“I need to auction this sculpture off within the next seven days.” Linley directly stated his requirements.
Austoni said confidently, “Be at ease. Starting tomorrow, our Proulx Gallery will arrange for a five-day major exhibition event, as well as spread the news of this sculpture, ‘Awakening From the Dream’, to every single wealthy clan. On the seventh day, we will begin the auction.”
Linley nodded.
“Boss Yale, let’s go.” After formally handing the sculpture over to the Proulx Gallery, Linley could feel something missing in his heart, but at the same time, Linley also felt as though his mind was a bit more relaxed now.
….
Within the main hall of the Proulx Gallery.
Count Juneau still visited the Proulx Gallery virtually every morning. First, he would admire the sculptures in the main hall, before progressing to the hall of the experts and the hall of the masters. But this morning, once Count Juneau stepped into the main hall, he discovered….
“Hey, why are there so many people congregating over there at the hall of the masters?” Count Juneau felt a bit puzzled.
The hall of the masters always had just those few sculptures that everyone had seen before. After being on display for so long, the number of viewers had become rather low. Unless, of course, a new work had been produced by a master sculptor. Only then would the hall of the masters be a bit more lively.
“Can it be that a new work has been produced by a master?” Excited, Count Juneau also headed directly to the hall of the masters.
Currently, it was eight in the morning. Logically speaking, there shouldn’t be many people at the Proulx Gallery. But there were already several dozen people squeezed into the hall of the masters. What’s more, all of these people were staring in astonishment at a sculpture placed dead center in the hall of the masters.
What’s more, this exhibit had eighteen powerfully built guards standing around it.
“So popular? I wonder which master has produced a new work?” Count Juneau forced his way to the front to take a closer look.
Count Juneau’s eyes immediately widened, and his gaze locked onto the sculpture in front of him. For an instant, Count Juneau thought that he was looking at five living persons. A person madly in love, an adorable person, a shy person, a mesmerizingly beautiful person, and an icy, heartless person.
Count Juneau remained in that half-drunken stupor for a long moment before awakening.
“What a godly sculpture! The work of a Grandmaster!” Count Juneau’s mind instantly became agitated.
Based on Count Juneau’s hundred-plus years of appraising art, he naturally could sense how spiritually stirring this sculpture was, but upon taking a closer look, Count Juneau’s eyes began to shine. “This sculpting style…isn’t it that of that genius magus of the Ernst Institute, Linley?”
Just from the sculpting style alone, Count Juneau could tell who had carved this sculpture.
Count Juneau was very familiar with Linley, because the first time Linley had placed three sculptures for sale in the Proulx Gallery, he had been the one to purchase them. And then, when Linley’s artworks began appearing in the hall of the masters, the price of each sculpture had reached six thousand gold coins.
The genius of the Ernst Institute who was only seventeen years old!
On that business transaction alone, Count Juneau had turned a profit of over ten thousand gold coins. Naturally, Count Juneau would pay tremendous attention to Linley.
“It really is him.” Count Juneau saw the two characters for ‘Linley’ written on the lower corner of the statue.
And on the placard next to the sculpture, there was an explanation of who Linley was…
“The sculptor of this sculpture is named ‘Linley’. This year, he is seventeen years old, a graduate of the Ernst Institute, and a seventeen year old dual-element magus of the seventh rank. In this day and age, he is, without a doubt, the number one genius magus in the entire Yulan continent, and even if we look at the history of the Yulan continent as a whole, he is still the number two genius magus in all of history.”
“But Linley isn’t just a genius magus. In the field of sculpting, he also has made amazing accomplishments. Although only seventeen, this sculpture of his, ‘Awakening From the Dream’, already carries the grandeur and the spirit of a Grandmaster level sculpture, especially considering the fact that this sculpture is so huge. Naturally, its value is all the more priceless. When you factor in the reality that this seventeen year old sculptor is also an ultimate genius magus…the value of this sculpture is simply unimaginable.”
“Our Proulx Gallery has the privilege to be authorized by Linley to exhibit this sculpture for five days. On April 21st, after the exhibition has completed, the Proulx Gallery will carry out the auction.”
Seeing this introduction, Count Juneau understood…
“The various nobles, magnates, and royals will all be moved and intrigued…” Count Juneau knew very well that this sort of sculpture definitely wasn’t something which a person of his level could hope to purchase.
“A seventeen year old dual-element magus of the seventh rank?” Upon rereading this part of the introduction, Count Juneau couldn’t help but sigh in amazement as well.
At the same time, Count Juneau’s admiration of this Linley deepened.
A person who was able to achieve such accomplishments in two different fields was definitely worthy of admiration.
“This sculpture should on roughly the same level as the sculptures of Grandmaster sculptors. Adding the fact that it is huge…and the status of the sculptor, a seventeen year old who is the number two genius magus in the entire history of the Yulan continent…the price is going to be sky-high.” Count Juneau made a mental prediction.
“April 21st!” Count Juneau was already beginning to anticipate this day.
As time passed, the people coming to visit this hall of the masters grew more and more in number. Many of the extremely wealthy families in the Holy Capital began to receive word of this as well.
….
Within Austoni’s office.
“Please inform his Majesty, King Wylder, that I don’t have the authority to make this decision. If his Majesty really would like to purchase this sculpture, we would like to invite him to attend on the 21st.” Austoni sent off the royal herald from a king.
When that herald left, Austoni’s face sank.
“What a joke. He actually dared to offer just a million gold pieces to directly buy this sculpture? In his dreams! Just yesterday, his Royal Majesty, King Clayde of the Kingdom of Fenlai, offered three million gold coins!”
After being on exhibition for just three days, over ten important personages had made offers to directly buy the sculpture.
“On the 21st, I’m afraid that we really are going to see a sky-high price.” Austoni secretly mused.