"Well, let's put it this way, as a math worker, I'm also good at solving some physics and chemistry problems. It's safe to say that Picasso's paintings are more like alien art, and I not only like it, but I like it very much, and if possible, I would even like to put Picasso's paintings all over the world in the British Museum, but unfortunately, compared to the Louvre in Paris, we are still relatively poor in this regard. As for his personality, I have always felt that what I like is his paintings, not his person, so I don't want to comment on his character. ”

It can be heard that Amer Sloan really doesn't care about Picasso's character at all, he values Picasso's painting art more, for him, Picasso's art is the world's top painting art, even surpassing Leonardo da Vinci, surpassing Michelangelo, surpassing any painter, as if art came from an alien.

In the football world, there is a team called the Cosmos team, and there is a player called an alien, which is actually a very high compliment, which means that you will not find such a person on earth. The same is true of the praise of Amer Sloandi Picasso's paintings.

Of course, Zhang Tianyuan was very happy to hear this, because the more Amer liked Picasso's paintings, the more ruthless he could ask for the price.

"So that's the case, and it's no wonder that Mr. Picasso's achievements in the Western painting world are indeed top-notch, unparalleled!" Zhang Tianyuan slapped a sycophant casually, and then said: "By the way, there are many things in the Chinese Pavilion of the British Museum that have not been exhibited. What is the reason for this?"

"Do you want to hear the truth or lie?" Amer suddenly smiled and looked at Zhang Tianyuan with interest and asked rhetorically.

"Of course it's true. What am I doing listening to lies? Zhang Tianyuan was a little puzzled, this curator is still quite interesting. What is true or false, he thinks it is quite interesting.

"Well, I can tell you the truth, but don't get it out there...... In fact, it doesn't matter if it spreads, no one will believe it anyway. Amer thought for a moment and said, "It is rumored that the reason why we don't exhibit so many Chinese cultural relics is to protect cultural relics, but in fact, this is a fool." The real reason is that we don't have the ability to take care of so many Chinese artifacts, and we don't have that much space to put so many Chinese artifacts. You should know. The maintenance of Chinese antiques and Western artworks is completely different, when we maintain Chinese antiques, we have to go to China to ask experts to help, which will incur additional expenses, which is very cost-effective, so museums have always wanted to reduce Chinese antiques, and then get more works of art by Western masters, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Picasso and others, otherwise. It's really going to overshadow the Louvre in Paris. ”

Zhang Tianyuan knew that Amer Sloan was not lying, because the British Museum's operating model is basically free, and only a small number of things need to be charged when they are exhibited, but you need to know. A large number of items in the collection cost a huge amount of money to maintain.

Westerners are naturally more familiar with Western art, and they have a whole set of smooth maintenance experience and measures, but they are not so good at Chinese things. I used to take care of it myself, but I ended up ruining a lot of good things. Now I am forced to go to China to ask experts for help. But there is a problem of cost involved, and other experts also have to eat, so they can't do it in vain.

What's more, in today's era, it is still the era of Westerners, Western culture occupies an absolute dominant position, even if the Chinese collection is exquisite, most of the people who visit it are Chinese or East Asians, and only a small number of Westerners are interested in that.

In contrast, the oil paintings of Western masters, such as Leonardo da Vinci and Picasso, can attract more attention, and many Western high-rollers are also willing to pay to help maintain these famous paintings, which has formed a phenomenon, which leads Western museums to prefer to push Chinese things outward, of course, not for free, either for trade, or for exchange, anyway, they need more artworks from Western masters, and they should try to reduce the number of items in Chinese collections.

In this way, the money will come quickly, and it will be able to create a virtuous cycle.

As I said before, the British Museum has the most Chinese cultural relics in the world, and they want so many things, but a large part of them can only be placed in a dark warehouse, which cannot bring any profit or even influence.

Where are those famous paintings of Leonardo da Vinci in the Louvre, which have brought great international fame to the Louvre Museum in Paris. Therefore, the British Museum also wants to be like the Louvre in Paris, if it is possible to use those Chinese collections to exchange famous paintings of Western masters, not only will he agree, I believe everyone will be happy about it, including the British government.

You know, this can even get a good reputation in the world, such as "Britain returned lost Chinese cultural relics and increased the friendly relations between the two countries", and "the British Museum successfully found several famous paintings of Picasso, so that the master's masterpieces can be seen again." ”

If you think about it, there is no harm in such a thing, but there are many benefits.

In fact, who knows that they are actually just a private transaction, and it would be a dream to get them to return these things publicly.

It's like you have a bunch of good clothes, but the problem is that you can't wear them, you have to take up space and waste time cleaning up, if you can get something better, wouldn't you want to?

No one would refuse such an obvious good business.

Because of this, the British Museum will not lose out, and it may also enhance its international reputation and competitiveness with the Louvre in Paris, so why not?

After thinking about these things in his heart, Zhang Tianyuan simply laid things out: "Sir Amer is like this, I have some Picasso oil paintings in my hand, and I want to exchange some Chinese antiques with your museum, I don't know what you think?"

He expected the curator to be surprised, but he saw Amer Sloane's smile.

"Hahaha, you finally said it. In fact, I have heard my old friend Sir Thomas Maru mention this matter, and it was he who gave me the advice to come to you. Originally, today I was planning to meet you at the auction to see if I could meet you, who knew that we would meet here, this can not but be said to be a kind of fate, right, you Chinese like to talk about fate. Amer Sloane laughed.

"Now that Sir Amer knows, then I will open the skylight and say something, I will take all the paintings with me today, and I originally intended to ask Mr. John to help me appraise them, and if you are willing to trade with me, then you can see the results of the appraisal together. You don't believe Mr. John's appraisal results, do you?"

"Of course not, otherwise, I'll bring the appraiser with me when I come today. As long as the paintings in your hands are genuine, then rest assured, this exchange can definitely be agreed, and we at the British Museum will not mess around like some villains. ”

Amer Sloan's villain must be referring to Helis's brotherhood, this morning there was a news report that there was a shootout on the way to the airport, Amer thought that the fight might be the brotherhood against Zhang Tianyuan. He was worried that this young man would die and then the paintings in his hands were snatched away by the Brotherhood, but now that this kid had nothing to do, he realized that this young man was not a simple person.

"You two can afford me, Mr. Zhang, you know, it's the first time we've met, aren't you afraid I'll do you bad?" John Lampard said with a smile as he brought his coffee.

"Teacher John, you're kidding, you're a friend of Teacher Li, how could I not trust you. In fact, although he said so, Zhang Tianyuan had another idea in his heart: If you give me an appraisal indiscriminately, although I won't know whether your appraisal is accurate, but I can know if you are lying, in front of my word appreciation, there is no possibility if you want to fool me!

Because of this, he is very confident.

"Children can really talk, okay, you put the painting here, so that the coffee doesn't spill on it, I'll give you an appraisal, how many paintings are there?"

"Twenty-eight!"

"Oh my God, it's almost three paintings, how the hell did you get your hands on them, to be honest, I can't believe that these twenty-eight paintings are real, and it's very difficult to find an authentic Picasso masterpiece now. John Lampard shrugged exaggeratedly and said: "But don't be angry, although I don't believe it, I will also take it seriously and will not let you down." ”

After speaking, John Lampard began to carry out the identification, he is indeed very serious, and he has a very complete set of identification tools here, not only some commonly used magnifying glass types of things, but also some high-tech gadgets, some Zhang Tianyuan can't be named at all, it is estimated that if it is a fake, it will definitely be exposed here.

If the British Museum can give him a good thing that satisfies him, he will try his best to exchange it with the British Museum, of course, he will not exchange all of them, twenty-eight paintings, he is going to take out ten to exchange with the British Museum, and the remaining eighteen paintings, one of which is reserved for Wang Siyuan's father, and the other seventeen are to be exchanged with the Brotherhood.

Selling things without selling them to one company is also a good way to raise the price. What's more, he was very fond of the Brotherhood's collections, and if he didn't keep some, he would be unwilling.

For example, "The Female History of Zhentu" and "Luo Shen Futu", he is bound to win!

In the process of John Lampard's appraisal, Zhang Tianyuan and Amer Sloan were actually quite nervous, the two of them kept staring at John's hand, especially the identification of this first painting, the most important, if the first one is real, then the possibility of the next real painting will be greatly increased, otherwise it is just the opposite. (To be continued......)