Chapter 755: Auction Preview

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Central Park is located in the Manhattan district of New York City, USA, it stretches from 59th Street in the south to 110th Street in the north (about 2.5 miles from north to south), and is surrounded by the famous Fifth Avenue and Central Park West Avenue on the east and west sides, the park covers an area of about 843 acres, spanning 51 blocks long and 3 blocks wide, and is one of the largest man-made natural landscapes in the world.

And around this huge man-made landscape is the most famous business and financial center in New York City, as well as the affluent district.

In particular, Donald Trump's Trump Tower, which has been upgraded to Liu Dong's father-in-law, is one of the best, but Ivanka did not take Liu Dong to her father's billionaire mansion on Fifth Avenue.

Instead, I came to an apartment I rented, the apartment is not big, three bedrooms and two living rooms, about 150 square meters, usually Ivanka usually lives here when there is a fashion show in New York.

"Usually you live here alone?" asked Liu Dong after entering the door and walking around the room.

"yes, but I usually come back here when I have a job in New York, and I usually live in the Philadelphia school!"

Saying that, Ivan Kara opened the door of the refrigerator, turned around and asked, "Dong, what do you want to drink?"

"Whatever, anything!"

"Shall I get you a bottle of orange juice?"

"Okay!"

Then Liu Dong took the orange juice in Ivanka's hand, and the two snuggled up and sat on the sofa.

"By the way, Ivanka, your father doesn't object to us dating, does he?"

"No objection, and he asked me to ask you to see when I have time. He wants to invite you to our house!" Ivanka laughed.

"Guest?" Liu Dong said in surprise.

"How. Don't you want to go?"

"Of course I do. But I want to wait until the auction is over! It's just like we're enjoying the feeling of being in a world for two people these days!" Liu Dong said.

After speaking, he couldn't help but stretch out his Lushan claws, pressed them on Ivanka's extraordinarily full right breast, and then gently rubbed them.

Because of the hot weather, Ivanka's upper body was passed a pink short-sleeved T-shirt in addition to **, and her body was sensitive not long after her first menstruation, so she was teased by Liu Dongyi. I also had a feeling.

And because of cultural differences, Ivanka, an American girl, is much more active in dealing with emotions, so after being attacked on the chest, her beautiful pretty face immediately became delicate, and she raised her head at the moment and kissed Liu Dong painfully.

Dry wood stirs up the fire!

Liu Dong, who has not known the taste of meat for nearly a month, removed the clothes on his body, and then picked up Ivanka's soft delicate body and walked into the bedroom next to him.

Wait for the clouds to clear and the rain to stop. It's been over an hour!

On the first day of coming to New York, Liu Dong and Ivanka spent time in bed.

The next day was October 3rd. It was already the second day of the preview of Christie's New York, so after breakfast, Liu Dong took the dressed Ivanka to the Hilton Hotel in the heart of New York, which was also the venue for the preview of Christie's auction and the auction two days later.

Because Liu Dong had an invitation card in his hand, he and Ivanka walked in very conveniently.

However, Liu Dong, who came to New York for the first time, was not familiar with his life and did not know many friends in the United States, so although there were many political and business celebrities in the preview hall, none of them were known to Liu Dong.

But it didn't matter, anyway, his purpose was mainly these beautiful antiques that were placed behind tempered glass.

So after coming in, Liu Dong first led Ivanka to the lot he wanted to get the most - the showcase of the twelve beast heads of the Old Summer Palace!

However, to Liu Dong's surprise, there were too many Chinese collectors watching here, and it was obvious that they also rushed over for these two animal heads.

Of course, the large number of people did not prevent Liu Dong from seeing these two beast heads, but at the same time, he also realized that under the pursuit of so many people, the price of the two bronze beast heads may exceed his original estimate, but Liu Dong is not worried, although it cost him about $300 million to buy a farm in Vancouver, he still has $230 million in cash in his pocket, which is enough to buy what he values at this auction!

"Dong, is this the beast head of the Old Summer Palace that you want to buy?" After waiting for a while, he slowly walked to the front and looked at the beautifully cast bronze beast head in the glass window, Ivanka was surprised.

"Yes!" Liu Dong nodded.

Looking at the reserve price on the sign next to it, the cheapest pig capital is 1 million US dollars, and the tiger head is as high as 1.5 million!

As the twelve building components of the Yuanmingyuan Great Water Method, they can have the current price, and the joint speculation of antique dealers and auctioneers is inseparable, Liu Dong hates this hype that exploits the national pride of the Chinese, but he has to admit that this method is indeed tried, even he has to pinch his nose and jump in.

"They're so pretty!"

Listening to Ivanka's exclamation, Liu Dong whispered with a somewhat complicated gaze: "Yes, it's really beautiful!"

But under the beautiful surface lies the destruction of the Old Summer Palace, the defeat of the Second Opium War, and the century-old humiliation of the Chinese nation!

Shaking his head, Liu Dong looked away in a somewhat complicated mood, pulled Ivanka to the side, and gave up his position to the collectors who wanted to enjoy the exhibits behind.

Perhaps the auctioneer had long expected that the two Old Summer Palace animal heads would attract a large number of Chinese collectors, so there are still a lot of Chinese artworks around, accounting for almost 40% of all exhibits!

Among them, there are many Tang Dynasty painter Wu Zongyuan's "Chaoyuan Immortal Battle Picture Scroll", Shang Dynasty bronze beast face Fang Yi, Ming Dynasty imperial kiln Xuande blue and white pterosaur jar and other fine products.

In addition to about a thousand or so Chinese lots, there are still some auction items from countries such as ancient India and Egypt, and the rest are mainly oil paintings, clocks, furniture, jewelry, etc., which are common in Western auctions.

It is evident that Christie's has put a lot of effort into this sale, and in addition to some classic works by modern artists, a painting by Vincent van Gogh's Orville will undoubtedly be the finale of the day.

As one of the three great masters of Post-Impressionism, the highest auction record for oil paintings in the world is held today, and any of Van Gogh's classic works is more than 10 million dollars.

In the face of the fine oil paintings of this impressionist master, Liu Dong is also interested in competition, and there is not a single Van Gogh work in his collection until now!

"East, look, isn't that Mr. Roosevelt?"

Just as Liu Dong was admiring another famous oil painting by John Constable, the greatest British landscape painter of the 19th century, "The Unveiling of Waterloo Bridge", Ivanka suddenly reminded.

Turning around, Liu Dong also saw Del Roosevelt who was smiling towards him in the distance, a hijacking made them forgetful friends.

So seeing each other again, Liu Dong was also very happy in his heart.

"Mr. Roosevelt, it's a pleasure to see you again!" Liu Dong took the initiative to greet him.

"Hehe, Liu, you should call me when you come to New York!"

In the face of Roosevelt's active embrace, although Liu Dong did not adapt to this Western etiquette, he did not refuse when he followed the local customs.

"I wanted to call you, but I'm afraid it's too disturbing!"

"It's okay, it's understandable! After all, I'm not as attractive as the beautiful Miss Ivanka next to me!" In the face of Roosevelt's ridicule, Ivanka blushed, but the right hand holding Liu Dong's arm did not let go.

"Hello Mr. Roosevelt!"

Ivanka Trump, who received an elite education since childhood, has been generous.

"Hello, presumably your father wouldn't object to you being together, right?"

"Yes!"

After greeting Ivanka, Roosevelt looked at Liu Dong again and said, "Liu, have you finished reading the exhibits?"

"Not yet, but I've seen all the most valuable parts, and I'm not interested in most of the rest, so I'm about to take Ivanka out for lunch!" Liu Dong said.

"Hehe, just right, I've finished reading all the exhibits I like, you guys come with me, I'm in for a treat today!" Roosevelt said with a smile.

"How embarrassing is this, let's come!" Liu Dong's words carried the usual polite habits of Chinese people.

"Okay, don't fight with me, in the words of you Chinese, I call this 'entering the friendship of landlords', and this time I will not take you to the hotel outside, just entertain you at my house!"

Hearing this, Liu Dong couldn't shirk anymore!

However, to his surprise, after coming out of the exhibition hall, Del Roosevelt did not take him outside, but took the elevator of the hotel and went directly to the top floor.

"Shouldn't ......we go down if we leave here?

Looking at the surprised look on Liu Dong's face, Roosevelt smiled, "You'll know in a while!"

Soon, Liu Dong understood the meaning of Del Roosevelt's words, and when they walked out of the elevator on the top floor, they had already reached the top floor of the Hilton Hotel, and it was not empty as Liu Dong imagined, but full of more than a dozen helicopters! There were even helicopter gunships in it, but they were not armed with weapons.

"Liu, as far as I know, your wealth is more than ten times greater than that of an old man like me, so don't you have a helicopter to get around?" asked Del Roosevelt.

"No!" Liu Dong shook his head with a wry smile.

He finally knows the gap between himself and these Western rich people in enjoying life, he has just bought a car, and everyone has already started to use helicopters to get around!

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (To be continued......)