The Little Brat’s Sweet And Sassy Chapter 1170: Her birthday

Shen Li frowned slightly.

"You said earlier that one of Professor Carroll's students saw the painting in a small shop on Seventh Avenue in Lyland, but that shop was resold, didn't it?"

"Yes."

Shen Li was very impressed by this incident, because at that time she thought she could find out something from this, but in the end she returned without success because the store had been transferred.

At this time, Lu Huai suddenly mentioned this matter, causing her to have some kind of conjecture.

Sure enough, the next moment, I heard Lu Huai and said:

"The real owner of that store is Tao Siwen."

Even though she had already guessed this possibility, Shen Li's heart skipped a beat when she heard the answer.

Lu Huai and her thin lips are slightly raised:

"In fact, in the past five years, Tao Siwen has opened more than one store in Liland, but most of them have only been opened for a year, or even a few months, and soon they have been sold. Before and after, eleven stores."

Shen Li was shocked: "So many?"

If Tao Siwen wants to make money in Liland, such a model will obviously not work.

And he has a lot of business in the country. He is already busy enough, so why bother to work so hard in Liland?

"What's more interesting is that his stores are very complicated, and he doesn't seem to have a clear idea of ​​what to do."

Shen Li paused:

"The second brother means... those are just cover ups? Does he have another business in private?"

She has always been smart.

Lu Huaiyu smiled and reminded:

"You forgot the best thing about the city of Lyland."

Lyland - the art mecca.

It has a long history, ancient buildings, diverse cultures, and an extremely strong artistic atmosphere.

Streets and alleys, people with drawing boards on their backs can be seen everywhere.

Shen Li was quiet for a while:

"So, my fake painting really first appeared in Liland?"

"Tao Siwen and the vice president of Yitang Gallery, Chai Shiming, are distant relatives." Lu Huai said, "The two don't usually communicate much, so many people don't know about this."

He also went to check on purpose to find out about it.

Hearing this, Shen Li already had a rough guess in her heart.

"So..."

"There are many people who can paint in Lilan, and many paintings are produced every year, and a considerable part of them flow into the domestic market."

Lu Huai and Dao,

"As for the paintings themselves, whether they are works or fakes, only Tao Siwen should know."

Shen Li's eyes drooped slightly, falling into contemplation.

She knows that the domestic market for fake paintings is actually huge, because the profit margins are amazing.

The cost of a fake product is extremely low, but if it can be faked, it can earn tens of millions, or even tens of millions of profits.

This is almost the equivalent of a white wolf with empty gloves.

Accumulated, it is an extremely frightening number.

Tao Siwen will go to Liland every once in a while, without his family, only his secretary and assistant.

Opening a shop over there, but doesn't seem to put much thought into it.

His relationship with Yitang Gallery deserves scrutiny.

In addition, this is not the first time he has been exposed to fake paintings.

Shen Li spoke slowly:

"Senior brother once mentioned something to me before: Tao Siwen likes a certain painting of Master very much, and he visited and begged many times, but Master did not agree. In the end, Master donated the painting. As a result, Tao Siwen I simply bought a fake and kept it at home."

Lu Huai and his eyes narrowed slightly: "Oh?"

Shen Li continued: "It is said that it is quite similar. If the person who saw the painting had not studied Master's painting, and knew that Master had donated the painting, he probably wouldn't have seen it. It's fake."

Mei Yanqing is a figure of the Taishan Beidou level in the domestic painting circle, and it is normal for someone to copy his paintings.

But to be able to achieve such a similar level, it was also collected by Tao Siwen, which is obviously not normal.

Lu Huai pondered for a moment:

"The evidence I have at the moment basically proves that Tao Siwen deliberately found people overseas to produce fake paintings, and secretly shipped these paintings back to China. However, whether those paintings entered the domestic market and sold at high prices? Evidence is needed. This part will probably take some effort."

Shen Li nodded: "I understand."

Taoswen is in Lyland, which is convenient, but also has many restrictions.

That's why Lu Huai and Cai found the clues he left so quickly, and then deduced what he did in Liland.

But it's only halfway through here.

What's more important is to make sure that the fake paintings are indeed being sold as genuine.

But the domestic market is mixed, and Tao Siwen has been in this circle for many years. It is not so easy to get hold of him.

"My people have been investigating for a while, and there are many obstacles."

Lu Huai paused for a while,

"Ali, Tao Siwen is in the art association... does it matter?"

This question has been asked quite clearly.

Shen Li said: "It doesn't seem to be there. Brother said that most of the people in the painting association have no relationship with him. On the one hand, they knew that Tao Siwen had offended Master because of the fake picture, but on the other hand, they probably didn't like him very much. ."

Tao Siwen always pretends to like art on the surface, but people with discernment can see that he is just superficial and arty.

Shen Li said, and remembered another thing.

"However - I have seen Tao Siwen and people from the Art Association organize a private dinner together before."

Lu Huai asked:

"Anyone from the Art Association? Who are they?"

Shen Li paused for a few seconds.

"Shi Yang."

……

The next day is Friday.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Shen Li was ready to go out with a painting on her back.

Shen Zhijin is in the living room, cutting off some of the newly bought red camellia branches and leaves, and inserting them into the vase in turn.

The handful of red stretched out in his hands, a gesture of warm bloom.

Hearing the footsteps, Shen Zhijin looked up, saw her carrying the painting, and asked:

"Going to Mr. Mei's place?"

Shen Li nodded:

"I haven't made a painting for a while, so I said I would show it to Master."

Shen Zhijin said "um".

Shen Li came to the entrance, suddenly remembered something, and asked:

"Dad won't go to school today?"

Shen Zhijin made a move, and a faint smile spread on Junxiu's face.

"Today is Yin Yin's birthday."

Mentioning this, even the originally clear and clean voice was mild.

He promised her that the day was hers only.

Shen Li was startled.

Shen Zhijin said:

"Go back early today~IndoMTL.com~ Shen Li said softly:

"Hmm."

……

Shen Li put the painting on the car and drove to Jinse Bay.

On the way, she called Yu Pingchuan.

"Senior brother, I'm going to Jinse Bay now. If you are free at noon, would you like to have a meal together?"

Yu Pingchuan is happy:

"Okay, I'm in the art association now, I'll go after the meeting later."

The Art Association is very close to Jinse Bay, Shen Li thought about it:

"Then I'll pick you up?"

Yu Pingchuan is very happy: "OK!"