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In the past two years, it has been a bit economical, and in the past few years, it was only about the material, and no matter what it was, it was thrown into the blast furnace. Now some of the old foreign handicrafts selected are sold first, and when I first started to do this, I went to help set the price, and this back and forth is also familiar, and a cooperative relationship has been established..."

The car returned to the exhibition hall and unloaded the things for shipment.

"I'll escort the car back tomorrow, and when the Dongfeng is also full, you have to find someone to escort the car. ”

Listening to Xiang Weirong's words, Zhang Nan nodded.

The driver and the car were not SC Johnson's own, nor were they borrowed from the Supplies Bureau's fleet, but were transferred from the Commissariat Food. Although people know each other, it is better to have a person who escorts the car, so that everyone can worry.

When the director of the agricultural curator heard this, he said to Xiang Weirong: "In this case, there will be two cars tomorrow, and I will ask Xiao Wang to go to Yan County with you, and when you arrive, you can load those disassembled furniture back and escort the car by the way." ”

That's for the best.

But the goods are not packed for the time being: the furniture and everything are covered with tarpaulins, which should be tied quite sturdily, and the trouble is solved. The door of the cab was locked, so I just put the things in the office of the agricultural curator first, and then move them out and put them in the cab tomorrow.

There were no outsiders in the office, and the light was good, so Director Nong pointed to the female bronze statue Zhang Nan and said: "This is the work of the famous French sculptor Eugene Antoine in the 19th century, and the base has his French signature."

This man is well-known in the Western sculpture world, and over the decades he has created a large number of classic sculptures, known for his portrayal of Greek mythological and biblical characters, and his sculptures are generally in the Romantic style.

I remember that Antoine was also employed by the French and Paris municipalities for a long time to decorate public buildings, including the Louvre, the Hôtel de Ville, the Théâtre du Châtre, the Opéra Garnier and many churches, and his works are in the collections of many large museums in the West.

Look at this 'Penelope' beautifully carved, the characters are vibrant, very infectious, and master-level!"

The sculpture Zhang Nan knows a little bit about fur at most, and only after hearing this did he understand that this statue is not simple: it is not a simple handicraft, but also a "wrist"!

But what is "Penelope"?

When asked, the agricultural curator knew it clearly: Penelope, the wife of the Greek epic hero Odysseus, is synonymous with unswerving loyalty in the Western world.

In Western legend, the Greek hero Odysseus was shipwrecked by angering the sea king Poseidon, who was wiped out, but Odysseus, with his wit and bravery, finally escaped.

However, Poseidon's anger caused him to find a way home and drifted in the sea, while his wife Penelope, who did not know the fate of Odysseus, spent 20 years alone dealing with all kinds of gossip, while managing the affairs of the kingdom ruled by her husband, raising a stubborn son, and at the same time having to resist the entanglement of more than a hundred suitors, waiting for her husband's return.

Finally, with the help of the gods, Odysseus, after 20 years of wandering, finally returned home to reunite with his wife and join forces with his son and servants to kill all the suitors.

Penelope appears as an exemplary figure of devotion to her husband, and this legend is also a textbook for women in the West.

Chinese and foreign countries are the same, and they are all the same. ”

After listening to Director Nong, Zhang Nan thought for a while and said: "Then this sculpture is not cheap!"

"In the West, it is estimated that tens of thousands of dollars are always needed, and in 50 years I saw this material in Moscow: in 36 years, a bronze sculpture of Antoine similar to this 'Penelope', I remember the price seemed to be 3,500 dollars. ”

Tens of thousands of dollars mean little to Zhang Nan, but the director of the agricultural curator is different: even if he is a deputy department-level cadre, his monthly salary and bonus are only a few hundred, so he casually gave the statue to Zhang Nan.

If it weren't for the laziness to untie the tarpaulin just now, this would have already been loaded.

The agricultural curator didn't say anything!

According to his words: I don't know what there is after all when I go, anyway, what I bought tonight is Zhang Nan's things, and he just acts as an introducer.

As for the exhibition hall?

With the eyes of the agricultural curator, he didn't know how much foreign exchange he had earned for the country, not a lot of 120,000.

are all their own people, Zhang Nan wanted to give Director Nong 10,000 dollars for his hard work, but he was said a few words by Nong Bosheng, and he was bored.

Xiang Weirong did not persuade his cousin-in-law to collect any money on the side, but asked Zhang Nan to put the money back, and by the way, he gave two looks.

Got it!

This agricultural curator is an old-fashioned man who doesn't take advantage of the unit and doesn't take extra money, but his wife is Xiang Weirong's cousin, Xiang Weirong naturally knows it, and it is estimated that he will find a way to compensate the agricultural curator from other places, and he will not be embarrassed.

Nong Bosheng is too old-fashioned - Zhang Nan knows that although he is not sad at all after his retirement, he is definitely not a rich man in Yongcheng: even if he joins the job in 48 years, and his level is there, his retirement salary is also high. But when he was in his 80s, he lived in a three-bedroom and two-hall apartment, and he never served as a consultant for an auction company, an expert judge for any program, or anything.

If you learn from the practices of some experts, go around to your name, go to the holes, and become a second-class dealer by the way, earning tens of millions a year is like playing for Nong Bosheng!

In 2010, Zhang Nan had a friend who checked a bronze bean while fishing, and his luck was bursting!

There were more than 20 inscriptions on it, and Zhang Nan couldn't recognize it, so he took something and went to find Nong Bosheng, who was already in his 80s.

The doubts are solved, but after the end, Nong Bosheng reminded again and again: This is a national treasure, an absolute first-class cultural relic, either donated to the country, or collected by yourself, but it must not be re-sold, let alone sold to foreigners!

Nong Bosheng is completely a person who does learning behind closed doors.

You must know that he is not only a cultural relics expert who has studied at home and abroad, but also a well-known sculptor in the country - if he recognizes the second in the sculpture industry in Jiangnan Province, no one dares to recognize the first!

This is a man, a bargain!

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If you don't charge money, don't charge it: the bronze statue is valuable, but I didn't expect those two Southeast Asian-style Buddha statues to be bigger!

"Lao Yu always pours out some Buddha statues every year, and there is a gilded white Tara of Tibetan Buddhism in the exhibition hall that he bought back the year before last, and I don't know how it flowed out before, which will become scrap copper and rotten iron again..."

Saying that, Nong Bosheng picked up one of the cross-legged seated Buddha statues with 22 arms and a total of 11 faces on the upper and lower heads, and said: "This is a 'bronze statue of the mother of the Buddha with eleven faces', something from the Angkor Dynasty in Cambodia, Angkor Wat style, it should be a product of the 12th century or so, a very good collection, but it doesn't match my style, remember to take it back and don't throw it away." ”

Director Nong also explained the origin of the Buddha's mother, and Zhang Nan felt very powerful when he heard it: The objects flowing out of Angkor Wat are good things!

As for why this thing was exported to China as scrap metal, it has been hundreds of years, who can understand: Southeast Asia is so big, not everywhere believes in Buddhism.

Isn't there also a bronze Buddha statue?

"This is a 'bronze statue of the Hanuman monkey', which was also made during the Angkor Dynasty, but in the style of Bayon, and it should be a little later than the 'Eleven-faced Prajna Buddha Mother', cast in the late 12th and early 13th centuries.

This monkey Hanuman is one of the protagonists of the epic Ramayana, which tells the story of Hanuman helping Prince Rama, the incarnation of Lord Vishnu, to free the princess Sita from the demon king Ravana, and is also mentioned in another Indian epic, Mahabharata. ”

As soon as he heard this, something seemed to flash in Zhang Nan's mind, but he seemed to be a little unsure all of a sudden!

Seeing that he was thinking hard, the few people next to him didn't speak.

After thinking about it for a long time, I didn't catch the flash in my head, so I had to say: "Director Nong, isn't this Hanuman a divine monkey in India, how can it be found in Cambodia?"

"Hehe, because Bayon Temple has a long enough history to experience Hindu polytheism and Buddhism during the Angkor period. But I don't know the specifics, I also went to the same Pol Pot when he hadn't escaped into the old woods, and I didn't have much research. ”

Who Pol Pot is Zhang Nan still knows: my brother-in-law often said that if it weren't for Pol Pot, a stupid person, who was not angry, Huaxia would be able to clean up the Vietnamese monkeys more crisply and neatly in 79!

However, Zhang Nan was silent again, and his mouth was chattering: "Hinduism... Hinduism..."

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, "Director Nong, this divine monkey, you can help me open a certificate that I can go abroad, I am useful." ”

"If a foreigner's thing is given to you now, it will be turned out of the storeroom. ”

As he spoke, Nong Bosheng opened his desk, took out a special form, filled it out with a few "brushes", and stamped it with the big seal of the exhibition hall that he kept.

"Do you want to issue a certificate for anything else?"

"No, this monkey is enough. ”

"Well, as long as it's a foreigner's thing, you can come to me at any time to issue an exit permit. This will only sell foreign things at a high price outside, and you can also go abroad and rob them! To be honest, I read some internal information, and some sky-high auctions outside are no different from robbery. Of course, it's better to exchange gringo things for Chinese cultural relics. ”

Zhang Nan hurriedly expressed his gratitude: If you want to leave the country to prove that your origin is civil, it is difficult to have a relationship without ironclad!

As the old saying goes, it's easier to get in than to get out, and it's the same when it comes to cultural relics.

But Zhang Nan is even happier about the monkey: precious enough, old enough, targeted enough! If it is planned, it may be an excellent super stepping stone!

What's behind that door?

Anyway, it is estimated that it is worth more than all of my current worth, even if it does not exceed, it is half a catty to eight taels!

The remaining copper plate just asked Qiu Bo to go to the sink in the bathroom outside to wash it, and the bodyguard brushed it directly with soap and brushes!

It's too dirty, but it doesn't matter what the slurry is, it's clean and then it's said that the gringos' things don't feel distressed, and the ones used are not wire brushes.

As soon as Qiu Bo came back, he handed the plate to Zhang Nan, "Boss, there are words on it." ”

Well, the popularization of antique knowledge when I was free before was not in vain: the dirty things were basically washed off, and the slurry oxide layer was still there.

Zhang Nan took it and looked at it: yes, I don't know!

"Curator Nong, what kind of word do you see?"

Nong Bosheng took it and brought his reading glasses to identify: "This is French, something from the time of Louis XIV, with the emblem of the Falsay Palace on it." ”

"What's in the palace, Director Nong, you have to keep this thing, many of the things that flow out of the Falsailles Palace during the Louis XIV period are sky-high, and I can't accept them. ”

"The 30 yuan is still paid by you, and the things are yours, otherwise let me do this, I will have to sell it to the Cultural Affairs Bureau in the end. ”

The stone in the thatched pit - Zhang Nan really had no problem with him.

Then keep it for yourself, it's a big deal to let your brother-in-law find a way to compensate others. (To be continued.) )