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"Is it as simple as you say?"

Zhuang Rui rolled his eyes, although he had the idea of opening a museum before, but he just thought about it, in Zhuang Rui's opinion, it was definitely a great thing to be able to open a private museum. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In fact, Zhuang Rui's eyes have changed since last year, but it has only been more than a year, and at some point his consciousness is still stuck in the perspective of an ordinary person, or Zhuang Rui is eager to live an ordinary life, he doesn't realize that he can change a lot of people and things now.

And this kind of change is also happening, from Pengcheng's auto repair factory to 4S store, and then from Mastiff Garden to Xuanrui Zhai, as well as *** jade mine and Myanmar jade mine, Zhuang Rui's identity and status have quietly changed.

Things like buying airplanes can be done with money, but opening a museum requires approval and various procedures, Zhuang Rui is worried mainly because he doesn't have enough connections and too few products.

Subconsciously, Zhuang Rui didn't want to go to the Ouyang family for help, saying that he was hypocritical or a hypocrite, Zhuang Rui was really a little resistant to this kind of relationship.

If it is something that can be settled with money, Zhuang Rui is definitely not willing to ask for help.

"Hey, I said buddy, what's there to worry about, no, I'll mail all these antique swords I received abroad back to China, and support the façade for you......"

Huang Fuyun couldn't help laughing when he heard Zhuang Rui's scruples, he had long had the idea of opening an antique sword museum, but he didn't have enough financial resources, so he didn't take action, now is such a good opportunity, Huang Fuyun doesn't go all out to encourage Zhuang Rui to prepare?

"Is it really as simple as you say?" Zhuang Rui was a little incredulous.

"How fresh, okay, I'm done teasing you?"

Huang Fuyun was very puzzled by Zhuang Rui's attitude, how could this guy make the industry so big? As long as there is a relationship in China, you just open the museum opposite the Palace Museum, and no one cares about you, of course, it is estimated that no one will go.

"Mr. Zhuang, is there something wrong?"

Buzz Jimet saw that Zhuang Rui kept talking to Huangfuyun Chinese, and showed a hesitant look on his face from time to time, thinking that Zhuang Rui was full of attitude towards him, and said at the moment: "Mr. Zhuang, for the Frey family's donations, I can tell you responsibly that the exchange problem is not very big, now you only need to propose a few other collections of the exhibition hall, and I can submit them to the board of directors for discussion......

To be honest, there are tens of thousands of Chinese works of art in the Guimet Museum, and one hundred and eighty pieces less is really not a big problem, but Picasso's works, the Guimet Museum has none of them, which is more important and which is more important, which is easy to tell.

Moreover, all the items in the Guimet Museum are not private and cannot be traded in the circulation market, and Bas Guimet has no right to engage in those corrupt things, so that the museum can have more famous artworks, which is what he wants to pursue.

With these considerations in mind, Bas Guimet was willing to make some concessions within his means and keep Picasso's works in the Musée Guimet.

After hearing Bass's words, Huangfu Yun coughed vigorously, and while covering his mouth with his hand, his fingers gestured on his neck, Zhuang Rui saw it very clearly, and he also understood in his heart that this guy was letting himself kill people.

"Ahem...... Mr. Bass, since you are so sincere, then I will bring it up, the Han Dynasty "White Jade Tiger" jade carving on display in your museum, I personally like it very much, and the bronze statue of "Elephant Zun", as well as the "Amitabha Western Pure Land Variation", "Fuxian Bodhisattva Riding Elephant", "Walking Monk Statue" three Buddha paintings, can be included in this transaction......

After getting the hint from Huang Fuyun, Zhuang Rui simply opened his mouth, originally talking about three objects, but now he opened his mouth and proposed five, and they are all from the collection of the Guimet Museum.

"Zhuang ...... Mr. Zhuang, there is a saying in your country that the lion opens its big mouth, and you ...... I'm afraid I won't be able to do this with your conditions......"

Bas stumbled to describe the Chinese idiom in English, and he was really frightened by Zhuang Rui's offer.

Bai Yuhu and those Buddhist portraits of the Sui and Tang dynasties are fine, but the bronze market has always been very good abroad, and the transaction price is also high.

The bronze "Xiangzun" proposed by Zhuang Rui, 96 cm long, 64 cm high, 45 cm wide, with a length and width of 26 and 21 cm on the back opening, the ventral side and head are engraved with animal face patterns, and the ears, nose, and feet are decorated with scale patterns, which should belong to the late Yin Shang dynasty or the early Western Zhou Dynasty.

This bronze is roughly the same as the "Twin Sheep Statue" in the collections of the British Museum in London and the Nezu Museum of Art in Tokyo, and although the top cover has been lost and most of the elephant trunk has been destroyed, it is still the largest known animal-shaped statue in the world.

In the spring of 2001, Christie's in New York, USA, saw five Chinese bronzes, including a Chinese Shang Dynasty bronze "Vessel Tianquan" Fang Wei body, which set the highest price for an Oriental art auction at $9.24 million (the previous chapter was a bit wrong, that porcelain was the second highest price).

Sotheby's New York has been auctioning Chinese bronzes since around 2000, with the 2003 Spring Auction No. 6 Late Shang Dynasty Bronze Tripod and the 2004 Autumn Bronze No. 117 both sold for $1.457 million.

From the above two auctions, we can see the popularity of Chinese bronzes in the international market, although Zhuang Rui's five Picasso sketches are rare goods, but the price is at most about 12 million euros, if the Guimet Museum really agrees to Zhuang Rui's quid pro quo, this loss is a bit big.

Because this bronze is almost similar to Picasso's work in terms of market value, it also needs to be matched with more than 20 pieces of Frey family donations and white jade tigers and ancient paintings of the Sui and Tang dynasties, which is a condition to mention...... It's a bit of a bully.

So after hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Bass showed a look of embarrassment on his face, he was not sure that he could persuade the board of directors to approve this transaction, after all, the exchange of items, at least in the current market price is closer, the museum also has a special appraiser, the price difference is too much, it is difficult to pass the board of directors' resolution.

"Mr. Bass, instead of these works of art in your museum being placed here without any value, it is better to replace them with things with corresponding value, which can also increase the popularity of your museum......"

Zhuang Rui also knew that his own conditions were a bit excessive, so he hurriedly added fuel and fire: "If I can agree to the above conditions, I can consider giving your museum three more sketches of Mr. Picasso for free, so that your museum can open a special counter belonging to Master Picasso, what do you think?"

Zhuang Rui had a total of 32 Picasso sketches, 6 of which he showed to Ezkena, and 26 remained, and even if he gave 8 more to the Musée Guimet, there would still be 16 left.

Zhuang Rui is also a little cautious, although he doesn't know how to appreciate the world's famous paintings, but how to keep a few of them, so that buddies will go out in the future and say that they are a world-class *** family, and they are somewhat confident.

After knowing the affection, but also to tempt it to profit, Zhuang Rui threw out three Picasso sketches, immediately let Bass's confidence shaken again, in recent years, few Picasso's works appeared, if you miss this village, it is difficult to meet Zhuang Rui's shop.

Bass's attention was all attracted by the other three Picasso works that Zhuang Rui said at this time, but Huang Fuyun listened to it clearly next to him, and couldn't help but roll his eyes at Zhuang Rui.

This guy is really shameless, he copied the fine products in other people's collections, and in turn said that his own things were given away for free, shameless, shameless!

"Mr. Zhuang, I can't answer your request right now, but I can submit it to the board of directors for discussion, and I hope to take pictures of the eight works of Picasso that you mentioned, so that I can better convince the members of the board of directors to agree to this exchange ......"

After thinking about it for more than ten minutes, Bas Guimet finally made up his mind, in fact, in his mind, the really difficult objects to choose, even the bronze object, as for the Frey's donation, had been stored in the warehouse for fifty or sixty years, and he did not pay much attention to it.

"There is no problem at all in taking pictures, Mr. Bass, I hope that the board of directors of your museum can make the wisest choice, you know, Mr. Picasso's works are now very rare......

Zhuang Rui opened his eyes and said a nonsense, which added a little psychological pressure to Old Bass.

In fact, there are definitely more surviving works of Picasso than anyone can imagine, but all the people who have Picasso's works are unwilling to take them out.

"I will seriously consider your suggestion, Mr. Zhuang, and I hope that in the near future, your museum will be able to display these works of art, and in the same way, the Guimet Museum will have Picasso's works......"

Old Bas stood up, shook hands with Zhuang Rui very formally, and the secretary, who had been sitting next to him, also sorted out the conversation records between Zhuang Rui and him, and after Bas asked Zhuang Rui to confirm, he sent a few people out of the office.

"Grandma's, my museum ???"

After Zhuang Rui walked out of the director's office, he scolded in his heart very wordlessly, his museum still only exists in the imagination.

However, if the Guimet Museum really agrees to this exchange of cultural relics, even if Zhuang Rui does not have a museum, it can be carried out, and it is a big deal to find a domestic museum to sign an agreement, I believe that the Chinese people are willing to see the return of the national treasure.