356. Strange trumpet fish (1/10, the outbreak begins)
After the conversation, Qin Shiou remembered the letter he found with the painting, and took it out and asked, "Who has the better eyes? Come and take a look at this letter. I believe this letter is also a treasure."
The letter seems to be in English, but I am too sloppy and the grammar is different from modern English. Qin Shiou couldn't quite understand it, so he kept putting it on hold.
Little Black took it over and took a look, and said, "Oh, this is Dutch, belonging to the Indo-European language family-Germanic language family-Western Germanic language branch. It is between German and English, which belongs to the same Germanic language family, and is closer to English than any language, huh..."
As he said that, little Black suddenly frowned. He read the letter carefully, then raised his head in surprise and smiled: "Qin, you are right, this is indeed a treasure! This is Van Gogh's handwritten letter, which he wrote to his younger brother Theo!"
When he heard this, Shashevsky and others surrounded him. Qin Shiou couldn't understand it very much, so he asked Xiao Black to read it to him.
"Dear brother, see the good news, I am now in the arles in southern France..."
"Don't worry about me, my brother, I'm all right now, living in the Benedictine Monastery..."
"This is a beautiful place. At sunset yesterday, I was in a rock-scattered wilderness where there were winding and small oak trees. There was a ruin on the mountain in the distance, and wheat fields were planted in the valley, which was too romantic. In Monticelli, the sun was sprinkling golden light on the shrubs and the earth, and everything was shrouded in gold. How beautiful these lines were, and the whole view revealed a charming noble temperament..."
"My inspiration was touched, and I wanted to make a painting for it. I also made this painting. But I was not very satisfied, and the color transition was not very good. The style of the painting was also a bit dark. But my brother, I am very happy now. This time, this time, this painting was created by Montmarux, gave me a lot of inspiration..."
"Believe me, my brother, your brother is about to become a world-famous painter! May God bless you, may you be healthy and happy forever, and my soul will always be with you, Amen Vincent Van Gogh."
Little Black recited slowly, and everyone else listened quietly. Qin Shiou closed his eyes and vaguely saw a lonely and sad middle-aged man standing in the wilderness of the sunset. In front of him, the oak tree on the left and the wheat field on the right.
As the saying goes, hell goes to the left, heaven goes to the right...
After reading the contents of the letter, Xiao Black carefully placed the letter paper on the painting and said, "Van Gogh is right. He has indeed opened a new era of painting style since this painting and has indeed become a world-famous painter. Unfortunately, he did not wait. If he could be as tough as Picasso, as long as he waited for another ten years, he would see the scene of him being worshipped by artists all over the world!"
The last group left the basement, and Shashevsky said to Qin Shiou: "With this letter, the identity of this painting is even more questionable. What you have to consider now is whether to sell it or collect it, and you don't need to think about anything else."
Blake and Billy also looked at Qin Shiou. The two were not so philanthropist. Blake persuaded him: "Qin. Collect it, this painting will continue to increase value. And it has special significance. This is Van Gogh's transformation work..."
"Can this special significance help us auction it for a higher price?" Qin Shiou smiled.
Collecting this painting? Forget it, the family is already recruiting thieves, and hanging another famous painting worth 40 to 50 million is simply like baking himself on the fire, so he doesn't do that.
As for storing the painting to a bank or museum? Why not save it for money? When the painting appreciates, no, Qin Shiou would rather sell the painting and invest it in the fishing ground, which will increase the value faster.
When Qin Shiou said this, Xiao Black and Billy also laughed. Thank God, they will be able to get the money immediately.
After dinner in the evening, Qin Shiou arranged several people to stay. Now the town is in a tight place, but many people use their brains. Almost every household in the town provides accommodation, allowing tourists to experience the pure life in a small North American town, which is similar to domestic farmhouses.
It is still very convenient for Qin Shiou to find a hotel, but he is too prestigious in the town now.
Back at the villa, Qin Shiou lay on the bed and put the consciousness of the sea god in the fishing ground. It has become a pleasure for him to swim in the ocean with the consciousness of the sea god.
The calamari troop has arrived near the Titanic shipwreck. Qin Shiou asked them to choose a place to stay and take their time to clean up the Titanic.
Under the transformation of the energy of the Sea God, the calamaris are full of vitality and grow rapidly. When they were discovered, the largest tentacles of these calamaris were only more than one meter long. Now they are generally more than two meters long, and some even grow more than three meters.
Qin Shiou wondered, will one day these calamari turn into king squids?
If that is the case, it would be domineering. Five hundred calamaris, each of which has tentacles of twenty or thirty meters long, can fight even if they encounter warships.
The sea god consciousness returned to the fishing ground. Qin Shiou first encountered a group of hard-headed trout, who had just migrated from the river. Like salmon, this fish grew in the river and grew in the sea. Every autumn, it migrated along the river and spawned eggs, and then returned to the sea before winter came.
The ocean is much warmer than the river in winter, which is more suitable for the survival of these fish.
Seeing a large group of small hard-headed trout following behind, Qin Shiou sprinkled some sea god consciousness and called on two sea pythons to come and provide protection.
Without protection, these small trouts are food for big cod and bluefin tuna, and they will be eaten up for you in a few days.
When he arrived near the coral reef, Qin Shiou followed some small hard-headed trout, and they wandered happily.
Some aquatic plants-like creatures more than half a meter long fell vertically from the upper sea water. Qin Shiou didn't pay attention to it, but he found that the heads of these creatures were actually changing color and turned reddish-brown as similar to those of small hard-headed trout.
Chameleon in the sea? Qin Shiou became curious.
These aquatic plants floated into the small trout camp, and then a predation began. These "aquatic plants" suddenly began to twist, and their heads, which were about the same body color as the small trout, opened and swallowed the small fish around them into their mouths.
This is the trumpet fish? Qin Shiou guessed their identity when he saw their prey. The trumpet fish was slender and liked to live in coral reef areas. Then he pretended to be coral or seaweed to prey.
Qin Shiou did not drive away the trumpet fish, which was a normal chain of marine life. Later, he arrived at the offshore waters, and a group of soft fishing fish similar to loaches appeared at the bottom of the sea. Qin Shiou thought they were American eels, so he ignored it.
He turned around and found that there was no problem, so he continued to follow the Black King to play in the deep sea.
The next day, Black little found Qin Shiou and discussed the problem of handling Van Gogh's paintings. The auction was certain, but now there was no good opportunity. As soon as mid-November, the autumn auction of the large-scale auction had ended.
"Then let's wait for next year's spring auction." Qin Shiou was not in a hurry to use money, "Don't your Li's auction house have a spring auction in April?"
Little Black and Billy thought this was better, so they agreed with a smile. Little Black then left with the painting. Although it was still long before the spring auction, it was time to carry out publicity work.
The more publicity the higher the price, the higher the price. This is true. (To be continued, please search for Piaotianwen, novels are better, updated and faster!
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