"Don't introduce me to such an object next time......" Ren Xia patted Cui Dayong on the shoulder: "This woman is really quite responsible, but she is a little shameless." ”

"Let's not talk about this...... Cui Dayong was very embarrassed and changed the subject: "Boss, where did you get the money to buy such an expensive painting?"

"I did a little business outside and made some money. ”

"This is not a small amount of money, more than 10 million!" Cui Dayong was even more surprised: "What kind of business do you do to make so much money?"

"You don't have to worry about this for now. Ren Xia shook his head: "In short, remember, don't say anything about me to the outside world, especially not in the company." ”

Cui Dayong nodded again and again: "Okay!"

The next day, Ren Xia didn't go to work, and went directly to the Zhigang Art Auction House.

Zhang Zhigang invited Ren Xia into the office, then put on white gloves, and respectfully held out a painting, as if holding his father's ashes: "Mr. Ren, if you want to say that you are really blessed, you just said that you want a famous painting in the first half of the twentieth century, and this is not a famous painting of Picasso sent to the door." ”

"I also feel lucky. Ren Xia Guan Zhang Zhigang asked for a magnifying glass and looked at it carefully.

This is a still life sketch with Picasso's name on it, and the style is very Picasso, but it is a fake.

Ren Xia didn't need to be too careful at all, and concluded from a few details that it was not only a fake, but also not long after it was drawn.

People like Zhang Zhigang are doing the business of empty gloves and white wolves, and at best they are agents, but they are actually second-class dealers who run errands. He doesn't usually stock up on famous paintings, but instead goes out and looks for them if his clients need anything.

According to Ren Xia's original plan, since he proposed to ask for a famous painting, he would have someone send Picasso's fake over. Because Zhang Zhigang can make money, he will definitely spend a lot of money to buy it, and then Ren Xia will find an excuse not to do it.

Unexpectedly, without waiting for his fake to come out, Zhang Zhigang took the initiative to come up with a fake. Obviously, Zhang Zhigang really regarded Ren Xia as a stupid man, and he had to cheat more than 10 million yuan with such a thing, and of course Ren Xia couldn't take out the money.

The problem is that Ren Xia has already set up a character for himself, he is indeed stupid and fast, and he is not proficient in art.

If it is pointed out that this is a fake, Ren Xia's character will collapse, and it will be difficult to deceive Zhang Zhigang again, so Ren Xia found another excuse: "I don't like still life." ”

Zhang Zhigang was stunned: "You don't like it?"

"Didn't you say when you called me that in the first quarter of this year, one of Picasso's works set a record for auction? That's a portrait......" Ren Xia shook his head: "I just want a portrait." ”

"Mr. Ren, you're not interesting enough......" Zhang Zhigang was very disappointed: "You should have put forward the request at the beginning, and only now did you say that I got the painting, what should you let me do?"

"Do what you have to do. Ren Xia shook his head: "Anyway, I don't like it, as long as you can bring a portrait, I will definitely want it." ”

"What ...... this painting?"

"I don't want it anyway. Ren Xia shrugged his shoulders: "Go back." ”

"It's better like this......" Zhang Zhigang pretended to be very helpless and said: "Mr. Ren, you pay me a deposit, and when I find the painting you need, if you still don't want it, the deposit will be confiscated." ”

In case Zhang Zhigang brings two more fakes, the deposit will be wasted, of course Ren Xia can't agree: "I said I wanted it, I will definitely ask for it, why do you doubt my economic strength?"

"Don't dare to doubt it. Shaking his head, Zhang Zhigang hurriedly said: "But I'm a small business, it's not easy to get into such a painting, if you don't want it, I will lose too much." ”

"You've already made a lot of money from me...... Ren Xia smiled: "I haven't settled accounts with you for 10 million last time." ”

Zhang Zhigang's expression was a little embarrassed and he didn't speak.

"That's it. Ren Xia pointed to his watch: "I still have something to do here, let's talk to you later." ”

Zhang Zhigang didn't dare to force Ren Xia to stay, so he had to nod and send off: "See you back." ”

Ren Xia returned to the company to work normally, and a few days passed in a blink of an eye, and finally arrived at the day agreed by Laoshan.

Ren Xia drove drunk on the street, went to the painter's village together, found the old mountain house, and knocked on the door.

After a long while, Lao Shan opened the door and said lazily: "It's done." ”

The painting made by Lao Shan was placed in the courtyard, and it was indeed a portrait.

Ren Xiazai looked at it carefully, and it took a long time before he nodded: "High!

Fang Zuiyun said that Lao Shan was a top master, and Ren Xia put a question mark in his heart, after all, he had never seen Lao Shan's works before. The ones in the studio are all handy works and have no reference value.

This time Ren Xia was indeed convinced, except for a few unnoticeable details, the whole painting is almost authentic.

Ren Xia had already prepared the money and handed it over to Lao Shan directly: "I really don't know, you have such a technical level, why do you still live in the painter's village, and it is not a problem to earn hundreds of millions of net worth." ”

Lao Shan pouted: "Didn't you say it, because of imitation paintings, I suffered a lot of lawsuits, and I almost ate prison food......

Ren Xia read something from Lao Shan's eyes; "This is not the real reason. ”

"Then what do you think is the real reason?"

"Artists who make money are actually inferior, and really superior artists pursue self-realization. Many famous artists, including Van Gogh, have had a great time in their lives. But Picasso is very rich in his life......" After a pause, Ren Xia said again: "For you, it's not a problem to make money, this level of fake, as long as you can take it out, some people are willing to buy it at a high price." So, money, for you, is really just a question of whether you want to earn it, not whether you can earn it. In this case, what you are pursuing is no longer money, but how to realize yourself. After all, you are also a painter, no matter how real the imitation of other people's paintings is, after all, you are repeating others. When will the paintings in the name of your Zhang Shushan be able to sell for tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, this is what you are pursuing. ”

Lao Shan slowly stretched out his hand to Ren Xia: "Confidant...... " Lao Shan pointed to the money sent by Ren Xia, and said: "I don't want this money, you can take it back." ”

Fang Zuiyun was very strange: "Why not?"

"You can tell my heart with a single word. Lao Shan did not answer Fang Zuiyun, but said to Ren Xia seriously: "This painting is regarded as me helping my friend, if I accept your money, it seems that I am not righteous enough." ”

"As for the money, it still has to be given, and it is regarded as hard work. Ren Xia smiled and said: "In the future, I may still have something to trouble you, so you can give me a discount then." ”

Lao Shan hesitated a little: "Is this ......?"

Fang Zuiyun sighed: "The money has been brought, if we take it back, it seems that we are greedy for your advantage." ”

"Okay, I'll take the money......" Lao Shan is an artist after all, his skin is not so thick, and after taking so much money from Ren Xia, he always feels that he should do something more: "Take a look, I still have something valuable here, take it if you like." ”