Rebirth: Rising Hong Kong

Chapter 1483 1482【Rehabilitate and start a new life! 】

Three days later, the Hong Kong Arts Center held a grand solo painting exhibition.

The protagonist of this solo exhibition is Boleti, the female president of Hong Kong Shinhwa Group Construction Company.

As we all know, Boleti is the wife of Hong Kong tycoon Shi Zhijian Mingmei. Shi Zhijian brought two wives from Thailand back to Hong Kong and caused an uproar. Therefore, many people speculate that Boleti held the exhibition this time because he was stimulated by Shi Zhijian. Shi Zhijian, use art to maintain his dignity and so on.

But is this really the case?

At this time, the entire art exhibition center was very lively, many ladies from famous families and rich families came to join in, even including many Hong Kong and British politicians.

Everyone gathered together and talked about these works created by Boleti, each with admiration and compliments.

It has to be said that Belletti is a graduate student of the Department of Literature and Art of the British Empire, and has extraordinary talent in this area. The paintings displayed this time alone are eye-opening.

"Wow, dear Mrs. Bolletti, this painting of "The Girl Drawing Water" is really great!" A lady wearing Chanel and carrying an LV bag pointed to a painting and pointed at Bolletti. He praised: "From this painting, I can see youth, fitness and hope!"

"Yes, Mrs. Lawrence, the theme of this painting is indeed like this, you have great taste!" Boleti entertained the other party with a smile.

"Hehe, many people say that to me! As you know, my husband is the director of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Hong Kong after all, and I have learned a lot of art from him!" The lady looked smug.

People nearby also said, "Yes, these paintings are excellent, anyone with a little bit of artistic ability can see it! But I don't know how much this painting will cost at auction?"

This is the rule in the upper-class circles. When you hold an art exhibition, we will come to support you. In order to connect with each other, we will collect one or two works of yours. In the future, everyone will reciprocate, and when you hold a new book launch, the other party will also buy out your new book as a compliment. You hold a fashion show, and the other party buys the clothes you design. And so on, come and go.

Seeing people asking questions, Boleti smiled slightly and said, "Not much, this painting is five million!"

"Ahem, what? Five million!" Even though these ladies and ladies are used to things like flattering each other, they never thought that Boleti would dare to speak so loudly, and dare to sell a painting for five million?

That Mrs. Lawrence was a little displeased, and she curled her lips and said: "Mrs. Boletti, I really appreciate your talent! But you don't specialize in painting art, it's just a hobby, and a painting can sell for one hundred and eighty thousand. That's enough, the five million...hehe, isn't it a little too much?"

Others around her also laughed.

One person said: "Yes, even if this painting was painted by Leonardo da Vinci, if it is unknown, it cannot be sold at such a price!" His tone was full of teasing.

The others laughed again. In their opinion, Belletti was either crazy about money, or she was arrogant, thinking that her works could be compared with famous artists.

If you think about it carefully, you should be crazy about money. It is said that Shinhwa Group is expanding rapidly, acquiring entertainment companies, media companies, and setting up jewelry companies... All of these require a lot of real money, I am afraid Bole Di's husband, Shi Zhijian, couldn't take it anymore, so he asked his wife to show up to sell paintings to raise money!

Everyone guessed.

I was even more contemptuous in my heart, such an expensive price, only a fool would buy it!

at this time-

"Five million? Not much! If Miss Belletti doesn't mind, I'll buy it!"

"What? Someone is willing to bid?"

Everyone was stunned by this voice, and they followed the prestige, only to see an old man who didn't look like an artist at all, wearing a suit that felt awkward. Seeing everyone looking over at this moment, he pulled his tie and coughed: " What do you see me doing? Five million, I can afford it!"

Now it's not about being able to afford something unbelievable, but whether this person is a fool. At such an old age, he actually spent five million to buy a little-known painting!

Boleti heard the words, glanced at the old man but smiled: "May I ask what your name is, sir?"

"My surname is Liang, and my name is Liang Jiashu! Cough cough, I like to collect artworks, and I especially think that Miss Boletti's paintings are very suitable for me, so I want to buy more. Is it possible?"

"Of course!" Boleti gave Liang Jiashu a meaningful look, "But I don't know how many paintings you still like?"

"Ahem, which ones are the most expensive here?"

Boleti smiled, waved to the side, and immediately a staff member came over.

"Miss Belletti, what are your orders?"

"Take this Mr. Liang to visit my gallery, and then tell him which ones are more valuable for collection and investment!"

"Okay!" After the staff member finished speaking, he turned and smiled at Liang Jiashu: "Sir, please follow me!"

Liang Jiashu put his hands behind his back, made a connoisseur gesture, bowed slightly to Boleti, and then left with the staff member.

Mrs. Lawrence and others looked dumbfounded, what's going on? Is this person crazy? A pair of five million is not enough, do you want to buy more? Could it be that we are blind and do not understand art?

These people start to doubt themselves.

"I'm sorry, Miss Boletti!" Suddenly another person stood up, also a man, and he said, "I also admire your works, but I don't know which ones are worth investing in?"

Boleti smiled, and called another staff member to help with the introduction.

Everyone heard that the man said to the staff before he left: "Introduce the price of 10 million, if it is too little, don't introduce it! We are not short of money!"

Mrs. Lawrence nearly dropped her jaw!

The others also opened their mouths wide, with expressions of disbelief!

Ten million?

Everyone stared at Boleti, no matter how they looked at it, they didn't think that this beauty was the reincarnation of Da Vinci! A painting sold for 10 million? Even if it is a master level in today's painting world, they dare not be sure that it will be sold!

At this time, everyone not only began to doubt themselves, but even began to doubt life!

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"Hey, be careful! Don't think that wearing a suit and tie is a cultural person! By the way, what about you! You spit on the ground just now, didn't you?" Liang Jiashu criticized the "Four Heavenly Kings" in the Kowloon Walled City. One of them said, "Do you think this is a walled city, and you can defecate anywhere? This is a gallery, where Mrs. Shi's wife holds an exhibition! Our purpose for coming here today is very simple. We are here to buy paintings. We must behave in a decent, gentle manner." !"

The four heavenly kings scratched their heads one by one, and those who were taught by Liang Jiashu were not human.

"Don't scratch your head! They all look crooked. I really don't know how you take care of the walled city? No wonder it's going to be demolished!" Liang Jiashu said angrily.

"Ahem, big brother! No, we don't want to tear down the city! Now we are riding a tiger!"

"Yes, boss! I don't know if Mr. Shi is telling the truth or not, let us buy her wife's paintings, and then the money will be counted as investment in Kowloon Walled City real estate!"

"We are very worried about this, boss!" The Four Heavenly Kings said to Liang Jiashu.

Liang Jiashu sneered: "Who do you think Mr. Shi is? Are you still cheating you of this little money? Isn't it because we have a special status and the business we do is shady! Those banks dare not open accounts for us, how can we use them? Investing in real estate? Maybe you will be invited to drink coffee by the police!"

"But we really don't understand these strange modern arts!" The Four Heavenly Kings said aggrievedly.

"You don't understand, do I understand? You know, it's called money laundering! Mr. Shi said, this method is very popular in the West!" Liang Jiahui looked contemptuous, thinking that this group of people is so muddy that they can't support the wall.

Since they reached an agreement with Shi Zhijian, when Ding Yongqiang took the position of Chief Superintendent of O Ji, he would start the "great achievement" of sweeping up the Kowloon Walled City.

At that time, they and Ding Yongqiang will "cooperate internally and externally" to completely tear down the Kowloon Walled City, and they will cooperate with Shi Zhijian to invest in this Walled City and build it into a new landmark of Hong Kong!

But the money for investment cannot be made by bank transfer, because their money is not visible, and it will be confiscated as soon as it enters the bank! For this reason, Shi Zhijian came up with such a way to help them launder money by holding an art exhibition and letting them buy paintings!

In his last life, Shi Zhijian had a relationship with a chaebol in South Korea, and asked him curiously why rich people would like some strange modern art.

The other party told Shi Zhijian that many galleries are actually underground money houses, and those paintings are just a voucher, and they are used for money.

In other words, if you buy a painting in a gallery, it doesn't matter how it looks, but you need to pay $5 million for this painting. Then you can go around the world. This painting is a "money withdrawal certificate", which can be sold directly for cash, but the other party needs to charge some handling fees.

This is the revenue method of some high-end galleries.

So many rich people say "sell paintings", but they actually go to underground banks to exchange money.

Or do you think that painting is so easy to sell and so liquid? Can it be sold if it is said to be sold?

Of course, now Shi Zhijian just changed this method a bit, letting Liang Jiashu and other people from the Walled City of Kowloon take their shady money to buy Boleti's paintings, then these paintings are the proof of their investment in the mythical real estate, and Bai In addition to being the author of these paintings, Leti is also the person in charge of Shinhwa Real Estate, and her reputation is absolutely guaranteed!

"Ahem, it's just a pity, we bought 80 million paintings in one go, but the other party wants to deduct 3 million!" One person pouted with some dissatisfaction.

Liang Jiashu knocked on the other party's forehead with a slap in the face: "You are still lending money in the Walled City, and you don't even understand such a simple principle! This family charges interest every time you enter and exit! Otherwise, why would they help you?"

The unlucky ghost who knocked on his head rubbed his head: "But they are too dark! Three million, how long will it take me to extort money to earn enough?!"

Liang Jiashu kicked him down again, kicking him on the calf, causing the opponent to grin his teeth: "You also know about extortion? These are all ill-gotten gains! Now we invest in real estate, and we will also invest in singing halls, dance halls and movie theaters in the future. We want to make decent money. Money! Remember, turn over a new leaf and start a new life!”

…

"Ajian, I know what you're saying, is it really possible to start a new life again?!" Lei Luo asked Shi Zhijian in a doubtful tone.

Shi Zhijian didn't expect that Lei Luo would take the initiative to find him today and invite him to watch the horse race at this racetrack.

At this moment, the two of them were in the most luxurious private room at the racetrack, and through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, they could clearly see the galloping horses in the racecourse.

Surrounded by Chen Xijiu and several subordinates to protect the surroundings, after all, Shi Zhijian and Lei Luo have very different identities, and now it is the most sensitive period of clean government in the police circle, and anything can happen.

"Brother Luo, what do you mean by asking?" Shi Zhijian held the red wine and swayed leisurely, while looking at the galloping horse, he glanced at Lei Luo.

Holding the red wine glass, Lei Luo smiled wryly and said, "If possible, I want to be a good person!" After speaking, he looked at the racetrack, "Ajian, do you still remember that we met here for the first time... At that time, you pretended to be a rich man, saying that my black lightning would definitely win, I believed you, and made a big bet!"

"Of course I remember, thank you Brother Luo for giving me the opportunity to get my first pot of gold!" Shi Zhijian raised his glass to Lei Luo.

Lei Luo's expression seemed to be recalled, and he said in a tranced tone: "At that time, you were so energetic and unstoppable! If I didn't know your true identity later, I'm afraid I still can't believe that you are a poor boy living in Shek Kip Mei!"

"I'm afraid of being poor, that's why I try every means to become prosperous!" Shi Zhijian said comfortably while drinking red wine with one hand in his pocket.

"You're right! I used to be very poor, before I met your sister-in-law! It was her father and my father-in-law who helped me, and I, Lei Luo, changed from a military policeman to a plainclothes, and from a plainclothes to a spy. Long, at that time—everything was about money! Without money, it was impossible to move an inch!" Lei Luo's tone changed ~www.readwn.com~ and looked at Shi Zhijian, "So I always thought that I did nothing wrong! At that time I was not greedy, There is no way to get to today!"

"Today? Being investigated by the ICAC?" Shi Zhijian smiled.

If it were someone else who talked to Lei Luo like this, he would probably have died dozens of times earlier, but the person in front of him was Shi Zhijian, who was qualified and capable.

Lei Luo's face twitched.

"You let me run away, let me become cannon fodder and be wanted by the police, I really can't do this!" Lei Luo said to Shi Zhijian desperately. "You know my character, I would rather die if I had to bear this kind of infamy for the rest of my life!"

"Then die!" Shi Zhijian glanced at Lei Luo contemptuously, "I told you to let go, but you didn't listen to me! You want to be bigger and stronger, and you want to be the number one person in the police force. , you want me to come forward again! Okay, I am willing to come forward, but I am not a Bodhisattva, nor a god, so I can’t save so many of you! So I can only choose, you and Chen Zhichao must be cannon fodder, so that others can survive! "

After Shi Zhijian finished speaking, he stared straight at Lei Luo: "Brother Luo, aren't you very loyal, why are you soft now?"