The Age of Awakening: From the Young Runtu

Chapter 229 Greetings

"David, long time no see."

Runtu said hello to him first and was invited over by David.

"Zhang, I'm so glad to see you, finally come to Shanghai Beach."

David was a friend of Runtu's when he was in Shanghai.

We are considered friends, business friends.Made a lot of deals.

He made a lot of money.

David ordered the butler to bring red wine and some food.

"Zhang, did you bring anything good when you came here this time?"

Runtu: "David, I need you to do me a favor."

"What's the deal? Trading?"

Runtu: "I need all the antiques you have. Remuneration is not an issue."

"No, no, no, I'm not short of money."

"What other conditions are they? As long as you say it, I can agree to it."

David: "Zhang, I am just like you. I also like antiques and art. There are three paintings in a private museum in the French Concession. I like them so much that I even dream of getting them. If you can help me get them, I promise to do my best. I can help you. I will exchange my collection in China for these three paintings."

David preferred Western artifacts.

He vaguely knew what Runtu was capable of, and knew that perhaps only Runtu could do things.

Runtu asked: "Which three paintings?"

David: “Monet’s water lilies, Van Gogh’s wheat fields, and Louis David’s paintings.”

Runtu was stunned for a moment when he heard this. They are all world-famous paintings, and they would be treasures wherever they are placed.There is such a good thing in a private museum in Shanghai.

David checked Runtu's background and found signs that Runtu had superpowers, more than once.He felt that Runtu was extraordinary and that perhaps he could accomplish some things that were more difficult than climbing to heaven.

This is indeed not difficult for Runtu.

If you can’t pretend to be a person, you can still pretend to be something.

Runtu: "I can try. Do you have any replicas of these three paintings here?"

David liked it so much that he would prepare fakes and signaled the butler to bring them over.

David's current strength is not what it used to be, and his family has also begun to become more powerful.

"Zhang, take a closer look. These are the three pictures. Unfortunately, they are imitations, but they are still valuable."

Runtu: "Okay, I'll get back to you in three days if I can succeed."

David: "Are you going to the museum? I'll go with you."

It doesn’t seem very convenient to bring someone with you.

But there is nothing to fear when it comes to spatial abilities.

Runtu's ability to play with space is too strong now.

Even facing the army, he is not afraid.

Relying on the space ability to protect yourself tightly.

"Okay, let's go together then."

Today Runtu stayed in David's village all night.

Drinking a bottle of red wine from his collection.

I also took a look at David’s collection.

Runtu had the urge to take away all of David's collection when he was about to leave.

After thinking about it, forget it.

the next day.

Runtu and David went to a private museum.

Not one person, but several people have their collections here.

It is the largest museum in Shanghai.

There are collections from various countries, mainly from China.

There are very few foreigners.

The Americans themselves have no art at all.

In total, it has only been civilized for more than a hundred years, and there are no works of art.

They are all obtained from other countries through various channels.

Mostly Asian and European.

David took Runtu into the museum.

After taking the admission ticket, I took Runtu to the destination with ease.

Runtu came here to visit today.

"Zhang, look, this is Monet's water lily, the thing I've been dreaming about."

David looked at it with a dazed look on his face, as if he was intoxicated.

Monet created hundreds of water lilies in his life, but the one in front of him is the best.

Then go to the other two pictures.

After reading it, David said: "Zhang, is there any way you can get more."

Runtu: "No, the risk factor is too high. It will be easily discovered by museum staff."

He can replace the real one with the fake one silently.

When imitations are fake after all, a few pictures are okay.Once the number increases, people will notice it immediately.

Collectors come to the museum every day to view it.

In other words, these paintings are viewed by many people every day.

People who really love it will probably be able to tell immediately that the painting is fake.

David: "Help me, I can give you money. I can also exchange China's collection for you."

"You need to prepare all the imitations first. By the way, I need some too, so you have to prepare them for me. Five days."

Runtu saw many Chinese collections.

Bronze wares, standing Buddha statues, enamel bowls, and various scrolls are all good things.They were all stolen by foreigners, and you have to take them back.

You can take it back, but it's best not to let anyone know.

It's good at painting. With my current painting ability, it's no problem to imitate it to deceive others. Coupled with my memory function, I can imitate it by myself. All I need to do is make the painting old.

The key is bronze vessels, bronze statues, and porcelain bowls. These are difficult to deal with.

After visiting David's favorite things, Runtu looked at the museum for a long time.

I wrote down every location.

This is currently the largest private museum in Shanghai, and it must be something special.

After visiting the museum for a day, the two went back.

Runtu took out the old paper and started calligraphy and painting.

Straight to David's face.

With the original picture in mind, I quickly drew on it.

In half an hour, a painting was completed.

David looked at this scene dumbfounded.

"It's incredible, Zhang, you are such a genius."

Runtu: "You have to prepare those other things quickly, it takes three days."

"no problem."

David currently has a lot of power in Shanghai.

Those world famous paintings basically have high imitations.

three days later.

He gave everything to Runtu.

Most of them are calligraphy and painting.

He didn't know what Runtu would do next.But David felt in his heart that Runtu would be able to do it.

This time Runtu acted alone.

Mainly painting.

With the spot he visited three days ago, Runtu went directly to the place where Monet's water lilies were hanging.

Although it is framed, it has spatial capabilities and can easily swap the fakes in the space with the real paintings in the museum.

Then go to the next place.

In two hours, more than a dozen paintings were replaced.

What David gave me were very high imitations.Most people can't even notice it.

Real collectors may be aware of it, but they would never expect that museum collections would be so openly replaced.

Security here is very adequate.The possibility of theft is very, very small, unless there is a house thief.

Only the four paintings that Runtu imitated by himself may have more flaws.

But those are all Chinese ink paintings.

Nowadays, there are still relatively few foreigners who truly understand Chinese art.

There are many people who like it.

In the past, there were many foreigners buying literature and entertainment in China, and too many people were deceived.

But as long as you buy a real one, you won’t be too much of a loser.Runtu took out all three paintings David requested.

"Look, this is what you want."

David took it as if he had found a treasure.

There was fanaticism in his eyes.

For a collector, especially one who loves to collect paintings, he cannot hide his excitement for the works of Van Gogh and Monet.

"Zhang, you are God. You have accomplished such difficult things."

He looked at Runtu with some fear in his eyes.

I really can't figure out what kind of means Runtu can do it.It is simply impossible for humans to accomplish this task.

Runtu: "David, you must fulfill your promise."

"No problem, you have helped me so much, and I will help you too."

David took out his treasured things and exchanged them with these three paintings.

David preferred the Western collection.

David: "Are these three paintings the only ones?"

Runtu: "As you said, the price is these three. If you want others, you need to give me money."

"Money is not an issue, just give me the rest."

What Runtu brought out were all world-famous paintings, and this private museum has many items.Most of them were probably stolen.The looted items can even be used to open a museum.

"I don't want dollars or francs, I want gold and silver."

Today’s U.S. dollars are hard currency and are of great value.But it will depreciate, and paper money will depreciate.Gold is better, as it retains its value relatively well.

"Okay, I'll trade it with you in gold."

This trip to Shanghai is very meaningful.

Mainly I did some paintings.

Better to cover up.

Wait until the time comes before doing anything else.

Runtu thought about it and wanted to go to the United States and England in the future to get all the things from their museums.

a few days later.

Someone in the Shanghai Bund Museum discovered something strange about the painting.

At first, I thought it was a fake that was deliberately taken out in the museum and hung up.

"Why is this picture also fake?"

Slowly I realized something was wrong. Several of the paintings I liked were all fake.

I also have fakes, and I come to the museum just to see the real ones.

This was a little angry all of a sudden.

I went directly to the museum administrator.

Loudly asked: "Why are Monet's two water lily paintings fake. Why don't you hang the real ones?"

"Sir, I don't know what you are talking about? How can we have a holiday here?"

"Yes, the paintings that were hung before were indeed real, but the two paintings now are fake."

"Sir, you must be responsible for talking nonsense like this."

The administrator also looked confused.

If you say anything else, forget it.

Monet's water lily painting is the treasure of their museum, how could they allow visitors to make such a joke?

"Am I kidding you? I'm John."

He claimed to be a well-known collector.He has some appreciation ability and has studied paintings from various countries.

The administrator was a little panicked now.

The person in front of me was famous, and I would definitely not make such a joke with him.

I quickly went to tell the owner about the situation here.

The owner rushed over immediately.

Walked to the front of the picture of water lilies.

Look carefully.

The more I look at it, the more scared I become.

If you look at the painting casually, you will definitely not see it.

But now he looked at it knowing that there was something wrong with the painting, and he soon discovered the problem.

"It's a fake."

For a moment, the scene here was a bit noisy and there was a lot of discussion.

Visitors all thought that the museum had taken down the real ones and replaced them with fake ones.

Still questioning them: "Why do you show us fake ones? We paid money to enter the restaurant"

The owner of the museum immediately issued an order, "Close the door and no one can go out."

Although he knew that the person who stole the painting might have left long ago.

But this is the treasure of their museum, and he can't let it go even if there are some chances.

Immediately, security personnel from the museum came in one after another.

Control the tourists.

"What are you doing? Is this house arrest? I want to sue."

Museum owner: "I'm really sorry that two of our famous paintings were stolen. I hope everyone can cooperate. Find the robbers as soon as possible."

He was trying his best to explain.

No matter who they are, they all have the concept of reaching out and not hitting the smiling person.

His attitude was very low, and everyone present was more willing to cooperate.

But it takes too much time.

A small number of people who come here to see art have a relatively high status, and their time is more precious.

The owner immediately made arrangements.

Go check the tourists' packages.

Several people went to see if there were any other collections in the museum that had been transferred, especially famous paintings.

This is a very complex and vast task.

"You want to search my bag, no, this is an invasion of my privacy."

Many of the tourists who come here are ordinary people.

After offering some compensation, I agreed to search the package.

The flow of people is not very big.

It took half a month to finish checking everyone.

Nothing at all.

Call the police officer over to investigate together.

Counting losses.

There are countless collections to distinguish one by one.

Many people came to look at it and worked hard all day to find all the paintings that had been transferred.

The most precious one is Monet's water lilies.

"The frame shows no trace of being tampered with, but why has the painting inside been tampered with?"

"This one was directly mounted on the wall, and yet it was taken down without a trace."

Immediately, everyone suspected that the staff inside the museum were committing theft.And this person also needs to be in a high position in the library and have great power to do this.

Newspapers reported on the museum.

Thieves stole famous paintings from the museum and stole a dozen of them in one go.Even though it was in the newspaper, it seemed to be fake.

no idea.

There's not even a shred of evidence to be found.

They couldn't even find the slightest clue.

The frame is real, but the painting is fake.

The frame shows no trace of being tampered with at all.

The patrol room that came over checked the case for a few days and had no choice but to give up, turning it into an unsolved case.

Most of the people in the French Concession knew the news.

There is no evidence whatsoever.

David admired Runtu so much at this time.Understand Runtu's own strength.Although he is also a strong man, there are many things that Runtu can do that he cannot do.

David: "Zhang, you are really amazing. How did you do it? Have you read all the newspapers?"

Runtu stayed in Shanghai for two days.

Take a look at what's going on here.

Jiashan has developed very well. In some aspects it is worse than Shanghai Beach, but in some aspects it is not as good as Shanghai Beach.

David was very surprised. Even though he knew that Runtu could do it, he was still very surprised when he actually did it.

(End of this chapter)