Chapter Nineteen What kind of luck are you!
"Boss, please take these paintings down and let me see them." Yang Jing stood in front of more than ten sketches and looked at them for a while, and then he called the boss out.
The boss took down the paintings and handed them to Yang Jing, saying, "Sir, these paintings are not drawn by Mr. Picasso. In fact, they were all drawn by a student from the University of London. Maybe this student thought Picasso's paintings were very popular, so he used Mr. Picasso's name..."
Yang Jing nodded and said, "He painted it really well. I was shocked when I saw these paintings just now. When did so many Picasso sketches appear here? If you don't say it, I really thought it was painted by Mr. Picasso."
The shop owner laughed, "Of course these paintings cannot be Mr. Picasso's paintings. If I had Mr. Picasso's paintings, I would never have sold paintings here. I would have gone to Wales or Scotland to buy a luxury villa to live, what do you think?"
Yang Jing nodded and said, "If it were me, I would have done this."
After a pause, Yang Jing asked, "So what are the prices of these paintings?"
"You know, these paintings were sold for consignment. At that time, the child offered me a price of fifteen pounds per painting. If you want to buy them, it would be better to buy them one piece. These paintings were twelve, a total of three hundred pounds."
Yang Jing frowned and said, "This price is a bit high. Although the Picasso signature on these paintings is enough to be fake and real, as you said just now, these paintings were just painted by a student from the University of London. They are not the original works of Mr. Picasso, so..."
"NO, NO, sir, I just said that these paintings are only consigned to me, and I have no right to price these paintings. Besides, these paintings are really good, aren't they?"
Yang Jing lowered his head and thought about it before saying, "Okay, wrap all these paintings for me. Who made me like these paintings? Also, I need to sign an agreement to prove the origin and price of these paintings."
The shop owner agreed very happily.
After signing the agreement, Yang Jing walked out of the market with these paintings and drove back to the rental house near Royal Holloway College.
Seeing Yang Jing carrying more than ten sketches in, the fat man complained that Yang Jing spent money to buy these useless paintings.
But facts have proved that Yang Jing's intuition once again played an important role.
The next day, Fatty and Yang Jing took the painting to find a professor from the School of Art of Holloway College.
Royal Holloway College is one of the independent colleges of the University of London. The college was founded in 1886. Queen Victoria personally awarded her Royal Charter and presided over the opening ceremony. In 1900, Royal Holloway College joined the University of London.
Several majors at Royal Holloway College are first-class in the UK. Yang Jing studied for a master's degree in economics and management here, while fat boys studied for an art major.
The art major of Royal Holloway College is also well-known throughout the UK. Although Royal Holloway's art major refers to media, there are still many old professors in this major who have very profound attainments in art.
For example, the old professor named Steve Johnson found by Fatty is a professor who has a profound study of Picasso.
"What? You said you have three furniture sketches of Mr. Picasso in your hand? Chris, don't fool me here!" In Professor Steve Johnson's office, when the old professor looked disbelief after hearing Guo Xiaoxiang's words.
Like Yang Jing, there is an English name of Albert Yang, Guo Xiaoxiang also has an English name, and Chris Guo is his English name.
"Professor Johnson, how could I fool you? Look, I brought all the paintings here. But we were not sure if this was Mr. Picasso's painting, so we brought them here for you to show it." It can be seen that the Fatty Man has a very good relationship with this Professor Johnson.
"Well, since you are so sure, then take your paintings and let me see them. But Chris, I will tell you that if those paintings are not Mr. Picasso's paintings, I guarantee that your graduation thesis will not be able to pass!"
Obviously, Professor Wilson did not believe Fatty, and even expressed the threat of graduation thesis.
Of course the fat man didn't care about this. He studied in the UK just to satisfy his mother's preferences, otherwise he would have been spending time with his father at home!
No matter how hard you live with a billionaire's father, you're better than living alone in the UK!
Yang Jing took out the three sketches from his backpack, and Professor Wilson put on his gloves and took them over.
Professor Wilson's professional qualities are still very good. Regardless of whether these paintings are the original works of Picasso or not, the professor wears gloves to pick up these paintings is enough to show the professor's dedication.
Professor Wilson must have not regarded these three paintings as a matter. Although Picasso has left a large number of works in his life, most of his works are treasured in museums or private collections, and they are not easily seen among the people.
The old professor glanced casually, but his eyes immediately widened.
The old professor looked in disbelief and quickly put the three paintings carefully on the table, then put his face up and began to carefully look at the three paintings. Finally, the old professor even took out a magnifying glass from the drawer and looked at them bit by bit.
After a long time, Professor Wilson put down his magnifying glass, then let out a long breath, and said with an excited expression on his face: "Chris, it's really unbelievable that you can actually bring three authentic works of Picasso! That's right, if nothing unexpected happens, these three paintings should be the authentic works of Mr. Picasso!"
The fat man was also very excited when he heard the old professor's words so affirmed. As for Yang Jing, he had known the result for a long time, and now he is just using Professor Wilson to promote these three paintings.
The old professor took off his reading glasses and said with a serious expression: "Chris, although I identified these three paintings as the original works of Picasso, if I want to confirm the identities of these three paintings 100%, I still need to find a few heavyweight figures to confirm them together. By the way, can I ask where you got these three paintings? According to my understanding, it seems that these three paintings have never appeared in the sketches left by Mr. Picasso."
The fat man looked at Yang Jing, and Yang Jing smiled and said, "Professor, these three paintings were accidentally bought when I went to the Greenwich Handicraft Market yesterday. At that time, I found more than ten sketches in a shop selling paintings. According to the shop owner, these paintings were painted by a student from the University of London. I thought they were pretty good at that time, so I spent 300 pounds to buy the twelve sketches. As a result, after I came back last night, Chris and I admired these paintings together, and then I felt that three of them seemed to be different from other paintings. Professor, I have some research on artworks, so I can see the difference between these three paintings, but Chris and I cannot confirm the true identity of these three paintings, so we both want to both of you today."
The old professor was stunned when he heard this, and after a long time he shook his head and said, "Albert, what luck are you doing! You can actually find the authentic works of Picasso in that place..."
Chapter completed!