"Boss Qin, could you let me take a look at these two paintings first?" Old Mr. Wu Kai knew they were fake, but he still asked tactfully.
Boss Qin had shown him such respect. Given Qin's status, he had even personally cooked this medicinal meal for him. He couldn't just call the paintings fake without looking at them, could he?
That would be awkward.
He'd have to make a show of appraising them first.
"Then please wait a moment, Old Mr. Wu!" Qin Lin smiled faintly and turned to go to his office to fetch the paintings.
Academician Li, Academician Chu, Academician Lin, and Lin Liu, who was holding a child, had clearly been drawn in by the conversation between the two men.
Van Gogh and Picasso were simply too famous. They were two names no one could avoid.
Their excerpts were fixtures in textbooks.
Some of the nasty people who put those books together even made students memorize the entire thing.
It was baffling. Why could textbooks make room for Van Gogh and Picasso, but not Yue Fei, Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, or heroes like Liu, Yang, Luo, and Qian, who had given their lives for the nation?
Some celebrities and internet influencers had even made it into textbooks, openly held up as examples for students to learn from.
It had to be admitted that some celebrities and influencers had their strengths, and there were aspects of them worth learning from. The worry was that one day they might suddenly get exposed for some scandal or another—cheating, surrogacy, or something of that sort.
That would be seriously awkward!
Qin Lin quickly brought out Van Gogh's Sunflower in the Sea and Picasso's Woman Holding a Golden Drum, then invited Wu Kai into the hall.
The table in the hall was