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 Leland, but that shop was resold, didn't it?"

"Yes."

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

At this time, Lu Huaiyu suddenly mentioned this matter, which made some guesses emerge in her heart.

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 actually heard the answer.

Lu Huai and her thin lips are slightly picky:

"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 they have been sold soon. Before and after, eleven stores."

Shen Li was startled: "So many?"

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

Moreover, he has a lot of industries 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:

"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 forget the biggest feature of the city of Lyland."

Lyland - art mecca.

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

In the streets and alleys, people with drawing boards on their backs can be seen everywhere.

Shen Li was quiet for a while:

"so,

That fake painting of mine really first appeared in Liland? "

"Tao Siwen and the vice president of Yitang Gallery, Chai Shiming, are distant relatives." Lu Huai said, "The two usually don't 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 in Lilan who can paint, 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 very huge, because the profit potential here is 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 equivalent to a white wolf with empty gloves.

Cumulatively, it is an extremely frightening number.

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

Open a shop there, but it seems that they don't spend much thought on it.

His relationship with Yitang Gallery deserves scrutiny.

In addition, this is not the first time he has come into contact with fake paintings.

Shen Li spoke slowly:

"Senior brother once mentioned one thing 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. In the end, Tao Siwen simply bought it. A fake is in the house."

Lu Huai narrowed his eyes slightly: "Oh?"

Shen Li continued: "It is said that it looks quite similar. If the person who saw the painting had not studied Master's painting quite a bit, and knew that Master had donated the painting, he probably wouldn't have seen that it was 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 present can basically prove that Tao Siwen deliberately found someone overseas to produce fake paintings, and secretly transported these paintings back to China. However, whether those paintings entered the domestic market and sold at high prices, we still need evidence. This part will probably take some effort.”

Shen Li nodded: "I understand."

Tao Siwen 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 things are only halfway there.

More importantly, make sure that the fake paintings are indeed being sold as genuine.

However, 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. Senior brother said that most of the people in the painting association have nothing to do 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 pretended to like art on the surface, but anyone with eyesight could see that he was just doing superficial tricks and being arty.

As Shen Li said, she remembered another thing.

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

Lu Huai asked:

"The art association? Who is it?"

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 was in the living room, cutting off part of the newly bought red camellia branches and leaves, and inserting them into the vase one by one.

That 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 took this one and showed it to Master."

Shen Zhijin said "um".

Shen Li came to the porch, suddenly remembered something, turned back and asked:

"Dad won't go to school today?"

Shen Zhijin moved for a while, and a faint smile spread on Jun Xiu's face.

"Today is Yin Yin's birthday."

When it comes to this, even the originally clear and clean voice is mild.

He had promised her that this day belonged only to her.