"Come on, Bill,"
Su Xiu placed the snake head on the table and said happily," Let's go and take a look at Sir Edmond's other collections.”
"Of course."
Bill shrugged, turned around, and continued to lead the way.
After passing through the long corridor covered with red carpet, the group arrived at the innermost room on the third floor.
This was the treasure room of the manor castle, where all the treasures of the Emmond Family were stored.
"Creak!"
The door of the treasure room was pushed open slowly. The breeze that pushed the door blew up the dust on the ground. Cecilia covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief in disgust.
Although Su Xiu didn't care about this, he was disappointed when the door opened.
Because he did not find any traces of other copper heads in the storage room.
Cecilia was also disappointed.
"Is that all?"
The golden-haired young lady frowned slightly, not hiding her contempt at all.
"The Emmond Family naturally can't be compared to the Churchills Family.”
When Bill heard this, he immediately flattered him with a smile.
Although the Churchills had also declined.
Even so, there were still precious collections in their collection rooms that were enough to show their identities.
However, the Emmond Family was just an ordinary baron.
Their collection could not be said to be a piece of good fortune, but it could only be said to be better than nothing.
There were a lot of collections on the third floor of the castle. There were more than 500 pieces in total.
But most of them were paintings-
And almost all of them were from some unknown artists.
In fact, this was human nature.
There were at least 800 nobles in Great Britain.
Not everyone had a long history and precious collections like Duke Marbaro's family.
However, in order to show off their noble status, they had to get some collections to support their appearance.
And those unknown artists were their best choices.
Firstly, these paintings were cheap.
Secondly, there was room for manipulation in these paintings.
For example, after bragging about it, he would sell it to some ignorant nouveau riche merchants at a high price.
This was clearly how the Emmond Family operated.
Out of the 500-odd items in the collection, more than 300 of them were paintings.
And without exception, the creators were all painters whose names he had never even heard of.
Cecilia was really disappointed.
"I knew I shouldn't have expected anything from the taste of these small nobles.”
Cecilia mumbled.
"Is that so?"
Su Xiu chuckled and raised his eyebrows slightly." I think it's not bad.”
"Eh?"
Cecilia tilted her head, confused.
Although the creators of these paintings were all unknown artists.
However, the Elmond family still made a detailed division.
The 300 paintings were divided into several parts in an orderly manner, and the names of their creators were also written in front of the paintings.
This was also to prevent people from not even remembering the name of the creator when they tried to fool people in the future.
Therefore, Su Xiu could now easily distinguish the name of the author through these.
For example, among these 300 paintings.
There were about twenty paintings by a painter named Vincent Van Gogh.
"Su, are you interested in these paintings?”
Bill came over and said," These paintings originated from a new school called Impressionism in France. I don't appreciate these so-called Impressionists at all.”
"Bill,"
Su Xiu asked with interest," You seem to be very familiar with these paintings?”
"Of course."
Bill shrugged." Edmond showed off this storage room to me before, hoping to get a higher price from me.”
Obviously, or rather, regretfully.
Mr. Edmond obviously didn't know Bill well enough, or else he wouldn't have tried to fool him.
"Then, do you know where he got these paintings?”
Su Xiu's eyes moved slightly as he asked.
"The Netherlands."
Bill recalled." If I remember correctly, he bought these from an art exhibition in the Netherlands.”
" The Netherlands, Vincent Van Gogh, Impressionists.”
Hearing this, Su Xiu's DNA moved.
With so many elements combined, Su Xiu was almost certain of the identity of the owner of these paintings.
Wasn't this the famous Dutch painter Van Gogh?!
The Dutch impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh was undoubtedly a classic example of a person whose talent was not recognized when he was alive but became famous all over the world after his death.
When he was alive, he painted more than 800 paintings.
However, only one of his paintings was successfully sold.
Even the painting that was sold was only sold for 400 Francs, which was equivalent to 16 pounds.
However, more than a hundred years after Van Gogh's death, his paintings could easily be auctioned for a terrifying price of 50 million US dollars!
Unfortunately, Van Gogh had passed away less than 20 years ago.
It was far from the time when his paintings would become popular.
Although the price of his paintings had risen to a certain extent after his death.
However, it was only at the point where it could be sold.
Otherwise, the Emmond Family wouldn't have been able to acquire more than 20 of his paintings at once.
In this era, if one wanted to wait until Van Gogh's paintings appreciated in value to a satisfactory level, they would have to wait for the time to come.
It would take at least seventy to eighty years.
If it had to be collected for half a century before it could be realized, it was no different from waste to Su Xiu.
Because even if these paintings could be sold for millions of dollars, it had nothing to do with him.
Don't forget that Su Xiu could repeatedly jump between 1909 and modern times!
He could bring these paintings to the modern world for auction.
At that time, even if it wasn't 80 million dollars, it would at least be able to bid for 10 to 20 million dollars, right?
There were more than twenty paintings here.
In total, it was a total of 400 to 500 million USD.
A simple conversion meant that he had at least 30 small targets!
"Perfect."
Su Xiu looked delighted.
He had thought that the snake head would be the biggest reward for this trip.
Unexpectedly, there were more than 20 paintings that were comparable to snake heads.
15,000 pounds to buy a manor that was already worth the money, and it even came with so many precious cultural relics.
It had to be said that Sir Edmond was a good man.
"Bill,"
Su Xiu had an idea and said," Just like before, you and John will help me purchase the oriental artifacts scattered all over Europe. At the same time, help me purchase some of this artist's paintings.”
"No problem."
Bill patted his chest and looked as if he was counting on him.
However, there was some doubt in his eyes. Was Van Gogh's painting really that good?
Although he was puzzled, he was relieved after a moment.
Anyway, Su Xiu would pay for it, so he wouldn't suffer a loss. He could even earn a difference in price.
As for whether he could appreciate these paintings, what did it matter?
As long as Su Xiu was willing to pay for it.
"Oh, right."
Su Xiu suddenly put on a teasing look." Bill, when are you going to deliver the oriental artifacts you promised me?”
“……”
Bill's expression stiffened, and he was instantly overwhelmed with joy.
So, why did he say that before?
Although he didn't spend much money on those cultural relics, it was still a considerable sum of money!
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