"Gentlemen and ladies, please be quiet. We will start the official auction. First, let's take a look at the first artwork of the day, the painting "Venus and Adonis."
The auctioneer in charge walked up to the stage, and someone placed a medium-sized painting on the easel next to him. As soon as the painting came out, the atmosphere in the entire auction venue suddenly heated up, and even became hot. The scene had calmed down just now.
Again filled with whispers.
The auctioneer was very satisfied with the sensation caused by his heavy artillery fire. When Brigitte, who was sitting in the corner, saw the painting being put up, she immediately clenched her hands and stared straight in her eyes. She cursed in an unladylike manner:
"These damn thieves, they are blaspheming, blaspheming sacred art."
On the other side, Zhou Qingfeng was a little puzzled by the commotion at the venue. He asked strangely: "Is this painting special?"
If others showed their ignorance like this, Xu Yun would probably feel contempt in her heart. But Zhou Qingfeng's wise and funny image has been planted in the heart of Miss Tianhou, and now his confused look is somewhat real and cute.
Xu Yun was even secretly delighted, and after careful consideration she explained: "The author of this painting is Titian, who is known as the father of oil painting. His works represent the beginning of an era, and even influenced the three masters of the Renaissance.
Raphael and Michelangelo. This painting is also very interesting, it is a story about incest,..."
Listening to Xu Yun telling the story behind the oil painting, Zhou Qingfeng found that he didn't even have a superficial understanding of art. He said weakly: "Isn't the Renaissance about Picasso's group? Where did Titian come from?
Did it come out of nowhere?"
"Hahaha..., Picasso lived in an era that was far away from the Renaissance." Xu Yun was so amused by Zhou Qingfeng's silly look that her stomach hurt. She took the man's arm and almost leaned against him.
On her generous chest, the joy in her heart almost forced her to say three words of confession.
But this sudden strong emotion was destroyed by the hot auction venue. A bang of a hammer was heard. After more than ten rounds of fierce bidding, the auctioneer sold the painting.
The sound of the hammer smashed Xu Yun's thoughts to pieces. She finally calmed down and stabilized her mind. After hearing the auction price on the stage, she couldn't help but stick out her tongue and said: "It's too expensive, I can't afford it.
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The world has been at peace for too long, and the prices of various works of art have been rising steadily. Even the current black market prices are staggering. Xu Yun looked at Zhou Qingfeng and said with some embarrassment: "I haven't had much income in the past few years.
It’s almost bankrupt. It seems like you can’t get a bargain even if you want to.”
The majestic singing queen actually said that she was going bankrupt. If this news was released, I am afraid that the entire entertainment industry would explode. But Xu Yun's heart was surging today. Taking advantage of the opportunity to be alone with Zhou Qingfeng, she wanted to let go of the depressed feeling in her heart.
All my thoughts came out, "Are you willing to hear about me?"
There was almost a hint of pleading in Xu Yun's words. She had no friends and worked alone in the entertainment industry. However, there were thousands of pairs of eyes paying attention to her. She was generous, elegant, confident, and proud.
She wanted to be weak for a moment, but she couldn't find anyone to talk to.
"Say it, I'm listening." Zhou Qingfeng gently held the woman's catkin. In the increasingly fierce auction venue, the two men and women ignored others and only talked about their feelings.
Xu Yun felt that her heart was extremely calm, and her usual anxiety disappeared. She leaned on the man's shoulder and whispered softly: "I haven't released a new song for several years, but I can't do anything else, I can only sing. Someone invited me I went to participate in TV shows and commercial performances, but I couldn't do it.
In the past ten years, I have lived a luxurious life, with a lot of monthly expenses. I have been sought after by people all year round, and when I suddenly realized that I might not be able to sing, I became extremely panicked. Others call me a queen, but actually I am not. Just an ordinary girl!
I can't find a song that I like, and those songwriters have said behind my back that I'm too picky. The current music scene is secretly waiting to see my jokes, but I really don't want to sing songs that don't suit my taste. It's funny, but it happened to me.
I was like a little mouse in a cage, and I had reached the point where I had no choice but to change. I thought about changing it, but I didn’t know how. In the past two years, I began to suffer from severe insomnia and had to take sleeping pills to fall asleep. I even suffered from anorexia. Symptom: Although I am very hungry, I cannot eat anything and I vomit when I eat.
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, I have eaten well and slept well in the past two or three days, and my assistant said that my complexion has improved greatly. Do you know? I always thought that I was insulated from love in my life, but now I find that the person who suits my heart has not appeared. .”
Miss Tianhou's forehead was sweating, and water droplets could be seen on the tip of her nose. She stared at Zhou Qingfeng, feeling that as a girl, she had reached the limit of what she could say. Now it was time for the boy in front of her to say something. What's wrong? Just coax her!
"But I..., I actually..."
"That's not what I want to hear."
"Are you sure I'm right for you?"
"I want to hear a word of certainty and don't make excuses."
Under Xu Yun's burning eyes, Zhou Qingfeng opened his mouth several times but did not say anything. After waiting for more than ten minutes, Xu Yun's original eager heart slowly turned cold. When she found that she could not get the words she wanted, she felt He even felt a sense of hatred and said with a sad tone: "Are you so cruel? I don't ask you for anything, can you just comfort me?"
After saying this, Xu Yun's strong self-esteem made it impossible to continue sitting next to Zhou Qingfeng. She stood up suddenly, walked quickly with her head down, holding back tears and quickly left the auction venue.
Then Zhou Qingfeng sighed and said to himself: "It seems that I am only suitable for the tyrannical occupation of the overlord. I can't handle this kind of pure and passionate love! Seeing how pitiful this girl is, I actually gave birth to a child. I feel guilty."
Seeing each other again the next day, Xu Yun returned to normal. She and Feng Wan still smiled brightly, and the two women continued to stroll around on the cruise ship, but she no longer flirted with Zhou Qingfeng. Originally, she liked to watch Zhou Qingfeng eat. While drinking, she also tasted various delicacies, but this time her anorexia came again, so she could only watch, and then secretly drank nutritional liquid to replenish her strength.
The auction continued. Since each auction did not exceed ten collections, it took five or six days for more than fifty collections to be auctioned off. During this time, Erwin and Brigitte used cia's channels to contact many participants. Members of the auction successfully purchased all the leaked paintings.
And Xu Yun must go to every auction, but she no longer brings Zhou Qingfeng with her. She occasionally raises placards, but in the end she fails to sell them because the price is too high. Until the last painting "The Virgin, the Son and the Son" "Saint" is put on the easel. It comes from Raphael, one of the three masters of the Renaissance.
"This is Raphael's most important altarpiece. It has been collected in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for more than a hundred years. We must buy it and not let it fall into the hands of others." Brigitte said about the stolen paintings.
With a deep understanding of its importance, this last painting is extremely representative in terms of artistic value and historical value.
But Erwin ran out of money, and the black market prices of more than fifty artworks and paintings far exceeded his expectations. The CIA specially prepared 200 million in cash for this case and stored it in the cruise ship's vault. This huge amount of money was piled up.
It was enough to bury several living people. But now the money has been consumed.
"We have no money."
"How much is left?"
"Less than five million."
"Hell, hurry up and collect the money. I hope no one will raise the price with us."
But something unexpected happened. Xu Yun, who had never sold any works, was determined to buy the painting this time, even though she didn't like the painting at all.
The woman who had never been in love and who had fallen in love with a man for the first time was so heartbroken that she entered into a paranoid state of mind. She invested all her remaining money in an almost self-destructive manner, and finally invested in cia
The senior agent was in a state of embarrassment.
"three million."
"Three and a half million."
"four million."
"Four and a half million."
"five million."
"Five and a half million."
After rounds of bidding, Erwin couldn't bear it anymore. The angry woman was completely unreasonable and forced him to die. The plan to buy all the paintings fell through, and the missing thing was the New York University.
The Metropolitan Museum’s treasure.
If he knew the reason behind this, Erwin would definitely point his finger at Zhou Qingfeng's nose angrily and scold: Couldn't you just coax this woman? She let you sleep for free but pretended to be innocent, and actually let her out to harm us? You
Do you know how serious the consequences of this are? You forced me to do what happened next.