Ren Xia looked at it casually: "Why don't I take a few more paintings." ”

"Okay. Lao Shan hurriedly said, "Take whatever you want." ”

Ren Xia picked a few casually, all of them are more pleasing to the eye, most of them are not signed, only a pair of landscapes are exceptional, signed "Xu Xiqiang", and there is time "January 2008".

Generally speaking, the painter's brushwork will rarely be signed, and the sloppy work will not be signed, and everything that is paid must have taken some effort. In many tourist areas, you can see painters selling paintings, most of which have not been paid, and the price of all the paintings is more expensive, even if it is just a lonely little painter, but they also attach great importance to the payment of money, because it is related to their reputation.

The paintings here in Laoshan, of course, are practicing brushes, but "Xu Xiqiang" is not only very good at painting, but also quite a bit of Van Gogh's style, but it is not a simple imitation of Van Gogh.

Ren Xia was very strange: "Who is Xu Xiqiang?"

Lao Shan patted his chest: "It's me!"

"Isn't your name Zhang Shushan?"

"Pseudonym......" Lao Shan smiled embarrassedly: "Didn't I say it, my imitation of the masterpiece is too similar, and it is accidentally better than the original author." So I wanted to make a name for myself, because the name Laoshan was so loud that I happened to be obsessed with post-post-impressionism at that time, so I painted a few paintings in Van Gogh's style under the pseudonym Xu Xiqiang. ”

Ren Xia asked: "And then?"

"No more. Lao Shan smiled bitterly: "No matter how hard I put in, people don't recognize it at all, saying that this is an unknown painter and that painting is worthless, so I gave up later." ”

Ren Xia shrugged his shoulders: "These people have eyes but don't know Mount Tai. ”

"It doesn't matter. Lao Shan waved his hand nonchalantly: "If you like it, take it away, stay with me, it's an eyesore to watch." ”

Ren Xia nodded: "Then thank you." ”

Fang Zuiyun asked Ren Xia: "What are the next arrangements?"

"I'm going to ask for your help. ”

"Me?" Fang Zuiyun paused for a moment: "What can I help you?"

"You and Zhang Zhigang are both people in the same circle, there must be a lot of intersections, and there must be overlap between people you know. Ren Xia put forward meaningfully: "In other words, many of the people you know are ...... Zhang Zhigang also knows."

Fang Zuiyun admitted: "That's right. ”

"You go to find a person like this, more or less a way to get a famous painting, and I have cooperated with Zhang Zhigang a few times......" Ren Xia proposed word by word: "Then buy this person at a high price." “

Fang Zuiyun immediately understood what he should do: "Then let this person take this Picasso painting and sell it to Zhang Zhigang at a high price." ”

"That's right. Ren Xia made a gesture of eight and shook it in front of Fang Zuiyun: "Eighty million sold to Zhang Zhigang." ”

"So much money?" Fang Zuiyun frowned slightly: "Will Zhang Zhigang buy it?"

"If he thinks that the painting can be sold for 160 million, then he will definitely buy it. ”

Fang Zuiyun agreed: "Okay." ”

"So far, I have been on Zhang Zhigang, and the real and fake paintings add up to 10 million, and if you take a whole amount, it will be 20 million, and this money must be given to me in full. Ren Xia generously proposed: "Then the remaining 60 million, the three of us will divide it equally." ”

Fang Zuiyun's eyes lit up: "I also have a share?"

"Of course. Ren Xia rolled his eyes and corrected: "No, it can't be counted as three, it should be four." ”

Fang Zuiyun understood what Ren Xia meant: "Lao Shan is also a part?"

"That's right. Ren Xia nodded very affirmatively: "When I originally planned, I didn't plan to bring Lao Shan, but today I talked like this, and I feel very close to each other." Give Lao Shan this share, it will be regarded as supporting the artist's creation, and you don't have to worry about money in the future, you can paint whatever you want. ”

No one doesn't like money, and artists are the same, Lao Shan laughed: "Thank you, brother." ”

Fang Zuiyun smiled and nodded: "Even if it is divided between four people, there are fifteen million...... Hell, I didn't do anything to make so much money. ”

"Anyone who follows me can make a fortune, just play a routine, get millions or tens of millions, it's not the same as playing. Ren Xia pointed to the paintings he was holding behind him, and said, "Connect these paintings and take them together." ”

"Why do you want to take these?" Fang Zuiyun was puzzled: "Zhang Zhigang definitely won't buy it." ”

"I didn't plan on him to buy these, as long as he could buy Picasso's one, but it was too abrupt to hold only such a painting. Ren Xia instructed Fang Zuiyun: "Hurry up and find someone!"

In the circle of artworks, there are many active brokers, known as art brokers, Zhang Zhigang is one of the more large-scale, and more of them are running errands for people. These brokers don't have their own businesses and don't have much money, but don't underestimate them, every way is very wild, not only black and white are mixed, but also there are a lot of relationships at home and abroad. Not to mention getting a few famous Western paintings, even if you want the crown of the Ming Dynasty emperor, they can rob the tomb for you, of course, the premise is that you must give enough money.

Speaking of which, the circle of art is actually not too big, just like Ren Xia said, the interpersonal relationship between Fang Zuiyun and Zhang Zhigang overlaps a lot, and Fang Zuiyun really knows such a broker.

This person's name is Li Guozhong, and he often doesn't know where to get some things, go to galleries, auction houses or other institutions to sell them, and he has also cooperated with Zhang Zhigang several times.

Everyone should know that there is a circle of professional scammers in society, let's call it Lao Qian, and most of them do things illegally. But there is another kind of old man who exists legally, that is, this gang of brokers in the art industry, who cheat each other and cheat each other. The reason is very simple, whether it is a work of art such as famous paintings, or other cultural toys such as Ming and Qing dynasty ceramics, most of them are fake. All kinds of fraud are not unspoken rules in the industry, and if you accidentally buy fakes, you can only blame yourself for looking away.

Even large auction houses often state "no fidelity" in their terms, let alone Zhigang Art Auction House, let alone brokers like Li Guozhong. It is not news that Christie's auctioned a fake, and there are more people who know it abroad, and some have filed lawsuits to obtain compensation. However, most of the people in China are also cloudy, and there is a lack of such an atmosphere, if you encounter fakes, you will either think you are unlucky, or find a way to sell them to others.

This also means that for Li Guozhong to deceive Zhang Zhigang, there is no psychological barrier at all. Fang Zuiyun bribed Li Guozhong, and he didn't even have to pay a penny, only promising to divide 60 million equally afterwards.

There is a question here, since Li Guozhong has the opportunity to deceive Zhang Zhigang, why didn't he deceive. In fact, the answer is very simple, Li Guozhong can't get this level of fake, Lao Shan is not a casual painting, Ren Xia certainly bought this fake with real money, but Lao Shan also sold face to Fang Zuiyun.

Of course, Li Guozhong did not take this job casually, first asked for this Picasso fake, looked at it carefully, and concluded that it was indeed realistic, and finally agreed, promising to go to Zhang Zhigang the next morning.

Li Guozhong didn't dare to take risks casually, after all, Zhang Zhigang was not a fuel-efficient lamp.