On March 3, Xia Yu had just finished eating at noon, and received a good news call from Hua Shengshi - the Xiangjiang Kowloon Cultural Museum, which took more than two years to build, was finally fully completed!

Suddenly hearing this good news, Rao is Xia Yu's heart was strong, and he was still a little excited.

At this time, where did he have the heart to take a nap, he directly put on his coat, took a car to Hua Shengshi's house, picked him up, and rushed to the vicinity of Kowloon Bay, Kwun Tong District, Kowloon.

Before the car arrived, through the window glass, you could see a magnificent ancient palace in the distance, which was very visually striking.

Xia Yu recalled in a trance, it seemed that the last time he came was a year ago, and the last time he saw the bare reinforced concrete pillars, now it has changed too much.

After a while, the car stopped in the parking lot, Xia Yu and others walked out and found I.M. Pei under the leadership of Hua Shengshi.

"Mr. Bei, long time no see, thank you for your hard work!"

Xia Yu walked over with a smile and shook hands with Pei to say hello, then looked at the majestic museum in front of him, and said with emotion: "The museum is so well designed, standing here, you can feel the sense of heaviness and elegance on your face, and it is very distinguishable, which embodies the essence of Chinese architectural culture." ”

Xia Yu's high evaluation made I.M. Pei couldn't help but smile, and he hurriedly said modestly: "Mr. Xia, I don't deserve such a high evaluation from you." ”

"I'll take you for a tour. ”

"Okay, I'm sorry for you!"

Before visiting, I.M. Pei also went to get a picture of the completion of the museum to Xia Yu, and then took him up the bluestone stairs.

The Kowloon Cultural Museum sits in the north and faces south, backed by green hills, overlooking the sea of Kowloon Bay in the front, there are buildings on three sides in the northeast, west and northeast, the main hall in front is like a huge city tower, the blue-gray antique wall is as high as 12.88 meters, and the group went up the finely carved bluestone staircase on the square on the same plane as the main hall, and then walked straight through the cost.

The exterior of the museum is majestic and magnificent, while the interior focuses on reflecting the delicacy and graceful beauty of Chinese culture.

Although the main structure of the Kowloon Heritage Museum is made of reinforced concrete, it is mainly for load-bearing, and in terms of exterior and internal surface details, antique decorations have been made, which can be said to be a combination of modern technology and ancient art.

I.M. Pei introduced it, Xia Yu admired it, and it took more than two hours to stop and walk around the entire museum, and he also had a specific understanding of the museum.

The entire museum covers an area of about 60,000 square meters, equivalent to six square hectares, which is equivalent to 4.2% of the size of Jiuding University.

Although Xia Yu's museum is far less than the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the United States, and even less than half of the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, it is already the same as the Forbidden City Museum in the mainland.

Although Kwun Tong District is a well-known industrial area in Hong Kong, and the land price is much cheaper than that of urban areas such as Hong Kong Island, it still cost more than 50 million Hong Kong dollars to buy such a large piece of land.

However, in Xia Yu's opinion, it is quite cost-effective, and the museum will no longer have to consider the expansion in the future, such a large area is enough to collect one or two million pieces of collections, and he will be able to burn high incense when he can fill the museum in his lifetime.

Now it is estimated that only a small number of places will be activated!

After all, there are not enough cultural relics.

Thinking of the cultural relics, Xia Yu looked at Hua Shengshi beside him and asked, "Hua Lao, I want to ask, how many cultural relics have we collected now?"

Hua Shengshi had already firmly remembered the data, and blurted out at this time: "Now there are 11,914 antique cultural relics!"

Xia Yu smiled and said, "Now that the museum has been built, then you can consider decorating the museum." ”

Hua Shengshi said with a smile: "Mr. Xia, I have been doing this work, when Mr. Pei built the museum, I have already taken into account the later display, all the cultural relics have been compiled cultural relics information, jade, calligraphy and painting, ceramics, gold and silverware, bronze and other exhibition halls have also been arranged, just to ensure safety, you can put the cultural relics into categories." ”

"Since you are so well prepared, then in terms of security, I will arrange for the elite security team of Aegis Security to be stationed, do you have any considerations for the opening and operation of the museum?" Xia Yu asked.

Hua Shengshi expressed his thoughts: "Mr. Xia, although the exhibition hall and display cabinet have been built, it will take at least 20 days to put more than 10,000 cultural relics in it, and my suggestion is to choose a good day to officially open the museum next month." ”

"And I think that the Kowloon Cultural Museum is your private museum, and you have taken a big risk by displaying the cultural relics to the outside world, and for the safety of the cultural relics and the future of the museum, the museum should be open for a fee. ”

Xia Yu thought for a while and said: "It should be opened for a fee, no one will cherish free things, there is no threshold, and the pressure on the operation of the museum will be great, but the ticket is not too high, I don't rely on this to make money, it is enough to maintain the normal operation and maintenance of the museum." ”

"As for the collection of cultural relics, it is mainly up to me to buy them personally, and if the museum has a surplus, it can also be used to acquire cultural relics. ”

When the museum is open to the public, it will definitely need a large number of security personnel to patrol and guard, and there will be a large number of staff, all of whom will have to pay salaries.

In addition, the museum must be maintained and repaired every year, otherwise even the copper walls will be corroded in the wind and rain, not to mention that there are many antique architectural structures outside the museum.

Even if each person's ticket is 30 Hong Kong dollars, and the daily traffic reaches 10,000 people, the ticket revenue of that year can only reach about 100 million Hong Kong dollars, which requires an average visit to Xiangjiang once a year, which is obviously impossible!

Perhaps when the people of the mainland become prosperous in the future, the tourism market in Hong Kong will be stimulated, and the revenue ceiling of the Kowloon Cultural Museum can be opened.

Judging from the current situation in Hong Kong, it is very good to have tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars in reality.

Thinking about the size of the museum, how can it cost 500 security plus staff, even if the average company is 4,000 Hong Kong dollars a month, the salary will be 2 million Hong Kong dollars a month, and 24 million Hong Kong dollars a year.

Xia Yu knows that even the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, one of the four major museums in the world, has an annual income of $385 million in later generations, but its expenditure has reached $400 million, and it is still losing money.

And 99 percent of the world's museums are loss-making!

When he was alive, he still had the confidence to guarantee the support of the Kowloon Cultural Museum, but he planned to pass on this museum, if there was a loser in the future, the family would lose and have no money to maintain the operation, but there would be a big problem, it would be better to establish a perfect system from the beginning, free or not!

While Hua Shengshi was moved by Xia Yu's attitude, he also took into account Xia Yu's pressure.

Now there are more than 10,000 cultural relics, of which more than 1,000 were donated by him, but the remaining nearly 10,000 cultural relics still cost more than 600 million Hong Kong dollars.

Coupled with the money for the establishment of the Kowloon Cultural Museum, Xia Yu has invested more than 800 million Hong Kong dollars, and this money can be given to a pig, which can make this pig enter the ranks of the top 50 richest people in Hong Kong!

If you want to make the Kowloon Cultural Museum a world-class museum, you need a lot of money.

Those world-class museums have more than one million cultural relics, and even more than four million cultural relics.

Although not all cultural relics are high-quality and can have high value, the number is there, compared with the more than 10,000 cultural relics that Xia Yu has now, the gap can be imagined.

Xia Yu has to invest more than 100 billion Hong Kong dollars!

With so much money, why not invest in the bottomless pit of museums?

So Hua Shengshi opened his mouth and said: "Mr. Xia, I think it is not realistic for you to fund the acquisition, and we have to add other channels, such as accepting free donations. ”

"I believe that in this world, there will definitely be such people. ”

Just like himself, he was able to donate more than 1,000 pieces of cultural relics to Xia Yu, and kind people are also full of kindness when they look at the world, so Hua Shengshi believes that there will be people like him in this world.

Xia Yu thought about it carefully and said: "This is also a way, but Hua Lao, in order to dispel the doubts of donors, we must add a clause to the terms of accepting donations, that is, the donated cultural relics will never flow to the market in our museum again, and will only be used for exhibitions!"

Hua Shengshi smiled and nodded: "Okay, with this addition, the donor can rest assured." ”

"By the way, Mr. Xia, there is one more thing, which is about the opening and operation of the museum. ”

"Our Kowloon Cultural Museum is not famous, if there is no passenger flow, it will not be able to play the role of cultural communication, do you think we should hold a grand opening ceremony?"

Xia Yu thought for a while and said: "The opening ceremony is definitely wanted, but this alone is not enough, it can't attract the attention of the people of Xiangjiang and Aomen." ”

"Gotta think of a special solution. ”

Hua Shengshi listened, and immediately thought hard and meditated.

At this moment, I.M. Pei, who had been listening with a smile, suddenly said a suggestion: "Mr. Xia, Mr. Hua, when I was in the United States, I heard a related rumor, although the method is a little disgraceful, but I heard that the effect is very good. ”

Xia Yu and Hua Shengshi immediately looked at I.M. Pei.

"Mr. Pei, I don't know what the rumors are. ”

I.M. Pei smiled and said: "I was in Florida at the time, and there was a private museum in Florida that was not doing well, and the owner of that museum bought the most expensive lot in an auction and brought it back to his museum, which caused a huge sensation in the local area, and the number of tourists skyrocketed for a while. “

However, later there was also gossip that the cultural relics bought back by the boss were actually the top collections taken out of his private collection, although he was drawn by the auction house because of the auction, but later he quickly earned back the money with the help of tickets, and the museum's fame became greater. ”

Xia Yu and Hua Shengshi glanced at each other.

Looking at Hua Shengshi's inquiring eyes, Xia Yu said with a smile: "Although this method is a bit damaged, it is indeed a good way." ”

"But Sotheby's is mine, so I do it with my left hand and right hand. ”

"Mr. Pei, you have solved another problem for us. Xia Yu thanked I.M. Pei.

I.M. Pei waved his hand again and again and said: "I'm just talking casually, that is, Mr. Xia, you have this strength, and you don't need to be someone else." ”

"Thank you again!"

Xia Yu said with a smile, then looked at Hua Shengshi and asked: "Hua Lao, I remember that Sotheby's auction house's spring auction is about to be held this month, the time is just right, we have not yet displayed more than 10,000 cultural relics, which one has the highest value?

PS: After the two more 6,000 words, another collection of ideas, in terms of the overseas loss of cultural relics, what are the priceless treasures that have brought great regret to the Chinese people, you can talk about it in the chapter, maybe you will use it tomorrow!

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