Considering that he was about to leave Vancouver and his time was limited, Liu Dong decided as soon as possible to finalize all the cooperation details before he left.
Soon, with the assistance of lawyers dispatched by Dingsheng Fund, Liu Dong spent 150 million Canadian dollars to invest in Long Jianguang's agricultural supplies supermarket, slaughterhouse and agricultural trading company! He occupied 49% of the shares of these branches!
In addition, Liu Dong also registered Fengrui Agriculture Company in Vancouver. Its main business is to invest in land and then develop agriculture and animal husbandry! This includes the breeding of cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks and pigs, as well as economic and food grains such as wheat, soybeans and cotton.
Planting of crops.
At the beginning of its establishment, Liu Dong included the farm in Vancouver and the 80,000-acre farm in Texas, USA, that he won from Andrew Morgan on the Poseidon last year!
In addition to these two farms, Liu Dong spent an additional US$1 billion to develop agriculture and animal husbandry in Canada and the United States, two countries with few people.
Because Liu Dong also wanted to participate in the Royal Ascot Jockey Club in the UK, he could not stay in Vancouver for too long. So after signing the cooperation documents with Long Jianguang, and then registering Fengrui Agriculture Company in Vancouver, he established the company.
The matter was handed over to David Coleman of Dingsheng Fund, and then he traveled thousands of miles on his own private jet and came to England for the first time!
When Liu Dong walked out of London Heathrow International Airport, he caught a glimpse of Mei Xue, who was waiting at the exit. She was wearing a light pink waist dress, with a slim figure, delicate facial features and pretty flowers!
"Liu Dong, here!"
Facing the beauty's joyful call, Liu Dong quickly took his few luggage and strode forward to greet her.
Regardless of the crowds of people and envious looks around him, Liu Dong pulled Mei Xue into his arms in public!
"I hate it. So many people are watching?" Mei Xue said shyly after patting Liu Dong's strong chest.
"You are almost becoming my wife. Hugging and cuddling is normal behavior. Are you afraid that others will see you?"
Seeing Liu Dong's rogue appearance, Mei Xue felt sweet in her heart but also said softly: "Who wants to marry you? Smelly!"
"Hey, no matter whether you marry or not, I will marry you for the rest of my life!"
"Scoundrel!"
"Then I will only be rogue to you!" Liu Dong said.
Flirting and teasing can always enhance each other's feelings. Liu Dong's words quickly made the gap between the two of them disappear because of their geographical location after not seeing each other for half a year!
After the two of them kissed me and came out of the airport, they went to the hotel booked by Mei Xue. She came here from Cambridge to book it after she knew that Liu Dong was coming to the UK!
But what made Liu Dong depressed was that Mei Xue actually booked two suites! This obviously meant sleeping separately, which was obviously not what Liu Dong wanted.
He also wants to take advantage of this trip to the UK to develop his childhood sweetheart girlfriend into a 'couple' who can be honest with each other!
Of course, Liu Dong will not use coercion. If there is no interest at all, then there will only be 'desire' but no 'love'!
Therefore, on the first night after arriving in London, Liu Dong faithfully guarded a charming beauty, but he slept alone until tomorrow.
That feeling like a cat scratching your heart, once is enough!
After a day's rest, Liu Dong, who had regained his energy, was the first to choose to take Mei Xue with him to what he most wanted to see, the British Museum with the largest collection and the largest collection in the world!
In this comprehensive museum with the oldest history and the largest scale in the world, there are many cultural relics and treasures from all over the world, as well as the manuscripts of many great scientists. The richness and variety of the collections are rare in museums around the world.
The quantity exceeds 8 million pieces.
As one of the four most famous museums in the world, this is what Liu Dong yearns for the most!
In particular, the four major exhibition halls of ancient Greece, ancient Rome, India, ancient Egypt, and ancient China are what Liu Dong is most interested in!
If we look at the Rosetta Stone, the treasure of the British Museum, the head of Pharaoh Amenhopt III, the head of Ramses II, as well as the marble carvings of the Parthenon in Athens and the Parthenon in ancient Greece
The Elgin Marble Sculptures are simply a tribute to the beauty of these essences of ancient civilization.
But when the blue and white porcelain plates with mandarin fish patterns from the Yuan Dynasty, Taoist figures, bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, "Admonitions of Women's History", three-color images of Luohan from the Song Dynasty, Dunhuang scriptures and famous paintings from the Song and Ming Dynasty appeared in Liu Dong's eyes one by one in the China Pavilion,
And it was grandly placed in a foreign museum. After being viewed by others, a sense of anger and unwillingness emerged from the bottom of Liu Dong's heart.
These representatives of Chinese culture, fine works of Chinese cultural relics, and national treasure-level works of art, in addition to their own value, also represent China's humiliating history of being poor, weak, and at the mercy of others in modern times.
Looking at them, Liu Dong thought countless times about using his relic Yuan Guang to bring them all back. But after thinking about it for a while, Liu Dong loosened his clenched fists.
I let out a long sigh deep in my heart.
"What will happen if all these cultural relics are taken away now? The destiny of the past cannot be changed! It is better to let them stay here to warn future generations. If you fall behind, you will be beaten. Always remember the humiliation of the past, and never let the country weaken to the point of
They are at the mercy of others! Moreover, when the country becomes stronger, the real victory is to bring them back in an open and honest manner. Although I am sneaky like this, although I have learned something later, I cannot bring back the time when China stood on top of the world.
proud!"
Thinking of this, Liu Dong's original struggle and hesitation completely disappeared. He took one last look at Xu Wei's original calligraphy and painting in the tempered glass, then turned around and said, "Xiaoxue, let's go?"
"Let's go? Don't you want to see what's behind?" Mei Xue said in surprise.
Because she was studying in the UK, she had been to the British Museum many times with her classmates, and the novelty was no longer there. However, Liu Dong had always been very enthusiastic about this place, so Mei Xue still wanted to go through it with him.
Thinking about it, Liu Dong seemed to have lost interest less than two hours after coming in!
This is obviously not normal. After all, according to her understanding, Liu Dong is an antique dealer and he should like exquisite antiques the most!
Faced with Mei Xue's question, Liu Dong didn't want to explain too much. He just smiled and said: "I didn't eat much in the morning. Now I feel hungry, let's go eat first!"
"Eat?" After being stunned for a moment, Mei Xue nodded and said, "Okay, I happen to know that there is a very delicious Chinese restaurant nearby. I'll take you there!"
"OK!"
After Liu Dong agreed, the two left the museum and, under Mei Xue's guidance, walked two blocks and arrived at a Chinese restaurant.
The store manager is an overseas Chinese who has settled in London for many years. He is over 40 years old and can make very authentic Sichuan cuisine, allowing Liu Dong to feel the Chinese flavor in a foreign country!
"Huh?"
Mei Xue, who had just walked out of the restaurant, saw Liu Dong who stopped suddenly. When she followed his eyes with confusion in her heart, an antique shop across the street appeared in front of her.
In an instant, Mei Xue understood!
"Honey, let's go over and take a look!"
Mei Xue's considerateness made Liu Dong happy, "After you finish visiting the antique store, I will take you shopping!"
"OK!"
Mei Xue smiled and nodded. What she really cared about was being able to be with Liu Dong. As for what she was doing, Mei Xue didn't care too much!
"A mermaid with a broken arm? What a weird name!" After looking at the sign on the store for a few times, Liu Dong took Mei Xue into this somewhat inconspicuous antique store, or a thrift store, located on a bustling street.
It should be more appropriate!
In foreign countries, antiques are equivalent to second-hand goods!
As soon as he entered the door, the first thing Liu Dong saw was the high shelves full of dazzling, yet cluttered, objects of all kinds! There were tableware made of various materials such as knives and forks, teacups and bowls, as well as newspapers and magazines with various contents.
, posters, as well as phonographs, microphones, radios, etc. Everything is included, and it really looks like a thrift store!
However, relatively speaking, the things on the shelves here are still more antiques! But you can tell something from the large number of porcelain, pottery, oil paintings and other objects.
However, there are really not many customers in this thrift store that covers an area of about 150 square meters. No, maybe Liu Dong and Mei Xue, who just came in, are the only customers in this store.
Therefore, after seeing the two people entering the door, the young man who was cleaning next to him quickly came over to greet them, but the first thing he looked at was Mei Xue. After all, beautiful women can always attract the attention of men first. Although this man looks
I am only sixteen or seventeen years old, and the pimples on my face are still growing vigorously.
"Sir, Madam, welcome. Do you need my help?" The young man who was not dazzled by Mei Xue's beauty hurriedly said after coming to his senses under Liu Dong's sharp gaze.
"Let's take a look first. If we want to buy it, I'll call you!" Liu Dong said calmly.
He is not jealous of a young man whose hormones are secreting rapidly.
"Oh, okay, you two, please take a look!"
After taking a last reluctant look at Mei Xue, she turned around and went about her own business.
But looking at the other person's eyes that were looking here frequently, Liu Dong couldn't help but turn around and said with a smile: "It seems that you are really charming? All the little boys who have just entered high school are attracted to you!"
"Okay, let's go to your store quickly?" Mei Xue said with a smile and tapped Liu Dong's arm.
"Let's go together!"
He pulled Mei Xue's slender hand, and after a smile, the beauty let him hold her hand and started shopping in this antique shop in London.
Liu Dong, who has visited many foreign antique shops for a long time, knows that here is not at all like what he imagined in China. You can see authentic domestic ceramics, calligraphy and painting antiques everywhere!
The same fake products are also openly placed on the shelves, and there are quite a lot of them.
With Liu Dong's current eyesight, even without the use of relic Yuanguang, many things can be distinguished from fake at a glance.
"Hey, this little bottle is quite cute!"
Amid Mei Xue's surprise, Liu Dong also saw what she was holding in her hand.
"Dear, what is this? It's so beautiful!" After holding it over and over in her hand and looking at it for a while, Mei Xue said with fondness.
"This is a snuff bottle!"
"snuff bottle?"
"Yes, in the Qing palace dramas you watched before, the princes and beyles of the Qing Dynasty often put it to their noses, smelled it twice, and then sneezed a few times quickly. This is the thing."
As soon as Liu Dong finished speaking, Mei Xue's eyebrows immediately wrinkled.
As a girl who loves to be clean, Mei Xue felt sick in her heart when she thought that this snuff bottle might be stained with the saliva left by the Qing Dynasty prince Beile when he sneezed.
Liu Dong, who was standing next to him, looked at Mei Xue's expression that quickly dropped and threw back the snuff bottle in her hand with a look of disgust. Liu Dong probably understood what she was thinking.
After feeling a little amused in his heart, he explained: "Although this snuff bottle is no longer popular in modern times, don't underestimate it. A royal snuff bottle from the Qing Dynasty, if you take out any one, it will cost millions of Chinese coins!"
"A million? Is such a small thing worth so much?" Mei Xue said in surprise, pointing to the snuff bottle that she had just put back on the shelf, not much bigger than a bull's eye.
"I'd rather say millions less! If they were royal tributes from the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong dynasties, especially the snuff bottles with filigree enamel and gold bodies, the price would be even higher!"
After Liu Dong finished speaking, Mei Xue was stunned for a while with her mouth open, then pointed at the snuff bottle that she had just put back on the shelf and said, "Is this snuff bottle worth so much?"
After hearing this, Liu Dong smiled and was not in a hurry to answer Mei Xue's question. Instead, he reached out and took the snuff bottle that the other party had just put back.
The material of the snuff bottle is crystal, not artificial crystal, but real natural crystal. And although the pattern painted inside is just two butterflies wearing flowers, which is relatively simple, it looks extremely smart. Look carefully, and you will feel as if you are really seeing what is happening in the snuff bottle.
In a sea of flowers, there are two butterflies dancing in the bright summer sun.
Liu Dong, who didn't care much at first, gradually became cautious after looking through the snuff bottle in his hand over and over again.
After a long time, he sighed and turned to look at Mei Xue.
"What's wrong? Is something wrong?" Mei Xue, who felt a little uncomfortable with Liu Dong's eyes, asked softly.
"Xiaoxue, I really didn't expect that I, a so-called appraiser and expert, would be surpassed by you before I even saw anything after I came in!" Liu Dong said with a hint of sigh.
"You mean this snuff bottle is an antique?" the clever Mei Xue asked immediately after realizing it.
"That's right!" Liu Dong nodded, "This crystal snuff bottle with interior painting is the work of Ma Shaoxuan, one of the four great painters of Beijing style snuff bottle interior painting in the Qing Dynasty!"
"Ma Shaoxuan?"
Looking at Mei Xue who was full of questions, Liu Dong helplessly taught her some simple common sense about Ma Shaoxuan!
This famous interior-painted bottle master who won the silver medal of the Panama International Exposition in 1918, his status in the snuff bottle business today is no less famous than Tang Bohu's reputation in the calligraphy and painting business!
In the 1930s and 1940s, the famous Chinese folklorist Mr. Jin Shoushen and the antique connoisseur Mr. Zhao Ruzhen praised Mr. Ma Shaoxuan's interior painting technique as "uncanny" in their respective works, praising him as the "most famous" interior painting.
Pot artist.
Bob Stephens, a famous American expert on Chinese snuff bottles, commented in his book that Ma Shaoxuan is the Picasso among the artists of interior-painted snuff bottles! (To be continued.)
ps: Time is limited today, so I can only write 4,000 words and upload them, please bear with me!