Looking at the statue on the table, Chen Yi was filled with sighs. The sketch manuscript hidden in the statue was most likely put in by Michelangelo himself. From this we can see the importance of Cavaleri to this master of art. ∮

Not only did he personally carve a sculpture of the avatar for him, but he also put nine sketches of the most important Genesis murals in his life into the statue.

These nine sketch manuscripts have very profound painting skills. On a small piece of paper, they vividly depict the images of dozens of characters, making people feel as if they are in the scene.

The Genesis mural, which exists in the Vatican Church, is Michelangelo's greatest masterpiece in painting creation, and these nine sketches seem to be a reduced version of this huge mural.

There are very few paintings passed down by Michelangelo. The mural in Genesis is the most important one, and the sketch manuscripts are rarely seen in the world. Perhaps they have been collected by some huge families, but these nine sketch manuscripts are the ones closest to the murals.

In Chen Yi's opinion, each of these nine sketches can probably be called a priceless treasure. It is conceivable how much sensation these nine sketches will cause once they appear.

He also had a lot of knowledge about this Genesis mural. During the mural creation stage, Michelangelo closed himself in the church and refused to visit from the outside world. From scaffolding design to content arrangement, from composition creation to color implementation, all of which were mastered by him.

When more than four years passed and the whole work was completed, the thirty-seven-year-old Michelangelo was as tired as an old man. Because he looked up for a long time, his head and eyes could not be lowered. He even raised his letters above his head. He completed this world-renowned great mural at the cost of his health and life, Genesis.

"Xiao Yi, it's our turn. Go up and take a look at this work by Michelangelo." At this time, while Chen Yi was immersed in these nine sketch manuscripts, the words of Dean Paul came from next to him.

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

Judging from this avatar sculpture, Cavalier is very handsome, as if he is like the legendary prince charming. Michelangelo has created it very beautifully. Every part can be said to be carefully crafted, and there is also his autograph at the carved neck.

Looking at the statue, Chen Yi sighed in his heart. Michelangelo left precious wealth for Cavalieri, but Cavalieri did not discover it. Until today, this statue was sold by his descendants. It has to be said that this is a pity.

Originally, Chen Yi was in a state of need but not wanting this sculpture, but now, there are these nine sketches in it, which he must get.

He was not very interested in sculpture, but he was very interested in the nine sketches hidden here.

At this private auction, Chen Yi felt that he was right. He not only obtained two precious Chinese antiques and cultural relics, but also had the opportunity to get Michelangelo's precious sketches of Genesis.

He could imagine that if he placed these nine sketches in a museum, it would definitely attract people from the whole world to come and watch. The Vatican has Genesis murals, but his museum has a reduced version of Genesis sketches.

After seeing this statue, Chen Yi and the others returned to their seats. At this time, President Paul said with emotion: "Xiao Yi, I really hope that you can take this statue, rather than be photographed by these rich people as a private collection. After all, you have opened a museum to allow more people to see Michelangelo's works."

"Director Paul, I'm going to tell you, I'm just thinking that my museum lacks some Western artworks, 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, President Paul showed surprise on his face, "I just expressed a feeling just now. 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, Lukino smiled, "Haha, Paul, Mr. Chen said it well. Michelangelo's works are very precious, and I will bid at that time."

After everyone had read this work of art, the middle-aged auctioneer appeared again, "Everyone, Mr. Lukino has introduced the information about this sculpture to you just now, so I won't say more. This avatar sculpture made by Michelangelo starts at 5 million euros, and each price increase must not be less than 50,000 euros. The auction begins now."

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

"Five million, one hundred and fifty thousand." Almost the moment the old man put down his hand, the other person bid without hesitation.

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

At this time, Lukino also raised his hand and said softly: "Six million and one hundred thousand." After that, he looked at Chen Yi.

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

At the price of this sculpture, it is at least 50 million yuan, and there are nine sketch manuscripts hidden in it. Even if he bought the sculpture at a high price, he would not suffer any loss.

"Six and two hundred and twenty-five thousand." The old man who made the first bid seemed to be sure, raised his hand again. This time, it was his fourth bid.

Over time, the price of this sculpture exceeded 7 million euros and 8 million euros. The auction was held at this point and many people have withdrawn from the auction of this sculpture.

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

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

"Mr. Chen, now there are only you and me. This work of art has reached its end of value. I am now offering 8.6 million euros. If you are willing to bid again, then it is yours." Lukino said to Chen Yi with a smile.

Chen Yi smiled slightly, "I feel very honored to be a competitor with Mr. Lukino. I plan to put this work of art by Master Michelangelo 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." Lukino said with a smile. Although he really wanted to get this sculpture, since Chen Yi fell in love with it, he decided to give in. After all, Chen Yi had created a precious calligraphy for him before.

"Thank you, Mr. Lukino." Chen Yi smiled and thanked. What he got was not only Michelangelo's sculpture, but also the sketches hidden in it.

Seeing this situation, the middle-aged auctioneer said, "Mr. Chen Yi has bid 8.7 million euros. Has anyone bid more? The first time 8.7 million... The third time 8.7 million is completed. Congratulations to Mr. Chen for obtaining this sculpture of Michelangelo."

After the last item was sold, Lukino stood up with a smile, "Okay, everyone, this auction will be a complete success. Next, you need to transfer the money to my account within a week and then get your stuff back. Mr. Chen, as an exchange for your calligraphy, you can choose to take any item you took to exempt the price."

Chen Yi did not hesitate and said with a smile: "Since Mr. Lukino is so generous, I am not polite. Of course, I would choose to use the Ming Chenghua Doucai porcelain as an exchange for calligraphy."

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

Chen Yi's choice was not beyond Lukino's expectations. Others may despise Chen Yi, but he would not.

"It seems that I have taken advantage of it. I have thanked Mr. Chen here, haha." Lukino said with a laugh. With the level of Chen Yi's calligraphy, if it is auctioned at an auction, it will probably be much more than 30 million yuan. This is not only because Chen Yi's calligraphy is extremely high, but also because of Chen Yi's fame, it is very famous.

"Mr. Lukino, I want to pay the bill now and take the things back for research. I don't know if it's okay." Chen Yi continued, but he was worried about putting the statue with the things hidden there. If someone accidentally discovered it, it would be a tragedy.

Lukino smiled immediately, "Mr. Chen, I really hope you will pay the bill sooner and come and help Mr. Chen calculate the total price."

Then, a servant came to Chen Yi and calculated the total price based on the prices 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."

"Remove the 4.5 million euros of the porcelain and ask Mr. Chen to pay 12 million euros." At this time, Lukino said from the side.

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

"Haha, Mr. Chen, of course this is OK. Even if you pay in RMB, there is no problem." Lukino said with a big laugh.

Afterwards, after calculating the current exchange rate, Chen Yi transferred 13 million US dollars into Lukino's account, which was the foreign account handled by Xiao Shenghua, which contained 80 million US dollars unexpectedly obtained when he encountered pirates at sea. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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