"Boss, I heard that you now have clairvoyance?" Maxim joked to Tangning as soon as they met.
"How dare you believe this? We've known each other for many years. If I really had clairvoyance, you wouldn't have known about it a long time ago!" Tang Ning replied with a wry smile.
Maxim explained: "Of course I know this, but you don't know how amazing this thing is spreading in New York now. Some people even come to me to ask about you!"
"Is that so? If I want to deceive people now, wouldn't it be easy?" Tangning also joked.
Unexpectedly, Maxim nodded and said: "It must be easy, but it will also be easy to get arrested if you do this! Of course, I also know that you will not be so boring!"
After chatting for a while, Tangning asked about business: "Stevens, how is the research on the stapler going?"
"It's been done, and we're applying for a patent!" Maxim replied, and then added: "The ownership of the patent belongs to you and me!"
"I don't need it. After all, it was all developed by you!" Tang Ning refused.
Maxim insisted: "But without your suggestion, boss, I definitely wouldn't have been able to think of a way to improve the staples!"
Then he changed the subject and asked: "By the way, boss, do you think it was the Chinese woman named Bai Min who killed Zena?"
Tangning hesitated for a moment, then replied: "Maybe, but after all, I don't know the specific situation, so it's hard to judge!"
"That's true! Hey, I really didn't expect that cousin Zena would be so young." At the end of the sentence, Maxim couldn't go on. It was obvious that the relationship between their brothers was very deep.
"Stevens, don't be too sad!" Tangning comforted her.
After leaving Maxim's place, Catherine curiously asked Tangning, "The Chinese woman you just mentioned is the one you brought back from China?"
Tangning replied angrily: "Of course, I don't know the other Chinese woman either!"
While the two were talking, Tangning suddenly ran away. Catherine chased after her and shouted, "Tony, why are you running?"
It wasn't until she ran around the corner that Tangning stopped, frowned and said to Catherine, "The person in the carriage that just passed by seemed to be Paul!"
"Paul? How is this possible?" Catherine couldn't help but exclaimed.
Tangning retorted: "Why is it impossible?" but then added: "Of course, it's possible that I saw it wrong. After all, it was just the moment when the carriage passed by, and I didn't see it very clearly. It's a pity that I didn't pursue it.
superior!"
"How can you catch up with the carriage!" Catherine joked.
Back at the hotel, Tangning couldn't help but gasp as soon as he entered the door (contributing to global warming), because he discovered that Donna's "Flaming Phoenix" was actually hanging in the hotel lobby!
So he asked the passing waiter: "Did this painting just hang up?"
The waiter nodded and replied: "Well, it is said that the boss spent a lot of money to buy it!"
Tangning thought for a moment, then asked, "Is your boss, Mr. Canning, here? I want to visit him!"
"It should be there. Just wait a moment and I'll go ask for you!" After saying that, the waiter left.
After a while, the waiter knocked on Tang Ning's door and said to Tang Ning, "Mr. Tang Ning, our boss has invited you!"
Arriving at Canning's office, Canning stood up and asked, "Mr. Tangning, do you have anything to do with me?"
"Actually, I saw the "Flaming Phoenix" in the hall, so that's why"
Before Tang Ning could finish her words, Can Ning suddenly realized: "Oh, I remembered, Mr. Tang Ning, you are from New Orleans, no wonder! I heard that this painting caused a heated discussion in your place at that time!
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Tangning nodded and replied, "Well, it's definitely a hot topic. After all, there are two fires. It's very hot!"
Canning was stunned for a moment before he realized: "Mr. Tangning, you are so funny!"
"Thank you! By the way, who did you buy this painting from?" Tangning cut to the chase. The reason Tangning asked this was because both Hus and Quinn were related to this painting.
Since she is dead, and Donna has no other relatives, who sold the painting? Was it Sterling who stole it?
"I'm not sure about this because I bought it at an auction! If you want to know the specific situation, I can ask the auction house for you." Canning replied.
"That's really troublesome for you!" Tang Ning said a little embarrassed.
Canning waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter. If you hadn't asked, I did forget to investigate the origin of this painting. If there is really any trouble, it's better to know in advance!"
The next day, Canning came over and said to Tangning: "Mr. Downing, I went to the auction house and asked. This painting was provided by your New Orleans art dealer, Mr. Hus!" As he said this, he handed Tangning a document.
Tangning frowned as she took the document and asked, "But Mr. Hus is already dead!"
But then he changed his mind: "Oh, Mr. Hus is not dead yet at this delivery time, so that's normal!" At the same time, he complained in his heart that the old guy Hus was quite fast.
"Mr. Tangning, you really shocked me!" Canning said with a sigh of relief.
Then he asked curiously: "Um, Mr. Tangning, did you just say that the owner of this painting is dead?"
Tang Ning nodded and replied, "Well, actually the story behind this painting is very complicated!" Then, Tang Ning told the whole story.
Unexpectedly, Canning thought for a long time after hearing this, and then frowned and muttered: "Oh, if I had known what this painting was like, I wouldn't have bought it, let alone hung it in the hall!" Then he immediately called someone to order it.
Take this painting down.
Tangning saw this and asked in confusion: "Mr. Canning, why can't this painting be hung in the hall?"
"Because this painting has been related to two fires, and people like me who own a hotel are most afraid of fires. Although I know that this approach is unscientific, I still dare not hang this kind of painting in the lobby!" Kan
Ning explained.
Tang Ning can understand Canning's explanation, because most business people believe in such mysterious things, otherwise there wouldn't be so many people burning incense to the God of Wealth.
At this time, Tang Ning's heart moved and she said to Canning: "Mr. Canning, since you think this painting is not suitable, can you resell it to me?"
"Mr. Tangning, do you like this painting?" Canning asked somewhat unexpectedly.
"Well, actually I wanted to buy it at the time, but I didn't expect Mr. Hus to be so quick and send it directly to New York for auction!"