Chapter 141: Heartbroken Edamame

A painting within a painting is a situation where another or more paintings are hidden beneath the surface or layers of paint of an ancient painting.

To separate such paintings usually requires extremely professional skills and careful operation, because it involves the protection and restoration of ancient paintings and cultural relics, and the slightest carelessness may cause irreparable damage.

Therefore, Boss Li must make it clear to prevent Lui Lok from blackmailing him later!

Lu Le is fine.

He knew very well that there were ancient paintings inside, and he had to make it clear to the boss that the authentic works inside must not be damaged, otherwise the loss would be huge.

"If it's okay, 5,000 yuan will be enough. If there are ancient paintings, you will need to add more."

"More? You tell me a number."

"If there are paintings, I will need to help you organize them, do detailed cleaning, stabilization, and restoration work. I will charge an additional two thousand dollars."

"it is good."

Lu Le nodded.

Boss Li took the painting, walked into his office and turned on a machine.

X-ray?
Lu Le was stunned. How could this old man use such advanced equipment?
Seeing Lu Le's confusion, Boss Li smiled and said, "It belongs to my son."

"Nowadays, with high technology, whatever is inside can be revealed with just a scan. Don't worry, it's all lossless."

next second!
Boss Li shuddered: "Oh my god, there really is a painting, what the hell."

It's outrageous, really out of the ordinary. There is actually a painting hidden in this ordinary painting. Generally speaking, with this kind of operation, the painting inside must be a rare item.

Lui Lok's expression didn't change. He was too lazy to act. It was expected.

"How about it, I didn't lie to you."

"No, no, how did you know about the painting within the painting? If it weren't for the high technology, I would have thought you were kidding me and giving me money." Boss Li made no secret of his agreement to help Lu Lok remove the painting.

"You wouldn't believe it even if I told you."

Boss Li came over and said, "No, young man, I'm really curious. Please satisfy my curiosity."

"I had a dream. After I bought this painting, I had the same dream for several nights. I dreamed that I walked into a painting, but it was not this painting. It must be a spirit of my ancestors appearing."

Lui Lok is just talking nonsense. Anyway, the older generation is superstitious, so when he says something mysterious, they just think it's bizarre.

Sure enough, after hearing this reason, Boss Li not only did not refute, but also marveled at the magic of the world. It was not unreasonable for the ancients to be superstitious, and some things really could not be explained by science.

"That's the only explanation." Boss Li looked at the screen. It was difficult to take out the painting inside. If you were not a professional, the interior would be damaged.

So, he took out his phone and said, "I'll call my friend. He's more experienced. Let him separate the picture-in-picture. He's more professional!"

About half an hour later.

A voice came from the door: "Lao Li, you really didn't lie to me?"

"Why would I lie to you? Come in quickly, the painting is still here. If it weren't for the equipment, I wouldn't have believed it. It fooled everyone perfectly."

When the person at the door came in, Lu Le and his eyes met, and everyone was stunned.

Lu Le recognized him as Mao Dou, the painter. This painting was from his shop and was bought by Wan Chonggui a few minutes ago.

Maodou looked at Lu Le and felt that he was somewhat familiar with him, but he also seemed to not remember him clearly.

"Oh, I've seen you."

"Nice to meet you again. I didn't expect it would be you." Lu Le smiled.

It’s interesting. I wonder what Edamame’s expression would be like after seeing this painting.

Boss Li looked at the two people in confusion: "Do you know each other? That's great, Maodou, come and take a look. This painting is from this young man. It's a painting within a painting."

"what!"

"his?"

Maodou was shocked and his mind was confused. This painting originally belonged to him, but he sold it to an old man. How come it belonged to Lu Le now?
Lu Le chuckled and said, "I took it back from that old man. Unfortunately, there was a painting hidden inside. It should be worth a lot of money."

"Maodou, from what you said, this painting was leaked from your store?" Maodou wanted to cry but had no tears: "Yes, hey..."

Looking at the picture in the picture, I feel very unwilling, but I can't do anything about it!!
The most heartbreaking thing is, why should we let him know? Isn't that bullying?

"Fuck, you're really shortsighted."

Maodou rolled his eyes at Boss Li and said, "You're not much better!"

Seeing that they wanted to say something else, Lu Le had to speak up: "Stop reminiscing about the past, and quickly separate my paintings."

Maodou studied it and found that the painting-in-painting technique was average, so it would not be difficult to separate it.

"Lao Li, go get my eating utensils from the car. I'm going to get started."

After the tools arrived, Maodou used extremely delicate manual operations and special tools in the bag to gently and gradually peel off the top layer of the painting, while minimizing physical damage to the underlying painting as much as possible.

This process involves removing the mounting, where the painting has multiple layers of mounting, and gently scraping or peeling off the layers of paint.

During the whole process, Boss Li's eyes widened, amazed at the skills of the painter, and he also gave Maodou a thumbs up.

Half an hour later, a complete painting by Zhang Daqian appeared.

A mighty tiger descending from the mountain.

"Damn, it's from the Republic of China."

"The inscribed name is Zhang Daqian!"

"The copy is of a tiger coming down a mountain. When did he copy it? The history is incomplete."

Boss Li has a good eye. He can tell at a glance that the painting is extraordinary and is an authentic work of Zhang Daqian. Although it is a copy, its value is not low at all and is comparable to some ancient paintings.

Lu Le witnessed the entire separation process for the first time and marveled at the exquisite craftsmanship handed down by the ancients. Mao Dou said that this was his unique skill.

"Brother, you've made a fortune."

Maodou looked at Lu Le and said.

"Thank you."

"Hey--"

It was originally his, but he didn't have that blessing, and Maodou was sad.

After Maodou left, Boss Li came to Lu Le.

"Young man, the painting is already out. Let me talk to you about it. I also collect paintings. How about buying it for me?"

Boss Li became interested. This painting was from Zhang Daqian and could fetch several million if sold. He was also considered an expert and estimated the price would fluctuate around 10 million.

But how could he tell the truth to Lui Lok? Buying it for several million would mean that Lui Lok had made a fortune.

but--

He underestimated Lu Le.

Lui Lok is not that easy to cheat. It is impossible to buy it for a few million. It is better to throw it in the auction house and get whatever price is offered! !

"What's your price?"

"400 million!"

"Boss Li, forget it. Your price is too low. Besides, do you think I need this little money?"

Boss Li almost forgot that Lui Lok came here in a Mercedes Benz. He must be either rich or noble, a typical nouveau riche.

"That's really not low. Zhang Daqian's paintings are all copies, not authentic ones. How about this? I'll give you another million. Five million is not a small amount."

Lu Le shook his head, his mouth curled up: "I'll go ask around, whoever offers the highest price, I'll sell it to."

After leaving the store, Boss Li knew that he had no hope. He thought that Lu Le didn't know the value of his goods and wanted to rip him off.

(End of this chapter)