Chen Shenglin never mentioned anything about the incident behind the train station incident from beginning to end.
It seems like this is a trivial matter.
Not worth mentioning.
The collector seemed to suddenly think of something before hanging up the phone.
He asked Gu Weijing a question in an interesting tone.
"Gu Weijing, you saw my campaign sign. You are a painter. People say that literature and art can better reflect the customs and customs of a city than the propaganda slogans of politicians. Spring River Plumbing Duck Prophet , artists are more sensitive to the living environment than social activists, I am very curious, what do young people like you think?"
"How to see what"
"Yes. What do you think about our country and our city from the perspective of a new generation of young people?"
"Uncle Chen, this topic is too big"
Gu Weijing hesitated. For a moment.
He did not dare to take the opportunity to boast and express himself in front of Boss Chen.
“To be honest, not only am I incapable of talking about this topic, I am also incapable of representing the new generation of young people in Yangon. The people who can truly represent them are the young people selling fruit on second-hand mobile phones in the streets. Vendors, porters carrying foreign tourists’ sliding poles at the port, and the guy selling balloons that I just passed by.”
On the one hand.
Compared to wealthy businessmen like Chen Shenglin, his family situation is like kneeling on the street begging for food.
On the other hand, Gu Weijing went to a private school and used the new Apple Iadro as a hand-drawing board. During the holidays, he and Miss Mona took pottery classes and went to the water park.
Even before I met Katsuko Sakai, who had the profitable Internet name of Detective Cat, and the social level that I was exposed to daily was soared by the rapid rocket.
Gu Weijing’s life is still floating in the clouds.
To put it bluntly.
All his joys, sorrows and joys, the troubles he faced.
Looking at the entire turbulent Myanmar, it is all petty bourgeoisie and pretentious with a literary youth temperament.
Miao Angwen, who was also attracted by Brother Hao, must have felt from the bottom of his heart that Gu Weijing was a pretentious, ungrateful fool.
Compare with yourself.
The Jasmine beside him clutching the hem of his clothes, and even the bitter struggle history of his grandfather Gu Tongxiang before he was forty years old, are closer to the real life here.
“Then let’s talk about what happened today. This kind of thing happens everywhere in the city, in the old palace, in the Shwedagon Pagoda, in the port and the train station, every moment. What do you think about this happening in Yangon, not to mention other places where the level of chaos is even greater?”
Chen Shenglin asked.
"Well, it's like yesterday's world."
"Zweig"
"Not Yangon is a prosperous and outdated city. Sometimes Walking in the red lightOn the wine-green streets, you can see the all-encompassing side of the city. Sometimes, you will feel so dull that it is difficult to breathe. The air is filled with smoke and dust from two hundred years of yesterday's world that have been suspended to this day, and are sucked in bit by bit by your lungs. ”
“Yesterday’s world, this is an interesting statement. " Chen Shenglin chewed on this phrase.
In the upper class of Europe, when the term "yesterday's world" is mentioned alone, it usually refers to the fifty years from the end of the 19th century to the outbreak of World War I.
Those were the romantic and beautiful golden years in the eyes of the old European aristocrats and literary elites. The International Exposition in the Crystal Palace was brightly lit, and the street lamps in Paris illuminated the city one by one.
It was peaceful. Enjoy peace and the beautiful years of progress.
This kind of objective peace and progress is built on the bones of colonialism, but it was indeed the most glorious period of old Europe.
Hemingway called it a "movable feast", and one of Zweig's most famous masterpieces, The World of Yesterday, was used to remember the good times he spent in Vienna before the war broke out.
On the phone at this time, the young man's world of yesterday was obviously completely different from the beauty that old Europe had attached to this particular phrase, and it was completely opposite to Zweig's nostalgia for the lost history.
“Here and in the yesterday’s world in the Burmese travel notes, many things have changed, while many things have stayed where they are. ”
“Some are physical, such as the Good Luck Orphanage you see, a railway station that operates to this day. Some things are spiritual, such as the extortionist privileged police. The biggest difference is just from English-speaking colonists to natives. "Gu Weijing hesitated for a moment. "And"
"Go on, it's very exciting. Maybe I can add it to my campaign slogan. Let us declare war on the world of yesterday. It is a good political slogan. It is thought-provoking and contains a political metaphor for the history of Western colonialism. It is very good. "
Chen Shenglin encouraged him with interest.
"And, actually, when I saw them nodding and bowing to apologize, I felt bored and terrible. Maybe that military policeman could make me feel better if he could hold his neck high and argue that he was just checking in accordance with the regulations. I don’t know how you did it. I could even see the police officer’s hands shaking when he apologized to Ms. Sakai. "
"I believe that if he knelt down and kowtowed, Sakai Katsuko could treat today's incident as if it had never happened, and he would definitely do so. ”
“It must be the police officer who still makes you feel scared and scary even though he is like this. Most young people in your position would just feel excited. Is there anything wrong with seeing corrupt police officers being punished?" Chen Shenglin asked strangely.
If it were Gu Weijing last year.
There is a high probability that he would be like Chen Shenglin. As he said, when he saw that he had made a phone call, the police officer became arrogant and frightened.will also look very excited.
But he has seen too much this year.
The vision is different, the pattern is different, the problem is considered from different angles, and the final attitude has also changed.
"Because from beginning to end, no matter the law, no matter what is good or evil, right or wrong, it is meaningless in this kind of matter. Only the chain of interests plays a role behind it. I am thinking, if I I just made a call to Brother Hao, I’m afraid it will have the same effect, and maybe they will be even more scared.”
“Brother Hao is the person I know who paid 236 million in 2014. Do you still know the new owner of the Yangon Land King Xihe Guild Hall for 10,000 US dollars?" Chen Shenglin interrupted Gu Weijing and asked.
"Do you know him too?" Gu Weijing felt nervous.
“The industries are different and I am not familiar with them. But I have met each other. After all, I am a collector, and I am probably one of the richest collectors in Yangon. And this Hao brother holds the most valuable money in the country. Rich art resources. It’s strange that we don’t know each other.” Chen Shenglin said easily and calmly.
“Someone once pulled a string to sell me a painting of Monet’s water lilies. It was the 87th of the 251 water lilies that Monet created, and the second largest among all water lilies. The last time in history It appeared that it was bought by an anonymous buyer in Switzerland in 1986 for 4.6 million francs, and there has been no news since then. The normal market valuation is now between US$40 million and US$70 million.”
"The price quoted to me at that time was only US$9.8 million, but it had to be paid in the payment method designated by the seller, in three installments in the name of company stock dividends or in cash, and the consideration time was only 36 hours. The seller was that Brother Hao."
"It's really the legendary water lily."
Gu Weijing was amazed.
To this day, this kind of top-level art transaction worth tens of millions of dollars is still just a distant and vague concept to him.
Authentic work of Monet.
Some of the top art galleries in the Magic City of Eastern Xia and Beijing can borrow a piece for exhibition every few months.
But the whole of Southeast Asia.
Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Cambodia combined are only rumored to have a water lily and an elephant of Etretat in the private collection of the Thai royal family with assets of tens of billions of dollars. nose.
Brother Hao is actually powerful enough to get such a thing.
A collection of this magnitude can kill the entire Yangon National Gallery in an instant.
As long as there is an authentic masterpiece of sufficient weight in an art museum within a radius of 100 kilometers.
When Gu Weijing faced the systematic task of "copying famous Impressionists", he would not want to try his luck in the calligraphy and painting auction.
Who would have thought.
Maybe in Yangon.
In the Xihe Guild Hall, which is less than half an hour away from their calligraphy and painting shop, a certain unknown personIn the storage box of Zhi's treasury, a legendary water lily lies quietly.
This thing has great symbolic meaning in the art circle, just like the Heavenly Sword and the Dragon-Slaying Knife.
As long as you don’t meet supermodels like the Mona Lisa and Along the River During the Qingming Festival, they are national treasures that cannot be measured by money.
Water lilies are among the top and most prestigious collections in the eyes of collectors.
In a year when the market is cold, some cheap Monets can be purchased for over a million dollars.
But after 2010, for a work as representative and culturally symbolic as water lily, it usually costs eight figures to survive without any problems.
The piece of paper that Brother Hao holds is said to rank second among the more than two hundred water lilies.
If you meet the right auction and the right buyer, let alone US$70 million, nine figures are possible.
"Dirty paintings and fake paintings"
He knew that Brother Hao might be one of the largest money launderers in Southeast Asia, and he might also be the owner of the largest art counterfeiting group in the world.
There is a cold joke in the music industry that has been rumored for hundreds of years.
The total number of certified million-dollar Stradivarius violins in the world is 30 more than the total number of violins recorded by the master builder.
Place it in the art world.
I don’t know if the total number of Monet’s water lilies and sunflowers in the hands of collectors, whether overt or dark, legal or illegal, is more than the total number of works created by this Impressionist painter.
However, Monet is indeed the most popular master among the world's forgery painters.
Van Gogh and Leonardo da Vinci may be more famous, with higher average prices.
The problem is.
There are only a few handed down works of these two painters, and almost every existing work has been passed down in an orderly manner. You imitate a Mona Lisa and tell your clients that the one hanging in the Louvre is fake, but the one in my hand is real.
Not convincing.
Paintings like The Savior have no accurate inheritance.
Even if it was bought by a Middle Eastern prince for US$500 million, the Louvre is still in a war of words with the academic community over whether it is the authentic work of Leonardo da Vinci.
Picasso is too close to the present and is not easy to imitate.
Monet is different.
This painter is famous and lived a long time. The best thing is that he is very prolific. He often produces hundreds of paintings of the same subject.
Many counterfeit painting dealers rely on imitation Monet for their livelihood. As long as they deceive a rich man who wants to get a bargain, they can live for several years.
“Of course there is something wrong with this kind of price, but I don’t think it’s a fake painting. Not only because he wouldn’t dare to fool me on a tens-of-million-dollar collection unless he wanted to destroy the sign. At the same time, I have seen the painting with my own eyes. The three appraisal experts I hired from Europe and Japan and myself all tend to believe that the painting is authentic."
Chen Shenglin sighed. mouthgas.
“Ten million dollars can buy such a top-notch collection. Although I chickened out at the last moment before the transaction was completed, looking back now, I am still very excited.”
"You are a truly upright person."
Gu Weijing praised from the bottom of his heart.
Only those who are truly knowledgeable can clearly realize how attractive top-notch works of art are to an art lover.
It is like a beautiful beauty. Even if her origins are erroneous and cannot be revealed to others, she happily carries her back to the room and admires it under the lamp. She is still very beautiful and wonderful.
Brother Hao slapped a Bentley car key to win over him, but he was able to hold on.
If the other party were to take a picture of an authentic water lily, Gu Weijing might not be able to stick to his original intention, no matter in terms of wealth value or artistic value.
If this were not the case, the world-wide underground art black market, which deals in shady matters, would not be so prosperous.
“I like to hear this, but don’t think of me too lofty. I have actually prepared the money, but the water in this painting is too deep. In a day and a half, I took out the money. Several banks can't raise 10 million US dollars in cash, and Brother Hao doesn't accept kyats. I don't want my company to be involved in his money laundering business."
"Besides, 10 million US dollars. With US dollars, I can buy an ordinary water lily at a regular auction house for a little more. Buying a black painting is almost tied to Brother Hao. If the capital chain is tight in the future, I will have to sell it for cash. I don't think it's worth it to ask him to be the middleman."
Chen Shenglin said with a smile, "Gu Weijing, if you can draw with Cao Xuan, you will be watched by Brother Hao. "I'm not surprised at all."
"But since you called me Uncle Chen, I will remind you."
"Gu Weijing, if you want to make a fortune that lasted for ten years, you can go to Brother Hao. I heard that he is never stingy with talented young people. But if you want to be safe and secure? For a lifelong great painter, it is best not to have too much to do with Brother Hao."
Chen Shenglin's tone remained gentle.
"There is nothing wrong with young people wanting to make a fortune. But whether they can make a fortune in a down-to-earth manner is a matter of course."
"You are absolutely right. I have always refused Brother Hao's solicitation." Gu Weijing hurriedly explained, "I just want to say whether you are a decent person and whether the matter is right or wrong. As long as you make a phone call, society will know. Run according to your will. Both Brother Hao and Uncle Chen have the same power. This is actually quite scary. Your secretary didn't even confirm whether I told lies."
"Of course, I don't mean to accuse you."
As Gu Weijing spoke, he felt that his words sounded a bit ungrateful.
“No, one never needsApologize for your own honesty. If you want to hear lies, I can hear 10,000 lies a day, but the truth is rare. I'm glad you said that to me, that's what I wanted to hear. "
Chen Shenglin chuckled twice and admired Gu Weijing's sincerity.
"But Gu Weijing, have you ever thought about it, if the law of the world itself is So, what are you going to do? Fairness and justice are not the core of society. Fairy tale books teach children to be kind, but in an adult society, there are only interests. "
"What kind of society do you think is a good society? The United States. Next door to us, Vietnam, has the bloodiest war memorial in the world. There are millions of war memorials in it, which were bombed by US military bombs in all kinds of ways. Photos of human remains, old ladies maimed by Agent Orange and deformed babies. It is simply an encyclopedia of the tragedies of war. The world's most cruel drawing of the Society of Hell Beings. And these bombs were dropped in the name of justice. ”
“I have been to various cities and many countries over the years, and my biggest feeling is that police kill people, gangsters kill people, and senators also kill people. "
Gu Weijing was silent.
"The life of an artist can be glorious and poetic, but a politician cannot. We are rooted in every aspect of this city. If Myanmar is an iron pot being boiled on a low fire and you feel uncomfortable, you can jump out and live in another city. And I can't, this is my home. "
While Chen Shenglin was talking, he also realized that this topic was a bit heavy. He smiled, "Okay, this is a topic that only old men should talk about. Now, little Gu Weijing, the most important thing for you to do is to enjoy the sunshine and spring with Miss Sakai. By the way, remember to go to the polling station at the end of the year and cast a vote. "
"Don't worry about Brother Hao. In terms of influence, I dare not say that it can match Brother Hao in Yangon, but it is not difficult for you to paint with peace of mind and prepare for an art exhibition. "
"Thank you, Uncle Chen, if I was still in Myanmar at that time, I would. ”
The train blew its whistle and drove slowly into the distance, leaving the city.
The dense and mottled jungle outside the window drifted slowly past the window, as if being swept horizontally. Drag the slideshow.
The journey to the botanical garden is not far. In a country like North America that lives on wheels, it might just be a drive from a suburban town to the Wal-Mart in the city center to buy daily necessities. distance.
They have a drive of nearly two hours.
After all, we can’t expect modern trains to run on such an old railway. hour.
It is still a miracle that it can operate at intervals of half an hour, rain or shine.
I don’t know. It's because a first-class ticket worth 1,000 kyats is beyond the purchasing power of most ordinary people.
Or maybe the stationmaster mistook him for Chen Shenglin.In order to please Gu Weijing, he specially emptied the carriage. They were the only people in the quiet carriage of this sun-drenched old house.
When getting on the bus.
The staff also thoughtfully provided the Lily set meal with a plate of stir-fried beef slices with celery and lily surrounded by flies, plus a pot of instant coffee in a pot with paint peeling off that was full of small pits.
There is even a small dining car hanging on this old-fashioned train.
The Lily set meal is given to first-class passengers, and the corresponding rose set meal consisting of local rose brand biscuits is supplied to second- and third-class passengers.
Except for Uncle Alai, who is not picky about food, none of the people present showed any interest in this plate of beef slices with questionable hygienic conditions.
Uncle Alai was the only one sitting in the corner with a plate, chewing beef slices, drinking coffee, and reading the Yangon Mirror newspaper that came with the train with gusto.
"Meow."
Awang's round head emerged from the pet carrier and waved his little paw to remind Gu Weijing.
Ah Wang is also very interested in that plate of fried beef.
The native cat raised in Old Man Wu’s yard has always had a huge appetite due to this advantage.
He can eat hundreds of dollars of canned cat food.
Ah Wang can also eat fried beef with flies flying around.
She scratched the brown straps from her chest to her back with her paws. As a brave cat who longed for wind and freedom, the restrictive feeling of this strap made her very uncomfortable.
"Let her out. There is no one in the carriage now. I brought a small can for Awang. According to my mother's experience in raising cats, you should feed the cat before taking her out to play. We are going to the botanical garden to collect food. It would be terrible if it chews something and eats some poisonous berries."
Sakai Katsuko gently scratched Awang's soft flesh with her thumb. ears, suggested softly.
"Yeah, let me hold her and make sure Awang doesn't get lost." Jasmine also turned her head from the front seat.
The little girl looked at the big cat Gu Weijing was carrying on his chest with her big black eyes.
This is the first time for Jasmine to go out to play.
For many people in the Lucky Orphanage, "travel" has always been a very abstract concept.
People even need to spend money to travel far to satisfy their spiritual happiness. This fact in itself is a very puzzling thing.
The beautiful natural scenery and novel railway travel have now completely conquered this little loli.
Her eyes were full of excitement, and she stretched out her little hand to grab Awang's fleshy paws, "I can play with the cat all day."
That's probably true. It's one thing that brings down another thing.
The chubby civet cat saw Jasmine’s outstretched hand from the corner of his eye and immediately stopped making trouble.
It turned over, put its face into the pet backpack, and packed the ostrich.
SorryFortunately, Gu Weijing had already loosened the chest strap and put Awang down from his body.
"Jasmine is so cute, let's go play together."
"Meow meow."
Awang dislikes this guy for being unprincipled.
Jasmine is cute, but I am not cute
Humph, there are children but no cats.
The civet cat gave its unprincipled owner a very humane look. As soon as it landed on the table in front of the chair, before Jasmine could catch it, it jumped into Sakai Katsuko's body. in his arms. Please remember to collect it, the latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft