Seeing off Arnott and the two, the next day, Li Yi met John Karui who hurriedly arrived by special plane. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Lee, this is Mr. Wade, and he has a high appreciation for some of the antiques of the European Middle Ages. Now, can you show us that crown of yours? ”

"Of course!" Li Yi motioned for the two of them to wait, got up and took out the small wooden box containing the crown from the room.

The wooden box was opened, and on a ball of soft and silky purple flannel, an open crown of ancient style was quietly placed.

This tiara, the whole body is made of gold, and at the bottom is a ring headband about three centimeters wide, and the front of the headband is two cherubs carrying a trapezoidal ruby weighing about 10 carats, with intricate patterns around the perimeter, and then every two centimeters, decorated with a pair of natural pearls of 8 mm in size, but now they have aged and do not look good.

Above the headband, there are four large and four small carved gold pieces in the shape of the sacred mountain, the thickness is only about one millimeter, but the height is more than double the headband.

These large and small sacred mountains are carved with many angels and gods, and the empty space between these gods is inlaid with a large number of various gemstones, decorating this ancient and powerful crown with a piece of jewelry.

"That's right, this is Christian IV's crown."

Carefully checking the crown with various tools, Wade finally came to the conclusion that this crown is a real guy!

"Okay John, you can always tell me the story of this crown now, right? Could it be that this crown was really snatched away by Blackbeard? ”

John Karui smiled wryly and nodded, "That's right, after the abdication of Christian IV in 1648, this crown was treasured in the royal palace in Copenhagen at that time. In 1709, Frederick IV, the great-grandson of Christian IV, the then king of Denmark and Norway, wanted to enter into an alliance with the Russian Empire and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to go to war against Sweden after learning of Sweden's defeat at the Battle of Poltava. ”

"At that time, the three kingdoms held a grand alliance ceremony, and Frederick IV was ready to attend with this precious crown, but on the way to the place of alliance, the crown magically disappeared! Later, while tracing the whereabouts of the crown, it is said that it was once seen in Blackbeard's hands. ”

"It's still a mystery to this day, because although Frederick IV had already arrived at the place of the alliance in advance, the team escorting the crown was very large. And the fleet escorting the crown did not pass through the Caribbean Sea at that time, so how it ended up in the hands of Blackbeard, who crisscrossed the Caribbean, no one knows......"

"Oh well, that's a sad story." Li Yi shrugged his shoulders, anyway, now that this crown is in his hand, then, this is his.

"Mr. John Caroo, I think we can now start talking about how to trade. You should know what I need, so, are you ready for something, please? ”

John Karui spread his hands and said helplessly: "Li, you have seen my collection last time, if you still have anything to like, just take it." ”

"No, no, while the rest of your stuff is precious, it's not what I need, so if you want to get this crown, you should prepare some new treasures."

"New baby? Lee, why don't we try to trade with money? I can pay $30 million for this crown! ”

Li Yi shook his head, it was only 30 million US dollars, and the last time "The Scream" was exchanged for a lot of things, and in the end, it was exchanged for tens of millions of dollars!

"Mr. John Caroo, you know I'm not short of money, and you know that I have a new museum and I need a collection to fill my collection. Actually, after getting this crown, I thought about having a friendly exchange with the National Museum of Denmark, which, you know, also has some precious artifacts from our country......"

"Nope! This is the crown of our Norway, and I will never allow it to go to Denmark! Lee, I need time, I can help you find the antiques that interest you, but you must give me time! ”

"Of course! Mr. John Caroo, we are old friends, and of course I would like to give you some time. Just how much time do you think, how much time do you need? ”

"Two months, you give me two months, I will definitely find an antique that satisfies you!"

Next, after the two exchanged some information about the general direction of the antiques that Li Yi needed, John Karui left in a hurry, and Li Yi was also ready to return to Yanjing as soon as possible.

"Well, this is the latest news I've gathered about your museum, and I think this is just the beginning."

Lu Ningshuang threw a thick stack of newspapers in front of Li Yi, and the top one was the national newspaper with the largest circulation in France, Le Parisien.

Li Yi easily found the report about his museum in the bottom right corner of the front page.

"The third version of the Mona Lisa appeared in China, and the authenticity is doubtful".

In this report, a total of three experts were quoted from the views of three experts, all of whom recently rushed to the Tibetan Museum to get close to the "Mona Lisa", and their opinions just represent the three more mainstream views at present.

First, this "Mona Lisa" is simply a prank of the Chinese people, and the most powerful reason is that Li Yi's museum is not a public museum, so it lacks enough credibility and responsibility.

In the street interviews accompanying the report, about half of the people who supported this view were supported, but the reasons were varied.

The other is that he believes that this painting is indeed genuine, and the expert is still citing several pieces of evidence, which are similar to those that Li Yi once found, and are not particularly convincing. The number of people who support this view is about 30% of the total number of people surveyed.

The last point of view is impartial, no one believes, loves the true and loves the false. Almost 10 percent of those who support this view are in the background.

"Nothing new......"

With the help of Lu Ningshuang, Li Yi quickly understood the content of this report, and then picked up the second newspaper.

This newspaper is the "Corriere della Sera" published in Italy, and it is also one of the largest national daily newspapers in Italy, although Li Yi and Lu Ningshuang do not know Italian, but Lu Ningshuang has found someone to do a simple translation before, so Li Yi quickly read all the contents.

Unlike the French, the Italians focused on Titian's work. Moreover, there may indeed be many differences from the Mona Lisa, and there has never been a multi-version of Titian's work.

Then, the problem arises, before Li Yi identified the "Love in Heaven and Love on Earth" as the authentic work, almost everyone thought that the one in the collection of the Porgasse Art Museum in Rome was the real authentic work, and even the previous owner of this painting, the Lu Chen family, thought so.

Now, after Li Yi exhibited this painting as a genuine work, the origin of this painting was quickly picked up by reporters, and it is precisely because of this that the wording of this report is very unkind, directly accusing Li Yi of being grandstanding, and by the way, it is naturally deduced that the "Mona Lisa" is not genuine.

Interestingly, however, the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, which is also one of the most widely circulated newspapers in Italy, published an article with a completely opposite point of view. In this article, the famous painter and connoisseur Federico Ferderick Ferdinand has always questioned the painting "Love in Heaven and Love on Earth" in the collection of the Porguese Museum in Rome. Marchetti bluntly said that Li Yi's painting is the real work, and claimed that he had reached an agreement with dozens of connoisseurs and painters!

"Hehe, let's be noisy, the more noisy the better, it's better to turn him upside down...... By the way, Xiaolu, you can try to sponsor these so-called experts, or sponsor these newspapers, so that the topic can be extended as much as possible. ”

"No problem, I'll arrange it later."

Li Yi kissed her and picked up the fourth newspaper with a smile.

This is a major national newspaper published in the United Kingdom, The Times, and the focus of this paper's coverage is, of course, on Turner and Paul. Sandby's two works, the article describes these two works in detail, and proves that they are indeed authentic, and he also laughs at the French and Italians, who can't even distinguish the works of their own national painters.

"It's strange that no one paid attention to Renoir's "Lunch on a Boat", isn't that painting worthless? Or is there no way for Renoir to compare with these people? ”

"Hehe, this is not mentioned in these newspapers, many newspapers have mentioned it, and there is also a newspaper that has made an estimate of these works, guess how much?"

"How much?"

"Mona Lisa" 300 million, "Heavenly Love and Earthly Love" 250 million, "Lunch on the Boat" 100 million, and the other two watercolors by British painters add up to 90 million."

"Dollars?"

"No, it's the euro, they think the Mona Lisa should be worth more than Gauguin's When Will You Get Married."

"Haha, that's a bit narrow-minded! You know, there is also a "Edict of the Master of Wisdom" in front of that painting, why is he not more valuable than that? ”

Li Yi couldn't help laughing, according to this estimate, the value of these paintings alone exceeds 700 million euros, what a huge fortune!

"Hehe, they also mentioned that painting, but their point of view is that that painting is a scandalous drama directed by Little Japan."

"I'll go! This is really unjust......"

Li Yi slapped his thigh hard, "Which newspaper report is this, immediately contact the major domestic media to reprint it, I sponsor it!" (To be continued.) )