Age of Dreams

The two chatted for a while, seeing that it was getting late, Schwarzman stood up, walked to the counter behind the table, took out a scroll tube, and handed it to Xiao Qi: "I didn't have anything before I came here. As a meeting gift, Mr. Xiao, see if you like this."

Xiao Qi, who knew the temper of Americans, was not polite, he reached out to take it and opened it, and poured out a picture scroll with a simple frame.

Open it and see that seven or eight beautiful pink lotus flowers are so vivid on the paper.

In addition to the lotus and large green leaves, there are some small dragonflies and butterflies on the picture. The whole picture scroll seems to be floating in front of your eyes, very realistic and beautiful.

After opening them all, Xiao Qi found that the size of the painting was five feet wide, which was a very large scroll.

As soon as Xiao Qi saw such a beautiful lotus, Xiao Qi thought of a person, looked at the lower right corner, and it was written in small characters: "Thirty years of Dinghaixia, brother He Yuhu's 60th birthday, wishing the pine and cypresses to grow green and live a long life. Brother Yuan."

Xiao Qi laughed immediately, "Thank you, Mr. Schwarzman, I like this thing very much!"

"As long as you like it, as long as you like it!"

Schwartzman also laughed, but he spent millions of dollars to get it from a rich man from mainland China who immigrated to the United States.

I heard that people in Hua Country love calligraphy and painting, and this painter is also Xiao Qi's fellow villager. Seeing that Xiao Qi likes it so much now, it is naturally very worthwhile.

A precious gift with heart is suitable for this level of social interaction. The effect of gifts is already their greatest value.

After saying goodbye, Xiao Qi walked towards Green Town Community, looking at the painting tube in his hand, he was extremely satisfied.

Schwartzman thought that a million dollars was expensive, but he didn't know that the value of this painting was far more than one million dollars.

Because Xiao Qi knew that Zhang Daqian spent countless paintings in his life. But most of them were sold for money, and only the ones he gave to his friends were absolute masterpieces.

The difference here is generally very simple, and it does not depend on the size of the painting. Instead, look at Zhang Daqian's postscript.

Those with titles such as "Daqian Jushi", "Daqian", "Zhang Yuan", "xx Years Old" and so on are generally paintings that sell for money.

If it is a painting with the words "brother Zhang Yuan" written on it, it means that he gave it to a friend, and if it is the simpler word "brother Yuan" in Xiao Qi's hand, it proves that the other party is Zhang Daqian People with real respect.

Coincidentally, Xiao Qi knew a very famous story.

It is roughly that Zhang Daqian likes to gamble. As a result, someone set up a game to lose the "Cao E Stele" written by Wang Xizhi, the most treasured book sage in his family. When his mother was dying, he suddenly said that he wanted to read "Cao E". Chang'e Monument", Zhang Daqian, a dutiful son, suddenly felt struck by lightning. Almost threw himself into the river without remorse.

At that time, the person who set up a trick to deceive Zhang Daqian had already sold the "Cao'e Stele" at a high price, and Zhang Daqian had nowhere to buy it back if he had the money!

So he could only lie that he was in the apartment in Gusu, and when he returned to Gusu in a daze, he happened to meet two friends, Ye Gongchuo and Wang Qiumei, who came to inquire about the old lady's condition. Zhang Daqian said the matter out of desperation, and Ye Gongchuo laughed, saying that this inscription was just bought by me now.

Zhang Daqian was overjoyed when he saw this, but he couldn't ask the price face to face, so he had to wait until the two left, then hurried to Wang Qiumei's house and begged Wang Qiumei to pass on the message. Said that he was willing to ask for "Cao E Monument" in three ways: the first is to ask for it back at a higher price, the second is to exchange it with his own collection of paintings, it doesn't matter how much Ye Gongchuo wants, and the third is to ask Ye Gongchuo if he really wants it. If you don't want to sell the painting, please lend it to yourself for half a month, once the old lady has her wish. Repay immediately.

Unexpectedly, Ye Gongchuo was unusually forthright, saying that he never took anything by chance, and never lost his mind by playing with things. Since this is a relic of the great thousand ancestors, Mrs. Tai was seriously ill and asked to see it. I must be returning it immediately, so what are you saying about bartering?

It is conceivable that Zhang Daqian was so grateful to Ye Gongchuo when he got the "Monument of Cao E" that Ye Gongchuo specially brought back from the east when he heard this, he saw it as if he was a lifesaver.

And Ye Gongchuo's character is called "Yuhu", the 30th year of the Republic of China is 1941, and 60 years back, it happens to be 1881, and the person born in this era is called Yuhu, and Zhang Daqian treats him humbly Ye Gongchuo's only one!

Giving a 60th birthday gift to your savior, do you think Zhang Daqian didn't care about it?

That must be one of the most proud lotus pictures he has drawn in his life!

Although Xiao Qi didn't know if Zhang Daqian really sent such a painting of lotus to Ye Gongchuo because he knew little about the world of calligraphy and painting, at least he knew that the painting was not fake.

Because Xiao Qi has a good eye for appreciation, he, who is an outsider, can see that this painting of lotus is wonderful, so how could it be drawn by mediocrity? Unless this person also has the skills of Zhang Daqian imitating Shi Tao.

It can be seen from this that, not to mention the $1 million price of this painting, plus the meaning contained in it, even $10 million is not a loss! ——The top ten paintings of Zhang Daqian all exceeded the exchange rate of 10 million U.S. dollars at that time! The only tenth "Huangshan Wonderful Pine Landscape" was only sold for 40 million Hong Kong dollars, yes, but that was 1962! !

Xiao Qi didn't care about tens of millions or hundreds of millions of calligraphy and painting works, but he was very happy to get such a meaningful masterpiece.

Walking back to Jia Yuwen's apartment, Xiao Nizi happened to take a bath and was watching TV with her pillow in her arms. Seeing Xiao Qi coming back, the ethereal and soft little beauty jumped up and jumped into Xiao Qi's arms with a scent.

Xiao Qi clamped the painting tube with his arms, held his little wife's upright buttocks, and sat back on the sofa.

The little girl with the fragrance after bathing, the skin on her delicate dimple can be broken by blowing, and the water is full of water, and she looks extremely soft. Coupled with the perfect figure with bumps and convexes, it is no wonder that the bodyguards said that she has become more and more beautiful recently. Many boys crowded around her.

Some girls have been spoiled by their families like stars and moons since they were young, and they are easily deceived by boys when they go to college.

But Jia Yuwen is different from many girls, because Jia Yuwen was an ugly duckling since she was a child, and she was a fat ugly girl until she was 18 years old when she was admitted to college.

Only Xiao Qi didn't care about her appearance, and saved her life, so that she could work hard with true pride.

How could it be possible for a girl who has been stared at all the time to look up to those boys who pay attention to her appearance?

Therefore, in Chuanyin School, Jia Yuwen, who has gradually become the number one school girl in Chuanyin, is also known as "the most difficult to get close to acquaintance"-it's okay for everyone to talk and laugh on weekdays, but once someone feels that Jia Yuwen is kind to him, That is, when he has the opportunity, he will definitely get the most cruel and merciless rejection.

Only Xiao Qi can enjoy her tenderness and affection.

"Brother Qi, what did you take?" Jia Yuwen scented Xiao Qi's face obsessively, then leaned sweetly into Xiao Qi's arms, and curiously asked Xiao Qi about the painting tube on the coffee table.

Xiao Qi smiled, stretched out his hand to unfold the lotus painting inside, and told Jia Yuwen how he got it and the story contained in the painting in a soft voice.

Jia Yuwen listened very carefully, and finally tapped Fenzhen: "So there is such a story in it! Then brother, are you going to deal with this painting like this?"

"I'll put it in our house!" Xiao Qi pondered, "Go and frame it tomorrow and put it in the living room, so that I can wake myself up every day. One is to learn from Mr. Ye's free and easy style." And righteousness, the second is not to be like Zhang Daqian, who is complacent about some achievements, greedy for enjoyment and indulging in gambling, but loses the most precious things."

Jia Yuwen saw that Xiao Qi could understand so many truths from this incident, and she admired Xiao Qi even more in her heart. She felt that her brother Qi was amazing in everything, wise and smart, like a fairy!

However, she shook her head: "I still don't want it anymore. This painting of nearly 100 million yuan is placed in my house. I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep all day long. I'm afraid others will steal it. Brother Qi, you should let it go." Go back to your villa."

"Well, you're right. It's not that safe here." Xiao Qi nodded, "It's better to put it in your villa in the third phase of Yulu Garden. The security measures there are trustworthy."

"But……"

"It's nothing serious, keep it for my son." Xiao Qi waved his big hand and said.

Jia Yuwen's delicate dimple immediately became red, and Jiao Didi looked so good-looking, so she never said "inappropriate" words again.

Because of her weak nature, Jia Yuwen has a good relationship with Tang Mingxiang, and even better with Yu Shanshan, so she often receives calls from her two older sisters.

During the chat, the two women talked to her from time to time about the distress of not being able to conceive, and she has been a little anxious recently, stepping up exercise and eating some foreign nutritional supplements that are helpful for pregnancy, but Still nothing.

But Jia Yuwen is more convinced than anyone else that she will definitely be able to conceive brother Qi's child, because brother Qi is such a good person, how could he have no offspring?

Of course, this also requires her to work harder. For this reason, Jia Yuwen recently secretly read a few books with rich pictures and texts. God knows how shy she is~~

"Brother Qi~~" Thinking about the mistakes, the little girl not only blushed, but her neck also turned red, "It's getting late~~"

"Oh yes!"

Xiao Qi reacted immediately, and kissed the little wife in his arms: "Baby, let Brother Qi serve you to bed!"

"Giggle~~"

Amidst Jia Yuwen's coquettish laughter, Xiao Qi had already carried her into the room...