Chapter 72: It turned out to be money laundering
The two people who shouted the price were all nurseries found by Zhang Zhigang, who were responsible for raising the price, and they didn't really want to buy them.
Sure enough, when the price reached nine million, no one continued to increase the price, and Zhang Zhigang set his sights on Ren Xia.
Ren Xia slowly raised his hand: "Ten million." β
No one competed, Zhang Zhigang finally dropped the hammer and sold at Ren Xia's price of 10 million.
After Ren Xia paid 10 million from his private account, the auction house staff had already packaged the painting and handed it over to Ren Xia.
Zhang Zhigang walked over and said with a smile: "Brother, are you very interesting?" β
Ren Xia smiled slightly: "How do you talk about knowledge?"
"If you don't spend 10 million, you will be in trouble...... Zhang Zhigang said as a matter of course: "So you take out 10 million to save everyone trouble, so I said that you are interesting." β
Ren Xia smiled and shook his head: "Zhang Zhigang, you are a little too self-righteous. β
Zhang Zhigang paused: "What?"
"Regardless of whether Liu Zhengmin was killed by me or not, you can't have evidence......" Ren Xia smiled coldly: "You scared me with false evidence, do you think I'm scared?"
"Do you doubt that I have proof?"
"It's not a suspicion, it's a certainty, you don't have any evidence. Ren Xia sighed and said, "If I don't take out this 10 million, at most you will send a group of people to trouble me, just like a loan shark collecting debts." Then the problem is, I even dare to kill Liu Zhengmin, and I will be afraid of this kind of black
Means?"
When Zhang Zhigang heard this, he was quite embarrassed, coughed lightly twice, and then waved his hand at his subordinates.
The staff of the auction house left immediately, leaving only Ren Xia and Zhang Zhigang, and Zhang Zhigang asked, "Brother, what do you mean?"
"What I mean is already very clear, I'm not afraid of you Zhang Zhigang at all, even if I don't take out this 10 million......" Ren Xia gently patted Zhang Zhigang's shoulder: "You can't do anything to me!"
Zhang Zhigang was very embarrassed: "You ...... Do you want to knock me off?"
"Don't get excited, I haven't finished talking yet...... Ren Xia said with a smile: "Do you think that's all I know?"
"What else do you know?"
"You had a deal with Liu Zhengmin before, Liu Zhengmin may have received 10 million black money, and then auctioned off this fake painting for 10 million. Then this money will be laundered......" Ren Xia shook his head, and said: "This money should not be your own, which social big brother does it, but Liu Zhengmin's death made you so nervous, because if you can't get things done, this social big brother will kill you." β
Zhang Zhigang said hatefully: "Liu Zhengmin's matter is too sudden, I only found out after the incident, otherwise I will definitely help Liu Zhengmin deal with you together." β
"When you say that, you admit it......" Ren Xia sighed lightly: "Liu Zhengmin is already in the past, don't you realize why you didn't know what happened until after the incident." Because I shot too fast, Liu Zhengmin didn't have time to react at all, and I think I can do it so quickly against you. So now the question is, since I don't care about you, why do I have to pay this 10 million?"
Zhang Zhigang subconsciously asked: "Why do you say?"
"Because I want to make you a friend. Ren Xia told Zhang Zhigang very seriously: "You have at least one sentence right, I really like to collect art very much, and I have also contacted many art dealers before, but most of them are not worthy of the name, I heard that this industry is very profitable, so they ran in to pan for gold, in fact, they don't know what art is." I've inquired about you, a real art professional, with a rigorous art education, and more knowledgeable than those half-people, so I think you are more knowledgeable than ordinary art agents. β
Zhang Zhigang was a little proud when he heard this: "Of course. β
"And you understand both black and white, this is exactly what I need......" Ren Xia pouted: "For me, it's not a big deal to take 10 million out in exchange for everyone's happiness." β
Zhang Zhigang complimented: "Mr. Ren is really a scene person. β
"Since you know the FabergΓ© Easter egg, you should know that it is worth 1.8 million, but if I like it, I am willing to pay several times more to buy it. After a pause, Ren Xia told Zhang Zhigang again: "I made you a friend to help me do something." β
Zhang Zhigang hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"
"I want to collect a few famous paintings...... Ren Xia pretended to look around, making sure that there was no one else, and then said: "Actually, I am not interested in Chinese painting, I prefer oil painting, and I recently plan to collect two paintings by Western masters in the twentieth century, so I want you to help." Because you are wild enough, you may not be able to get what a regular auction house can't get. β
"Of course you can get it. Zhang Zhigang's eyes were blazing: "But it's not cheap." β
"Do you think money is the problem for me?"
"It just so happens that I have a painting of Deland in my office, I wonder if you are interested?"
"Deran?" Ren Xia certainly knew who the name was: "In the first half of the twentieth century, he was a famous French painter and one of the representatives of Fauvism. β
"Exactly. Zhang Zhigang hurriedly said: "I have a pair of Delan's early works here, it took a lot of effort to get it, you see this auction, I was reluctant to take it out, I originally planned to collect it myself." β
"Take me to see the real thing. Ren Xia shrugged his shoulders: "Don't use photos to make trouble this time." β
Zhang Zhigang relied on himself to have a lot of relationships in black and white, so at the beginning, he showed off his might in front of Ren Xia, where did he think that Ren Xia would be more sophisticated.
For Ren Xia, Zhang Zhigang threatened himself at the beginning, and he did it directly without saying a word, which would inevitably breed Zhang Zhigang's arrogance. waited until the matter was done, Ren Xia calmly told the other party that he didn't take the other party seriously at all, and he knew very well what the other party's real purpose was, which was equivalent to beating Zhang Zhigang's arrogance down all at once. Then, Ren Xia said that he wanted to make a friend, and he appreciated the other party very much, so he would naturally gain Zhang Zhigang's favor.
Not to mention, Ren Xia took out 10 million real money, Zhang Zhigang had already tasted the sweetness from it, and decided that it was beneficial to cooperate with Ren Xia.
Zhang Zhigang took Ren Xia to see the paintings, in fact, it was a further test, on the one hand, to see if Ren Xia was really not bad for money, and on the other hand, he also wanted to know whether Ren Xia really wanted to collect famous paintings. If Ren Xia is really not bad for money and wants to collect famous paintings, Zhang Zhigang really wants to make this friend with Ren Xia, because the benefits that Ren Xia can bring are much more than Liu Zhengmin.
At this time, Zhang Zhigang even forgot who Liu Zhengmin was, and took Ren Xia to his office, which is also the office of Zhigang Art Auction House, located in a high-end office building in the center of the city.
Zhang Zhigang has rented several pieces of office here, because he has to store valuable art, and he has also upgraded the security of the office.
Zhang Zhigang politely invited Ren Xia into the office, asked the secretary to bring in two cups of coffee, and then pointed to a wall and said, "This is ......"