Chapter 1900

Bernard Arnault did not expect Ye Chen to turn his face as soon as he said it.

He didn't dare to really joke about the auction qualification. Although he sat on a net worth of over one trillion, once he didn't have a life to enjoy, these assets could be said to be worthless.

So, he almost surrendered in an instant, hurriedly changed into a low-pitched face and begged: "This gentleman, don't be angry, let's talk! Please tell your President Chen that I am willing to match goods!"

After speaking, he stretched out his trembling hand, pointed to the Imperial Seal in Zhang Ermao's arms, and gritted his teeth: "Isn't it just that Imperial Seal? I bought it!"

Ye Chen gave a hum and laugh: "You just buy an Imperial Seal, it may not be enough..."

Bernard Arnault's heart twitched, clenched his fists, and asked tremblingly: "Then... then what else do you want me to buy?!"

After speaking, he looked at the large bag of fake goods in Zhang Ermao's arms and hurriedly said: "Why don't I buy the bronze wine vessel just now! Is this okay?"

Ye Chen shook his head, pulled out the sales list he matched in the store at noon, and said: "Look for yourself, our boss has matched dozens of products in your store, now you only match two products here, this is really a bit unreasonable, right?"

Bernard Arnault blurted out: "But... but all the matching goods in your list are only one million RMB! This... this Imperial Seal alone is 300 to 400 million, which has already exceeded hundreds of times in amount. Even if you are retaliating, you can't be so cruel..."

Ye Chen said seriously: "Everyone is a businessman, paying attention to courtesy and reciprocity. You have to force this courtesy and reciprocity into revenge, then it's a bit uninteresting. I just said, we don't do forced buying and selling. I think you are willing to cooperate, I will match you. If you are not willing, I will not force you. This is exactly the same as the rules in your store."

"Sorry, it's all my fault..." Bernard Arnault was completely afraid. He knew that these hundreds of millions or billions of RMB of matching goods were trivial matters. The most terrible thing is, what if he successfully won the Rejuvenation Pill at the auction for more than 10 billion US dollars, and the organizer suddenly asked him to match goods on the spot, that would be an astronomical figure!

So, he hurriedly arched his hands toward Ye Chen and said: "This gentleman, it was my improper wording just now, please don't take it to heart... Just tell me directly, how much goods do I need to match, and which goods to match, as long as it is within my tolerance, I will not say another word!"

As he spoke, he added with some pleading: "Also, please help me convey to your boss, just say that I express my sincerest apologies to him. From now on, any brand under my banner, any product produced, I will arrange for people to prepare two copies for your boss, even if the same model has dozens of different color numbers, I will arrange for people to send two copies of each color number to him, just ask him to raise his hand in the future and let me go."

Ye Chen said indifferently: "Let's talk about the future later, let's talk about your matching goods first."

As he spoke, he waved to Zhang Ermao and ordered: "Ermao, take out the Imperial Seal and the bronze wine vessel for Mr. Arnault."

"Okay." Zhang Ermao nodded hurriedly, diligently took out these two fake cultural relics, and placed them on the table.

Ye Chen then said: "Look at what other good things you have in there, and match a few more for Mr. Arnault."

Zhang Ermao hurriedly opened the package, searched for a while, found a scroll, and then handed it to Ye Chen, saying: "Master Ye, this is a good thing, you open it and see."

Ye Chen took the scroll, and as soon as he got his hand, he could feel that it was old rice paper, absolutely a modern painting.

Afterwards, he slowly opened the scroll and saw the whole picture, and was shocked.

This... is actually a world classic painting—Mona Lisa.

Moreover, it is a Mona Lisa in the style of Chinese painting!

Bernard Arnault saw this, and wanted to die.

In his view, this is not just insulting intelligence, right?

Ye Chen himself was stunned, looked up at Zhang Ermao, his eyes full of inquiry.

Afterwards, he gave him a wink, which meant: you broken thing, I really don't know how to blow it, you do it yourself.

Although Zhang Ermao was frightened by Ye Chen's astronomical figures just now, he was also an old liar who had been in the antique street for many years, and his practical experience was very rich, so he soon adapted to this routine.

So he gave a giggle and hurriedly said to Bernard Arnault: "Mr. Arnault, the painting I introduced to you today can be said to be enough to shock the entire East and West painting circles!"

After speaking, he explained: "Everyone knows that Mona Lisa was created by Da Vinci in 1500, but I tell you, this painting is actually not Da Vinci's original creation, but a great painter named Zhao Mengfu in the late Song and early Yuan dynasties in our China."

Before the words fell, he pointed to the painting in Ye Chen's hand and said earnestly: "Look, it is this one in Master Ye's hand! And the one painted by Da Vinci is a copy and secondary creation based on this one. To put it ugly, it is plagiarism."

Bernard Arnault was tearful and blurted out: "This is impossible?! Da Vinci is the master I admire most, and his Mona Lisa is also a masterpiece of the world. How could it be plagiarism!"

Zhang Ermao's face was serious, and he said earnestly: "Look, this touches your cognitive blind spot! I tell you, this painting was created by Old Mr. Zhao Mengfu under the order of Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty. The approximate creation time should be at the end of 1275, more than two hundred years earlier than Da Vinci. Who plagiarized whom, isn't it clear at a glance?"

"Nonsense!" Bernard Arnault said angrily: "This is absolutely impossible! And look at it yourself, the woman in your painting is also a Western face! How could there be a Western face woman in China at that time?! Such a big BUG, what do you have to say?"

Zhang Ermao was not panicked at all, gave a giggle, and hurriedly added: "So you have to listen to my introduction patiently! In 1275, a major event with far-reaching influence occurred in world history. Do you know what it is?"

Bernard Arnault said angrily: "I don't know!"

Zhang Ermao said very seriously: "Mr. Arnault, it's not that I want to say you, you can't just take care of making money, occasionally you have to read more books and understand history."

After speaking, ignoring Bernard Arnault's expression that was almost vomiting blood, he said with a high-depth look: "I tell you, this 1275 is the time when the famous Western traveler Marco Polo arrived in China!"

After speaking, Zhang Ermao looked at Bernard Arnault and asked: "You should know 'The Travels of Marco Polo', right?"

Bernard Arnault was almost crazy, gritted his teeth and said: "I know! But what does this have to do with Mona Lisa!"

Zhang Ermao shook his head and sighed: "It's really ignorant and fearless."

After speaking, he continued to explain: "I tell you, at that time, Marco Polo went through all kinds of hardships and came to Yuan Shangdu in the summer of 1275, and received a warm reception from Kublai Khan."

"In order to promote cultural exchanges between the East and the West, Kublai Khan ordered the famous painter Zhao Mengfu at that time to show the superb skills of our Chinese painting to Marco Polo and his party."

"At that time, there happened to be a maid beside Marco Polo, named Mona Lisa!"

"Old Mr. Zhao Mengfu used this maid as a model to create this painting!"

"The whole creation lasted half a year, from the summer of 1275 to the winter of 1275."

Speaking of this, Zhang Ermao sighed again: "At that time, Kublai Khan gave this painting to Marco Polo, and Marco Polo really regarded it as a treasure and kept it with him, knowing that he brought it back to the West. It is a pity that after Marco Polo returned to the West, the painting was lost in the turmoil because of the turmoil."

"Two hundred years later, this painting was transferred to Da Vinci. Da Vinci was deeply inspired after reading it, and created the Mona Lisa known to the world after imitating it day and night for more than ten years!"

"And after his painting was completed, he handed this Mona Lisa by Zhao Mengfu to his servant to burn it. His servant couldn't bear to see such a masterpiece fall, so he quietly handed it to his relatives, which allowed this painting to be passed down!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Ermao looked at Bernard Arnault and asked earnestly: "Mr. Arnault, do you understand now?"