Chapter 1277 Fashion Capital

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“…… We have now acquired 44.6% of the shares of Abi National Bank, and the remaining 5% of the shares are concentrated in the hands of the employees of Abi National Bank, and the rest has been acquired by Santander Bank of Spain and Bouygues Group of France, which hold 29.4% and 21% of Abey National Bank respectively!" Sally Kraucek gave him a brief report in the car that took Liu Dong to the hotel.

"Why doesn't the Bouyig Group agree with us merging Abi National Bank into Standard Chartered?" asked Liu Dong after a long silence.

Liu Dong is not interested in keeping other banks besides the Chinese Commercial Bank, Bank of America and Standard Chartered Bank. Moreover, at the beginning of the acquisition of the British National Bank of Abi, his plan was to merge the sixth largest bank in the United Kingdom into Standard Chartered to form a synergy.

"I don't know, but Mr. Martin Bouygues has sent us an invitation to visit him tomorrow at his estate on the outskirts of Paris!"

After receiving the beautifully bound invitation letter from Sally Kraucek, Liu Dong said thoughtfully: "It seems that this Mr. Bouig knows my whereabouts quite well!" After a pause, "You reply to Mr. Bouig for me, I will definitely visit on time tomorrow." ”

"Yes, Chairman!"

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The pace of expansion of the K. Wah Hotel has not yet reached Europe, so Liu Dong stayed in the presidential suite of the high-end five-star Hilton hotel here.

Although it took more than ten hours to fly from the capital to Paris, Liu Dong did not feel the slightest tiredness.

Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, you can see the ancient buildings of the European Baroque style under your feet, and the atmosphere of French culture, which is definitely different from the Chinese civilization. The brow on his calm face furrowed slightly.

This time he came to France, for some reason, he could always feel a kind of 'mountain rain is coming, the wind is full of buildings'. Especially with the acquisition of Abi National Bank, this strange feeling weighing on his heart is getting stronger and stronger.

Of course, Liu Dong knew in his heart that someone wanted to be unfavorable to him. But his biggest weakness is the lack of the huge connections that those old wealthy families have accumulated over the years.

If this is in China. The background of the Liu family is enough to make him fearless on the basis of not breaking the law. But abroad, the appearance of the Liu family did not bring him much help.

Even so, as early as after the successful acquisition of Daewoo Group, he was reminded that Clark Ford was not a reminder. But in the end, who is the person who wants to deal with him this time, and what specific forces there are, Liu Dong basically has a black eye.

If the only certainty is there. There are definitely the Durant family and the Yasuda family. The original competition for Daewoo Automobile and Daewoo Heavy Industries basically put Liu Dong and these two big consortia on opposite sides.

But if it were just them, it wouldn't have made Clark Ford so confident that he would lose $20 billion.

"Who else is there?" Liu Dong's brows furrowed even deeper.

"What do you want, dear?"

With a pleasant aroma and crisp sound, two soft jade arms suddenly hugged Liu Dong's tiger waist, and the two huge softness behind him quickly soothed Liu Dong's originally somewhat irritable mood.

"After a day on the plane, why don't you go to rest and not get tired?" turned around and held the beauty's round shoulders. Gentle smile.

"I'm not tired, and I've rested long enough while I'm on the plane!" said Helen.

After smiling and nodding, Liu Dong naturally took the beauty into his arms.

After more than a month of getting along, the relationship between the two is no longer as simple as friends.

Although Liu Dong didn't have too many other ideas when he kept Helen by his side, he overestimated his ability to resist beauty and forgot about the completely different cultures of China and the West.

Far more than the Oriental girl dares to love and hate, and the beautiful Helen turns passive into active pursuit of the person she likes. As a man, Liu Dong was captured almost without resistance.

The Joy Zen internal power in his body is simply the most intense aphrodisiac. Not only can he quickly give up the need to obey the flesh with reason, but it can even affect the women around him unconsciously.

Then, one night three days before coming to Paris, everything that should have happened happened.

And this time, Helen also came to Paris with Liu Dong as a secretary.

"That's right, dear. Don't you like art collections, it's still early, why don't we go to the Louvre?"

Because Liu Dong received a call from Sally Kraucek in a hurry, they arrived in Paris by private jet in the evening, and after arriving here. It was exactly morning!

Considering that Martin Bouig's banquet is still tomorrow. Liu Dong also didn't want to spend all day in the hotel doing nothing. Therefore, Helen's proposal was agreed after only a little consideration.

"Okay, let's go! The Louvre opens at nine o'clock in the morning, and there is still an hour left, and we haven't eaten yet, plus the time to drive over, it's already very nervous!"

Looking at the excited Helen, Liu Dong shook his head lightly and smiled: "Actually, it's nothing if we go later!"

"I'm going to line up late! I don't want to queue!"

In fact, Helen still overestimated the time she spent putting on makeup and eating, and by the time the two of them packed up everything and rushed outside the Louvre, there was already a long queue in the square outside the entrance.

Originally, according to Liu Dong's meaning, he changed places to play, waited for the morning rush hour, and came back in the afternoon. However, Helen disagreed. In desperation, Liu Dong had to accompany her to queue for nearly an hour and enter the Louvre, the world's most famous and the first of the world's four major museums.

Founded in 1204, the Louvre was originally the royal palace of France, where 50 French kings and queens lived, and is one of the most precious buildings of the French Renaissance, famous for its rich collection of classical paintings and sculptures.

The statue of Venus, the Mona Lisa and the stone sculpture of the Goddess of Victory are known as the three treasures of the Louvre!

It is a pity that the six pavilions of the Louvre are basically open on Mondays and Wednesdays, and the other four days are open in turn, and only half are open on Sundays. And the exhibits only account for 1/3 of the total collection.

Therefore, Liu Dong and the others, who came over on Tuesday, did not see da Vinci's "Mona Lisa"!

However, the feminine beauty of the Venus statue and the goddess of victory, as well as the mesmerizing sculpture art of ancient Greece, made Liu Dong feel that the trip was worthwhile.

In fact, in Liu Dong's view, in the entire Louvre's collection of about 400,000 pieces, there are many works of art that are not inferior to the three treasures of the town museum in terms of preciousness.

Like the Code of Hammurabi, Fouquet's Charles VII, Leonardo da Vinci's Madonna of the Rocks, Raphael's The Beautiful Gardener, and more!

However, when Liu Dong lingered with relish in the rich and precious artworks of the Louvre, reminiscing about the glory of ancient civilizations and the rich artistic ideas of the masters of the past dynasties, he also noticed some special people.

And these special groups of people are the vast majority of painting lovers who are in the Louvre Gallery with a paintbrush in hand, as if no one is around, intently copying the masterpieces on the walls, and of course there are painters among them!

In fact, since the founding of the Louvre Museum, there has never been a limit to the footsteps of those art lovers.

Because of this, many famous masters have come out of the Louvre, including the famous French painter of the 19th century, the leader of Impressionism, Édouard Manet, and the famous contemporary Chinese painter Xu Beihong!

Moreover, the Louvre's tolerance has further contributed to its reputation. It has to be said that the status of the first of the four major museums, in addition to the rich and precious works of art, most of them also have the merit of these painters.

"Maybe the Yuanming Museum can follow suit in the future!" Liu Dong said secretly in his heart.

He has never been a conservative person, and if he encounters a really good method, he is not afraid of 'take-it-or-leave-it'!

"Huh......!"

"Honey, what's wrong?"

"I saw a nice picture!"

"Nice paintings, every one here is the best oil painting!" said Helen.

"I'm not talking about the exhibits here, let's go, go over and have a look!"

As he spoke, Liu Dong took Helen's hand and slowly walked behind a middle-aged man with brown curled hair, wearing a black coat, with a thin and serious face, who was concentrating on copying the master's works on the wall.

At this time, Helen also reacted, but just as she was about to speak, she was lightly 'booed' by Liu Dong and stopped her!

After noticing Liu Dong's expression, Helen nodded, and like him, turned her eyes to the painter's canvas.

Helen, who was born in the Wittenstein family, received a very strict aristocratic education since she was a child, and although the level of painting, especially oil painting, was not very high, it was far above ordinary people, and she also had a deep foundation in appreciating paintings.

So, she quickly understood why Liu Dong would focus on this oil painting.

A famous oil painting "The Raft of the Medusa" created by the French painter Théodore Giricault in 1819 in the history of world art, under the superb artistic skills and ideological creation of the other party, not only retains the central idea of the painting, but also carries out a certain degree of innovation, and the level of the whole work has almost reached the peak of the master level in Liu Dong's opinion. Maybe as long as there is an opportunity, the other party will be able to enter the level of a master.

"He's an excellent painter!"

After watching it with Liu Dong for a while, Helen whispered in his ear.

"Yes!" Liu Dong nodded in agreement. At the level of oil painting, this person is much stronger than himself.

"Shall we go?" said Helen softly.

"Wait!"

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