After being reminded by Han Chudong, Old Man Zhang "suddenly remembered" the transaction between Han Chudong and Ikuta Yudai.

found that he was not a thin-skinned person, and there was no more bad rules, Zhang Daqian smiled: "I regret it, but there is no meaning of robbery halfway, "Six Dragons" is good, it is really a very good old painting, I heard of it when I was in my twenties, but I didn't expect to see the real works when I was old, and I drew those ink dragons out of spirit." ”

"Master Zhang's painting is also a must, that "Nine Dragons" must let the younger generations I appreciate, if you are willing to cut love, it is simply good, the price is arbitrary. ”

"Have a cup of tea in the first room, and then talk about it after reading it, since I was over 70 years old, there have been more people looking for me to buy paintings, probably because I am old and will be buried in a few years. But a young man like Fucheng you definitely wouldn't count on this little money to live, how could you like my paintings?"

Zhang Daqian himself said that he was about to enter the ground, but Han Chudong would not answer this, and replied calmly:

"My great-grandfather's generation used to be a big official, so my grandfather liked these things, although I didn't know much about them, but the more I had more contact, I naturally liked them.

As a master of the painting world, the old gentleman has the opportunity to meet today, and it is simply unreasonable to bring some ink treasures back from you. ”

"Hey, it turns out that after a famous family, the official of the Republic of China or the Qing Dynasty?"

"It is said that he was admitted to the imperial examination in 1890. Han Chudong didn't run the train with his mouth full of this matter, he didn't think there was anything honorable, in the final analysis, he just gave the old woman a stinky foot, he just said it casually to get closer, thinking that the other party might be interested.

Zhang Daqian shook his head: "It's so early, I definitely haven't been in contact, come and sit first, my friend just brought me some tea last time......"

The collector named Yudai Ikuta seems to have known Zhang Daqian for a long time, and after entering the house, he chatted with him as a stranger at all, and after asking his family, he asked about the recent exhibition in Los Angeles.

Hearing the art exhibition, Zhang Daqian said with a sad face: "I knew that I wouldn't donate so many paintings a few years ago, but now I can't even make up the art exhibition, and I have to turn around and borrow it from those museums and people who have bought my paintings. ”

"Where, maybe in a few hundred years, Mr. Your "Nine Dragons" will be more famous, you must give it to me, and you can give it after the exhibition. Han Chudong was worried about it, he didn't let go, and he made up his mind to buy it before he saw it.

Zhang Daqian was a little helpless, his proud work, in fact, he wanted to collect it for a few more years before talking about changing hands.

However, the artist's idea is definitely different from that of the collector, and he can paint another one after a little time, but he doesn't care too much.

However, if there are too many similar works, the collectors in front of them will definitely not be happy, and out of professional ethics, it is better not to do this kind of thing.

He said to Han Chudong and Ikuta Yudai: "Come with me first, and we'll talk about the painting later, I haven't asked what the price of the "Six Dragons" is? ”

didn't hide it, Han Chudong replied: "I didn't use money to buy it, I exchanged paintings with this gentleman, and I used Shishkin's works, I didn't have them on hand, I just asked someone to buy them for me." ”

"In this case, then you may have to make some blood, but this thing is a good thing, and no one will lose. In 1945, I used 500 taels of gold to give up the plan to buy the Qing Palace, and instead bought a volume of "Han Xizai's Night Banquet", and I also exchanged Tang Yin's paintings for Su Dongpo's paintings...... But with money like yours, it shouldn't be difficult to buy it. ”

Zhang Daqian is definitely qualified to say that he is an expert in the collecting world, not only can paint, but also has a unique ability to identify.

When I came to his studio, I just pushed the door in, and after remembering something, he told Han Chudong: "By the way, I have two old friends, one is called Wang Jiqian and the other is called Gu Luofu, many of my collection and my own paintings have been bought by the two of them, and there is also a person named Wang Fangyu, who also has a lot of good things in his hands. If you want to build your own museum, you can't go to them, and Yudai Ikuta has a lot of treasures. ”

Han Chudong was worried that there was no good way, and his eyes lit up when he heard it, and he replied: "My offer is definitely higher than the market price, if it is suitable, can you give them their contact information?" Mr. Ikuta, as long as I am willing to sell, I also want to buy more." ”

"When I left, I wrote to you the phone, those people were originally collecting and handing over, and if they have accumulated more things, they will be unable to bear the funds, which I am deeply touched. As for Ikuta's side, most of them are oil paintings, and if you want to buy oil paintings, you must be looking for him. ”

Talking in English, Yudai Ikuta smiled when he heard it and said, "I mainly collect Russian oil paintings, but I also have works by Picasso and Gauguin, and most of them are in Kyoto. ”

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Taking into account the general environment of the times, the number of collections in the Chinese cultural relics collection circle alone can be much larger than the number of buyers.

Therefore, there are a lot of sellers and a lot of good things, but it is not easy to find a good buyer with money to sell.

Han Chudong, as a wealthy new collector, Zhang Daqian happened to know some sellers, so he quietly helped to match, and after chatting about these, he brought a few scrolls of paintings, and spread them on the huge wooden table one by one, for Han Chudong, Mochizuki Kiko, Ikuta Yudai and others to appreciate.

Among them, there are not only "Six Dragons", but also "Nine Dragons" painted by Zhang Daqian just this month, and a silk treasure called "Evening View of the River Embankment", which is more than 1,000 years old, if it is painted on paper, it is almost impossible to preserve it for so long.

Visiting the door to see the paintings made Han Chudong feel more interesting than watching a football game, like visiting a shopping mall, but some things may not be sold to the outside world, it all depends on the owner's own wishes.

Stared at a few paintings on the table for a while, if you don't consider the age and the like, the Nine Dragons painted by Zhang Daqian are more brilliant, realistic and shocking, a large splash of ink, the black dragon is hidden, the red dragon and the white dragon look majestic, which makes Han Chudong want to buy it more and more.

On the spot, he used Chinese with his own encryption and said: "I mentioned 300,000 US dollars earlier, this figure is my reckless, 500,000 US dollars, after the exhibition, I will be able to write a check immediately." ”

Yudai Ikuta belongs to the kind of people who say that they have money, but the money is exchanged for collections, and life is tight.

Although the old man was also impressed, he couldn't even take out $50,000 in cash, let alone $500,000.

At that time, Han Chudong bought a few paintings by Roy Lichtenstein in New York, and it only cost 100,000 US dollars, and he really wanted the new paintings in front of him.

Zhang Daqian spends money a lot, he can't save money, when he heard the figure of 500,000 US dollars, he nodded without much thought, and sold it if he felt that the price was right, at his age, there was no need to think so much and so far, the price was definitely very kind.