"Tony, is this painting of yours really painted by that Rembrandt?" Brian looked at the "Oath of the Batavians" (part) and asked curiously.
Tangning nodded and replied, "Although it hasn't been authenticated yet, I feel like I'm 80% sure!"
Then he asked: "How did you know about this?"
"How do I know? Now almost everyone in New Orleans knows that Tony you bought a painting by the Dutch master Rembrandt in a small cafe for forty dollars!"
"This is just a part of a painting, and it's not entirely certain that it's Rembrandt's work!" Tangning corrected.
Brian disagreed and said, "Anyway, you made a lot of money this time. By the way, how much is this painting worth?"
Tangning laughed dumbly and said, "Who can say for sure! It all depends on how much the Royal Museum of Amsterdam is willing to pay!"
"It has to be at least ten times the forty dollars, right?" Brian asked.
Tangning snorted: "Four hundred dollars? Are you kidding me? I won't sell it for less than three thousand dollars. I might as well keep it for myself."
"Tony, when it comes to making money, what I admire most is you. You can find treasures in a small street cafe!" Brian praised.
Tangning waved her hands and said, "Oh, what a treasure is this!"
"Is it true that only those found by the Count of Monte Cristo can be considered treasures? But don't think about it, the United States has only been a country for a few years, how can we have treasures like those in Europe!" Brian retorted.
After hearing these words, Tang Ning suddenly had a flash of inspiration in her mind. She suddenly thought about why there are no treasures in the United States? Isn't it in the "Declaration of Independence"? Well, although this is just a movie, it is very suitable to be adapted into a novel.
So after Brian left, Tangning went into the study and began to read the first part of "National Treasure" starring Cage, renamed "Treasure in the Declaration of Independence".
This time, Tang Ning learned the lessons from the last time she wrote "Titanic" and made full use of her writing skills as a writer to successfully turn the story of a movie into a TV series.
After Tangning showed "Treasure in the Declaration of Independence" to Levin, Levin repeatedly praised: "Tony, your novel will definitely sell better than "Titanic". After all, no one can refuse Treasure."
Charm, you can see this just by looking at the popularity of "The Count of Monte Cristo"!"
But then he changed the topic and said: "There are just too many unnecessary plots in it. It would be better if it could be refined!"
When Levin said this, Tangning immediately became unhappy: "Levine, last time I wrote "Titanic" you said it was too short and I couldn't publish more than a few issues. Now I finally wrote it to be longer, and you said it was too short.
To refine it, how do I write it?"
Levin quickly reassured: "Tony, don't be angry, the main reason is that you are writing long for the sake of writing, and you didn't do that in "Gone with the Wind"!"
"Do you think Gone with the Wind can be written casually?" Tang Ning replied angrily.
"Well, that's true!" Levin was speechless, and then changed the topic and asked: "Tony, do you think there really is a treasure map in the Declaration of Independence?"
Tangning snorted coldly and said, "Are you kidding? How could it be possible?"
"But what you wrote really seems to be like this! And many of the details involved in it are also very real! For example, Charles Carroll at the beginning did indeed live until 1832."
"Of course, otherwise how can we make readers feel involved?" Tang Ning replied proudly.
But what Tangning never expected was that one day not long after, Brian suddenly ran in in a panic and said to Tangning excitedly: "Tony, what you wrote is actually true?!"
"I've written a lot, what are you talking about?" Tang Ning asked confused.
"This is the "Treasure of the Declaration of Independence"!" Brian handed over the newspaper in his hand.
Tang Ning took it and took a look. Sure enough, it was "The Treasure in the Declaration of Independence" written by herself, and then asked, "What do you mean when you say it is true?"
"What else could it mean? Of course this treasure is real!" Brian's hands were shaking a little with excitement.
"What?! You said the treasure in the Declaration of Independence is real?" Tangning couldn't help but exclaimed.
Brian nodded vigorously and replied: "Of course it's true!"
Then he complained: "Tony, you do the same. It would be great if we could dig up this treasure ourselves. Why do you want to write it down?"
"But, how could this be true?" Tang Ning frowned and muttered.
Brian swore and replied: "It's absolutely true, a guy named Steve has been found!"
"That's not right. If he was really found, shouldn't it have been reported in the newspapers already?" Tangning asked in confusion.
Brian hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "Well, it can't be considered completely found. It is said that Steve did find the treasure location based on the clues you mentioned in the novel, Tony, but it may be due to earthquakes or mudslides.
, so the entrance to the treasure has been sealed, so he is now looking for collaborators to dig up the treasure together!"
Hearing this, Tangning smelled something familiar, and then tentatively asked, "Does this collaborator have to pay for the movie first?"
Brian was very surprised and asked: "Hey, Tony, how do you know? Oh, has this Steve been looking for you?"
Tang Ning thought to herself, isn't this just like "I, Qin Shihuang, make money!", so she chuckled and replied: "This Mr. Steve has never come to me, but if I was the one who designed this scam, I would
That’s what you’d say!”
"What?! You said this was a scam?" Brian asked in confusion.
Tangning replied angrily: "Of course it's a scam. I wrote this "Treasure in the Declaration of Independence". How can I know whether the treasure is real or fake? And even if this Steve is really short of money and can't dig it out,
Treasure, he will also secretly look for collaborators, how could even you know about it? Isn’t this a scam? What you are eyeing is the Solomon Treasure, but what Steve is eyeing is the so-called upfront fee you provided.
!If you don’t believe it, just wait for a while, and there will definitely be reports about many people being deceived!”
PS: It's really a pity for the book "Big Han: I Solve Troubles for Emperor Wu". In fact, the author's writing style is good and the entry point is quite good. The first problem is that the title of the book as I mentioned before is not right, it is simple and crude "Rebirth"