Chapter 845 This Strategy Is Very Successful
"Are you Mr. Liu Qingshan from Huaxia? We have something we need your help in investigating."
A police officer who led the team came to Liu Qingshan, and after saluting, he introduced with a serious face: "I'm Du Qiu, the head of the Accounting Division of the Metropolitan Police Department."
Liu Qingshan is eating. He is not satisfied with the Japanese breakfast. There is no soy milk fritters, nor any gruel and steamed buns.
He looked up at the sheriff with a lawsuit face: "Mr. Du Qiu, are you shooting a movie to hunt down?"
In the 1970s and 1980s, there was a famous movie in the island country, "Pursuit" starring Ken Takakura. The protagonist in it was named Du Qiu.
"Mr. Liu, we are serious, please cooperate with our work." Du Qiu is still serious.
Liu Qingshan nodded: "I can cooperate, but let's finish our breakfast."
So, Liu Qingshan's group, surrounded by a group of police officers, had an unforgettable breakfast.
After eating, Liu Qingshan and the others were all invited back to their respective rooms and were not allowed to enter or leave.
"Mr. Du Qiu, what happened?" Liu Qingshan pretended to be confused.
Du Qiu didn't hide it: "We received a report this morning that the ancient painting of red and white hibiscus in the Tokyo National Museum was stolen yesterday."
When talking about this matter, Du Qiu's head stared at Liu Qingshan, not letting go of any expressions and reactions of the other party.
Liu Qingshan snorted: "I know that painting is very precious, but I don't understand, what does it have to do with me?"
For many years, Liu Qingshan is absolutely excellent in terms of psychological quality, at least his mental strength is far stronger than the current teacher Du Qiu.
Therefore, this little trick of the other party is useless to Liu Qingshan.
"Mr. Liu, please understand our feelings. We must try our best to recover such national treasure-level cultural relics."
Du Qiu didn't dare to go too far. After all, the other party was a billionaire, and he was quite famous. Not everyone could offend such a rich and famous person.
Liu Qingshan smiled slightly: "As far as I know, this painting was collected in the Old Summer Palace. After the loss, who can understand the mood of our people?"
This is actually quite choking.
Du Qiu couldn't answer, he could only reveal: "That's because of historical reasons, and there's nothing we can do about it."
Then continue to return to the topic: "Mr. Liu, because you and your team have recently acquired antiques from Huaxia in some banks, so we are worried that thieves will find you, which may cause you trouble, so we have the responsibility to protect distinguished guest."
"Are you guys suspecting me of buying stolen goods?" Liu Qingshan smiled slightly, then waved his hand gently:
"Mr. Du Qiu, you can search the room where my classmates and I live."
Liu Qingshan knew that even if he didn't say so, people would definitely search in detail, it's better to take the initiative.
"Then I'll disturb Mr. Liu." Du Qiu was not polite, and quickly ordered his subordinates to start checking.
The hotel room, of course, is best cleaned. You will search all of it in less than half an hour before and after, and you will find nothing except a blue and white market.
However, when this blue-and-white market was purchased, Liu Qingshan also kept an eye on it and wrote a transaction contract with the seller, which naturally has nothing to do with this theft case.
At this point, of course, it can only be regarded as a preliminary investigation, and it is far from over.
Afterwards, Section Chief Du Qiu began to inquire about Liu Qingshan's whereabouts yesterday, not to mention the bank's whereabouts, mainly because of visiting Shinji Tanimura, which caught Du Qiu's attention.
He first inquired about the time in detail, and there seemed to be no problem, but Du Qiu was still keenly aware of something.
After reviewing the matter in his mind from beginning to end, Du Qiu felt that there must be something tricky in it.
When he thought about it, even if Liu Qingshan bought the painting, it couldn't have been hidden in the hotel, so it would have to be moved to another place, Tanimura's place, which was the main suspect.
After thinking about it, Section Chief Du Qiu decided to take someone to Tanimura's house to investigate.
Although the other party is also a very famous person, it should be possible to cooperate with the investigation.
So the troops were divided into two groups, and Du Qiu, the principal, led people to Tanimura's house.
He politely made a phone call outside. Although Tanimura was a little unhappy, he still received Du Qiu and his party.
As a routine, it was natural to search Tanimura's house.
Tanimura was a magnanimous person, but he didn't say anything. He searched and searched, and finally found a suitcase in the corner of the living room.
"This is a gift that my friend brought when he visited last night." Tanimura has no doubts about him, according to the truth.
On the other hand, Du Qiu couldn't help but smile: "Tanimura-kun, can you open it and take a look?"
Tanimura nodded: "I didn't have time to check it out."
I chatted with Liu Qingshan very late yesterday, and I just woke up this morning, so I really didn't check it.
Du Qiu had high hopes for this suitcase, but after opening it, there were a bunch of local specialties, all of which were dried mushrooms and wild vegetables.
On the contrary, Tanimura nodded happily: "It's really a precious thing."
But Du Qiu was disappointed and asked again, but there was nothing new to discover, so he could only leave angrily.
So far, they have no reason to investigate further, and all the police officers at the hotel have also retreated.
Liu Qingshan and his party went to the bank to work again, and they will be returning home tomorrow.
This last day was also extraordinarily busy, because bank representatives kept approaching Liu Qingshan and selling those oil paintings to him.
In the end, Liu Qingshan also half pushed and accepted a few pictures.
It was delayed until this time, on the one hand, because it was the last choice, on the other hand, Liu Qingshan was also trying to sway the other party's appetite, and it was also good to lower the price.
This strategy has proven to be very successful.
Just like Van Gogh's "Vase and 15 Sunflowers", Liu Qingshan started with nine million dollars.
At the beginning, the price paid by the islanders was 39.7 million US dollars, even if Liu Qingshan spent a fraction of it.
At the critical moment, Liu Qingshan is not polite at all when he puts down the knife. Anyway, if you want to sell it, I will buy it. Your price is too high. I'm sorry, let's Sayunara.
There is also the "Portrait of Doctor Gachet", which was also acquired by Liu Qingshan. This painting cost Liu Qingshan 35 million US dollars.
However, compared to the price of 82.5 million US dollars, it is still more than half of the discount.
It made Uncle Lu and the others aches, because this was the most expensive piece of art in their trip.
The more Lao Mao'er looked at the people in this oil painting, the less pleasing to the eye: "What is this painting? It looks even worse than me!"
Liu Qingshan smiled and said nothing. The doctor Gachet in this painting was a doctor who helped Van Gogh treat his mental illness and took good care of Van Gogh.
In order to express his gratitude, Van Gogh painted a portrait of Dr. Gachet, and therefore left his name.
There are two paintings in total, which are somewhat similar to the red and white hibiscus.
One of them is in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
The other one is the one that Liu Qingshan started. The composition is similar to the first one, but there are two more books on the table.
But this portrait was ill-fated. After being auctioned off to the island country at a high price, his owner kept it in a bank and threatened to cremate it with the painting after his death.
A few years later, the man died of a sudden cerebral infarction, and then the painting disappeared along with it and was never published again.
No matter what the final outcome is, Liu Qingshan felt that he had the responsibility to preserve this painting. After all, it would be a pity if it was destroyed.
His plan is to take it to France in the future to see if he can discuss it with the Musée d'Orsay, and use this painting to exchange for some Chinese national treasures.
If the two oil paintings of "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" can be reunited, it would be a good story.
I believe that the ordinary but kind Dr. Gachet will also smile in heaven.
Another big piece of Liu Qingshan's work was the painting "The Ball of the Moulin Rouge" by Renoir, which also sold for $35 million.
In the purchase of oil paintings, Liu Qingshan spent more than one hundred million dollars.
Although he still had a few favorites, but because the price he gave was too low, none of them were sold in the end.
Those bankers in the island country did not think about putting these paintings on the market again.
But they can figure it out with their butts. Those art dealers in Europe and the United States have long sharpened their knives, and they must be more ruthless than Liu Qingshan.
In fact, at the current stage, the price that Liu Qingshan started with can only be said to be inflated, which basically reflects the true value of these paintings.
Liu Qingshan bought oil paintings, of course, not for collection. Just like the original painting of Van Gogh's "Starry Sky", he was preparing to exchange privately with foreign art museums.
In the end, the 350 million U.S. dollars prepared, just spent less than 150 million U.S. dollars, which is barely passable.
It's not that Liu Qingshan is reluctant to spend money, it's mainly that the works sold to him by the banks are all third-rate paintings of Impressionism or Abstraction, and there is no room for appreciation at all.
Even if you put it for a hundred years, not only will it not appreciate, it may depreciate.
These things can be used to fool the nouveau riche, and it is not easy to deal with Liu Qingshan at all.
After making reservations with several banks, these antiques and works of art will be escorted to the airport by a cash truck tomorrow, and Liu Qingshan will bring people back to the hotel.
I was really tired at the end of the day. I was about to eat a meal and hurried to bed. Unexpectedly, the manager at the front desk of the hotel greeted me at the door early: "Mr. Liu, there are guests visiting."
Liu Qingshan was also exhausted, and asked who it was. If it was irrelevant, he would simply disappear. He really didn't want to make trouble.
"The man said that he recommended antique porcelain to you." The manager quickly explained to Liu Qingshan.
Thinking of the Yuanqinghua market that had been picked up and collected two days ago, Liu Qingshan was instantly refreshed:
"Okay, where are the people, I'll go and see!"
They were all in the hotel anyway. Liu Qingshan asked the others to go to dinner first. He only brought Master Lu and Wu Tong there.
When I came to a reception room of the hotel, I saw a man in his thirties sitting on the sofa, wearing a crumpled suit with a cramped expression.
Seeing that the manager was leading Liu Qingshan and others in, the man stood up in a hurry, and looking at it, he was only over 1.60 meters tall.
He bowed respectfully: "Is that Mr. Liu, I'm bothering you."
Liu Qingshan waved his hand, and then turned his attention to the big cardboard box on the table.
The man was also sensible, hurriedly opened the cardboard box, and then took out a large blue and white jar.
This kind of behavior surprised Liu Qingshan and Uncle Lu: You are not afraid of bumping into it?
"This is a big blue-and-white pot handed down by my ancestors. I heard that it is very precious. I have encountered some economic difficulties recently, so I can only sell it. I am really ashamed of my ancestors."
The man was chanting, these rhetoric, Liu Qingshan sounded a bit familiar, basically all the same.
As the man said that, he put his hand into the mouth of the can and pulled out things from the inside, all of which were sponges and the like. It seems that they have done some protection.
"This jar looks lustrous."
Uncle Lu glanced at it, muttered in his mouth, and then walked forward, preparing for a close-up appraisal.
The so-called thief light, in the industry, refers to the dazzling reflections on the surface of new porcelain, which are basically fake things, but to be on the safe side, Uncle Lu decided to take a closer look.
And Liu Qingshan suddenly had a warning sign in his heart. When the man took something out of the jar, he always had a sense of danger that was uneasy.
This is a special sense formed by practicing martial arts for a long time. Liu Qingshan himself can't understand it, but he really feels that some kind of danger is approaching.
"Sir, let me identify you first..." Liu Qingshan said, but his figure quickly approached the man.
Obviously, the danger cannot come from Wu Tong and Uncle Lu, who are the people he trusts the most.
Then it can only be this stranger in front of you!
Before Liu Qingshan finished speaking, he suddenly felt the hairs on his body stand up, he immediately shrank down, rolled forward, and continued to approach the other party.
At the same time, the man's hand was pulled out of the big jar, and he was holding a pistol, the black muzzle, and shot at Liu Qingshan for a while.
Huge and dull gunshots echoed in the reception room, accompanied by a man's scream, apparently someone was shot.
Liu Qingshan felt that the bullet rubbed his scalp and shot in the past. If this moment was filmed as bullet time, it would be very exciting.
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As for the front desk manager behind him, he was unlucky and had already fallen in a pool of blood.
Between the lightning and flint, Liu Qingshan had already rolled in front of the man, and across the table, he couldn't attack the opponent, so he could only push his body forward.
The solid wood table moved violently, hitting the man's abdomen.
The man was in pain, and subconsciously bowed forward, his upper body lying on the table.
Immediately, there was a scream in his mouth, Liu Qingshan slashed the opponent's wrist with a palm, and with a crackling sound, the man's wrist bone shattered, and the pistol fell on the table.
A figure flashed by, Wu Tong came over, holding the gun in one hand, but the weight of the pistol was relatively heavy, Wu Tong couldn't hold it with one hand, and quickly put the other hand on, and then took the pistol over .
This girl is far more brave than she looks on the surface. She didn't hold her head and scream, but bravely rushed up and fought side by side with her sweetheart.