Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 917 Exceptions
After the two sides confirmed their identities, Banks quickly changed his plan. He accepted Liang En's invitation to visit their home and talk about art by the way.

So after more than ten minutes, they quickly started an unofficial but valuable tea party in the room where Liang En and I lived.

As two people who also have a high level of art, when they get together, they will naturally discuss various arts and talk about their own experiences at the same time.

In terms of art, they mainly discussed some content related to oil painting. Although the styles of the two people can be said to be completely different, they still have common ground in many aspects.

It's just that because of the many things that happened today, in addition to discussing more academic issues such as oil painting, they also discussed some interesting things they had experienced.

As a person who has traveled almost all over the world, Banks has traveled to more places than Liang En, so it is naturally interesting to talk about travel with him.

For example, he mentioned the thrift store he had seen when he was traveling in Seattle.And said that the things inside can be called rich.

Having said that, he also took out his mobile phone and found a photo that he took after obtaining permission. The things in the photo are dazzling, and it seems that there are things everywhere.

"It seems that this thrift store is still very interesting." Liang En subconsciously said after glancing at the thrift store.Because he is very interested in this kind of store, especially since this is the place where his career started.

Soon, though, he turned his attention to the photo, because something in it caught his eye.Let him research involuntarily.

This shows the particularity of the thing that was discovered, because this kind of practice is very disrespectful, and Liang En would never do it under normal circumstances.

"Can you tell me something about this thrift store?" Liang En raised his head and asked Banks, who was sitting opposite him, after zooming in on the photo.

"For example, do you know where the boss's things are imported from, or do you not know the origin of the things in those stores?"

"It's not very clear. After all, I was traveling there, and I just heard that the store is very interesting. Actually, I don't know much about this thing." Banks said shyly. "Sorry I couldn't help you."

"It's nothing, it's just a sudden thought after I saw something." Liang En smiled and said, "Okay, let's talk about other things, such as the expression of satire in art. "

The discussion that night was a joy for both the host and the guest, but after Banks left, Joan quickly came up and asked, "Can you tell me what's on that photo?"

"A bronze Buddha statue that looks very special." Liang En pointed to the lower left corner of the photo just now and said, but Joan of Arc looked at it for a long time and couldn't see anything in this photo.

This is mainly because there are so many things in this thrift shop or antique shop, even if there are more than a dozen things in one corner, and many of them are Buddhist cultural relics.So it's normal that Joan didn't recognize her for a while.

"It's this thing." Liang En smiled, and then pointed to a Buddha statue with only half of his body exposed.

Judging from the photo, this should be a bronze Buddha statue with a layer of turquoise patina on the top, with a height of about 60cm. Even if the photo is not very clear, it can be seen that the craftsmanship of the whole Buddha statue is very good.

"It's a very nice work of art, but is there anything worthy of your attention?" Jeanne looked at the Buddha statue with a curious expression. "I didn't find any difference between this Buddha statue and the surrounding Buddha statues."

"It's normal for you to be unclear about this situation, because this Buddha statue is not much different from other Buddha statues in terms of style and appearance." Liang En said with a slight nod.

"It's just that what you don't know is that I got a book when I went to Huaxia last time. It records some Chinese cultural relics that disappeared during the war. And this Buddha statue is one of them."

"It should be more than that." Jeanne sat down next to Liang En, and then said, "If it was just an ordinary cultural relic, you would never have lost your composure just now."

"Hey, you have noticed this too. Yes, you are right. This bronze Buddha statue is indeed not an ordinary Buddha statue. To be precise, it is a part of an important cultural relic." Liang En lightly I clicked on the Buddha statue and said.

"If we can really trace the story behind this Buddha statue, I think we should be able to find the largest movable cultural relic we have encountered so far."

So that night, Liang En told Elizabeth the information he knew, and then asked her to launch an American relationship to investigate information about this antique shop, especially about this Buddha statue.

In the next few days, Liang En continued to go to the Grand Palace every day and participated in the exhibition, and at the same time bought two or three antiques that he liked.

Of course, these antiques can only be said to be some gorgeous gadgets, and the historical value is really not much.What attracted Liang En was only because their appearance was attractive enough.

By the time the exhibition closed, Liang En had achieved great success in this exhibition: the jewelry he designed won great recognition no matter which company it was for, and at the same time those oil paintings became famous all of a sudden .

For example, someone is willing to pay 3.2 euros for the painting of sunflowers, but Mary also knows that the value of this painting is not just that, so she only sold a few small oil paintings in the whole exhibition.

Although the price of these oil paintings is not high, but from the perspective of the first meeting, this is already a very good start.

Just like Liang En realized before, the art world often does not only look at the quality of artworks, but also publicity is very important, so according to Mary, it is already very good if someone buys the artwork for the first time.

"Don't worry, I definitely didn't seek support at this time. Although I said I was prepared, the actual situation made it unnecessary for me to do so." Mary explained to Liang En at the celebration banquet that night when the exhibition ended.

"In other words, the people who paid for those oil paintings this time are all real. This also shows that your works have been recognized by everyone. I am very happy to see this."

"Yes, the same is true for jewelry." Elizabeth also answered at this time, "All the works you designed have been successfully sold this time. This proves everyone's recognition of our design level."

"And if there are no accidents, this batch of jewelry you designed should be the most popular batch of jewelry in this exhibition. I have even received many orders from here."

"However, I don't recommend that you complete these jewelry now. After all, if the supply of this type of luxury is too abundant, it will not be conducive to the improvement of the overall value."

(End of this chapter)