Looking at the statue on the table, Chen Yi's heart was full of sighs, the sketch manuscript hidden in this statue is very likely to be put into it by Michelangelo himself, from which you can see the importance of Cavalieri to this master.

Not only did he personally sculpt a sculpture of his head, but he also included nine sketches of the most important Genesis mural in his life.

These nine sketches are very profound, on a small piece of paper, but the images of dozens of characters are vividly depicted, making people feel as if they are there.

The Genesis fresco, which is preserved in the Vatican Chapel, is Michelangelo's greatest masterpiece of painting, and these nine sketches seem to be a miniature version of this huge fresco.

Michelangelo's paintings are very few, the Genesis fresco is the most important of them, and the sketch manuscripts are very rare, and may be collected by some huge families, but these nine sketches are the closest to the frescoes.

In Chen Yi's view, these nine sketches, I am afraid that each of them, can be called priceless, you can imagine how much of a sensation these nine sketches will cause once they are in the world.

He also has a lot of knowledge about this Genesis fresco, in the mural creation stage, Michelangelo closed himself in the church, refused to be visited by the outside world, from the scaffolding design to the interior/content arrangement, from the composition to the color implementation, all by himself.

By the time more than four years had passed and the entire work was completed, the thirty-seven-year-old Michelangelo was as tired as an old man. Due to the long look up. The head and eyes must not be lowered. Even reading the letter had to be held above his head, and at the cost of his health and life, he completed this great mural that attracted worldwide attention, the Book of Genesis.

"Xiaoyi, it's our turn, let's go up and see this work by Michelangelo." At this time, while Chen Yi was immersed in these nine sketches, Dean Paul's words came from the side.

Chen Yi quickly came back to his senses. Nodding, he came to the table with Dean Paul and the others.

Judging from this head sculpture, Cavalieri is very handsome, as if he is the legendary Prince Charming, Michelangelo has shaped it very beautifully, every part can be said to be finely carved, among which there is his autograph at the carved neck.

Looking at this statue, Chen Yi sighed in his heart. Michelangelo left Cavalieri a valuable legacy, but Cavalieri did not find it. To this day, this statue is sold by his descendants, and I have to say that this is a deplorable thing.

Originally, Chen Yi was in a state of wanting and not wanting this sculpture, but now, with these nine sketches in it, he must get it.

He wasn't very interested in sculpture, but he was interested in the nine drawings that were hidden in it.

In this private auction, Chen Yi felt that he had come to the right place, not only to obtain two precious Chinese antique relics, but also to have the opportunity to obtain Michelangelo's precious Genesis sketches.

He can imagine that if he placed these nine sketches in a museum, it would definitely attract the whole world to look at them, then the Vatican has a Genesis fresco, but his museum has a miniature version of the Genesis sketches.

After seeing this statue, Chen Yi and the two returned to their seats, at this time, Dean Paul said with emotion: "Xiaoyi, I very much hope that you can take this statue down, instead of being photographed by these rich people and using it as a private collection, after all, you have opened a museum, so that more people can see Michelangelo's works." ”

"Dean Paul, to tell you the truth, I also have this intention, my museum lacks some Western art, and this work by Master Michelangelo can be used as the treasure of the Western art exhibition hall." Chen Yi said to Dean Paul with a smile.

Hearing Chen Yi's words, Dean Paul showed a look of surprise on his face, "I just sent an emotion, do you really want to take a picture of this statue?" ”

"Of course, Michelangelo's works are hard to come by." Chen Yi showed a natural look.

At this time, Luchino smiled, "Haha, Paul, Mr. Chen is right, Michelangelo's works are very precious, and I will bid at that time." ”

After everyone had seen the artwork, the middle-aged auctioneer appeared again, "Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Luchino has already introduced the information of this sculpture to you just now, I will not say more, this sculpture of the head of Michelangelo Zuò, the starting price is five million euros, and each increase must not be less than fifty thousand euros, and now the bidding begins." ”

"Five million euros." An old man with gray hair raised his hand first.

"Five million one hundred and fifty thousand." Almost at the moment when the old man's hand was lowered, the other person bid without hesitation.

Then more than 20 people in the entire room, almost half of them put out the price, expressing their willingness to bid, and these people directly raised the price to 6 million euros.

At this time, Lu Chino also raised his hand and said softly: "Six million and one million." After speaking, he also looked at Chen Yi.

Chen Yi smiled, then raised his hand and said, "Six and two million." ”

With the price of this sculpture, at least 50 million yuan, and there are nine priceless sketches hidden in it, even if he auctions this sculpture at a high price, he will not suffer.

"Six million two hundred and fifty thousand." The old man who made the first bid seemed to be bound to win, and raised his hand again, plus this time, he was already bidding for the fourth time.

Over time, the sculpture sold for more than seven million euros, more than eight million euros, and the auction went on to the point where many people have withdrawn from the auction of the sculpture.

Although this sculpture is the work of Michelangelo, every work of art, no matter how precious, is valuable, and this sculpture, in their opinion, is only worth seven or eight million euros.

In the end, only Chen Yi and Lu Chino were left, and the price had reached 8.5 million euros.

"Mr. Chen, now there are only you and I left, and this work of art, has also reached the end of its value, I am now bidding 8.6 million euros, if you are willing to bid again, then it is yours." Lu Chino said to Chen Yi with a smile.

Chen Yi smiled slightly, "I feel very honored to be a competitor with Mr. Luchino, this work of art by Master Michelangelo, I am going to put it in my Chinese museum, so that people all over the world can see it, so I bid 8.7 million euros." ”

"Okay, Mr. Chen, this sculpture belongs to you." Lu Chino said with a smile on his face, although he really wanted to get this sculpture, but since Chen Yi had taken a fancy to it, he decided to give in, after all, Chen Yi had created a precious calligraphy for him before.

"Thank you, Mr. Lucino." Chen Yi smiled and thanked that he had received not only Michelangelo's sculpture, but also the sketches hidden in it.

Seeing this situation, the middle-aged auctioneer said: "Mr. Chen Yi bid 8.7 million euros, is there anyone who bids higher, 8.7 million for the first time...... 8,700,000 for the third time, sold, congratulations to Mr. Chen, for obtaining this sculpture by Michelangelo. ”

After this last lot was sold, Luchino stood up with a smile, "Okay, guys, this auction is a complete success, and then you need to transfer the money to my account within a week, and then get your things back, and Mr. Chen, in exchange for your calligraphy, you can choose to auction any item to waive the price." ”

Chen Yi did not hesitate, and said with a smile: "Since Mr. Lu Jinuo is so generous, then I am not welcome, of course I will choose to use that Ming Chenghua Doucai porcelain as an exchange for calligraphy." ”

Hearing Chen Yi's words, some people originally thought that this young man would choose to exchange Michelangelo's works for the sky's highs, but in the end, it turned out that they were wrong and underestimated this young man.

Chen Yi's choice was not unexpected by Lu Chino, others may despise Chen Yi, but he will not.

"It seems that I took advantage of it, thank you Mr. Chen here, haha." Lu Chino laughed and said that with the level of Chen Yi's calligraphy, if it is auctioned at auction, I am afraid it will be far more than 30 million yuan, not only because Chen Yi's calligraphy level is extremely high, but also because Chen Yi's fame is very big.

"Mr. Lukino, I want to pay the bill now and bring things back to study, I don't know if it's okay." Chen Yi continued, he didn't worry about putting this statue with something hidden here, in case someone accidentally found it, it would be a tragedy.

Lu Chino suddenly smiled, "Mr. Chen, I really hope that you will pay the bill as soon as possible, come and help Mr. Chen calculate the total price." ”

Later, a servant came to Chen Yi's side and calculated the total price according to the price of Chen Yi's three items, "Mr. Chen, the calligraphy is 3.4 million euros, the porcelain is 4.5 million euros, and Michelangelo's sculpture is 8.7 million euros, a total of 16.6 million euros." ”

"Just remove the 4.5 million euros for the porcelain and let Mr. Chen pay 12 million euros." At this time, Luchino said next to him.

Chen Yi nodded and smiled, and then said to Lu Chino: "Mr. Lu Chino, can you pay the bill in US dollars?" ”

"Haha, Mr. Chen, of course you can, even if you pay in RMB, there is no problem." Luchino said with a laugh.

Then, after calculating the current exchange rate, Chen Yi transferred 13 million US dollars into Luchino's account, which was the foreign account that Xiao Shenghua had given him, which contained the 80 million US dollars he had accidentally obtained when he encountered pirates at sea. (To be continued......) R1292