"Are Qingshan and Qingying okay?" Liu Dong changed the topic and broke the silence between the two.
Mentioning her two children, Jiang Yan's pretty face that had always been tense showed a rare touch of tenderness. At this moment, she was no longer the powerful and feared super killer 'Nu Wa', but just an ordinary
Mother.
"They are doing well!"
"Qingying will go to elementary school in a few months, right?" Liu Dong felt a little guilty but also extremely loving when talking about this daughter who was often not around him.
"Um!"
"Why didn't you bring them here this time?"
"I don't want them to have anything to do with the Liu family!"
Looking at the determined expression on Jiang Yan's face, Liu Dong couldn't help but said helplessly: "Yan'er, actually the Liu family doesn't have as many intrigues and fights for power as you think..."
"Even if it doesn't happen now, can you guarantee that it will never happen? With so many of your sons and daughters, for the inheritance rights of the Hanhua Consortium in the future, can you guarantee that they will compete completely fairly?" Looking at Liu Dong's silent expression, Jiang Yan was originally furious.
His tone also became calmer, "I don't want my children to participate in the cruel family competition in the future! I just hope that they can grow up healthy and have a safe and happy life!"
"They are my children, Liu Dong, and their future is destined to be extraordinary!" Liu Dong said calmly.
As a father, he will never allow playboys to appear among his children. Whether they want it or not, they will experience the strictest training from an early age!
"I know! But I don't want Qingshan and Qingying to join the fight for the Liu family's inheritance. The world is a big place, and there are many ways to succeed! I believe that my son and daughter can achieve extraordinary achievements even without the help of the Liu family!"
"Yan'er, why are you so stubborn? Qingshan and Qingying are also surnamed Liu, and they are also descendants of the Liu family. This connection is always inevitable!" Liu Dong said with a headache.
"I know! I didn't intend to cut it off either!"
Looking at Liu Dong who was about to continue speaking, Jiang Yan interrupted: "I'm here specifically to celebrate the opening of your museum. Why don't you show me around first?"
Hearing this and looking at the calm look on Jiang Yanqiao's face, Liu Dong knew that he would definitely not be able to convince her under the current circumstances, but there would be a long time to come, and he still had time to change Jiang Yan's mind!
"Okay!" Liu Dong nodded somewhat helplessly.
Afterwards, he took Wang Qiang and walked out of Haiyuan Hall.
The security guards who were specifically on duty at Haiyuantang looked at Jiang Yan who came out behind the curator, their faces full of disbelief and uneasiness. They had been guarding here for most of the day, but they had never seen anyone other than the curator and exhibition hall staff.
people enter Haiyuan Hall.
Liu Dong didn't say much about the anxiety of these security guards. With his help, the whereabouts of Jiang Yan, who had entered the Baodan realm, were no longer detectable by the security guards, most of whom were in the Mingjin realm!
"Where do we go from here?"
"It's just ahead!" Liu Dong pointed to the place in front of him, which was shaded by lush trees and looked like the entrance to a subway station.
According to Liu Dong's plan, the more than 150 scenic spots on the surface of the Old Summer Palace Museum are purely for exhibition. Their existence is to allow future generations to once again appreciate the peerless style of the famous "Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens" during the complete period of the Old Summer Palace.
It should really be called a museum, and the place where exhibits are stored is underground in the Old Summer Palace.
If you want to enter the first floor of the museum, which is located 50 meters below the surface, you need to use an elevator. Considering that the museum is likely to have millions or even tens of millions of exhibition visitors every year in the future, in order to ensure smooth access, the entire underground floor to
In the surface space, the museum has installed nearly 200 elevators and 30 strictly controlled stairs!
Because the museum has a backup power supply, the 30 direct staircases will not be open under normal circumstances. They are only used for emergency purposes under special circumstances.
Accompanied by Liu Dong, Jiang Yan was suddenly shocked by what she saw before stepping out of the elevator.
After so many years, she has seen a lot. Although she has not seen all the famous places of interest in the world, she has seen most of them. The Louvre and the British Museum have certainly not been left behind.
But even the four world-famous museums are not as majestic as what she sees now.
I saw a straight marble road about 50 meters wide extending from Jiang Yan's feet to a tiny distance. The straight-line distance was no less than two thousand meters by visual inspection!
On both sides of this straight road are two rows of giant support pillars with a diameter of two meters and a height of 10 meters. The distance between each support pillar is fifty meters. And between the support pillars, there is another one with a height of about 8 meters.
giant bronze statue.
These bronze statues are made of extraordinary materials and have lifelike expressions. They are obviously made by famous artists.
In addition, two rows of large and gorgeous crystal lamps are hung at the top of this straight road, illuminating the entire museum and making it brightly lit.
“How majestic!”
"Of course, otherwise I wouldn't have spent ten years building it!... Come on, I'll show you around!"
After nodding, Jiang Yan followed Liu Dong out of the elevator. However, before taking a few steps, she found that the same wide avenue as the straight road in front of her appeared on her left and right sides.
However, the avenues on the left and right sides are not straight lines but curved. The support pillars are no longer two rows, but only on the side close to the outer wall.
"The patterns on these support pillars seem to be different!" Jiang Yan said with some surprise after approaching.
"It's really different! The one on the left is a Chinese-style Panlong Column, while the one on the right is a European Roman column! Moreover, the statues are also different. The ones on the left are Pangu, Nuwa, Zhurong, Xuanyuan and other Chinese myths.
Characters, as well as Chinese sages such as Confucius, Mencius, and Laozi. On the right are Western mythological characters such as Zeus, Athena, and Poseidon, as well as Western sages such as Socrates and Caesar!"
"Why is there this difference?"
"Haha, it's very simple! Because the one on the left is the Chinese exhibition area dedicated to displaying Chinese cultural relics, and the one on the right is the European exhibition area! These architectural decorations are just for differentiation!" Liu Dong explained.
She nodded in understanding, and after looking around for a while, Jiang Yan asked curiously: "How many different exhibition areas does your museum contain?"
“If we just count the large exhibition areas, there are eight in total on the first floor, namely the Chinese Pavilion, the Asian Pavilion, the European Pavilion, the African Pavilion, the American Pavilion, the Shipwreck Pavilion, the Natural Science Museum and the Machinery Pavilion!…
… There are more detailed divisions in the large exhibition halls. For example, the Chinese exhibition hall has four major exhibition halls: paintings, sculptures, treasures and jades, and comprehensive exhibition halls; while the European exhibition hall has the ancient Greek and Roman exhibition halls, sculpture halls, and painting halls.
and comprehensive museum; the Natural Science Museum includes the Fossil Exhibition Hall, Nature Exhibition Hall and Science Museum!”
"In addition, these exhibition halls are divided according to type. In terms of time, we are also divided into modern exhibition halls, medieval exhibition halls from 500 AD to 1500 AD, and ancient exhibition halls from 500 BC to 500 AD. And the antiquity pavilion from before 500 BC!”
“Together all these pavilions, we have a total of 139 different pavilions!”
Speaking of this, Liu Dong also showed strong pride on his face. All of this is the result of his hard work over the years and is also his highest ideal.
Of course, compared with the Louvre, the British Museum and other four major museums in the world, the Yuanmingyuan Museum, which has been developed for more than ten years, has Liu Dong's full support, but there are still some gaps in its heritage.
However, this gap is not in the high-end exhibits, but in the richness of the types of exhibition halls.
Fortunately, it is not impossible to catch up. Liu Dong's abundant financial resources are enough to make up for this gap for the Old Summer Palace Museum.
With Liu Dong's introduction, Jiang Yan had a general understanding of the Old Summer Palace Museum.
In addition to the exhibition halls mentioned by Liu Dong, the entire exhibition hall on the underground floor of the Yuanmingyuan Museum probably presents a Bagua shape.
The eight directions of Qian, Kun, Xun, Zhen, Kan, Li, Gen and Dui respectively represent the eight exhibition areas of the museum. Each exhibition area is divided by a straight road about 50 meters wide.
In addition, the eight large exhibition halls are divided into four parts according to the time when the exhibits were created. Looking from the inside out, it looks like four circles nested together. Of course, there are also arc-shaped passages between each circle. . Neat, clear, and with a pleasing order.
Of course, not all exhibition halls are divided in this way. For example, in the natural science exhibition hall, many of the specimens of animals and plants are modern things. Therefore, when divided here, they are arranged according to the specific exhibition halls. The largest exhibition hall on the outermost area is reserved for the biological exhibition hall. The exhibits are mainly specimens of animals and plants. The further inner layer is the fossil exhibition hall, including dinosaur fossils, plant fossils, etc. collected by Liu Dong. Inside The first floor is the astronomy exhibition hall, which displays some meteorites and special ores, as well as various cosmic imaging materials.
While talking, the two of them had already reached the center of the museum.
"Why are there so many vacancies here?"
Looking at the free area in the center of the exhibition hall, which is nearly a hundred meters in diameter and has no buildings at all, Jiang Yan couldn't help but wonder. What's more, what's even more surprising is that the top of this free area is actually transparent. If you have good eyesight, People can clearly see the clear lake water at the top!
"You'll know soon!"
"Still mysterious!"
Although she said this, Jiang Yan was even more curious! Because her five senses could detect it, the bottom of this circular area was also empty. Although special glass was used to block the line of sight, Jiang Yan could feel it.
Because of Jiang Yan's curiosity, Liu Dong did not stay too long on the first floor and quickly took her to the elevator next to the central circular square to the second floor!
The distance between the second floor and the first floor is only 20 meters, but the height of the second floor itself is 130 meters!
However, compared to the astonishing distance of more than 100 meters, what shocked Jiang Yan the most was what she saw in front of her.
"Is this a city?"
After hearing the beauty's incredible exclamation, he stood on the highest exhibition platform in the second-floor exhibition hall of the museum, looking down at the huge essence of the Aztecs at his feet - the holy city 'Aztlan', Liu Dong's heart
Wandering in indescribable satisfaction and happiness.
Originally, he had no intention of directly recreating this huge ancient city in the Old Summer Palace Museum, but in the end he listened to Mr. Li's suggestion. Since it had to be brought to life sooner or later, let's just go with the Old Summer Palace!
With his current power, he can withstand the attention and criticism from all over the world after the birth of this ancient city.
However, it is really not easy to recreate this ancient Aztec city intact! In order not to damage the magnificent effect of 'self-illumination without lights' presented by those huge fluorite, Liu Dong carefully
After thinking about it for a while, I decided to put it underground.
In order to let the light in, he deliberately imitated the terrain of the valley where Aztlan was originally located, leaving an 'exit' with a diameter of about 100 meters that can go straight to the surface. A large amount of special glass was used to cover it.
However, compared with this ‘hole’ specially set aside for light to enter and exit, the real difficulty is how to support this huge space.
If thick cement pillars are used, even if the second floor is more than 100 meters high, it can fully ensure its stability and strength. But if this is the case, it will undoubtedly cause serious obstruction to the line of sight. The ancient city of Aztlan
The magnificent scene will be seriously affected.
Finally, after rigorous calculations, 288 giant steel columns with a diameter of about 20 meters were used around the second floor to share the huge weight of the first floor.
Then in the center of the ancient city, a giant transparent, high-toughness and strength special glass pillar with a diameter of 50 meters was used as the main support.
In this way, the space on the second floor was finally strongly supported. Now Jiang Yan saw the magnificent ancient city of 'Aztlan'!
"Can I go in and have a look?"
Looking at the seven pyramids shrouded in the strong yet hazy green brilliance of fluorite, Jiang Yan felt a rare strong desire to visit in her heart.
"Of course! The entire Yuanmingyuan Museum belongs to our family, you can visit it wherever you want!" Liu Dong said with a smile.
"Then you go with me!"
Liu Dong just wanted to agree, but at this moment the mobile phone in his pocket rang. After taking it out and taking a look, he smiled bitterly at Jiang Yan and said: "I'm afraid I can't accompany you for the time being. The Old Summer Palace Museum is opening today, and I, as the museum
All the people and the curator have to be present!"
Jiang Yan could also understand Liu Dong's difficulties, so after thinking for a while, she nodded, "Then you go ahead, I'll take a walk here by myself!"
Nodding, looking at Jiang Yan's cold yet peerless face, Liu Dong stepped forward, held up the beauty's pretty face and kissed her on the forehead, "I'll come find you when I'm done!"
"Um!"
Although the two of them are now considered an old couple, Jiang Yanqiao still showed a hint of shyness on her face when faced with Liu Dong's intimacy.
After telling Wang Qiang some things that needed attention in the museum, and then instructing the museum staff, Liu Dong came to the main entrance of the museum, which is the square outside Zhengda Guangming Hall, under Mr. Li's continuous urging.
At this moment, this large square covering an area of more than 5,000 square meters is already crowded with people. In addition to a large number of celebrities from all walks of life who were invited to attend the opening ceremony of the museum, there are also more ordinary people in the capital who come to see the elegance of the Old Summer Palace.
"Mr. Li!"
"coming!"
"Um"
Seeing Liu Dong, the old man quickly turned around and said, "It's almost time. You should also prepare to welcome the guests! Especially the foreign devils on the list, I don't know any of them!"
With a slight smile, Liu Dong said: "I know, just leave it to me!"
"As long as you understand! Today is a big day, we must not make any mistakes!"
"Don't worry, everything has been prepared. There won't be any mistakes!"
After Liu Dong finished speaking, before Mr. Li could say anything, vehicles were slowly stopping at the end of the red carpet that extended to the outside of the square.
"Let's go!"
"Um!"
Nodding, Liu Dong adjusted the blue robe he wore specially today and strode behind Mr. Li.
Before the two of them could get closer, two old men also wearing robes who got off the car had already walked over first.
"Mr. Li, congratulations to Mr. Liu!"
"Congratulations, congratulations! I didn't expect the two presidents to come together. It really makes our museum shine!"
Faced with Mr. Li's compliments, even Hong Changshan and Xia Guofei, who are the chairman and vice-presidents of the Beijing Collection Association, did not dare to take it seriously. They quickly said politely: "I don't dare, Mr. Li is too complimentary! It is really our honor to come here today!"
"You two are welcome, please come inside!"
"well!"
After the two people cupped their hands, they walked inside under the guidance of the museum staff nearby.
After Hong Changshan and Xia Guofei, more and more people came here, and they were basically all well-known people in the collection circles in the capital.
"Mr. Li, Liu Dong!"
Looking at Zhou Bin, Li Yuncong and Li Zekai getting off the extended Rolls-Royce, Liu Dong smiled and said, "How did you get together?"
"What's so strange about this? It's not like we don't know each other!" After greeting Mr. Li, Zhou Bin smiled and hugged Liu Dong.
"Yes!" Li Yuncong nodded in agreement.
"Liu Dong, this is a tribute from our Li family. Congratulations on the opening of your museum!" Li Zekai took a long gift box from his entourage and handed it to Liu Dong.
"Thank you very much!"
On this occasion, Liu Dong was not polite. He took the gift box from Li Zekai and handed it to the museum staff nearby who were responsible for gift collection and registration.
Of course, Zhou Bin and Li Yuncong who came with Li Zekai would not be empty-handed, but they handed over the gifts to Mr. Li.
"Mr. Li, Liu Dong, you are too busy today, so we will go in first!" Zhou Bin said with a smile after seeing another car coming from behind.
"Haha, you guys are not outsiders, go in and find a place to sit by yourself!" Old Li said.
"Kaka...!"
When Zhou Bin and Li Zekai bid farewell to Liu Dong and walked inside along the red carpet, the numerous cameras around them flashed instantly, and the density suddenly increased three to four times compared to before.
This is understandable. For the news media, business giants such as Zhou Bin and Li Zekai are obviously more famous and important than antique collectors and appraisers who usually keep a low profile and rarely appear in front of the media!
After all, for the vast majority of ordinary people, the antiques industry is still an industry with a relatively small audience.
After Zhou Bin and the others entered, more and more business giants came to congratulate Liu Dong. With the current scale of Hanhua Consortium, the only people who could get invitations to come to Liu Dong's door were domestic business people who had known Liu Dong in the early days.
Most of the others are giants from the Fortune Global 500, and even the most ordinary ones are presidents or chairman of the board of directors of large multinational companies.
Their arrival quickly aroused the sensitive nerves of hundreds of domestic and foreign media who gathered for the opening of the Yuanmingyuan Museum.
The density of flashing spotlights can almost dazzle people's eyes, and its intensity is almost as intense as the press conference of the State Council Information Office!
However, if you think this is the ultimate, you are really wrong.
When two black Mercedes-Benz cars drove over, supporting the Rolls-Royce Phantom in the middle, especially when the famous Prince William and Princess Kate stepped out of them, the media at the scene almost went crazy.
They never expected that the opening of a Chinese private museum could actually invite the famous William couple from all over Europe and even the world.
"Liu, congratulations!"
Because Mr. Li and William did not know each other, the matter of welcoming guests this time was naturally left to Liu Dong.
"Congratulations! William, Kate, I'm glad you can come this time!"
After nearly ten years of dating, Liu Dong and William can now be regarded as close friends!
"Haha, Liu! You are so polite every time!" Kate smiled, and after noticing another car coming from behind, she turned to her husband and said, "William, it's not convenient for Liu now, let's go in first.
!”
"Okay! Liu, we'll talk later!"
"no problem!"
After personally greeting a museum staff member and asking him to lead William and his wife in, Liu Dong felt relieved.
"I didn't expect that you have such a wide range of contacts. You even know people from the British royal family!" Mr. Li said with a smile.
"Meeting William is also a coincidence! To be honest, I am quite surprised that he can come this time!"
"Okay, if there are any extra words, we can talk about it when we have time... I guess this time it's your kid's friend again!" Old Li said, looking at the blond and blue-eyed foreigner who got out of the car.
"Steven, Clark! I didn't expect you two to be together again this time!"
"Originally I wanted to come over by myself, but I couldn't get rid of this guy. I had no choice but to come together!" Steven Rockefeller still brought his usual humor.
"Steven, damn it! Don't make me look so miserable, I'm not begging you to come with me!" After saying that, Clark Ford hugged Liu Dong.
"I welcome you to come, but what do you mean you two are empty-handed?" Liu Dong said with a smile.
In recent years, although there has been competition between the Hanhua Group and the Rockefeller and Ford families, there has also been no lack of cooperation. The relationship between them for more than ten years has made their relationship stronger and deeper than the previous simple exchange of interests.
"I knew you would ask that!"
With that said, Steven Rockefeller took out a gold-gilded name card from the inner pocket of his suit and handed it to Liu Dong.
"Look, everything is in there!"
"this is mine!"
With that said, Clark Ford also took out a gold-gilt name card and handed it to Liu Dong.
First, I opened Steven's name card and saw it written in neat simplified Chinese characters: Rembrandt's "Jewish Bride", Monet's "Water Lilies", Xu Beihong's "Old Man with a Stick", Shang Dynasty bronzes with Taotie pattern Fang Yi.
, Kangxi colorful dragon-patterned jars, and nearly fifteen precious works of art worth at least tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, hundreds of millions, appear on the famous post.
Clark Ford's famous post is no less impressive. In addition to the majority of Chinese artworks, it also has original paintings by Van Gogh and Picasso.
"How about it, are we two interesting enough?" Clark said with a smile.
"Of course! Thank you very much!"
Liu Dong smiled.
In fact, he knew in his heart that this list might be out of reach for ordinary people, both in terms of the value of these works of art and the fact that they are almost priceless. But for Americans who have always had a hobby of investing in art and have astonishing wealth.
For a big family, it is not easy to prepare this gift list.
However, simplicity is simplicity, and whether you are willing to take it out is another matter.
Therefore, Liu Dong is very grateful for this gift from Clark Ford and Steven Rockefeller.
"As long as you're happy! We'll go in first! Oh, by the way, Liu Dong, Andrew and the others will be here soon, remember to arrange for them to sit farther away from me!" Steven said.
"Okay, no problem!"
Knowing that the Rockefeller and Morgan families had been having some unpleasant troubles over oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico in recent years, Liu Dong did not refuse.
"Mr. Li!"
After watching the two people go in, Liu Dong handed the name card in his hand to the old man's hand.
"Hey, these two people are really generous. Each of them can be called a first-class cultural relic!"
"Yes!" Liu Dong smiled and nodded.
"It seems that the opening ceremony of the museum was really done right, but the collection of art works in today's gift is enough to open several exhibition halls!"
Regarding Mr. Li's words, Liu Dong smiled and didn't say much.
If there weren't a lot of benefits, why would Liu Dong bother to hold an opening ceremony and send invitations all over the world?
Not long after Steven Rockefeller and Clark Ford entered, Andrew Morgan, Royce Dupont, Matthew Mellon, plus brother-in-law Rudolf Wittgenstein, and Roman Shatov, a son of a wealthy Russian family
, Saeed Abdullah, a member of the Saudi royal family who has increasingly cooperated with Liu Dong in the petrochemical industry, arrived one after another.
These rich and wealthy children are also extraordinarily generous with their gifts. Others only give one or two, or two or three gifts, but they all give them more than ten or twenty gifts.
Said, who made a lot of money by cooperating with Liu Dong, was even more wealthy. He directly gave Liu Dong nearly a hundred precious works of art. He also had too much money and no place to spend it.
As the important people on the invitation gradually arrived, the opening ceremony of the Old Summer Palace Museum had really begun.
But just when Liu Dong and Mr. Li were about to go back to host, a black Hongqi car suddenly appeared at the corner of the highway. If it were just a Hongqi car, it might not be anything, but 9 Hongqi cars came together, and the middle one
It’s amazing that the license plate of one car is still 0002!
Seeing this license plate, Liu Dong and Mr. Li looked at each other and knew who was coming.
"Xiaodong, we must pay attention next time, especially security!"
Seeing the solemn expression on Mr. Li's face, Liu Dong also knew the seriousness of the matter, and immediately said: "Don't worry, as long as I am here, no one can touch a hair on the Prime Minister!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Dong released his relic Yuanguang without hesitation.
Nowadays, the relic source light with a radius of 4000 meters is enough to nip all dangers in the cradle.
As the motorcade slowly approached, the surrounding media and ordinary people watching quickly became commotion, and more and more people understood who was coming.
When the nine red-flag vehicles stopped, sixteen capable security personnel quickly formed a seemingly loose but actually tight circle around the red-flag vehicle in the middle. An old man in a black suit walked out of it.
And the moment he walked out of the car door, the surrounding flashlights quickly reached the highest level ever. The sound of "click-click" photos was almost non-stop.
"Prime Minister!"
"Prime Minister, welcome to your arrival!"
"Mr. Li, I came here uninvited this time!"
"You're welcome! We welcome you to come!"
"Mr. Liu, although I, as an official, may not say that I have a breeze on my sleeves, I can't compare with you, so I didn't prepare any expensive gifts. I only have a piece of calligraphy written by myself. I hope you can accept it!"
"You are so polite! You say, 'A word is worth a thousand pieces of gold', and this calligraphy of yours is the best gift!" Liu Dong said quickly.
What he said was both a compliment and a truth. Not everyone was qualified to get the handwritten letter from the second-in-command of the Republic.
"Prime Minister please!"
"Um!"
Then, the three of them walked along the red carpet into the square that was already filled with guests.
Unsurprisingly, the arrival of the Prime Minister also made other unprepared guests scream in surprise. Although Liu Dong himself is extraordinary, the Liu family has a profound background, and the reconstruction of the Old Summer Palace is of great significance, the treatment that allows the country's second-in-command to appear is still unexpected.
Unexpected by most people.
However, surprise is still a surprise, and after the surprise, it will always return to calmness.
And amid these surprises, the opening ceremony of the Old Summer Palace Museum has really begun.
Originally, according to the ceremony's procedure, Liu Dong, the director of the Old Summer Palace Museum, delivered the opening speech, but now that the Prime Minister is present, naturally it is not his turn!
Fortunately, Liu Dong was involved in the final ribbon-cutting!
After Liu Dong, Mr. Li, the Prime Minister, and Prince William, who was invited to the stage, picked up the scissors to cut the red silk, and pulled off the red silk covering the plaque directly above the entrance of the museum.
"Boom...!"
A copper bell that shook the sky suddenly rang.
The bells rang one after another, thick and continuous, vibrating the eardrums, and seemed to indicate that the once-destructed Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens was ushering in a new life.
Liu Dong, who heard the ringing of the bell in his ears, looked at the various people below the rostrum who looked excited, happy, expectant, or curious, and his eyesight seemed to become blurry for a moment.
The experiences of the past fifteen years flashed in front of him like exquisite oil paintings, reminding him of the past he had experienced and also reminding him that after fifteen years of hard work, he finally realized his ideal.
Looking up at the six large regular characters of 'Yuanmingyuan Museum' shining golden light in the morning sun, Liu Dong felt an indescribable satisfaction in his heart.