After voting on the intercom, everyone finally chose pizza for today's lunch, which was a pizzeria near Highway 127 in Danville.

As soon as the car was parked and the restaurant was seated, the reporters immediately gathered around.

"Steven, I don't have enough time on the road to do a full interview, but now it's okay, can you tell us a little bit about these two sculptures?

"That's right, Steven, let us give you an explanation, let's also feel the charm of top art!"

Several reporters spoke, and everyone stared at the backpack in Ye Tian's hand, their eyes were extremely hot and full of anticipation!

"No problem! you can take photos and interviews as much as you like, and I'll explain the two sculptures in detail!"

Ye Tian smiled and nodded, and agreed to the reporter's request.

Then, he took the two sculptures out of his bag and placed them on the table.

"Click"

The camera shutter immediately rang out.

The reporters seized the opportunity and began to take pictures of the two sculptures from all angles, very carefully and comprehensively.

When the sound of the camera shutter fell, Ye Tian immediately began to cooperate with the reporter's questions, introducing the situation of the two sculptures and their origins.

"These two sculptures were created by Giacometti during his stay in Paris from 1922 to 1935, as evidenced by this signature,......"

The explanation unfolded, and the reporters were soon introduced by him into Giacometti's art world, and began to be fascinated by these two sculptures, and by the legends in the history of sculpture art!

Both the police and the FBI agents were drawn over, standing on the periphery and listening, their expressions very serious.

Other guests and waiters in the restaurant also came over to listen to this rare lecture on modern sculpture art.

Ye Tian spoke very carefully, he not only explained these two sculptures, but also talked about the period of creation of these two sculptures, the changes in Giacometti's artistic style, and the embodiment of the works.

At the same time, he also extended to tell the story of Giacometti's journey to becoming a world-famous sculptor.

The reason why he explained in such detail was that Ye Tian had an idea.

These reporters in front of him are the best propagandists, and Ye Tian plans to use them, as well as the various media they rely on, to publicize and hype these two sculptures and raise their value!

It would be a fool not to take advantage of such a great free publicity opportunity!

Antique art with a story is worth more, this is the consensus of the collecting community!

What Ye Tian has to do now is to spread the story behind these two sculptures and let everyone know!

I believe that these reporters are also willing to cooperate, give them interesting news, and they provide free publicity opportunities, the best of both worlds, no one will object!

The restaurant was quiet, only Ye Tian's voice was echoing, and the rest of the people were listening quietly, enjoying the edification of sculpture art.

Five minutes later, Ye Tian talked about one of the issues that everyone was most concerned about, the market price of these two sculptures.

"Mr. Giacometti is one of the greatest sculptors of the twentieth century, or to remove the suffix, he is the greatest modern sculptor.

Each of his sculptures is worth a lot of money, with the previous highest auction record being $104.3 million in 2010 for "The Walking Man."

But that record has recently been broken, with the latest record being $140 million, sold at Christie's in New York for a life-size sculpture from 1947, The Indicator."

Before the words fell, the exclamation had already sounded, and everyone was completely shocked by this price!

"Oh my God! $140 million, just a sculpture!"

"It's crazy! What is 140 million dollars for? It's just to buy a life-size sculpture! The world of rich people is incomprehensible!"

"These two sculptures must also be sky-high! Steven, tell me about the price of these two treasures!"

Everyone stared at the two sculptures on the table, their eyes red and their eyes burning!

In an instant, envy, jealousy and hatred filled every trace of air!

Ye Tian paused, then continued with a smile:

"These two sculptures are certainly not worth more than 100 million yuan, they are the work of Giacometti's formative years, not the same as the works of the mature period after World War II.

But because these two sculptures are from Giacometti and have an extraordinary artistic appeal, they are also worth a lot of money and are the best works of art.

According to my estimates, the market price of both sculptures should be between $20 million and $50 million, or a little more, but not much.

This one in the mid-thirties, because of the artistic style, the age of creation, and the reasons documented, the price should be relatively high.

This one from the late twenties will be lower, but it will not be lower than $20 million, and if it is lower than that, then I will collect it myself!"

The scene was directly fried! The exclamations suddenly rang out, one after another!

Everyone guessed that these two sculptures must be sky-high, but when they heard Ye Tian say it himself, they were still almost stunned!

Two sculptures that add up to tens of millions of dollars! Just in front of my eyes, close at hand, within reach! It's like a dream!

The people at the scene were all stimulated and crazy, each pair of eyes were round, staring at the two sculptures in front of them, without blinking their eyelids!

After a moment's pause, the shutter of the camera sounded frantically again.

Although they had taken photos from all angles, every reporter felt that it was not enough at this time, and that they had to take more, as if this was the only way to alleviate the shock they felt!

The police, FBI agents, other guests in the restaurant, and the restaurant staff were all in a state of stupor, and many of them were red and bleeding!

Walker and Raymond, who were standing behind Ye Tian, as well as the four Lexington armed security guards, all began to be on high alert, vigilantly staring at these crazy people in front of them.

Ye Tian also raised his vigilance, staring at the policemen and FBI with guns on the periphery, who can guarantee that the law enforcers will not go crazy in an instant and break the law?

As for the others, he didn't worry too much, first, there may not be a gun, and besides, no one dared to take risks here, which was undoubtedly the most stupid act of seeking death!

Betty's pretty face was also flushed with excitement, if it weren't for Ye Tian's tight grip on her little hand, I'm afraid she would have already cheered!

After exclaiming, when everyone's emotions calmed down a little, Ye Tian said again:

"One more thing, I've already entrusted these two sculptures to Sotheby's, and they will be coming soon to appraise them and take them away.

The reason why the consignment auction was held so quickly was for safety reasons, not only for the safety of me and a few friends, but also for the safety of everyone.

I hope you can help me spread the news, so that those scheming bastards can dispel the idea that they shouldn't have it, these two sculptures belong to me, and no one can snatch them!"

"Don't worry, Steven, we'll get this out there soon for everyone to know, because it's our safety as well!"

The reporters gave an enthusiastic response and were very cooperative.

"Thank you for your understanding and support! To express my gratitude, I invited this lunch, but remember not to drink and drive, there are a lot of police here!"

"Hahaha, thank you, Steven!"

Amid the laughter, everyone dispersed and returned to their seats, ready to enjoy a free lunch.

There were also people at the scene who were not in a good mood, and an old white man in his fifties said loudly:

"These are the treasures that belong to Kentucky, you can't take them with you, you should leave them in Kentucky!"

Ye Tian looked up at him, and then replied with a smile:

"Sir, these two sculptures are indeed rare treasures, but unfortunately, the Kentuckians did not treasure them as treasures, but discarded them as garbage!

So I'd better take them with me, and don't let these two artistic treasures be destroyed in Kentucky, because I don't want to see them!

The white old man was so blocked that he had nothing to say, so he could only stare at Ye Tian in annoyance, his face full of anger.

Ye Tian didn't pay attention to this anymore, put away the two sculptures on the table, and prepared to enjoy lunch.