Chapter 1008 Ten Thousand Reasons for Dragging the Manuscript
Of course, Tang Ze discovered Conan's sight, but he didn't care.
Because Kitakawa Yusuke was not just Tang Ze himself tonight, but Kuroha soon came over, and this identity had to be handed over to him. It would be impossible to sell such a big flaw to the other party.
Seeing Takerai Oikawa and Kogoro Mori beside him, Kanhara Haruhito put away the pretty loving smile on his lips and his face was serious.
"Wu Lai, I want to tell you something about it... tonight..."
"Sorry, father, can you talk later?" Takera Oikawa interrupted him before he spoke. "I also need to take the detective to understand the situation in my studio. You know, things are urgent tonight..."
Kanhara Haruhito, who was rejected by his son-in-law, looked at Maori Kogoro and others, and then looked at the police officers entering and leaving the house. He nodded silently, and said nothing more. He just raised his hand and patted Tang Ze on the back.
"Mr. Qingren." He pushed forward secretly. Tang Ze knew that he wanted him to follow him, but he still pretended not to understand him and looked back in confusion. "Didn't you say that you would go there again during the live broadcast? If the painting is not protected well, some staff members will not be able to work hard."
Shen Yuan Qingren looked at the stupid child helplessly, so she had to find a reason: "...I heard that you have arranged an exhibition for your teacher."
"Yes."
"Well, it seems that the layout is quite good. It not only ended successfully, but also prevented several thefts."
"There is indeed something, although it is actually a senior brother who wants to tamper with the art..."
"Anyway, in this regard, you may have more experience than many people present. Please let me go and have a look."
It's all right to say this, even Takerai Oikawa, who was not very happy, couldn't say anything else to refuse, so he could only nod.
Successfully pushed the young people at hand into the detective's queue. Kanhara Haruhito did not make any other requests. He just looked at Takerai Oikawa and walked away silently and communicated with the police in the hall.
"My father-in-law hasn't picked up a paintbrush for ten years, so he is frightened and uneasy about this kind of thing. I am still very confident in you, Detective Maori." After sending away Kamihara Haruhito, Takera Oikawa smiled again.
He didn't take Kitakawa Yusuke's situation seriously.
On the one hand, this is a junior who seems to have a bad turn. On the other hand, Ruyue Fengshui and Shenyuan Qingren's friendship is not good enough, and it will not hinder his plan.
On the way to the studio, Maori and his group who accidentally met an acquaintance still had a chat with Yusuke Kitakawa.
"I didn't expect you to invite the guest to do the live broadcast. Is it your teacher who has a good relationship with them?" Maori Ran asked in a low voice.
"It's okay." Tang Ze gave an accurate evaluation, "After all, they are all peers of the same age. However, the invitation should be mainly because I'm young."
Shenyuan Qingren and Ruyue Fengshui are not very familiar, especially after the former has withdrawn from the painting world for ten years due to injury.
Although Yue Fengshui is old, his creative will has not been wiped out. Until now, his output is not much lower than that of young painters. Naturally, he will not be familiar with such peers who have retired and turned to actively operate their connections and recommend their younger generations.
The reason why I remembered the invitation of Yusuke Kitakawa was naturally a proposal from the TV station.
The Tokyo media are so good at engaging in traffic. Yusuke Kitakawa is young and has a good image on camera. Due to the awards, he is well-known among young people and professionals. He is indeed a professional painter and a very good candidate.
"So you're wearing gloves today?" Conan couldn't help but ask this question.
He had never observed Kitakawa Yusuke's hand in the past, but when he had an impression, he had seen the traces of pigments on his hand several times.
This shows that he did not wear gloves when painting, and Conan still remembered that he was wearing simple and poor clothes at the beginning. Today, he suddenly saw the other person dressed in such a gorgeous dress and couldn't react.
Tang Ze glanced at him, slowly pinched the glove in his right hand, and slowly pulled the simple white cotton glove off his hand.
Unexpectedly, Conan, who just mentioned this, started to take off his gloves, was a little nervous.
He stared at the slowly exposed hand.
The gloves were torn apart little by little, revealing...a red hand.
"...Is this?" Conan's heart suddenly died, not right, and suddenly fell down, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.
"I have been grinding pigments with my teacher recently, and there are many dyes that are not easy to clean." Tang Ze said a half-true explanation, "It's not very good to look when you appear on the camera. And when you come into contact with paintings, you are more serious in wearing gloves."
It's indeed a very reasonable explanation.
For a moment, Conan couldn't think of any loopholes, so he could only nod and accept his answer.
"Kan Kitakawa is indeed an excellent junior. It's good to ask him to help see the studio's preparations." Takera Oikawa was haha, trying hard to bring the atmosphere back to the chattering state.
He led a few people into the studio where three or four policemen stood at the door.
Although it is not the same style, Takera Oikawa's studio does use similar ideas to Ruyuefeng Mizuki's studio.
There are many old works hanging on the wall, the room is very spacious, there are various painting tools for practice, and many picture frames are piled up in the corner.
The most important thing is the three huge windows on the wall.
Although it is not floor-to-ceiling windows, they also have large windows up to 2 meters. Apart from the height of the window sill below, they almost face the ceiling. While trying not to affect the architectural style, they ensure the wide view to the maximum extent.
"So beautiful." Ran Mori looked around the studio, looked at the view outside the window, and couldn't help but sigh.
Kogoro Mori also turned his gaze to the forest outside the window, watching the dark treetops swaying like waves under the wind, raised his eyebrows high and said nothing.
How could that not be beautiful? This is just built in Otama's big villa.
This is a rare pure natural landscape scenic spot near Tokyo Metropolitan. It is similar to Ruyuefeng Water who built a house opposite Mount Fuji.
"There is a big difference in height here." Conan leaned over to the windowsill and looked down at the bottom.
The villa is built on a steep hillside, with one side almost entirely supported by the structure below, completely suspended like a bridge.
Tang Ze's evaluation of this kind of hard-shooting wonder is that it is like a business player who ignores the terrain and has to build a house on the top of the mountain.
"The police have also controlled the lower part." Ran Maori also observed downwards, and saw the fully armed rangers below at a glance.
It is known to everyone that Kidd can use gliders, so the windows have been locked, which is a natural situation.
"Oh, so, is this the painting..."
After observing the environment, Kogoro Mouri's eyes were quickly attracted by the easel placed in the center of the room.
On the wooden easel, a red curtain hangs there, covering the area where the painting board is placed and most of the easel is obviously the most important goal tonight.
"Yes, this is my upcoming work, "Aoira". " Takerai Oikawa nodded and agreed. "I remember your previous works..." Kogoro Mouri blinked.
"The market value at the time of announcement was about 70 to 80 million yen, and the previous one was more expensive." I know what Kogoro Mouri was focusing on, and Tangze continued, "If you want to know now, it may be more than the collection market."
"Because Mr. Oikawa is more famous?" Ran Maori guessed.
"No, it's because Mr. Oikawa's paintings are complete sets." Tang Zawa said lightly, "Like Mr. Ruyue, the work with the highest transaction price is a series of works on the morning and evening changes of Mount Fuji that were created continuously. If Mr. Oikawa took action together instead of replacing them one by one, there would probably be a higher premium."
Takerai Oikawa glanced at him and said nothing.
It’s not that what Kitakawa Yusuke said is wrong, it’s that what he said is a bit too right and hits the nail on the head.
Generally speaking, as long as it is not a fake work that is forced by a collector, as long as it is a complete set of works designed with a complete theme style out of his own will, it will be recognized in the market.
Even if the complete set of paintings are sold separately, they will be at a premium due to their creative context. This is the value of this painting "Qinglan".
It is also the fundamental reason for this series of operations of Takerai Oikawa.
In order to wait for market recognition as much as possible for his son-in-law's work, Kamihara Haruen gave a promise to have the next work when she re-selled the previous work.
Even with private communication, this statement quickly spread in the collection industry, so before the transaction of "Qinglan" was moved, the price had already reached a very high price.
"Oh, let me see it first..." Kogoro Maori immediately became interested when he heard this. He reached out and grabbed a corner of the curtain, preparing to look at the work below.
"Hey, Detective Maori, this is not OK." Takerai Oikawa grabbed his wrist and stopped him, "I'm not used to showing others unfinished paintings."
"But, isn't it just one signature left? You have such a strict definition of completion?" Kogoro Mouri was stunned and looked at Yusuke Kitakawa who was standing not far away.
"This is indeed some details, and I think it can be made for minor corrections." Takerai Oikawa seemed to be aware of the contradiction of this sentence and tried hard to explain, "In short, I only hope that the painting can be displayed to others in a complete form."
"Oh, oh..." Kogoro Mori let go of his hand, his face very subtle.
He knows the truth. Oil paintings seem to be able to do some temporary refinishings, not all of them are added, and they may also need to apply something.
Although, in his impression, this kind of painting is all done, right?
It’s all the time, and it’s going to be unveiled at 8 pm. The guests of the unveiling are here. Your painting has not been completed yet. Is it true?
"It's normal." Tang Ze took over the conversation, "When the exhibition was held, some senior brothers' paintings had been hung on the wall. He even modified the picture in the exhibition hall overnight before pulling the isolation rail. Although I am not a painter of this type, maybe Mr. Oikawa is not."
"Is this true?" Kogoro Mori looked very sensible, and his expression looked very subtle when he looked at Takerai Oikawa.
The masterpiece I have created for so long is being revised one hour before it was announced.
What is this? Sliding shovels are on the base, right?
But the problem is that Yusuke Kitakawa's senior brother may just be an unknown young painter.
Ruyuefeng Mizuki has only been recommending Yusuke Kitakawa, but his former disciples were very large, not everyone is famous, and there are many enthusiasts like the Changpan family who are enlightenment and learning.
Takerai Oi Kawa, he is a painter who has been famous for a long time and can sell his paintings to high-priced painters...
With the eyes of several people, Takerai Oikawa's eyes twitched again, but it was difficult to refute this evaluation.
Apart from admitting this label, how else can he fool this matter?
"But..." Seeing that everyone seemed to have relieved their doubts, Tang Ze stepped forward and grabbed the curtain himself.
Takerai Oikawa's relaxed expression tightened again in an instant, and he quickly reached out and grabbed his floating kimono cuffs, trying to stop the other party's movements.
But today's Tang Ze, how could a middle-aged painter fight whenever he wants to?
Not only did his wrist grabbing the curtain, he almost pulled Takerai Oikawa who was pulling his sleeve.
The next second, under the nervous and collapsed gaze of Takera Oikawa, he directly lifted the curtain on the easel.
...The empty easel below revealed.
"Eh?" I felt that Yusuke Kitakawa seemed to be a bit too much. When I saw this unexpected scene, I couldn't help but be stunned.
"However, there is no painting here." Tang Ze calmly finished the second half of the sentence, "What are you doing? Is it also an anti-theft measure against the monster thief Kid?"
He said, shifting his gaze to the fishing line hanging in front of him and raised his eyebrows.
This is also a question that Tang Ze is quite puzzled.
Ah yes yes, yes, the fishing line can hang the canvas here out of thin air, creating the illusion that there is something underneath, but Kogoro Mori has already grasped the edge and tried to lift it.
It’s not obvious that there is an empty easel on the bottom, it’s a bit too flirting with the physical rules, right?
Covering things and simply using fishing lines to straighten the curtain is not the same. Do you think a person is a fool or a blind person...
"Did Mr. Oikawa discuss with the police and hide the painting first?" Kogoro Mori looked at the canvas in Yusuke Kitakawa's hand, then looked at the empty easel in front of him, and commented dryly, "Nakamori police department has made progress..."
Although not many are there.
Who do you look down on if you play with a monster thief who is proficient in magic?
"This..." Takerai Oikawa's mouth squirmed a few times.
Before he could use his urgency to come up with a good solution, the door of the studio had been pushed open with a "bang".
"What's the matter of negotiation?! Why don't I know if the painting is not there?!" Ginzo Nakamori's loud voice came in.
"So..." Ran Mori glanced at Takera Oikawa with an ugly expression.
Perhaps because of the discussion about revising paintings on the wall the day before, Ran Mori's thinking naturally deflected in this direction, and soon understood the unveiled stiffness on Takerae Oikawa's face into another direction.
So, it was not just a sliding shovel on the base, but it was not finished drawing at all, so I received the trailer, would you please take the opportunity?
Then Takerai Oikawa has to thank Kid, the thief. It's really a ten thousand ways to delay the manuscript. He has worked very hard to not submit the manuscript...
"So the painting must have been taken to another place by the monster thief Kid!" Nakamori continued, "He has transferred the things away. So when 8 o'clock, we can only see the empty studio! Is even the preview time fake this time? Damn, cunning guy!"
“…Ha?”
(This chapter ends)