Chapter 649-650 Bottom Line Upper and Middle

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The state still has strict requirements for the grading of cultural relics, such as Lang Shining's works, which can only be classified into the national second-class protected cultural relics, but its collection and market value are not low. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Not to mention anything else, there are so many museums in China several times, only the Palace Museum has a collection, which can be regarded as relatively rare, but counting this one, Zhuang Rui already has three or four Lang Shining's oil paintings in his hands, if he can change those Lang Shining works in the Guimet Museum, he can open a separate exhibition hall in his museum.

This is also one of the main reasons why Zhuang Rui made a move, a museum, after all, must have some characteristics, and the works of Qing Dynasty court painters can be taken.

Moreover, Lang Shining's oil paintings, although far inferior to Picasso's works, are at most one or two million euros in the international market, but in China, it is normal to auction 20 or 30 million RB, if Zhuang Rui can win it with 12o million euros, it will definitely be a sure profit.

"Damn, how can there be a nationalist ......"

Jefferson on the stage had already received the translation from the headset at this time, and understood the meaning of Zhuang Rui's words just now, although Zhuang Rui offered a price of 12o million euros, it still made Jefferson a little annoyed, after all, this was still much different from the auction price he expected.

"12o million euros, is there anyone interested? I dare to guarantee that this picture of the concubine of the Qing Dynasty in China has a very high collection value, and in another year or two, it will definitely be sold for more than 3oo million euros, the opportunity is rare, please consider it......"

Jefferson continued to incite the Chinese collectors in the venue with his three-inch tongue, as long as someone made another bid, the current deadlock could be broken, and Jefferson's intention could be achieved.

However, Jefferson still underestimated the influence of Zhuang Rui's words, although Chinese like infighting, but the people on this occasion are more identious.

And according to the rules of behavior of the Chinese, after Zhuang Rui said those words, if he raised the price again, it would be clear that he would not give Zhuang Rui face.

Although Zhuang Rui looks relatively young, there is an old Chinese saying called: Rather bully the white beard, don't bully the young and poor, there is no simple person who can enter this occasion, who knows what kind of power Zhuang Rui will have behind him?

"The second time, only the last chance, ladies and gentlemen, the opportunity is rare, miss this precious oil painting, I don't know if there is any more in the future, please think carefully about it......"

After a full three minutes, Jefferson reluctantly struck the second hammer and made a last-ditch effort to encourage the Chinese buyers present.

It's not that Jefferson doesn't want his trust to raise the price again, but he doesn't dare, yes, he just doesn't dare!

This is the first time that Lang Shining's work has been auctioned internationally, and the price is between 1oo0,000 and 2oo0,000 euros, which is the price set by the organizing committee of the auction house after many research and evaluation.

And the price given by Zhuang Rui is just on the bottom line of people's psychological bearing, not high but definitely not low, like a fish bone stuck in everyone's throat, if you can't go up or down, you can't go up or down, and then you are afraid that it will be expensive.

Jefferson is in the same mood now, because he had not negotiated with the owner of the painting before, unlike yesterday's lots, the auction house had an agreement with the owner before the auction began.

But this painting is different, if you let people raise the price and no one follows the price, the auction bank has its own credibility, and you must have to pay for the painting yourself, then the fun will be great.

So Jefferson hesitated again and again, and finally didn't dare to tell the audience to the code, because the consequences of this incident were something he couldn't afford.

"Gentlemen and ladies, there is one last chance, otherwise this oil painting by Lang Shining will belong to Buyer No. 156......"

"Okay, your painting has been delayed for almost half an hour, hurry up and proceed below......"

As soon as Jefferson's words fell, he was interrupted by an impatient buyer, these people are very mature middle-aged people, and since they have made a decision, they will no longer be bewitched by Jefferson's words.

"Okay, congratulations on the first lot, the oil painting of "Bust of Chunhui Guifei" by the Qing court painter Lang Shining, which belongs to you......"

Hearing the impatient voice below, Jefferson knew that his efforts were in vain, and the time was too long, he really couldn't drag it out, and in desperation, the auction hammer struck hard, and the first lot of today's special auction fell into the hands of Zhuang Rui.

It's just that although Jefferson said congratulations, there was not much smile on his face, he originally planned to attract everyone's attention with the first lot, but now the attention is aroused, that is, the attention is in the wrong direction, and now these Chinese rich people in the venue are more concerned about Zhuang Rui than the lot itself.

"Congratulations, young man, you're so young and terrifying, hey, why do I look a little familiar with your girl?"

A lady sitting in the front row of Zhuang Rui turned around and smiled at Zhuang Rui kindly, but when she looked at Qin Xuanbing, she frowned slightly, as if she was thinking about where she had seen Qin Xuanbing?

Zhuang Rui hurriedly nodded back, he was not afraid that Qin Xuanbing would be jealous, because this lady's age was enough to be his mother.

"Ms. Zhang, my surname is Qin, and my father is Qin Haoran......"

The lady didn't know Qin Xuanbing, but Qin Xuanbing knew her, and responded politely at the moment.

"Oh...... I know, it turns out that you are the little princess of the Qin family, why do I feel so familiar......"

Ms. Zhang laughed when she heard this, and then said: "Then this is Mr. Zhuang, right? Some time ago, I always heard people mention your name, but I have never seen it, but I didn't expect to see it here, yes, very good, what I said just now is very good......

"Don't dare to be, I'm just a cannon temper, just a little bit, watching this foreign devil use the cultural relics snatched from China, and then make money from Chinese, this is not very smooth......"

Zhuang Rui didn't know the person in front of him, but judging by his demeanor, he should also be a person with a head and a face, and he was not too young, so he hurriedly said a few words modestly.

However, the person described in Zhuang Rui is the prototype of Liu Chuan, and Zhuang Rui still has a lot of selfishness in buying this painting, but he doesn't want to be thought that he is too scheming, so he has to make a look of righteous indignation.

"Well, young man, you can be worthy of the little princess of the Qin family......"

The lady looked at Zhuang Rui and smiled, and turned around, she just heard that a young man from the sixth year was the son-in-law of the Qin family, and embarrassed Bao Yugang's son-in-law on the gambling boat, but she just heard that she didn't pay much attention to the junior's affairs.

"Xuan Bing, who is this?"

After seeing the lady turn around, Zhuang Rui asked in a whisper in Qin Xuanbing's ear.

"She's not a small ......"

Qin Xuanbing put her small mouth to Zhuang Rui's ear and said: "Don't look at her as a woman, but she is a director and vice president of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, a director and general manager of Daqing Petroleum Co., Ltd., a general manager of Hong Kong Yongxing Enterprise Company, a chairman of Bank Investment Co., Ltd., and the chairman of the Enterprise Exhibition Center of the Hong Kong Management Association."

His assets, even in Hong Kong, can be regarded as a wealthy man, much stronger than our family......" "Is it her? Does she have an older brother named Zhang Zongxian?"

After Zhuang Rui heard Qin Xuanbing's words, he was stunned for a moment and asked.

Qin Xuanbing glanced at Zhuang Rui strangely and said, "Yes, she and her brother are both celebrities on Hong Kong Island, what, do you know each other?"

"I don't know, but the two of them are brothers and sisters, and they are very famous in the collection circle......"

Zhuang Rui has never met Zhang Yongzhen's brothers and sisters, but he has heard a lot of anecdotes about them.

Zhang Yongzhen was born into a family of antiques. Grandfather Zhang Jiru was famous for carving fan bones. Father Zhang Zhongying was the most famous antique dealer in old Shanghai during the Republic of China, and opened "Juzhen Zhai" on the Bund, specializing in antiques.

When Uncle De taught Zhuang Rui the knowledge of antiques, he mentioned the "Juzhen Zhai" in old Shanghai more than once, and often said that if he was a few years older, he would definitely go to the "Juzhen Zhai" to apply for a job as the shopkeeper.

And Zhang Yongzhen's elder brother, Zhang Zongxian, who can be called a famous antique giant at home and abroad, has been influenced by his family since childhood, and Zhang Yongzhen has always been interested in traditional Chinese culture and art.

In the mid-7o years of the last century, Zhang Yongzhen and Huo Yingdong's son Huo Zhenhuan and others registered and established Hong Kong Daqing Petroleum Company to distribute PetroChina.

With the courage of women, Zhang Yongzhen took the lead in carrying out all-weather oil delivery business, established a sound sales network in Hong Kong, China, and then invested in mainland television, transportation, commerce, real estate and other industries, establishing her status as a successful woman in the business community of Hong Kong, China, and her assets have long been far greater than that of her brother Zhang Zongxian.

The success of his career did not obliterate Zhang Yongzhen's reputation in the collecting world, and Zhang Yongzhen's collection of porcelain was largely influenced by his brother Zhang Zongxian.

In November 1999, Zhang Yongzhen became the main buyer at Christie's auction of "Zhang Zongxian's Collection of Porcelain": she bought a Qing Kangxi carmine red ground enamel lotus pattern bowl for HK$12.12 million, and a Qing Qianlong bronze fetal enamel yellow ground peony vase for HK$22.75 million.

After the auction, Zhang Zongxian met his sister in the restaurant and said: "I know you have money, but you also buy too much, how good it is to leave some for others to buy, people who don't know think you are helping me protect the plate." ”

At the Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong, China in 2oo2, Zhang Yongzhen spent 4.15 million Hong Kong dollars to bid for the Qing Yongzheng pastel manta olive vase, and then generously donated it to the Shanghai Museum.

At that time, Zhang Yongzhen was on the plane back to Hong Kong, China, and was extremely bored when he saw the news of the auction, and fell in love with the Qing Yongzheng pastel bat peach olive bottle at a glance.

The bottle body is painted with pastel eight peach and two bats, the peach symbolizes "longevity", "bat" is the homonym of "blessing", this auspicious pattern with bat as the theme is common in the official kiln porcelain of the Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties.

Most of the bats painted on the pastel ware of the Yongzheng official kiln are large and small plates, which are extremely rare to see in the olive bottle, and the olive bottle with the pastel bat peach pattern is currently the only one in the world, so it can be called a peerless treasure bottle.

Zhang Yongzhen secretly decided at that time that he must photograph this fine piece. At the Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong, she raised her card from 18oo Hong Kong dollars, raised the knife for 370000 Hong Kong dollars, and no one raised the price, and finally after adding the commission, she bid for the "treasure bottle" with 4.15o Hong Kong dollars.

That lot also set the highest price for Chinese art in the international market for a while, so Zhang Yongzhen's name represents a big deal in the antique world, which is the envy of many shy Tibetans.

For such a character, even the current Zhuang Rui has a feeling of looking up to the mountains, whether in terms of money or status, the gap between Zhuang Rui and him is still very large.

"Can you ask him to donate or put some objects in his museum?"

Zhuang Rui suddenly had such an idea in his mind, although he has a lot of good things in his hands now, but compared with Zhang Yongzhen, who is from a collector's family, it is far away, and Zhuang Rui can't help but hit the other party's head.

Since he wants to open a private museum, Zhuang Rui wants to make it the most influential private museum in China, but it is obviously impossible to rely on his own objects.

Zhuang Rui has long had the idea of integrating some private collectors' collections, but the specific operation is more complicated, Zhuang Rui is only in the conceptual stage now, but after meeting Zhang Yongzhen, the ideas in his mind are gradually taking shape.

Zhuang Rui now thinks so, as long as the other party is willing to take out his own collection to participate in the exhibition, the ownership of the object is still the other party's, and he signs a contract with him, and after one or two years of exhibition, the item will be returned to its owner, and some fees will be paid.

Of course, if the other party's collection is far larger than his own exhibition collection, Zhuang Rui does not mind giving most of the museum's income to the other party, but even if the shares are counted, it is difficult to distribute the shares when it comes to the ownership of the collections in the museum.

As for whether the museum makes money, Zhuang Rui has no bottom in his heart now, anyway, he is ready to lose money, for now, it seems that except for Mr. Ma's museum, which can barely pay the daily expenses of some museums, I haven't heard of any private museum that is profitable.

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"I'm sorry, sir......"

When Zhuang Rui was there to bow his head and ponder, the auction had continued, and a middle-aged man walked up to Zhuang Rui's side and interrupted his train of thought.

"You are?"

Zhuang Rui frowned slightly, and just thought of a little question about the museum's future exhibition, he was interrupted, and he was very uncomfortable.

"My name is Georges, and I am a lawyer at the Paris auction house, and I have been entrusted by the organizers of this auction to warn you, Mr. Chong, not to make politically inclined and untrue statements about the auction premises, and if there is a next time, we will ask you to leave.

In addition, the truth of history has been buried in time, and you have no evidence to say that these things were plundered from your country, sir......"

As George spoke, Zhuang Rui's face gradually became ugly, what he said when he took this painting was largely because he didn't want anyone to bid with him, but now what George said completely angered Zhuang Rui.

Zhuang Rui asked himself if he was not an angry young man, and when he needed to choose between national interests and private interests, Zhuang Rui might not choose private interests.

But this does not mean that he can endure being provoked, a person's patience also has a bottom line, and George's words have already been out of the bottom line that Zhuang Rui can bear.

"I'm sorry, I think you can sue me if I violate the laws of your country, if not, I will consider your words to be a threat to me, I don't know a well-known multinational auction house would do such a thing......"

"Oh...... No, Mr. Zhuang, that's not what I meant......"

The Chinese in front of George. A little different from the Chinese in his own understanding, he originally thought that after he gave a warning, the other party would accept it very humbly, but he did not expect that this young man's personality was so violent, and he actually shouted on the spot, which was a little out of his control.

"Your meaning has been made clear......"

Zhuang Rui coldly shook off a sentence, then strode to the front desk and said, "Mr. Auctioneer, don't you mind if I say a few words?"

Zhuang Rui didn't care whether Jefferson minded or not, he directly took the microphone on the auction table in his hand, and said to the audience: "Gentlemen, ladies, friends from all over the world who love Chinese culture, I'm sorry to bother you for a few minutes, I want to talk about what happened to me just now......"

"Shit! What did George do?"

In a room on the second floor of the auction hall, a middle-aged man with a gray head and about 50 years of age slammed the ashtray in his hand to the ground.

"Go, let the security guard pull that Chinese down......"

"Richard, no, that person's information has been sent back, he has a position in the Chinese government, and he is a director of the China Jade Association, and if we do this, it will cause international ......disputes."

Next to the middle-aged man, another person stopped his decision, looking at a fax in his hand, his brow furrowed.

This fax not only contains information about Zhuang Rui's position in the Jade Association, but even Zhuang Rui's family relationship is actually listed, which shows that the background of this auction house is not simple.

"i, Jefferson, idiot, why would you want to warn that young man that he wouldn't be done if he bought the painting?!"

After seeing Zhuang Rui's family relationship, Richard's body sat back on the sand, their auction house also has a branch in China, so he naturally knows what kind of background the family relationship on this fax paper represents.

Don't look at their power all over the world, but if you lend them another guts, you don't dare to be rude to Zhuang Rui.

So Richard could only vent his anger on Jefferson's head, after all, it was Jefferson who asked the lawyer to warn Zhuang Rui just now, and Richard also felt that it should be at the time, after all, Zhuang Rui's sideways behavior caused their interests to suffer.

Now, of course, that's not what Richard thinks.

……

Zhuang Rui's sudden explosion not only overwhelmed the auction, but also the many buyers who participated in the auction didn't know what was going on, and looked at Zhuang Rui standing in front blankly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, just now, a lawyer who claimed to be from this auction house warned me that I had said something untrue, and he meant that the painting I had just taken was not from China, as I said.

Here, I can say very responsibly that 100 percent of Lang Shining's painting was snatched by Frey of the French QH unit back then.

Zhuang Rui took a long breath, calmed down his excitement, and then said: "I originally thought that FG was a country of speech, but I didn't expect them to dare to face their past history, which made me feel very disappointed, have you also forgotten about the Germans occupying your land back then?"

When it comes to country D, I can't help but say that post-war Germany is still very worthy of our respect, they dare to face up to their own mistakes, have the courage to take responsibility, to compensate for losses, presumably you France have benefited a lot from this, right?

But have you reflected on the difficulties brought about by the Chinese people? Are you not allowed to explain the auction of cultural relics taken from China1?

Of course, there are still many friendly people in France who can face history squarely, and I am now talking to a museum about the return of some Chinese cultural relics, but I feel very angry about the actions of your auction house.

If that's the case, I don't think you need to warn me, I can withdraw from this auction myself, and at the same time, I hope that all Chinese with a conscience can also make such a choice, thank you, for the time......"

After Zhuang Rui said this, he bowed deeply to the audience, and then strode towards the door, Qin Xuanbing and Huangfu Yun also stood up and walked to Zhuang Rui's side.

"Smack...... Bang bang bang ......"

Starting from Ms. Zhang, the applause slowly rang out, and behind Zhuang Rui, people kept leaving their seats and joining in.

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