Chapter 251 Van Gogh
"Ahem!" Lu Jingyao couldn't help but cough violently when he heard these four words that were full of Internet literature.
Hua Qi, who was on the side, obviously had excellent hearing. He looked at Xu Youyou accusingly and said, "I'm not the villain in the online novel! I wouldn't do such a thing! What? Are you weird when I say something like this? I like to see it What’s wrong with Huaxia’s online writing? Anyway, your online writing is very cheap! This hobby doesn’t cost much!”
Xu Youyou said: "That's not sure. You like money so much. What if you are really impulsive?"
Hua Qi was so anxious that she almost jumped up and asked, "What treasure do you have that I can covet?"
Lu Jingyao watched the two people arguing like children, and said helplessly: "Okay, okay, Yoyo, stop teasing him. He has a simple temper. He just likes money. He is not crazy yet."
Xu Youyou smiled and said: "Okay, I will believe him just once."
Hua Qi sneered: "I'm not the kind of person with short knowledge, how could I kill someone for a baby?"
Xu Youyou led the two of them into the cellar and said to Hua Qi: "Didn't you blame me all the way for buying a castle for no reason? Then I have to show you what spending money means making money. ”
Hua Qi looked disdainful, but still stood firm in his belief, saying: "Reducing expenditure is the most profitable business in the world!"
But the next second, I don't know how Xu Youyou operated it. In the originally empty cellar, a secret door suddenly appeared. After pushing it open, there was a secret room behind it.
When Hua Qi saw this magical scene, her eyes suddenly widened, but her mouth was still stiff: "So what if there is a secret room, it doesn't prove that there must be a treasure inside."
Xu Youyou raised her feet and walked in. What was in the secret room was clear at a glance.
A row of shelves seemed to have been used to store red wine, and there were still two bottles in it.
Hua Cheese casually picked up one of the bottles, wiped off the dust on it, and looked at the words on the red wine bottle, a huge wave suddenly set off in his blue eyes.
"Singing Eagle...how could..."
He carefully put the bottle of wine back and picked up another bottle: "It's still the Singing Eagle..."
Xu Youyou didn't know much about wine, so she looked at Lu Jingyao with questioning eyes.
Lu Jingyao explained softly: "The 1992 Singing Eagle wine costs about half a million dollars a bottle."
Xu Youyou couldn't help but was speechless. She didn't expect that a bottle of wine would cost more than three million yuan. The two bottles of wine together were worth seven million yuan.
You know, the castle Xu Youyou bought is not very well-known in the UK. Because of its remote location, there were not many bidders. It only cost two million euros to buy it.
Just these two bottles of red wine have already paid back one-third of the money.
More importantly, the task of picking up the leakage instructed by the system was not the red wine, but the painting hanging behind the wine rack.
Xu Youyou asked someone to move the shelf away, and personally stepped forward to take down the painting.
It was an ordinary oil painting. There was a thick layer of dust on the painting, and there really wasn't anything special about it.
Hua Qi came over to take a look and said, "It's just worthless garbage. What's so interesting about it?"
Xu Youyou ignored him, but took apart the frame and pulled off the top layer of oil painting. Not surprisingly, this is another painting within a painting.
The painting inside seemed to be protected with great care, and there were several layers of protection alone.
As layer after layer was taken down, everyone present realized that this painting was not simple. Even Hua Qi, who had been waiting to see the show, couldn't help but hold his breath.
After all the protective objects were removed, the true appearance inside was finally revealed.
The painting that was carefully treasured was a portrait of a man.
The moment Xu Youyou saw it, a name popped into his mind: Van Gogh!
Hua Qi obviously recognized the painting: "It's actually "Self-Portrait without Beard"! Hasn't this painting been missing for a long time? How could it appear here!"
Xu Youyou took out her mobile phone and searched, only to find out that this painting was bought for more than 70 million US dollars many years ago, and then disappeared.
Hua Qi said sourly: "Although it is hidden so deep, it may not be the real thing. What if the person hiding the painting bought a fake and wanted to tease others, so he deliberately hid the painting so deep! Yes, it must be That’s right, otherwise who would have such a priceless treasure and not tell their descendants?”
Xu Youyou looked at Hua Qi's lemony look, "most afraid of his brother driving a Land Rover", and ruthlessly shattered his fantasy: "This is a real painting."
"There are many people who are reluctant to tell their descendants about their family fortunes until the last moment of their lives, for fear that their descendants will lose their fortune and not be able to keep it, but they forget that sometimes death comes completely unprepared."
Listening to Xu Youyou's words, Hua Qi carefully concealed his broken state, and secretly made up his mind in his heart. He must choose the most reliable child and slowly confess to him/her. He must not be like the owner of this castle. Just like that, he gave up his family heirloom to someone else for no apparent reason.
Please...you...collect 6...9...books...!
Lu Jingyao reminded Hua Cheese softly: "My girlfriend seems to have won."
Hua Qi's expression fluctuated. After being slapped in the face by reality, she quickly apologized to Xu Youyou: "I'm sorry, I underestimated you. You can really make money by spending money."
Xu Youyou was even happier to see this tough-talking king bow his head than to pick up a sky-high price treasure.
But Hua Cheese made up for himself: "This kind of thing is like gambling. Not every abandoned house has treasures hidden in it."
Xu Youyou did not explain that she had a system, but instead acknowledged the other party's words and said: "You are right, ordinary people really shouldn't do this kind of thing."
Hua Cheese added: "If it is confirmed that this is an authentic work by Van Gogh, will you sell this painting?"
Xu Youyou raised her eyebrows slightly: "Don't you like spending money? I thought the bottom line you set for yourself was to spend ten dollars a month reading novels."
Hua Qi shook his head and said: "I also have some big customers who like to collect this kind of sky-high price art. If you are willing, you can let me help you operate this painting. You are Jing Yao's girlfriend. I will Make transactions with you at the lowest commission.”
This painting is different from the sky-high-priced antiques that Xu Youyou picked up in the past. Van Gogh's paintings are rarely as enthusiastically pursued in the Chinese circle as ancient Chinese paintings. Therefore, its buyers are most likely to be wealthy European and American people. It is indeed more reliable to operate with cheese.
"Okay."
Seeing Xu Youyou agreeing, Hua Qie was immediately happy. He loved making money and seemed to have seen the high returns brought by this business.
Xu Youyou was about to take the painting and leave, but suddenly she saw the golden pointer of the system flashing, and then pointing towards the top of her head.
She couldn't help but look up, just once, and her heart seemed to skip a beat.