The Book of Appreciation

Seeing Yan Ju shaking his head, Wu Di turned around and said to the military adviser behind him with a smile:

"Take it, I'll call Mr. Eskenacz later, I'm very interested in his big blue and white jar from Guiguzi down the mountain!"

Yan Ju stared at Wu Di dumbfounded, and it took him a while to realize, pointing at the painting "Poppies" tremblingly, he stammered and asked:

"You... say... you say this painting is real? Oh my God, that's impossible!"

"Hehe, where I am, everything is possible! You saw this painting first, but I have already given you the opportunity, and you declared that you didn't want it!"

Hearing this, Yan Ju uttered a scream like howling ghosts and wolves, and rushed towards Wu Di, grabbing him by the neck!

"Stinky boy, this painting can at least bring back four Guiguzi descending the mountain! No, you have to give me his blue and white double-dragon opera bead vase! Tell me, do you agree? Tell me!"

Wu Di struggled to open his fingers, covered his neck and coughed for a while,

"Your sister! You are Hongguoguo's murderer! Did I say that I have no benefits for you? It's easy to get the bottle. Check it out for me right away. You must find out what happened to that hapless museum. Announce that the cultural relics have returned!"

The fourth and fifth exhibition rooms are all sketches, the sixth exhibition room is the oil paintings of some painters outside the European continent, and the seventh exhibition room is slightly smaller, but it surprised Wu Di the most, because it turned out to be a special Huaxia exhibition room. Calligraphy and painting exhibition hall!

This exhibition hall is not only dedicated to Huaxia calligraphy and painting, but also has a different layout from other exhibition halls. It is almost completely decorated according to the ancient Chinese style, and it looks very professional.

In the exhibition hall, calligraphy works and ink paintings are not deliberately separated, but the works are still simply divided into old and new areas.

Wu Di glanced at the modern works area, but the first work in the ancient painting area made him stop.

This is a picture of a white goose on silk on a hanging scroll.At the top of the picture is a small pond, a few clumps of reeds, a few lotus leaves, three white geese leisurely paddling the water, and a few huts drawn in the distance with faint cooking smoke, which outlines the It created a leisurely and peaceful picture of the countryside that is almost perfect.

Below, the picture suddenly became lively, and the first thing I saw was a white goose with its wings spread wide, its long neck stretched forward, and it staggered towards the pond.Behind it, five fat white geese either spread their wings, or screamed joyously, vying for each other, crowded close to each other, chasing after each other.

The two feelings of movement and stillness are clearly separated in this painting, but they are in perfect harmony!

Glancing at the price tag, Wu Di was stunned. Is there something wrong with his aesthetics?Or is he dazzled?This ancient painting, which is almost perfect in terms of artistry and artistic conception, only costs 3 pounds!

After carefully inspecting the picture, he found the reason for the low price, because this is a work that has no signature, no seal, and no collection seal, and the color of the picture looks relatively new.

Looking at the delicate and vivid lines of the white goose on the screen, and savoring the artistic conception of the combination of movement and stillness, a fresh and accessible feeling comes to my heart. This is Cui Bai's work!

Cui Bai was a painter at the Royal Imperial Academy of Painting in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, and was good at painting flowers and birds.His flower-and-bird paintings broke the standard flower-and-bird system that had been established by Huang Quan and his sons for 100 years since the early Song Dynasty, and opened up a new style of court painting in the Northern Song Dynasty.The animals he made are generally summarized on the basis of sketching, which is in harmony with the painting styles of the Five Dynasties but also innovative, with a simple system and smooth functions.

Cui Bai especially likes to paint the artistic conception of sandy reed geese, autumn and winter desolation, remoteness, desolation and wildness.Although this is an early spring painting, the fresh, warm, integrated, and exuberant artistic conception is quite different from his usual style, but the brushwork, coloring, and composition are very close to his painting style.

Cui Bai painted a lot in his life, and only "Xuanhe Painting Book" contains 241 paintings.There are very few of his works in existence, and most of them are in the Taipei Museum. Among them is a "White Goose Picture".But there are only two standing white geese in that picture, and compared with the nine white geese in this picture, the sense of picture is more than a little worse.

"What? Have you seen this painting?"

The chubby Baker walked behind him at some point and asked while swishing the wine in his glass.

Seeing Wu Di turn his eyes to the wine glass in his hand, Baker couldn't help but smiled wryly,

"Diabetes, can't drink, can only smell..."

Suddenly, Wu Di patted him on the shoulder sympathetically, and said with a smile:

"I was planning to haggle with you, but now... let's forget it. With the level of this painting, 3 pounds is not too bad."

"Little five..."

Yan Ju walked in from the door excitedly, and when he saw Baker present, he swallowed the words he almost blurted out.Immediately, he noticed the "White Goose Picture" on the wall.

"I'm stuck, who drew this?"

Wu Di smiled,

"I suspect it's the one from the Northern Song Dynasty."

Yan Ju said hello to Baker who was about to accompany the military division to pay the bill, walked to the painting, and looked at it carefully.

"Northern Song Dynasty? Cui Bai? This artistic conception seems to be a bit... I'm stuck, it really is! Although the picture is a little lively and festive, but the implicit indifference goes deep into the bone marrow! Look at this brushwork again, the meticulous brushstrokes are meticulous, and the rough style Vigorous and thick, the ink can be applied dry and wet, and the color is light, it is really wonderful!"

He turned around and slapped Wu Di heavily on the shoulder,

"Brother, you have to remember, you owe me another piece of porcelain!"

"Oh shit, when did you owe another one?"

Seeing Wu Di's suspicious eyes, he chuckled and said:

"If I hadn't been sent by you to find out about that shitty museum, I would have missed this painting? Hey, I just knocked you a piece of porcelain, and I took advantage of you!"

Wu Di rolled his eyes speechlessly,

"Looking at you looking so windy, it's probably good news. Are you sure they've announced the return of that painting?"

"Well, at the same time, a piece of news has been confirmed, the people in that museum are all fucking out of their minds!"

Wu Di sweated a lot. Fortunately, he had the book at the bottom of the book, so he would never read it wrong, otherwise this flooded brain might be stuffed into his head by this guy at any time!

Afterwards, nothing worth selling was found, but Yan Ju kept smiling, which made Wu Di very strange.

"What's so strange about this? I figured it out, whoever comes out with you is only looking for abuse! In fact, thinking about it, I have gained a lot. If you can negotiate with Eskenac , this time is definitely the most rewarding trip of all my leak-picking trips, what else do I have to be depressed about? Although compared with you, one is in the sky and the other is in the earth, but who made you a Martian?"

"If thinking of me as a Martian makes it easier for you, well, I admit I'm from Mars..."

Old Baker's eighth collection room is a very small study room. There are only eleven pieces in the collection here, but almost all of them are high-quality goods.It's just that the prices of these works are comparable to those in the previous auctions. With Wu Di's current financial resources, there is nothing he can do.

Walking out of Old Baker's gallery, Wu Di picked up the phone and shook Yan Ju,

"Eskenac, are you coming or am I?"

Yan Ju looked at him suspiciously, and said:

"You kid, can you really be sure that the painting is the authentic work of Van Gogh? I doubt your vision this time! Those Egyptians are not vegetarians. They have kept that oil painting for so many years, and they are not as good as you. Kid, take a look? So I decided, of course, this kind of thing that is likely to be embarrassing must be done by...here I come!"

Card!Is this guy really 42 years old?Is this person really Yan Ju who usually looks stable, honest and meticulous?Wu Di scratched his tingling scalp, his eyes were confused... Could it be that the online version of Yan Ju is possessed?

"It's done! In three hours, he will bring the appraiser to the hotel. Now, we should lose weight!"

The meaning of Yan Ju's weight loss is to eat. For a guy whose stomach is spoiled by Chinese food, going abroad for a long time is definitely a kind of torture.Because not only is it difficult to eat Western food, but the Chinese food here is also full of flavor.

Oviedo smiled honestly and said:

"I'll take you to a Huaxia private restaurant. Their ingredients are all airlifted from Huaxia. The taste is absolutely authentic."

Yan Ju said weakly:

"Whatever, I'm desperate anyway, just get me a bowl of white rice..."

The location of this private restaurant is a bit remote, it is a reading villa, but there are only three rooms open to the public, there is no staff, a middle-aged couple from China is the entire staff of this private restaurant, it seems that it should be regarded as A veritable private kitchen.

Glancing at the menu, Yan Ju sneered and threw it in front of Wu Di,

"What's wrong? Is it expensive?"

"Not only is it expensive, it's simply sky-high!"

As Yan Ju said, he looked at Oviedo with malicious intentions. This kid definitely took advantage of this opportunity to make extra money!

"Mr. Yan, the food here is a little bit expensive, but all the Chinese people who have eaten here say it is really authentic. There are only three private rooms here, and you have to book a long time in advance to get a seat. The Baron arrived from Barcelona Come back, let me come here to book a seat, if I can arrange it until today, I will join the queue..."

Wu Di looked at the serious Oviedo, and suddenly regretted it. He should first ask Mr. Augustus if he wants this painting...

Throwing the menu back to Yan Ju, he got up and walked towards the bathroom.He decided to let Yan Ju call later and let Eskenacz choose a place, and they rushed there, because only in this way could they hide it from Oviedo.

Wu Di stood in front of the sink and looked in the mirror. The Chinese-style decoration here reminded him of his parents thousands of miles away.In order not to startle the snake, the plan to let the two girls give their mother a villa was shelved. He decided to go home and buy the villa when he returned this time. At worst, he would not live in it.

After simply washing his hands, he turned and walked towards the private room.Suddenly, as if remembering something, he stopped abruptly again, and slowly turned around to look at the glass bottle filled with flowers on the sink, his eyes were full of surprise! (To be continued.)