"Teacher, have you heard about Sister Donna?" That day, Deanna suddenly ran over and asked.
The "Donna" in Deanna's mouth is a very special female painter in New Orleans who is well-known in the circle. However, her being famous and special does not mean that her paintings are highly successful or sell well, but because she almost only paints.
One theme, that is, everything in the flames, is quite shocking at first glance, but it is limited by the writing skills, so there is still a lot of room for improvement.
Unfortunately, this flaming female painter died in the flames a few days ago, that is, she set herself on fire in her studio. Although the reason is not yet clear, many people who gloated about her misfortune said it was because she painted flames every day.
, so he offended the God of Fire and took her away. This is a bit like the rumors about the death of Uncle Jiu Lin Zhengying and the ghost story teller Zhang Zhen.
Putting aside these random thoughts in her mind, Tangning replied casually: "I heard, it's a very regrettable tragedy!"
"Do you also believe that Sister Donna committed suicide?" Deanna asked with wide eyes.
"But that's what the police said!" Tang Ning replied with a shrug.
"That Chief Sterling didn't investigate seriously at all. I never believe that Sister Donna committed suicide. She must have been killed by someone!" Deanna said bitterly.
"Do you have any evidence for saying that?" Tangning asked with a frown.
Deanna nodded and replied: "Of course, and she also knows who the murderer is!"
"Who is it?" Tangning asked curiously.
"Oliver, Oliver--Hus!" Deanna replied word for word.
Although Downing is not familiar with this Mr. Huss, he does know him. He is a well-known art dealer in New Orleans and is known in the circle for being stingy.
"Why do you think it's him?" Tangning asked.
Deanna explained, ""Because he bought a lot of paintings at very low prices during Sister Donna's lifetime, and then sold them at high prices in his gallery today in the name of Sister Donna's deathbed painting exhibition. You said that if he didn't know about Sister Donna in advance,
If something goes wrong, how could you buy so many of her paintings?"
There has always been a rumor in the art world that dead painters are the best painters. Firstly, art dealers can use the death of a painter to promote his works; secondly, because the painter is dead, there will be no new works.
If one appears, there will be one less to sell, which will help the painter maintain or even push up the price.
Therefore, some art dealers buy works by seriously ill or elderly painters out of speculative psychology to hoard them. However, Donna is only in her thirties this year and is not as old as Tangning. She does not meet this condition anyway, so Deanna has
This suspicion is actually normal!
Just relying on suspicion is useless. After all, there is no evidence, so Tangning advised: "Although it is indeed abnormal for Mr. Hus to do this, we cannot say that he is the murderer because of this. After all, he is considered a rich man and cannot commit the crime."
Just go kill people with this little money!"
"But it's worth checking him out, right?"
After Deanna's repeated insistence and coquettishness, Tangning finally couldn't stand it anymore and decided to go to Hus' place. Even if she didn't investigate anything, it would be good to at least take a look at Donna's final exhibition of paintings.
But unfortunately, before Tang Ning arrived at the art exhibition, news came that the art exhibition had caught fire. Only the masterpiece "Fire Phoenix" placed outside survived, and all of Tang Ning's other works were destroyed in the flames!
Hearing the news, Deanna couldn't accept it for a moment: "Why is Sister Donna's life so miserable? She was burned just now, and now her painting has been burned again. Did she really offend the God of Fire?"
"Hey, didn't you just say that Donna was killed by Huss? Why are you saying that it was Vulcan now?" Tangning asked at the side.
Deanna explained: "It's impossible for Huss to burn the painting by himself, right? Then how can he make money? So it can only be done by the god of fire. Maybe he felt that he was still angry after burning sister Donna, and wanted to
Burn her paintings!"
Tangning, on the other hand, objected: "That's not necessarily the case! Come on, let's go to the gallery and have a look!"
"What's there to see if it's all burned?" Deanna asked in confusion.
"I want to verify a conjecture in my mind!" Tang Ning replied casually while instructing the driver to speed up.
When they arrived at the gallery and saw the scene being burned by flames, Tangning snorted coldly: "It's true!"
"Really what is it?" Deanna asked curiously.
Tangning replied confidently: "Although I don't know whether Miss Donna was burned to death by Vulcan, I can guarantee that today's fire has absolutely nothing to do with Vulcan! Let's go to Sheriff Klein to report the case!
"
When they arrived at the police station, after listening to Tangning's description, Chief Klein frowned and asked, "Tony, are you saying that today's fire was man-made?"
Tangning nodded and replied: "Yes, and it is most likely Mr. Hus who did it! Because normally, art exhibitions are held in galleries, but today's art exhibition is in a shed set up in an open space, so even if
If it catches fire, it won’t reach the gallery, and those sheds aren’t worth much!”
"But even so, there is no need for Mr. Hus to do this! Isn't it because he hoarded so many paintings of Miss Donna just to make money? Now that they are all burned, how can he make money?" Sheriff Klein asked in confusion.
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Tang Ning explained: "This is because you don't understand the tricks of these unscrupulous art dealers. It is true that you can make money by hyping posthumous works, but the prerequisite is that the level of the posthumous works must be about the same. To be honest, Miss Donna's paintings are not even close to that.
This painting "Flaming Phoenix" is okay. On the other hand, there are too many posthumous works of Miss Donna. It will be difficult to sell this painting at a high price! So"
Before Tangning could finish her words, Sheriff Klein interrupted: "So Mr. Hus simply created artificial scarcity and burned these low-level legacy works one by one, leaving only
Buy the highest-level painting "Flaming Phoenix", so that there will be only one left of Miss Donna's legacy, which can be sold at a high price!"
"Yes, that's the truth! And this time it's another fire, which can once again deepen Miss Donna's reputation as a flame painter and the rumors of the Vulcan's wrath. It's more topical and mysterious, and it's completely in line with the principle of hype!" Tangning added.
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, so I don’t know how it will be in the future, but the first one or two hundred chapters will definitely be fine, and there are fewer and fewer WOW fanfics that can be read now.
