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Chapter 554: Too lucky, right?

Louvre Museum, Paris, France.

Jiang Jiaya got a temporary pass, and she could borrow Su Rui's reputation. She had nothing to do in the past two days and visited many precious works of art that were not currently on display.

Occasionally when she has nothing to do, she will go shopping in other places in Paris, drink coffee and eat desserts near the Place de la Concorde, go shopping on the Champs Elysées, and buy a few sets of new clothes.

Experts at the Louvre pay more attention to the "Salvator Mundi" that is suspected to be painted by Leonardo da Vinci than they imagined.

Not only did they arrange for people to take turns to identify it, trying to find suspicious clues, but they also used a particle accelerator buried in the basement to conduct in-depth research on it.

This equipment is the only particle accelerator in the world specifically used for art identification. It can avoid damage to cultural relics through traditional methods. The true production time of the once legendary "Crystal Skull" was identified through it. Probably between the 18th and 19th centuries.

With this equipment, many identification tasks become much easier.

In the past two days, Jiang Jiaya was in contact with the staff of the Louvre Museum and unexpectedly learned that most of the so-called "ancient Greek" sculptures originally displayed in the Louvre Museum were fakes with no original works.

It can be seen that there is a reason why many so-called ancient Greek, ancient Roman, and ancient Egyptian cultural relics never fetch high prices at auctions.

"..."

After preliminary conclusions were drawn from the particle accelerator test results, an old expert named Chabernold rushed to find Jiang Jiaya and said excitedly:

"It really took a long time to create! My preliminary conclusion is that even if it is not entirely from Leonardo's hand, it may have been modified by Leonardo!"

Old Mr. Chabernaud, who did not like to use money to measure the value of a new Leonardo da Vinci painting, only replied:

The reason why "Salvator Mundi" was sent to the Louvre for appraisal is because it has a better understanding of Leonardo da Vinci's works.

After hearing these words from the old Mr. Chabernaud who had accompanied him to Paris, Jiang Jiaya was almost shocked.

"According to the test results, we found that this painting has been foolishly modified. We will have to wait for the preliminary restoration and then conduct a secondary appraisal before we can draw an accurate conclusion..."

"It has great research significance and can give us an in-depth understanding of Leonardo da Vinci. If this result is correct, it may even surpass Van Gogh's work and become the most valuable artwork in the world...I mean circulating in the market Of those, the Mona Lisa is obviously more valuable.”

Jiang Jiaya was busy wandering around the world, going in one ear and out the other. She only remembered the sentence "the most valuable art in the world".

"This is awesome. Please go ask Suri if our team can restore Salvator Mundi. It now looks like the Eiffel Tower with graffiti spray-painted and bombarded. I have Can’t wait to have it on display at the Louvre…”

Her eyes widened and she said in a surprised tone:

"It's actually possible that it's an authentic work of Leonardo da Vinci!? My boss's dog... must be so lucky. Doesn't this mean it's extremely valuable?"

"We are seeking help from other institutions. Someone has found records from a historical collector about a statue of Christ painted by Leonardo worth thirty pounds, and something similar. The written records also indicate that there was once a so-called painting of Christ by Leonardo da Vinci, which was circulated among the British court and the upper class nobility."

"In addition, some friends told me that there was a Bohemian printmaker, Winthrop Holler, who created a print of "Salvator Mundi" in 1650, which is now hidden in Thomas Fisher's collection at the University of Toronto. Rare Book Library, and clearly indicating that it is a reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci’s original work, is the best evidence that Salvator Mundi ever existed.”

She had to be convinced and seriously considered the possibility that Su Rui might really be the "son of the God of Wealth." Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why that guy had such good fortune.

……

Due to time difference. Suri doesn't know yet that the appraisal work of "The Savior" has reached a preliminary conclusion. He is also busy learning more tonight, but the person being learned about is Miss Megan Fox.

Daddario and Hoshino Yuko are both busy filming, and he is like a wild horse running wild, wandering around.

The second date with Megan went much smoother than expected. Tonight he asked her to go for a ride on his yacht, and then naturally entered the bedroom.

It was different from the last time I was kicked out.

This time the two slept together, and hugged each other in the morning to relive the love days of their youth.

It wasn't until breakfast was finished that Meghan quietly disembarked and left in a car, while Suri went straight to the airport and took a private plane to Alaska.

As an enclave of the United States, many Americans will never set foot in Alaska. It borders Canada and is only separated from Russia by a strait.

When Russia packaged and sold the entire Alaska region to the United States at a very cheap price, this was probably one of the most disadvantageous transactions in human history.

In the past, Suri's understanding of this place was limited to "very cold winters", "deserted", "Alaskan sled dogs" and so on.

The filming location of "Alone in the Wild" was once arranged in Alaska. Some contestants were almost attacked by bears, and some almost lost their big toes due to freezing. It turns out that the winter in this place is not suitable for living in the wild at all.

Suri's trip to Alaska this time was mainly to visit his gold mine.

Since taking out a loan to buy the large gold mine, which is estimated to contain 42 tons of gold, he has not been there even once. He happened to be in the mining area and was filming a gold mining variety show. Su Rui wanted to know how gold was mined. dug out.

After several hours of flying.

The plane landed in Anchorage. The Kensington Gold Mine bought by Suri is also located in southeastern Alaska. After getting off the plane, he took a short break, ate a burger for lunch, and continued by car to the location of the gold mine.

There are mountains and lush forests everywhere along the way, probably because of the long-term heavy snow and ice. There are also thin wild deer herds on the roadside. It seems that the food conditions are far inferior to those on Lanai Island.

this morning.

Not only did Suri get tired of Megan for a long time, but she also had a phone call with Jiang Jiaya.

Because of the double happiness and the strong rise in Nasdaq, he was in a good mood even after taking such a long flight.

This good mood lasted until I set foot near the mining area.

Because it had just rained at night, his shoes were quickly covered with mud, and he was startled by a snake that woke up from hibernation.

This Kensington gold mine has just been developed and is not perfect in many aspects. A temporary dirt road has been cleared, and it has been bumped into potholes by vehicles transporting equipment.

He felt on the spot that he should wait a few months before coming over...

(End of this chapter)