Chapter 573: Degas's Masterpiece - "Dance Lesson"

…… Although the mixed-race shopkeeper was still gushing about it, Liu Dong was basically in and out of the left ear, and he didn't think that a small gallery full of prints could expect much from him, except for this one.

Thinking about it, Liu Dong looked up and looked at the store hanging on the inside of the counter about 1.2 meters long and about 80 centimeters wide, and the canvas content was an oil painting on canvas of a ballerina.

Moreover, the mixed-race shopkeeper seemed to have a certain level of appreciation for the quality of the paintings, so he placed the oil painting on the innermost side.

"Can you take that painting down and show it to me?"

Following the direction of Liu Dong's finger, the mixed-race shopkeeper immediately understood Liu Dong's purpose, but the shopkeeper who was constantly selling paintings to Liu Dong just now said uncharacteristically resolutely this time: "Sir, this painting is from my family heirloom, if you don't have 2 million kyats, I won't sell it!"

"As long as I'm satisfied, there's no problem with 4 million kyats!" Liu Dong said with a smile.

4 million kyats sounds like a lot, but in fact, it is only a little over 20,000 yuan when converted into Chinese coins, and more than 20,000 is too cheap compared to a masterpiece.

Seeing Liu Dong's promise, the middle-aged mixed-race shopkeeper glanced at him, bypassed the counter, walked to the back, and took down the oil painting hanging on the wall.

Liu Dong didn't know if his so-called family heirloom was simply trying to raise the price, or if it was the case, but the middle-aged mixed-race shopkeeper was really careful in his actions at the moment.

"Give!"

Nodding. Liu Dong couldn't wait to take it. Wait until his hands touch the painting. The words 'Edgar Degas's masterpiece painting "Dance Lesson" immediately appeared in the sky above the mustard seed space relics!

Seeing this, the excitement in Liu Dong's eyes flashed.

Edgar Degas is a French painter and sculptor born in Paris, France, whose original name was Edgar Illier Germain Degas. He studied painting at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was greatly influenced by Ingres. Degas's innovative compositions, meticulous depictions, and thorough expression of movement made him one of the masters of modern art in the late 19th century.

His most famous subjects include ballet dancers and other women, as well as horse racing. He is generally considered to belong to the Impressionist group, but some of his works are more classical, realist or romantic.

Liu Dong is also very familiar with this 19th-century impressionist master who is as famous as Cézanne, Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Sisley, etc., but this is the first time he has come into contact with this master's masterpieces. Not in a museum in Europe, but in a small gallery in Aung San Market in Myanmar.

For this masterpiece worth more than 10 million US dollars, Liu Dong made up his mind to acquire it at the first time.

So after admiring the painting centered on twelve ballerinas with different expressions and movements for nearly a minute, Liu Dong immediately took out the 4 million kyats that the middle-aged mixed-race shopkeeper had just said and bought the painting.

Liu Dong's generosity made the middle-aged shopkeeper regret why he didn't ask for much in the first place.

After the middle-aged shopkeeper packed this precious oil painting, Liu Dong walked out with it, holding the real work of this master, Liu Dong could not continue to shop, if there was a bump and damaged this precious oil painting, then Liu Dong would regret his death.

So. After leaving the Aung San market, I put the oil painting in the car. Under this cover, all the two pieces of jade that it bought were received in the mustard seed space.

Looking at his watch, the time was close to half past four in the afternoon, and in another half an hour, Aung San Market would be closed, so Liu Dong did not go back, but drove directly back to the hotel.

After he went back, Ma Chao and Mu Gang had also returned from the public market, but Ma Chao's face was not very good. And Mu Gang also looks angry, which can make the martial arts Mu Gang angry, Liu Dong is really curious.

"What's wrong?" looked at the two of them, Liu Dong asked with a smile.

"Brother Dong, those guys are so hateful, every time we throw a piece of wool today, they all rush up and throw it together!

"That's right!" Mu Gang said in a loud voice.

After listening to the words of the two, Liu Dong was not very angry, he had expected this situation to appear, as long as he was not a fool, he knew that Liu Dong, the jade king, would not be wrong in gambling material, especially after yesterday's bet with Feng Yulin, Liu Dong's accurate gambling ability was affirmed by everyone present, the new generation of jade king deserved his name, and the profit-seeking businessmen naturally tried every possible way to let him gamble on the stone for themselves, but except for the members of the Quancheng Jade Association, who occupied the right time and place, Liu Dong did not agree to any of the rest.

Because his energy is limited, and the rough stones that can be gambled on the public market are also limited, so it is impossible for him to gamble on stones for everyone, so agreeing to one will definitely offend the other who refuses, and uneven distribution has always been the original sin, so Liu Dong was troublesome, so he simply refused.

However, these people did not give up, Liu Dong refused, then they aimed at the jade rough that Liu Dong was optimistic about, in the case that Liu Dong did not go to the public market, people with a heart naturally understood the relationship between Ma Chao and Mu Gang and Liu Dong, so after seeing them bidding, they rushed to bid.

It's just that what Liu Dong didn't expect was that the other party actually started to shoot so soon!

"In this way, when bidding tomorrow, you can go to Chinatown and hire two random people, and then buy them better clothes, give them the bids, let them bid, and then you can only supervise on the sidelines!" Liu Dong said.

"That's all there is to it!"

……

In the evening, Liu Dong took out the woolen notes he had sorted out, and then wrote the bids to be bid tomorrow, and then handed them to the two, and then returned to his room, took out Degas's oil paintings and admired them before going to bed.

After breakfast the next day, I read the book, because Ma Chao and Mu Gang still had to find someone to bid on their behalf, so Liu Dong went to the public market alone, and when he arrived, the time was close to half past nine, and at this time, the flow of people in front of the sign with the bidding information had thinned out a lot.

"Mr. Liu, you're here!"

"Master Liu, please!" ......

As soon as Liu Dong came, although some people did not come forward under the reserve, more people chose to come over and get acquainted. Now Liu Dong really understands the satisfaction and distress of 'becoming famous in one fell swoop'.

Just to deal with these people who want to climb with themselves took Liu Dong nearly a quarter of an hour, before coming to the winning sign, Liu Dong found that the A4 paper posted this time was obviously much less than the previous times, yesterday 3200 pieces of dark label wool, it is estimated that more than 60% of the auction, and most of the winning wool prices are relatively low, it is obvious that this is affected by yesterday's bid king wool gambling span, now even if it has been cut open, bidders from China have become cautious a lot!

Of course, Liu Dong also found another situation, that is, the price of wool that he originally asked Ma Chao and Mu Gang to bid on behalf of him was too high, and even many of them were more than twice as much as Liu Dong's original bet, or even more, and it was obvious that these people had regarded themselves as a safety guarantee.

"Alas!" sighed in his heart, this unexpected competition, directly led to Liu Dong's winning bid today for only more than 20 yuan, you must know that he has voted for nearly 300 points!

And this number is also nearly four-fifths less than the number of bids won by Liu Dong before.

"But now affected by the bidding king's bet, the price of the material is low, but you can take the opportunity to eat a little more!" Liu Dong secretly agreed.

Now there are 40,000 copies of wool in the entire public market, and Liu Dong has already read more than half of it, and if he goes all out today, he will see almost it.

Facing the compliments of everyone, after walking into the greenhouse where gambling stones were stacked, Liu Dong began to take out a notebook and prepare to record the wool information he was optimistic about. However, as soon as he stopped in front of a piece of semi-gambling material about six kilograms in Nanqi Field, a middle-aged man wearing a gray coat and a black leather bag under his arm came over with a smirk.

"Master Liu, what do you think of the material of this Nanqi Field?

Hearing this, after glancing at the other party, Liu Dong said indifferently: "You can bet, but the price should not exceed 50,000 euros!"

Although he didn't know each other, he didn't want others to say that he was too high. And a few random points of opinion will not cause him much loss, and he is not ready to ask for this piece of material anyway.

"But this piece of ice glutinous seed material has a bit of pine flowers on it, and there is only a straight lock on the leather shell, and it is very short and does not destroy the jade material inside, and in addition, I turned on the flashlight from the place where I opened the door, and I saw that the jade material was very transparent, it was a good piece of material?" The middle-aged man analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of this mid-range material that wiped the window to reveal the ice glutinous seed one by one, and what he said was all on point, and it seemed that he was also a veteran with rich experience in gambling stones.

It's a pity that no matter how experienced he is, he hasn't reached the level of the Jade King, and it's not like Liu Dong who can see through the reality of this piece of wool.

"Then how much do you think it's worth?" Liu Dong said.

Hearing this, the middle-aged man thought for a while, and then said: "If it doesn't exceed 100,000 euros, I think it's still a lot of money." ”

"Since you already have the answer in your heart, why do you still come to ask me!" After finishing speaking, Liu Dong smiled indifferently and turned to leave, if this piece of material is really invested in 100,000, then although this middle-aged man will not lose, he will not make any money!

Looking at Liu Dong's back, the middle-aged man thought of Liu Dong's amazing gambling ability yesterday, his face was entangled, and after gritting his teeth, he filled out a bid for 55,000 euros and threw it in. The reason why there are 5,000 more is that he is afraid that Liu Dong will invest in this gambling stone again, and then there will be nothing for him! (To be continued......