Seeing Li Yi staring at the picture of "Pine Wind in Ten Thousand Valleys" with rich expressions on his face, Arnault couldn't help but smile. The more he liked, the better. The best thing was to see that he couldn't pull it out in his eyes!

"This painting should have a higher status in the history of Chinese painting than the painting "Lavender Mist" in the history of world painting. There are not many treasures like this even overseas..."

Li Yi knew what he meant, withdrew his gaze, looked at him with a smile, and said slowly:

"This painting is very important to China, but China's ink painting style has never been the mainstream of this world, so it is impossible to compare it with "Lavender Mist". I believe Mr. Arnault should have also made an assessment in this regard..."

Arnold nodded and said:

"Many times, the value of the same thing is different in the hearts of different people, and sometimes the difference is very large. However, if both parties to the transaction measure each other in this way, the transaction will often be difficult to achieve, so we might as well complete the transaction from a neutral perspective and a relatively neutral value assessment."

Li Yi nodded. After all, this guy was still a little unable to judge his attitude towards this painting, or he thought his desire for "Lavender Mist" exceeded his desire for this painting, and was afraid that he would knock on his robbery.

However, what he said makes sense. No matter who wants the transaction to be successful, he should try to avoid using the other party's psychological situation, because only fairness can lead to the future, and the road he will take will be long in the future!

Of course, this kind of mentality must be taken advantage of, just don’t be as greedy as those guys selling beast heads.

"No problem, I agree with you very much! Mr. Arnault, can you reveal, how much do you think this painting should be worth?"

Arnault's eyes rolled twice, and asked without answering:

"Mr. Li, can you tell me how you evaluate Tang Yin and Tang Bohu's works?"

Li Yi raised his brows and immediately understood his true intentions. He couldn't help but laugh and shook his head.

"Mr. Arnault, do those legendary transactions really exist? Or do you think those are really possible?"

The transactions Li Yi mentioned are all related to Tang Bohu's works. A few years ago, there was a news circulating on the Internet that Tang Bohu's "Viewing the Waterfall in Mount Lu" was sold at a special auction held at Sotheby's, New York, at an incredible sky-high price of $590 million. Even his fan painting, "Picture of Lady Blowing the Flute" was sold at $92.7 million.

Anyone with a little common sense would not believe this kind of news. Unexpectedly, Arnault wanted to use it as a bargaining chip for negotiation, which really made Li Yi not know what to say. In fact, the rumored online soft girl coins worth 1.725 billion, also from Tang Yin's vertical scroll "Imitation of Li Tang Mountain and Water Picture", was also written by Tang Yin. The actual transaction price of the soft girl coins a few years ago was only more than 12 million soft girl coins.

Seeing Li Yi, he saw through his true intentions. Arnault was not embarrassed at all, but laughed loudly.

"Mr. Li, the works of modern painters who are more active in the auction market recently are the works of modern and modern painters. Such ancient paintings that are extremely rare are very rare, so it will be more difficult to accurately value them, but..."

He pondered for a moment and then said:

"But I think 20 million euros should be a relatively reasonable price, and it is also a price that both of you and me can accept."

Upon hearing this, Li Yi was a little surprised. Although this price can definitely be among the top ten most expensive ancient Chinese paintings, for this work, the estimated price is indeed a relatively reasonable price. It seems that this guy really wants to get "Lavender Mist"...

Nodded silently, Li Yi didn't say much, and walked around the study with his hands behind his back. Unfortunately, although there were still a few frames hanging on the wall, they were all Western oil paintings and had no exchange value.

In addition, there was nothing special in the bookcase or on the desk. After Li Yi hurriedly swept it, he walked to the ancient shelf and checked the bronze mirror and the blue-ground pastel porcelain bottle. After confirming that it was indeed the two things that appeared in the salon yesterday, he turned his attention to the blue and white porcelain pieces beside him.

Judging from the characteristics of blue and white porcelain and the shape of the instrument, these blue and white porcelains should be blue and white porcelains from the Qing Dynasty. The most precious one is a blue and white underglaze red cloud dragon celestial ball bottle from the Yongzheng period.

Blue and white underglaze red is a porcelain decorative technique used between blue and white with underglaze red and painted patterns. Although it was also in the Yuan Dynasty, some problems in firing have never been broken through, so there are not many works handed down from the world, and the finest products are naturally even rarer.

However, this celestial ball bottle is a rare treasure, both in terms of porcelain body, blue and white hair color, and even the color of underglaze red. Therefore, Li Yi just took a few glances and silently included it in the scope of transactions.

Normally, the value of "Lavender Mist" should be between 100 million and 120 million US dollars, which means that it is about 85 million euros. Although the painting has not been repaired yet, there are not many damaged areas and it should not have much impact on its value.

As another party in exchange, "Pine Wind Picture of Ten Thousand Valleys" is priced at 20 million euros. The price of the two antiques taken from the salon should not be lower than Okina's offer, which is 00 euros. Adding to this celestial ball bottle, the 85 million yuan is more than half.

However, although there is more than half, it should be quite difficult to get 40 million for the remaining things. Could it be that Arnault has any cards to play?

As his eyes flashed, Li Yi accidentally picked up the last piece of blue and white porcelain. This is a small bowl of blue and white baby pictures. The baby pictures are a pattern that has appeared more frequently in all dynasties. In addition, this is a practical tool, so unless it is really a fine product, its value is generally not too high.

Judging from the white porcelain exposed on the edge of the bowl, this is not a fine product. On the contrary, its loose material is more like a folk kiln product. However, the baby shape in the blue and white patterns seems to be a little different from those familiar to Li Yi.

There is no blue and white bowl. After a brief look at the part of the exposed body at the bottom of the bowl, Li Yi confirmed his judgment on the porcelain quality of this small bowl, and more than 80% of this piece may be a folk kiln porcelain. However, the image of the fat baby in the blue and white pattern made him feel more and more strange, because he had already remembered that this shape was a bit like the baby shape that was popular in the Song Dynasty or the Jin Dynasty. Could it be that this was actually a Song blue and white porcelain?

Blue and white porcelain originated in the Tang Dynasty, but it did not really develop afterwards, but instead declined. Therefore, before the Ming Dynasty, blue and white porcelain handed down from generation to generation was extremely rare, and most of them were Yuan blue and white.

There are some controversies about Song blue and white porcelain in China at present, but the undisputed point is that Song blue and white porcelain that have been passed down from generation to generation are indeed very rare, even so rare that many experts who claim to have great research on blue and white porcelain have never seen it.

According to records, the only thing that can be confirmed to be a complete blue and white pot in the country is that there is a small blue and white bowl unearthed from the Northern Song Dynasty tombs in Wushan County, Shancheng, and a small blue and white pot unearthed from the Song Dynasty tombs in Yuhang, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The rest are basically broken porcelain pieces.

Relevant experts estimate that, plus the lost overseas, whether there are more than ten existing Song blue and white porcelains, which are all problems. Will this one be one of them?

After carefully observing the color of blue and white hair, Li Yi made a secret judgment in his heart. He couldn't say it was true that this might be an extremely rare Song blue and white hair!

A gust of cold air flowed by, and the Jianling Card gave the identification results. It was indeed a piece of Song blue and white porcelain, and it was also a piece of Northern Song blue and white porcelain!

After silently sighing in his heart, Li Yi turned his attention to other places. Although this piece of Song blue and white porcelain is precious, it is not only the age that constitutes the overall value of a piece of porcelain. Whether the porcelain itself is an official kiln and exquisite is also a very important aspect. Therefore, although this piece is an extremely rare blue and white porcelain bowl of the Song Dynasty, its real value is not very high. If you take it, it is likely that it will not be sold for 1 million euros.

There are still 39 million...

After reading the entire antique shelf, Li Yi selected two more pieces, one was a Qingtian stone carving from the Qing Dynasty, with an estimated price of about 800,000 euros, and the other was a small piece of jade carving carving by Zhu Yongtai, a famous palace jade carving master in the Qianlong period. The material was just ordinary white jade, worth about 1 million euros.

There was still a lot of difference! After confirming again that there should be nothing missing, Li Yi frowned slightly. In any case, he would not give up on the "Pine Wind of Ten Thousand Valleys" and the bronze mirror of the Golden Village. It really doesn't work. At worst, it's the same as the deal with Earl Bob, plus a portion of the cash.

"Mr. Arnault, I've finished reading it. Although the value of these things is still a bit lacking, I don't think it's a big problem. Let's go to the hall to see the painting."

Li Yi raised his hand and signaled. Gu Feng nodded, ran out of the study quickly, took "Lavender Mist" from the car, and then walked into the hall downstairs with Hongchen.

This painting has not been repaired, so it is still in a state of two pieces. The reason why Li Yi did not take it out for Arnault to identify it from the beginning was a small strategy he deliberately played, because he had to let Arnault understand that if there were no other better things, just based on the two pieces collected in the salon yesterday, let alone exchange them, he might not even be able to see the painting!

"Oh Maiga, poor baby..."

Arnault rubbed his hands excitedly. Although he believed that Li Yi would definitely be interested in the things he took out for exchange, Li Yi's strategy just now did put a lot of pressure on him. Now that he finally saw that he could finally see "Lavender Mist", he was also a little excited.

After snapping his fingers, the two experts who had been waiting in the hall carefully opened two "Lavender Mist". First, each of them looked at one, and exchanged them for more than ten minutes. Finally, the two discussed a few words and nodded at Arnold together.

"Great, now, Mr. Li Yi, let's talk about how to trade well?"

"No problem, in addition to the "Pine Wind of Ten Thousand Valleys", bronze mirrors, and blue-ground pastel porcelain bottles, I also need... In addition, I have to add 40 million euros!"

"Oh Maiga! No, Mr. Li Yi, you are so greedy. Although the things you mentioned are a little less valuable than the painting, 40 million euros is too much. You should know that your painting is not a complete work, and I have to bear the risks that will occur during the restoration process..."

"This is not a problem. I can repair this painting before I can trade it with you..."

"No, no, let me think about it, let me think about it..."

Arnault held his forehead with his hands and muttered something. After a while, he seemed to have made up his mind and stood up suddenly.

"Come with me!"

Oh? Could it be that there is anything else that is hidden and not taken out?

Li Yi raised his eyebrows and stood up with a little excitement. This thing is probably more precious than "Pine Wind in Ten Thousand Valleys", but what exactly will it be?

Following Arnault to the door of rooms on the first floor, Arnault signaled him to wait and walked into the room first. Then Li Yi heard a faint sound of heavy objects sliding from the room.

"Mr. Li, please come in alone, please help me lock the door."

Li Yi signaled Gu Feng to stay in place, then pushed the door and walked in.

The room is not big, depending on the layout, it is either a guest room or a servant room. But now, the room is facing a cabinet at the door and is about one meter away, revealing a slightly dim hole.

"If it weren't for the fact that it was really hard to move, I wouldn't have brought you here, so whether you would choose to exchange or not, waiting for this room, I hope you will forget everything you see."

Li Yi nodded solemnly, followed Arnault and walked into the dim entrance of the cave.

In the entrance of the cave, there are downward steps, about ten steps, and at the end of the steps is a thick gate that looks like a vault safe door.

After entering the password, verifying the fingerprint and iris, the door opened and Arnault took the lead in walking into the secret room.

The secret room is not very big, it looks only about twenty square meters. There are five or six safes, big and small, and two large boxes more than a half-person tall. In addition, there are also bronzes that are more than one meter long and more than 80 cm tall, which look like bathtubs!

"It's this bronze ware, but if you want to take it away, you will need to pay me an additional 50 million euros!"
Chapter completed!