Chapter 1239: The Gift

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It is no exaggeration to say that "The Female Historian" is the earliest surviving Chinese silk painting, and it is one of the earliest works of Chinese professional painters that can still be seen. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Just like the position of the Dingguang Sword in ancient cold weapons, "The Female Historian" is also a milestone in the history of Chinese art.

So Zhuang Rui put his first goal on the facsimile of the "Nu Shi Zhen Tu", and the other two objects he mentioned are also the pinnacle of ancient Chinese art.

When Zhuang Rui visited the British Museum a few years ago, he noticed that the Shang Dynasty bronze statue was two conjoined sheep, carrying a round cylinder in the middle, the shape was very beautiful and exquisite, and there was no bronze of the same type in China.

As for the porcelain wine pot of the Song Dynasty, the base is surrounded by a lotus flower, and there is a lion sitting on the lid of the pot.

After Zhuang Rui finished talking about these three objects, he thought for a while, and then said: "Well, Brother Huangfu, the blue and white porcelain plate with mandarin fish pattern in the Yuan Dynasty is also listed, and the British have kept these things in the secret room all day long, and it is time for the Chinese people to see these objects that were robbed more than a hundred years ago......"

Although the area of the British Museum is much larger than that of the Dingguang Museum, their collection is also unfathomable, and many extremely precious objects have not been placed at all, but have been sealed in the dust for decades or even centuries.

Now that there is this opportunity to exchange exhibitions, Zhuang Rui certainly wants to let those art masterpieces that represent the pinnacle of Chinese art reappear in front of the Chinese people, in other words Chinese although they are much richer now, how many people can go to the UK to see these national treasures?

Huang Fuyun's face also became serious, and he said seriously: "Zhuang Rui, your ideas and starting points are good, but ...... Will the British Museum agree to our request?"

You must know that before the British Museum, there was not even a sale of the Palace Museum's account, and it was even more difficult for domestic scholars to enter the secret room of the British Museum to study some unique works of art that did not exist in China.

Regarding the conditions offered by Zhuang Rui, Huang Fuyun felt that his boss was a little taken for granted, and he was not very optimistic about this exchange.

"It's okay if you don't agree, it's not something we brought up, Brother Huangfu, it's okay to pay back the money on the spot at the sky, but the few items I mentioned above must be in the exchange items, otherwise it's ......okay if you don't do it."

Zhuang Rui doesn't care, it's good to be able to facilitate this exchange, if he can't do it, he won't have any loss, not to mention that if William makes every effort to promote this, presumably the British Museum will also give the future king a face, right?

In addition, the pirate treasures in those pirate halls are only a little new to the Chinese, at best, to increase some understanding of the history of foreign medieval pirates.

But for the British, these pirate treasures are of great significance, because the Claus pirates were exterminated by them, representing the strong force and deterrence of Britain in that era, and in the eyes of relevant people, their importance may not be less than those Chinese cultural relics opened by Zhuang Rui.

"Okay, just do as you say......"

Huang Fuyun thought about it for a while, and immediately made a list in Chinese and English and handed it to Zhuang Rui, and according to the principle of exchanging one for another, a total of eighteen Chinese collections in the British Museum were listed.

In fact, Zhuang Rui didn't have much hope for this matter, but when he handed over the list to William at noon, the next progress was unusually smooth.

I don't know if Prince William's identity as the future king played a role, but the British Museum preliminarily agreed to this cultural exchange activity, and as for the details of the exchange of items, the two museums need to send special personnel to negotiate.

Of course, Zhuang Rui and William will not take care of these things, but when the poor deputy director of Huangfu is busy with the premiere of the "Jade Seal of the Country" tomorrow, he has already begun to book air tickets to prepare to fly to the United Kingdom in a few days, and Zhuang Rui took Prince William and Bill to visit Pan's homeland.

…… Zhuang Rui and the others were dressed very casually, and the glasses on Bill's face had also become sunglasses with prescriptions, and Panjiayuan was a place where foreigners gathered, and they blended into the sea of people, but they were not recognized.

However, the bodyguards who followed them were much harder, and while protecting the target person, they also had to prevent some emergencies, and they were all slandering Zhuang Rui who brought Bill and William here.

Bill Gates has been to Panjiayuan several times, and Prince William is the first time, and the dazzling array of Chinese "artworks" has dazzled this royal child who has received aristocratic education since childhood.

"Zhuang, that's great, I think...... I fell in love with Chinese culture......"

William was holding a piece of Ruyi used by the ancients to scratch the itch in his right hand, and in his left hand he was holding a cloisonné vase, his face was full of excitement.

Although they are all fakes, but the modern production technology, so that these "cottage" antiques are more ornamental, if it is not for Zhuang Rui to help bargain, I am afraid that Prince William will become the highest status of a foreign guest since the establishment of Pan Jiayuan.

"William, I have a gift for you......"

Zhuang Rui also couldn't stand William anymore, he bought things Zhuang Rui bargained, and the people who set up stalls in Panjiayuan looked at him with a kind of Han Jian, which was also uncomfortable, and he led William into the "Xuanrui Zhai" at the moment.

"Hey, Brother Zhuang, why are you free to come today......

Xuan Ruizhai's three shopkeeper monkeys, after seeing Zhuang Rui, hurriedly greeted him, compared with a few years ago, the monkey's bearing is much calmer, and his speech is also full of Beijing charm.

"I'll take two foreign friends to take a look, what about Nobita and Lao Zhao?"

Zhuang Rui glanced around, there were not many people in the store, so he didn't let William and Bill inside, and beckoned them to sit down at the tea table.

The monkey quickly boiled water on the tea table, secretly looked at William and Bill's two bodyguards, and whispered: "Brother Nobita, they go out, Brother Zhuang, what are your two foreign friends doing?

"You don't know them?"

Zhuang Rui looked at the monkey in surprise, Bill and William's sunglasses had been taken off, he didn't expect the monkey to recognize these two.

The monkey said with a confused face: "I don't know, Brother Zhuang, are they foreign stars......?"

Although he has been mixing in běi for several years, the monkey does not read the newspaper or watch TV, and he just gave birth to a daughter last year, and he became a nǎi father after work.

His divorced young wife who hooked up at the gym also had similar tastes, so although he had heard that the richest man in the world was Bill Gates, the monkey really didn't know him.

"Yes, you kid really hasn't grown up at all, and if you have nothing to do, you can read more world financial magazines, and you don't have any knowledge ......at all."

Zhuang Rui heard the monkey's words, and immediately cried and laughed, people like Bill Gates may make a personal biography in the future, but no film and television company in the world can afford him to make a movie.

"I don't know how to speculate in ......stocks," the monkey muttered, typical of a petty citizen mentality.

Zhuang Rui waved his hand to stop the monkey pouring tea, and said: "Okay, I'll pour the tea, you go and help my two friends carve a private seal, well, use the best bloodstone in the store, the craftsmanship is better, otherwise I can't afford to lose this person......"

Don't look at the monkey looks like a thief eyebrows and rat eyes before all day long not doing business, but it can really be called ingenious, these years of hard work, Master Ge's seal carving skills learned eight points, in last year Master Ge stroked home to recuperate, officially took over the "Xuan Rui Zhai" seal carving process.

After more than a year of work, the monkey is also famous, and many people in the capital have begun to put up his seal, and the gifts that Zhuang Rui wants to give to Bill and William will also fall on him.

After writing the names of William and Bill on a piece of paper and handing them to the monkey, Zhuang Rui was busy at the tea table.

"Bill, William, try the Chinese tea, this is the best Pu'er tea, more than 30 years old......"

Zhuang Rui has often gone to the old man in the past few years, but he has practiced the craft of pouring tea with one hand, and his smooth movements make Bill and William give a thumbs up.

"Bang!

Just as Zhuang Rui and William were drinking tea, where the monkey was sitting just now, there were suddenly several loud noises, which startled the bodyguard at the door to block Bill and William in front of him.

"Hmm, what about the monkeys, monkeys!"

Zhuang Rui found that the monkey who was sitting in front of the seal carving table just now had disappeared at this moment, and hurriedly shouted.

"Zhuang ...... Brother Zhuang, I'm ...... I'm fine......"

The monkey's voice came from behind the table, and after a long time, he stood up with his head covered, pulled Zhuang Rui aside, and whispered to the note and asked, "Brother Zhuang, this name, he ...... That's the richest man in the world?"

Can you never eat pork if you haven't seen a pig run? After seeing this name, the monkey reacted even if his brain was dull.

Zhuang Rui only knew the reason why the monkey fell, and couldn't help laughing and scolding, "Look at your little talent, it's him, turn around and engrave the seal, I'll let you take a photo with him holding the seal, enlarge it and hang it in the store, you kid will be a celebrity in the future......"

"Oh, that's a good dare, Brother Zhuang, you can wait......"

As soon as the monkey heard Zhuang Rui's words, his eyes were suddenly full of little stars, and he could take a photo with the richest man in the world, this celebrity effect was not blown, the monkey seemed to have seen that he had become a famous seal carver, and countless people cried and shouted to him for a seal.