The one of the favorite Russian song of the 20-th century is called "the million of the scarlet roses"
This is about the painter who sold his house and bought instead the million of scarlet roses for the female actor for whom he felt in love.
The author of the song doesn't explain what was the end of the drama. Nobody knows the actor appreciated the feat and took him to live in her apartment or else she rejected him and he wound up as a homeless man.