Chapter 633 - The Stolen Toilet Paper (1/2)

Qin Haodong said, “Sir Owen loves Picasso’s painting, but I’m sure he’s a man of integrity and won’t do such nasty things.

“Besides, we’ll soon find out whether he spreads the word nor not. We’ll get the feedback in a few days.”

While they were talking, the phone rang. Qin Haodong picked it up and found that it was Tian Ye.

He answered it and Tian Ye apologized, “Mr. Qin, sorry to disturb you so late at night.”

Qin Haodong said, “It doesn’t matter. Mr. Tian, what happened?”

Tian Ye said excitedly, “Mr. Qin, Sir Owen has just told the entire collection world that you have 30 paintings of Picasso! I can’t believe it! Do you really have so many works of him?”

He was shocked at the news. He had thought that Qin Haodong only had four paintings of Picasso, which was amazing but it turned out that this young man owned dozens of them!

Qin Haodong told him the truth. “Yes. I want to trade the paintings of Picasso for the sculpted heads of the 12 Zodiacs.”

“Mr. Qin, it‘s uneconomical to trade 10 paintings of Picasso for a sculpted animal head. I think you should keep these paintings for appreciation,” advised Tian Ye.

Qin Haodong said, “It’s my dream to bring the sculpted animal heads back to Huaxia. Picasso’s paintings are priceless, but they don’t belong to our nation.”

“Well, Mr. Qin, I really admire your character.”

Qin Haodong asked, “Thank you for your advice. Mr. Tian, anything else?”

Tian Ye added, “Yes, the news that you have 30 paintings of Picasso has already provoked a firestorm in the collection world and many people have gotten the message.”

Qin Haodong said, “That’s great. This is exactly what I want. Only in this way can I make deal with those who have the sculpted animal heads.”

Tian Ye explained, “Well. Mr. Qin, you don’t understand the collection world and the answer isn’t as simple as you might think. The great collectors will react in three different ways to the news.”

“That’s interesting, tell me more,” Qin Haodong said with interest.

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“Some who have the sculpted animal heads, as you expected, will rush over to make deal with you.

“Those who don’t have the sculpted animal heads but want to get the paintings will try their best to find the sculpted head to make deal with you.”

Tian Ye paused before he continued. “These two kinds of collectors are what we want. But the point is, some collectors who are eager to get Picasso’s paintings will hire international antique thieves to get your paintings.

“Please, be careful and keep Picasso’s paintings. The thieves might steal them from you.”

”Thank you for reminding me.” Qin Haodong knew that Tian Ye meant well. But then he added, “Please don’t worry. It’s not easy to steal things from me.”

Upon seeing that Qin Haodong didn’t take antique thieves seriously, Tian Ye said nervously, “Mr. Qin, I know you’re powerful, but please don’t look down on the antique robbers.

“There is a group of people who specialize in stealing antiques and even the ancient paintings of the Louvre were once stolen by them. They’re powerful and skilled, please be careful.

“These 30 paintings of Picasso are worth more than billions of yuan in total, which will definitely make these antique thieves crazy. I’m sure they will arrive in Hong Kong soon.”

“I see. Thank you for reminding me.”

Qin Haodong expressed his gratitude once again and then hung up.

In fact, he didn’t take Tian’s words seriously. On one hand, he and Nalan Wushuang were 6th level supreme masters and Zhang Tieniu and some others were still guarding outside. Ordinary thieves couldn’t even get in.

Besides, he didn’t care much about these paintings. If they were lost, he would just spend a few hours making some more.

Nalan Wushuang looked at the paintings and said, “Haodong, these paintings are valuable. Maybe, we can just sell paintings to make money in the future.”

What he made in a few hours could be sold for millions of yuan. Perhaps this was the most profitable business in the world. No wonder she got this idea.

Qin Haodong shook his head and said, “But we know that they’re fake. I won’t feel guilty when I trade these fake paintings for the sculpted animal heads, because these treasures belong to Huaxia.

“But if I use fake paintings to make money, I will feel guilty and internal demons will appear in my mind when I pass the Heavenly Test. It’s just not worth it.”

Nalan Wushuang nodded. She was just saying and didn’t actually mean it.

She walked forward and flung her arms around Qin’s neck. “That’s a pity. I thought that you can help me to improve my cultivation when you’re at the 9th level of the Supreme Power Realm. It feels so good to make huge progress overnight.”

“I can’t help you improve the cultivation, but we can consolidate it.”

Qin Haodong lifted her up and then walked to the big bed.