So Tangning asked curiously, "Where did you hear all this?"
Brian replied: "The butler told me!"
"Then where did the housekeeper hear this?" Tangning asked again.
"He heard it while he was drinking at Grenier's Bar!"
"Then who was the person who told him about this in the bar?" Tangning asked.
Brian shook his head and replied: "I don't know about this, and I guess Farr doesn't know either, because he heard it from other people's gossip, and it seems that he doesn't know that person either!"
"That's weird!" Tang Ning murmured to herself.
"What's weird?" Brian asked curiously.
"Because I have heard similar statements before." Then, Tangning told Brian what she heard from Levin.
Brian was a little surprised after hearing this: "It's quite strange to say that!"
As the old saying goes, "Don't speak behind someone's back." As the two of them were talking, the butler suddenly came to report: "Master, Mr. Warner is here!"
The two looked at each other after hearing this, and Brian sighed: "This, this is such a coincidence!"
"But everyone is here, so let's go and have a look!" Tang Ning said casually.
When they arrived at the living room, Tangning helped introduce: "Mr. Warner, this is Brian Clark, Heidi's brother! Brian, this is our new neighbor Matt - Mr. Warner!"
"Mr. Warner, I'm sorry, I was in London before and just came back!" Brian took the initiative to greet him.
"I'm sorry, I should wait until Mr. Clark comes back to have a cocktail party!" Warner cooperated.
After a few polite words, Warner said to Tangning: "Mr. Tangning, when I was cleaning the house yesterday, I found another painting by Mr. Madison. I remember that Mr. Tangning was very interested in his painting, so I wanted to take it.
Come here and show it to you!”
When Tangning heard that it was a painting by "Madison", she immediately became energetic and asked quickly, "Is it true? Where is the painting?"
"Look!" Warner said as he took out a painting from the painting tube and opened it. When he saw the painting, not to mention Tangning, even Brian couldn't help being shocked: "Tony, this, this is not
Is that the goddess statue you are painting?"
That's right, the oil painting Brian brought over this time was the Statue of Liberty, and the "Statue of Liberty" was also prominently displayed in Tang Ning's "Dream of New York", so although Brian, who was chatting with Tang Ning in the studio just now,
I only took one glance, but I was deeply impressed, so I couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.
Warner naturally knew nothing about this, so he asked curiously: "Mr. Clark, are you saying that Mr. Downing is also painting the Statue of Liberty?"
"That's not true. What Tony painted was "Dream of New York", but there is also a statue in it that is similar to the Statue of Liberty, but it has no name!" Brian explained.
Warner suddenly realized: "Oh, so that's what happened. Then Mr. Tangning, can I see this masterpiece of yours?"
Tangning hesitated for a moment, then replied: "Well, it's not impossible, but the painting hasn't been finished yet, and my painting skills are very average, so I'm afraid you'll laugh at me!"
"Mr. Tangning, you are so humble. I have heard that you are a famous oil painting appraiser in New Orleans. You were the one who discovered the scammers before!"
Although Warner was flattering, both Tangning and Brian felt awkward. Of course, Tangning knew about the liar but didn't expose it in time, while Brian was cheated, so the two of them had a disagreement.
Opening the topic: "Let's go see the paintings first!"
When they arrived at Tangning's studio, Warner couldn't help but take a breath and said, "Mr. Tangning, the statue of the goddess you painted at the port really looks like Mr. Madison's Statue of Liberty, but you
We obviously don’t know each other, how come we all have the same idea?”
Tangning explained: "I was influenced by Mr. Madison's painting "Paris in a Dream", so for some reason I dreamed of a different New York in my dream, so I painted this painting "New York in a Dream"
", I wonder if the origin of Mr. Madison's "Statue of Liberty" also came from a dream?"
Warner took a deep look at Tangning, then shook his head and replied, "I don't know about this, because I didn't ask any questions when I bought it. It was because of the name that I knew it was Mr. Madison."
The origin of creation!”
"Then do you have any other paintings by Mr. Madison?" Tangning asked.
Warner thought for a moment, and then replied with some embarrassment: "There should be some, but I don't know where I put them. In fact, the one I liked at the time was the "Dream of Paris" hanging in the living room, and the others were all
I bought it by the way and didn't spend much money. In addition, I recently moved and had a lot of stuff, so I didn't know where to put it. Even this "Statue of Liberty" was accidentally found by me yesterday!"
"Oh, that's it. If you find Mr. Madison's paintings again in the future, please inform me. I'll be willing to buy them!" Tangning pleaded.
Warner nodded without hesitation and replied: "Of course you can, but I would like to ask Mr. Tangning to answer a question for me, can you?"
"What's the problem?" Tangning asked casually.
So Warner asked: "Why are you so interested in Mr. Madison's paintings? In fact, I think his paintings are just average, not even as good as your own paintings by Mr. Tangning?"
In fact, it's normal for Warner to have this question, because Madison's painting skills are indeed not as good as Tangning's, but Tangning couldn't explain the real reason, so she could only perfunctoryly say: "Well, I think Mr. Madison's paintings are very creative and very creative.
It has characteristics and can inspire me, especially the Statue of Liberty, which is the same as my idea, which makes me even more interested!"
Although Warner did not believe this reason, he did not refute it, and he also took the initiative to change the topic, and before leaving, he took the initiative to invite: "Mr. Clark, I am sorry that you were not at the last cocktail party. I happened to be a good person."
My friend gave me a bottle of good wine a few days ago, how about you and Mr. Tangning come to my house to try it tonight?"
As a "competent" alcoholic, as soon as Brian heard that Warner said there was good wine, he immediately agreed without hesitation.
PS: I recommend a book "Folklore Begins with the Blood God of Western Hunan". First of all, the writing is very good, but the shortcomings are: first, the title of the book is not good; second, there are too many branch lines, and there are too many things to write about, which makes the main line a bit weak;