Chapter 3349 True Value

"Yeah," Kuroba Kaito had long heard Terai Khonosuke mention this possibility. He didn't expect that his and Terai Khonosuke's guesses would be directly stated by Koizumi Anko. He looked at Koizumi Anko in surprise and asked, "Everyone thinks that Van Gogh's second "Sunflowers" has been destroyed. Hongzi, why do you think that the "Sunflowers" that is about to be auctioned is the same painting as that one?"

"Aoko mentioned this painting to me the day before yesterday. She said that the classmates in our class were discussing the origin of this painting." Koizumi Anko looked calm and calm. "I thought it was interesting, so I took the time to do a divination. The divination results showed that it It is indeed a work by Van Gogh, and it is the second "Sunflowers" that is said to have been destroyed."

Kuroba Kaito: "..."

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Divination, divination...

Hongzi is still so talkative.

Terai Huangnosuke: "..."

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Is this what’s popular among young people now?

But it’s right to think about it. Not many people know what happened back then. There is no way Miss Hongzi could be an insider...

Koshizui Nanatsuki believed that Koizumi Anko's divination result was correct, and pondered, "Back then, Ashiya in Japan suffered an air raid, and the home of the rich man who collected the painting "Sunflowers" was also destroyed by fire. Everyone said that the painting "Sunflowers" It has been burned. If this "Sunflower" is the "Ashiya Sunflower", then it means that it was not destroyed in the war, right? When Ashiya was hit by an air raid, someone from that family said Maybe he protected the painting, and later, in order to prevent the painting from being taken away, the person lied that the painting was destroyed by fire. In fact, the painting was secretly hidden by that person, and it has not been resurfaced until now. …”

Terai Huangnosuke: "..."

This is indeed what happened.

"Grandpa Terai just said that he had seen that painting..." Koshizui Nanatsuki looked at Terai Kinosuke with curiosity in his eyes, "Are you talking about the 'Ashiya Sunflowers'? When Ashiya was hit by an air raid, You are about 20 years old. If you know the rich Japanese who collect "Sunflower", you should have the opportunity to see 'Ashiya Sunflower'... Do you have any relationship with that family? "

"This, this..." Terai Kinosuke sweated, turned around and looked around. Seeing that there were no outsiders nearby, he decided to tell part of the truth and lowered his voice, "When I was young, I did know the collector. The rich man who owned the 'Ashiya Sunflower' actually saw 'Ashiya Sunflower' in his home. I wanted to take a look at the painting at auction in New York just to confirm whether it was the 'Ashiya Sunflower'."

"The 'Ashiya Sunflowers' painting was not destroyed back then, and you know the inside story, right?" Koshimizu Nanatsuki also lowered his voice and analyzed with interest, "Otherwise, you were in the publicity of the auction items When I saw that painting, I would have guessed, like everyone else, whether it was a forgery or whether it was Van Gogh's unknown 8th "Sunflowers" instead of thinking so quickly that it might be 'Ashiya Sunflowers'. I am also planning to go to New York to confirm in person.”

Terai Kinosuke saw that Koshizui Nanatsuki had analyzed it to this extent and knew that he could not hide it, so he did not try to hide it. He nodded helplessly and said in a low voice, "You are right, it was taken by that family. Someone protected me, and then the painting was secretly sent abroad. But after that, I don’t know where the painting went. However, if I see the painting again, I will definitely take it. Recognized!"

"That's great," Nanatsuki Koshizui sighed softly with joy in his eyes, "One of Van Gogh's seven 'Sunflowers in a Vase' was destroyed in the war. This has always been a regret for many people. If Everyone knows that the painting was not destroyed, and many people will be happy because of it..."

"But having said that, even if grandpa can confirm that it is the 'Ashiya Himawari', it will be difficult to convince everyone to believe it," Kuroba Kaito whispered, "There will definitely be people who don't want to believe that it is the 'Ashiya Himawari'. "

"In my opinion, it doesn't really matter whether other people believe it or not," Terai Kinosuke said softly, his eyes a little dazed, "If it is really the 'Ashiya Himawari', I very much hope that it can return to Japan again, even if it is It’s okay just once…”

Chi Feichi lowered his eyes and looked at the photo of "Sunflower" displayed on the auction list. His face was calm and indifferent, but the fire of jealousy in his heart was spreading crazily. He said, "I can buy it."

Why can others own Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" but he doesn't?

No, he also wants to have such a collectible painting!

"Ah?" Terai Huangnosuke confirmed to Chi Feichi in surprise, "Master Feichi, you just said..."

Chi Feichi closed the list of auction items and confirmed firmly, "If this is an authentic work by Van Gogh, I can make a decision on behalf of the Chi family and bid to buy it."

Jealousy did not get to his head.

In the original plot, Suzuki Jiroyoshi spent 300 million to buy the "Sunflower" painting. It seemed like a waste, but in fact it was not a loss at all.

Van Gogh's other six "Sunflowers" are collected in different museums. If Suzuki Jirokichi wants to open a "Sunflower Exhibition" in Japan, he must borrow the other six "Sunflowers".

If Suzuki Jirokichi himself does not own this painting "Sunflowers", the other six museums may not be willing to lend the painting to Suzuki Jirokichi. After buying this "Sunflowers", Suzuki Jirokichi can promise other museums - "I will also lend this painting to other museums in the future." "Sunflowers are loaned to you". In this way, other museums will agree to lend out "Sunflowers" collected by their own museums in order to study and exhibit "Sunflowers" in the hands of Jirokichi Suzuki.

After all, renting "Sunflower" is similar to renting a giant panda. You can't rent or borrow it only if you have money. The owner must evaluate the strength of the renter and consider the friendship between the two parties before deciding whether to rent "Sunflower". 》Lent out.

To put it simply, borrowing "Sunflower" is a favor in itself.

If the Chi family owns this "Sunflower", the Chi family can gain a lot of favors by lending "Sunflower" to others for study and exhibition.

The contributors of these favors may be rich people from other countries, or they may be a famous historical researcher or painter, and these people often have a complicated social circle. If one day in the future, the Chi family needs to meet a genius in an unfamiliar field , rich people, maybe you can rely on this favor and ask the person who owes you the favor to help set up a connection, or even rely on the method of "I will lend you "Sunflower"" to quickly connect with someone in an unfamiliar field. Become familiar.

Although not everyone will be interested in "Sunflower", the Chi family does not need to expect that this painting will be useful to everyone. As long as it is useful once or twice at critical moments, it is worth buying it.

When it has developed to the level of the Chi family and the Suzuki family, the amount of money spent is just a number. The difficulty is how to send a favor at the same level, and "Sunflower" is a good tool for sending favors and a good tool for broadening the network of interpersonal relationships. .

This is the real value of "Sunflower".

If you just want to rely on "Sunflower" to promote the museum, and then make money by collecting museum admission fees, after deducting the expenses of maintaining "Sunflower", maintaining safety protection facilities, and paying insurance premiums, there may not be any money left in the end. For a few dollars, hanging a painting in a museum for a hundred years may not make it back.

And if the interpersonal value of "Sunflower" can be utilized, then "Sunflower" is a human relationship tool that can be lent out and recycled repeatedly. It is not a loss to spend 300 million US dollars to buy it.

Furthermore, Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" is now worth hundreds of millions of dollars. However, the painting that is about to be auctioned is controversial. Many people are not sure whether it is a fake painting, so the auction in the original plot No one at the meeting offered as high a price as Suzuki Jirokichi.

At the auction in the original plot, many people were hesitating and watching, worried about paying a high price for a replica painting. Some of the bidders had a pick-up mentality. Only Suzuki Jiroyoshi was determined to win the painting. The price was high enough to match the painting.

If this were not the case, the bidding at the auction would have been very fierce. Jirokichi Suzuki would probably have to pay 300 million US dollars if he wanted to win this painting.

He had been considering whether to buy the "Sunflower" painting, and he was already ready to participate in the auction when he arrived in New York.

He is a pragmatist. When he has the ability to use high-tech technology and other famous painting collections to expand his interpersonal network, he does not care much about a "Sunflower". If Suzuki Jiroyoshi really needed it, he would have originally I don’t mind selling a favor and giving the painting to Suzuki Jirokichi, but...

Now he's jealous!

If he gave the painting to Suzuki Jirokichi, and saw Suzuki Jirokichi laughing at the "Sunflower" he bought, and then thought that he didn't have a "Sunflower", he would be so jealous that he would want to kill Suzuki Jirokichi on the spot.

Therefore, in order to feel better for himself and for the safety of others, he felt that he could buy this "Sunflower".