Warren pointed to one of the statues and said, "This is the statue of Venus, the goddess of love, look here, what do you see?" ”

Jiang Hao and Garrison both looked down at the corner of the base, there was a line of carved ancient Greek on the side, Warren said excitedly: "This signature is Polycleitus, one of the most famous sculpture masters in ancient Greece, and the British Museum and the Athens Museum have several of his sculptures." ”

"And these two statues too, this one is the Goddess of Victory, this one is the Goddess Athena, and all three sculptures are the work of Polycleitos."

Warren continued: "You know, there is a statue of Victory in the Louvre, but it is mutilated, without a head, only half a body and a wing, and the Louvre has recently put a reward of 1 million euros for restoration plans, which means that if you come up with the perfect design, you don't have to restore it yourself, you can get a prize of 1 million euros. ”

"There is also this statue of the goddess Athena, there are several statues of the goddess Athena in various museums, but most of them are wearing armor and holding spears, showing the direction of their war, but this one is wearing a garland, the body is bare with fragrant shoulders and jade legs, very relaxed and leisurely, this is never seen, but Master Polycleitos has made Athena in this state so vivid, this is definitely a unique work."

"No, no, I said it wrong, these three sculptures are all unique, with extremely high artistic value, and they are extremely well preserved, and they have almost no damage after more than 2,000 years, which is the most rare."

The price of a famous master's work is countless times higher than that of a nameless work, and Jiang Hao is very happy about this result.

"Mr. Warren, can you give a valuation of these three statues?" Jiang Hao asked.

Warren immediately shook his head and said loudly: "Mr. Jon, they are real national treasures, their value is immeasurable, the three treasures of the Louvre, the severed arm Venus, the mutilated Goddess of Victory, and the Mona Lisa." ”

"Your Venus is the work of Polycritos, and its artistic value is definitely not lower than that of the sculptor Alexandros's 'Venus with a Broken Arm', how much do you think she should be worth?"

"The statue of the goddess of victory, the one in the Louvre is seriously mutilated, you are complete, the author of the statue in the Louvre is difficult to verify, and this statue of yours is the work of the master Polycleitos, and its value is higher than that statue of the goddess of victory, how much do you think she should be worth?"

"And this statue of the goddess Athena, which is worth the same as the first two statues, how much do you think she should be worth?"

Speaking of this, Warren's face showed a little sadness, his eyes were a little red, and he said in a deep voice: "Mr. Jon, I really don't want them to be sent to auction, because that is a desecration against them, art is priceless... Priceless, you should keep them or rent them to museums so that more people can enjoy these masterpieces of art. ”

Garrison next to him was stunned at first when he heard this, but immediately reacted, Warren, this old guy is going crazy, such a good business is actually pushed out, and he immediately gave Thomas next to him a look.

Thomas immediately understood, stepped forward and pulled Warren away, "Warren, Steward Steven has made us black tea, let's go have a drink." ”

Warren also realized that he had lost his temper just now, took a deep breath, showed a smile to Jiang Hao, and turned to go out.

Garrison looked at Jiang Hao a little nervously, for fear that he would change his mind, and if this big business was ruined, he would probably be sad for a few years.

Looking at Garrison, who was a little nervous, Jiang Hao smiled, "Don't worry, these are all confirmed to be auctioned, but Garrison, do more publicity, you also heard what Warren appraisers said just now, they are truly priceless, so there should be a price to match them, what do you say." ”

"Of course, I and you are completely in agreement." Garrison says with a smile on his face.

The auction house sent several vehicles to pack the statues in the safest possible way, and 20 armed escorts escorted them to the auction house.

subsequently

The auction house organized a larger-scale appraisal, this time not only the auction house's own appraisers, but also invited several well-known appraisers and archaeological experts in the society, and made a huge noise, and finally these experts came to the same conclusion as Warren and Thomas.

Following

The auction house held a press conference, with Garrison in the lead seat, several well-known experts sitting next to him, and more than three dozen invited media in the audience.

"Friends of reporters, this auction house recently exhibited a number of treasures from the period of Alexander the Great in ancient Greece, including fifteen pieces of gold vessels, as well as three classical marble statues, these fifteen pieces of gold vessels are all from Alexander the Great's court supplies, exquisite shapes, inlaid with precious gems, absolutely rare genuine works of art, and the three statues are national treasure-level cultural relics, all from the hands of Polycleitos, one of the three major carving masters of ancient Greece, with extremely high artistic value and collection value. Now look at the big screen. ”

On the LCD screens on both sides, photos of exquisite artworks began to flash.

Garrison laughs, "Tomorrow, these works of art will be on display in the Charlotte Auction House Pavilion for two months, and two months later, the works will be auctioned publicly." ”

In the West, oil painting and sculpture are the most mainstream works of art, and two of the three treasures of the Louvre are sculptures, and other museums can definitely be used as their own treasures if they are collected.

As soon as the exhibition began, numerous collectors and museum managers came to inspect and watch, and then went back to study how to acquire these precious works of art.

The auction was handed over to Garrison, and Jiang Hao was idle and continued to live a leisurely life as a university teacher.

In the weekly occult class, Jiang Hao walked into the big classroom with the folder, and to Jiang Hao's surprise, there were a lot more students coming today than the last time.

Jiang Hao's teaching work, except for the expedition will ask for leave, has not been interrupted, at the beginning of his course only more than 30 elective students, but Jiang Hao's teaching is very distinctive, mysterious things are the most attractive, and later also attracted some audit students to come to listen to the lectures, as to increase the knowledge, so the number of people has increased all the way.

From 30 to 40 people, 50 people, the last class has reached 80 people, today Jiang Hao glanced at it, and found that there were more students than in the previous class, almost about 100 people.

Putting the handout on the desk, Jiang Hao said with a smile: "There seem to be a lot more people today, it seems that my class is becoming more and more popular, I am very happy, I am going to talk about a small branch of oriental occultism in today's class, fortune telling." ”

"I want to ask, how much do you know about fortune telling, you can name one or two." Jiang Hao asked.

Suddenly, a student said:

"Tarot cards."

"Constellation."

"Astrology."

"Prophecy."

At this time, Miranda stood up and said: "Teacher, I know that Dongfang has Zhou Yi, face reading, palmistry, bone touching, time and hour calculation, zodiac fortune telling, lottery and so on. ”

Jiang Hao was a little surprised, looked at Miranda and asked, "It's really rare that you know so much about fortune-telling in the East." ”

Miranda smiled, looking at Jiang Hao's eyes very brightly, "Teacher, I have been studying the occult very hard recently, and I have read a lot of books, especially for the occult knowledge of the East, the knowledge of the occult of the East is really majestic, I only know a little bit." ”

Jiang Hao smiled and nodded: "It's already rare." ”

Miranda smiled sweetly and sat back down.

Jiang Hao returned to the center of the podium and said: "What you just said is right, the tarot cards, constellations, astrology, prophecy in the West, and the fortune telling of tea residues, salt divination, and even water rat divination in the United Kingdom are right. ”

Many of the students below chuckled softly.

"Oriental fortune-telling is also very complicated, but most of them come from Zhou Yi, and can be divided into physiognomy, palmistry, touching bones, time and eight-character calculation, money hexagram, zodiac fortune-telling, plum blossom easy number, lottery and so on."

"So what is fortune telling, if you give a definition, I think it should be through some method to achieve the act of speculating on the fate of life."

"Fortune telling is available in the East and the West, but there is a big difference, but the essence is the same, that is, to calculate fate, today we will first talk about fortune telling in the East."

"How many methods of fortune-telling are there in the East?"

Jiang Hao spread his hands and said with a hint of helplessness on his face: "There are too many, just say that there are countless kinds in China, and there are no less than dozens of kinds that I know, and there are many branches and branches, many of which are only circulated in one place and are not known." ”

"Just like tarot cards, there are also many algorithms, such as hexagram divination, holy triangle divination, diamond divination and so on."

Speaking of this, Jiang Hao smiled and said: "If I just dictate it on the podium, it may be difficult for you to understand and remember, maybe it will be more influential, so I want to ask if anyone has come on stage to test various fortune-telling methods." ”

Interactive teaching can be said to be the most attractive part of Jiang Hao's occultism, starting from the three experiments he got in the first class, almost every teaching has an experience link, most students are attracted by this kind of hands-on experience teaching method, and the number of people who come to listen to the lecture has become more and more.

As soon as Jiang Hao finished speaking, many people suddenly raised their hands, and the highest one was Miranda, this girl was not only high in her hands, but also high in her chest.

Jiang Hao swept over the students with a smile, and his gaze stayed in the last row of the teacher, where a middle-aged white man was sitting, looking at Jiang Hao with interest, the two glanced at each other briefly, and the other party smiled at Jiang Hao.

But Jiang Hao had already recognized this middle-aged man.

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