Golden Fishery

Still got up at 6:30 in the morning. When Qin Shiou left from Father Hickson's restaurant yesterday, he stopped by the supermarket to buy some rice, and cooked a little fish and rice porridge in the morning.

The strong aroma of rice and the fresh aroma of wild fish blend together, the white rice grains and the crystal fish add radiance and beauty to each other.

Qin Shiou was happily eating breakfast when there was a knock on the bedroom window, he opened the window, and the red squirrel Xiaoming jumped in, holding his small paws on his chest, looking up at him with his small dark eyes. , little tongue licking and licking.

"Are you addicted to eating my fruit salad?" Qin Shiou laughed. He put down the table and chopsticks, took out blueberries and black grapes, mixed a small bowl with syrup and salad dressing, and placed it on the dining table.

He picked up a blueberry, tapped the table and said, "Xiao Ming, come up."

The little squirrel jumped up and down on the ground, outstretched its claws and squeaked greedily.

Qin Shiou called again, and the little squirrel blinked with black eyes, climbed up the table legs, and ran to the position indicated by Qin Shiou.

Qin Shiou was a little surprised by the intelligence of the little squirrel. He handed it the blueberry and repeated it several times. When he called 'Xiao Ming' again, the little squirrel would happily run to him.

"Damn, it's smarter than the dog I raised." Qin Shiou sighed, and was complimenting, the little squirrel was full of food and drink, and ran away with a big tail.

After a while, the squirrel Xiaoming jumped and ran back, and with it, there was a red squirrel that was slightly larger than it.

Qin Shiou laughed gloomily, this guy treats himself as a charity hall, and even invites friends to eat.

But the two squirrels did not go directly to eat. Xiao Ming took the new squirrel and jumped in front of Qin Shiou and stretched out his front paws.

This should be the food that squirrels reserve for the winter and spring. The Canadian spring comes late, and the squirrels can't find food until April. This gift is a very precious thing for them.

The two pine nuts were very full, Qin Shiou took it, Xiao Ming jumped up happily, and the other squirrel was a little cautious, lying on the side.

Xiao Ming climbed onto the dining table and called out, and another squirrel looked at Qin Shiou and cautiously climbed onto the dining table.

Qin Shiou put down the pine nuts, Xiaoming jumped over and grabbed one and handed it to him, clearly intending to let him eat.

There was no way, Qin Shiou had to smash one into his mouth. As a result, the pine nuts were sweeter than the syrup he mixed with fruit, and the taste was very good.

Seeing that he had eaten two pine nuts, Xiao Ming was happy and jumped around the fruit plate.

Qin Shiou handed it the blueberry, but this time it didn't eat it, but gave it to another squirrel.

With two squirrels, Qin Shiou went back to the bedroom to watch TV. Xiaoming was also very interested in the TV scene. Qin Shiou laughed when he laughed, and the other little squirrel lay on Qin Shiou's shoulders and dozed off with a black hand.

The phone rang and Auerbach's voice rang, saying that he and his friends from Ritchie would be arriving later.

Not long after, a BMW 750Li drove into the fishing grounds, and Auerbach got out of the car, followed by three others, a half-bald, spirited old man, and two yellow-haired middle-aged white men in suits.

Auerbach introduced the bald old man to Qin Shiou and said, "This is my friend Krzyzewski,

The artistic director of Ricci Auctions in Ontario, these two are his colleagues, both are Ricci auction house appraisers. "

Two men in suits introduced themselves, one named Kelvin, who mainly studies sketching, and the other named Pietrus, who is good at oil painting.

Qin Shiou placed thirty paintings, and the three of them put on gloves and took out a magnifying glass. They also took a small machine, which can be used to scan these paintings after connecting to a laptop.

Auerbach introduced Ricci auction house to Qin Shiou. Although it cannot be compared with the world's top auction houses such as Sotheby's, Christie's, Phillips, and Sotheby's, this auction house is also very famous in Canada.

Ritchie Bros. Auctions was founded in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada in 1958 and is now headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It has more than 110 business offices around the world and more than 1,160 full-time employees. , it is a well-deserved leader.

Krzyzewski is serious and serious. After seeing the painting, he frowned and discussed with his two subordinates.

The three appraisers first looked at Pinajan's paintings, and they looked at each one carefully. After about an hour, Krzyzewski walked to Qin Shiou's side, sat down and said, "Hello, Mr. Qin, according to Our research, the paintings of Monsieur Pinarjean, are genuine."

Qin Shiou wondered, what is the difference between genuine and fake products? Is this Pina Jean still a painter? He had searched the Internet before, but couldn't find any information about this person.

Krzyzewski answered his doubts: "Arthur Pinarjan is an Armenian-American painter and cartoonist. He was born in 1914. His parents survived the Armenian genocide in 1915. Then I came to America and taught myself to draw from my childhood."

"Like most famous artists, Mr. Pinarjan was depressed and had no choice but to make a living by drawing for comics companies. He died in 1999. One year after his death, his achievements in the field of pure art were not recognized by the art circle. It was found that he was highly accomplished in the fields of portraiture, landscape and abstract painting, especially his abstract expressionist paintings, which were considered to be of great artistic value."

Krzyzewski gave a brief introduction, Qin Shiou was overjoyed and asked, "Are those paintings by Mr. Pinajan worth much?"

Hearing this, Krzyzewski smiled slightly and said: "Yes, some of Mr. Pinarjan's paintings are indeed more valuable now, but this is limited to his abstract paintings. Although you have four abstract paintings here, it is a pity that all of them are It's his early work, and it's not very valuable."

Qin Shiou felt helpless. This person couldn't speak directly. The feeling of great joy and sorrow was really uncomfortable. He simply asked: "How much do you think my paintings are worth?"

Krzyzewski pondered for a while and said, "If these paintings by Pinajan were sold separately, they would probably sell for between two million Canadian dollars and two million and two million Canadian dollars. If it was a package auction, it might be a About $1.5 million."

Auerbach asked: "How come the price gap is so big?"

Qin Shiou was very satisfied, at least enough to pay his probate tax, he could accept the fishery.

Krzyzewski explained: “Rare is the most valuable thing, and if thirty paintings appeared on the market at the same time, it would reduce the value of the Pinaje paintings, and if they were sold separately—not sold separately—there would be no such concern. "

"Why can't they be auctioned separately?" Auerbach asked.

Krzyzewski further explained: "Because it is the artists who like Pinarjan's paintings, not the collectors, the artists will not participate in the auction, and they have no money to compete with those giants and celebrities. If a single auction is performed , a painting with such a low-level reputation will not be of interest to collectors, so it can only be packaged and auctioned.”

Seeing that his old friend was quite disappointed, he comforted him again: "That piece of leather that I copied "Sunflower" can be auctioned as a single piece. My estimate is 300,000 Canadian dollars, which should not be too low."

At the same time, Krzyzewski explained to Qin Shiou why the "Sunflower" was a fake at first glance. As we all know, Van Gogh was Dutch and the text he used was Dutch.

The similarity between Dutch and English is that it is also a combination of letters, but there are no three letters 'Q, X, Y' in it, and this "Sunflower" has a sentence written: To my hesitant life, this sentence contains There are two letters X and Y, so obviously this is not authentic.

Qin Shiou is also satisfied with this result. What he urgently needs now is the money for the taxation of the will and testament. After the auction of these paintings, he can obviously solve his urgent needs. As for more money, Qin Shiou is not in a hurry. He has the consciousness that he can traverse the ocean at will, and it will be a matter of time before he discovers the real Shen Bao.

The remaining focus is to identify the authenticity of Picasso's "Woman with a Golden Drum".

Krzyzewski told the two that it was a waste of time to identify Picasso's paintings, at least two hours, because they also had to discuss online with experts from the company's international famous painting department.

Qin Shiou waited for a while and lost interest, so he ran upstairs to the bedroom to watch TV with the two little squirrels.

Unconsciously, at eleven o'clock, Krzyzewski knocked on the door and walked in. As soon as he entered the door, he saw the bronze statues placed on the balcony for decoration. His attention was immediately attracted, and he walked quickly. Go over and watch carefully.

This statue was fished from Shenbao Lake together with those paintings. Qin Shiou felt that the statue was rusted and worthless.

Krzyzewski circled the statue a few times. After a long time, he turned around and frowned: "Mr. Qin, there is good news, bad news and uncertain news to tell you. Which one do you listen to first?"

Qin Shiou roared in his heart, Uncle, are you playing with me? We are not making a movie, so if you have any news, just say it directly. Why is it good news or bad news? Not sure which one to listen to first?

But people are here to help, Qin Shiou must be polite, so he said, "As you wish, sir."

Krzyzewski nodded and said, "Then let me tell you the good news first. The Woman with the Golden Drum is indeed a genuine Picasso. According to the carbon 14 identification, the painting was born in 1939."

"The bad news is that this painting is a work of Picasso's transformation period. It should have been painted by him. The value is not high. It may only be slightly more expensive than the "Sunflower" that Pinarang copied."

"In addition, there is uncertain news. Your statue of 'Perseus and Medusa' may be genuine. I will immediately invite my colleagues to identify it. If it is genuine, then I estimate it to be worth at least 30 million. Canadian dollar!"

\u0026\u0026\u0026\u0026Thanks to brothers like ‘Xinghe Let Me Chuang, Xiao Ai Shen, Hurry Up and Hurry Up, Linglong Four Crimes, Feng Transit’ and other brothers for their rewards, thank you to every friend who has collected this book, and the bullet casing is here to bow and thank you! Hope that brothers can continue to support, let our fishery, flourish!