Early the next morning, Zhang Tianyuan got a bit of headache news - the auction originally scheduled for today was postponed to the day after tomorrow, and the brotherhood could not reach an agreement on some things, so I hope that the people who came to the auction can understand.

Zhang Tianyuan, who got the news, was stunned for a long time, and then quickly asked Snake Lin to investigate, but he didn't know if he didn't investigate, but after the investigation, it made him feel a little ridiculous.

It turned out that the reason why the auction was postponed was because of him.

Helis and the leaders of the brotherhood discussed that they had to get the oil painting in Zhang Tianyuan's hand, and everyone reached an agreement on this issue, but the problem was that there were many things in the list shown to Zhang Tianyuan that had been prepared for auction, considering that there might be a lack of weight to exchange with Zhang Tianyuan, so Helis felt that the auction should be stopped immediately, and the valuable things should be picked out and some things rearranged into it.

Although this decision led to some controversy within the Brotherhood, the strength of the Helis family silenced those for a while.

In this way, the auction will be postponed for one day, and this day is specially used to collect antiques for Zhang Tianyuan.

"I'm drunk too, this Sir Helis is really fighting. Zhang Tianyuan smiled bitterly, but then thought about it, this is okay, at most, he will only postpone the time to Paris for a day, anyway, there is still a period of time before the start of the Paris Jewelry Fair, it will be late.

"And what are we going to do today?" Snake Lin asked.

"Go and meet the person Mr. Li Mingguang said, as he said, how much are these Picasso paintings worth. I've got to figure it out, so that's it. No matter who you exchange antiques with, you will be more sure. Zhang Tianyuan thought for a while.

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John Lampard is a professor in his sixties. He works at a world-renowned university, mainly engaged in art and historical research, and is a good friend of Li Mingguang.

The first time he saw John, Zhang Tianyuan knew that this was a kind old man who was good at talking and easy to get along with.

At this time, John was chatting with an old friend, and when he saw Zhang Tianyuan arrive, he did not snub that person. Instead, he gave Zhang Tianyuan an introduction.

"Mr. Zhang, this is the famous director of the British Empire Museum, Sir Amer Sloane, we originally agreed to go to the auction together today, who knew that the brotherhood had temporarily changed the start time of the auction, which is really a little annoying, but what can be done, many things in the world are not as people want, you say? In that case, I'll have time to entertain you......"

"Hello Sir Amer, I am Zhang Tianyuan from China, and this is my wife Liu Mengxun. That's my friend Serpentine. Zhang Tianyuan also introduced himself.

Snake Lin followed Zhang Tianyuan, while Zhanfei and Blue Phoenix did not follow, and the two of them went to deal with the matter of the fifty bodyguards. Because the auction was postponed by a day, these people were able to arrange around the auction hall in time. Otherwise, the time will be too anxious.

Amel Sloan was much younger than John, but he was nearly fifty years old. His hair is blonde and very long, and coupled with the way he is dressed, the whole person obviously gives people the appearance of a traditional English gentleman, and I don't know how much more elegant than Helis.

"Hello, young man. "Amer's jade is neither very warm nor cold, but it is polite, which is probably the so-called English gentleman's table.

"By the way, Mr. Zhang, Amer taught in the same school as me, he is not only the director of the great British Museum, but also a very top professor in our school. But he taught math, which was not the same way as me. John smiled and continued.

Hearing the so-called greatness in John's mouth, Zhang Tianyuan felt awkward how he heard it, the British Museum is good, but how many things in it were simply snatched from ancient countries such as China, Egypt, and Greece, and they can't be said to be great at all.

However, Zhang Tianyuan didn't say it, even if he was unhappy, after all, he still needed this Mr. John Lampard, and he couldn't turn his face with people here, which would not be good.

He wondered how a person who taught mathematics became the director of the British Museum, and was there any special relationship or reason for this?

"Let's talk, I'll get you coffee. John Lampard smiled, and then went to make coffee for Zhang Tianyuan and the others himself, he didn't have instant coffee here, as a person who enjoys life more, drinking instant coffee is simply a crime.

Zhang Tianyuan nodded and did not refuse.

He didn't dislike this Amer Sloan, at least not as much as he did with Helis, mainly because Amer Sloan's ancestors didn't loot anything from China, and the descendants of the Sloan family didn't do so.

Zhang Tianyuan is not a person who overturns a boatload of people with a rod, he met a real English gentleman, and he was also very happy and polite.

Just as people in this world cannot simply be divided into bad people and good people, people who know each other cannot be simply divided into enemies and friends, and some people may not be friends, but they do not have to be enemies.

It should be noted that although the British Museum has a lot to do with the Sloan family, the Chinese collections in the British Museum do not have much to do with the Sloan family, so this cannot be generalized.

Sir Hans Sloane was born in Killiery, Ireland, as a physician and a large collector with collections from all over the world. After his death in 1753, he left behind a personal collection of 79,575 pieces, as well as a large number of botanical specimens, books and manuscripts. According to his will, all collections were donated to the state. The collection was eventually handed over to the British Parliament. After raising funds for the Architectural Museum through the guò public, the British Museum was finally established and opened to the public on 15 January 1759 at the Montague Building, near downtown London.

It can be said that the original collections of the British Museum basically belonged to the Sloan family, to Sir Hans Sloane.

For more than 200 years since its opening, the museum has continued to collect artifacts from Britain and ancient countries such as Egypt, Babylon, Greece, Rome, India, and China.

Ancient Egyptian art is the most prestigious collection of the National Museum. The most striking feature of the National Museum of England is the Gallery of Oriental Art. The museum has more than 100,000 cultural relics from China, Japan, India and other Southeast Asian countries.

Among them, the Chinese showroom occupies several halls, with exhibits ranging from bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, to porcelain from the Tang and Song dynasties, and gold and jade products from the Ming and Qing dynasties. There are more than 20,000 rare treasures from China alone, most of which are priceless.

Such as the painting and embroidery of various dynasties in China, the unearthed cultural relics of various periods, the calligraphy and painting of the Tang and Song dynasties, the porcelain of the Ming and Qing dynasties, etc., among which the most precious ones are the "Female History Atlas", the three-color statue of the Song Arhat, the Dunhuang scriptures and the famous paintings of the Song and Ming dynasties. The bronze statue of the Shang Dynasty is two conjoined sheep, carrying a round tube in the middle, the shape is very beautiful and exquisite. There is also a porcelain wine pot of the Song Dynasty, the base and the responsibility are surrounded by a lotus flower, and a lion sits on the lid of the pot, which is a rare treasure.

Even the two large stone lions at the back entrance of the museum were shipped from China.

Of course, Zhang Tianyuan did not see it in the British Museum, but saw it in the photo given to him by Helis, where this thing is, he actually cares a lot, to be honest, he hopes that what Helis has in his hand is real, in that case, the exchange will be easier, if you want to exchange with the British Museum, there will be a lot of troublesome problems involved, which can not be solved in a while.

For example, if Zhang Tianyuan really needs something from the British Museum, then he can't buy or exchange it in the name of a private person, he must first set up a museum, and then exchange it in the name of exchanging collections, so that it will save a lot of trouble.

The problem is that although Zhang Tianyuan now has a private museum, it can actually only be regarded as his collection room, because he has not applied to the government at all, but only in name only, and has no real meaning.

It is precisely because of this that Zhang Tianyuan did not plan to contact the British Museum or the Louvre Museum in France, but chose the brotherhood that was easier to exchange things.

However, when he met Amer Sloan here today, his original mind was also slightly moved, after all, it is much safer to exchange things with the British Museum, and the Brotherhood gang is too dangerous, who knows if they will attack him after the exchange is successful.

Anyway, he had twenty-eight oil paintings on hand, and it wasn't a bad thing for him to choose another deal in advance in order to make the Brotherhood bleed.

Thinking of this, he spoke directly.

"By the way, Sir Amer, I am the director of the British Museum, although I am not a major in this field, but my understanding of art should not be bad, I would like to ask, what do you think of Picasso as a person, no, should be his works?"

Zhang Tianyuan did not directly mention the exchange of paintings, which is a bit too abrupt, after all, this is the first time we met, and it must not be good for you to talk about business. However, he didn't ramble, but directly led the topic to Picasso's paintings, he needed to know what kind of attitude this Sir Amer had towards Picasso's paintings, if he didn't like it, then he didn't need to say what he said later, because it was useless to say, and there was no meaning at all.

If Amer liked Picasso's paintings, then the deal could have been negotiated, and it would be a good choice to talk about the trade paintings.

Anyway, it's just a casual chat, at most it's just a waste of saliva, and it won't waste too much of Zhang Tianyuan's time, after all, John Lampard is making coffee at this moment, and he doesn't have time to help him identify those oil paintings, he really has to wait. (To be continued......)