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Chapter 414 The Missing Diamond

Hearing Li Yi's question, Earl Bob smiled freely.

"Of course, nothing is priceless, but its specific value varies from person to person. Just like this Thangka, in the eyes of many people, even if you multiply it by five, you may not be able to exchange your "** Maha". But in my heart, its value cannot be measured in this way..."

Multiplying by five can't change? Li Yi blinked.

Bob's casual metaphor made his heart slightly move. He remembered that many books once said that sometimes some of the words people say subconsciously are exactly what he thinks in his heart...

If this judgment makes sense, wouldn't it tell him that in Earl Bob's heart, the value of the "** Maha" is likely to be more than 100 million euros?

Li Yi remembers very clearly that after deducting those oil paintings that are simply impossible to be auctioned, and currently have evidence, the auction price exceeds the threshold of 100 million US dollars, there are only 11 oil paintings in the world.

If all their valuation units are converted into euros, then there are only seven of them that can reach hundreds of millions!

Based on his understanding of the Western oil painting market, he knew that although the "** Maha" was probably one of the batch of oil paintings that would never be auctioned, this does not mean that if it was on sale, it would definitely be sold at a sky-high price!

In fact, any sky-high price often represents a super complex system project, and not every world-famous painting has the luck and qualification to enjoy that kind of system one-stop service.

On the contrary, many well-known paintings that are famous are easily subject to Waterloo once they are taken, and they will eventually have to be taken back by the auctioneer, or by the auction company that has signed an insurance agreement with the auctioneer.

Li Yi believes that if "The Maha" is filmed, it is likely that it will encounter the latter situation.

What's more, the current label of this famous painting has the word missing, and he can't guarantee it at all. If the news is leaked, will someone come to him immediately with some documents, and then ask him directly just like what the Chinese cultural relics pursuit department did before.

In fact, this is what he is most worried about. It is also the main reason why he promised Earl Bob so easily to try to exchange.

Now, the opportunity has come, so should I test it?

After measuring it, Li Yi believed that Bob should not be deliberately tempting him to make some decision. Moreover, the transaction is originally a measure of their own gains and losses. As long as he feels that he is not losing money, he should be able to do it.

These thoughts are complicated to say, but in fact they are only in a flash of thoughts.

Li Yi blinked and suddenly interrupted Earl Bob's introduction.

"This Thangka, another 80 million euros, Mr. Bob, that "*Maha" is yours!"

Bob was obviously stunned at first, then he showed an incredible expression.

"Li, haven't you been committed to the return of cultural relics? How could it be..."

Li Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head,

"I am also a human being. If I am a human being, I will need money..."

Li Yi was telling the truth. Because after Lan Zhu’s incident, he had already come to his sense of enlightenment. The return of cultural relics is something that must be done, but no one has ever stipulated that he must return without eating or drinking, right? Besides, he has no obligation!

Before, he accidentally got into the horns because he was stimulated by those rare treasures. Now he has figured it out, so he feels that the things he was worried about and worried about before were really ridiculous.

In fact, for him, is there anything more important than accompanying Xiaolu to solve personal problems as soon as possible?

He shook his head indecisively. Sure enough, only by not being attached to a certain result can he move forward and retreat freely and handle it more reasonably. This should be his true intention!

Earl Bob looked at Li Yi's expression and pondered:

"Li, you really decided? Don't you want to look at the Chinese cultural relics I prepared for you?"

"I won't watch it anymore because I'm afraid I can't stand the temptation..."

Li Yi spread his hands and made a helpless expression, which made Earl Bob laugh.

"Li, you have given me a real problem. I need to think about it carefully before I can answer you."

Li Yi nodded, pointed to the tapestries on the wall and said:

"Can I see all these?"

Earl Bob made a gesture of invitation, then walked to the sofa on the side and sat down, thinking.

There are many things that can be hung on the wall as decorations, but as far as tapestries are concerned, although from the current publicity, it seems that the Persian-style artistic tapestries produced in Iran are the most famous, but they should only refer to some ordinary goods.

Speaking of high-quality tapestries, many countries have produced a large number of productions in history, including China.

Specifically in Europe, its tapestry craftsmanship should have originated from the 11th century, and in the following hundreds of years, due to the exquisiteness and luxury of this craft, royal families and some great nobles of various countries spared no effort to promote it.

During the Renaissance, artworks like Raphael and Rubens had designed tapestry drawings, and France even established large royal tapestries factories in many places.

In modern times, many artists, including masters such as Picasso and Matisse, have also participated in the design of tapestry drawings, and almost every piece of these is a precious fine product!

Li Yi discovered that Bob currently hangs on the wall, which should be similar to such a fine product, so he wanted to take a closer look.

After obtaining the permission of Count Bob, he began to carefully look at these exquisite, luxurious and beautiful handicrafts one by one.

As a result, after reading only two pictures, he saw a familiar picture in these tapestries.

This tapestry is woven from plain weaves of wool and linen. In its pattern, it depicts many symbols related to the French king Louis XIV, such as iris, the sun, and the crown with the letter "l", etc. It should be produced from the French Royal Tapestry Factory in the 17th century.

The reason why Li Yi thought the picture of this tapestry seemed familiar is because he saw a tapestry similar to this one in the information. The tapestry is now collected in the Metropolitan Museum of New York in the United States and is a rare fine product among tapestry.

Putting his hand on the tapestry, Li Yi activated the spirit discriminating card. Soon, a cool air that was not very cold but was quite large, poured into his body. At the same time, the spirit discriminating card also gave an identification conclusion.

However, Li Yi did not pay attention to the conclusion because he discovered something more fun, that is, there was a small secret hidden on the wall behind this tapestry!

This secret structure is very shallow, with a depth of only eleven or two centimeters at most, and the height and width are not large, no more than 15 centimeters. It should have been dug directly from an ordinary partition wall.

This secret structure is very hidden. If it weren't for him to see through, a secret structure of this size would be judged by using the traditional sound of knocking on the wall, even if you knock on the entire wall one by one, you might not be able to find it.

Migri only put one thing in it, that is a fist-sized jewelry box, and in this jewelry box, only one piece of jewelry is placed.

But it was this piece of jewelry that almost made Li Yi pop out his eyes. Because this piece of jewelry was so scary!

This piece of jewelry lying quietly on a white soft velvet cloth in the box is a huge yellow diamond. This diamond is just a visual observation, Li Yi can be sure that its weight must be more than 220 carats!

It is actually a top-quality yellow diamond weighing more than 220 carats! How much is this horse pedal worth?

However, no matter how valuable this diamond is, it cannot shock him to such an extent. What really surprised him was that he actually knew this diamond and knew the origin of this diamond!

This is a world-famous diamond that was labeled as missing in the official record!

After careful examination again, Li Yi confirmed that this diamond should definitely be the top ten famous diamonds in the world, and he took the seventh place among them, named De Beers, a yellow diamond weighing 4.6 carats!

He remembered very clearly that it should have appeared on a necklace called "Pashara" designed by Cartier in 1928.

This necklace was a gift given to the Indian Prince Pashala and Bupindasin by the British royal family at that time. In Li Yi's view, it was purely a piece of pure and extremely luxurious product used to show off wealth and luxury!

Because, on this necklace arranged by 5 platinum necklaces, there are 2,930 diamonds inlaid!

In addition to these diamonds, the outer layer of the necklace is also inlaid with many Burmese rubies and some other kinds of gems. In the center of the necklace, it is decorated with this world's seventh-largest diamond, De Beers!

However, in 1948, this necklace, which was extremely luxurious and luxurious, suddenly disappeared mysteriously!

50 years later, a Cartier employee was lucky enough to regain the necklace in London. However, although the necklace was there, the most eye-catching gems on it disappeared, including numerous Burmese rubies and the De Beers diamond.

No one knows where those gems have gone. This incident has been a unsolved case for so many years.

But what did he see now? He saw that this world-famous diamond, which is famous for its large particles and is even more famous for its disappearance and unsolved case, was secretly collected by Earl Bob!
Chapter completed!
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