"Sir, what did you say? You, you want to buy this painting?" The boss couldn't help but exclaimed.
Tangning nodded and replied, "Yes, you won't sell it?"
The boss hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "It depends on how much money you pay!"
Tangning thought for a moment, then stretched out two fingers and replied: "Twenty dollars!"
The boss shook his head without hesitation and replied: "I won't sell it for twenty dollars. I told you just now that this is what my grandmother left behind."
Hearing this, Tang Ning almost added, "You have to pay more!", but in fact, that's what he did: "Thirty dollars at most, I won't buy it if it's more. The original purpose of buying it is for research.
Check out the use of color!”
"Not even thirty dollars, at least one hundred dollars!" the boss said, raising a finger.
This time it was Tangning's turn to turn around and leave without hesitation: "Forget it, buying such an inexplicable painting for one hundred dollars, am I crazy?!"
Just as Tangning walked out of the door, the boss suddenly chased her and said, "Fifty, fifty dollars, okay?"
After some haggling, Tangning finally accepted the painting for forty dollars. After returning home, he showed off to Heidi and said, "Dear, what do you think of this painting?"
Heidi looked at it for a long time, then frowned and asked: "Tony, what is this painting about?"
"You can't understand it? That's right, because this painting is part of a painting, more precisely, it's the part of the background. So naturally you can't tell what the painting is by just looking at it.
!" Tangning explained.
Heidi couldn't help but exclaimed: "Only, just part of the background? How big is the original painting?"
"Well, you know Rembrandt's "Night Watch", it's probably similar to his, or even bigger!" Tangning gave an example.
Hearing what Tang Ning said, an idea flashed in Heidi's mind: "Could this also be a painting by Rembrandt?"
Tangning nodded and replied: "Yes, I feel this should be part of his masterpiece "The Oath of the Batavians"! Speaking of which, the fate of this painting was very miserable. Initially, Rembrandt was ordered by the Amsterdam Municipal Government to
This painting was commissioned by the hall. Originally, this kind of custom-made painting is very easy to paint. You just need to make these historical figures tall and majestic and hang them up with momentum.
But no one expected that Rembrandt would actually paint the Batavian leader Kolendis and others like bandits. How could this be displayed in the city hall? So they returned the goods. But Rembrandt at that time
Lang was extremely poor, so he cut this masterpiece into several pieces and sold them separately. This piece should be one of them!
Of course, this is just a guess. When I have the opportunity to go to the Royal Museum in Amsterdam, I will take this painting for appraisal, because most of the painting is now hidden in this museum!"
"Going to the Netherlands? That would be great, I haven't been to the Netherlands yet!" Heidi said happily.
Although Tang Ning decided to go to Amsterdam, it would definitely not be possible to just pick up and leave like now. But to his surprise, one day half a month later, the butler Rob suddenly reported to him: "Master, there is a fee...
Mr. Sen is looking for you!"
"Faison? I don't seem to recognize this person!" Tangning said with a frown.
But he still came to the reception room, but when he saw Mr. Faison, he immediately thought: "You are the owner of the cafe, right?"
"That's right, it's me. I didn't expect you would still remember me, Mr. Tangning!" Faison replied humbly.
"Of course I remember you, your coffee is delicious, and I even bought a painting from you!" Tangning said casually.
Hearing Tang Ning mention the painting, Faison suddenly seemed very excited: "Mr. Tang Ning, it's good if you still remember that painting. In fact, I came to you today just for this painting!"
"What happened to that painting?" Tangning asked curiously.
"Mr. Tangning, do you remember that I told you that this painting was passed down from my grandmother?"
Tangning nodded and replied, "Yes, you did say that at that time."
"Since I sold that painting to you, I can't sleep well every night. Whenever I lie down, I will dream. In the dream, my grandmother is scolding me for selling this precious painting, so Mr. Tangning
Could you please return this painting to me? Here is the forty dollars, I will return them to you!" With that, Faison took out forty dollars and handed it over.
After hearing what Faison said, Tangning thought for a moment and then refused: "Mr. Faison, I think you should consult a doctor about your sleep quality. It has nothing to do with whether to buy back the painting!"
"It must be related. I believe that as long as I buy this painting back, my grandmother will not scold me in my dreams!" Faison said eagerly.
"Your point of view is so ridiculous!"
After a few more words of entanglement, when he saw that Tang Ning had no intention of selling the painting, Faison's expression changed and he said fiercely: "Mr. Tang Ning, if you don't return this painting to me, I'm going to go
I’m suing you!”
Tangning laughed dumbly and said, "Sue me? What are you suing me for?"
"I sue you for fraud! You clearly knew that this painting was a work by the Dutch master Rembrandt, but you defrauded me of it for a mere forty dollars!" Faison said angrily.
"Who told you that this painting was painted by Rembrandt?" Tangning asked with a frown.
"Don't worry about it, but you said it yourself, you won't deny it, right?" Faison asked.
"I do suspect that this painting is part of "The Oath of the Batavians" by the Dutch painter Rembrandt, but I am just doubting it. No one can be sure of the authenticity of this painting until it is authenticated at the Royal Museum in Amsterdam.
"
At this point, Tangning changed the subject and said, "But regardless of whether this painting is a work by Rembrandt or not, this painting is mine now and has nothing to do with you, Mr. Faison, so please
You leave immediately and don’t bother me about this matter again, otherwise I will call the police even if you don’t sue me!”
After saying that, Tangning called Tim and Adrian, who were in charge of the manor's defense, to drive Faison out. However, when he was being taken away, Faison still refused to give up and shouted: "Tangning, I will definitely sue you."
, I will definitely take my painting back!"
At this time, Heidi had already heard the sound and came over. Tangning explained the matter to her and asked, "Who have you told about this? Who did Faison learn that this painting might be from London?"
Brown’s?”
Heidi was very embarrassed and replied: "Well, actually I have told many people about this."
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