Jiang Tang watched several lots being auctioned off slowly, showing no interest in them. Finally, Zhang Nanyu walked to the stage and announced the results of the previous investigation of fakes in the last auction.
Auction houses in China have legal exemption clauses. However, the corresponding staff related to "Wood and Stone Pictures" will be included in the list of suspects. Among them, the auction contact person, appraisal and verification personnel, etc. will bear joint and several liability.
The fraud in the Wheat Field series was not reported, which saved some face for Jin Zheng Auction House.
Jiang Tang also knew that since both politics and business were involved, it was impossible to announce any complete results, so he just wanted to give an explanation.
After Jiang Tang went on vacation, Si Yanzhi told him the final outcome of the matter.
The Yu family has always preserved many calligraphy and painting relics. The head of the previous generation of the Yu family gave birth to three sons. Before his death, he wanted to divide the property, including calligraphy and painting, among the three families. The eldest and second rooms of the Yu family did not want to donate the calligraphy and painting to the museum. There was a dispute with the third room. In the end, the head of the Yu family gave all the paintings and calligraphy to the third room. The third room took away the paintings and disappeared. The second room of the eldest room never found him.
Those calligraphy and paintings have not been seen for so many years, and there is no news about the third house in the Ming Dynasty. The eldest and second house of the Yu family have the idea of these cultural relics. They all know that the Yu family has preserved calligraphy and paintings, and many cultural relics in the museum were donated by the Yu family. Few people would suspect that they would imitate and then put them up for auction.
This time, it was Yu Yalan, the second roommate of the Yu family, who brought the fake "Pictures of Wood and Stone" to Jin Zheng's auction.
As for why it was not identified, Jiang Tang could also understand that those appraisers were involved.
If you just report or call the police, you may not be severely punished, but after what happened at Mu Qing Hotel, the powerful people in Kyoto have their own thoughts, and no one can tell what will happen behind the scenes.
But one thing they can be sure of is that although Yu Yalan seems to be fine, she will not get any benefits and may even become an outcast.
No one expected that the Jin Zheng Auction, which is known as the grandest antique calligraphy and painting auction, would turn out to be counterfeit, and several high-profile people would be implicated in it.
Although this incident hit Kim Jong in the face, the other party only suffered a slight loss of credibility, and there was no actual major loss.
After the incident was over, Jiang Tang was obviously relieved. As soon as school was over, she took a car to the Emerald Bay Villa.
Si Yanzhi was not in Beijing, so Jiang Tang often went to Emerald Bay Villa to treat Grandpa Si.
As soon as she entered the villa, she heard Butler Zhang yelling from a distance.
His face changed obviously. Butler Zhang was a steady man, so why was he screaming strangely now?
Jiang Tang rushed into the main room at a trot. As soon as the door opened, he saw Butler Zhang holding Grandpa Si's arm with both hands, an old face almost twisted with a smile, and tears in his dim eyes.
There was a thin layer of sweat on Grandpa Si's forehead. Hearing the sound of the door opening, he reluctantly raised his head and met Jiang Tang's blank eyes.
Then.
He heard Jiang Tang's trembling voice and called him "Grandpa!" with some excitement.
"Stand up." Grandpa Si sighed softly and gave Jiang Tang a somewhat labored smile.
"That's great!" Jiang Tang's eyes were hot, and he held back the tears that were about to fall. He showed a big smile to Grandpa Si, quickly stepped forward to support him, his eyes showed concern, and he couldn't help but speak faster: "Grandpa, You can't stand for too long yet, let's sit back and rest for a while. I'll ask Si Yanzhi to contact a rehabilitation doctor for you in a while. That's great, that's great."
Jiang Tang was talking incoherently, and Grandpa Si didn't interrupt him at all. He just sat in the wheelchair so quietly. He originally thought that he would just lie on the bed and be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life, but he didn't expect that he could actually stand up. It seems that he will also be able to stand up in the future. Maybe he walked on his own.
Grandpa Si's legs improved, and Jiang Tang ran to the Emerald Bay Villa more frequently. Si Yanzhi hired a special therapist to give him a massage, but he spent less time with his father, which made Jiang Zhe very dissatisfied. On this day, Jiang Tang went to the Jiang Group and planned to have dinner with his father.
As soon as she entered the company lobby and was about to walk towards the elevator, a voice suddenly stopped her, "Jiang Tang, please wait a moment."
The voice was unfamiliar.
To be precise, she had no impression of the voice, which meant that she probably didn't recognize the person in front of her.
He stopped and turned his head to look at the woman walking towards him. Jiang Tang raised his eyebrows slightly. She was wearing a long purple velvet dress and her white hair was neatly tied behind her head. To be precise, this was a look. A very fashionable old lady.
Facing the old man, Wen Liang waited for her out of the most basic courtesy, and asked in a calm tone: "What do you want to see me for?"
"I am Yu Mingzhu, Yu Yalan's mother. I have something I want to talk to you about alone." It can be seen that Yu Mingzhu takes good care of herself. Although she is in her early seventies, her face has wrinkles, but her skin is smooth. She is very fair, and at first glance she looks like a rich old lady who is used to being pampered.
"What do you want to talk to me about?" Jiang Tang said calmly.
"Tell me about why my brother Yu Mingshi's things are in your hands. I think you don't know why he left the capital, right?"
Under normal circumstances, Jiang Tang really didn't want to waste words with Yu Mingzhu, but he was also very surprised that his grandfather's surname was Yu and his father's surname was Jiang, so why the calligraphy and painting were left to his father.
Jiang Tang vaguely felt that there were other unknown secrets involved in these things.
She nodded and agreed to Yu Mingzhu's request.
Since it was not a work matter, Jiang Tang did not bring anyone into the company, but went to a coffee shop opposite the Jiang Group.
As soon as she sat down, Yu Mingzhu said half mockingly and half sarcastically, "The Jiang family protects your daughter very well. I really can't find a chance to talk to you."
Jiang Tang raised his eyebrows, opened the menu calmly, and ordered an American cup.
While speaking, "The way Ms. Yu invited me last time was a little off guard. It's normal for my father to have such a reaction."
After Jiang Tang finished ordering, he looked at Yu Mingzhu with burning eyes. The meaning was obvious.
Yu Mingzhu sighed, and hurriedly revealed the incident of almost kidnapping Wen Liang last time, and said bluntly, "We Mingren don't tell secrets. If it weren't for the Si family to persecute my daughter, I wouldn't be like this. If what Yalan did was sentencing, , I estimate that my daughter will never get out of prison alive in this life. Although Yalan is saved, if our property is confiscated as compensation, then our Yu family will definitely have a difficult life. "
"So?" Jiang Tang raised his eyes, with a rare cool look on his face.
"So?" Yu Mingzhu's eyes bulged slightly, she leaned forward in disbelief, and said in a displeased tone, "Isn't Yu Mingshi your grandfather? It's hard for you to just watch our Yu family even have an old house. Can’t keep it?”
