"Rob, what are these two big boxes?" Tangning asked the housekeeper out of curiosity when she saw the two big boxes in the house after she came back from going out.
Robert opened his mouth and replied: "Master, this is sent from Paris. The content of the letter says that a friend of Master Jules sent his inheritance to you!"
"Uncle Yule's inheritance?" Tangning muttered to herself, and then asked someone to open the door.
As a "painter", most of Yule's legacy is naturally composed of oil paintings. As for his level, Tang Ning, a professional, can only say that he is a little better than ordinary people, but if you want to make money with this Have to starve to death...
Fortunately, Yule's inheritance included not only his paintings, but also oil paintings by other painters. Of course, the ones he could receive and leave as inheritance were definitely not well-known painters, such as Courbet's which he boasted about before. There are no paintings, of course. If there were, he wouldn't have to go around swindling money.
Although they were all works by "unknown painters", some of them still made Tangning exclaim in surprise.
"This, this is a work by Paul Cézanne?!"
"This, this is Zola's poem manuscript?!"
"No way, it's actually Claude Monet's "The Woman in Green"?!"
"..."
Seeing Tangning's surprised expression, Heidi asked curiously, "Tony, are the works of these painters particularly valuable?"
"It's not worth anything now, but it will be worth a lot in the future and can be left to Jason as a family heirloom!" Tangning naturally had a reason for saying this. Although he didn't really like the Impressionist style, it didn't affect his love for Crow. The appraisal of the works of the two Impressionist masters, De Monet and Paul Cézanne, especially Monet, is not yet the time for him to become famous. In ten or twenty years, this "Green" "Women in Clothes" bought half of his estate without any problem, and it will become more valuable as time goes by. In a hundred years, it will be worth tens of millions of dollars. It seems that Uncle Yule has not been in vain all these years in Paris. I got to know several future masters who were temporarily in decline. (Monet actually used his wife as a model for "Woman in Green" in more than one painting)
Although Tangning was very excited here, Heidi took the "Woman in Green" and looked at it carefully, frowning and said: "Tony, although I don't know how to draw, I really can't see what's wrong with this painting." Okay, and they are much different from the oil paintings I usually see, even yours!"
"You don't understand this. This is a new oil painting school that just emerged in Paris, called Impressionism!" Tangning explained.
"What is Impressionism?" Heidi asked curiously.
To be honest, this question really stopped Tangning. He was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "This is very complicated to talk about. To put it simply, it is a painting painted outdoors, captured outdoors under the sun. real scenes and feelings.”
"Well, although I don't quite understand, I trust your judgment Tony. Rob, put these paintings away properly!" Heidi ordered.
Tangning secretly thought to herself, if Danina were here now, she would definitely understand the benefits of these paintings. Hey, people are not perfect after all!
Just when Tang Ning was thinking wildly, Heidi's mother came to see her again with a bunch of things. Catherine also happened to come over at this time, so Tang Ning went over to greet her alone.
Seeing that Catherine also came alone, Tangning was a little surprised: "Where is Jonathan?"
Catherine replied with some displeasure: "Who knows what he is up to, he has been so mysterious lately!"
Nicole had warned her before that Jonathan might not believe her explanation about Catherine, so Tangning felt that there was no need to talk casually about the couple's affairs now, so she said perfunctorily: "Maybe I'm preparing to give you a surprise!
"
Then he changed the subject and said: "By the way, Catherine, are you coming today?"
Catherine took out a piece of "City News" and replied: "Oh, I am a little curious about this article "Death in Atlanta", so I came over to ask Mr. Tangning for your advice!"
"Uh, why are you curious?" Tang Ning asked a little unconfidently, because after all, this was not written by herself.
Unexpectedly, Catherine actually asked very directly: "Mr. Tangning, is it really you who wrote this article "Death in Atlanta"?"
"Why do you ask that?" Tangning did not answer directly, but asked instead.
Catherine explained: "I have read your "Gone with the Wind" many times, and I feel that the wording habits and writing logic are completely different, so I have this question."
"It's also possible that I provided the plot ideas and then Ms. Anderson wrote the script! It's not the first time I've done this. For example, it was like this in "Downing Abbey"!" Tangning defended.
But Catherine still waved her hands and said: "No, no, no, plot setting is not your style either!"
"I didn't expect you to know me so well, Catherine! Okay, I admit it..."
But before Tangning could finish her words, Catherine interrupted: "You don't need to say anything. In fact, your defense just now was very clear. But don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this matter.
This is our little secret!"
"But it's not suitable for us to have any little secrets right now!" Tangning complained in her mind, and then changed the topic: "I didn't expect that Catherine, your appreciation ability is so high, you must also write a lot of things, right?"
Unexpectedly, Catherine waved her hands again and said: "No, I just like it, but I don't like writing!"
"Oh, that's how it is!"
"Actually, your works are not my favorite, Mr. Tangning!" Catherine added.
"So who is your favorite author?" Tang Ning asked curiously.
"Edgar Allan Poe!" Catherine replied word for word.
After hearing this answer, Tangning echoed with interest: "What a coincidence, my favorite is also Edgar Allan Poe, especially The Murders in the Rue Morgue!"
"My favorite is "The Fall of the House of Usher"!" Catherine replied. (You can check out the copy of the House of Usher in "Thrillerland", it's very exciting!)
"I also like that one. In fact, I have tried to write this type of story before..." Then, Tangning casually told two classic horror stories.
PS: After seeing nearly 200 chapters, I once again confirmed that "Chicago 1990" is a sketch that Lao Qi wrote and played. This way of advancing the plot is too casual, but I have to admit that even if it is written and played, Lao Qi's skills
It’s not something that most writers can match, at least I’m far behind...
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