Faced with Xia Yu's question, Hua Shengshi did not answer immediately, but pondered for a moment before saying to Xia Yu: "Mr. Xia, this is really difficult to define, because if you talk about the influence on Chinese culture, many of them are comparable, I say here that you may not have any concept, if you are free, it is better to see on the spot and then determine which one to use." ”

Xia Yu bowed slightly: "Yes, I haven't seen it for a long time." ”

After speaking, he looked at I.M. Pei and asked with a smile, "Mr. Pei, are you interested in going and having a look together?"

I.M. Pei said with a smile: "Of course I am interested, although I am overseas most of the time, but I have never forgotten that I am a descendant of Yan and Huang, and I have the opportunity to appreciate the splendid Chinese culture, I can't miss it." ”

"Haha, Mr. Pei praised this!"

After speaking, Xia Yu and the others went to the parking lot, left the Kowloon Cultural Museum, and went to his villa specially used to store antique cultural relics.

When there were few cultural relics before, he also built a basement in his home for collection, but later, considering that it was inconvenient, he moved the cultural relics again and concentrated them in a special villa.

Anyway, he is now the largest landowner in Xiangjiang except for the Hong Kong government, and there is no shortage of houses at all!

Because the value of cultural relics is too high, Xia Yu also specially arranged a security team to patrol and guard around the clock.

Soon, after the security personnel confirmed their identities, the vehicles of Xia Yu and others entered the garage of the villa, and under the leadership of Hua Shengshi, they came to the door of the basement.

While unlocking the lock, Hua Shengshi said to Xia Yu and others: "Mr. Xia, not all cultural relics are placed in the basement, because the space below is limited, so the ones stored are of higher value." ”

"Tick!"

As he spoke, the precise door lock opened, and Hua Shengshi pressed a button again, and the alloy door with a thickness of more than ten centimeters slowly opened.

"There is a ventilation system in the basement so there is no risk of suffocation. ”

"Please follow me!"

After speaking, Hua Shengshi took Xia Yu and others down the stairs, then turned left and right, and came to another gate, and after another unlock, everyone finally walked in.

Xia Yu thought that it would be very densely placed here, but he didn't expect to come in and find that it was very empty, and there were not many cultural relics.

However, when he thought about it, he thought that it was normal, if the most valuable cultural relics were piled up, it would not be displayed, and only a few would be more precious.

"Mr. Xia, I think the most valuable cultural relics are here. ”

Pointing to the contents of the glass cabinets, Hua Shengshi said to Xia Yu.

"The first one is the one on the left, and it's the best of all the paintings in our collection!"

Following Hua Shengshi's hand, Xia Yu looked at a five or six meter-long long glass cabinet on the left-hand side, which was placed in a painting, and it was particularly long, and at first glance, the dark yellow material seemed to be not paper, like silk cloth.

Xia Yu approached to observe, and when he saw a few words, he stared, looked up at Hua Shengshi, and said in surprise: "This is the "Luo Shen Futu" painted by the Eastern Jin Dynasty Saint Gu Kaizhi, is it a genuine work?"

Asking, he didn't wait for Hua Shengshi to answer, and searched for it on the painting again to see if he could find a seal that could prove Gu Kaizhi's identity.

Before Xia Yu could find it, Hua Shengshi's wry smile sounded: "Mr. Xia, this is not Gu Kaizhi's true handwriting, now there is no Gu Kaizhi's true work in the world, the Eastern Jin Dynasty has been more than 1,500 years now, not to mention whether the emperors of the previous dynasties will collect it, even if it is left behind by the people, it may not be completely preserved." ”

"Yes!"

Just when Xia Yu was a little disappointed, Hua Shengshi's next words made Xia Yu happy again.

"However, although this painting is not Gu Kaizhi's authentic work, it should be the closest to the original work, because he was copied by the famous Tang Dynasty painter Zhou Fang!"

"Zhou Fang of the Tang Dynasty was a very representative painter, good at painting pictures of ladies. ”

"Look here, there are Zhou Fang's seals, and not only that, but there are also a series of seals of celebrities after the Tang Dynasty to prove the authenticity of this painting. ”

Xia Yu came to Hua Shengshi's side and looked at the seal he pointed to, which was exactly the same as Hua Shengshi said.

Xia Yu showed a satisfied smile: "Sure enough, there is even Tang Yin's chapter!

"Yes!" Hua Shengshi said with a smile.

"The other seals are also the seals of celebrities of almost every dynasty. ”

When he found this painting in the box, he trembled excitedly for a long time, although this painting is not Gu Kaizhi's authentic work, but in the case of Gu Kaizhi's real work, it is a well-known painter Zhou Fang's copy, and a series of celebrity seals, the value has been much better than the real one, it is definitely a national treasure among national treasures!

After Xia Yu and I.M. Pei admired it carefully for a long time, he looked forward to it more and more in his heart.

The first collection is so top-notch, it can be placed together with this painting, and it will definitely not be much worse.

Thinking of this, his eyes couldn't help but look at the other glass cases.

Hua Shengshi said to Xia Yu in a timely manner: "Mr. Xia, look at this side next." ”

"These are ancient books?"

Following Hua Shengshi to another large glass cabinet, Xia Yu looked at the separately placed objects in the glass cabinet, and said with a twitch.

Ancient books circulating in China are not uncommon, but since they can be taken out by Hua Shengshi alone and put together with Zhou Fanglin's "Luo Shen Futu", it will definitely not be simple.

At this time, Hua Shengshi's words sounded, and Xia Yu was puzzled: "Mr. Xia, this is not an ordinary ancient book, but a copy of the Ming Dynasty's "Yongle Canon", a total of one hundred and twenty-two volumes!"

"Yongle Canon?"

Xia Yu's eyes widened slightly, and he looked at the ancient books in the glass cabinet in surprise.

Even I.M. Pei, who has lived in the United States for a long time, has heard of the fame of the "Yongle Canon", and he said in shock: "The Yongle Canon is the largest encyclopedia the world has ever seen, and I have seen it in the Library of Congress, and there are only 40 volumes there, and I heard that there are only a few hundred copies in the world, but I didn't expect that there are 122 volumes here!"

"If the news is announced, it will definitely shock the world!"

Xia Yu nodded approvingly, his face was a little solemn: "Indeed, if it is really announced, it will definitely shock the world!"

In his previous life, he visited the Palace Museum and saw the "Yongle Grand Canon", especially after reading the introduction of the "Yongle Grand Canon", he was quite indignant at that time.

Because "Yongle Canon" can be said to be a collection of Chinese history and culture, by the Yongle Emperor set the power of the Ming Dynasty to spend five years to compile, the whole book has 22877 volumes, 60 volumes of contents, bound into 11095 volumes, the total number of words is about 370 million words, the book preserves the Chinese since the pre-Qin, Song and Yuan Dynasty after the Secret Dictionary, down to the beginning of the Ming Dynasty of various classic materials amounting to more than 8000 kinds, is the largest encyclopedia in ancient China.

It's just that after the death of the Ming Dynasty, the original was missing, and what was circulated in the world was a copy that Emperor Jiajing began to copy.

It's a pity that the copy of the "Yongle Canon" was also ill-fated, and only a few hundred copies of more than 10,000 copies remained.

In later generations, the Palace Museum had the largest stock, only 162 volumes, followed by the National Palace Museum in Taiwan Province with 60 volumes, and then the museums of the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, and island countries had some collections.

At this time, the Palace Museum should not have collected so much, maybe he has the most here.

Not to mention whether it will shock the world, at least the cultural circles of the mainland will definitely explode.

Xia Yu took a deep breath, calmed his mood, and asked Hua Shengshi: "Hua Lao, where did these copies of the Yongle Grand Canon come from?"

Hua Shengshi's eyes were a little distant, and he said with emotion: "Mr. Xia, these are all from the cultural relics of the Eskenazi family, they were all packed together in boxes before, and there are more than 1,000 ancient books alone. ”

Xia Yu nodded and said with a smile: "More than 50 million pounds is worth it!"

Hua Shengshi also nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, it's worth it!"

After sighing, Xia Yu looked at other cultural relics under the leadership of Hua Shengshi.

Among them, there is a bronze tripod of the Western Zhou Dynasty, as well as more than 80 volumes of Buddhist scriptures in the Jin Dynasty and Tang Sancai and so on.

After reading it, Xia Yu found that in addition to the two copies of the ancient books, there were one painting, one bronze, one calligraphy, one pottery and one porcelain.

"Mr. Xia, I think everything here has great value, and it can cause a sensation when you take it out, which one do you think is better?"

Hearing Hua Shengshi's question, Xia Yu's eyes wandered around, and finally fixed on the book of "Yongle Canon", and said:

"As for the "Yongle Canon", other cultural relics are not suitable, and it is easy to speculate on the price of cultural relics, but it is the most suitable for the "Yongle Canon" to be auctioned!"

Hua Shengshi thought about it, nodded in agreement and said: "It makes sense, the known "Yongle Canon" has been collected by museums in various countries, and it is almost impossible to have the possibility of market circulation, and it is also a unique book, even if the price is speculated, it is also priceless, and the ancient book market is also the most chaotic and difficult to distinguish, there are too many worthless modern ancient books, and foreigners do not understand Chinese culture, so it is difficult to distinguish." ”

"And there are 122 copies here, which is enough to fetch a higher price, but in fact the price of a single volume is not that high. ”

"If we take calligraphy, painting and porcelain to auction and fetch a sky-high price, it will be difficult for us to recover cultural relics at a low price, which is not in line with our strategy of purchasing cultural relics at a low price. ”

Hearing the conversation between Hua Shengshi and Xia Yu, I.M. Pei suddenly said apologetically: "I'm really sorry, I didn't expect my suggestion to have such consequences, fortunately you took it into account, otherwise I would be ashamed of you!"

Xia Yu said with a smile: "Mr. Bei, you don't have to be like this, your intentions are good, not to mention that it didn't have a bad impact." ”

Hua Shengshi also echoed and comforted: "Yes, Mr. Bei, you don't have to think about it. ”

Hearing the successive comforts of the two, I.M. Pei felt a lot better.

In order to avoid I.M. Pei's continued embarrassment, Hua Shengshi directly skipped this topic and said to Xia Yu: "Mr. Xia, there is one more thing to pay attention to, if the "Yongle Canon" is put up for auction, I am worried that people from the mainland will come, and there will be greater pressure on you. ”

"And there will be a lot of people from other countries coming to bid, will there be a lot of variables at that time?"

Xia Yu smiled calmly: "Don't worry, I'll act when the time comes, everything is in my hands, there is no problem, you have to work hard for this time, arrange the Kowloon Cultural Museum as soon as possible, I will let the security team enter tomorrow, I will let them listen to your arrangement!"

"Okay!" Hua Shengshi replied with a relieved heart.

Since you've come to the treasure trove and still have some time, there's no point in rushing back.

Under the leadership of Hua Shengshi, Xia Yu and I.M. Pei and others watched a lot of cultural relics, and in front of the cultural relics full of historical charm, Xia Yu received a spiritual baptism.

Before leaving, Xia Yu, who was touched, was even more convinced that his decision to collect cultural relics was extremely correct, and promised Hua Shengshi to unconditionally support him to collect cultural relics, so that Hua Shengshi couldn't close his mouth happily.

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