Before dinner time, Zhang Xinyi's car drove into the house. Huang Xuan was lying on the balcony and saw it, and immediately ran out. Things in the company were not easy. Seeing his mother's tired look, Huang Xuan felt distressed and helped her along the way.

Rubbing his shoulders, he said, "Has the Foundation found trouble again recently?"

"It's quite chaotic anyway." Zhang Xinyi shook her head and said, "Don't worry about it. Why did you go to Shanghai again? You didn't even say hello to me. What if there is a safety problem?"

Huang Xuan smiled coquettishly, not daring to speak. He held his mother's arm and carried her to the sofa. He served her tea and gave her a massage, trying his best to please her.

Zhang Xinyi tapped his forehead with her hand and said: "Don't try to pretend to me. I just told Isaac that from tomorrow on, he will follow you. Wherever you go, he will follow you?" Isaac is

Izo's bodyguard captain is an Israeli mercenary who is 2 meters tall.

"Oh." Huang Xuan said weakly.

Zhang Xinyi took a sip of tea, moistened her throat and continued: "Your father and I also said that since you are all back and your grandfather is not in good health, he will stay in the country, and you will continue to go to school for me.

.”

"No." Huang Xuan suddenly jumped up. Seeing his mother's eyes, he sat softly on the sofa and said, "I, I just wanted to say that I am going to the United States in the next two days."

"What are you going to do?"

"I heard that Pfizer's pharmaceuticals are very good, and Citi also knows several medical research institutions very well. I would like to ask them if anyone can help grandpa's condition." Huang Xuan said half-truthfully.

Zhang Xinyi couldn't help but sigh, and put the cup back on the table. She thought about it and said: "Huang Xuan. You know, when people get old, they will always get sick and have other problems. Do you still remember how grandpa gave you

You mean that? Be brave... Bravery is not about charging into battle and moving forward indomitably. Brave people are those who face reality and face life. You are still young, so you may not understand..."

"I understand." Huang Xuan interrupted his mother. He held her arm and said, "I'll go to the United States first. If I can't do it, I'll come back. How much time will it take? Look at my current English, and how good it is with Orb

There is no need to translate the dialogue here, so why go to school?"

Zhang Xinyi looked at her son and couldn't say anything else. She couldn't help but touch his head and said: "The more you study broadly, the broader your life will be..."

Huang Xuan listened quietly. After he entered junior high school, his mother gradually became busy, and there was less time to talk together.

…

Li Qing rented a suite for Huang Xuan at Gloria, with an area of ​​four to five hundred square meters. Early the next morning, Jeffrey from Sosby, Sabina from Citigroup, Aubrey, lawyer Annabell and others

The assistants all arrived on time.

The living room is partitioned by transparent floor-to-ceiling windows, with highly refined straight lines and bold black and white appearing on the large blank wall. Exquisite European-style furniture is scattered among them. The overall color is bright yellow and light red, and the lighting decorates the space.

Making the sense of space even stronger, the space connected to the cloakroom is a ship filled with water. Inside the transparent ship is a group of tropical fish stretching out, with their plump bellies swinging, tempting the appetite.

However, no matter how exquisite the decoration was, it all became eclipsed in front of the Czarist egg sitting on the coffee table. Sabina covered her mouth in surprise, widened her eyes, and couldn't help but ask: "Is that a French egg?"

Berge eggs? Three lost ones?"

Among the more than 50 Tsarist Easter eggs made by Fabergé, 8 are missing, and their whereabouts have always left countless people with room for imagination. Every time one more appears, it will lead to a series of stories.

Huang Xuan smiled slightly, made a gesture of greeting, and said: "Everyone, please take a seat. As for whether they are Faberge eggs or not, it is up to you to judge."

When it comes to professional issues, both Jeffrey and Sabina are very impressive. Aubrey is inevitably nervous. With a valuation of US$800 million, although both Jeffrey and Sabina are capable of making such a judgment,

A little bit of accelerated heartbeat is unavoidable.

Compared with the serious auction appraiser Jeffrey, Citi's valuation experts seemed much more relaxed and relaxed. Sabina, who was wearing a short skirt, even circled around the Tsar's egg, attracting many eyes and mouthing:

But he kept saying: "It's here, it's here."

Who knows where the real Tsarist egg is, maybe it is damaged, maybe it is moldy in a box, or maybe it is hidden in a deep house by a certain gentleman. Huang Xuan smiled in his heart and said: "Everyone, take a drink first, and then start appraising it.

"

Jeffrey and others nodded silently. Wilson, the Sotheby's appraiser who came with him, first put on his eyes and said: "Mr. Huang, I will appraise the oil painting part because the quantity is relatively large." He looked at the table.

Rolling up the painting, he said: "I will first simply determine the authenticity, and then I need to bring the painting back to the center for further identification. Is this arrangement okay?" At this time, most of the handicrafts required for identification were purchased from Hammer, and there were a small number.

For the inventory of other art dealers, the purchase price becomes higher as they get to a later stage, but the jewelry and other items have not yet been released.

Huang Xuan nodded, looked around, smiled, stood up and left the sofa, but the big men from Izo were staring closely at the coffee table, fearing that something would be exposed, and the bodyguards behind the monitor were also tense, worried that something would go wrong.

Generally speaking, the appraisal of calligraphy and painting is based on the paper, ink, calligraphy, seal and the painter's painting style and habits. However, the artworks brought back by Huang Xuan, especially Russian artworks, are basically free of fakes.

The issue of paper age that aroused suspicion was also very simple after Lorraine's treatment. In fact, with current technology, it is impossible to give a convincing figure as to whether a piece of paper has been stored for 100 years or 200 years.

Yes, it depends on the storage environment. It doesn’t matter if it is hidden deep in a tomb. No matter whether it changes hands or not, the storage status of a long-term collection of art cannot be judged. For example, if the paper is yellow, for a 100-year-old piece of art,

It is assumed that paper products can cause a yellowing level of 1/36,000 on an average day, and a yellowing level of 10/36,000 on rainy days. But who can know the yellowing caused by heavy rain and drizzle?

How different is the degree of difference? Who can calculate the average humidity in the past 100 years? What is the difference in different places? If this piece of paper always stays in one area, it can be kept warm and moisturized, but if it is carried around by the owner, it will be in the south and north.

No one can tell the extent of its yellowing, and the thermal insulation and moisturizing environment 100 years ago can only be imagined.

As for c14, it is nonsense in antique appraisal. Today’s most advanced c14 detection has an error of more than 50 years. It doesn’t matter if it is used in anthropological research. No one cares whether it is 12000 or 12050. But if you think about it,

I figured out whether it was brought back in 1931 or whether it is still preserved today, no one can tell.

Of course, based on the principle of safety, Huang Xuan still asked Lorraine to make all the antiques he brought back old. But it didn't take much effort. Gentlemen from the Great Plane Era are experts in mastering time.

For Huang Xuan, the real trouble was the problem of repeated collections. Lorraine searched as much as possible, recorded all the collections that were currently available, and only brought back the missing and long-damaged works of art.

￣But there is a problem here. Maybe a certain piece of art has been secretly collected, but it is not missing. This has to rely on the judgment of appraisal experts, whether it is authentic or a fake.

Even if a painter with a bad taste painted two paintings, it would not have much impact on Huang Xuan. There are currently twenty or thirty copies of the "Preface to the Lanting Collection" that can be traced. It is just a lawsuit.

Sabina stared intently at the three Tsarist eggs, waving her white-gloved fingers over them, while the assistant next to her was even more nervous and did not dare to say a word.

"Do you really want to mortgage these three Easter eggs?" Sabina said suddenly while Huang Xuan was looking out the window and sipping coffee.

Huang Xuan glanced at her in surprise and said with a smile: "Of course." There was a trace of inquiry in his eyes.

Sabina combed her long chestnut hair and said: "It's such a pity. You know, if they are mortgaged, these eggs will be locked in Citigroup's safe, and you won't be able to see them, let alone touch them.

"

Huang Xuan smiled, it seemed that the American beauty in front of him was still immersed in her profession. In fact, to him, the Tsar Egg was just a toy. When he bought it back from Hammer

, the asking price of each Easter egg is only more than 400 US dollars. Now that the value has increased, people think it is beautiful. Why didn’t Americans speculate on it earlier? If the Russians hadn’t become rich in recent years, Russian art would still be there.

It's not like being left in a corner.

On the contrary, the hesitant mental state of Americans during the Great Depression gave him some inspiration, but now he cannot read that feeling.

Aubrey coughed lightly. Sabina probably knew that she had made a mistake and lowered her head to work. Huang Xuanze turned his head to the window again. Living alone had brought him great changes, such as patience.

Annabell held a small notebook and took notes. There were two lawyers present, both of whom looked very busy. She didn’t know what the bank’s valuation had to do with these lawyers. However, Annabell opened her mouth from time to time and was told the numbers by the people next to her.

Shocked, the look in Huang Xuan's eyes was also very different. In just one hour, the valuation exceeded 100 million US dollars, and even Aubrey's heart was tested.

Before dinner, Jeffrey and others started to pack things, while the two lawyers recorded the numbers and photos at the same time, and put the seals on them. Aubrey walked to the entranced Huang Xuan and whispered: "Mr. Huang?"

"oh?"

"The first step has been confirmed. If there are no problems, we will take these things away." At the door, several security guards hired by Citi were waiting there.

"OK." Huang Xuan signaled to Isaac that there was no problem, and then asked: "What is the total estimated value?"

"The preliminary estimate is 940 million U.S. dollars, of which Rene Magritte's "Wonderful Nature" is estimated to be worth 10 million to 14 million U.S. dollars, and the Easter egg is estimated to be between 12 million and 18 million U.S. dollars. There is also a French

Wilson believes that if Monet's "Water Lilies", "Railway Bridge at Argenteuil" and Léger's "Study for Woman in Blue" are auctioned by Sotheby's, the price may exceed 20 million US dollars or even

Higher." At this point, Aubrey swallowed, looked at the PDA in his hand and said: "Girls on the Bridge by Edvard Munch, the Norwegian expressionist master, is also estimated to be worth over 10 million US dollars.

, there is also "The Card Players" by Léger, which is estimated to be an early study and worth more than 8 million US dollars."

Huang Xuan had already prepared for this. Lorraine's valuation level was only strong, and the estimated value was slightly higher than this.

At this time, Wilson and Annabell came over. The latter handed a contract to Huang Xuan for signature. Wilson said: "Mr. Huang has collected a lot of famous Russian paintings. Now Russian rich people are buying them. If you are willing to wait a little longer,

For a period of time, if our bank runs the auction, the prices of many paintings will be several percent higher than the estimated price."

Huang Xuan raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm afraid I can't wait that long. By the way, in the valuation I just heard from Aubrey, it seems that there are no Russian oil paintings that cost tens of millions?"

Wilson explained: "The increase in the price of Russian art is also a recent thing. After all, Russia has money, so it is willing to pay more for the art they like, but the base price is too low, just like Suriko

Several of my husband's paintings were worth only 100,000 US dollars at most in the 1990s. Now they are estimated to be around 4 million, which has increased almost 100 times, but compared with European famous paintings, they are still not top-notch prices." He said and pointed at the prices already.

A packaged painting said: "The Repin painting "Actress Strepetova Plays the Role of Elizaveta" has the highest estimate. It should be worth more than 10 million US dollars."

He continued to persuade: "Mr. Huang, there are so many masterpieces, and most of them are paintings that have not appeared for a long time. If you give us 2 months to promote them, we will definitely be able to get a price you are satisfied with."

Huang Xuan still shook his head. Of course Sotheby's ability is trustworthy, but their prices are even more trustworthy. Generally speaking, the world's largest auction house always requires a commission of more than 16 yuan. If the price is high, 20 yuan is also required.

A common thing. Of course, the most important thing is lack of time.

Jeffrey also finished the work at hand, came over and patted Wilson on the shoulder, put away his serious expression, chuckled and said to Huang: "Mr. Huang is going to shock the collecting world this time!"

Huang Xuan nodded with a half-wry smile. He didn't want to shock anyone, but it was too difficult to hide such a large valuation. Besides, there was no need to hide it. The Huang family has always been very rich. If it gets richer,

No one can say anything. On the contrary, being poor but showing wealth will cause some trouble.

When the last piece of Faberge wooden clock was put into the box, Aubrey walked over with his head lowered and said: "Mr. Huang, you can go."

"Excuse me, everyone." Huang Xuan cupped his hands and made a small circle around him. Such a simple etiquette is more convenient in foreign countries. He sent several appraisal experts out, and Aubrey handed him the list and said, "Although there is still more to do.

Appraisal, but the change in valuation should not be too big. If they are all authenticated, the total loan should be more than 800 million US dollars."

Huang Xuan put the cup on the cabinet and said, "Have you contacted Pfizer?"

"Already notified." Aubrey took out a document from his briefcase and said, "This is my plan. If you want to borrow and buy Pfizer's bonds through Citigroup, can you consider handing it over directly to Citigroup?

Manage your bonds so that you know that although the bonds cannot be sold, they can be remortgaged without issue."
To be continued...