"Mr. Zhang, Miss Chu, let me talk about some simple opinions first. Don't laugh at me if you say the wrong thing."

Professor Yang held his glasses and pointed to the oil painting and said: "If you read it correctly, this should be an unfinished landscape painting, depicting the sunset. Since the painter has to complete the work of the sunset before the light has changed in a very short time, the picture cannot be depicted very carefully, so it looks rough."

The tone is the soul of the whole painting. If there is no tone, that is to say, an oil painting does not form a tone, there is no harmonious and unified color combination and changeable color block combination, and that painting can be said to have not reached the passing line. Although this work has not been completed, the entire picture effect can be expressed, with soft colors and realistic colors, harmonious and unified matching between color blocks, no cause for change, subtle and delicate."

Han Bo was surprised that an expert gave such a high evaluation of a painting that he didn't know why.

No matter how you look at it, why is it not like "sunset". Li Xiaolei and Jiang Yanan feel a little exaggerated, and stood by the side and wanted to speak but stopped.

The famous painter Mr. Zhang smiled at the three of them and pointed to the painting and added: "The composition is wild and imaginative. If you guess correctly, it should be an impromptu. I personally agree with Professor Yang's view that the description of not enough time just now. The sunset time is not short, but it is not long. The painter should consider an important element - color."

"Color?" Han Bo was confused when he heard it.

"Director Han, the colors I mentioned are different from those on the palette. The painter never moves the colors on the palette, that is, pigments made from factories, to the canvas. The colors we see now have been carefully artistically modified by the painter."

Mr. Zhang paused, pointed to the lines on the painting and said, "The brushstrokes and rhythms are remarkable. It can be seen that the painter has strong modeling ability and deep sketching skills. I think this work is not that it has not been completed, but that it has been completed. The painter has expressed what he wants to express, which can make people have rich associations with the sunset scenery. Painting will only backfire and will only add to the slightest."

Han Bo looked left and right, but still couldn't see the reason, and he didn't have any associations. He couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I don't have artistic cells, I really can't understand it."

The female owner of the gallery with an extraordinary temperament smiled: "Director Han, Chinese painting emphasizes charm, interest, brush and ink, and oil paintings are not the case, especially such abstract oil paintings. In terms of the expression of the picture, the painter took away the shapes of natural objects and replaced them with a kind of thought and expression of images.

There is no concrete image of nature, only color blocks, lines, points, etc., which can allow readers to trigger associations and imaginations only from the combination of these color blocks. The artistic theories of abstract paintings are all kinds, but can be summarized by an ancient saying, that is, 'elephant invisible'."

Manager Chu, who had worked in an auction house, nodded: "Often, people have a misunderstanding, thinking that impressionism, brutalism, and futurism are all called abstract paintings. In fact, these art schools are just breaking through the framework of realism and classicism, and do not abstract the image. They just modernize the image of reality, transform and exaggerate it."

Han Bo never thought about collecting and was really not interested in these theories. He asked bluntly: "In the eyes of three, what level does this painting reach? Can it be sold if it is taken to the gallery and can it be sold at a price?"

This question caught the two men's question and looked at the gallery owner's wife at the same time.

Chen Yulin stared at the oil painting for a long time and pondered: "The painter who painted this work has a certain foundation, the composition, brushstrokes, colors, and lines are remarkable, but in my opinion, the work is not profound in meaning, not very interesting, neither decorative fun nor deliberate ingenuity. As Teacher Zhang said just now, it should be an impromptu work by the painter. He never thought about selling it. If I were a collector, I would not be likely to buy it."

Han Bo's mind saw Wu Cheng sitting on the balcony painting the sunset, and asked in a low voice: "The painter is painting and passing the time, so this painting has no collection value and is not worth it?"

"You can't say that either."

Professor Yang took Han Bo to admire other paintings in the gallery and explained with a smile: "For calligraphy and painting artworks, the prices and values ​​are different. Low prices do not necessarily have low artistic level. High prices do not mean high artistic level of the work. Prices are artificial and value is objective.

Art creation should focus on the cultural value it contains, while market value is secondary. Real artists, they spend their entire lives pursuing real art and will never regard price as their ultimate goal. Therefore, it is meaningless to talk about the price in this circle."

This is obviously not the answer Han Bo wants. Looking at his eagerness to speak but stop, Chen Yulin smiled and said, "In the auction market in recent years, Chinese painting has been more popular than oil paintings. This is mainly related to the appreciation habits of our Chinese audience. We think that in the future, Chinese paintings will be greater than oil paintings, and Chinese people are more likely to accept Chinese ink and wash art. This is an irreplaceable nature of culture.

In this environment, a high-level work with deep meaning and strong interest may not be able to be sold at high prices, let alone such works. Although the current painting market not only competes in level but also in popularity and even in social background of the author, good works will definitely stand the test of time."

"It's not worth the money now, maybe it can be sold at a high price in the future?"

"Van Gogh only sold one painting in his life, but to this day, every work of Van Gogh is priceless. Therefore, the final winner must be those high-level works that can be remembered forever."

As he was talking, a police car came to the door.

A policeman ran in and stood attentively saluted. Han Bo raised his arm and replied, "Move in."

"yes!"

Professor Yang and others were confused. The police ran out to open the trunk of the police car and brought in two oil paintings, one portrait and the other landscape. Seeing the author's signature on the work, Chen Yulin subconsciously asked: "Director Han, is the sunset just now also Mr. Wu's work?"

"Ms. Chen knows Wu Cheng?"

"I don't know him, and I haven't seen his paintings before, but I have an impression of this name. I just make a living by selling paintings, so I pay more attention to the trends in the art market. Mr. Wu seems to be from Dongshan. He seems to have sold a painting at an auction house in Hong Kong at the end of last year."

"That auction did you attend?"

"No, I heard from my friend that the circle is so big, whose works are sold at high prices, and they spread quickly in the circle."

"Do you remember the price you sold it at?"

"It seems that more than 3 million Hong Kong dollars are incomparable to those masters who often sell paintings for tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of yuan, but he shot oil paintings. For those of us who sell paintings, especially those who specialize in art investment, the works of a new painter are more valuable for collection and investment than those of masters."

Li Xiaolei, talking about oil painting art, doesn't understand it just like Han Bo, but when she talks about investment, she can't help but laugh: "Master's paintings are so expensive, there is little room for appreciation or even risks, and they may be thrown into your hands. With the same money, you can buy dozens or even hundreds of new works by new people. As long as one of the new painters is popular, the benefits may exceed those of the master's paintings."

"Absolutely, Mrs. Han can definitely invest in art."

This is strange!

Wu Cheng returned to his hometown in Dongshan when he couldn't stay in Shenzheng, but he sold a painting at a high price of more than HK$3 million at the end of last year. Even if the auction house took away a lot of commissions, his career could not be said to be unsuccessful.

Han Bo couldn't figure it out and turned around and asked, "Xiao Qian, these are the only two that can be found?"

Xiao Qian, a policeman from the Criminal Police Brigade of Anbao Branch, hurriedly said: "Report to Director Han, we have asked Huang Jiahui and Wu Cheng's relatives. This time he came to Shenzheng, he brought these two paintings. There were many, about 30 paintings before, but they were all sold in a gallery."

“At what price was it sold?”

"It's not very expensive, most of them are seven or eight hundred, and it seems that there are only three or thousands of pictures. This is what he has in his hands, and the gallery may have gone too far."

"When did those more than thirty paintings take place?"

“Just these few months.”

Professor Yang thought about it more and more something was wrong. He couldn't help but ask: "Director Han, what's wrong with the author of these paintings?"

In the words of the gallery owner, this circle is very small and many things cannot be hidden. Han Bo did not think it was necessary to keep it confidential and sighed: "I am dead, the body is being dissected. It is not yet certain whether it was drowned accidentally or killed by him."

Chang Caiyan also thought that Wu Cheng's economic situation was too strange. She didn't know how to speak, but Chen Yulin suddenly broke out: "Director Han, I couldn't evaluate the price of that sunset just now, but now I can be sure it's very valuable!"

When Lu Lu is killed, Lin Guosheng can be liberated, and Lin Guosheng's son no longer has to worry about being divided up by his "stepmother" in the Lin family's property.

The author is dead, and the price of the work is rising!

Wu Cheng died, and everyone who had his paintings in his hands could benefit from this.

In other words, the person who collected his works the most undoubtedly had a motive for committing the crime. The price of other oil paintings bought at the end of last year was as a reference. The price of other oil paintings bought for hundreds or 100,000 yuan in the art market can soar to hundreds or even tens of millions each!

Han Bo reacted and immediately ordered: "Comrade Caiyan, inform the task force about the situation here, please ask Comrade Huang Jianfeng to immediately ask Huang Jiahui's whereabouts, and find out which gallery it was consigned to and who they were sold."

"Yes, I'll go out to fight." Although the leader did not say it clearly, Chang Caiyan knew very well that the so-called "inquiry" should be "transmission".
Chapter completed!