and has the title of 'Takeaway Rembrandt', but you also have a bit of professionalism to sell fakes, and now this painting is completely displayed in the Dulwich Gallery in London, why can't you?" ”

This time even Steve. Cohen was silent, he doubted that Ji Chengkai's collectibles company was a company specializing in selling fake art!

In fact, I don't blame them for this reaction, Van Gogh's "The Painter on the Way to Work" is also good, Michelangelo. Merisi. Reach. Caravaggio's "St. Francis and St. Lawrence and the Nativity of Jesus" and several other top world famous paintings are all lost masterpieces, and there is no trace of them, and they can only be identified by experts to determine the authenticity and then refute Ji Cheng.

But this "Portrait of Jacob III" is different, it is in the Dalic Gallery, and now Ji Cheng has taken out another "Portrait of Jacob III", everyone feels that their IQ has been insulted, this Nima, don't you check whether this painting still exists before you fake it? Or do you think that everyone is stupid and has a lot of money, and when they see a world-famous painting, they will definitely spend a lot of money to buy it?

Faced with Xiao Lizi's questioning, Ji Cheng was not annoyed at all, on the contrary, he said with a smile: "Are you sure that the "Portrait of Jacob III" in the Dalic Gallery collection is genuine?" ”

Xiao Li Zi was about to laugh angrily at him, "Dalich Gallery's is not the real work, is your painting the real thing?" No kidding! ”

His tone was categorical, and he completely determined that Ji Cheng was a liar!

Not only Xiao Lizi thought so, but the other five people present including Steve. Cohen began to wonder if Ji Cheng was a liar.

Ji Cheng was still calm, and said with a smile: "Mr. DiCaprio, we people who play collecting pay the most attention to the word reputation, and before the expert appraisal, you said that my "Portrait of Jacob III" is a fake, if this matter spreads, it will not only cause great damage to my reputation Ji Cheng, but also bring irreparable reputational damage to my ancient and modern art collection company that surpassed Sotheby's in this autumn auction, such as the loss of trust of customers, etc., so, I would like to ask you to think carefully before discussing the authenticity of my painting. ”

Xiao Lizi appraised: "Don't think about it, you are a fake!" ”

Ji Cheng restrained his smile, squinted his eyes and said, "What if this painting is real?" ”

Xiao Lizi was really amused by him, and threw down the cruel words: "If your "Portrait of Jacob III" is genuine, I am willing to buy it at ten times the price to compensate for the loss of your reputation!" ”

"Okay, that's what you said." Ji Cheng chuckled, "This "Portrait of Jacob III" may be the lowest value among so many world famous paintings I brought today, but according to the outside estimate, it is also worth three or four million pounds, according to the current exchange rate of five million US dollars, you have to ...... ten times the price."

"Needless to say, if it's genuine, I'll buy it for $50 million!" Xiao Lizi is not humane.

Mr. and Mrs. Blake and Mr. and Mrs. Merry. Zhu Xi, Henry. Both the Kravises think so, if your words are genuine, then it means that the Dalic Gallery is a fake, how is this possible?

Only Steve. In order to save some face for both of them, Cohen took the initiative to persuade him, "Come to Leonardo, Ji, we are all art lovers, we have the opportunity to gather together today, everyone doesn't need to be so ugly, anyway, someone will be identified later, or this kind of hurtful bet will be forgotten, right?" ”

Steve. Cohen was well-intentioned.

But Xiao Lizi couldn't wait to immediately expose Ji Cheng's identity as a "liar", he said in a firm tone: "Mr. Cohen, you don't have to persuade me, if his painting is genuine, I will spend 50 million dollars to buy it as a lesson for myself, and I shouldn't easily deny the lessons of others, but if it's a fake, I'm sorry, Ji, I will definitely announce your sale of a fake to the world, and then don't say that I damage your reputation and your company!" ”

Ji Cheng's smile became brighter and brighter, "Okay, everyone listen, it was Mr. DiCaprio who took the initiative to bet with me, what about me, give Mr. Cohen face, and I won't write a gambling agreement with you, just let the appraisal expert come over to appraise the line, right?" ”

"Okay, I'm a man who does what he says, and if it's genuine, I'll definitely buy it for 50 million dollars!" Xiao Li Zi said.

Seeing that the two of them had such an unpleasant quarrel, and they both insisted on betting, Steve. Cohen couldn't persuade him much, so he had to call two oil painting experts to come and appraise them.

The two oil painting experts are a man and a woman, the man is in his sixties, and his name is Charlie. Professor Wayne and the woman are in her forties, named Julia, and they are all Beverly Hills' authoritative appraisal agency, Sarah. Top expert experts invited by Mokhtari.

Julia is not bad, but she is just a well-known oil painting appraisal expert in the beautiful country.

Charlie. Professor Wayne is not an ordinary person, he is not only a senior expert who has been in the industry for many years, but also a world-class art critic, and enjoys a great reputation internationally.

"Professor, Ms. Julia, please two of you to examine this painting." Steve. Cohen said to the two very politely.

Ms. Julia said respectfully, "Let Professor Wayne identify it first, he is an authority in the industry." ”

"Hehe, let's take a look." Charlie. Wayne said very modestly: "Julia, your level of appreciation is not below mine, maybe I will see it with my clumsy eyes, it is better to have you and me to identify together, at least it is not easy to make mistakes." ”

"Okay."

Julia agreed.

The two began to seriously authenticate the Portrait of Jacob III.

Little Plum, Mr. and Mrs. Blake, and Murray. Zhu Xi, Henry. The five Kravises stood there pouting, not thinking that there would be any surprise in the identification results, they must be fakes.

Instead, it was Steve. Cohen was a little entangled in his heart, he very much hoped that the "Portrait of Jacob III" brought by Ji Cheng was genuine, after all, today he contacted a few friends in the collecting circle to come over so that everyone has the opportunity to get a masterpiece, and he has always had a very good sense of Ji Cheng before, and he really doesn't want the young Chinese man in front of him to have high hopes for money to do such a thing as desecrating artworks.

But reason told Steve again. Cohen, there is almost no possibility that the "Portrait of Jacob III" in front of me is genuine, after all, the Dulwich Gallery has been collecting this painting for many years, and it is impossible for so many top experts in such a famous institution as the Dulwich Gallery to analyze the authenticity of a painting, right?

Only Ji Cheng sat there calmly, as if he didn't care whether the painting was real or not.

He was calm, but this appearance fell into the eyes of Xiao Li Zi and others, but they felt that he was playing tricks, and even Xiao Li Zi felt that Ji Cheng, who was looking out, was looking for an escape route. Professor Wayne declares the painting to be a fake, and Ji Chengcheng can run away.

However, just when everyone was thinking differently, Charlie. Wayne suddenly lost his voice and exclaimed, "Impossible! How is this possible? ”

Julia also raised her head and looked at Ji Cheng in disbelief, "Mr. Ji, with all due respect, can you ask, where did you get this painting?" ”

Look!

The two authoritative experts were so surprised, it must be fake!

Little Plum, Mr. and Mrs. Blake, and Henry. Kravis, Merry. Zhu Xi and the others all thought so, they felt that they were close to determining that Ji Cheng was a liar. Professor Wayne said, "It's a fake!"

Ji Cheng said with a smile: "I don't know what rules you have in the collection circle of the beautiful country, but we are not allowed to ask for the way to buy and sell collectibles privately in the Huaxia collection circle, I'm sorry, I can't tell you where the items come from." ”

Ha!

I don't dare to say where things came from!

Everyone is even more sure that it is fake!

Xiao Lizi took the opportunity to block in front of Ji Cheng to prevent him from escaping, and at the same time, he couldn't wait to look to the side, "Professor Wayne, just tell me directly, is this painting a genuine or a fake?" ”

Charlie. Wayne gave a wry smile, "It's genuine." ”

"Look, I'll just say that this painting is a fake...... Xiao Li Zi said halfway, tilted his head to the side, and said dumbfounded: "What...... What? Professor Charlie, what did you just say? Authentic? ”

The Blakes were also stunned!

MERRY. Jush and Henry. Kravis's eyes widened like brass bells!

Even Steve. Cohen looked stunned!

Authentic?

How could it be!

Isn't the original "Portrait of Jacob III" in the Dalic Gallery? How can this be genuine?

Confused!

Everyone was stunned!

Can Charlie. Professor Wayne said in a sonorous and categorical manner: "Yes, this Portrait of Jacob III has been authenticated by me and Ms. Julia, and we can use the reputation of our appraiser as a guarantee, and even issue a certificate!" ”

As soon as this statement came out, the audience was shocked!

Everyone looked at Ji Cheng with surprised eyes, if this painting is genuine, then doesn't it mean that the painting in Dalic Gallery is a fake? And if this one is genuine, does it mean that the paintings that Ji Cheng just introduced may be genuine? If that were the case, they would have been an eye-opener today!