Chapter 1079: Munch's posthumous work

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From Chen's appearance at Eskenazi's charity dinner, coupled with the temperament of the other party, Liu Dong understands that the other party's family background is extraordinary.

And with money, if you want to play collecting, it's really a simple thing! Of course, the premise is that you don't obsessed with picking up leaks, otherwise it will really lose a lot of money!

"Hehe, that's what I said...... Liu Dong, I also like to collect. Since you're in this business, you have to teach me well!" said Edward Chen.

"Of course, there's nothing wrong with that!"

During the time when several people were talking, this Qing Dynasty Jiaqing tangled branch lotus pattern jade pot spring vase was also auctioned at a price of 420,000 pounds!

"Thank you very much Mr. Stanley for your generosity, and now let's look at the third lot!"

Hogarth's words fell, and an oil painting appeared on the projector screen, an expressionist painting.

The so-called expressionism is that the artist focuses on expressing his inner emotions through his works, and ignores the imitation of the form of the depicted object, so it is often manifested in the distortion and abstraction of reality, which is especially used to express the emotion of fear, so the expressionist works with cheerful themes are rare.

For example, in this painting that everyone sees now, the solemn black tone occupies the main part of the picture, and although the mother who hangs her head does not show the expression on her face, her feeling of pain has been expressed very intuitively and fully through the painter's brush.

Especially when the little girl lying on the bed next to her is used as a backdrop, it hits the sensitive place of people's hearts for the love of their children, I am afraid that all the emotions in the world add up to not as deep and true as the emotions of father and son and mother and son.

Edvard Munch, a 19th-century Norwegian expressionist painter and pioneer of modern expressionism. Munch's paintings have a strong subjectivity and a sad and oppressive mood. His intense, callative approach to psychological anguish had a major impact on the growth of German Expressionism in the early 20th century! It expresses the artist's deep sorrow for the loss of his mother and sister!"

"Edvard Munch's posthumous work, I didn't expect the third lot to come up with such a heavyweight thing, it seems that Eskenazi is really willing!" Liu Dong said in his heart after glancing at Eskenazi, who was sitting in front of him on the left, 20 meters away from him.

Liu Dong, who is familiar with Western art history, is well aware of Munch's position in it. As a pioneer of modern expressionism, Edvard Munch's paintings are almost as early as those of the first school of thought, and their paintings are more valuable than those of the vast majority of later logarithmic expressionist painters.

“…… Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Sick Child", the reserve price is 3 million pounds, and each price increase must not be less than 50,000 pounds, and the bidding is now open!"

"£4 million!"

This time, Liu Dong did not wait until the end to join the competition, but showed his determination to win at the beginning!

Although the number of oil paintings in his hands is not small after being collected by the Van Gaal family in the Netherlands, it is still somewhat insufficient compared to large-scale comprehensive museums. So. When encountering Munch's masterpiece like "The Sick Child", Liu Dong will not let it go.

"Liu Dong......!" Edward Chen looked at him with some dumbfounded.

Obviously, Liu Dong's financial resources surprised him a little!

And Liu Dong also attracted the attention of the audience at the moment of the offer, after all, this is the first lot to bid for more than one million pounds!

After glancing at Liu Dong, Chen Changxing retracted his gaze, and then said to Dennis Eskenazi, who was sitting beside him: "Old friend, should you tell me about this Mr. Liu Dong's situation?"

"Hehe, aren't your sons and daughters-in-law friends with him? Don't you know about Liu's situation? Moreover, he is still a Chinese!" Eskenazi laughed.

"You know. We didn't know each other before, and I was Chinese. But China hasn't been back for many years!" At the end of his words, Chen Changxing's eyes showed a strong trace of memory, and although it disappeared quickly, he could still see his attachment to the motherland.

Hearing this, Dennis Eskenazi nodded. glanced at Liu Dong, who was participating in the bidding for Munch's works not far away, "Actually, I don't know much about him!"

"How is it possible?" Chen Changxing obviously didn't believe it.

Eskenazi also knew that this statement was not credible, but he did have very limited knowledge of Liu Dong.

"I met each other since last year. An auction in the Netherlands! Of course, the auction didn't turn out very well!"

Dennis Eskenazi was referring to the fact that Van Gaal's villa was destroyed by a terrorist group, and when he heard about it, he was glad that he was able to leave early and avoid that terrible night!

“…… Later, I didn't pay much attention to this young man in the collecting world. After all, he is Chinese, and we can't have too intensive communication half a world away!"

"Then why did you invite the other party to this charity dinner?" If it was really as Eskenazi said, the two of them only had one face, I am afraid that the other party would not have appeared here.

And with what he knew about Eskenazi, he would not have invited him to his home if he had not been an acquaintance, or someone he had so much wanted to befriend.

In the face of an old friend's inquiry, Eskenazi certainly could not say that it was because Liu Dong had in his hands the renaissance giant, the posthumous work of Leonardo da Vinci, the 'saint of Western painting'!

Therefore, after thinking about it in his heart, Dennis Eskenazi briefly talked about Liu Dong's past collection achievements, especially the authentic painting of Zhang Seng Xuan's "Five Elements and Twenty-eight Residences" that made Liu Dong famous!

Liu Dong did not know that he had become the center of conversation between Eskenazi and Chen Changxing, and at the moment his whole mind was on the competition for the authenticity of Munch's "Sick Child".

Perhaps it is because Westerners are more receptive to Western works, or it is to avoid the exquisite oil paintings of the West from falling into the hands of an Oriental like Liu Dong, and when the price of this oil painting "Sick Child" has reached 8 million pounds, almost tripling the reserve price, there are still four people competing with Liu Dong!

"8.2 million!"

A middle-aged man in a crisp suit just put down the bidding sign in his hand, and then almost everyone in the audience focused their eyes on Liu Dong.

Because in the bidding during this time, Liu Dong completely interpreted the demeanor of a 'local big money'.

Everyone else is tens of thousands. Even if the price is increased by more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan, then he will directly turn up the price of 500,000 or millions of pounds. It seems that he doesn't care about the market price of this painting at all, and he is completely using money to suppress people.

This way was really annoying, so Liu Dong saw almost all the English gentlemen and ladies present looking at him with disdain and contempt.

Of course, there is still an envy in the bottom of the eyes.

money, in Western capitalist society. It can symbolize almost everything!

"£9 million!"

Under the attention of everyone, Liu Dong directly increased the bidding price by 800,000 pounds without any care!

At this time, his performance had directly suppressed the three little friends around him. Although Edward Chan and Melissa came from wealthy backgrounds, the huge assets of £9 million were not what they could have now.

And on the premise that Liu Dong never confessed all her circumstances to Mei Xue, she obviously didn't know that her lover had such financial resources.

"Mr. Liu really deserves to be the top 20 richest people on the Forbes rich list, and I give up this work of Edvard Munch!"

The middle-aged white man who had just bid £8.2 million smiled at Liu Dong, and after saying this, he put down the bidding board in his hand!

"Thank you!"

Liu Dong really didn't know each other, so he could only say these two words in this situation!

However, this person is obviously known by many people here. So after the words 'Top 20 Richest Rich Men on the Forbes Rich List' came out of his mouth, the entire auction hall was instantly silent, and the contempt and disdain in almost everyone's eyes disappeared, and the eyes that looked at Liu Dong were full of shock and disbelief!

Such a young person, and an Oriental with black hair and black eyes, is actually a world-class rich man, and this strong contrast is particularly shocking.

In the midst of the 'buzz' discussion, the other two white people who had also bid with Liu Dong before. At this moment, almost at the same time, he tacitly put down the bidding board in his hand.

Compete with a top billionaire on the Forbes rich list who is in the top 20 and must be worth more than 10 billion dollars for this Munch's work. In addition to definitely leaving a bad impression on the other party because of this, in the end, he will definitely not be able to compete for a billionaire.

Obviously, Hogas, who presided over the auction, was also very shocked by Liu Dong's identity, but fortunately, he quickly reacted when he was used to seeing big scenes.

"Congratulations to the gentleman at table 8 for taking this painting "The Sick Child" by Edvard Munch!

Hearing this, Liu Dong breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and at the same time, he couldn't help but nod at the other party with a smile!

Soon. Hogarth announced the start of the auction of the fourth lot, but people's shock at Liu Dong's identity obviously did not stop, and all kinds of scrutiny were still on Liu Dong all the time.

Liu ...... Liu Dong, is what Mr. Lloyd said just now true? Are you really the top 20 super-rich people on the Forbes rich list?" asked Edward Chen, with a trembling tone.

'Boom' a few times. Melissa and Mei Xue's eyes were all focused on Liu Dong, especially Mei Xue, as a girlfriend, she cared more about all the news related to Liu Dong.

At this time, Liu Dong, who knew that he couldn't hide it, nodded.

"It's unbelievable!" Chen and Melissa said, shaking their heads.

But Mei Xue's expression was a little dazed, looking at Liu Dong's eyes, his heart immediately hurt, he knew that his concealment had hurt Mei Xue.

However, the smart Mei Xue did not attack at this moment, and still saved face for her lover in front of others.

After holding Mei Xue's somewhat cold slender hand, Liu Dong made a look that he would explain to you in detail after going back.

Because of this episode, Liu Dong's attention to the next auction has also dropped several levels.

After that, Liu Dong did not bid again for five or six lots.

If it weren't for a little curiosity about the finale, Liu Dong would almost pull Mei Xue away, and then go to comfort the beauty's injured heart!

But just when Liu Dong cared about Mei Xue and kept an eye on the finale, an accident happened!

"Sir Alex Ferguson......!"

With a shocked and anxious shout, it instantly interrupted the participants who were bidding, and also attracted the attention of the audience. Liu Dong is certainly no exception.

I saw that it was more than ten meters in front of him on the right. An old white man in a suit, with gray hair and a stern complexion, had shrunk in his chair, and from his closed eyes and pale, abnormally bloody cheeks, he was unconscious.

Obviously, this old man knows a lot of people here. When people saw him, almost everyone had a look of concern on their faces.

At this time, Eskenazi also hurriedly walked over.

"Call the hospital!"

In the midst of the uproar, Eskenazi hurriedly said.

"Guys, who's the doctor?"

Hearing Eskenazi's shout, everyone shook their heads, and just as he was about to be disappointed, a clear and familiar young voice sounded from outside the crowd.

"I know how to heal. Let me show him!"

Through the passage where the crowd took the initiative to get out of the way, Liu Dong pulled Mei Xue and walked in. He was followed by Edward Chan and Melissa.

"Liu, is that you?"

Looking at Liu Dong, Eskenazi looked surprised.

He never knew that Liu Dong actually knew how to heal.

"That's right, it's me!"

"But aren't you a master of antiques?" said Eskenazi.

"Whoever stipulates that if you learn antique appraisal and collection, you can't know medical skills!" After saying it with a smile, Liu Dong turned his head and glanced at the old man who was unconscious in the chair, and his expression immediately became solemn. "This old gentleman is suffering from an acute heart attack, and if he is not treated in time. His life could be in danger!"

As soon as he heard this, Eskenazi dared to slack off, and hurriedly stepped aside, at this time he had to choose to believe Liu Dong, after all, there were so many people on the scene, and Liu Dong was a doctor!

Although he was very suspicious of Liu Dong's medical skills!

But at the moment Eskenazi's mentality. To use the Chinese saying 'a dead horse is a live horse doctor', it couldn't be more apt.

Walking up to the unconscious white old man, Liu Dong put his left hand on the other party's right wrist and checked the pulse, and basically counted it in his heart!

"Come over and help someone come with me. Bring this old gentleman down!"

Liu Dong's words fell, and Edward Chen, who was following behind, hurriedly raised his arm, "I'll come!"

Subsequently, under Liu Dong's command, the two lifted the body of the old white man together, and then laid it flat on the floor of the living room.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Dong untied the other party's suit and the white shirt inside, revealing the other party's chest and abdomen that showed his old state.

Then, under the cover of his trouser pocket, Liu Dong took out the silver needle he often used.

Looking at the silver needles that flickered a little cold light in the light, there was an uproar around.

Especially when he saw that Liu Dong was about to pinch the silver needle and stab it at the old man, there was an exclamation around him, and some people even stepped forward to stop him.

However, these people were all stopped by Eskenazi.

Eskenazi, who has a deep understanding of Chinese history and culture, naturally knows a thing or two about Chinese medicine.

And there are also acupuncture doctors in London's Chinatown, so he understands that Liu Dong is not murder, but real treatment.

With so many people guarding this time, Liu Dong didn't use his Taiyi Nine Needles, because when he couldn't use internal force, in the current situation, Taiyi Nine Needles was not the best choice.

With Liu Dong's skillful technique, silver needles were inserted into various acupuncture points to open up the meridians and promote blood circulation, and the myocardial infarction just now was gradually relieved.

In front of everyone's eyes, watching the white old man lying on the floor gradually return to normal, everyone also understood that this Chinese's acupuncture had worked!

Just when they were talking and sighing at the magic of oriental art, Liu Dong also began to take needles!

After he put away the silver needle that had not yet had time to be sterilized, he pinched the white old man's middle and sulked at the convenience, and slowly opened his eyes.

As his consciousness gradually cleared up, the misty color in the other party's eyes gradually faded, and when he saw Liu Dong half-squatting in front of him, the old man was obviously stunned for a moment. At the same time, he also noticed his current situation.

"Alex, are you feeling better now?" said Eskenazi as he hurriedly ran over and crouched down.

I felt the condition of my body and felt that there was nothing unusual. On the contrary, the old white man, who still felt that he was more spiritual, said, "Dennis, what just happened?"

"Don't you remember?" said Eskenazy for a moment.

"I don't remember!" the other shook his head.

"You suddenly fell into a coma just now, it was an acute heart attack, thanks to Liu, who took action to treat you, and used his magical oriental medicine to make you sober up!"

Under Eskenazi's explanation, this wise white old man understood, and after standing up with the support of his old friend, he stretched out his right hand to Liu Dong, "My name is Alex Ferguson, thank you very much Mr. Liu, if it weren't for your action, I'm afraid I would really have to go to see God this time!"

"You're welcome, as a doctor, saving lives is what I should do! But, Mr. Ferguson, you have a very serious heart condition. The treatment I have just given you is only a symptom but not a cure, so I suggest that you go to the hospital as soon as possible for a systemic examination, and then treat it as soon as possible! Otherwise, the same thing will still happen next time! Moreover, if you do not receive timely medical treatment, your life will be very dangerous!" Liu Dong said seriously.

"Thank you very much for your advice, I will go to the hospital as soon as possible!" Ferguson said with a grateful face.

At this time, an ambulance sent by a nearby hospital also arrived. Ferguson, who had already recovered from Liu Dong's treatment, did not want to go to the hospital at this time, but under the persuasion of Eskenazi and a few old friends, he still left by car. (To be continued.) )

PS: Sorry, that's all there is to it today!