Chapter 20 Surprise harvest,
In the antique shop, Chen Yu was standing in front of an oil painting and admiring quietly.
This is a post-impressionist oil painting, which is not large in size, about 60 by 80, and it is a pastoral landscape with gorgeous colors and beautiful scenery.
The close-up scene in the painting is ochre and orange, the middle scene is interspersed with clusters of green bushes and a golden field, several houses scattered in the fields, and the distance is the rolling mountains and the blue sky.
In the golden field, several farmers were busy harvesting. Not far away was there a ox cart and a hill-like wheat hay stack.
The composition of this painting is very exquisite. In order to give the work a sense of depth and give people the impression of looking at the scenery from a high perspective, the sky only accounts for a small part of the painting. The focus of the whole painting is the hard-working farmers!
Those who appreciate this oil painting will be led by the painter, step by step from near to far, from close to close to the distant sky.
The colors of this oil painting are strong and bold, with clear contrast, but they give people a sense of quietness and peace. The painting techniques are very clever, the brushstrokes are full of confidence, and the love for nature and life.
Looking at this oil painting, Chen Yu was immersed in it without realizing it, and his eyes were full of intoxication.
It took him a long time to wake up, and then he turned to look at Enes, who was sitting on the sofa fiddling with his phone.
"Mr. Enes, I would like to ask, are you selling this oil painting? What is the specific price? If the price is appropriate, I want to accept this oil painting!
I like the beautiful scenery depicted in this oil painting, which is pleasing to the eye, but I want to ask more, is there no problem with the origin of this oil painting?"
Hearing this, Enes's face immediately changed, and his expression was quite awkward.
Of course he could hear the subtext in this sentence. The one was obviously wondering whether this oil painting was cheated or even a stolen person!
Thinking of this, Enes couldn't help feeling angry and a feeling of being humiliated.
But he thought in a blink of an eye that the annoying Chinese boy in front of him might not be able to survive today, so he was not so angry, but a little pity.
He still knows Andrei's character of revenge, as well as his almost perverted psychology and means, and knows what consequences will be faced by the person who offended that bastard!
In a blink of an eye, Enes' expression returned to normal and he stood up and walked towards him.
When he came close, he looked at the oil painting hanging on the wall, and then smiled and said:
"I collected this oil painting from a stall outside. I received it in less than half a month. There is no problem with the origin. You can rest assured that my antique shop never sells things of unknown origin!"
"Stop talking nonsense, you are not afraid of thunder when you say this!"
Chen Yu complained secretly, but said nothing, just laughed softly.
"In this post-Impressionist oil painting, I did not find any signatures from the painter, nor any personal marks left by the painter, and I cannot determine which artist's work was.
But it is undeniable that this oil painting is very artistic, the painter's painting skills are very clever, and it has a certain history. Maybe it is the work of a top art master.
Renault, you are from the Louvre and are very familiar with Professor Albert. Your identification skills must be very good. Tell me about your views on this rich oil painting. I really want to know about it!"
Chen Yu smiled and shook his head.
"I work in the Louvre, but I work in the Ministry of Art of Ancient Greece and Roman. I mainly study antique artifacts and artworks from ancient Greece and Roman periods, mainly sculpture works.
Although I like modern art, I don’t have any identification skills. As for Professor Albert, I also knew it through my teacher. I just like this oil painting.”
Faced with such a poor antique dealer, Chen Yu naturally would not express his judgment on this oil painting and his true views!
Enes has no idea about Chen Yu's identification ability.
When he was at Marlene's house, he saw Professor Albert as soon as he saw a cat, and immediately ran away from the building as if he was running away. Naturally, he did not see Chen Yu's performance.
Later, when I was on the phone with Andre, Andre didn't tell him these things.
At this moment, when he heard Chen Yu's words, he suddenly realized that the guy in front of him was just Er'er and had no ability to identify modern art.
After confirming this, Enes immediately felt much more relieved.
"So that's it. I thought you were a student of Professor Albert. It seems like a misunderstanding! Let's talk about this oil painting. Based on the performance of this oil painting, I offer it for 5,000 euros. If you can accept this price, you can own this oil painting."
Hearing the offer, Chen Yu couldn't help but look a little hesitant on his face.
After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said:
"The price of 5,000 euros is too high. This is the work of an unknown artist after all. Even if it is excellent, it should not be so expensive.
I only offer 2,000 euros at most! If you can accept this price, we will make a deal. If you can't accept this price, then forget it!"
Enes thought for a moment and nodded reluctantly.
"Okay, Renault, only 2,000 euros, the deal is completed, this beautiful oil painting belongs to you!"
As he said that, he shook hands with Chen Yu and reached this art deal, which was very refreshing.
In Enes's opinion, at most tonight or tomorrow, this post-Impressionist oil painting will be back in his hands and hang it on this wall again! Now someone gives away 2,000 euros for free, so how can you be polite!
About ten minutes later, Chen Yu left the antique shop with a black painting bag.
As soon as he left the door, he saw a burly man walking from the other side of the street and walking straight into Enes' antique shop.
When entering the door, the guy with a fat face looked him up and down, Chen Yu glanced at him, and then turned around and left!
In the antique shop, Enes pointed out the door and said to the guy who had just entered the door:
"Yuri, the Chinese boy who just went out is Renault. I don't care about how you deal with that guy, but you have to get the post-impressionist oil painting in his hand for me!"
"I understand, Enes, don't worry, you can get the oil painting back tonight!"
The guy named Yuri nodded and replied, then left the antique shop and followed Chen Yu from afar.
After leaving Enes' antique shop, Chen Yu walked around the hill square for a while, then left Montmartre Heights and took a taxi back to the Latin Quarter on the left bank.
He naturally knew the Russian gangster who followed him and followed him all the way to the left bank, and also knew his identity!
The guy named Yuri was Andre's bodyguard, who had been helping him do shameful things, such as dealing with the corpse of a female model who died of overdose, etc.
More than twenty minutes later, Chen Yu successfully returned to the Latin district.
When he got off the bus in front of the apartment building, he glanced back and happened to see Yuri driving into the street and stopping on the side of the road more than 100 meters away from the apartment building.
Chen Yu just smiled and then walked into the apartment building.
When he returned to the apartment, he immediately took the self-defense baseball bat and put it at his hand. Then he picked up his cell phone and started calling out.
Instead of calling the police, he called Professor Albert.
The phone was connected, and Professor Albert's voice came over immediately.
"Renault, you call here at this time. Do you have any good news to tell me? Are you having a surprise gain in Montmartre Heights?"
"Yes, Professor Albert, I found a post-Impressionist painting in an antique shop in Montmartre Heights. It has no signature from the painter, but its painting skills are very clever!
As far as I judged, the painting may be the work of the master of art Van Gogh, and it was one of the "Scenes of Harvest" series he created in Arles in 1888, but it is not known!”
Chen Yu said proudly and introduced his discovery.
As soon as he finished speaking, Professor Albert on the other end of the phone was already blown up.
"I heard Van Gogh's "The Harvest Scene" correctly? How is this possible? Van Gogh's oil paintings are collected in different museums and in the hands of top collectors. I haven't heard of any oil paintings stolen!
Is that legend true? Van Gogh created ten "Harvest Scenes" in one week. In addition to those works with orderly inheritance, some unsigned paintings of the same name are also circulated outside?
If this is true, then I want to congratulate you, Renault, you lucky guy, found a top-notch artwork. With the current art market, this Van Gogh representative work is worth at least 10 million euros!”
"Is it true? Just look at this photo of "Harvest Scene". If you can't confirm it yet, you can also look at this real object and carefully identify it!"
As he said that, Chen Yu took out the oil painting from the painting bag, placed it on the coffee table in the living room, picked up his cell phone and started taking pictures.
After taking the photos, he immediately sent the photos to Professor Albert.
Immediately afterwards, a burst of excitement came from the other end of the phone!
In the blink of an eye, it was already evening and night covered the entire Paris.
At around 8:30, Chen Yu walked out of the apartment building and walked towards a restaurant on the street, preparing to go there for dinner.
Not long after walking forward, when passing by a SUV parked on the side of the road, the door of the car suddenly opened, and a burly man got out of it, and he came to Chen Yu in one step.
"You are Renault, be honest, come with me, someone wants to see you, I want to talk to you about something!"
As he said that, the guy had reached out and pressed his hand on Chen Yu's shoulder and controlled him.
Not only that, the guy's other hand was hidden under his coat, holding a pistol, pointing at Chen Yu's abdomen through the coat, which was very hidden.
At this time, although there were some pedestrians and vehicles on the street, due to the dim light, they could not see clearly what was happening here, and they thought it was just two people chatting on the street.
Even if you see clearly, no one will come up to do justice. Instead, they will hide far away, for fear of being affected by the fish!
Chen Yu looked at the guy who threatened him with a gun, and said in a low voice with a smile:
"Yes, I'm Renault, you're Yuri, relax, man, beware of the fire of the pistol. If I'm not wrong, it's probably Andre who wants to see me, right?"
Hearing this, Yuri was stunned, his face full of surprise!
Chapter completed!