You can get a fake, and in order not to expose that he is the owner of the fake, Zhang Tianyuan also deliberately registered an overseas investment company, just to confuse the other party.

But the real thing is different, these 28 genuine Picasso paintings, he can take them to the auction house in a dignified manner, and he has to do this, obviously he has the key and goes over the wall, isn't that a work?

Anyway, he didn't want to keep these paintings, first, he didn't like Picasso's painting style, secondly, Liu Mengxun didn't have a good impression of Picasso, and thirdly, these are twenty-eight paintings, even if he wants to keep them, he can't keep them all, just leave a collection, and sell all the rest.

He didn't directly ask Paloma Picasso if he wanted these twenty-eight paintings, if the master wanted it, he would naturally speak, even if he was embarrassed to speak, it was okay to let Xu Yue knock on the side.

Of course, he wanted to sell, but he didn't have a way, because he didn't know anyone from the Brotherhood, and he needed an intermediary to introduce him, in his opinion, Paloma Picasso was a European celebrity after all, and this network must be much wider than him, even if she didn't belong to the Brotherhood, but she didn't know anyone from the Brotherhood.

As for what the money from the sale is for, do you need to ask? Of course, I went to buy those Chinese antiques. In the eyes of foreigners, Picasso's paintings are definitely worth more than Chinese antiques, especially this perfect painting, which is even more priceless, and many people can't buy it if they want to.

Many of Picasso's drawings are more out of circulation, but those kinds of things are relatively cheap, and some people buy them. But compared to the finished painting, it is simply on the ground. In a heaven, it is possible for the price to differ ten or even a hundred times.

For example, the 20 Picasso drawings in '05. The quality of the drawings shocked the entire Western collecting community, and although the estimate was only £1.3 million, the final auction price was actually 20 million pounds, much higher than the estimated price.

This also confirms how high Picasso is in the minds of Western collectors. By the way, there are some Orientals who are willing to pay high prices to collect Picasso's paintings recently, such as Wang Siyuan and his father. A painting costs hundreds of millions of pounds, which is not ambiguous at all, and it is not possible to attract the attention of Wang Siyuan and his father with these twenty-eight paintings.

Then some people say, since you have these real things, don't sell those fakes.

How is that possible!

Zhang Tianyuan has been planning since he was in China, and now he has already arranged everything, how could he just give up?

Moreover, these 28 genuine paintings may not be auctioned off in the end, because these things have another purpose, that is, to exchange Chinese antiques with the Brotherhood, and I believe that the Brotherhood will be very happy.

After all, in their minds. Chinese antiques only represent money, while Picasso's paintings not only represent money, but also represent a status. A taste, and a glory.

In Europe, many people are proud to own a Picasso painting.

What's more, not all of those fakes are Picasso's paintings. There are also paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, Monet, Van Gogh, Cézanne, Michelangelo and other Western painters, the reason why Zhang Tianyuan has made so many classifications. It is to avoid suspicion that a person's paintings are too concentrated, so follow these genuine works. It's better not to mix them up.

Of course, exchanging Picasso's paintings for Chinese antiques seems to Westerners to be a very stupid thing, but in his opinion, it is not a loss, because in his mind, those Chinese antiques are not only works of art, but also witnesses of Chinese history, and they are lost children who must be brought back to China.

Some of those precious cultural relics of various historical eras were stolen by Western robbers, some were robbed, and some were sold cheaply by smugglers.

But now it's different, whether it's the money after the auction of fakes, or these 28 paintings, they are all pies that fell from the sky, almost like they were picked up for nothing.

If you pick up a rock on the road and can exchange it for your lost child, will you replace it?

Of course it changed!

This incident not only made Zhang Tianyuan's mood much better, but also not as awkward as spare money.

Moreover, he was sure that these Westerners would exchange with him.

Why?

This is mainly because the Brotherhood has too many Chinese collections, and although they don't have any museums, the information they learned from Nie Qinglan still surprised Zhang Tianyuan.

According to the recollections of the British and French invading troops who took part in the robbery of the Old Summer Palace, in order to auction off the treasures they had stolen from the Old Summer Palace, they "arranged for all the stolen goods to be displayed in the main hall of the Lama Temple," including white and green jade of various shades, antique enamel porcelain vases, bronze objects, and gold and silver Buddha statues; fur products were also particularly exquisite, many of them were very valuable, including sable skins, otter skins, sable skins, lambskins, and so on; and what was particularly eye-catching was that there were two or three pieces of the emperor's court clothes.

Grant, the commander of the British army, gave the soldiers his "due" portion, and "the officers presented him with a carved red gold flask, which was the most exquisite of the stolen goods." The Queen of England also got a copy, two beautiful large enamel vases.

The commander of the French army, Montauban, gave the two pieces of gold and jasper he had stolen, one to Grant to the Queen of England, and the other to King Napoleon III of France.

Upon his return, Montauban presented Napoleon III with many things: two generals' ornamental staffs, made of gold, with large precious stones in the middle and at both ends, and extremely fine workmanship, a piece of imperial armor of the Qianlong Emperor with a battle helmet, a gilt and glazed bronze pagoda, several statues of gods made of gold and glaze, many rings, collars, wine glasses, lacquerware, porcelain, and thousands of curiosities.

Over time, the looted relics of the Old Summer Palace were scattered around the world through various auctions. But most of it was kept in the hands of the Zài Brotherhood.

Although the Brotherhood does not have a public museum, they do have an underground museum that is larger than the British Museum and the Chinese Pavilion in Fontainebleau, France.

Only the guests they want to entertain are served here. It's definitely not like the British Museum or the Chinese Pavilion at Fontainebleau.

Of course, even in those two places. Most of the objects are not visible to ordinary people, and they are greasy here. Only people in the circle understand what is going on.

The Brotherhood Underground Museum preserves more than 40,000 rare treasures from the Chinese dynasties.

The British army once donated part of the looted Old Summer Palace relics to Queen Victoria at that time, and this part of the donated cultural relics and the auctioned Old Summer Palace relics were collected into the pockets of the brotherhood. The great painter Gu Kaizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty "Female History Scroll" is a rare treasure in China's ancient scroll paintings, in 1860 was snatched from the Old Summer Palace by the British and French forces; a 3-foot-long, 2-foot-high white jade horse, this jade horse was stolen from the Old Summer Palace, and after being raided, the jade horse was put back into the Old Summer Palace, and finally did not escape the fate of being plundered.

Interestingly, Zhang Tianyuan heard that the "Female History Scroll" was hidden in the British Museum. He wanted to see it, but he couldn't see it, and now from this material, I can't imagine that what is not on display in the British Museum can be seen in the private museum of this brotherhood.

In the most prominent part of the museum, there is a huge stupa 2 meters high, gilded bronze and emerald encrusted with emeralds. To the left and right of the tower are a pair of tusks and a pair of bronze dragons. It is the same as the bronze dragon shape placed in front of the emperor's throne in the Forbidden City, summer resort and other places, indicating that this pair of bronze dragons should be placed in front of the emperor's throne in the Zhengda Guangming Hall of the Old Summer Palace.

A pair of gold pots and a golden manza (Tibetan Buddhist temple ornament) with a glittering ruyi pattern throughout, set with pearls, turquoise and rubies. It shows how luxurious the decorations in the Old Summer Palace were at that time. In the glass table cabinet is a large rosary, this string of 154 beads, which is different from the ordinary 108 beads. This is Mentopia strung together a string of emperor's pearls and two strings of queen's beads to Queen Eugenie, but Queen Eugenie was not satisfied. Because she had already heard that the officers of the expedition to China had returned with a full load.

She complained that Montauban only gave her such gifts, so Montauban gave her three more carts of treasures. A total of seven carts were sent to her, including various bronzes, jade, porcelain, lacquerware, gold and silver products, and cloisonne stolen from the Old Summer Palace......

It's just that why these things came into the hands of the Brotherhood later, now that I think about it, the power of this Brotherhood is really not small, it is estimated that Montauban, Grant, and even this Queen Eugenie are all members of the Brotherhood.

In addition, the museum also treasures a Kangxi jade Ruyi carved with precious white jade, the color is white and green, carved into the shape of a porous fungus, the top of the handle is inscribed with two big characters of "imperial system", and the lower inscription is: "I wish for many good years, and the world is salty." Minister Wu Jing Gongjin". The description of the exhibits shows that this exquisite jade ruyi was bought at auction in Paris after it was looted by the British and French forces......

But whether it was bought or not is unknown, but with Nie Qinglan's ability, since she can get this information, it means that there is still a large possibility that the information will be true.

The information also mentions that after the invasion of the Eight-Nation Alliance, the Old Summer Palace was robbed again, the remaining more than ten scenic spots were looted, the robbers plundered a large number of art treasures in the park, the 12 zodiac statues of the Great Water Law could not escape the doom, the stone carvings were smashed, the bronze beast head and the famous bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the ceramics of the past dynasties, the calligraphy and painting of ancient celebrities, the imperial seal of the Qing Dynasty emperor, as well as the palace furnishings such as jade Ruyi, clock, golden pagoda, jade chime, etc., as well as Qing Dynasty porcelain, lacquerware, jade, ivory carving enamel, cloisonne, coral, agate, amber, crystal, Fine works of art such as precious stones, pearls, and wood carvings are also overseas. Precious books and cultural relics such as "Siku Quanshu", "Quanshu Huiyao", "Ancient and Modern Books Collection", and "Chunhua Pavilion Post" facsimile have not been spared.

It is highly likely that these things are also stored in the underground museum of the Brotherhood.

To be honest, when he read this information, Zhang Tianyuan was angry and shocked, more than 40,000 things, even if he has 28 Picasso paintings in his hand, I am afraid that he will not be able to exchange so many things, if the negotiation is better, it is good to exchange 28 works for some more valuable and historical value.

After all, for these Westerners, what may be very valuable in Zhang Tianyuan's eyes may not be so valuable in their eyes. (To be continued......)