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Chapter 668 Ancient Greek sculptor Milon

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After the contract was signed, Lord Van Gaal, who had made a lot of money from Liu Dong, left the three of them to have lunch together, and the whole afternoon, except for the work in the old Ace Kee hanging shop, Liu Dong and Fang Zhonghua all spent time in the Van Gaal family's collection, and it was rare to have an opportunity to appreciate the art of various countries, and neither of them was willing to give up.

When it was close to evening, Liu Dong was empty-handed, but Fang Zhonghua carried a genuine painting of Zhu Qi in his hand, he was different from Liu Dong, he didn't have such a big appetite, he just chose his favorite antique and bought one.

When I returned to the hotel, I inevitably had to give everyone an explanation for my large-scale purchase of cultural relics, and Fang Zhonghua accompanied him throughout the whole process, so I couldn't hide this kind of thing.

After sending away many of his peers, including envy and jealousy, Liu Dong's room became quiet again.

Sitting back on the sofa, Liu Dong took out his mobile phone from his pocket and dialed Lin Ling's phone as soon as possible.

"Xiaodong?"

Since breaking through the last layer of relationship with Liu Dong, Lin Chiling's address to Liu Dong has also become intimate in private.

If it were in normal times, Liu Dong would definitely say a few words of love, but now that he was short of money in his hand, he said directly after a few simple chats with Lin Ling: "Sister Ling, how much money do I have in my account now?"

In addition to the reserve funds on the books of the three groups under his hands, Liu Dong's activity funds are all taken care of by Lin Ling.

"There are 570 million more!" Lin Ling said.

"Why are there so many?" Liu Dong said in surprise.

In his impression, in addition to the more than 50 million euros he took away, there should not be much left!

If it weren't for the freight and insurance costs of these antiques that had just arrived. Liu Dong will not make this call now.

"This money just came over yesterday, of which 200 million is a quarter of profit of Fuxing Gambling Stone Company, and the remaining 370 million is your commission for gambling stones in Myanmar, but this is the last one!" Lin Ling said.

"Great, Sister Ling. Tomorrow you will help me go to the bank immediately and convert this money into euros and deposit it into my card!" Liu Dong said happily.

"Save money, don't you still have more than 50 million euros in your card?" Lin Ling said curiously.

"Hehe, didn't you just buy a batch of antiques and spend them?"

Listening to Liu Dong's ridicule, Lin Ling, who knew the other party's hobbies, was surprised: "You just spent more than 50 million yuan when you first arrived in Amsterdam, what did you buy?"

After briefly talking to Lin Ling, the other party said, "Okay, I'll transfer the money to you tomorrow." But you can take it easy, now our family is in debt of more than 20 billion!"

"Don't worry, I know!"

"By the way, Liu Dong, yesterday when someone from the Jewelry Association came to deliver the money. Saying that the Myanmar Jewelry Special Special Fair will start on June 28th, let me ask you if you are still participating?" said Lin Ling.

"Reject them, I'm not interested for the time being!" Liu Dong said without hesitation.

Liu Dong was not interested in this kind of public market with a complementary nature and a scarce amount of wool, but he didn't expect that the people of the Quancheng Jewelry Association would not give up.

"Okay, I got it!"

"Okay, then you should rest early, it's not too early for you to do it now!" Liu Dong said with concern.

"Hmm. Okay, you should also pay attention to rest in the Netherlands!" Lin Ling said softly.

"Don't worry, it's not like you don't know that I'm as strong as a cow, and I'm not so easy to get sick!"

After talking to Lin Ling. Liu Dong hung up the phone, and then walked to the sofa behind him with his head in his hands, looking at the luxuriously decorated living room, he couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart, the life in front of him was so beautiful.

"It seems that after Sister Ling's money comes. It's time to go back to Van Gaal for a batch of antiques, this time with a focus on European, Egyptian and Indian art. How much is it good to buy? 20 million? or 30 million?" Liu Dong fell into the trouble of happiness at the thought of setting aside some of Van Gaal's auction to be held in a week's time.

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The next day. After a day of rest, the members of the collecting association began to prepare to visit the major museums in the Netherlands, of course, no one cares if you don't go, after all, this so-called exchange is actually the welfare of the association, and it is basically a trip abroad!

So at noon, after Lin Ling's 78 million euros in cash was transferred to Liu Dong's Swiss bank account, he immediately drove the Mercedes-Benz car that Van Gaal gave him after learning about his situation, and went to the other party's estate, in addition to contacting the delivery of antiques, he also had to buy another batch of antiques.

For Liu Dong's arrival, Van Gaal gave him the greatest hospitality, and in the face of Liu Dong's request to buy antiques again, he was surprised and readily agreed.

So by the time the time came to the evening, Liu Dong had spent nearly 40 million euros to purchase 1,500 pieces of his eye-catching artworks again, of course, mainly abroad, accounting for about 80%!

After Liu Dong's purchase, the Van Gaal family's accumulation of more than 300 years has been reduced by nearly one-third, and this can't help but make Liu Dong sigh at the richness 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 works of art, but fortunately, with the help of Van Gaal, Liu Dong bought no Dutch national treasures in the antiques, so he was not troubled by the Dutch cultural relics department, and after paying about 6% of the export tax, this batch of artworks was also sent on the ship.

And it was Mu Gang, who was urgently transferred from China by Liu Dong, and ten retired special forces, who were all security guards of Liu Dong's reserve warehouse, and these works of art will also be temporarily preserved with the jade rough stones and other jewelry materials in the reserve center after returning to China.

"Fortunately, most of my antiques are more than 100 years old, otherwise the domestic import tariff of 12%, plus 17% VAT, I don't want to go to Van Gaal's auction anymore with these euros!" Liu Dong said secretly in his heart.

Thinking of this, Liu Dong parked the car outside Lao Ace's antique shop, thinking that the melon-style piano he bought here, two oil paintings by famous artists, two Qing Dynasty official kilns, and a Liangzhu jade cong have not been taken away.

"Old Ace, what's the matter, so happy?" asked Liu Dongxiao, who pushed the door in.

"Liu?"

Maybe it's because the Chinese name is too awkward, and Old Ace, like Van Gaal, just calls Liu Dong's surname!

"Hey, this thing is good, huh?"

Liu Dong, who had just entered the door, 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 about it, not bad, right?" Hearing Liu Dong's words, Old Ace couldn't help but show a smug look on his face.

In the face of 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 is a young man with bulging muscles, looking at him with his hands raised high, as if he was celebrating victory, his expression was vivid and vivid.

In addition, both the figure of the figure and the lines of the muscles fit the proportions of the human body, without a trace of difference, which is a point that Liu Dong admires a lot, and it is still difficult for his jade carving portraits to do this perfectly.

Obviously, the sculptor who was able to make this bronze sculpture must have been a master through and through.

However, Liu Dong is not good at the identification of European sculptures, but from the natural aging of this bronze statue material, Liu Dong understands that it must not be stored for a short time, and it should be well preserved by the original owner, and a layer of round luster can be seen on the surface, without the slightest rust, which is called pulp in China.

When Liu Dong's hand unconsciously touched this sculpture, a line of big characters appeared above the mustard seed space relic: "Ancient Greek sculptor Milon "Wrestler Celebrating Victory""!

"Milon?" After the name crossed his mind, Liu Dong's heart couldn't help but beat fiercely.

Although Liu Dong's level of appraisal of Western antiques is not high, he is no stranger to major Western artists, their lives, and their major works.

And Milon is a famous ancient Greek sculptor that Liu Dong is very familiar with.

Of course, in the world of sculpture, the name of this man is known to everyone.

Millon, a Greek sculptor, was born in Eleutera and was active in Athens for a long time, and was one of the famous masters of the Greek classical period.

He is good at making bronze statues, and his works break through the rigid forms of carving in the ancient period, and push the art of Greek sculpture to a new peak. He is good at grasping the precise structure of the human body and its changing relationship in movement, and achieving a balance and harmony between the spirit and the *. He is considered the founder of the Classical Period, the golden age of Greek art.

He is also the author of "The Discus Thrower", one of the top ten sculptures in the world.

According to other records, the 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, winning a series of important tournaments.

He won six Olympic titles, one of them in the youth category, seven Pisson Games and one in the youth category, ten Isthmus Games and nine Nemean Games.

For three decades, he was the top seed, both in youth and seniority. 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 sculptor in 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 smiled: "This statue is very good, Old Ace, sell it to me?"

"Sold to you?" Old Ace was stunned for a moment.

"What, are you afraid that I won't give money?" Liu Dong took out the check book from his pocket, wrote a check for one million euros, tore it down and handed it over, and then said, "This is the intermediary fee I owed you last time, how much do you want for this sculpture?"