In front of Ye Tian, ​​there are five Chinese antique art works, three porcelains, and two calligraphy and painting works.

The three pieces of porcelain are a pair of Yongle yellow glaze blue and white folded branches and flower pattern plates, and a Southern Song Hutian kiln shadow celadon holder pot.

They are all extremely rare fine porcelains, both of which are extraordinary in both artistic value and market value!

All of the two calligraphy and painting works came from the Ming Dynasty.

A cursive calligraphy by Dong Qichang and a large freehand landscape painting by Xu Wei, can be regarded as the best among the best, and it is so thrilling!

All these treasures are installed in a portable safe. The safe is placed on the conference table. It has been opened and the treasures inside are presented to everyone.

Through perspective, Ye Tian had already seen these five top antique artworks in China and had a thorough understanding of their situation without any omissions.

Now he is just pretending to behave.

When he got closer, he first took out a pair of white gloves and put them on, then carefully took out Dong Qichang's cursive post from the safe, held it in his hand and slowly opened it, and began to appreciate it.

This is the calligraphy written by Dong Qichang himself. Ye Tian firmly believes in this!

In his eyes, this calligraphy radiated dazzling and beautiful orange light, accurately revealing its age. It is a calligraphy work with a history of more than 400 years.

The more than a dozen layers of charming halos on the calligraphy show that it has extraordinary artistic value and is definitely an outstanding work by the top calligraphers!

Of course, its market value is also quite valuable!

In addition, the seal of the "Xiangguang Layman" in the calligraphy is enough to explain its identity.

The preservation of the calligraphy is quite good, and there is nothing damaged except for the vicissitudes left by the long years.

It can be seen that every generation of owners of this calligraphy cherishes this top calligraphy work very much and takes good care of it, so that it has been preserved to this day in a nearly perfect state.

Time is limited, and Ye Tian did not carefully appreciate and study the calligraphy and seals on the calligraphy. Now he is just going through the motions and there is no need to be so serious. There is time to appreciate it in the future.

After a quick glance, he immediately gave the identification conclusion.

"Yes, this is indeed a calligraphy work by Master Dong Qichang of the Ming Dynasty. It was created in the late Wanli period, that is, the early 17th century. At that time, his calligraphy had already been completed and was at its peak.

This calligraphy work should be regarded as one of Dong Qichang's representative works. It has extraordinary artistic value and can be called a top calligraphy work. I like it very much and want to take it into my pocket! "

As he said that, Ye Tian had gently closed the calligraphy work and put it back into the safe again.

"Ah! The identification was completed so soon? It's too exaggerated!"

Brandon exclaimed, staring at Ye Tian in amazement, his eyes full of incredibleness.

The rest of the Gardner Museum were the same, and they were all a little stunned. Who has ever seen such an identification of antique artwork? Did it take a minute?

Joey and the art crime team were also scared by the lightning identification speed. They are semi-professionals and have never seen such a monster!

David and Mattis looked as usual. They had seen this kind of thing not once or twice. They had been used to it for a long time and had become accustomed to it!

In their opinion, no matter what magic happens to Steven, it is normal, because that is a magical guy, who can't do anything!

"Hahaha, Brandon, don't be surprised! This is the charm of Chinese calligraphy. The words written by a master of calligraphy must contain his unique spirit and life insights, which others cannot learn!

This is the same as painting. No matter how clever a copy of a work, it cannot copy the mood and thoughts of the painter when creating the painting. This is the foundation of creation and the most precious part of the artwork.

As far as I know, this calligraphy work has been collected in the Gardner Museum for more than a hundred years. More than a hundred years ago, China was in troubled times, and there were smoke everywhere! It is also difficult for anyone to make such a high-level fake! "

Ye Tian explained with a smile that this reason sounds reasonable and should be able to get away with it.

Even if these guys in front of you don’t believe it, what can you do? The initiative is completely in the hands of your buddy. Whatever your buddy says is what you love, whoever you love!

"You are right. Any work of art has its unique charm and temperament. It is difficult for fakes to do this! But the speed of your identification is so scary. I have never seen it before!"

Brandon obviously agreed with Ye Tian’s statement, but he still expressed his feelings.

Next, Ye Tian picked up the painting in the safe next to him, Xu Wei's ink-splashed freehand landscape painting, and began to appreciate and appraise.

Just like before, he expanded the painting in less than half a minute and gave the most accurate identification conclusion, which shocked everyone in the conference room again.

After appraising calligraphy and painting works, he immediately took off his gloves and began to appraise three top-grade antique porcelains.

I would like to say here that when identifying or appreciating porcelain, never wear gloves! The safest is the safest, wearing gloves will only increase risks and will not be beneficial!

If you see an expert wearing gloves to identify porcelain, you will turn around and leave immediately. This so-called porcelain appraisal expert is 100% a liar! There is no doubt!

Of course, this is not the case when the police investigate and collect evidence.

For example, in the underground palace of Laobei Church, in order not to destroy the fingerprint information left on antique artworks, everyone must wear gloves!

The opposite is true when identifying and appreciating calligraphy and painting works. If possible, it is best to wear a mask and gloves, which is to prevent sweat and saliva from splashing on calligraphy and painting works!

The identification of the three antique porcelains was also very fast, but the exclamations in the conference room had disappeared and they were never heard again.

Brandon and the guys from the FBI Art Crime Group were already numb, and they were still screaming!

In their eyes, Ye Tian was directly included in the ranks of non-humans and could not be judged by common sense!

Like the two previous calligraphy and painting works, these three antique porcelains are all fine Chinese collections in the Gardner Museum. Each one is authentic, with extraordinary artistic value and considerable market value!

After the identification was over, Ye Tian sat back on his seat, looked at the guys opposite him with a smile and said:

"Gentlemen, the Chinese antique artwork you brought is amazing, each of which is rare and top-notch. I feel very honored to see them here!

I like these Chinese antique artworks very much, and I want to put them in my pocket and turn them into my own collection. Now we can start trading, and I hope everyone will be happy in the end!"

"Great! Steven, let's start!"

Brandon said excitedly, with a bright smile on his face.

Before he finished speaking, he quickly opened his briefcase, took out two pre-written checks from it, and pushed them in front of Ye Tian.

"Steven, as we agreed on the contract, this is a $300 million cash check and a high reward of $20 million announced in the media.

There are also these five top Chinese antique artworks, as well as the stolen Chinese bronze 'goblet' from 3,200 years ago, to replace the five antique artworks that originally belonged to us!

Ye Tian leaned his head and looked at the two checks not far away in front of him, and then joked:

"It seems that I underestimated you, Brandon, I didn't expect the Gardner Museum to be so rich, and I took out $320 million at once, and it's a big deal!

Maybe I am still too kind! The offer is too low. If I had known that you would have taken out such a large amount of money so easily, I should have asked for more points at the beginning, and I believe you would agree!”

Hearing this, Brandon's eyebrows stood up and laughed loudly and scolded:

"Don't even think about it! You greedy guy! You thought it would be easy for us to take out this money, it's 320 million US dollars in cash! It's an astronomical figure for any museum!

Not only do we have funds to purchase antique art in the next few years, but we also have the income from transferring some artworks. In just a few days, we have sold more than a dozen of artworks in stock!

But this is far from enough. The difference is jointly funded by the museum sponsor and trustee, which has raised up 320 million US dollars in cash to satisfy your greedy appetite!

In the next few years, our Gardner Museum will have to tighten its belt and live a life, and even continue to sell some of the artworks in stock to maintain the normal operation of the museum!

To be honest, you are definitely the most ruthless and greedy bastard I have ever seen! How could there be a guy like you in the field of antique art collection? It's really unprecedented! "

"Ah! So miserable! It's really beyond my expectations. Otherwise, in order not to affect the normal operation of your museum, I would like to want the check of 300 million US dollars, and I only charge $20 million US dollars.

But how about Rembrandt's "Storm on the Sea of ​​Galilee" and his self-portrait, and Manet's "Chees Tortoni"? This arrangement is very reasonable, and it doesn't matter if I suffer a little loss!"

Ye Tian exclaimed in a pretentious manner, and then continued to joke.

He was very sure that Brandon would never agree to this exchange.

The price of "The Storm on the Sea of ​​Galilee" is not even enough! Besides, the other two top-notch paintings need to be added, how could Brandon agree? Unless his head is squeezed!

Sure enough!

As soon as Ye Tian finished speaking, Brandon was immediately furious.

"Dream! This is impossible! I have discovered that you bastard is definitely the biggest robber in the world, you are so greedy!

Let’s trade quickly. I feel creepy when I sit opposite you. It’s better to leave here early, so as not to be plotted against you again!”

"Hahaha"

There was a burst of laughter in the conference room immediately.

The laughter fell and the transaction began.
Chapter completed!