After the divorce, I started to transfer

Chapter 960
Frank's words really sounded like that, but he was still directly slapped in the face by this precious daughter, Brenna.

"Dad, do you believe these words yourself? In the first two years after the death of this wandering painter, the price of his paintings has only increased a lot because of hype, but in the past two years, not many people have hyped the leftover works of this painter. Yes, there is almost no room for appreciation.

He is not a talented painter like Van Gogh. I think it is basically impossible for his paintings to appreciate in value in the future.If this painting stays in your hands, it will only continue to depreciate in value. Now it is the wisest choice to sell it at a high price, maybe $[-]. "

After hearing what his daughter said, Frank was heartbroken for a while.

This is not even considered a boyfriend and girlfriend, but the elbows are already turned so hard.

"Just fifty thousand dollars."

Chen Feng said.Although Brina helped him bargain, he couldn't give Frank any face, could he?

It doesn't matter if they are father and daughter so bargaining, but he is an outsider after all, and Frank can't let Frank down.

Of course, he can't really be taken advantage of. The real valuation of this painting was revealed by Brena, and he certainly can't continue to buy it at a price of 10 US dollars.

When Chen Feng said this, both Brenna and Frank looked at Chen Feng in surprise.

They were all smart people, and they soon knew the reason why Chen Feng asked for 5 US dollars, to give their father and daughter and themselves a step up.

Frank didn't really want money, and he didn't mean to deceive Chen Feng deliberately. For art collections, one is willing to sell and the other is willing to buy. There is no saying that the price is high and the price is low.

"Chen, I'm sorry, I did exaggerate the price just now. The original estimate of this painting was only [-] US dollars at most, so you can give [-] US dollars."

It's not that Frank doesn't know how to be a man, especially when his daughter exposed his old background just now. If he accepts Chen Feng's second offer calmly, will he still have this old face?

Chen Feng saw that he was not being polite, so he nodded with a smile: "Okay, let's make it 2 US dollars. You can draw up a contract later, and we will close the deal right away."

"Well, you are a generous fellow."

This painting can sell for 2 US dollars, and of course Frank is not losing money. As his daughter said just now, this painting does not have much room for appreciation in the future, so it is undoubtedly very wise to sell it at this time.

Seeing that the two had reached a verbal agreement, Brenna didn't say anything more.

Next, Chen Feng looked at the remaining paintings in his collection, but unfortunately none of them met Chen Feng's requirements.

After Frank took him to look at the collection, Clark came downstairs and took him to look at the postcards in the collection.

After finally reading the postcard, Frank had drawn up a sales contract for the painting. The content was very simple. After Chen Feng had a rough look, he signed it.

Chen Feng took this painting away first, and he only had to pay Frank within three days.

It was almost ten o'clock in the evening when we got back to the hotel.

In the hotel room, Chen Feng stared intently at the newly bought "Rose", which contained enough life energy for him to absorb for an hour. U.S. dollars, less than 2 Longguo coins, can be regarded as a bargain.

When he came from China this time, he only brought three photos containing life energy and two calligraphy scrolls. According to the amount absorbed for 3 minutes every three days, he could barely last for two months.

It's not that he doesn't want to bring more, but that it's inconvenient to bring some artworks abroad, and besides, he might not necessarily stay in Melika for two months.

But in order to make up for the lack of these works of art, it is necessary for him to add some when he comes to Melika this time.

This "Rose" undoubtedly gave him a surprise, and he plans to make persistent efforts in the future, hoping to find more works that meet the requirements here.

Brenna, who came out of the bathroom after taking a shower, saw Chen Feng standing in front of the "Rose" painting, staring at it motionless, and said with a smile: "My dear, it seems that you really like this painting. I Although I don't know much about painting, in my opinion, this painting is much worse than those of famous painters. I really don't know, why do you like it so much?"

After Chen Feng heard her words, he stopped absorbing the life energy in the painting, turned his head to look at her with a smile and said, "I don't know much about painting, and the reason why I bought it was not mainly for collection, but simply I like it, I think it fits my eyes."

Brenna shook her head and said, "I know you have money, but you spent so much money to buy it, not for collection, it really surprised me."

"It's not mainly for collection." Chen Feng corrected, "I only buy it if I like it, and the collection is secondary. I don't buy these works of art for investment or economic reasons, but purely for personal hobbies."

"Okay, I get it. So, you're going to an art fair tomorrow, and you're going to buy art just because you like it, right?"

"Yes, it mainly depends on whether it suits my eyes. I don't think about the value, connotation, and popularity of the creator of the artwork itself. It's purely to see if I like it or not."

"You are really willful, but this is your freedom. I will go with you tomorrow and see what kind of art you can buy."

……

There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning after the two had breakfast together, they set off to visit the expo.

The expositions here are not different from those in China. They are all held in a large venue, each booth has a variety of works of art on display, including various sculptures, ornaments, oil paintings, and photography. works, and even colorful silk scarves, clothes and so on.

In fact, most of the exhibitors are well-known galleries and some personal works recommended by art dealers.

Chen Feng originally came here with full expectations, thinking that since such a big art fair, there should be many works of art that meet his requirements, but after walking around, none of the works met the standard.

This made Chen Feng really feel like he saw a ghost.

Yesterday, he easily got the art work he wanted at Brenna's house, and it was just a painting by a wandering painter that Frank personally collected at random, and Frank's total collection of paintings was only in single digits.

Now he has seen hundreds of works of art at this art fair, but none of them meet the requirements.

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

Unwilling to give up, Chen Feng took a closer look at this large venue, basically checked every booth, but the result was the same, none of the works met his requirements.

In the end, Chen Feng could only come happily and return disappointed.

Brenna was surprised to see that he had been shopping for a long time, but he didn't like a piece of work.After all, in such a big art fair, there were hundreds if not thousands of exhibits, but it turned out that Chen Feng didn't like any of them, which was amazing.

On the way back, Brenna saw that Chen Feng was not in a good mood, so she said, "I know a flea market, and there is an art thrift store in it, are you interested in going to see it?"

Chen Feng asked irresolutely: "Is it near?"

Brenna replied: "It's not far, now divert to the past, it should be within ten minutes."

Chen Feng thought for a while, and there is nothing wrong with going back now, the most important thing is that he is still a little unwilling, it has all come out, and he can't get nothing.

So, he nodded in agreement.

Ten minutes later, the car arrived at the place.

Brenna took him to the art thrift store familiarly. The area of ​​this store is not very large, only thirty or forty square meters. Full of paintings.

Chen Feng just looked up a little bit, and after a glance, he couldn't help being stunned.

With just a quick glance, Chen Feng discovered that among the dozen or so paintings randomly hung on a wall, two contained life energy.

He looked at another wall, and miraculously found another one.

Chen Feng immediately had the feeling that "there is no place to find if you walk through the iron shoes, and it doesn't take much effort to get it".

"This art thrift store has been open for decades, and it is somewhat famous in Los Angeles. Most of it is art collected from various channels, and a small half is consigned by some unknown artists. You You can take a look."

While Brenna was introducing, she was also looking at the various artworks in the store, including various ornaments, sculptures, porcelain, etc.

There was a counter at the door, and there was an old white man with white hair and beard sitting inside. He seemed to be in his 80s or [-]s. At this time, he was wearing presbyopic glasses and holding a small porcelain bottle in his hand. Arrival did not pay much attention.

Chen Feng walked over and asked directly: "Sorry, excuse me, how do you sell these paintings hanging on the wall?"

After Chen Feng said this, the old man raised his eyes to look at him. Hearing this, Brenna also walked over curiously, and asked curiously, "Do you want to buy paintings here?"

Before, she accompanied Chen Feng to the fair for a long time and saw at least several hundred works of art, but Chen Feng didn't want to buy any of them.

Now that I have arrived at this thrift store, I have the intention of buying as soon as I enter the door.

"Yes, I'd like to buy some here if the price is right."

While Chen Feng answered Brenna's question, he looked at the old man.

Of course the old man heard what he said, his eyes lit up immediately, and he said with a smile: "The paintings on the wall are all high-quality goods in our store. I specially selected them from hundreds of paintings, and they all have a great appreciation. Space. So, each of these paintings is no less than $500."

"500 dollars?!" Chen Feng couldn't help but slightly widened his eyes.

Of course, he didn't think the other party's asking price was too expensive, but too cheap.

Among the three paintings he had just taken a fancy to, the one with the least life energy was enough for him to inhale for half an hour, and the one with the most could allow him to inhale for at least an hour.

Therefore, 500 US dollars, which is only three or four thousand dragon coins, is really too cheap.

However, in the eyes of the old man and Brenna, his questioning and expression, both thought that Chen Feng was too expensive.

The old man immediately added with some guilty conscience: "If you only buy one painting, it will cost at least 500 US dollars. If there are more than one painting, there must be a certain discount."

Brenna immediately said: "I have visited your store with my father several times before. As far as I remember, the most expensive paintings on your wall are not sold for more than 300 US dollars. Am I wrong?"

Hearing this, the old man looked at Brina carefully, and seemed to have some impressions. After all, Brina was quite beautiful, so he said somewhat embarrassedly: "That was before, and now you know, everything is increasing in price. In our art Of course, the commodity market is also rising, and the price of 500 US dollars is really not expensive."

Of course, Chen Feng didn't care about this small amount of money, so he immediately said, "I plan to buy three pieces, and the package price is 1200 US dollars, how about it?"

The old man immediately shouted: "Deal!"

Seeing this, Brenna didn't say anything more, she knew that Chen Feng didn't care about the money, let alone the price had already been bargained.

"Then please take down this one, this one, and this one over here."

"Okay, sir, I'll take it down for you right away."

The old white man came out of the counter with a warm smile on his face, and took down the three paintings according to Chen Feng's request.

It was a worthwhile trip to get these three paintings.

But Chen Feng was clearly still not satisfied, so he asked, "Do you have any other stocks in your store? Especially paintings and photographs."

"Of course, my store is a time-honored brand. It has been established since my grandfather. Our store has a special warehouse, which stores a lot of various artworks. There must be something you need. I can take you to see it .”

"Okay, then trouble you."

Knowing that he had met a big customer, the old man closed the store immediately, so he took the two of them to the warehouse very enthusiastically.

The distance is not very far, just a few minutes by car.

The other party's warehouse did not disappoint Chen Feng. It took Chen Feng nearly an hour to find several works that met the requirements, including five paintings and two photographs.

It is still the package price, [-] US dollars won.

Chen Feng was happy, and the owner was also happy. It seemed like a win-win situation.

After putting these works of art in the car, Chen Feng asked Brina to take him to the second-hand goods market, and wanted to go to several other art and second-hand goods stores to see if they could find treasures.

As a result, I visited two more places in a row, but found nothing.

Regarding this, although Chen Feng was a little disappointed, he was still very satisfied overall.After all, he only spent more than 4000 US dollars, or [-] to [-] Dragon National Coins, to buy eight works that meet the standards, which is enough for him to use here for two or three months.

"This is the last one. After visiting this store, it's time for us to have lunch."

Led by Brenna, the two came to the last art thrift store in the flea market.

The area of ​​this store is relatively large, the storefront looks to be [-] square meters, and the decoration layout is very modern. There are also three staff members in the store, besides the cashier at the counter, there are also two shopping guides.

After the two went in for a stroll, Chen Feng didn't see anything that met the requirements. When he was about to go out, one of the male shopping guides asked, "Sir, what kind of art do you want to buy? Our shop There are all kinds of artworks from all over the world, and what is displayed in the store is only a part of them, and we have made a list of the rest, you can take a look, maybe there is something that will satisfy you.”

"Okay, let me see." Chen Feng agreed.

After the shopping guide asked him to wait, he went over to the counter and quickly brought a tablet, and opened the product list from it for Chen Feng to check.

Chen Feng operated on the tablet, flipping through page by page, not to mention finding a seemingly satisfactory work for him. This catalog is not only full of pictures and texts, but some of them also have physical shooting videos, which is very professional.

(End of this chapter)