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Chapter 638: Strange Goods (3)

"Zhuang Rui, this is Mr. Bath Guimet of the Guimet Museum in Paris, he is a descendant of Emile Guimet, the founder of the Guimet Museum, and he is also the director of the museum......"

Early the next morning, in the room of Zhuang Rui's hotel, the second group of guests was ushered in, also brought by Huangfuyun, but this time Qin Xuanbing did not hide in the house, but stayed in the living room with Zhuang Rui. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Bas Guimet was about fifty years old, with gray hair, a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and he looked very elegant, like a professor teaching at a university, and after shaking hands with Zhuang Rui, he looked at the young man in front of him very quietly.

Zhuang Rui was right, in addition to being the director of the Guimet Museum, Bass also taught at a university, and was indeed a professor worthy of the name.

Bath is not very familiar with Picasso's works, but in Paris and Europe, there are so many people who study Picasso that it is easy to find an appraiser for Picasso's paintings.

"Hello Mr. Bass, please be seated ......"

Zhuang Rui was not very enthusiastic, but he was not cold either, but Bass's treatment was much better than yesterday's Ezkenna, at least Qin Xuanbing poured a cup of coffee for the two of them.

Ezkena's ancestors were former French robbers, but Bath's ancestors were relatively innocent, and it was only in Zhuang Rui that they could have the treatment of coffee and tea.

Zhuang Rui once checked the history of the Guimet Museum, and he learned that Emile Guimet, the founder of the Guimet Museum, was originally an industrialist in Lyon, France, in 1889 in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, officially established the Guimet Museum, mainly showing the religious culture of Egypt, ancient Rome, Greece and Asian countries.

Most of the collections in the Guimet Museum were collected by Emile Guimet during his early travels around the world in Egypt, Greece, Japan, China and India.

At first, the museum focused on the religious cultures of Egypt, Rome, Greece and Asian countries, but later, as a result of a series of expeditions to different regions of the Far East, the museum has preserved the religious part of ancient Egypt while paying more and more attention to Asia.

In 1927, the Musée Guimet was part of the headquarters of the French Museum, and thus received a large number of works of art acquired by explorers during their expeditions to Central Asia and China.

Later, the museum received the original Indochina Museum and the excavated artefacts provided by the French expedition to Afghanistan, and the Guimet Museum became famous for its rich art collection in the pan-Indian cultural circle.

In 1945, the collection of French state-owned museums was reorganized on a large scale, and the Musée Guimet transferred its Egyptian part to the Louvre, which gave back the Asian art section, making the Musée Guimet the premier museum of Asian art.

It is precisely for this reason that there are a large number of precious Chinese cultural relics in the Guimet Museum, of course, there are some precious Chinese artworks donated to the Louvre by the descendants of the Eight-Nation Alliance, so Zhuang Rui asked Huangfuyun to contact the Guimet Museum, but Bas Guimet can come in person, which more or less also makes Zhuang Rui a little surprised.

There are many museums in France, but most of the main exhibits are Asian or Chinese cultural relics, and the Musée Guimet is definitely second to none.

As a museum with a focus on Asia, Zhuang Rui originally did not expect much to be able to exchange collections with him, but when he met Bas Guimet, Zhuang Rui felt that things seemed to be turning a little bit.

"Mr. Bass, please forgive me for taking the liberty of asking, your museum's main business direction should be in Asian art, I wonder what you think of Picasso's works?"

Zhuang Rui first had to understand the status of Picasso's works in Bath's mind, so that he could bargain, and he also knew that foreigners were more straightforward in talking about things, and if he talked to him in circles, I was afraid that in the afternoon, Bath Guimet would not understand what he meant.

"Mr. Zhuang, although Mr. Picasso is a Spaniard, he spent most of his life in France, and he should also be regarded as a Frenchman, and his influence in France is much higher than that of anyone in France, including President Charles de Gaulle......"

Bas Guimet's undisguised praise for Picasso made Zhuang Rui's heart happy, you had better offer Picasso as an ancestor, then my price can be higher.

"As a museum with a history of more than 100 years, we should also develop through multiple channels, and while managing Asian art, we should also explore the fine collections of European modern art masters, and Picasso's works are the dream of every museum......

Zhuang Rui didn't know that although the Guimet Museum belongs to the French museum headquarters, it is only nominal, all kinds of miscellaneous expenses and profits, the Guimet Museum is still self-sufficient, in today's commercial society, if a museum wants to develop better, there is no doubt that it must have a place that attracts the attention of others.

Compared with Chinese culture, Picasso's works will undoubtedly attract the attention of tourists from all over the world, which can also launch a new profitable project for the Guimet Museum, and will also allow the Guimet Museum to have more funds to do a good job in the restoration and maintenance of cultural relics.

And most importantly, the Guimet Museum has a lot of Chinese antiques pressed in the warehouse, some of which have not even seen the light of day for decades, and if those antiques can be exchanged for Picasso's works, Bas Guimet believes that this proposal will be agreed by everyone.

Hitting children on a rainy day, being idle is also idle, and being able to exchange some Chinese art works that cannot generate value for the world-famous Picasso works, no matter how this business is calculated, Bas Guimet feels that he will not suffer.

"Of course, Mr. Zhuang, first of all, the works of Mr. Picasso in your hands must be authentic, so that there is a possibility of cooperation between us......"

After Buzz saw Zhuang Rui shaking hands with him, he sat there in a trance, and couldn't help but remind Zhuang Rui.

"Oh, that's of course, I'm sorry, Mr. Bass, I thought of something else, part of Mr. Picasso's work is here, you and your appraiser, you can do it now......"

Zhuang Rui waved his hand, Peng Fei took out the six sketches of still objects, and six children's sketches, Zhuang Rui took out 12 works at a time, considering that the other party was a representative of a museum, and the demand should be relatively large.

If Bas Guimet could produce the corresponding Chinese antiques that Zhuang Rui could look up to, Zhuang Rui would not mind taking out all the remaining Picasso sketches.

Of course, the six sketches of Picasso women, Zhuang Rui is still going to leave them to Ezkena, after all, the two pieces of Yuan blue and white flowers in Ezkenna are coveted by Zhuang Rui, and he has long made up his mind that he must bring one back.

After seeing Bas Guimet and the appraiser, and paying attention to Picasso's sketches, Zhuang Rui leaned over to Huangfuyun and said, "Brother Huangfu, I'm bothering you again this time, by the way, can these two speak Chinese?"

"No, Professor Bass is an interdisciplinary chemist, not a linguist......"

Huang Fuyun shook his head, and then said indignantly: "I said Brother Zhuang, don't play false, I want to thank my brother, take something real out, so let's do it, if there is an ancient Chinese sword in the Guimet Museum, you can help me get one, of course, I will pay for it, as long as it is not too expensive, it will be a ......."

Seeing Zhuang Rui holding Picasso's works to negotiate with others, Huang Fuyun's heart was like being clawed by a cat, but he didn't have Zhuang Rui's luck, so he had the idea of Zhuang Rui eating meat and drinking soup by himself.

"Hehe, this is easy to say, this is easy to say, it's really not good, my fixed light sword ......"

Zhuang Rui looked at Huang Fuyun and laughed, but when he talked about the Dingguang Sword, looking at Huangfuyun's excited look, Zhuang Rui smiled evilly and said, "It's really not good, that Dingguang Sword can't be given to you ......"

"Damn, let's talk about something ......" Huangfuyun interrupted Zhuang Rui's words depressedly.

"Cheng, according to what you said, Brother Huangfu, if Jimei has a good sword, I will definitely get one for you......"

Zhuang Rui nodded and agreed, if it weren't for Huang Fuyun, he would have been black-eyed when he came to Paris, no one knew him, Ezkena and Bazz were introduced by Huang Fuyun, not to mention that Huang Fuyun wanted to buy an antique sword, just give him one, and Zhuang Rui was also willing.

Of course, the premise is that the sword of the Guimet Museum is not on the same level as the Dingguang sword, in that case, Huang Fuyun can't afford to buy it even if he wants to, and if it is you, will you give a thing worth hundreds of millions to someone for nothing?

After negotiating with Huangfuyun, Zhuang Rui glanced at Buzz and the appraiser, lowered his voice, and said, "Brother Huangfu, I have heard that there are more than 20,000 Chinese cultural relics in the Guimet Museum, what do you say we should exchange with them?"

Zhuang Rui was really scratching his head about this, when he was in the Guimet Museum yesterday, he took a fancy to the Western Han jade carving "White Jade Tiger", but the Chinese cultural relics on display in the museum are only a very small part of the collection, Zhuang Rui is afraid that he has missed some good objects.

Huangfuyun smiled and said: "This is simple, brother, let me tell you, in 1945, the Asian Department of the Louvre handed over all the Asian cultural relics to the Guimet Museum, and all the good things were in there......"