Chapter 135: Dilemma

Indeed, except for Wu Fan, no one at the scene was interested in this painting. When Wang Ziming made the offer, they were all in the mood of watching a show, watching the host directing and acting on the stage, but they were thinking about the host quickly dropping the hammer so that the next item could be auctioned.

Even Wang Ziming, who made the offer, did not take the painting to heart at all. The reason why he made the offer was not because he liked it or saw the secret of the painting, but because of Wu Fan. He bought this painting and planned to give it to Wu Fan.

When he first came here, Wang Ziming said that if Wu Fan liked anything, he could help him pay for it. Although he did not understand Wu Fan's vision, Wang Ziming still fulfilled his previous promise.

However, before dropping the hammer, Wu Fan was worried. After all, this was a treasure worth tens of millions. If something unexpected happened in the middle, he would have nothing.

Fortunately, there were no accidents in the end, and the painting that everyone looked down on was successfully bought by Wang Ziming.

"Young Master Wang, this money is a loan from me." Wu Fan said to Wang Ziming.

"What's the use of loaning? It's only a few hundred thousand. I promised you before that if you like something, I'll pay for it. This thing is a gift from me." Wang Ziming said with a smile: "But, your taste is not very good."

Is your taste not very good?

I'm afraid that not only Wang Ziming thinks so, but others also think so, otherwise, they wouldn't have bid once.

However, Wu Fan, who has the skills of appraisal, knows that there is something hidden in this painting, and it is not as bad as it looks on the surface.

However, Wang Ziming resolutely refused to take Wu Fan's money and only said that it was a gift to Wu Fan, which made Wu Fan embarrassed.

If the money for buying this calligraphy and painting is considered to be borrowed by Wu Fan from Wang Ziming, then Wu Fan can take the calligraphy and painting for himself with a clear conscience. Anyway, Wang Ziming himself doesn't want to buy it. This money is considered to be borrowed by Wu Fan, which means that the money for this calligraphy and painting is considered to be paid by Wu Fan. Wu Fan can just give Wang Ziming 160,000 yuan afterwards.

However, Wang Ziming was determined not to take Wu Fan's money, but said that the painting was a gift from him to Wu Fan. This made Wu Fan feel embarrassed. If he monopolized the painting, he would feel guilty. The money was paid by Wang Ziming, and the painting belonged to Wang Ziming. He just gave it to Wu Fan.

Should he tell the secret of the painting?

Wu Fan was in a dilemma.

On the one hand, it involved tens of millions after all. Even for Wang Ziming, it should not be a small number, and for Wu Fan, it was an astronomical figure. Now he was short of money. With these tens of millions, he could get his store.

On the other hand, Wu Fan felt guilty about monopolizing the painting. After all, Wang Ziming paid for it, and it should be Wang Ziming's thing. If he accepted it, wouldn't he be taking advantage of Wang Ziming?

If he didn't know the secret of the painting, it would be fine. Now that he knew it, Wu Fan couldn't accept it so calmly.

Should he tell it?

Wu Fan hesitated in his heart, so that he was absent-minded at the end, and he didn't pay any attention to the things that were auctioned later.

Wang Ziming also noticed Wu Fan's strangeness, but he didn't think much about it. He just thought that Wu Fan was not interested in the auction.

The auction lasted for more than an hour and ended. After Wang Ziming paid the money, the painting was delivered to Wang Ziming by the auction staff. After Wang Ziming got the painting, he handed it to Wu Fan without hesitation.

"This... I can't accept it." Wu Fan said hesitantly.

It's okay to accept a worthless gift, but this is worth tens of millions. Wu Fan didn't have the courage to accept it in the end.

"I don't like this calligraphy and painting. I bought it for you." Wang Ziming said.

After the hand, Wang Ziming stuffed the calligraphy and painting into Wu Fan's hand and said, "The auction is over, let's go."

Wu Fan followed Wang Ziming with mixed feelings and walked out.

"Mr. Wang, Mr. Wu, take care." Cao Yun, the manager of the auction house, came to see them off: "I heard that Mr. Wang bought a painting?"

As he spoke, he looked at the painting in Wu Fan's hand.

"Yes." Wang Ziming did not deny: "My friend liked it, so I bought it for him."

"So Mr. Wu likes to collect paintings?" Cao Yun said: "I hope you two can come to the summer auction in three days. There will be many good treasures at that time, including paintings and calligraphy by many famous artists. The collection value is much higher than the one in Mr. Wu's hand."

Obviously, Cao Yun did not see the specialness of this painting, and only thought that Wu Fan wanted to collect it.

Wu Fan did not comment on this and said, "Manager Cao, may I know who brought this painting to the auction?"

"A middle-aged man who was down and out." Cao Yun said, "The other party claimed to be a descendant of the Jin family, but from what I saw, he looked more like a drunkard, with a strong smell of alcohol all over his body. He also set the starting price. He said that this thing is a treasure, passed down from generation to generation in his family, and is priceless. His ancestors once told the descendants to keep this thing well, so the price cannot be too low. If it weren't for his insistence, we would not have set such a high price for this calligraphy and painting."

Is the price high?

Other people might think so, or even think that Wang Ziming, who bought this calligraphy and painting, was a sucker, but Wu Fan didn't think so.

"I can't tell Mr. Wu about other specific information. Our auction house has the responsibility to keep secrets for customers." Cao Yun said.

Wu Fan nodded in understanding. Wang Ziming and Cao Yun exchanged a few more pleasantries before leaving with Wu Fan.

"I found that you attach great importance to this calligraphy and painting." In the car, Wang Ziming said, "This is just an ordinary calligraphy and painting. If you are really interested in collecting calligraphy and paintings, we will come back in three days. At that time, I can buy a famous calligraphy and painting for you."

Wang Ziming now wants to improve his relationship with Wu Fan, so he doesn't mind giving Wu Fan something. However, the gift tonight seems a bit embarrassing to Wang Ziming. It's just a bad work. If Wu Fan hadn't insisted, he wouldn't buy it.

So, Wang Ziming thought that he would buy a really good calligraphy work for Wu Fan again in three days. In his opinion, it would be a real gift.

Wang Ziming's attitude made Wu Fan, who had been in a dilemma, finally make a decision.