Return a value when I equal an object from a class

[ihouses]

Hello,

I would like to do something like:

class Hi():
 def read(self):
   return 23


hi = Hi()
val1 = Hi.read()
val2 = Hi

I would like to associate the function read() or whatever returns when I do an equal from the object Hi. In the example val1 and val2 would have the same value.

Is that posible in Python?

Thanks!