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Many people will see some customs in the traditional Eastern culture as hypocrisy, and the simplicity and directness of Westerners as frank and honest.

In fact, these are all one-sided words, or contradictory words that contain a certain purpose and a certain emotion.

In Li Mu's view, the United States may be the most hypocritical country in the world.

The hypocrisy of the United States is vividly manifested in the Indian nation, it is the Indians who are the native masters of the American continent, the Europeans came to the Americas, robbed the Indians of their land, and imprisoned the Indians in the "reservation" to fend for themselves, and then the Americans wrote "God bless America" into the American national anthem.

This is the bandit culture of the red fruit.

Not to mention the origin of Indians and Chinese, as a member of a third world country, Li Mu hated the hypocrisy of the United States very much, so Li Mu would display the exhibits with obvious Indian elements in the museum.

Li Mu doesn't care about whether this will make other people feel uncomfortable, after all, this is a private museum, and if you don't like it, you can completely ignore it, so why spend money here to find awkwardness?

That's right, the Horse Museum is charged, and in the first few days of its opening, New Yorkers can visit the Horse Museum for free, but after a while, if you want to visit, you have to pay a certain entrance fee.

In Li Mu's plan, adults need to buy a ticket with a face value of five cents to visit the Horse Museum, and children need to pay two cents to visit the Horse Museum, and there are no photos allowed in the Horse Museum, so you can only pay to come in and see it if you want to visit.

This is the good thing about private museums, no matter how Li Mu tosses, no one can say a word, even if Arthur is already the governor of New York, Li Mu can ignore Arthur's opinion.

"Reem, if you don't remove this part of the exhibit, this will definitely cause you trouble." Arthur bitterly hoped that Li Mu would remove all the exhibits with Indian symbols.

"Will you trouble me?" Li Mu quietly turned against the army.

"I'm sure I won't, but—" Arthur told him truthfully.

"That's enough, as long as you don't trouble me, the others, hehe, who cares..."Li Mu's words were domineering, and he would definitely not give in in this matter.

Even if Arthur came to trouble Li Mu, it could only be in the name of a friend, not in the name of the government, in addition, Li Mu really didn't worry about others coming to find trouble, this is New York, where the headquarters of the Junma Group is located, Li Mu doesn't have to be afraid of anyone here.

"Okay, whatever you want..."Arthur was a little depressed, speaking of which, the Horse Museum and Arthur still have some kind of connection, if Li Mu is criticized because of this matter, then Arthur can't run away.

The Horse Museum uses the main exhibition hall of the independent centennial exhibition, and the original ownership of the main exhibition hall belonged to the New York City government, and it was precisely because of Arthur's personal instructions that the ownership of the main exhibition hall was transferred to the Horse Group, so Arthur's worries were not groundless.

In fact, if you ignore those exhibits with Indian elements, the Horse Museum is still very interesting, although the copy of the "Yongle Grand Canon" is the treasure of the Horse Museum, but the most famous exhibit in the Horse Museum is not a copy of the "Yongle Canon", but the eagle staff held by Napoleon when he ascended the throne.

In traditional Western culture, the eagle symbolizes the bird of war, and the eagle staff has become a symbol of power and commander, generally speaking, only the most elite troops can hold the eagle staff, and as long as the eagle staff does not fall in battle, everyone will fight to the death.

The eagle staff was donated to the Horse Museum by J.P. Morgan, and according to J.P. Morgan, it was the stick that Napoleon held when he ascended the throne.

Whether JP Morgan's words are true or false, Li Mu has no way to verify, but since JP Morgan is true to what he said, Li Mu doesn't mind adding some gimmicks to the Horse Museum.

So the eagle staff is located right in the center of the Horse Museum, and next to it is Leonardo da Vinci's painting "Elworth Mona Lisa".

The Elsworth Mona Lisa was created long before the Mona Lisa in the Louvre Museum in France.

Compared with the "Mona Lisa" in the Louvre, the "Mona Lisa" in the Louvre is more beautiful in color and bolder in color, its portrait is fresh and ruddy, without traces of time, and has a very similar appearance, clothing, gestures, and mysterious smile to the Mona Lisa, which may be because the Mona Lisa in this painting was created earlier than the Mona Lisa in the Louvre, and the Mona Lisa was younger at that time.

When he saw the "Elworth Mona Lisa", Arthur finally forgot about the ornaments with a distinctly Indian style, and was so amazed at the Mona Lisa that his eyes almost sank.

"This, is this the original? Leonardo da Vinci painted? Arthur felt incredulous.

For Westerners, works like the "Elworth Mona Lisa" can be called works of art, while those ink paintings in the East, Arthur really can't understand the charm in them.

"Of course, do you think Leonardo da Vinci only painted a Mona Lisa? Don't be funny, maybe the one in the Louvre is just a draft of Leonardo da Vinci, and this is the final product. Li Mu casually said nonsense, anyway, Arthur couldn't verify it.

"This is really—" Arthur thought for a long time, but couldn't find the right language to respond.

"Reem, the New York City government still has some artworks, and if you don't mind, I think you can do a better job of preserving them." Edward Jeffrey gave Li Mu another big gift.

"Of course, if you can transfer these works of art to me, I will pay the equivalent amount of cash to the city government." Li Mu immediately did not hesitate to "laugh", such an opportunity is rare, and he did not let go of the mistake.

As early as Tweed's time in New York, the New York City government collected a large collection of art and prepared to build the Museum of the City of New York.

Regrettably, the foundation stone of the Stedelijk Museum was not laid until the fall of Tweed, so the matter was put on hold.

During Arthur's reign in New York, the New York City government was still collecting art, and now it was time for Edward Jeffrey to come to power, and it was finally coming to handy.

Li Mu noticed that when Edward Jeffrey talked about this batch of artworks, he used "preservation" rather than "transfer", but how could this be difficult for Li Mu, as long as he paid cash to the New York City government, then the ownership of this batch of artworks was transferred, and the New York City government would have no reason to claim back this batch of artworks in the future.

"Cash won't be used..."Edward Jeffrey still didn't deal with Li Mu much, and he fell into Li Mu's trap if he wasn't careful.

"Of course you do, otherwise how would you explain to the council?" Li Mu's face was full of I'm for your good, and he couldn't say a word that Edward Jeffrey blocked.

Hearing this conversation, the muscles on Arthur's face twitched, and it is conceivable that Arthur must be heartbroken now, regretting that he handed over New York to the care and management of Edward's Day, if this continues, it won't be long before the whole of Manhattan will become the backyard of Li Mu's family.

"The only thing you can do now is get as much money as you can." Arthur couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but give Edward Jeffrey advice.

"No problem, I can buy it at a premium." Li Mu laughed, no matter how much money he paid, this deal was very suitable.

Compared with the future artworks, the price of the current art is really about the same as giving away for nothing, Li Mu is now entrusting people to buy those master works in Europe, especially those who have not yet become famous, for example, in June this year, Li Mu bought Monet's latest work "Impression Sunrise".

The painting sold for nearly $30 million in 2011, and at this time, Li Mu paid only 100 francs for it.

In addition to Monet, Li Mu paid special attention to Van Gogh, and Li Mu has even bought two of Van Gogh's "Sunflowers", which are now placed in the basement of Governor's Island.

Although these paintings will appreciate greatly in value in the future, but for the time being, because Monet and Van Goscow are alive, so their paintings are not worth enough, Li Mu is ready to put these paintings for decades, and then Li Mu will also play the role of robbers, and blackmail those Westerners who love to collect.

The artworks that can make the New York City government look at them must be masterpieces, or have unique historical value, these things also represent the cultural heritage of the West, and have their own unique historical value, and the main exhibits of the Horse Museum are these Western artworks.

Of course, Li Mu also has a lot of oriental art in his collection, and when the time is right, Li Mu may prepare to build a museum focusing on oriental art.

Just when Li Mu and Arthur and the others were talking and laughing, a discordant voice suddenly came from the side: "Doesn't the New York City government have the money to build a museum?" If that's the case, then why don't we launch a fundraiser, and I'm sure there will be a lot of gentlemen who will give generously, so that we don't need Mr. Ream to keep the works of art on behalf of the New York City government. ”

At the moment when the Junma Group was in full swing, in front of Li Mu, he could still say such harsh words, and Li Mu immediately pulled down his face.

It was Alexander Stewart who spoke.

Before the ZAMA Group ventured into the apparel sales industry, Alexander Stewart was a leading figure in the textile retail industry.

In 1820, Alexander Stewart, who came to New York from England, began his legendary career, during which Alexander Stewart changed the way people thought about retail, which before Alexander Stewart was synonymous with petty traders, an unseemly profession.

As early as 1840, Alexander Stewart spent $90,000 on a plot of land between Reed Street and Chambers Street on Broadway to build a "marble palace-style" luxury department store.

In this most fashionable and luxurious store at the time, Alexander Stewart hired more than 400 store staff, in order to avoid these power supplies, regardless of the dignity of the customer to raise the price, and then affect the reputation of the store, Alishan Stewart creatively implemented a clear price, so that Alexander Stewart's store quickly established its own position in the retail industry.

Before Vanderbilt sold his shipping company, Alexander Stewart was the standard richest man in the United States, with his personal fortune amounting to $50 million.

In 1840, the total GDP of the United States was only about $1.56 billion.

The "men's wear" and "urban beauty" two clothing brands launched by the Horse Group have had a great impact on Alexander Stewart's retail industry, although for businessmen at this time, Alexander Stewart is a legend, but in front of Li Mu's bug, Alexander Stewart's "innovations" are still not enough.

Since the beginning of this year, Alexander Stewart has closed his six stores in New York, which is just half of all twelve stores, so Li Mu can understand why Alexander Stewart jumped out to dismantle Li Mu's platform.

Of course, understanding is one thing, acceptance is another, since Alexander Stewart does not give Li Mu face, then Li Mu does not need to greet him with a smile, a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye is Li Mu's style: "Of course, the New York City government can afford to build a museum, but this has to ask for the consent of all New Yorkers, of course, if Mr. Alexander wants, you can donate a museum directly." ”

It doesn't really cost much to build a museum, and the New York City government can build it whenever it wants.

The problem is that building a museum requires the consent of the council, which was already intimidated by municipal works during the Tweed administration, so the current city council would not approve such a project at all.

In the style of the Tweed era, a few thin sheets of paper on a cost sheet can cost you $7,500, which is not enough to build a museum.

It is precisely because of the constraints of the parliament that although Arthur wanted to build a museum during his administration, he was powerless, and when it came to Edward Jeffrey, Edward Jeffrey was not willing to toss this trouble at all, so it was the best result for Li Mu to take over these artworks.

"Of course, I can donate it, and the city government also uses taxpayers' money to buy art, and this money should not be wasted on those works of art, but should play its own value." Alexander Stewart is not ambiguous, this old man is over 70 years old, compared with the average life expectancy of people in this era, Alexander Stewart can already be called a long life, so since he has not lived for a few years, Alexander Stewart is also fearless.

The key is that Alexander Stewart can afford this money, after all, he is also worth tens of millions, and donating part of it is just a small matter.

"Then we'll see, I hope you can do what you say." Li Mu is not entangled in this matter, although this may make Li Mu make less money, but how could Li Mu care about this now.

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