"Actually, I think it's understandable, although the 6-generation collection of the Weng family makes their family's artworks valuable, but to be honest, the life of the descendants of the Weng family in the United States is just an ordinary middle class, and the descendants who want to come to Weng Wange must have their own minds to keep such a big treasure.

Weng Wange wanted to sell some of these national treasures to those museums in China, but unfortunately, it is said that he had contacted and sold some of them at a low price, but those museums in China did not have so much money for the time being, and they could not afford it.

The annual maintenance cost of these artworks is a lot, which makes it difficult for the descendants of the Weng family to continue, and it is estimated that the Weng family will make such a choice taking into account all aspects of the situation. ”

"Hmph..."

Li Feng still snorted angrily to express his displeasure, after all, the Weng family donated these treasures to the museum in the United States, which was naturally unhappy for Li Feng, who was white-skinned and red-hearted.

Regarding Li Feng's performance, Wang Siqing and Zhou Jiana, who are pillow people, were speechless, for those of them who have been deeply educated in the United States since childhood, the choice of the Weng family is understandable.

In fact, Li Feng didn't know, Weng Wange, the old gentleman, was actually a good person, the Weng family in the previous life until Weng Wange was in charge, the family collection was still in their own, and Weng Wange sold more than 80 kinds of rare books of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties collected by the family around 2000 to the museum of the magic capital for only 4.5 million US dollars.

Many of them are top cultural relics that belong to the 'national treasure' level, which is obviously very low, and it can be regarded as the last wish of the old gentleman, as for those morally kidnapped people, saying that you simply donate them all, why do you still want to sell, that can only make people speechless, after all, the descendants of the Weng family also have to eat, and it is understandable that a non-rich family can do this, after all, compared to the actual value of these artworks, 4.5 million US dollars is really a big discount on conscience.

......

To be honest, after all, Weng Wange's descendants all grew up in the United States, and how is it possible to make Weng Wange's descendants show the same feelings and sentiments as the old man.

In fact, after Weng Wange completely retired and ignored the world, the descendants of the Weng family 'donated' the hundreds of precious artworks left by the Weng family to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, which caused a sensation and huge discussion in later generations.

In fact, this 'donation' does not mean that the ownership is completely handed over to the museum, but the real ownership actually belongs to the Weng family, just like many previous donors, through the museum exhibition, you can continue to receive wealth and leave future generations.

The descendants of the Weng family later donated to museums in the United States instead of returning these precious artworks to China, which naturally aroused the anger of Chinese netizens and 'angry youths'.

At the beginning, Weng Wange made great contributions to the promotion of Chinese art and culture in the United States, and was the chairman and founder of the China Institute.

"Then how much will it cost this time?" After listening to Zhou Jiana's explanation, Li Feng calmed down, and then asked with a smile.

"Don't worry, Chinese art is not the mainstream in the United States, the value is low, this time from the Weng family to buy a total of 150 works of art, all of them are genuine, according to the market valuation, the lowest is 100,000 US dollars, the highest is only 5 million US dollars, a total of 80 million US dollars.

And there was a museum in Huaxia to contact the Weng family before, it is said that this time because we are willing to spend a lot of money to buy, resulting in the Weng family at least not 'short of money', this time the old man Weng is bold, and directly decided to donate a batch of artworks to the museum in Huaxia, it seems to be the museum of the magic capital, after all, the old man Weng was born in the magic capital and settled in the magic capital when he was young. ”

"Oh... , then we have done a good thing invisibly!"

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"By the way, have you contacted Picasso's descendant?" Since it came to the question of artworks, Li Feng couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"Hehe... I have already been contacted, and after you contacted me in London, I immediately contacted Marlena Picasso by phone, and people were very interested in selling Picasso's works, and I expressed the idea of wanting to buy a large number of them, and Marlena said that I could talk about it. ”

"Hehe... I've heard that Picasso left hundreds of paintings and hundreds of sketches, totaling more than a thousand works of art, and this time it depends on how many Picasso paintings you can get from this Picasso descendant. ”

"Yes, I've heard of this Picasso descendant before, but I haven't been in contact, this is an opportunity, don't worry, since people are willing to talk, I think this time we will be able to get a lot of Picasso's art treasures, after all, customers like us Marlena should not be able to touch a few, after all, Picasso's paintings are very valuable, and ordinary rich people may not be able to afford it. ”

"What are you going to talk about?"

"I'm going to buy some of the paintings and some of the drawings, and I can talk about as much as I can, anyway, according to John, the more the merrier, right?"

"Hehe... , naturally, the more the merrier, but we have to make a discount for such a large number of acquisitions!"

"You can rest assured, it must be lower than the actual value, after all, you really want to buy a large number of Picasso's paintings at one time, the funds are astronomical, I think Marlena will understand the truth, there are few people in this world who can come up with such a huge amount of cash at one time, besides, there are so many Picasso paintings at one time, Marlena should also be very clear, too many will inevitably lead to a decrease in the value of Picasso's paintings, and she should understand the truth that scarcity is expensive.

I think the main reason why Marlena collected all the paintings left by her family is by herself, and of course, Marlena and I have already started to collect information about her and understand this person.

To put it bluntly, she is not a collector or anything at all, she is just lucky to become a descendant of Picasso to get such a treasure, she actually doesn't mind selling Picasso's paintings at all, if it weren't for the fear of putting too much into the market at one time, causing the price of Picasso's paintings in his hand to drop too much, it is estimated that he would have sold his paintings in large quantities. ”

"Haha... , This can't be helped, reincarnation is a technical job, who made her the heir of Picasso's descendants, think about more than a thousand Picasso paintings and sketches, it's really speechless!" Li Feng couldn't help but joke with a smile at this time.

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"John, Jana, I think it's better to put all this in place quickly, and as for the matter, let's sit down and talk about it. At this time, Wang Siqing walked over with a smile and said to the two.

"Okay, by the way, these are all from the Weng family?" Looking at the various calligraphy and painting artworks densely stacked together, Li Feng asked with a smile.

"Where, thanks to Ellsworth, we have recently acquired a lot of Chinese artworks, including a large number of treasures, if they are called first-class cultural relics in China, that is, what ordinary people call 'national treasures', these are the credit of Ellsworth, he is definitely a top existence in the Chinese art trading market in the United States, and his connections are really broad. ”

"yes, that's great. ”

"In addition to these Chinese artworks, there are two paintings by Michelangelo and Raphael, two of the three great masters of the Renaissance, both of which are sketches, which were purchased by the collector himself after contacting me.

There is also a painting by Rembrandt, called "Bust of a Man with Hands on the Waist", these three works of art alone cost more than 30 million US dollars, and I feel that Chinese artworks are still cost-effective, and these artworks in Europe and the United States are still too high. Zhou Jiana explained again with a smile.

"Sent to the door?"

"Yes, I am a famous name in the world art market now, and many people who want to sell treasures will contact my team!" Zhou Jiana immediately replied smugly when she heard Li Feng's words.

"Haha... , send it to the door, we are the one who comes, there is so much cash lying on our overseas account, you can rest assured to receive it boldly. Li Feng waved his hand, and immediately replied with arrogance.

"Hehe..."

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I have to say that Li Feng asked Zhou Jiana to set up a team dedicated to the acquisition of antique artworks, and now Li Feng has received a variety of antique artworks, he doesn't know, anyway, there are a lot, including a variety of fine works, such as the three masterpieces of the Renaissance, Picasso, Van Gogh and other world-renowned masters of the paintings, ancient and modern Chinese and foreign master works are really a lot.

It can be said that Li Feng is now going farther and farther on the road of collecting.