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Chapter 668: Milon, a famous ancient Greek sculpture
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After the contract was signed, Lord Van Gaal, who had made a huge fortune from Liu Dong, stayed with the three of them for lunch. During the entire afternoon, except for the old Ace who left in the middle of the work in the hanging shop, Liu Dong and Fang Zhonghua all
It was spent in the collection of the Van Gaal family. It was a rare opportunity to appreciate art from all over the world, and neither of them was willing to give it up.
When he left in the evening, Liu Dong was empty-handed, but Fang Zhonghua carried an authentic painting by Zhu Da. Unlike Liu Dong, he didn't have such a big appetite, so he just chose the antiques he liked and bought one.
Back at the hotel, I inevitably had to explain to everyone my large-scale purchase of cultural relics, and Fang Zhonghua was with me the whole time, so I couldn't hide this kind of thing from others.
After sending away many of his colleagues who expressed envy, jealousy and other emotions, Liu Dong's room became quiet again.
Sitting back on the sofa, Liu Dong immediately took out his mobile phone from his pocket and dialed Lin Ling's number.
"Xiaodong?"
Since breaking through the last level of relationship with Liu Dong, Lin Chiling's name for Liu Dong has also become intimate in private.
In normal times, Liu Dong would definitely say a few words of love, but now that he was short of money, after a brief chat with Lin Ling, he said directly: "Sister Ling, how much money do I still have in my account now?"
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In addition to the reserve funds on the books of his three groups, Lin Ling manages Liu Dong's active funds.
"There are still 570 million!" Lin Ling said.
"Why are there so many?" Liu Dong asked in surprise.
In his impression, apart from the more than 50 million euros he took away, there shouldn't be much left!
If it weren't for paying the shipping and insurance fees for the antiques he just acquired, Liu Dong wouldn't be making this call now.
"This money was just transferred yesterday. 200 million of it is the profit of Fuxing Stone Betting Company for a quarter, and the remaining 370 million is your commission for betting stones for others in Myanmar, but this is the last payment.
!" Lin Ling said.
"Great, Sister Ling, you can help me go to the bank immediately tomorrow to convert the money into euros and deposit it into my card!" Liu Dong said happily.
"Saving money? Don't you still have more than 50 million euros in your card?" Lin Ling asked curiously.
"Haha, didn't you just buy a batch of antiques and spend them all?"
Listening to Liu Dong's sarcasm, Lin Ling, who knew the other person's hobbies, was surprised: "You just arrived in Amsterdam and you spent more than 50 million? What did you buy?"
After briefly talking to Lin Ling, the other party said: "Okay, I will transfer the money to you tomorrow, but you can be patient. Our family is now in debt of more than 20 billion!"
"Don't worry, I understand!"
"By the way, Liu Dong, when people from the Jewelry Association came to give money yesterday, they said that the Myanmar Jewelry Special Trade Fair will start on June 28th. Let me ask you if you still want to participate?" Lin Ling said.
"Reject them, I'm not interested at the moment!" Liu Dong said without hesitation.
Liu Dong was not interested at all in this kind of public sale that was supplementary in nature and had a scarce quantity of wool. He just didn't expect the people from the Quancheng Jewelry Association to give up.
"Okay. I get it!"
"Okay, then you should go to bed early. It's getting late over there now!" Liu Dong said with concern.
"Well, okay! You should also pay attention to rest in the Netherlands!" Lin Ling said softly.
"Don't worry, you don't know that I'm as strong as an ox, so I won't get sick easily!"
After having some love words with Lin Ling, Liu Dong hung up the phone, then put his head in his hands and sat on the sofa behind him. Looking at the luxuriously decorated living room, he couldn't help but be secretly happy. The life in front of him was so beautiful.
"It seems that after Sister Ling's money comes over, we should go to Van Gaal to purchase a batch of antiques. This time we will mainly focus on European, Egyptian and Indian artworks. How much should we purchase? 20 million? Or
30 million?" Thinking of leaving some money to participate in Van Gaal's auction held a week later, Liu Dong fell into the trouble of happiness.
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The next day, the members of the Collection Association, who had regained their energy after a day's rest, began to prepare to visit major museums in the Netherlands. Of course, no one will care if you don't go. After all, this so-called exchange is actually a welfare within the association. It is basically a one-time visit.
Just traveling abroad!
So at noon, after Lin Ling's 78 million euros in cash were transferred to Liu Dong's Swiss bank account, he immediately drove the Mercedes-Benz that Van Gaal gave him after learning about his situation, and went to the other party's manor. In addition to contacting
In addition to the transportation of antiques, we also need to purchase a batch of antiques.
Regarding Liu Dong's arrival, Van Gaal gave him the greatest hospitality. Faced with Liu Dong's request to purchase antiques again, he was surprised but also readily agreed.
So by the time it got to the evening, Liu Dong had spent nearly 40 million euros to purchase another 1,500 pieces of art that he liked. Of course, they were mainly from foreign countries, accounting for about 80%!
After Liu Dong's purchase, the Van Gaal family's accumulation of more than three hundred years has been reduced by nearly one-third, which made Liu Dong sigh at the rich collection of the other family's collection.
In the next two days, Liu Dong has been busy with the customs declaration and transportation of more than 8,600 pieces of art. Fortunately, with the help of Van Gaal, none of the antiques Liu Dong bought were Dutch national treasures, so they were not protected by Dutch cultural relics.
Despite the difficulties of the department, after paying an export tax of approximately 6%, this batch of artworks was also sent on board.
The pressure on the ship was Mu Gang, who was urgently transferred from China by Liu Dong, and ten retired special forces. They are all security personnel of Liu Dong's reserve warehouse. After returning to China, these artworks will also be temporarily separated from the jadeite rough stones in the reserve center.
, and other jewelry materials are kept together.
"Fortunately, most of my antiques are over a hundred years old. Otherwise, due to the domestic import tariff of 12%, plus the value-added tax of 17%, I would not be able to attend Van Gaal's auction with the euros in my hand!" Liu
Dong thought secretly in his heart.
Thinking about this, Liu Dong parked the car outside Lao Ace's antique shop, thinking about the melon-style piano he bought here, two oil paintings by famous artists, two official kilns from the Qing Dynasty, and a
The Liangzhu jade cong has not been taken away yet.
"Old Ace, what's going on, why are you so happy?" Liu Dongxiao asked as he opened the door and walked in.
"Liu?"
Maybe it’s because Chinese names are too hard to pronounce. Like Van Gaal, Old Ace just calls Liu Dong by his surname!
"Hey, isn't this good?"
Liu Dong, who had just walked in, was immediately attracted by the bronze sculpture about 60 centimeters high that Old Ace placed on the counter.
"I just collected this the day before yesterday. How is it, isn't it good?" After hearing Liu Dong's words, Old Ace couldn't help but show a proud look on his face.
Faced with Old Ace's show off, Liu Dong nodded, but his eyes did not leave the bronze statue on the table. The image of the statue was a young man with bulging muscles. He looked at him with his hands raised in the air, as if he was celebrating victory.
, the expression is vivid and vivid.
In addition, both the character's figure and the muscle lines fit the proportions of the human body without any errors. This is something Liu Dong admires very much. It is still difficult for his jade sculptures to achieve this perfectly.
Obviously, the sculptor who could make this bronze sculpture must be an out-and-out master.
However, Liu Dong is not good at identifying European sculptures, but from the natural aging of the material of this bronze statue, Liu Dong understands that it must have existed for a long time. In addition, it should have been well preserved by the original owner. On the surface, it can be seen
It has a rounded luster without any trace of rust, which is called patina in China.
When Liu Dong's hand unconsciously touched the sculpture, a line of large characters appeared above the mustard space relic: "The Wrestler Celebrating Victory" by the ancient Greek sculptor Milon!
"Milon?" After the name crossed his mind, Liu Dong's heart couldn't help but beat hard.
Although Liu Dong is not very good at appraising Western antiques, he is no stranger to major Western artists, their lives, and their main works.
Milon was a famous ancient Greek sculpture that Liu Dong was very familiar with.
Of course, in the world of sculpture circles, everyone knows this name.
Mylon, a Greek sculptor, was born in Eleuthera. He had been active in Athens for a long time and was one of the famous figures in the Greek classical period.
He is good at making bronze statues. His works break through the rigid forms of sculptures in the ancient period and push Greek sculpture art to a new peak. He is good at grasping the accurate structure of the human body and its changing relationship during movement, and achieving a balance of spirit and body.
Harmony. Considered the founder of the classical period, the golden age of Greek art.
And he is also the author of "The Discus Thrower", one of the top ten sculptures in the world.
In addition, according to records, this Milon from the southern Italian city of Croton was a famous wrestler in the sixth century BC. He was the first Grand Slam champion recorded in the literature and won a series of important competitions.
He was a six-time Olympic champion, one in the youth category; seven Pythian Games champions, one in the youth category; ten Isthmian Games champions and nine Nemean Games champions.
For thirty years, he was the top seed player, both in the youth and adult categories. He won the championship "spotlessly" several times, which made him extremely famous.
And it is precisely for this reason that most of the works of this famous ancient Greek sculpture from BC are dominated by vigorous athletes.
'Looking' at the strong yellow aura on the bronze statue, Liu Dong temporarily suppressed the excitement in his heart, looked at Old Ace and said with a smile: "This statue is quite good, Old Ace, will you sell it to me?"
"Sell it to you?" Old Ace was stunned for a moment.
"What? Are you afraid that I won't give you the money?" As he spoke, Liu Dong took out his checkbook from his pocket, wrote a check for one million euros, pulled it off and handed it over, and then said, "This is what I owed you last time. Agency fee, how much do you want for this sculpture?" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!