Soul Painter

A magical painting capable of reconstructing human sanity.

How much should it be priced at?

Govan doesn't know, but it can be priced by the market.

The "Mask" exhibition was held in Boston for almost four months.

It is believed that more than one investigator, more than one investigator organization, realized the magic of the last painting "Redemption" painted by the mask group.

For ordinary people, "Redemption" can bring psychological comfort and is a healing work.

But for investigators and investigator organizations, this is a miracle that can save an investigator from falling into the abyss.

Gao Fan believes that there is a force behind it that is driving Christie's to reach this betting agreement with him. Gao Fan thinks this is very interesting, so he placed a bet of 400 million US dollars. Let's see who is more sincere.

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April 12th.

Christie's Spring Auction is officially launched.

Since this auction is a joint auction in Xiangjiang, London, Paris and New York, and interacts through the Internet, the entire duration will last about eight days.

In Hong Kong, the "20th and 21st Century Art" series auctioned the most other "Oriental Paintings", "Oriental Porcelain and Art", "Jewelry", "Exquisite Watches", "Rare Wines", "Handbags" "Accessories" and so on, must attract more attention, especially Gao Fan's "Mask" series of paintings launched by Hong Kong, which was the finale in the four-city linkage, has been speculated by Hong Kong media, and it is very likely that a single piece will be sold for a sky-high price of over 100 million Hong Kong dollars. .

Since it is a linkage of four cities, Xiangjiang is responsible for the oil paintings in Asia.

However, compared with other cities, the works launched in Asia are slightly bleak.

For example, on April 12, domestic oil painting master Zhao's "24.10. 68" started at 56 million Hong Kong dollars, but eventually passed the auction.

For example, Master Lin's "**" ended up with a price of only 7.28 million Hong Kong dollars.

Yayoi Kusama's "Net" by the avant-garde artist was a little better, with a final transaction price of 15.45 million Hong Kong dollars.

Compared with the slightly bleak oil painting auction, Zhang Daqian's splashed ink and color masterpiece "Bifeng Ancient Temple" in the oriental painting unit started with 60 million Hong Kong dollars and set a high price of 208 million Hong Kong dollars. The world collection circle is also quite attractive.

The "20th and 21st Century Art" unit in the other three cities has repeatedly achieved success. The work "The Collector" by Romanian artist Adrian Gurney in the Paris area was sold at a high price of 17.35 million US dollars. "Untitled" created by Jean-Michel Basquiat in the New York area reached a sky-high price of US$65.35 million in more than 30 bids in 10 minutes.

On the live screen of Christie's in Hong Kong, watching the auction items in the other three regions hit new highs repeatedly, Shi Jun'an, CEO of Christie's Hong Kong region, urgently adjusted the auction arrangement, so in the electronic brochures in the hands of all bidders, April 14 appeared Indifference, one of Gao Fan's mask paintings.

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April 14.

Lawrence scoured the Christie's showrooms for Govan.

Although the painter himself does not need to appear at the auction site, Lawrence wants to witness the new auction record of his painting with Gao Fan - it will definitely break the record. Yu Gaofan's current reputation is too low.

Soon, Lawrence found Gao Fan in the "Jewelry" session according to the information Gao Fan sent.

Gao Fan sat in the last row and waved to Lawrence when he saw him.

"Your painting will start shooting in 40 minutes, don't you want to see it?" Lawrence asked Gao Fan.

Facing Lawrence's question, Gao Fan smiled and didn't answer. Instead, he opened the auction booklet in his hand, pointed to one of the lots and said, "What do you think the transaction price of this one will be?"

Lawrence glanced at it. It was a huge vivid purple-pink diamond named "Sakura". According to the auction book, the rough stone that cut it weighed 48.52 carats, but the finished product was only 15.81 carats. Such a high cutting loss, It is guaranteed that this pink diamond has no impurities inside after cutting, and its color, clarity and transparency have reached the extreme.

At the same time, this diamond has achieved the highest grade of colored diamonds "Fancy Vivid" grade, which perfectly blends two shades of purple and pink.

It can be said that it is hard to find in the world.

"Over 200 million." Lawrence estimated.

"U.S. dollars?" Gao Fan touched his lips, "It's a bit expensive."

"No, the Hong Kong dollar," Lawrence said, "you want to buy it?"

"Well, for Xin Wei, she likes pink." Gao Fan said.

"A proposal?" Lawrence asked.

Gao Fan glanced at Lawrence, what did he say, how could it be possible.

"I am a non-marriage advocate." Gao Fan emphasized.

"Giving a girl a diamond ring has a special meaning," Lawrence said.

Lawrence didn't understand why Gao Fan and Xin Wei, the young lovers, were together without justification, unless... well, there was also Anna, and Lu Zhi. However, Anna should be regarded as an apprentice, right? And Lawrence has also heard that Lu Zhi called Gao Fan 'father', which is really messy. Of course, for Lawrence, it is best for Gao Fan to marry to avoid trouble.

Although bigamy is not allowed in China, every country in the world now welcomes Gao Fan for naturalization.

"What I gave was a diamond, not a diamond ring." Gao Fan said.

"It makes sense, but isn't this too expensive?" Lawrence still felt wrong.

"Just tell Xin Wei that it's glass." Gao Fan said, and then stretched out his hand, "Borrow 200 million."

"Where did I get the 200 million to lend you..." Lawrence sighed helplessly, and he took out his mobile phone, "Let me mention it to Shi Junan and ask him to increase your credit line. 200 million may not be enough. In the past few years, high-quality colored diamonds It is the new favorite in the auction, jadeite can be auctioned for hundreds of millions, and two-color diamonds are probably more expensive, I will give you 300 million."

Gao Fan is currently preparing to bid for four works, and it is estimated that they can be auctioned for a price of 100 million US dollars. Therefore, it is not difficult to apply for a 300 million auction credit line for Gao Fan.

"300 million is not enough, let's add another 200 million." Gao Fan said, "I want to buy something else."

"What do you want to buy?" Lawrence reminded Gao Fan, "This is 500 million yuan, not 5 million yuan. You know the purchasing power of 500 million yuan, right? A Boeing Gulfstream 550 is less than 400 million yuan, and it can be discounted." .”

"Yeah, I know." Gao Fan said, "I don't move the half of charity donations, I only spend my own part."

"That's not what I'm talking about..." Lawrence remembered this incident. Gao Fan said that he would donate 50% of his income. There is also 100 million U.S. dollars, which is to be donated... No need? This is too much!

But at this time, the jewelry auction had already started, and Gao Fan began to focus on the auctioneer, while Lawrence shook his head, let go of his worries, and began to turn back to the oil painting auction, waiting for him to arrive. The auction of "Indifference" in Fan's mask group painting has also started.

Chapter 3~