Chapter 5131: Accidental Collector

Lin Feng smiled.

Ma Long's awakening made Lin Feng very satisfied. His younger brother can't be a waste. Even if he has no ability, he can't be without fighting spirit. People must have fighting spirit and the courage to face everything when they are alive.

Although the previous blow was very painful, if you are a man, you can't lie down, you must stand up. Hold your chest high and face everything. Take back everything that belongs to you and wash away your grievances. Only in this way can you be a man of iron.

"As for what to do, the first step is to take a shower, sleep, and rest! Everything will be discussed after tomorrow morning!" Lin Feng said with a smile.

Ma Long nodded. At this moment, his heart knot was completely opened. He used to be very gloomy and wanted revenge, but he felt that revenge was useless and hopeless, but he was not very willing, but he hypnotized himself that not taking revenge might be the best outcome. Under such a tangled situation, Ma Long's mood can be imagined. Now, everything is open, and he feels that everything in this world seems so beautiful.

He really needs a good sleep.

"Boss, I'm going to rest. Are you resting here too? I've prepared a room for you!" Malone said with a smile.

"Well, go ahead, don't worry about us." Lin Feng laughed and went to the living room, where Ivanka was still waiting.

"Is the matter settled?" Ivanka asked.

Lin Feng nodded.

"Then let's go home, it's late, I want to go home too." Ivanka looked at the watch, it was already past 12 o'clock in the evening. This point was already past her schedule. If she hadn't been waiting for Lin Feng, she would have gone home to sleep. As long as she didn't have work, she would go to bed at 10 o'clock every night. She has maintained this schedule for a long time.

"Uh, Malone has prepared a room for us here!" Lin Feng's eyes sparkled.

"Humph, if we each sleep in a room, I can stay here. Otherwise, I'll go home!" How could Ivanka not see Lin Feng's thoughts. However, she also had her insistence. That is, they would never sleep in the same room before getting married.

Lin Feng was like a deflated balloon.

"Okay, I'll take you home!" Lin Feng pouted.

Ivanka chuckled. It was always pleasant to see Lin Feng get humiliated.

Along the way, the two were very quiet. Lin Feng drove the car, and Ivanka sat beside him, just admiring the scenery on the roadside without saying a word.

Lin Feng nodded secretly. Don't ask what you shouldn't ask. Ivanka is indeed a New York socialite, and the brightest one among the socialites. But she didn't ask, but I had something to say.

"Aren't you curious about Malone?" Lin Feng asked.

"Curious? Women all have a gossipy heart. But when you want to say it, you will naturally say it. If you don't say it, then you won't say it even if I ask. Sometimes, it's better for us women not to get involved in your men's affairs to avoid causing trouble!" Ivanka said wisely.

Lin Feng looked appreciative. However, he really had something to ask, so he had to open the topic.

"Do you know about Malone?" Lin Feng asked.

"I know a little. After all, his case was a big deal in New York back then. Embezzling family assets is a big crime for the family!" Ivanka said, "The whole of New York was buzzing at the time, which is why Malone could only make friends with some rich kids or the side branches of those big families later."

"Besides this, what else do you know?" Lin Feng asked.

Ivanka shook her head. I haven't heard anything else. Although she heard from Lin Feng that there should be some other inside stories. But for a family, the outbreak of such things is a scandal, especially for a big family, it will not let such things be exposed and embarrassed in vain. The Adams family's outbreak of such things is embarrassing enough.

Other things, naturally, will not be exposed.

What other inside stories are there? Ivanka was really curious, but she remained silent and didn't ask curiously. Because, some things should not be asked. Especially this involves a lot of private topics, don't ask. Asking is sometimes not a good thing.

If a person is too curious, it is definitely not a good thing.

"Ivanka, do you have any contact with the Adams family?" Lin Feng asked.

"Lin, what do you want to do?" Ivanka couldn't help it this time. Of course, this is not curiosity. After all, Lin Feng asked this question, she naturally had to know what Lin Feng's intention was before answering.

"The Adams family lost a lot of money to Malone, and Muse owed him even more. So, he wanted to help Malone regain the position of Adams heir." Lin Feng said.

Hiss! Although Ivanka was mentally prepared for Lin Feng to help Malone regain the position of heir, she was still shocked when she heard this from Lin Feng.

"Boss, the current Adams family has a total of three heirs, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that the one who is most likely to inherit the position of the next head of the family is the current Muse Adams. He is a direct relative. Twenty years ago, his father He was appointed as the heir, but their family leader, Adams V, was in extremely good health, and his control over the family had always convinced all family members, and he led the Adams family to prosper. Therefore, over the years, there have been rumors about Adams V several times. He resigned, resigned as the head of the family, and wanted to pass the throne to his son, Muse's father, but was retained by the family. However, because Muse and the others were already older, the family heir was re-established in their generation. And Muse is the first heir. Once Adams V resigns or is gone, Muse will be the new head of the family!" Ivanka said.

Lin Feng frowned.

"In this way, it is a bit difficult for Ma Long to regain the position of heir!" Lin Feng thought.

"It's not a little difficult, it's very difficult! This is simply impossible! After all, Muse has been managing the family in the past few years, and he has done a good job. Although he has some flaws as a person, these flaws do not prevent him from inheriting the family. The position of head of the family. But Ma Long is a rat on the street. Lin, how can you compare this! It is too difficult to let him go back!" Ivanka shook her head.

"The difficulty is very difficult. But I think, in any matter, there will always be a turn for the better, right? It all depends on people!" Lin Feng said with a smile.

Ivanka thought for a moment.

"If we say the only turning point, it is Adams V's attitude towards Malone. If he is still optimistic about his grandson, then there is a glimmer of hope. But this glimmer of hope is also very slim. It is rumored that Adams V has been in poor health recently. Maybe the throne will be passed to Muse at some point. And this kind of desire to seize the throne from a family abandonment to becoming the family heir only takes a few years, is it possible?" Ivanka shrugged. It's a pity that we don't have so much time to slowly whiten Malone. I know what you mean is to let Malone do more things for Adams and let the Adams family gradually change their attitude towards Malone. Maybe it's feasible. After all, as long as Adams V still has a good impression of Malone, although this plan is difficult, it can always be successful if you take your time. But the key to the problem is that we don't have time."

Lin Feng frowned. If Adams V is no longer healthy, that would be very bad news indeed. But since Ma Long is his younger brother, he must avenge him. It seems that this plan needs to be carefully considered.

"By the way, do you know Herbert Vogel?" Lin Feng asked.

Herbert Vogel? Ivanka muttered a few words. The name seemed a little familiar. He was... Suddenly, Ivanka remembered it.

Herbert Vogel is a legendary collector in New York! Famous American collector of minimalist and conceptual artists. Of course, the most amazing thing about him is that he's just a regular guy. Born in the United States in the early 1920s, he was an ordinary "poor". He is not a descendant of a nobleman, nor a real estate and retail tycoon, nor the richest man in the world-renowned oil company, but a child from Russian Judaism in the black area of ​​​​the United States. This is not a wealthy family. Herbert's father is a Tailor worker, mother is a housewife.

After high school, Herbert became an accounting clerk for the United States Postal Service until his retirement in 1979. He and his wife, a librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library, used their meager salary to collect contemporary art. , his wife’s salary is used to maintain their daily life, while Herbert’s salary is used to collect their favorite works of art. Their collection mainly focuses on conceptual art and minimal art, including works by many famous post-minimalist artists. Herbert collected 4,782 works of art during his lifetime, which is a very important collection in the history of American contemporary art. The couple, who had a small New York apartment in which they kept their entire collection, decided early on to forego a trip to Europe in order to use the money they saved to collect art.

Herbert Vogel's collection began as early as the mid-19th century and continued throughout his life. Herbert met his wife Dorothy Vogel in 1960. Before that, Herbert was already very interested in art. Before the two got married, Herbert had already started collecting art. When the two were engaged, they bought a Picasso ceramic work as an engagement gift. In January 1962, Herbert held a simple wedding with Dorothy, who was 13 years younger than him. The wedding was held in Dorothy's hometown of Elmira, New York. Dorothy's father was a stationery dealer and her mother was a housewife. Dorothy received her bachelor's and graduate degrees from Snowland University and Denver University respectively. Like her husband, the bride also came from a family with no artistic background. She preferred classical music and drama to contemporary visual art. On the contrary, Herbert was deeply attracted to painting. Dorothy once recalled: "Art was Herbert's only interest besides animals." After the two got married, Herbert's hobbies quickly became Dorothy's hobbies, so the two went together He entered New York University to study painting and rented a studio in Union Square, but in the end he gave up painting because he loved collecting more. The couple's honeymoon began at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., where they saw works by the Old Masters for the first time, which also launched the couple's collection.

In fact, before Herbert married Dorothy, he often hung out at the Cedar Tavern and Artists Club in Greenwich Village to socialize and party with many Abstract Expressionist artists. Influenced by these artists, Herbert once thought about becoming one of them. He also traveled alone to the Provincetown Artist Community in Massachusetts, USA, to watch the artists' creations there. He once worked with the artist David Smith. ( ) and Franz Crane (Franz), Herbert was excited every time he recalled it. In the late 1850s, Herbert painted furiously, using his spare time and weekends until he met his wife Dorothy in 1960.

After the two got married in 1962, under the influence of her husband, Dorothy also began to create art. Together they went to New York University to study painting and art history, and devoted all their energy to art creation. At that time, they rented a studio in Union Square and spent all their time there after get off work and weekends. Gradually, both of them began to form an abstract art style in their artistic creation.

In addition to painting, the two also spend part of their weekends traveling to major galleries in New York to view art exhibitions. For the past three years, their weekends have been spent wandering between art work and galleries. But when they discovered that looking at art over long periods of time brought them more joy than creating it themselves, in 1965 the couple gave up their Union Square studio and began collecting art.

"Lin, why are you looking for him?" Ivanka asked.

Lin Feng smiled.

"Because one of China's twelve zodiac bronze statues is in his hands. I want to acquire it and then transfer it to the country and put it on display in the Old Summer Palace during the Olympic Games!" Lin Fengxiao said, "Come here this time. , I also want to solve the problem of the twelve zodiac signs. Do you know me? Can you arrange it?" Lin Feng asked.

"That's no problem. Although we have no contact, my father once attended one of his collection exhibitions, and we have some friendship. I can help you arrange it, and maybe we can meet tomorrow. But whether he sells it, I will I don’t know anymore!” Ivanka said.

"It's okay, just arrange a meeting!" Lin Feng said with a smile.