"In 1968, Qiu Yanzhi moved to Switzerland to settle down, and my sister was studying in London, and she asked me to go to London to see what the auction house was like. At that time, the first auction house I went to was called Sotheby's, which later became Sofby. Later, when the lease of my shop in Haiyuan Building ended, I simply stopped the shop and rushed into the auction house. ”

"When I went for the first time, I didn't even know how to do it, and I didn't know how to hold a sign, and there was a big circle in the middle of it that were rich bosses, and ordinary people were standing at the nearest table, everyone was well-behaved and dressed in straight suits. ”

"Anything with an estimate of 1 or 20,000 yuan can basically be bought at this price, unlike the current price of 20,000 yuan, and you can't buy it at more than 1 million, the current valuation is simply amusing to everyone. ”

Su Yuan shook his head and sighed that he didn't catch up with the good times, there was too much hot money in the past ten years, even if he was a billionaire, he might not be able to buy real treasures.

"At that time, among the most important big bosses of the London auction house, there were only two Chinese faces, one was Qiu Yanzhi and the other was Dai Fubao. ”

"As soon as I stood in one place, I was kicked away, saying that this was the position of the natives, and the foreigners were over there. I looked up at the sign and quickly wrote it down on the paper with a pen, not wanting to be embarrassed next time. ”

"There are also where the auction hall enters, where it exits, how to go, and the different rules of the auction hall in different countries, which can only be remembered in a stupid way, anyway, for one purpose, and it must be bought in the end. ”

"Later, after a long time of mixing, I took back a lot of good things, and at that time, the official kiln market on Hong Kong Island was basically in my hands. ”

The old man said a little proudly: "Later, with the death of Qiu Yanzhi, a large number of collections began to enter the auction market, and Hu Huichun also began to sell the fine products of the temporary building, and many collecting families that are rising are very close to me. ”

"So around 1985, when the official kiln collection reached the peak of his antique career, Robert Chang's name began to be known in the international antique auction circle, and I have been on this road for 20 years!"

"Later, I met Julian Thompson, the president of Sotheby's Auctions, who later became famous Zhu Tongsheng, and one day in 1971, he went straight to the point and put forward a request that Sotheby's wanted to open an auction branch on Hong Kong Island and needed my help. ”

"Two years later, Sotheby's first auction was held at the Mandarin Hotel, and I auctioned more than 50 pieces of porcelain from the official kiln out of more than 100 lots. ”

Su Yuan smiled and said nothing, he liked to listen to these old things, in fact, it was not only Sufuby, but more than ten years later, James of Christie's in London also came to Hong Kong Island to open a branch because of Zhang Zongxian's suggestion, so he had the foundation of the current Asian Art Center.

Even if his old friend James retired from the rivers and lakes, Zhang Zongxian also responded to Christie's needs. A phone call came and said that there was no decent cover, and the old man didn't say a word, and took out one or two emergency items very righteously, which was very common.

But Zhang Zongxian has a rule in the auction house, he likes publicity, he likes covers, as long as the things placed on the cover must be sold, otherwise there will be no next time.

As long as Zhang Zongxian is gone, he must occupy the No. 1 card, and many people are eager to take the most inconspicuous brand and hide in the corner, for fear that others will notice.

Zhang Zongxian is good, in the crowd of Wuyang, he likes to wear a yellow suit, holding a No. 1 card in his left hand, and a Cartier gold pen in his right hand.

Pay attention to good luck, the first one to buy, the last one to buy.

On March 27, 1994, the current leading Guardian held the first auction at the Great Wall Hotel, Zhang Zongxian took the No. 1 plate as usual, and the first lot was Wu Jingting's "Fishing Pleasure", with a starting price of 8,000 yuan.

Zhang Zongxian took the lead in bidding 18,000 yuan, and it was sent as soon as it was auctioned. The audience immediately became active, and soon for this good fortune, a treasure island collector in the back bid 28,000, Zhang Zongxian immediately followed up with 38,000, and others raised it again.

Zhang Zongxian simply stood up and said: Today Guardian opens, I wish them prosperity, eighty-eight thousand, fa fa fa!

This shout is the final word!

Later, as long as it was auctioned in Guardian, everything was top, and they were all 180,000, 280,000, 3.8 million, and 6.8 million, all of which were 8.

In fact, those who are familiar with Zhang Zongxian know that he has always behaved in the auction house, never took the initiative to ask for discounts or black-box operations and other things, and as a broker, he will be in the market, but he will never buy wrong.

Each lot has been carefully studied, as long as the good things bite and don't let go, friends even summed up the rules, if Zhang Zongxian is dressed brightly today, then he will definitely make a move.

Zhang Zongxian put down the teacup, as if he remembered something, and said with a smile: "Later, I participated in more and more auctions, and many people followed me to buy, and I lifted them all with me, like a fart, very annoying." ”

"So I thought of a way, took the catalogue on the spot and pretended to be a serious record, and then pretended to leave the book on the scene when I left, but someone quickly and quietly took the book over and studied it desperately. ”

"In fact, it's all empty city plans, every time I want to buy something, I will discount it, some of the discounts are real discounts, and sometimes, I just pretend to fold it and turn their attention to what I don't want, hahaha!"

"At that time, there was a piece of Zhang Daqian's splash of ink, Sotheby's price was 50,000, Zhu Tangsheng was the auctioneer of that field, he quoted 150,000, I immediately said 500,000, he was stunned for a long time, 150,000 to 500,000, everyone was stunned. ”

"I said Zhu Tangsheng, why don't you knock it yet, he dropped the hammer after listening to me, and then I left the scene. Later, many people followed me out and complained: Oh, I want this thing too...... I'm going to give out 1 million...... But I was scared when you screamed like that. ”

"In 1985, there was a Qianlong imperial apricot forest Chunyan picture bowl, and a treasure island boss consulted me, he liked this bowl very much, and asked me if I could buy it?"

"I said that the bowl was very good, but there was a little scratch on the core of the bowl, and then the big guy gave up buying it, and I bought it for 1.1 million Hong Kong dollars. Later, the big guy said you didn't recommend me to buy it, why did you buy it?"

"I told him, I don't care about that scratch, can you?"

Su Yuan smiled and nodded, it turns out that Zhang Zongxian's professionalism and integrity are the best rewards, in 2006 Christie's held Zhang Zongxian's collection of imperial porcelain treasures, this Xinglin Chunyan picture bowl fell under the hammer for 135 million Hong Kong dollars, breaking the world auction record for Qing Dynasty porcelain, becoming the second most expensive porcelain after Guiguzi Xiashan.

Zhang Zongxian finally sighed: "I like the freedom of money earned by the auction house, I have money to eat fried shrimp, but I don't have money to eat dried shrimp." Don't do the business of peers, don't do the business of collectors, don't be angry with others, don't look at other people's faces, how much money you have to do how much business. ”

"At that time, collectors bought good things and kept them at home for more than 20 years, unless something happened at home. If you sell something that is no more than 10 years old, you are not considered a collector, and it is not like now, buy today and sell it tomorrow. ”

"Good baby doesn't want you to feed you, put it at home, go and see it if you like, and I won't be angry with you. After five years and ten years, I will still make money for you every day, and the lowest return in 10 years is three times. If you buy ordinary things, it will still be the same price after many years, and it would be good to be able to sell them. ”

"After all, I am over 90 years old, and when I am alone, I take old photos from the past and draw a cross for those deceased people, and there are more and more crosses, and there are fewer and fewer old friends who are contemporaries of my time who do antiques......"