His Genius Wife Is A Superstar novel Chapter 1557

Chapter 1557 Ivy Lau

The woman in a floral dress hesitated for a few seconds before fishing out her own custom metal pen from her handbag. Then she started writing on the provided registration form.

When she was finished, the docent quickly checked the completed form, smiled, and opened the door. "Welcome, Mademoiselle Ivy Lau! Please enter and enjoy."

Ivy Lau nodded before entering. She first paused right inside the door and looked around. The special wing was not that big. It also looked emptier than the other regular wings.

However, the art pieces inside this place were indeed more impressive. Their sizes were not only larger, but the feel of the art pieces themselves was very lifelike.

There were only a couple of other guests in the special wing. One took his own sweet time admiring the incredible art pieces inside. The other was in the midst of writing on the bidding slip for the huge marble statue.

Another docent appeared and greeted Ivy Lau. "Welcome to the special wing, Mademoiselle! Please feel free to walk around and enjoy Mademoiselle Ashandra Knightson's wonderful art. Please note that the special wing has slightly different silent auction rules than the ones in the regular wings as requested by the artist."

Ivy listened to the docent's explanation.

The additional rule for the special wing's silent auction was to give Ashandra Knightson consent to borrow the artworks from the buyer within 24 months after the purchase date. This was because Ashandra might want to display these special art pieces for her next exhibitions. Of course, the art pieces would be safely returned to the buyer after the agreed time. _{freeweɓnøvel.com}

If she failed to fulfill her end of the agreement, then she would pay double the purchase price as a penalty. Similarly, if the buyer failed to fulfill the silent auction's special rule, then they would void the purchase agreement and would need to return the art piece.

So far, nobody complained about the special rule. This was because Ashandra Knightson had similar special rules before. Her fans were already aware of this tendency of hers.

Most of the time, she wouldn't even use this special rule in the first place. There were only a handful of instances when she requested to borrow the purchased art pieces to display in her other exhibitions before safely returning them to the original buyer.

This time, however, might be different than usual.

The docent explained, "Due to the popularity, several galleries from all over the world have expressed interest in displaying Mademoiselle Ashandra Knightson's art pieces from this 'Generations' special collection."

Ivy was distracted by the huge painting across her. It was the only painting hanging on that wall, making it the most eye-catching art piece upon entering this wing.

The docent noticed her interest. "Do you like that painting? Please follow me so that you can take a closer look at it."

She followed the docent.

The painting was bigger than she initially thought. She had to take a few steps back to fully view the entire thing at a close range.

"This painting is called 'Once a Mother, Forever a Mother" and is the most popular art piece in this special collection," the docent said.

Ivy Lau looked around. "I want to bid for this painting but I don't see the bidding box for it."

"We apologize but this painting is not up for bidding. Mademoiselle Ashandra Knightson has already gifted it to Madame Iris Long, her good friend. Madame Iris Long is the beautiful muse for this painting. Mademoiselle Knightson has mentioned before that Madame Iris Long is her biggest inspiration for this entire collection, 'Generations'. The other art pieces almost put her into depression, but she said that this particular painting was her saving grace, giving her so much joy while creating it."

Ivy didn't reply. She continued looking at the painting without saying anything.

The docent didn't mind. Each art enthusiast and connoisseur had different ways of enjoying art. Some wanted to know everything about the creation of the art piece while some just wanted to quietly enjoy it on their own. The docent figured that the woman in the floral dress was the latter type.

"Ten million euros," Ivy said.

"I beg your pardon?" the docent asked.

"Tell the artist that I'm willing to pay ten million euros for this painting."

The docent hesitated. "Uhm, please wait. Let me contact our manager."

Ivy nodded. She watched as the docent walked to a corner and pressed on an earpiece, presumably contacting the gallery's manager.

About ten minutes later, the curator appeared. He was the one who she met at the gallery's lobby earlier.