Rebirth 81: Being forced into marriage by my sister’s best friend at the beginning

In the early 80s, China was developing its economy, and Europe and the United States had begun to pursue individuality.

In this era when individualism is highly valued and coupled with market hype, Impressionist paintings have become sought after by art investors.

Monet's works are among the best.

Especially for the painting "Haystack", Lin Ran knew that he still sold it at an auction in Hong Kong City for a sky-high price of 5500 million US dollars.

It is precisely because of its super high value that it will be remembered by Lin Ran.

While they were discussing in private, there was a fat man next to them who could understand Chinese.

Hearing their discussion, he couldn't help laughing contemptuously.

"You don't understand art at all."

He still spoke with a clear accent, and both Lin Ran and Wen Ya couldn't help but smile.

Of course, they did not object directly. After all, they were different from each other and still had to pay attention to etiquette.

Seeing that the two people ignored him, he picked up the red wine glass and took a sip, saying, "Monkeys in the East are uneducated."

Originally they didn't mind, but the other party got on top of them and they had to fight back.

The painting "Haystack" can be said to be the pinnacle of Impressionism painting. It uses a huge haystack as the theme and uses brilliant colors to depict the scenery of the French countryside.

In this painting, only huge haystacks can be seen.

Don't blame Wen Ya for not seeing the value of this painting at all, because in the minds of ordinary Chinese people, paintings are almost the same as graffiti with watercolor pens.

If you look closely, Monet has injected new ideas into this tradition.

In the calligraphy and painting, no working people can be seen, and no birds in the sky can be seen, just two piles of hay placed on the black ground.

In autumn in France, licorice is everywhere in the countryside.

This painting was created in 1888 when Monet and his daughter were walking on the hillside and saw these two piles of hay looking down from the hillside.

Monet immediately felt that this best reflected the French mountain style, so he sat down directly and made a sketch of it in his hand.

Then it was processed again at home, and it became this "Haystack".

However, Monet spent two full years in order to show the charm of the haystack. In the morning, evening and night, he would sit in front of the haystack and paint.

More than a dozen canvases were brought in every day to paint haystacks in different lights and weather.

So in fact "Haystack" is not a painting, but a series of paintings.

For this alone, Lin Ran admired Monet for painting piles of hay on the ground every day for two years.

It's not that he doesn't understand art at all. Although the Impressionist paintings are obscure and difficult to understand, it can still be seen that Monet captured the light in different seasons and times, making the haystacks show different color changes.

It's a pity that neither he nor Wen Ya is from the art circle. In their opinion, this painting has only investment value and no research value.

Lin Ran pretended to say this to Wen Ya, but in fact he said it to the fat man next to him.

The fat man took a sip of his wine and looked at them maliciously.

Unexpectedly, they actually researched this painting.

"Then why is this painting so valuable?" Wen Ya asked.

"What else? This is actually a well-known game." Lin Ran said with a smile, "Of course, the price is increased. The higher the price, the better. What they need more than money is prestige in the art circle. .”

In fact, it is the same as the chicken cup they auctioned in Mingyue Villa before. The treasure of the store must be there. It may not be valuable, but it must have a good reputation.

"In my opinion, the person who wants to buy this painting and calligraphy the most should be the Neon businessman." Lin Ran said.

"Ah? Why?" Wen Ya realized that she had underestimated Lin Ran. Could he still tell fortunes?

"The nature of oil painting and calligraphy and painting are different. Calligraphy and painting were originally created to serve the royal family. Since ancient times, there have been many noble scholars. They just wanted to show their best side to the emperor, so as to gain the opportunity to serve as officials in the court."

"Unlike oil paintings, oil paintings were created for the market from the beginning, so art dealers will try their best to hype up the works of famous artists."

"As long as there is hype, people will be fooled." Lin Ran smiled, "Who is the richest in the market now? And want to be recognized by everyone?"

"America?" Wen Ya didn't expect Lin Ran to ask this question suddenly. As the owner of Mingyue Villa, he rarely talked about international affairs because he knew that he might regret it if he said something wrong.

"Of course not, they already have enough fame." Lin Ran replied, "It's Neon. Neon's electronics industry has developed rapidly in the past two years and made a lot of money. However, because they were a defeated country before, so in the international arena His status has never been very high."

"They will do everything they can to show their financial strength internationally, hoping to get back their place." Lin Ran said, "So, there will definitely be a rich neon businessman who will step forward and buy it at a high price to take advantage of it. .”

Lin Ran's words were full of ridicule, directly belittling their works as creations of the market and without artistic value.

However, this fat foreigner's Chinese language skills are probably limited to daily communication. He just added a few idioms, but he couldn't understand them all.

However, this did not affect the fat man's realization that they were mocking him, so he just turned his head and drank the red wine.

The result turned out to be exactly what Lin Ran had guessed. In the end, a wealthy man from Neon bought it for 1500 million.

It is already equivalent to 120 million Chinese coins, which is simply crazy.

But it also made Wen Ya admire Lin Ran even more. You can guess this.

"What are they thinking about spending so much money on Monet's paintings?" Wen Ya shook her head.

At this price, let alone Monet's words, even if it was an authentic work by Wu Daozi, Wen Ya would have to hesitate.

Lin Ran sighed.

Even though the neon merchants are suffering a loss now, their minds are very flexible.

Spending 150 million to buy it gave them an international reputation. There will be wealthy people from all over the world in this auction, and Mr. Kashiwagi's name will spread around the world with them.

They kept it in their hands for ten or eight years, and then sold it on the market in Hong Kong City. They didn't lose a penny, but gained more than ten years of fame.

I have to say that Neon still understands marketing.

Lin Ran knew that Wen Ya also knew how to do business, but even after explaining it to him, Wen Ya couldn't understand.

After all, this knowledge is too advanced, not to mention that they have no way of judging whether the painting "Haystack" will be sold for a high price in the future.