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John Smith readily agreed: "Of course, I will be happy to arrange a special visit to the art gallery for you."

At this time, half of the dishes on the table had been tasted, and the conversation between the three of them became more and more speculative.

Just when Kuroba Kaito was about to follow the current topic and lead the chat to "Ashiya's Sunflower".

A cell phone ringtone suddenly rang.

Then, assistant Darcy walked to the dining table: "Mr. John, this is Miss Anderson's phone number."

"oh?"

John Smith wiped his face with a wet towel to dispel the alcohol slightly, and then took the phone: "Keiko? Thank you for your concern. It's okay... Don't worry, it won't affect the auction the day after tomorrow."

He paused for a moment and said with a hint of surprise: "You want to come over? Okay, I will arrange for Darcy to pick you up."

After hanging up the phone, John Smith had a helpless smile on his face and handed the phone to his assistant for safekeeping. "Keiko must have heard the news that I was not feeling well, so he wanted to come over and confirm my condition."

Darcy responded: "I will pick up Miss Anderson now."

"Go ahead and be careful on the road." John Smith nodded.

Watch Darcy leave the room.

Kuroba Kaito continued to answer: "Mr. John, is the Miss Keiko you are talking about your wife?"

"No, I have cooperated with her several times. As for this time, I think Keiko should be very concerned about the auction the day after tomorrow and doesn't want any problems to occur."

John Smith shook his head slightly, but a smile flashed in his eyes, "But that's okay. After she comes, we can chat together. Her appreciation of art is also first-rate... Well, we just chatted Where have you been?"

Hearing this, Kuroba Kaito immediately changed the subject tactfully, "You are teaching me the knowledge of identifying calligraphy and paintings. Speaking of this... Mr. John, will the auction just mentioned also sell some very precious works of art?" ?”

John Smith nodded: "Yes, this exhibition does bring together many rare art treasures. There is a painting among them, I believe you will be very interested."

Kuroba Kaito deliberately pretended to be casual and asked: "Oh? I don't know which master's work it is?"

John Smith smiled slightly and said: "This master is a legend in the art world, and every one of his works can be called a classic. However, when it comes to his most representative works, except for the " Apart from "Starry Moon Night", it should definitely belong to the "Sunflower" series."

Hearing this, Kuroba Kaito expressed his joy directly on the surface and said in surprise: ""Starry Night" and "Sunflowers"? Mr. John, is the master you are talking about the Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh?" "

"Yes, that's him."

John Smith joked, "It seems that you chose to come to the United States instead of France because you were worried about "Paris Syndrome". This decision is really wise. Because the second painting """ created by Van Gogh during the Yare period will be exhibited at the auction the day after tomorrow. "Sunflowers at Ashiya." That painting is undoubtedly one of Van Gogh's masterpieces from his peak period."

"Ashi...Ashiya Himawari?!"

Kuroba Kaito's eyes widened, pretending as if he had heard the news for the first time: "Isn't that painting determined to have been reduced to ashes in a fire?"

"Yes, the outside world has always thought so. But I didn't expect that a painting with the same composition was discovered in Yare last year. Some people said that the painting miraculously survived the fire. It's just that over the years, it has been Secretly collected, never seen... Some people say that this sunflower painting was actually the second sunflower painting copied by Van Gogh himself..."

John Smith paused:

"In short... the scale of this auction is unprecedented, attracting collectors and art lovers from all over the world. After so many years of accumulation, the discoverer of the painting also believed that it was time for this masterpiece to see the light of day again, so he commissioned us to bring it to light. That painting is up for auction.”

Kuroba Kaito and Ye Gengyi exchanged a look, and then asked:

"The final transaction price for such a painting should be very amazing."

"that's for sure."

John Smith suddenly let out a soft "Eh" sound, and looked up and down again at the two well-spoken young men in front of him. After thinking for a moment, he revealed some inside information and said: "I estimate that the final transaction price of that painting should be more than 200 million US dollars. , if your elders are interested, you have to prepare in advance."

It seemed that he wanted to test whether he and his brother were the sons of a certain conglomerate... Kuroba Kaito cooperated with John Smith's test without any expression on his face, and answered with a surprised expression:

"More than US$200 million?! That's a huge sum of money!"

As he spoke, he turned to look at Ye Gengyi, as if he was sharing the shock with his friends.

no way…

If you modify the identity settings without authorization at this time, UU Reading www. uukanshu.net pretended to be a rich second generation who could afford to auction a painting for US$200 million. With John Smith's personal connections, he could see through their disguise without asking any questions.

Here, John Smith looked at the surprised reactions of the two of them, and said to himself, "Sure enough, I am overthinking," and then stopped delving into this issue.

You know, that's 200 million US dollars...

He shook his head slightly and reminded with a smile:

"In addition to "Ashiya Himawari", there are many other items worthy of attention at this auction. You can get free admission tickets through asset review. If you don't plan to go inside the venue, you can also watch it live on TV. , watch that auction.”

"Sigh...Mr. John...after knowing that "Ashiya Sunflowers" was at the auction, I have no interest in other paintings."

Kuroba Kaito seemed to be complaining, but in fact he didn't want the topic that he finally managed to bring up to be brought to other works of art.

John Smith laughed and joked: "Then you have to work hard, 200 million US dollars is not a small amount."

"Yes," Kuroba Kaito took the opportunity to inquire: "Fortunately, I got to know Mr. John. It would be worthwhile if I could hear you talk about things related to the "Ashiya Sunflowers", such as... the identification process. okay."

"Then let me start with the discovery of this painting in Arles, France a year ago..."

The atmosphere at the table became lively again.

However, neither Ye Gengyi nor Kuroba Kaito heard anything suspicious from this narrative.

Commissioning Kaito Kidd to steal paintings was actually a prank...

Or maybe it was because "Hikari Ashiya" was too tightly guarded after being discovered, and that person hadn't been able to find a chance yet.

(End of chapter)

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