As time goes by, Fang Yi's house in Los Angeles has now been officially completed. Wyatt Frantem has been supervising Fang Yi from the beginning to the end, including the interior decoration part. Of course.
There is no need to waste money for lunch, and the labor Wyatt has put in will eventually be converted into his income.
When he heard that his house was built, Fang Yi immediately started to take care of things. He started packing the gifts and works that he was about to transport away in cartons. In general, Fang Yi didn't have much here.
The things were nothing more than some clothes and a piece of my own work. There were very few things, so Fang Yi didn't ask his friends for help and just did it himself.
Of course, the first thing to do is to declare the customs. As long as you take the oil painting out, you will be inspected by the French customs. Even if Fang Yi takes his own works out, this is indispensable, not to mention that Fang Yi is also planning to pick up the door.
Transport it to your big house and put it away. There is also a painting of 'Pissarro'!
Now this Pissarro is in Fang Yi's hand. Looking at his work happily, Fang Yi is thinking about what to do next! Of course, Fang Yi has an extraordinary understanding of French airport customs since he came to France.
Feelings. Now this Pissarro can be regarded as a test question given by Fang Yi to these bastards. If they can distinguish it, they will be considered lucky. If they can't distinguish it, they will be unlucky. Although I think so, Fang Yirang will be accurate for these bastards.
I can’t recognize it!
Fang Yi put the painting back into the leather painting sleeve, sat on the chair next to him and touched his chin, thinking about how to cheat the French customs. First of all, Fang Yi didn't think that anyone in France could conclude that his painting of Pissarro was
You're faking it. Ninety-nine percent of the similarities in your mind are not for fun. Secondly, how do you remove yourself from this 'entertainment'? There's no problem with cheating French customs. But how do you remove yourself from this matter?
After going out, Fang Yi was a little confused.
There are sure to be pitfalls, because Europe has a law to protect domestic art. That is, oil paintings from many years ago in this country are subject to certain restrictions. It does not mean that you can’t take restricted oil paintings of famous artists out of France if you buy them from France.
, but there is a little trouble. France stipulates that restricted oil paintings will be controlled by the government.
In five to eight months, the French government or art institution will negotiate with the owner of the painting to take back the work at a certain price. If the negotiation goes well, I will be happy. If the negotiation does not go well,
Or if the price demanded by the holder of the painting is too high, then there is nothing that can be done, and the painting should be taken away.
Although it is French antiques or works of art, as long as you can buy them, you can take them out of France, but some things are a little troublesome. In the past few months, the European and American governments have adopted a small trick to protect their own works of art.
But if you don’t want to sell it to the European and American governments, there’s nothing you can do. I just get time and let you take it away. Of course, if you buy any weapons of mass destruction, let alone whether you can buy it privately, even if you buy it, which government
I dare not let you take me away like this.
On this point, we still respect your ownership rights. Originally, the things you bought are yours. Wherever you want to take them, that is your freedom. The government has no power to interfere with these. What I bought, I want to take
You don't have to talk too much, as long as I bought it legally. How to deal with it is my business and has nothing to do with your government.
Fang Yi thought for a moment and took out the phone in his hand. He dialed Zou Heming.
Waiting for the phone call to come through, Fang Yi asked: "Zou He! I have something here to see if you can help!".
"What's the matter?" Zou Heming seemed to have gone to bed before ten o'clock in the evening, and his voice was a little lazy.
Fang Yi had no interest in asking what Zou Heming was doing. Anyway, he just answered the phone and said that his business was over: "I have two works on hand, they may be authentic! One is by Menzel and the other is by Pisa.
Luo, I'm thinking if I don't come forward, can you help bring them back to the United States?"
"You won't come forward?" Zou Heming couldn't help but asked strangely: "Your name is definitely on everyone's column. No one can escape from this, or they will have to pay taxes when they change hands in the United States.
, if you don’t pay taxes, just wait for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to cause trouble!”.
"I just want to keep a low profile. The reputation in front of me is too big. Just ship it to the United States quietly! That's all I want! Menzel's is fine. I'm just afraid that Pissarro will cause trouble. After all, it's France.
Painter, your works are protected!" Fang Yi casually made an excuse to explain to Zou Heming on the other end. Fang Yi was really helpless in deceiving Zou Heming, and he couldn't talk to anyone about this deception of French customs.
"It's a little troublesome to declare it yourself, but it doesn't cost extra. If you hire someone to go through customs on your own, you'll have to pay, and it's not cheap." Zou Heming said after hearing this.
"I just need to keep it a secret. Anyway, these two paintings will put me in the newspaper again." Fang Yi continued to fool Zou Heming: "Anyway, we can't let anything appear in the newspaper. Fang Yi has works by Pissarro and Menzel.
!". So what about spending money? As long as Pissarro is sold, what kind of expenses can't be paid? Why do you care about this little money!
Zou Heming thought for a while and said: "What's so difficult about this? Let me help you find an agency to take care of it. Just say anonymous when reporting to the outside world. When do you want to declare it?"
"As soon as possible," Fang Yi said, "I will move to my house in two weeks at most. I have only been here in Paris for a few days. It's just a house over there, and everything else is still there."
I have to prepare a lot of things and have to do it myself!”.
The new house is big. If Fang Yi is allowed to clean it by himself, Fang Yi will have to do nothing but sweep the floor all day long. Of course, such a big house requires a housekeeper and some cleaning people. Every time I see
Fang Yi felt a little envious of Anders' housekeeper. Now that he had a house, of course he had to hire someone.
The previous one. It’s not just an employee problem. Fang Yi is also planning to buy a few cows and sheep to run in the small pasture, and then buy two horses or something. Learning to ride a horse is also a good thing. In short, Fang Yi
He has set a lot of steps for his future life, all of which have to be done after Fang Yi arrives at his mansion.
"Leave it to me to deal with the French customs. Just promise to hand over the next painting to me on time. How about that?" Zou Heming immediately discussed the terms with Fang Yi.
Fang Yi calculated it and said: "No problem! It's settled!".
"Okay! I'll go take care of your business early tomorrow morning. If there's nothing else to do now, I'll hang up the phone." Zou Heming heard Fang Yi hum and casually put the phone away in his hand.
What Zou Heming promised was done very smoothly. Three days later, two Americans who were engaged in art business flew to Paris. After talking with these two people and signing an agency agreement, Fang Yi handed over the work to them.
In the hands of others, I took a plane to Los Angeles early the next morning. I kept two works of art that two Americans had declared to customs in France, one authentic and one fake.
The reason why he ran away so quickly was that Fang Yi had calculated it. Maybe Nick would let him take a look. Now, his ability to distinguish the authenticity of works is not only available in the Versailles Museum, but also in the Paris appraisal circle.
gained a certain reputation.
It would be really fun if I was asked to appraise the Pissarro painting I made. At that time, Fang Yi didn't know whether he would be better off saying it was an original or a forgery. It would be a bit contrary to say it was an original.
Despite Fang Yi's principle of not lying as much as possible, let's call it a fake. How can I deceive people and collect some money back into my pocket?
Fang Yi rushed to the plane and went to the United States. The two agents also started to declare customs step by step. But first, according to Fang Yi's instructions, the two works reported to the French customs were filled in with the words "Pissarro".
and the works of Menzel.
The two works sent to the customs quickly passed the first round of appraisal, and Menzel's work was released directly. French customs had no great interest in wasting taxpayers' money on German works of art.
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The 'Authentic Work of Pissarro' was not treated like this. First, it was roughly appraised by appraisers from Haitian, and then sent to the customs' professional appraisal studio, where the customs conducted a high-level appraisal.
The experts looked at it carefully again. These people came to the conclusion: it is authentic! And it is a work by Pissarro at his peak, but it is said to be a masterpiece. Although they have not seen this work before, when these people saw it,
My heart is still full of excitement!
The customs gave an appraisal opinion. This is not the end. They also invited some experts active in Paris to come to the appraisal room to once again confirm the authenticity of this work. This time, not only free appraisers came, but
There were also experts from major museums, a total of twenty people, squatting in the customs house looking at Fang Yi's forgery.
"It is indeed an authentic work!" An old man with a big beard said with emotion as he looked at this 'authentic work' hanging on the wall: "It condenses Courbet's broad sentiments and Cézanne's solidity.
The outlines of all objects give way to flashing air and lively colors. The painting "Montmartre Avenue - Spring Dawn" by Dongxi Wang displayed in the work is even more superb!"
The old man standing next to him also nodded and said: "It is undoubtedly Pissarro's masterpiece!".
Just as Fang Yi thought, Nick was now mixed with this group of people and came to the site to appreciate this work on behalf of the Versailles Museum. Of course, Nick also believed that the Pissarro in front of him was undoubtedly authentic.
Of course, the major art museums sent people here, firstly to appraise the works, and secondly, to arouse the interest of the major museums. Although the museums may not have much money to acquire the works, this is because of the directors behind these museums.
Sponsors and so on have huge wallets.
In short, the meaning of the customs and government is: everyone has seen it, if you are interested, just pay and talk to them, and try to keep this thing in France! (To be continued...)
ps: I recommend another stone, "The Strongest Demon Master" by Gu Dashi
Introduction:
Hu Fei feels that the hardships life has given him have enabled him to be calm and calm in facing anything.
But damn, a monster actually possessed his sister! He crossed his legs, picked his teeth, and disliked the fact that today’s poached eggs were not raw enough. This cliff cannot be determined by eggs.
But for the life and physical safety of my sister, we must work together with this old monster. She drinks tea and gives orders while he practices and works hard...
There is no way that neither uncle nor aunt can endure it, so he must endure it! /波OK/