Chapter 116 Special Funds
"Private collection of the Yongle version of the Yongle Canon, this is a waste!"
Sun Lianda has always been quick to talk, and now he sat up straight and looked at Man Jun, and said: "Xiaoman, I have always thought that you are different from ordinary antique dealers, I like that you can donate this "Yongle Canon", which makes it more meaningful to discover......"
Sun Lianda is not telling the Manchu army a big reason, he himself is doing this, working in the museum for decades, Sun Lianda donated a total of six national first-class cultural relics and more than ten national second-class cultural relics to the Jinling Museum.
Some of these items have been handed down from his family, while others are in his private collection, and Sun Lianda has always believed that it is far more valuable to keep these precious relics in a museum for the world to see, than to lock them in a safe at home.
"This ...... ???Hearing Sun Lianda's words, Man Jun was immediately taken aback, he didn't expect Sun Lao to directly let him donate things, which was far beyond the bottom line in Manjun's heart.
If it is a hundred thousand things, the Manchu army will feel distressed for a period of time at most, but the items worth more than one million will be donated, even if Sun Lianda speaks, the Manchu army will not be able to make a decision immediately.
Seeing the hesitation of the Manchu army, Sun Lianda opened his mouth again: "Xiaoman, don't care about the momentary gains and losses, if you donate things to the country, the country will remember you!"
"Elder Sun, let me think about it......"
The Manchu army was a little crying and laughing at what Sun Lianda said, now it is a commodity society, and eating, drinking, and Lazar are all money, even if the country remembers itself, if he fails to do business and goes bankrupt, is it possible that the country can still support himself? Sun Lianda said this, which means that he did not say anything.
"Brother, it's a bit difficult for you to do this......"
Seeing the reluctance of Man Jun from the bottom of his heart, Yu Xuan spoke, "Brother, others are in the antique business. What you pay attention to is that there are in and out, and the things you spend money to buy are donated in vain, how do you let others live?"
Unlike Sun Lianda, who has worked in museums all his life. Yu Xuan is a miscellaneous appraisal expert who grew up in the people, and he understands better the hardships and hardships of ordinary people's lives, rather than having national guarantees for everything like Sun Lianda, even if he donates his net worth, it will not affect his life.
"Hmm, I didn't think about it......" Hearing Yu Xuan say this, Sun Lianda, who was originally immersed in his own ideological world, suddenly woke up. Forcing others to donate things, his behavior is indeed a bit overbearing.
"Xiaoman, how much do you want to sell this thing?"
Considering the interests of the Manchu army, Sun Lianda opened his mouth and asked, since the Manchu army was reluctant to donate, then he could buy it and donate it to the museum, anyway, the dollars his son earned were useless in the bank.
"This ......" Man Jun looked up at Yu Xuan and said, "I really don't know how much this thing is worth, why don't we let Yu Lao give him an estimate?"
The reason why the Manchu army didn't throw the topic back to Sun Lianda was because he was afraid that Sun Lao would directly set a price of thirty or fifty thousand for himself. If that were the case, the Manchurians would surely die of crying.
"The most precious of the rare books is undoubtedly the famous calligraphy......"
Yu Xuan thought for a moment and said: "Compared with some celebrity calligraphy books sold before, this "Yongle Canon" not only has cultural relics and archaeological value, but also calligraphy value, plus it is a unique book, I think if it is auctioned, it will be at least more than two million ......."
Yu Xuan gave this price, which is already a bit low, you know. As the only remaining Yongle edition of "Yongle Canon" in the world, if you meet a collector of rare books, I am afraid that it is a very common thing to auction four or five million.
"Two million, this price is not expensive......" heard Yu Xuan's words. Sun Lianda nodded, he could naturally see what Yu Xuan could see, and knew that Yu Xuan's pricing was actually a bit of a loss.
"Dad, don't look at me, I recently bought a villa in France, and I don't have much money......
Seeing that his father turned his gaze to himself after speaking, Sun Chao couldn't help but smile bitterly. It's not the first time that my father has done this kind of thing, although Sun Chao doesn't care about the money, but it's not much of his father's practice.
You must know that the recovery of cultural relics must be led by the state, and the power of the state must be used to recover the cultural relics that were lost from some foreign museums, and in addition, some large foreign auction houses will be put under pressure so that they can no longer auction those precious items unscrupulously.
Although these methods may not work, they are definitely more reliable than individuals to buy cultural relics and then donate them to the country, after all, a person's power is too small, and he Sun Chao can only paint two works a year at most, how much money can support his father to do this?
"Stinky boy, I haven't spoken yet, what are you anxious about?"
Hearing his son's words, Sun Lianda's old face couldn't help but blush, he has taken almost more than 10 million yuan from his son intermittently over the years, all of which are used to buy cultural relics and donate them to the country.
"Ahem, Xiaochao, two million is not much, I think you should buy this thing first......" After thinking about it, Sun Lianda didn't seem to have a better way to keep this "Yongle Canon", and finally opened his mouth to his son cheekily.
"Dad, are you thinking about it again? Besides, Xiaoman didn't promise to sell it......
Sun Chao was speechless to his father, he was really afraid that his father would go abroad to participate in some auction one day, and if he took a fancy to the auction items on it that cost tens of millions, wouldn't he be bankrupt all of a sudden?
"Xiaoman, the price of two million, do you agree?" Sun Lianda set his eyes on the Manchu army.
"Old Sun, yes, I can accept this price...... Compared with the previous donation, although the price of two million is not very high, it is like experiencing a lot of ice and fire for the Manchu army, and he agreed to it at the next time.
And the Manjun also calculated a small account in his heart, this thing is auctioned at the auction house, even if it is auctioned at a price of three or five million, then after removing the commission of the auction house and deducting the publicity expenses and taxes in the early stage, the money he can get is estimated to be more than two million, but it is better to sell it to Sun Lao, who is ready to donate to the country, and he can also have a good reputation.
"Xiao Chao, what do you think, Xiao Man has agreed......" Seeing that Man Jun agreed to his offer, Sun Lao looked at his son very proudly.
"This ......" is no longer the Manchu army but Sun Chao, although he can get these two million, but he is really unwilling to condone his father to use his own money to buy cultural relics.
"Teacher, in fact, you don't have to be embarrassed by Sun Chao's ......"
At this time, Zhao Hongtao interjected and said: "Teacher, in recent years, the state has also attached great importance to the return of cultural relics, and each museum has some special funds, and you can spend money to buy some museum collections depending on the situation......
"Hmm, when did you make this rule?" Hearing the student's words, Sun Lianda couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, he had worked in the museum for so many years, and he hadn't seen the state allocate a penny to buy cultural relics.
"Teacher, it was stipulated last year that our museum will have 10 million funds every year, and I think it is still very appropriate to spend 2 million to buy this "Yongle Canon......"
Zhao Hongtao saw the teacher's puzzled look, and immediately explained: "This money is a special fund, and it must be signed by the curator before it can be used, or I will make an application first, and wait until the meeting on Monday to discuss it together, I feel that the curator will not disagree......
Zhao Hongtao still feels that it is worth the money to use two million to leave this lone copy of "Yongle Canon" in the museum where he works, after all, "Yongle Canon" has unusual significance for Jinling, which can also make the Jinling Museum more profound.
"The current curator is Xiao Qian, right?" Sun Lianda thought for a moment and said, "Don't wait until Monday, I'll call Xiao Qian right now, and you can hold an emergency meeting to finalize this matter......
Sun Lianda actually understands his son's thoughts, as a father, he doesn't want to always use his son's money, but when he sees these national treasure-level cultural relics lost, Sun Lianda always can't control his behavior and buys them back several times.
But now that there is a better solution, Sun Lianda will naturally not be stubborn, Sun Lianda, who has been the curator for nearly 20 years, knows very well that if the so-called special funds are not spent, they will eventually disappear for no apparent reason, and it is better to use them to buy cultural relics to spend them.
PS: The second monthly pass for the new book, do you still have a monthly pass? (To be continued.) )