Chapter 727 "Spring in Giverny"

Over the years.

In order to protect their own interests and avoid being robbed of their jobs by international giants, Indian oligarchs often break the rules and strike hard, beating a bunch of multinational companies.

For example, when South Korea's Posco Steel Group set up a factory there, it touched the interests of the steel giant Tata Group, so it's no wonder that it was ruined.

From approval to land acquisition, to environmental protection and local residents, almost all the way was red lights, and finally spent a huge amount of money, leaving only a sentence "Don't do business with India", and then ran away in disgrace.

In the past, Suri could still laugh at the joke.

Now his own situation is even worse. Not only did he not make a penny, but several start-ups may also face a sky-high fine of up to 3.5 billion US dollars in total.

As he posted publicly online, social networks became lively in an instant. Many companies that originally planned to invest in India were inevitably a little scared and began to re-examine whether their plans were wise.

After all, even the world's richest man like Suri would fall in the hands of India. With their strength, their situation will only be more difficult.

The impact may not be seen in the short term.

But in the long run, Suri has indeed dug a big hole.

Miss Aishwarya Ambani didn't know the details and thought he was really angry. She called again to convey her father's meaning, saying that she was trying to find a way to settle the trouble. Even if she really had to face a lawsuit, it would not delay the normal development of several projects.

From Suri's perspective, he hoped that this antitrust lawsuit could last for a few years, and use his "tragic experience" to constantly remind other multinational companies to invest cautiously.

If the time span is extended to 10 or 20 years, this may bring hundreds of billions of dollars in intangible losses to India.

As for rectifying the business order, as long as a group of Indian oligarchs do not fall, it is almost impossible to achieve, because they only care about their own gains and losses, and do not care whether the overall employment rate rises, whether the living standards of residents improve, and so on.

If it were not short-sighted, given the relationship between India and European and American countries, the development opportunities in the past two or three decades might not necessarily be seized by the mainland. India obviously also has advantages such as labor force and resources.

The Internet is particularly lively.

Suri, who lives in a manor outside London, England, has made her life "peaceful and quiet".

Cooking, watching dramas, and taking walks with Talia, she occasionally entertains herself with prenatal education through her belly.

Patting Talia's belly, the little girl inside can already give some slight feedback and interact with Suri through her belly.

I have to say, this is more interesting than I imagined.

Perhaps due to the influence of her own hormones, Talia has also had some new changes, such as sometimes being too proactive, which scares Suri to only dare to move lightly, thereby unlocking new achievements in life.

Lived in a manor outside the city for three days.

Talia wanted to go to downtown London to visit a famous painting exhibition jointly organized by multiple galleries and auction houses, which was arranged at the National Gallery in London.

Because it was a public place, Suri was too eye-catching and could not show up with Talia.

After discussing, the two decided to look at each other, pretending to meet by chance in the National Gallery, and just keep a little distance.

Some clothes cover the belly more, and it is basically impossible to tell that she is pregnant.

Christopher Nolan's "The Martian" is now in theaters, and in August, "Point Break" starring Talia will also be released. In order to avoid unnecessary attention, Suri decided to cancel the premiere of "Point Break" and instead conduct saturation publicity through the Internet.

The "2012 Famous Oil Painting Exhibition" at the National Gallery in London has been going on for more than a week.

When Suri arrived at the scene in a low-key manner, there were not too many people visiting the exhibition. Three o'clock in the afternoon is a relatively unpopular time period.

Talia also came, wearing a mask on her face. Everyone's attention was focused on Suri, and she was leisurely appreciating the works in the exhibition hall.

It's called an exhibition, but it's actually mainly for sales. Some works have round red stickers next to them, which means that the work has been reserved by buyers.

The several Picasso paintings hanging at the entrance are obviously very popular. Except for an expensive "Man with a Pipe", all the other works have been sold.

Accompanied by the organizer of the exhibition, Su Rui strolled around and casually asked, "How much is this painting "Man with a Pipe" for?"

A red-haired middle-aged woman answered enthusiastically:

"This is a work provided by Bonhams Auction House, priced at 12.5 million pounds. The character in the painting is called the Musketeer, which is the last personal mythological image of Picasso in his later years."

Su Rui raised his hand and interrupted, "I'm just asking, I'm not interested in buying it. Although this painting is strange, the color combination is very impactful."

The middle-aged red-haired woman next to him couldn't help laughing, thinking that no matter how strange it is, it is not as funny as the "Soul Painting School" created by Su Rui.

Although Su Rui created some oil paintings for fun, it is hard to find a painting on the market now.

In addition to the painting given to Talia as a housewarming gift, he only donated one painting to a charity auction. It was sold at a high price of 6.2 million US dollars in March this year, and the money raised was used to donate to some orphanages in California.

Although Suri himself did not make any money, this charity auction successfully gave his other works a clear market price.

Thinking of adding some more noteworthy collections to the private museum in the Dragon Ball theme park, Su Rui continued to stroll around and soon found another "Spring in Giverny" created by Monet.

The whole work is pink and blue, full of girlishness, and the size is 81x100 cm. The more Su Rui looked at it, the more pleasing it was to the eye.

After asking and learning that the price was 6 million pounds, Su Rui first added it to the "shopping cart", thinking that after seeing all of them, they would discuss the price together.

In addition to Monet, there are two works of Van Gogh in the exhibition hall, namely the watercolor "Wheat Stack" and the oil painting "Landscape under the Flowing Sky". Unfortunately, they are only exhibitions and will be auctioned later.

Compared with watercolors, oil paintings are often more valuable.

However, Su Rui likes this watercolor "Wheat Stack" very much, which easily reminds him of a Monet "Haystack" in his collection.

All of his collections will eventually be transported to his own private museum. The types of collections in the Oriental Pavilion are already very high-end, and the Western Pavilion still needs some works to support the venue. He can buy a little more in the next few years.

Considering the ticket revenue of the private museum and the appreciation of the collection itself, if it is regarded as a business, it has the function of resisting inflation just like gold.

Take a walk.

Su Rui only bought Monet's "Spring in Giverny", and then went to the Ritz Hotel, a landmark building in London, to have a look. This super luxury hotel is trying to sell it to the public recently, which has attracted the interest of various bigwigs.

The Ritz Hotel is full of British luxury, but unfortunately it can't touch his aesthetic taste. Compared with the Ritz Hotel in London, the Rosewood Hotel in Paris is more interesting to Su Rui.

He is trying to be independent of the Four Seasons Hotel Group and create a "six-star" super luxury hotel brand. (End of this chapter)