Chapter 125: An Opportunity to Make a Lot of Money

Huang Jianli is very clear: Wang Xizhi's "Sunny Post When the Snow is Fast" is more famous than "Ping An Post", even if it is a copy of the descendants, as long as it is not later than the Song Dynasty, and the copyist has a high artistic standard, its value will be at least 200 million!

So, he asked Liang Gongzi quietly: "Mr. Liang, do you have this calligraphy in your hand, and if so, can you give us a view?"

"Yes, please wait a minute, I'll get it. ”

Then, Liang Gongzi got up and walked into the collection room, opened the safe in the corner, took out an antique rosewood box from it, took the box out, and put it on the coffee table.

After opening the wooden box, Liang Gongzi put on gloves, carefully pinched out a yellowed piece of paper from it, spread it on the marble coffee table, and made a gesture to Tang Xin and the other three people, asking them to admire.

Tang Xin leaned his head over and took a closer look, only to see that on this letterhead-like yellow paper, there were 4 lines of 28 characters in the book, which read as follows: "Xi Zhidun's head: When the snow is fast, it is sunny, good." I want to be good. If it doesn't work out, it's not enough. Wang Xizhi paused. Shanyin Zhanghou. ”

There are "Shaoxing" in the Southern Song Dynasty, "Mingchang Yulan" in Jin Zhangzong, "Autumn Gully Treasures" in the Southern Song Dynasty, and many seals of the Qing Emperor.

Judging from these collections and connoisseurship seals, this calligraphy is at least a facsimile before the Southern Song Dynasty.

Huang Jianli glanced at Tang Xin and asked Liang Gongzi: "Mr. Liang, can Mr. Tang touch this calligraphy?" I want to ask him to identify its authenticity. ”

Liang Gongzi nodded and said, "Yes, I also have this intention." ”

Tang Xin bent down, stretched out his hand with a ring and touched it on the book, and after perceiving the information left on it, he retracted his hand, straightened his waist and said: "Mr. Liang, congratulations, this calligraphy is the work of the great calligrapher Mi Fu in the Song Dynasty, after many years of folk circulation, it entered the inner house during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.

At that time, Emperor Qianlong already had the original copy of "Sunny Stickers When the Snow is Fast". However, after seeing this facsimile, I still admired it and thought it was comparable to the real thing, so I also stamped it with a collection seal. After the Qing court was overthrown, a eunuch took advantage of the chaos to steal this calligraphy and passed it on to his close relatives, and he has been collecting it in the private collection until the eighties of the last century, when he was purchased by Ling Zun at a price of ten yuan. ”

Liang Gongzi gave a thumbs up with admiration and said: "Mr. Tang really lives up to his reputation, and he clearly explains the history of the inheritance of this calligraphy, which is basically consistent with the information we have obtained before. It seems that this calligraphy is a copy of the Song Dynasty. ”

Then, he turned his head to look at Huang Jianjian, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Huang, please give me an assessment: If my calligraphy is sold in the market, how much can it be sold for?"

Huang Jianli said with a smile: "Mr. Liang, antique calligraphy and painting are special commodities, unlike other commodities that can roughly determine the price according to their quality and market conditions, but can only be evaluated by combining various factors. For example, your calligraphy book, a similar collection was auctioned at the Guardian Autumn Auction in 2010, which fetched a sky-high price of 300 million yuan.

However, although there are precedents, it does not mean that your book can be sold for 300 million yuan. To put it bluntly, if you were to price the book for 300 million, but if there was no buyer willing to pay the high price, or if the buyer wanted to buy it but couldn't come up with such a large sum of money, then the book would be 'priceless and not marketable' and would definitely not sell – do you understand what I mean?"

Liang Gongzi nodded again and again and said: "Understand, understand! I have also thought about this question, the real value of antique calligraphy and painting is actually the historical and cultural value contained in it." However, there is no objective measure of historical and cultural value, so its price can fluctuate greatly. For example, if you meet a buyer who knows the goods, he may sell it for two or three hundred million yuan, but if he encounters a buyer who does not know the goods, he may not want to buy it for 10,000 yuan - that's what you mean!"

"Yes, yes, that's what I mean. ”

Liang Gongzi pondered for a moment and said in a very sincere tone: "Mr. Huang, I can't hide it: I want to partner with a friend to do a big project, but the investment in that project is relatively large, and I lack start-up capital here, so I want to sell this "Sunny Sticker When the Snow is Fast", but I can't find a suitable buyer for a while. You are a painting and calligraphy artist, and I must know many big collectors, so I would like to ask you to help me contact a client and sell this calligraphy to him to solve my financial problems. ”

Huang Jianli asked: "Mr. Liang, how much do you want to sell this calligraphy? If the price is right, I can contact you." ”

"The price, I think it's between 120 million and 150 million, this price shouldn't be too high!"

Huang Jianli nodded and said, "Okay, I'll ask you tomorrow." ”

After coming out of Liang Gongzi's villa, Huang Jianli sent Tang Xin back to the antique street.

"Brother, our chance to make a fortune has arrived!" As soon as the car started, Huang Jianli said in an extremely excited tone.

Tang Xin immediately heard his voice and asked, "Mr. Huang, do you want to buy Liang Gongzi's calligraphy and then sell it?"

"Yes, yes, I have a big client, an overseas Chinese businessman in Southeast Asia, and an antique collector. He especially admired Wang Xizhi and was obsessed with his calligraphy to the point of madness. At the 2010 Guardian Autumn Auctions, he did not attend due to major business events. Later, he learned that a copy of Wang Xizhi's "Peace Post" was sold at that auction, and he was so remorseful that he wanted to hit the wall. Later, he told me that if he attended the auction, the "Peace Post" would definitely be his, and even if the final price rushed to one billion, he would snatch it up. ”

Tang Xin asked with interest: "So, do you want to buy Liang Gongzi's "Fast Snow Time Sunny Sticker", and then sell it to that Southeast Asian overseas Chinese at a premium?"

"Hmm. The price offered by Liang Gongzi is between 120 million and 150 million, and I can negotiate with him to push the price down to about 120 million, buy it, and then resell it to my overseas Chinese customer. I estimate that if I pay a price of 250 million for such a rare book, overseas Chinese customers will gladly accept it. In this way, we can make more than 100 million just by changing hands. Such a good thing is equivalent to pie in the sky!

After laughing, he turned his head to look at Tang Xin, and said happily: "Brother, you are a deputy general! Look at it, we just started working together, and we encountered such a good opportunity to make a fortune, and we didn't need to work hard at all." It seems that the prospects for our cooperation will be brighter and brighter in the future!"

Tang Xin also said happily: "This is indeed a good opportunity. Mr. Huang, why don't you call that overseas Chinese friend quickly and ask him about his intentions. If he really wanted to buy the calligraphy, then we would immediately raise funds and buy the calligraphy from Liang Gongzi's hands first. ”

"Okay, I'll call now. ”

Then, he drove the car to the side of the road and stopped, took out his mobile phone and dialed the number of the wealthy overseas Chinese businessman in Southeast Asia.