area51novel Chapter 266
Chapter 266
After carefully putting away Chu Suiliang's "Shitang Feng", Xiao Ran continued to clean up the treasures packed in two portable safes.
In the following cleaning process, he found several valuable paintings and calligraphy.
One of the most valuable is a landscape painting by Li Cheng of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Li Cheng is a generation of grandmasters at the level of Chinese landscape painting, and is known as the first landscape of the Northern Song Dynasty.
His ink landscape paintings are naturally undoubtedly national treasures.
In comparison, his ink landscape painting is more valuable than Qiu Ying's "Twelve Pages of Peach Blossom Source Maps".
The status of the two in the history of Chinese art is also much higher than Li Cheng.
Unfortunately, the preservation of this ink landscape painting is so poor that parts of it have festered.
Xiao Ran, who has the ability to see through, is very sure that it is Li Cheng's work, a top-level work of art.
Jin Lao and Qin Lao, who were identified by video and high-definition pictures, were not sure.
They only said that this is very similar to the work of Li Cheng of the Northern Song Dynasty, but further identification is needed to really determine the result.
For Xiao Ran, this didn't matter at all.
When this ink landscape is sent back to Beijing, the Forbidden City and the National Expo organize a team of top calligraphy and painting appraisal experts to identify and restore and protect it.
At that point, the top experts will know the answer.
In addition to this Li Cheng painting, the value of several other calligraphy and painting works is relatively low.
These include a landscape painting by Wang Hui, one of the Four Kings of the Early Qing Dynasty, and a calligraphy album by Ji Xiaolan.
Due to the relatively recent age, these treasures are in a fairly good state of preservation, and only a small restoration is needed.
After getting the definitive appraisal conclusion, Xiao Ran announced on the spot that these artworks would be auctioned in the live broadcast room!
Hearing this, the live broadcast room immediately boiled.
Of course, the most of those two portable safes are all kinds of high imitations and fakes.
Xiao Ran picked a few good pieces from them and prepared to send them to antique stores in Los Angeles, and the rest were intended to be completely destroyed as garbage.
After the presentation and appraisal session, it is the auction session.
The auction format is still the same as before, still private message bidding, and each antique artifact and art item auctioned has a reserve price.
And the auction is divided into two parts, or two grades, which fully take care of all the fans in the two live broadcast rooms.
Antique artifacts and works of art valued at more than RMB 5 million are part of the total.
As long as the economic strength allows, anyone can participate in the auction, and the price wins.
The other part, with a valuation of less than 5 million RMB, is only eligible for the auction by fans of the main live broadcast room.
And those guys in the collector's live broadcast room can only dry look at the gluttony.
The auction lasted for more than an hour before it ended.
Next, Xiao Ran chatted with everyone for a while before exiting the live broadcast room and ending this marathon live broadcast.
At this time, it was around three o'clock in the morning.
As soon as the live broadcast ended, Mildew went straight into the study.
After coming in, she looked Xiao Ran up and down like an alien, and saw that he was a little hairy.
Immediately afterwards, the superactress said in amazement:
"Sean, you guy is amazing, it seems to know everything and be omniscient!"
"All the antique artifacts and works of art in the world, as if there is nothing you don't know
" "There is also this way to make money, it is simply faster than robbing money and printing money, how did you do it?"
"It's so crazy that if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it!"
Xiao Ran looked at the coolly dressed superactress, and said helplessly:
"What's the fuss, mildew, you look at Elaine and Yufei, the performance is very calm
" "Everything you saw just now is just a small scene, the real big scene you haven't seen yet!"
His words are not bragging, but telling the truth.
In terms of turnover alone, the turnover of this auction tonight is average, not to mention how amazing!
Of course, this is for him, Elaine and Yufei are also used to it.
For mold, that's another story!
The superactress gave him a blank look, her expression suddenly changed, and she said in a loud voice:
"Sean, I wonder if you still need a female secretary? Just let me be your secretary! With
that, she threw a wink.
What exactly does it mean, I know everything!
"Hahaha"
Yufei laughed loudly, her pretty face flushed.
"You're such a super rotten girl, moldy, completely helpless!"
Elaine scolded with a scowl in disgust.
Xiao Ran dared to take this stubble, and quickly diverted the topic.
"Several beauties, it's three o'clock in the morning now, aren't you sleepy?"
"Isn't it time to go to rest? I can't stand it anyway!
After that, he quickly began to clean up the live broadcast scene.
The three beauties knew the weight and did not come up to disturb him.
After some laughter and play, they all left the study.
After a while, Xiao Ran had finished cleaning up and locked all those valuable treasures into the safe.
As for those things that have little value, just put them outside.
Only then did he leave the study to wash and rest.
......
Nothing happened overnight.
In the blink of an eye, it was the next morning.
At about eight o'clock in the morning, Xiao Ran was still sleeping, but was woken up by Elaine.
"Honey, wake up, something has happened outside
" "The FBI and the detectives of the New York Police Department's Major Crime Unit suddenly came over together and wanted to meet with you
" "Those guys are now in the elevator room, and they were stopped by Sam"
Hearing this, Xiao Ran instantly fell asleep.
As if electrocuted, he jerked out of bed and asked in surprise,
"What happened?" Dear, you know what? "
Didn't those FBI guys just leave last night?" Why did you come here early in the morning, and with the detectives of the police serious crime unit?
With that, he walked to the bathroom, ready to wash and change clothes.
At this moment, Elaine briefly explained the reason.
"I just saw on the morning news that Wilson and an accomplice of a crook were killed by someone driving during a riot last night!"
"It was said to have been a riot caused by the robbery of a cash machine, which occurred at an intersection on the Upper West Side
" "When the riot occurred, Wilson happened to be driving there and was directly hit and killed by a large garbage collection truck!"
"Ugh!"
Xiao Ran exclaimed, and was directly stunned in place.
This news is so unexpected that people are caught off guard!
This is not a performance, but an outpouring of true feelings.
At the same time of surprise, he also felt very happy, and even wanted to cheer.
Two fewer enemies of your own, certainly worth celebrating!
At the same time, he was puzzled.
Who killed Wilson's dead liars? Direct impact with a large garbage removal truck, the means can be cruel enough!
He didn't believe it was an accident at all, how could there be so many coincidences in the world!
Could it be that the bitter lord who was deceived by those dead liars came to take revenge? Or is it ...?
Thinking of this, a smile quickly flashed in the depths of his eyes, and it was instantly clear!
"Those dead liars are really unlucky enough, this is called a disaster!"
"It's a good thing that they died, and fewer people
can be deceived in the future" "Those unlucky eggs who were deceived by them are probably cheering and celebrating now,"
Xiao Ran said with emotion.
With that, he went into the bathroom to wash.
Looking at his back, the only trace of doubt in Elaine's eyes disappeared in a blink of an eye.
A few minutes later.
Xiao Ran, who had cleaned up, came out of the bedroom.
As soon as they entered the living room, Fang Yufei and Mildew immediately turned their heads to look at him, their eyes full of doubt.
Especially mildew, there is a faint trace of fear in his eyes.
A large-screen television in the living room tracks the riot that took place on the Upper West Side last night.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Ran shrugged his shoulders angrily.
"Conscience of heaven and earth, two beauties, do you need to look at me like this?"
"I've been with you guys last night, and this matter has nothing to do with me!"
"Those two dead liars were hit and killed by someone's car, obviously an accident, but there are also deaths!"
Fang Yufei and Mildew both paused, and then nodded in unison.
"We believe in you and can testify for you"
They know better than anyone where Xiao Ran was last night.
The tragic car accident on Manhattan's Upper West Side was clearly not his doing.
And he hasn't made any phone calls related to this matter, and he can't be behind it.
While speaking, the reporter on the scene suddenly broke some new news.
"Dear viewers, we have just learned that the Manhattan police have found some new information
" "The two auction house people who died in a car accident last night both have high concentrations of alcohol and drugs in their blood, involving drunk driving and drug driving!"
"The police found a large amount of spirits and drugs at the home of the deceased named Wilson, as well as a large amount of cash of unknown origin
" "In addition, it is said that this matter is related to the Irish gang in Hell's Kitchen, and the police are following up the investigation!"
Hearing these news, the smile in Xiao Ran's eyes suddenly became stronger.
At this moment, David suddenly knocked on the door and walked in.
As soon as he entered the door, this guy said:
"Sean, several agents of the FBI and the New York Police Department's Major Crime Unit want to see you and want to know something from you"
Xiao Ran smiled and nodded.
"The body is not afraid of the shadow oblique, let them in!"