Chapter 1084 The Second Picture "The Last Supper"

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Now Liu Dong has enough money in his pocket, making money is no longer his most important consideration, but the pursuit of quality of life is essential.

And Britain is not like China, the house still has 70 years of ownership. Here, private ownership is pursued, and 50 million pounds are bought, and the more than 3,200 square meters of land, plus all the buildings above, will belong to themselves!

Therefore, after being satisfied with the layout of the whole villa, Liu Dong was already inclined to buy it in his heart.

"Don't worry, Xiaoxue! We have the money to buy a villa, and now I don't need the money urgently, I will buy this manor as an investment! Didn't you say that the real estate industry in London is very promising now?" Liu Dong comforted.

"But isn't £50 million too much?" said Mei Xue in a low voice.

The habits and ways of thinking that have been cultivated for a long time are not so easy to change! I think the same was true of Liu Dong at the beginning!

"It's okay, I can still get this money. Moreover, this villa is my dowry gift to you!"

"Who wants your dowry! I haven't agreed to marry you yet!"

After a soft reprimand, Mei Xue, who was sweet in her heart, didn't say anything more.

After settling her down, Liu Dong breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and at the same time, he turned his head and said to Jennings, who was waiting beside him: "I bought this villa, when can I go through the transfer procedures?"

"You can handle it now!" Jennings, who was overjoyed, hurriedly said.

If the deal goes through, his commission will be at least £500,000, which is a huge sum for Jennings.

"That's good. Let's go up!" Liu Dong said.

"Please!"

Driven by the power of money. Jennings is now more respectful in his attitude!

Because of the reason for the transfer procedure. Liu Dong didn't have time to hang out with Edward Chen and Melissa, but they didn't care about it, after all, Liu Dong didn't spend a lot of time in London.

And after Liu Dong decided to buy the villa, Eskenazi briefly chatted with him and left quickly.

He was also busy counting and sorting out the Chinese art in his collection, but after Liu Dong bought the manor, he hurriedly sent them over, and then took away the legacy of Leonardo da Vinci that he had longed for for half his life!

Because Liu Dong paid in full. The transfer of ownership proceeded quickly, and in less than two days, the entire estate had been transferred to his name after paying a lot of taxes.

Because the villa is fully furnished, because of the time, Liu Dong doesn't want to make a big move. So, after cleaning up and down the entire manor, adding some sheets, quilts and tableware, and some necessities, Liu Dong and Mei Xue moved in together!

For the convenience of life. Liu Dong also hired some bodyguards and servants through a domestic service company in London. Finally, the whole villa doesn't look so empty and lacks popularity!

After the affairs of the villa settled down, Liu Dong began to be busy exchanging artworks with Eskenazi again.

In order to put these antiques under his own name, he must go through the customs of China and Britain. Fortunately, with the help of Dennis Eskenazi, a total of 1,186 precious Chinese works of art were not hindered by British Customs. However, the oil paintings that Liu Dong bought from the auction and the last few paintings he selected were temporarily kept by him.

This time, Liu Dong didn't want to go to customs, otherwise he would definitely be investigated. Especially Shakespeare's posthumous manuscripts, the British could not have allowed the precious posthumous manuscripts of the most famous playwright in the history of their country to flow abroad.

Moreover, Liu Dong also wanted to see with his own eyes the treasure he had finally obtained, that is, the "Last Supper" that Eskenazi called a fake!

Actually, Mei Xue is also quite curious about why Liu Dong doesn't want so many better artworks, so she has to choose this anonymous fake!

"A fake, I would say it's the real Leonardo da Vinci?"

After listening to Mei Xue's words, Liu Dong looked at the paintings placed against the wall in the treasure house, and smiled mysteriously and smugly.

"Isn't da Vinci's Last Supper in the monastery of Santa Maria del Gocchi in Milan, Italy? And it's a fresco, it's an oil on canvas. Also, although I don't know much about oil painting, when I traveled to Italy, I once saw the real face of Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper" mural in the convent, and in terms of pure artistic level, it is much higher than this one, and the figures in this oil painting are a little sluggish!"

Looking at Mei Xue, who was slightly frowning with embroidered eyebrows, Liu Dong smiled: "I didn't expect Xiaoxue that you know so much about oil painting?"

"I just have a little opinion of my own, but I can't compare to you as a great connoisseur!" Mei Xue wrinkled Qiong's nose and said coquettishly.

After smiling, Liu Dong turned to say, "Do you want to know why I'm sure it's Leonardo da Vinci's posthumous work?"

Mei Xue's eyes widened, and after looking back and forth between Liu Dong and the painting a few times, she was surprised: "Do you really think this painting is the work of Leonardo da Vinci?"

"Of course, if there is no equivalent, do you think I will exchange Da Vinci's paintings? It is a national treasure that is rare in a century!" Liu Dong said with a smile.

"But, but, isn't 'The Last Supper' in Italy?" Mei Xue still couldn't convince herself, even if it came from her lover.

"The Last Supper is in Italy, but who says that da Vinci must have painted the Last Supper?" looked at the oil painting erected on the wall, and Liu Dong smiled on his face.

Based on his knowledge of Leonardo da Vinci, this guy is extremely talented, whether it is oil painting, sculpture, music, science and technology, machinery, etc., all of which have achieved amazing achievements.

But as the saying goes, 'no one is perfect', and Leonardo da Vinci was also a bit narrow-minded. It can be seen from the fact that after he painted the "Mona Lisa", because he liked it too much, he kept the painting privately and refused to give it to the Grand Duke of Milan!

It can also be seen that if he likes his work too much, the first choice must be to keep it himself!

As da Vinci's masterpiece, "The Last Supper" has definitely reached the pinnacle of his oil painting level, and Leonardo da Vinci, who spent a lot of energy on it, definitely wanted to stay for himself.

However, this is a mural, and if you can't take it with you, it becomes a matter of course to repaint a work that is relatively small in size and easy to carry!

In fact, many painters have this habit, otherwise there would not be more than 60 paintings in the Mona Lisa, and there would not be the same four versions of Munch's famous painting The Scream!

"But the level of this painting ......!" Although Mei Xue accepted Liu Dong's views to a certain extent, she also had her own doubts.

"Hehe, someone has made a certain disguise on this painting!" Liu Dong said.

"Disguise?"

"Not bad!" Liu Dong nodded.

It's hard to paint a good picture, but it's easy to destroy a painting, and although the painting is not destroyed, it's very cleverly disguised. There is not much movement on the whole painting, but some of the most crucial positions have been changed, making it look like a high-level, and some years old imitation painting, rather than the real thing!

But the one who was able to deceive the eyes of Denis Eskenazi was obviously a master connoisseur, or a master of oil painting, who was able to disguise this painting!

"Wait a minute!"

As he spoke, Liu Dong took out a carving knife, and then in Mei Xue's curious eyes, he walked to the side of the oil painting and began to scrape towards it, mainly where the head was.

It looks like it's a scrape, but Liu Dong is actually repairing it with relics yuanguang, and the action at this moment is more of a cover-up!

After a short time, Liu Dong retreated.

"Now you'll see?"

And long after Liu Dong returned, he couldn't wait to shift his gaze to Mei Xue on the painting, and was immediately stunned!

At this moment, the expressions of the thirteen characters on the painting have lost their original sluggishness, and have become much more agile! Many places that originally looked like the colors were dragging and the lines were twisting and turning have also become completely smooth and uniform, and the whole painting has been raised to a higher level!

Its artistic level is not inferior to the fresco of Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper" that she saw in the monastery of Santa Maria del Gocchi in Milan, Italy!

Looking at this oil painting now, Mei Xue is somewhat convinced that this painting is indeed the posthumous work of Leonardo da Vinci!

"My dear, how did you tell it was a work by Leonardo da Vinci?" Mei Xue curious.

Since this painting has not been identified by Denis Eskenazi, a well-known connoisseur in Europe, how did Liu Dong see it?

"Feeling!" Liu Dong said nonsense.

And he was also forced to do so, the relics of the Yuan Light must not be exposed!

"Feeling?" Mei Xue's face was full of surprise.

"Yes, when I first found the oil painting of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Savior of the World" in the antique shop, I felt the same as seeing this painting! In addition, I also appraised it at the beginning, and found that although it was disguised with paint and varnish, the habit and level of color use were very similar to Da Vinci's other paintings! So I was 70 or 80 percent sure in my heart at that time. Coupled with Eskenazi's willingness to trade so many antiques, I am naturally willing to gamble without losing money! Now it turns out that I won the bet!"

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