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Chapter 545 Anonymous Buyer

Jiang Jiaya sneered at the so-called "intuition of fellow artists".

But when she heard that she could earn a tip of 200 US dollars, she immediately used her credit card to help pay. Anyway, she didn't worry about Suri cheating her. In her eyes, this kind of good thing was almost like picking up for free, and she could gain some credit card points.

then.

Wait until early evening Eastern Time.

When the seller finished replying to the message, Su Rui anonymously discussed with the other party the time and place to pick up the goods.

Jiang Jiaya was forced to work overtime again. Accompanied by a bodyguard and a lawyer, she went to the airport to board Suri's private plane and set off for New York.

Due to Su Rui's request for confidentiality, although Jiang Jiaya felt that the whole thing was very ridiculous, she could only complain a few words in her heart.

After all, the total cost of buying the tattered oil painting was only US$4999, and the cost of taking a private plane to and from Los Angeles and New York was as high as US$ to US$.

Owning a private jet may seem like a dream, but just like buying a superyacht, it has depreciated wildly and burned money since you acquired it. Many owners of listed companies simply cannot afford to keep them.

Anyone who looks at it, this transaction is a blood loss.

"No problem. As expected of an Asian, his work style is more rigorous, which is great. Let me tell you clearly in advance that this painting is very old, but you are studying oil painting restoration, so I think it will suit your taste. …”

The young seller was stunned when he heard this. He had sold many things on eBay before, but this was the first time he had to sign a contract.

The accompanying lawyer was busy drafting a formal transaction contract on the way. The terms were very simple. If you fished for an extra hour, you would earn an extra $800, plus travel expenses. It’s no wonder that countless Americans want to become lawyers. , as long as you have the ability, your income is indeed far higher than that of many industries.

She pretended to cough twice and said to the young, white, yellow-haired seller wearing a sweatshirt:

"I'm sorry, I have a bit of a cold today, and I'm afraid I might infect you. After all, it's a large transaction, so signing a regular transaction contract shouldn't be a problem, right? I can wait for you to read the contract first. In addition, I also want to test you. This painting."

Anyway, Su Rui was rich and wealthy, so Jiang Jiaya quickly changed her mind and decided to enjoy a short journey, drinking and watching movies on her tablet.

The young man nodded immediately and said:

Although the TV series "My Wife Turns into a Schoolboy" became a hit, its ratings still exceed those of "The Walking Dead".

In fact, she was clearly overthinking it.

The reason why she wears a mask is mainly because Jiang Jiaya thinks that she is more or less a little star and is worried that the seller will recognize her relationship with Suri.

From the seller's point of view, this was no big deal. Being able to sell a junk oil painting at such a high price already made him overjoyed and felt that he had been taken advantage of.

Jiang Jiaya didn't know exactly what Su Rui talked about with the seller. At the moment, she just thought that she was good at flirting with girls and that she was really good at telling lies.

When she arrived in Queens, where she had agreed with the seller, Jiang Jiaya wore a mask alone and met the seller in a small square.

Departing from Los Angeles and arriving in New York, it was already around 9: pm local time.

but.

However, the audience is mainly concentrated in Asia. Jiang Jiaya is not so recognizable in the United States. Even if she is not wearing a mask, the seller cannot recognize who she is.

Knowing that she went to New York to help Su Rui on something, the bodyguard didn't ask any questions from beginning to end.

Of course.

She knew exactly why Suri did what she did.

Ordinary people who want to buy this painting can only pay up to US$4999. Once Su Rui expressed his desire to buy it, the seller immediately dared to quote ten or a hundred times the high price. Some time ago, Su Rui suffered a little loss in searching for high-quality bronzes all over the world.

As soon as the news came out that he likes to collect Chinese bronzes, the prices of related items suddenly rose sharply.

As a result, although he gave up the idea of ​​continuing to collect heavy bronze weapons, the value of the dozen or so pieces he bought before has far exceeded the purchase price, which is equivalent to making a small profit by bargain hunting.

Some of the bronzes that have been inherited in an orderly manner can even be directly traded in the mainland market. For example, the "Xijia Plate" purchased by Su Ruihua for a large amount of money has a total of 133 inscriptions on it, which is an absolute national treasure.

While the seller was briefly reviewing the contract, Jiang Jiaya also compared the pictures posted online to carefully identify whether this was the painting Su Rui wanted to buy.

When she saw the "Salvator Mundi" randomly packed in the luggage bag, she knew that the seller could not be fraudulent. After all, it was in dilapidated condition, and no one would be bored enough to imitate such a "junk painting."

After careful consideration.

Jiang Jiaya not only couldn't understand Suri, but she even thought he might be crazy. Like many rich people, she started to like to collect strange things.

For example, David Rockefeller is said to like to collect various insect specimens, including more than 9000 beetle specimens alone. Others have spent millions of dollars on shark specimens soaked in formaldehyde.

Compared with them, Su Rui only started to be interested in oil paintings, which in Jiang Jiaya's opinion was not worth making a fuss about...

Come here.

After putting the broken paintings into a box that had been prepared in advance, the bodyguard glanced at "The Savior" subconsciously, not realizing it.

Because it was something Su Rui specially sent someone to buy, it naturally made people feel that it was not simple.

Jiang Jiaya was extremely calm and was still in the mood to go to the Flushing area and bought some snacks to take back to the plane, including duck neck, sesame seed cakes, pork jerky, etc.

A total of more than ten hours of back and forth.

She originally thought that Suri was so urgent and wanted to see the painting tonight. However, when she rushed back to the mansion in Beverly Hills, she heard that Suri had taken Yuko Hoshino to the set of "The Hunger Games". She probably had to wait. Come back the day after tomorrow.

It was so thunderous that it was charred on the outside and tender on the inside.

Jiang Jiaya regretted not staying in New York, going shopping on Fifth Avenue, and then rushing back.

Unlike her, the old housekeeper is well-informed and quite artistic.

After listening to the speculation about this broken painting in the middle of the night, Suri's housekeeper looked at it carefully. The more he looked at it, the more interesting it became. He found that it really had a painting style like the Mona Lisa. It didn't look like it was painted by an ordinary painter. Unfortunately, it was The damage was a bit severe.

Carefully put the oil painting in the safe, and spend the night without incident until dawn.

The old housekeeper got up early. It was rare that he knew that it was still time for Su Rui to go to bed, but he still chose to make a phone call and said that he knew an expert from the British Museum and wanted to send him a photo of this oil painting. one look.

All of Leonardo da Vinci's works are now collected in museums. After hundreds of years, the possibility of discovering other authentic works is as small as being hit by a meteorite while sleeping at home.

The old housekeeper only thought that this painting was the work of another slightly famous painter, and did not dare to think about Leonardo da Vinci.

Su Rui was a little confident and told him that he was going to invite some experts who specialize in Da Vinci's works and let them come to help take a look...

(End of this chapter)