Chapter 459 The Master with Psychological Problems

Li Changheng raised his hand and looked at his watch, 4 minutes had passed since he entered the bathroom.

If it takes too long, Zhang Tianzhi and the others will definitely come to check.

"I don't have much time, so do you say it yourself now, or should I ask someone to check you?

And you have to understand that I want to check you, even the French Ministry of the Interior can find it.

Absolutely find out anything you've done in the past two years. "

"God," Frank grumbled, clutching his head, "I shouldn't have come to you."

But Li Changheng didn't believe this bastard's words at all, and he still had a vague feeling in his heart that Frank's target would probably go to tomorrow's auction.

Sure enough, he took out a photo from his jacket pocket.

Handed it to Li Changheng and explained, "This old man is called Billy Turner, he is an art collector, antique dealer and a painter with no achievements.

He will definitely appear at the auction tomorrow.

As long as he quotes, you follow.

Moreover, I guarantee that no matter how high you raise the price, as long as you buy it, there will be at least 3 times, or even 10 times the income.

If, in the end, I am proven wrong, I will compensate you for any losses. "

Li Changheng glanced at the photo and was startled.

Because although this old man is not well-known in Hollywood, anyone who likes Theron must have seen him act as a stealer.

And it was Theron, who led a group of apprentices to steal an Italian bank, but was betrayed in the end, the handsome thief father who went to see God within fifteen minutes of his appearance.

It's like he's in the Hunger Games trilogy.

By the way, I also acted in a Celestial Dynasty movie with Uncle Ge.

Li Changheng thought silently for a moment, and finally thought of the auction, and immediately thought of the plot.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Frank thought that Li Changheng didn't believe him.

Busy explained, "In the second month of my enrollment at the Paris Academy of Art, an old guy named Virgil Oldman came to the school to give a speech.

I didn't pay attention to it at the time, and looking at the eyes and expression of the old guy, I knew he was an egomaniac.

So listened for a few minutes and left.

But after reading magazines, I realized that Virgil is well-known throughout Europe, and can even be said to be the best appraiser and auctioneer.

Since the old man is so powerful, I have to stay in the academy to avoid being suspected by the English people because of the theft of old Bank of England notes.

Therefore, I decided to find a way to get close to Virgil, hoping to learn the skill of identification from him. "

"But I spent half a year and even applied to work at the auction house, but I couldn't impress Virgil's eccentric old bastard who always wears gloves whenever he goes out, regardless of spring or summer.

Until the oil painting auction in December last year, I accidentally saw Billy in the auction house, and had eye contact with Virgil for a moment before the auction started.

Only then did he start paying attention to the two of them.

At that auction, after Billy bought a painting that Virgil identified as an 18th-century painter imitating a master painter, I didn't pay much attention.

After all, the painting is only 30,000 dollars when converted into US dollars, which is not a high price in the field of oil painting.

But in April last year, Billy bought an oil painting that was also a portrait of a woman at an auction.

Combined with the previous oil painting that also depicts women, it made me understand that there may be clues in it.

It took more than two months to find various excuses to ask questions when going out to drink with different staff of the auction house or at parties.

The final conclusion is that the old Billy has photographed at least dozens of oil paintings of female protagonists in the past twenty years.

Moreover, the prices of these paintings were all below 50,000 U.S. dollars, and even several thousand U.S. dollars were bought.

If it weren't for my suspicions, it wouldn't really be a problem.

But since I suspected that Billy and Virgil were conspiring to play tricks, I spent another month investigating, and finally found out that none of those oil paintings had appeared on the market in the past twenty years.

As Billy's antique dealer, none of the dozens of paintings appeared, let alone any record of re-auction, so there is a high probability that there is a problem.

As long as you're at the auction tomorrow, snatch the painting that Billy wants.

There may be a rift between the two of them, because based on my two years of research on Virgil.

While that old thing is mean and stuffy, it has communication and social barriers to women.

That's why he has never been married, let alone heard of him dating a girlfriend.

It is likely to treat the women in the oil paintings as wives or relatives.

Once the oil painting he valued was not available, this kind of psychologically problematic person would definitely vent his anger on Bill.

At that time, we will be able to use Bill as a breakthrough, maybe we will be able to... "

"Okay, don't say any more."

Li Changheng interrupted Frank, he had already recalled all the plots while listening to him just now.

And more than Frank knew, he also knew that Billy would make his mind on Virgil in the future.

Or those oil paintings that Virgil got for these years.

As an antique dealer, even if Billy's appraisal level is not as high as Virgil's, he is not a fool.

Over the past twenty years, dozens of paintings have all entered Virgil's hands.

Coupled with the fact that Virgil's reputation is getting bigger and bigger, even if he guesses, he can guess that those paintings are definitely not mispriced at one or several times the price.

In addition, even if he himself could not identify those oil paintings, they were all posthumous works of masters or famous painters.

But I have been in this industry for a long time, and I must know that some owners who have famous paintings in their hands will be concerned that the value of oil paintings is too high, in order to prevent being targeted by the powerful.

Cover the oil painting with a layer of oil painting for protection.

Or because the owner died so suddenly, the family didn't know that the painting was a treasure, so they didn't do enough to protect it.

Once Virgil was invited to go to their house for appraisal, it was covered with dust all year round, or there were damaged oil paintings, and he could easily see whose paintings it was.

After being devalued by him as an imitation, and even after he found false evidence that could be said to be an imitation, other appraisers really dare not doubt his authority.

Then it was sent to the auction house for imitation and other reasons, and finally passed through Billy's hands, and then became Virgil's collection.

And no matter how stupid Billy is, he will know that he should be fooled by Virgil after a long time.

After all, for helping to do this, Virgil will definitely give a commission every time he sends a painting to Virgil.

For an oil painting with an auction price of 10,000, Virgil gave Billy double the final transaction price.

Billy must have been so excited at first that he would have liked to come a few more times.

But if he has been in the industry for a long time, his identification ability will be improved to a certain extent.

One day, I suddenly saw a problem with a certain oil painting, and felt that the auction price was 10,000, but the real price should be 300, 500,000, or even 1 million. Anyone would feel that they got too little.

Then I didn't think about myself earning tens of thousands or even one hundred thousand dollars a year because of Virgil and living a wealthy life.

The only thought in my mind is that what Virgil owes me must be paid back.