Chapter 257: Contradictory
“What’s there to hide?” Grandmother Sheng said. “As the eldest daughter-in-law, I’m not trying to chide you. I don’t care about her past life, but she’s returned to the Sheng family now. Every one of her actions represents the Sheng family.”
Grandmother Sheng thought they must be acting this way because Sheng Yang didn’t know how precious the original paintings were or how valuable the intellectual rights were.
This was something that needed to be taught, and it would be a good lesson for her.
“Would you like to see the paintings?” Kang Weizhen smiled slightly.
She felt that she had indulged her mother-in-law enough.
She was always known for her bad temper.
When she was younger, she remembered that there was an old board member in the Kang family’s company who didn’t know his place. At that time, she immediately asked him to leave and got the security guards to chase him out. Despite his cursing, she s.n.a.t.c.hed a lot of shares without a word to hold absolute power. Later, the man was said to have disappeared without a trace.
But she couldn’t be too harsh to her mother-in-law.
She was Sheng You’s mother. For Sheng You’s sake, she held back a little.
“Of course. Not only will I just look at them, but I’ll also critique them.” Grandmother Sheng pointed to the person next to her. “This is Zhao Chunde, president of the Art a.s.sociation. He’s very knowledgeable about art. Let’s see how good these imitations are.”
Grandmother Sheng had been bottling up flames of fury in her chest.
In this family, her daughter-in-law didn’t act like a proper daughter-in-law and the same could be said for her granddaughter. They didn’t have any respect for her at all.
If that was the case, why should she be nice to them?
“Let me see them.” President Zhao couldn’t wait anymore and his gla.s.ses chain swung as he put them on, making a soft clinking.
He wasn’t friends with Kang Weizhen on WeChat, but the vice president of the Art a.s.sociation had added her. From just the few photos that the vice president saw, he thought that the paintings were very similar to Dennis’ works. If they were indeed imitations, they could be said to be 99% similar. Zhao Chunde trusted the vice president’s keen eye.
However, after hearing from Grandmother Sheng that they had dozens of Dennis’ paintings, he immediately rejected the idea and thought they must all be fake.
Dennis was famous for producing a very limited number of artworks. He often delayed drafts like a pure little angel playing hide-and-seek with his agent.
Although President Zhao was invited here by Grandmother Sheng today, he wasn’t typically an easy person to invite. He just came today to resolve this mystery.
He wanted to see how similar the paintings were to the real thing. If they were high-quality imitations, it would prove that the forger was very good at painting.
He really wanted to see these paintings for himself, especially since they were good enough to confuse the vice president.
Grandmother Sheng thought Zhao Chunde was putting on an act, so she played along and said sternly, “Yes, bring them over.”
Kang Weizhen unhurriedly walked over and handed them the stack of papers.
President Zhao froze.
Grandmother Sheng didn’t look too happy either.
“Are you kidding me?” Grandmother Sheng snapped.
“Aren’t these what you wanted to see?” Kang Weizhen asked nervously, cheris.h.i.+ng the stack of papers in her hands.
It turned out that they were all certificates brought back by Sheng Yang. She received dozens of them a day. No wonder Grandmother Sheng thought they were paintings.
No one else would have the honor of accepting so many awards in one go, yet Sheng Yang had held them so casually as though they were poker cards.
President Zhao reacted and said slowly, “Old Madam Sheng, your granddaughter is brilliant.”
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