Speaking of the final work of the exhibition, it is naturally the oil painting called "Sunset". There is still no reliable research on its author. Some people say it is the work of the Dutch painter Rubens, while others say it is the work of Ray
Joa's work, but these are all guesses. One thing that all experts can be sure of is that the painting was made by a famous master. That's why it has such a high price.
Although it is not as good as Picasso's oil painting "Boy with a Pipe", that painting was sold for a sky-high price of 104.16 million US dollars, setting a new world record for painting auctions and becoming the most expensive painting in the world.
It can't even be compared with "Portrait of Doctor Gachet", "The Beating of the Baby", "The Ball at the Moulin Rouge", "Self-Portrait without Beard", and "Slaughter of the Innocents", which occupy the top positions in the world's auction history.
But its charm and value are unquestionable.
"I don't know, what kind of people will I meet at this art exhibition?" Chu Yan is of course not interested in the painting anymore. He is interested in the gallery owner, specifically the gallery owner's husband.
, the Russian man who has always been hidden behind his back and kept a low profile.
Of course, Chu Yan will not make rash conclusions about the Russian's true identity. He will find ways to get in touch with this circle, and then enter this circle, so as to use a reasonable identity to understand his situation. It may not be 100% fruitful.
, but it’s definitely worth a try.
There was no conversation that night, and in the early morning of the next morning, after breakfast, Chu Yan and Lao Tie drove to the Dirot Gallery located south of Paris, France.
The exhibition of the gallery is in progress. It just opened at ten o'clock in the morning. There are not many people there. Because Chu Yan and Lao Tie missed the opening ceremony, there are not many complicated procedures to go through. They just need to
Just go through the metal detector and walk in to admire it.
The exhibition hall of Diluo River Gallery is much more tightly guarded than Chu Yan imagined. Although it is only a private gallery, the relationships and channels he has behind it are strong enough. Otherwise, no official police force will come.
Help maintain order, and among the crowd, there are many guests with cold expressions and sharp eyes walking back and forth.
Chu Yan was very keenly aware that those people were not guests at all, but secret sentries arranged by the gallery, because even if there were more high-tech equipment to monitor, some manpower would still be needed to make people feel more at ease. In the crowd
There is no doubt that these people are extremely necessary. As long as any situation arises, they will appear on the scene as soon as possible to solve and control the situation.
"Captain, the security level here, if the full score is level five, is at least level three and a half to level four. The security system is customized, and the exhibition windows are also explosion-proof high-strength glass. There are also a lot of monitors.
With mobile cameras, motion sensors, pressure sensors, etc., the security measures of this gallery are no more relaxed than those of an ordinary intelligence organization." Although Lao Tie is not good at intelligence gathering, his analysis of the environment is very good.
It was all in place. With just a normal glance from the corner of his eye, he opened his mouth and listed the safety equipment that could be seen in the gallery.
It's staggering. These four words are not exaggerated to describe what Lao Tie saw. Although Chu Yan also knew this, his face was still calm and his eyes were very focused on admiring it.
A painting in front of me.
Chu Yan was not familiar with the world of calligraphy and painting, so he naturally did not know the names of these masters. However, the angle of appreciation told him that the painting in front of him was very good. Although there was not too much pen and ink, the whole painting felt like
It's done in one go, and it's very skillful.
Of course, these are all summaries made by Chu Yan from an outsider's perspective, and the fact is that with their current identities and statuses, the quality of these masters' paintings can no longer be expressed purely in terms of technique.
, more often than not, it is the brand effect of their own name that guides the value of the painting.
Although saying this is a bit contemptuous of the painter's skills, the actual situation is exactly the opposite. A painter needs classic works to become famous, and if you want to paint these classic works, you must have a solid foundation.
Only the skill base is enough. But when it reaches a certain height, the effect of the skill base will be weakened, and the name of the master will gradually become more important. This situation arises.
"Captain, why is that exhibition stand not opened?" Chu Yan and Lao Tie were leisurely admiring the works in the exhibition hall. In the most conspicuous position of the exhibition hall, a stand that was completely different from other cabinets was under the light.
Stand out from the crowd.
The interior of the booth is black, with a cylindrical booth base, and a slope of about 45 degrees at a height of 1.5 meters. There is nothing on the slope. On the outside of the cylindrical shape, there is a window that is more than twice as thick as other windows.
of tempered glass cover.
"If nothing else, it is the exhibition stand for the painting. But why there is no painting, I don't know." Chu Yan looked at the exhibition stand and felt a little strange. After all, an exhibition is an exhibition.
It’s quite strange to have the main exhibition stand there without any works.
"You don't seem to know this booth very well, do you? It is the exclusive booth for "Sunset". However, the rule of the Dillo River Gallery is that this booth is only open to the public for forty-five minutes every day, and today's forty-five minutes have passed
.So if you want to watch "Sunset", you have to be a little early tomorrow." Chu Yan and Lao Tie didn't walk together, at least they didn't look like they were together on the surface, so they were prepared.
After Chu Yan stood in front of this weird booth for more than a minute, a voice sounded from beside him. Chu Yan turned around and saw a woman wearing a long dress that was not too grand, holding a
Wearing a black rectangular clutch.
"Oh? So that's it. No wonder when I came, I found that many people had already left. You must know that this was just opened." Chu Yan nodded with a smile and thanked the woman in front of him. No matter what the identity of the woman was,
Chu Yan welcomes her to hook up. After all, having an extra stranger to chat with at this exhibition is always a good thing.
"I'm Charlie, and you?" The woman smiled generously, and then extended her hand while introducing herself.
"Chu Yan, you can call me Chu. You all like to call us by our last names, right?" Chu Yan also smiled and stretched out his hand. After introducing himself generously, the two hands were held together, and the two strangers became
A pair of ordinary friends.
This is the rule of social communication. There will always be some strangers who break into your world and either become your friends or your enemies. Of course, most of them just make soy sauce in your world and then quietly go away.
leave.
The acquaintance between Charlie and Chu Yan was so simple, without too many thrills or too many twists and turns. Of course, neither of them knew what kind of situation they would develop into in the future. At present, they were just friends who had just met.
That's all.
"Are you Chinese?" Charlie looked at Chu Yan and couldn't help but ask after hearing Chu Yan's words, because in her ears, what she heard was pure French, without any trace of it.
The mixture of regional accents is just like that of an ordinary French person.
"Well, I'm Chinese. I came to France for vacation and took a look around. I didn't mean to come here today. How about you? Charlie, this name doesn't sound like a French name." Chu Yan and Charlie
The chat topic opened up very quickly, and Chu Yan also had a very special feeling, that is, he and Charlie seemed to have known each other a long time ago, and now they didn't feel strange at all when they were standing together chatting together.
"Charlie was named for me by my grandfather. My grandfather is American, but my father and mother were both born in France, and I have such a name. I am a pure Parisian. If you don't mind, I
I think I can be your guide." Charlie looked at Chu Yan with excitement. Like Chu Yan, she felt a sense of familiarity with him, so she took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Chu Yan.
"Guide?" When Chu Yan heard this, a charming smile appeared on his face.