poppies in the attic

22.

Wu Pengzhi's busy life has always made her feel that time passes quickly, but this week's time can't be slower. She has suffered from insomnia for five or six nights, and the moment she was waiting for still hasn't arrived.

Wu Pengzhi searched on the Internet, but he couldn't find a reason.Baidu is like this. What you want to find disappears without a trace. It seems that it is not a search engine at all, but a garbage dump, a garbage dump of information.

That's right, it's impossible to find clues for Xiang Jin's paintings in the garbage dump.You still need to go to a decent search engine to find it.Nothing can stop Wu Pengzhi, she has her way.

To be on the safe side, Wu Pengzhi went to another art exhibition on the weekend, and saw another art exhibition with fewer visitors. It seemed that there were no more paintings to sell.Wu Pengzhi talked to the desperate manager for a few words, and treated him to an afternoon tea, just to make him promise not to forget about his affairs.

So on Monday, Wu Pengzhi really got a call from the manager.Wu Pengzhi rushed to the scene with flying speed.She was simply waiting to be summoned in the cafe near the exhibition.

At a glance, Wu Peng identified the man who was carefully wrapping the painting as Xiang Guozhi's manager. He was middle-aged, with a crew cut, and his body was well maintained. His skin was a little dark and healthy.The immediate impression is that it is clean, competent and composed.

"Miss Wu?" The man raised his head and greeted Wu Pengzhi politely.It seems that the manager still dutifully gave the business card to the agent.

Wu Pengzhi looked at the man, judging from his eyes, he didn't know Wu Pengzhi.

"My name is Wen Shaohui." The man introduced himself.

"Hello, Mr. Wen." Wu Pengzhi stretched out his hand.

Wen Shaohui's powerful big hand held Wu Pengzhi's, and his strength was well controlled, calm and powerful, neither sloppy nor sloppy.

"I heard that you are interested in Mr. Xiang's painting." Wen Shaohui said politely, "but this painting is not for sale to Mr. Xiang."

"It's okay, I want to see other paintings."

Wen Shaohui smiled, "Do you know Mr. Xiang's paintings?"

Wu Pengzhi understands his doubts. It seems that Xiang Guozhi's paintings have not appeared in the domestic market at all, but have always been in Europe and the United States.

"I want to see Mr. Xiang's poppy flower series." Wu Pengzhi said with certainty, but it was actually a temptation. She had no way of determining anything, but she had an intuition that the painter named GraceXiang was Xiang Jin.

Xiang Jin, Grace Xiang, Xiang Guozhi.Are these three names connected?If it's the same person, why do they both call Mr. Xiang Guo?This may be just a cover-up, or it may be two people.Wu Pengzhi has no way to be sure.

Grace Xiang's famous work is the poppy series.One of them is called "Poppies in the Attic".It was the work of a painter who stood out in a new artist exhibition in the United States more than ten years ago.

Hearing the poppy flower series, Wen Shaohui showed a very surprised expression, and looked at Wu Pengzhi suspiciously, "Do you know Mr. Xiang?"

"I don't know Mr. Xiang Guozhi, but I really like this series." Wu Pengzhi was a little nervous, but unexpectedly, she guessed it right, that Grace was Xiang Guozhi.

Then, what needs further proof is that Grace is Xiang Jin.In fact, the possibility is very high, Grace is obviously a woman's name.

"Where can I see Mr. Xiang's paintings? Is there a studio?" Wu Pengzhi asked eagerly.

Wen Shaohui was a little hesitant, he felt that something was wrong with Wu Pengzhi, she was not telling the truth.

"The studio is still under construction, we have just entered the Chinese market, and everything is not yet ready. How do you know Mr. Xiang's paintings?" Wen Shaohui asked again.

"I saw Mr. Xiang's poppies on the Internet. They are so beautiful. I really want to buy the "Poppies in the Attic"."

"That's not for sale." Hearing that it was this painting, Wen Shaohui directly rejected it.

Wu Pengzhi's heart was pounding, and she was slowly approaching the answer.

Wu Pengzhi resisted the urge to tell everything, and said lightly, "I just like Mr. Xiang's painting style, and other paintings are also fine. Can you show me the original paintings? I am also willing to buy other paintings. If you happen to enter the Chinese market , can you give me a look first? Can you ask for Mr. Xiang's opinion for me?"

Wu Pengzhi's sincere attitude was irresistible.She did not ask to see the painter like ordinary customers, but asked Wen Shaohui to ask for it.

As a broker, this is a request you cannot refuse.

Two days later, Wu Pengzhi actually received a call from Wen Shaohui.

What's more surprising is that Wen Shaohui said that Mr. Xiang's poppy series has basically been sold, so the rest are not for sale.

But, but!Mr. Xiang promised to send another painting in Wu Peng's poppy series, "Monument Valley and Poppies".