After carefully putting away Chu Suiliang's "Poetry in the Tang Dynasty", Xiao Ran continued to clean up the treasures stored in two portable safes.
During the subsequent cleaning process, he successively discovered several valuable paintings and calligraphy works.
The most valuable among them is a landscape painting by Li Cheng of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Li Cheng is a great master at the level of the founder of Chinese landscape painting, and is known as the first painter of landscape painting in the Northern Song Dynasty.
His ink landscape paintings are undoubtedly national treasures of art.
Comparatively speaking, his ink landscape painting is more valuable than Qiu Ying's "Twelve Albums of Peach Blossom Spring".
The status of the two in the history of Chinese art is much higher than that of Li Cheng.
Unfortunately, the preservation condition of this ink landscape painting is so poor that parts of it have festered.
Xiao Ran, who has the power of perspective, is very sure that it is Li Cheng's work and is a top-notch work of art.
Mr. Jin and Mr. Qin, who relied on videos and high-definition pictures for identification, were not sure.
They only said that it was very similar to the work of Li Cheng of the Northern Song Dynasty, but further identification was needed to truly confirm the result.
To Xiao Ran, this didn't matter at all.
When this ink landscape painting is sent back to Beijing, the Forbidden City and the National Expo will organize a team of top calligraphy and painting appraisal experts to identify it and restore it for protection.
By then, those top appraisal experts will know the answer.
In addition to this painting by Li Cheng, the value of several other paintings and calligraphy works is relatively low.
These include a landscape painting by Wang Hui, one of the Four Kings of the Early Qing Dynasty, and a calligraphy album by Ji Xiaolan.
Because they are relatively recent, these treasures are in pretty good condition and only need minor repairs.
After getting the definite identification conclusion, Xiao Ran announced on the spot that these works of art would be auctioned in the live broadcast room!
Hearing this, the live broadcast room immediately became excited.
Of course, the most common items in those two portable safes are all kinds of imitations and fakes.
Xiao Ran picked out a few pieces that were in good condition and planned to send them to antique stores in Los Angeles. The rest were planned to be completely destroyed as garbage.
After the display and appraisal sessions, there is the auction session.
The auction format is still the same as before, it is still a private message bidding, and each antique cultural relic and artwork up for auction has an auction reserve price.
Moreover, the auction is divided into two parts, or two levels, which fully takes care of all the fans in the two live broadcast rooms.
Antique cultural relics and works of art valued at more than 5 million yuan are part of the collection.
As long as the financial strength allows, anyone can participate in the auction, and the person with the highest price wins.
The other part is valued at less than RMB 5 million. Only fans in the main live broadcast room are eligible to participate in the auction.
The guys in the Collector's live broadcast room could only watch with envy.
The auction lasted for more than an hour before it ended.
Next, Xiao Ran chatted with everyone for a while before exiting the live broadcast room and ending the marathon live broadcast.
At this time, it was already about three o'clock in the morning.
As soon as the live broadcast ended, Swift walked straight into the study.
After coming in, she looked at Xiao Ran up and down as if he were an alien, making him feel a little scared.
Then, the superstar actress said in amazement:
"Sean, you are so amazing, you seem to know everything and know everything!"
“It seems like there is nothing you don’t know about all the antiques, cultural relics and works of art in the world.”
"And this way of making money is faster than robbing money or printing money. How on earth did you do it?"
"This is so crazy. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it!"
Xiao Ran looked at the cool-dressed super actress and said helplessly:
"Aren't you making a fuss, Swifty? Look at Elaine and Yufei, they act very calmly."
"Everything you saw just now was just a small scene. You haven't seen the real big scene yet!"
What he said was not bragging, but telling the truth.
In terms of transaction volume alone, the transaction volume of tonight's auction is only average, not that amazing!
Of course, this was for him, and Elaine and Yu Fei were used to it.
For Swift, that's another story!
The super actress rolled her eyes at him, her expression suddenly changed, and she said in a cooing voice:
"Sean, I wonder if you still need a female secretary? Why don't I be your secretary?"
As she said that, she gave him a wink.
You know what it means specifically!
"Hahaha"
Yu Fei laughed, her pretty face turned red.
"You are such a super rotten girl, Swifty, you are completely hopeless!"
Elaine laughed and cursed angrily.
Xiao Ran didn't dare to take this issue and quickly changed the subject.
"You beauties, it's three o'clock in the morning now, aren't you sleepy?"
"Is it time to take a rest? Anyway, I can't stand it any longer!"
After saying that, he quickly started cleaning up the live broadcast site.
The three beauties all knew the importance and did not come to disturb him.
After laughing and joking, they all left the study.
After a while, Xiao Ran had finished packing and locked all the valuable treasures in the safe.
As for those things of little value, just leave them outside.
Then he left the study and went to wash up and rest.
…
Nothing happened all night.
In a blink of an eye, it was already the next morning.
At about eight o'clock in the morning, Xiao Ran was still asleep, but was woken up by Elaine.
"Honey, wake up, something is happening outside."
"Detectives from the FBI and New York Police Department's Major Crimes Unit suddenly came together and want to meet with you."
"Those guys are in the elevator now and were stopped by Sam and the others."
Hearing this, Xiao Ran lost all sleep in an instant.
As if he was electrocuted, he jumped up from the bed and asked in surprise:
"What happened? Honey, do you know?"
"Didn't those guys from the FBI just leave last night? Why did they come here again so early in the morning, together with the detectives from the police's major crime unit?"
With that said, he walked to the bathroom to wash up and change clothes.
At this moment, Elaine briefly explained the reason.
"I just saw on the morning news that Wilson and a fellow con man were killed by a car during a riot last night!"
"It was said to be a riot caused by a robbery of an ATM at an intersection on the Upper West Side."
"When the riot broke out, Wilson and his friends happened to drive by there, and were directly hit and killed by a large garbage truck!"
"ah!"
Xiao Ran exclaimed and froze on the spot.
This news is so unexpected that it catches people off guard!
This is not a performance, but an expression of true feelings.
While he was surprised, he also felt very happy and even wanted to cheer loudly.
There are two fewer enemies, which is certainly worth celebrating!
At the same time, he was also puzzled.
Who on earth killed those damn crooks in Wilson? Directly hitting a large garbage truck is a very cruel method!
He didn't believe it was an accident at all. How could there be so many coincidences in the world!
Could it be that the victim who was deceived by those dead liars came to take revenge? or it could be……?
Thinking of this, a smile quickly flashed deep in his eyes, and it became clear instantly!
"Those dead liars are so unlucky, it's like misfortunes never come singly!"
"It's a good thing that they are dead. Less people will be deceived in the future."
"The unlucky ones who were deceived by them are probably cheering and celebrating now."
Xiao Ran said with emotion.
With that said, he went into the bathroom to wash up.
Looking at his back, the only trace of doubt in Elaine's eyes disappeared in the blink of an eye.
A few minutes later.
Xiao Ran came out of the bedroom after cleaning up.
As soon as they entered the living room, Fang Yufei and Swifty immediately turned to look at him with suspicion in their eyes.
Especially Swift, there was a hint of fear in her eyes.
On the big-screen TV in the living room, the riot that occurred in the Upper West Side last night was being followed and reported.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Ran shrugged his shoulders angrily.
"Conscience of heaven and earth, two beauties, do you need to look at me like this?"
"I was with you all last night. This matter has nothing to do with me, okay?"
"Those two dead liars were hit and killed by a car. It was obviously an accident, but they deserved their death!"
Fang Yufei and Swifty paused for a moment, then nodded in unison.
"We believe you and can vouch for you"
They knew better than anyone where Xiao Ran was last night.
This tragic car accident that occurred on the Upper West Side of Manhattan was obviously not his fault.
Moreover, he has not made any calls related to this matter, and he cannot be the instigator behind it.
While they were talking, the reporter on the scene suddenly broke some new news.
"Dear viewers, we have just learned that the Manhattan police have discovered some new information."
"The two auction house people who died in a car accident last night had high concentrations of alcohol and drugs in their blood, and were involved in drunk driving and drug driving!"
"The police found a large amount of liquor and drugs, as well as a large amount of cash from unknown sources, at the home of the deceased named Wilson."
"In addition, it is said that this matter is related to the Irish gangsters in Hell's Kitchen, and the police are following up the investigation!"
After hearing this news, the smile in Xiao Ran's eyes suddenly became stronger.
At this moment, David suddenly knocked on the door and walked in.
As soon as he entered the door, this guy said:
"Sean, several detectives from the FBI and New York Police Department's Major Crimes Division want to meet with you and want to know something from you."
Xiao Ran smiled and nodded.
"If you are upright, don't be afraid of the shadow. Let them come in!"
