After returning from being a guest at the Jiang family, Liu Dong devoted himself wholeheartedly to the preparations for the opening of the Yuanming Museum. In addition to taking time every day to go shopping with Jiang Tingting, watch movies, and do other things he loved!
Other unnecessary worries! As for his little cousin Chen Bao, Liu Dong found an excuse to send him to the museum to help Mr. Li!
However, free time always passes quickly, and in a blink of an eye it’s time for the museum to open.
On this day, Liu Dong also put on formal clothes and followed Mr. Li to the Yuanming Museum early and began to prepare for the reception!
"Xiaobao, are everything ready?"
"Don't worry, old man! It's been prepared a long time ago!" Chen Bao said quickly.
"That's good! There are a lot of people coming today. Don't let your guard down then!" After finishing speaking, Mr. Li warned again.
"Hey, where is Liu Dong?"
After explaining Chen Bao, Mr. Li asked after looking through the hall filled with tables and chairs.
"Oh, Brother Dong has already gone outside to prepare for the reception!" Chen Bao said quickly.
"I understand, go and do your work!" Mr. Li nodded and said.
"Old man, I'll leave first!"
"Um!"
Looking at Chen Bao's back as he turned and left quickly, Mr. Li nodded with satisfaction. Liu Dong's cousin has good character and knowledge, and he is also smart and knows how to advance and retreat. "He is a pretty good kid!"
At this moment, standing outside the door on the red carpet leading directly to the street, Liu Dong looked behind him at the twin towers, which were not very high but still reached the ninth floor and had been renovated. A look of satisfaction appeared on his face!
Although not even a quarter of this twin building with an indoor area of more than 80,000 square meters is currently used by Liu Dong, considering that it is a transition before the completion of the construction of the Old Summer Palace, at least ten more people will be used here.
Years later, Liu Dong had no thought of waste in his heart.
At this moment, a strong man wearing a black suit, full of fierceness and serious expression came out of the venue and walked straight to Liu Dong.
"Mr. Liu, the chief asked me to tell you that it's almost time!"
"I know! Wu Xiong, just tell Mr. Li that you can leave this place to me and let him receive you inside!"
"yes!"
Just agree and leave neatly!
But Liu Dong is not selfish. Moreover, this guy is a talent recruited by Mr. Li. Not only is he good at fighting, but he is also proficient in various anti-espionage methods. With him in charge of the security of the museum, Liu Dong can rest assured!
I looked at my watch and saw that the time had already passed six in the morning! At this time, the temporary parking space outside the gate was finally no longer empty!
"Brother Zhou?"
Liu Dong never expected that the first person to arrive today would be Zhou Bin, whom he hadn't seen for more than half a year!
"Congratulations, congratulations! Brother Zhou, aren't you in Macau again? Why did you come back so quickly?" Liu Dong cupped his hands and said with a smile.
"The opening of your kid's private museum is such a big deal, how can I not dare to come back!" With that said, Zhou Bin handed the gift box in his hand to Liu Dong!
"I bought this from someone else when I came here. It's just right for your taste! Take it!"
Hearing this, Liu Dong was not polite! Welcoming and sending off was always one of the ways to communicate with each other! And now the relationship between Liu Dong and Zhou Bin has reached the point where there is no need to worry about these things!
"Then I won't be polite!"
"You're welcome! And Xiaodong, let me tell you that the casinos in Macau should be open for business by the end of this year!"
"So fast?" Liu Dong said in surprise.
He knew very well that the huge casino construction plan formulated by He Chaoqiong would definitely not be completed within two or three years.
"Haha, it's not as fast as you think, but we will build part of the casino first, and then slowly add the rest! Making money is important!" Zhou Bin said.
"That's true!" Liu Dong agreed.
A Macau casino license allows only thirty years of operation, which may seem like a long time, but for running a business, it is very short.
Moreover, the gambling industry is full of huge profits, so it is natural to open the business as early as possible!
Seeing that there were new guests behind him, Zhou Bin knew that it was not easy to talk to Liu Dongdan now, "You have someone here! I'll go in first, and I'll find you tomorrow!"
"no problem!"
After agreeing and watching Zhou Bin walk into the hall, Liu Dong quickly handed Zhou Bin's gift box to the security guard behind him!
This time when his museum opened, most of the people he invited were people from the antique circle, and the gifts given by these people must all be antiques. Although they may not all be very valuable, they are definitely worth a lot to ordinary people!
Therefore, the collection of gifts is all done by the museum’s security personnel!
"Liu Dong, congratulations!" Wen Shuren shouted angrily from afar.
"Why are all the seniors here together?" Liu Dong said as he quickly walked down the steps to greet them.
"Haha, we old guys live relatively close together, so we discussed it last night and came together today!" Liang Fangxiu, who was walking on the left, said with a smile.
"Liu Dong, you can do it! Even a private museum has been opened quietly! I was shocked when I received the invitation a few days ago!" Wen Shuren scolded with a slight smile.
"You're not shocked, are you just jealous, okay?" Ma Weiran, who was standing on Mr. Wen's right, did not give any face to his old friend and immediately started to cause trouble.
"What's wrong with envy? Don't you, Lao Wang, envy you? You kept grinning at me yesterday?"
"Of course I'm envious. If I had a grandson like Xiaodong, it would be worth it in this life!" Ma Weiran said with emotion.
"The two seniors have received the award! Liu Dong is ashamed to deserve it!" Liu Dong said quickly.
Seeing him like this, Liang Fangxiu, who was staying away, smiled and said: "Okay, Xiaodong, you go about your business first! I'll bring these two troublesome old guys in first!"
"Okay! Three seniors, please!"
Liu Dong quickly reached out to a museum employee and asked her to walk in with three noisy old men.
However, we had just sent three old men over sixty years old, and here came three more senior ones!
"Mr. Qi, Mr. Hong, Mr. Dong, why are you three here together?" Liu Dong asked in surprise.
One of these three seniors is the president of the Beijing Collection Association, the other is the president of the Quancheng Collection Association, and the third is the chairman of the Chinese Calligraphers Association. They also serve as consultants to the Palace Museum and honorary president of the National Collection Association almost at the same time. As for other honorary professors
, let alone names such as honorary experts. They are basically the top figures in their respective industries.
Of course, they are also some of the top experts in the domestic appraisal field that Liu Dong is most familiar with!
"I lived directly with this old guy after I came to the capital, so I came with him!" Mr. Dong smiled and pointed at Hong Changshan, who was also full of silver hair and energetic.
"Haha, I'm not looking for you. It's you, the shameless old guy, who insists on staying at my place!"
"Xiaodong, ignore these two disrespectful guys! Your museum is opening today, and I have nothing to give you! This painting was collected by me before, so I will give it to you as a congratulatory gift. I will also give it to you by the way.
The museum adds to its collection!”
Looking at the unwrapped calligraphy and painting scroll handed over by Mr. Qi, Liu Dong respectfully took it with both hands, "Old Qi, I am so ashamed of myself!"
Although he didn't read the content of the painting, with Mr. Qi's ability in appraising calligraphy and painting, it must be something extraordinary that could be given to him as a gift.
"The two of us will put our share inside for you, otherwise you won't be able to get through alone!" Hong Changshan said with a smile.
"Yes! Three seniors, please come in!" Liu Dong said quickly.
"You go ahead, the elders like us will go in first!" After Mr. Dong finished speaking, the three of them got together and walked into the museum hall together, talking and laughing. Of course, behind the three of them were their respective disciples!
After watching Mr. Qi and the others leave, Liu Dong 'looked' at the scroll in his hand!
When the words "Ma Yuan's "Fishing Alone on the Cold River"" are written above the relics in the mustard space!
Seeing this result, even Liu Dong, who had been prepared for it, was a little surprised. Originally, he thought that the painting Qi Lao gave him would be the handwriting of a famous artist from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but he didn't expect it to be the authentic work of Ma Yuan, one of the "Four Masters of the Southern Song Dynasty"
!
There are no more than 10 paintings by Ma Yuan in existence today, any one of them is a fine art worth tens of millions.
"Mr. Qi's move is really...!" Liu Dong shook his head secretly in his heart. But he also knew the state of mind of Mr. Qi now, and Ma Yuan's "Fishing Alone on the Cold River" is just a very cherished painting.
It's just a painting. I won't equate it with tens of millions of dollars like ordinary people.
Therefore, he is willing to donate the antiques he has collected throughout his life to the museum for free, and is even more willing to give his painting to Liu Dong. He is also willing to live in poverty, but exchanges his calligraphy for money for poor students to study.
go to school!
This kind of mentality and state of mind like the sages and saints of ancient times is far beyond the reach of Liu Dong now!
It is precisely because of this that he has special respect for Mr. Qi!
Back to the topic, after sending Mr. Qi and others in, more and more people came slowly!
Except for the people from the Quancheng Collection Association and the Beijing Collection Association who were invited by Liu Dong, many Liu Dong did not send invitation letters, and even a large number of people he did not know came. These are people in the antique circle, others
More business friends and partners like Zhao Defa, Wichai and Sawang Susi came!
If you include some friends Liu Dong knew in the political circles, as well as second-generation children including Zhou Bin and Li Yuncong, plus various Beijing officials and other figures who came here because of Mr. Li's face.
The originally spacious lobby on the first floor, with an area of no less than 1,000 square meters, was bustling with people! (To be continued.)