84, the master is wandering, the clown is in the palace
"What are you collecting these for?" Officer Wang was a little amused when he saw Gu Chen's operations.
When it comes to collecting evidence for handling a case, it must be reliable evidence.
But Gu Chen was interested in bird droppings, which was hard to understand.
In other words, Gu Chen has a certain hobby?
For example, if I like to play with cactus, I can prick myself to play with it when I have nothing to do.
So when Gu Chen is fine, does he still have to play shit?
"I think I have to bring something back with me." Gu Chen couldn't explain clearly now, but he just felt like something was wrong.
Officer Wang held a small meeting last time and asked Gu Chen to report to him in time if he found anything new.
But there is no point in reporting something that you are not sure about.
Accompanied by Gao Shan, the three people left the Tangjia Alley and rushed to the next investigation location.
In the car, Officer Wang, who was sitting in the back seat, made a phone call. After communicating with the other party for a few words, he hung up the phone and then communicated with Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei.
"I just called an informant. We can go to his place and have a look first."
"Senior Brother Wang, what does this man do?" Gu Chen, who was driving, was curious and couldn't help but ask.
"He resold some calligraphy and paintings." Officer Wang recalled briefly for a few seconds and said: "I robbed tombs in the early years. After being released from prison, I have been doing some regular work, but he is considered a veteran in the calligraphy, painting and antique business. Let's go to him and ask him.
, maybe there will be some gains.”
Lu Weiwei leaned over and asked curiously: "You think this Aguda, are his calligraphy and paintings really so valuable? They are actually worth 2 million."
"The clown is in the palace, and the master is wandering." Gu Chen pointed out: "In fact, if it were placed in an auction house, it is estimated to fetch more than 3 million."
"Really?" Lu Weiwei's eyes lit up when she heard 3 million: "This should be enough for me to eat up all the food streets in the country, right?"
"Is that your appetite?" Officer Wang looked at her and quickly shook his head: "I guess."
Lu Weiwei rolled up her sleeves and hit Officer Wang hard, and the two began to fight in the back seat.
"Stop making trouble, we are working on a case." Officer Wang also hurriedly tried to dissuade him.
Lu Weiwei's operation made her have no prestige at all in front of the trainee police officers.
Gu Chen drove the car and shared what he learned.
"Actually, this Aguda became famous very early and is also very mysterious. It seems that he has not appeared in the public eye for a long time."
"If it hadn't been for this report, Junior Brother Gu wouldn't have been able to see him, right?" Lu Weiwei suddenly asked.
Gu Chen said: "When I was in elementary school, I saw Aguda's works at an art exhibition, but there was no news about them afterwards. I even thought that Aguda had given up painting. After all, the life of an artist is very difficult."
"You can't talk about hardship, right?" Officer Wang immediately raised a different opinion and said: "He can sell two to three million for a painting, which is enough for Lu Weiwei to eat up the food court."
"No." Gu Chen shook his head and explained: "Aguda's paintings have always been used for his own collection, or donated to welfare institutions in the form of charity sales."
"So great?" After hearing what Gu Chen said, Lu Weiwei had some new views on this Aguda.
Officer Wang couldn't help but said: "If you ask me, it's really the masters who are wandering and the clowns who are in the palace. In the past two years in our calligraphy and painting circles in Jiangnan City, I admire the old man who uses syringes and ink the most. I can never erase that good saying.
well."
"Pfft!" Lu Weiwei couldn't help laughing and said, "Do you still remember?"
"You have been on the hot searches in Jiangnan City, how could you not know?" Officer Wang also told the truth.
The main thing is the old man who uses a needle to draw ink. This operation is so good that it is very popular on all major platforms.
Following Officer Wang's address prompt, Gu Chen drove to a calligraphy and painting studio by the river. After parking the car, the three of them walked into the store together.
"Officer Wang, long time no see." A dark-skinned middle-aged man came forward to greet him enthusiastically.
Officer Wang ignored him and walked directly into the store to observe. After confirming that there were no other customers, he asked: "Heizi, have any calligraphy and painting works been circulated on the black market in the past week?"
The black market that Officer Wang mentioned is just a term in the industry.
The circulation and trading of calligraphy, painting and antique collections will require some brokers to connect buyers and sellers.
The commodity transactions between these are mostly private transactions, commodities bought and sold secretly, some are private collections, and some are stolen items.
The prices traded on the black market often fluctuate greatly, also called black market prices.
"Yes, of course, it happens every day." The man named Heizi said with a smile, "But I just don't know what Officer Wang is referring to?"
"Have you ever heard of Aguda's works?" Gu Chen took out his mobile phone and handed over the works in the photos.
Heizi frowned, and after thinking carefully for a few seconds, he said: "Aguda knows this, but his paintings have rarely been leaked, and there is very little circulation between buyers and collectors. I guess there is no such thing."
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"Are you sure?" Lu Weiwei frowned and said, "This painting is expensive, probably between 2 million and 3 million."
When he heard the price, Heizi was also shocked: "Is it so high? Then I have to ask my brothers over there, please wait."
Heizi took out his mobile phone and dialed several numbers in succession. After rambling for fifteen minutes, he replied: "Police officers, the thing you are talking about has not appeared on the market recently."
"Impossible." Officer Wang put his hands behind his back and looked at a painting on the wall and said, "You must have missed something. Please check it carefully for me."
Heizi also hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Officer Wang, if not, I will ask my brothers to ask. If there are clues, I will tell you as soon as possible. Do you think it's okay?"
Officer Wang looked at Gu Chen and asked, "What do you think?"
"Since the boss is an insider, he must have his own channels. I think it's okay." Gu Chen was not opposed to this kind of operation.
When it comes to investigating antique calligraphy and paintings, the store owner’s professionalism will definitely give him much better information than doing the investigation himself.
Professionals do professional things very reasonably.
Officer Wang agreed: "Okay, you can give me a reply before six o'clock this afternoon."
"Okay, I'll get back to you if you have any questions." The store owner was quite polite and cooperative.
After leaving the store, Gu Chen drove to the Jiangnan City Auction House, which is currently the only regular auction house in Jiangnan City.
Although there are some small private auction houses around, as long as there are items circulating for auction recently, you can investigate them in this area.
Officer Wang went directly to the auction house manager, a bespectacled man about forty years old who liked to wear formal clothes.
However, the results obtained were still very disappointing. Aguda's paintings did not appear at all.
"What should we do? Could it be that our investigation direction is wrong?" Lu Weiwei also said with a disappointed look on her face: "Perhaps this thief will temporarily avoid the limelight, and then he will sell the stolen goods when the limelight is over."
"What you said makes sense." Officer Wang frowned, put his hands on his waist and said, "If this is the case, the case processing time may be delayed for a long time."
He then looked at Gu Chen, who was deep in thought, and asked, "Gu Chen, what are you thinking about?"
"I'm wondering whether I should go to the technical department of the city bureau and ask forensic doctor Liu to help identify the items taken from Takasugi's house."
Officer Wang was shocked at that time: "You want to bring a pile of bird droppings for forensic analysis by Liu?"
