Zhang Tianyuan used to have a very vague understanding of the black market, but when he heard Dong Xueshu say this today, he couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

People really have to do anything for money.

He couldn't help but think, although it was impossible for him to buy all those cultural relics back, at least he could do his best to leave the things of his ancestors in the country, this was not a sense of justice, just a feeling of being a descendant of China.

He didn't dare to think about these things when he had no money and no conditions, but now that he has money and conditions, if he doesn't try to do something, he will really regret it.

"Dong Lao, I think there won't be too many people with this kind of condition just by the methods you said, but how did I find that many people in the black market are very active in buying cultural relics that are not allowed to be auctioned by the country?" Zhang Tianyuan asked again.

Although it is a domestic long-distance trip, this amount of money is really nothing to Zhang Tianyuan, and his international long-distance sometimes takes an hour or two.

"In fact, in addition to the traditional black market transactions and smuggling methods, Internet smuggling is currently ignored when carrying cultural relics and antiques out of the country. Dong Xueshu replied.

"Internet smuggling?

Dong Xuejuku replied: "In fact, the Internet has been smuggling cultural relics for nearly 10 years, and many operators have certain channels on the Internet, forming a unique path for smuggling and selling cultural relics. Almost all aspects of online smuggling can avoid the supervision of the cultural relics department, and the procedure of online smuggling is generally as follows: first sell goods on the Internet and negotiate prices with foreign buyers. After that, in the name of handicrafts, gifts, or export parcels without a declared product name. Declare to the customs by mail, inspect and exit the country, and overseas customers pay by online bank transfer. ”

"This sounds easy. But is it another successful example?" Zhang Tianyuan still can't believe that cultural relics have been taken abroad so easily?

Dong Xueshu sighed and said: "There is something I heard from Tu Lao, probably in January 2009, the Nandu police seized Ding's 'Oriental Antiques Co., Ltd.' selling ancient coins overseas. After Ding negotiated with foreign buyers through the guò network, he mailed the ancient coins directly by international registered mail, only sending two or three pieces each time, and smuggled cultural relics in the way of 'ant moving', and smuggled a total of 66 ancient coins, many of which belonged to the national third-class cultural relics. ”

"I've heard from people in this business. Similar examples have been growing in recent years, and a business insider in the industry said, "Internet smuggling is very convenient, and the advantage of using the guò network is that you can avoid all kinds of taxes and procedures." If it is a cultural relic that is prohibited from leaving the country by the state, then the profit is even greater'. Mr. Yu, a researcher at the Palace Museum, said, "Concealment is not only the profit margin of online smuggling, but also the survival space of online smuggling." Due to the lack of supervision, online shopping and auction of cultural relics have become a new way for cultural relics to be traded and lost. ”

"Although there are these different methods of smuggling. But the real large-scale smuggling of cultural relics is through containers, the famous scholar Wu Shu once investigated the border customs, he sighed, "After several years of domestic and foreign investigations. The conclusions reached are painful and the results are terrible'. Customs smuggling is showing a trend of collectivization, scale, and internationalization, and the cultural relics lost are all national treasures! Good things that you can't buy in China. You can buy it abroad, and you have to pay a high price to buy it. It's heartbreaking!"

Zhang Tianyuan didn't speak for a long time, these things came to him. It's just appalling, he hasn't thought about these things before, and he doesn't dare to think about it, he always thinks that it will be very difficult for Muyi to smuggle cultural relics, it is not easy, and sooner or later he will be caught, but after listening to Dong Xueshu's words, he was confused about his own thoughts, in this case, Muyi's smuggling methods are too much.

"Do you know that HK has always been an important gateway for China's cultural and cultural flows overseas, a bridgehead and springboard for the smuggling of cultural relics. Since the 80s of the 20th century, when the cultural relics market was just emerging, domestic cultural relics flowed into Hong Kong and Taiwan, and then into Europe and the United States. According to statistics, in recent years, nearly 40,000 cultural relics have flowed out of Hong Kong. At the Luohu port in Nanxun, some people are professional cultural relics smuggling 'carriers', who move cultural relics in suitcases and even vegetable baskets in the form of ants moving to Hong Kong one by one. Many HK merchants operate antique shops in cities such as HK or New York and London, and few of the genuine items sold in the shops were imported from HK in recent years. ”

"Bastard bastard!" Zhang Tianyuan couldn't help but scold.

Nie Qinglan, who was driving, and Li Lanxiang, who was sitting on the side, were both startled by Zhang Tianyuan's sudden madness.

"What are you doing, who offended you?" asked Nie Qinglan suspiciously.

"It's okay Sister Nie, you keep driving. Zhang Tianyuan calmed down his mood, although these things made him very angry, but think about it carefully, what can he do, in this materialistic era, money is a qiē, and the lack of morality has almost become a norm, which has to make people feel a lot of emotion.

On the other end of the phone, Dong Xueshu also sighed and said: "Xiao Zhang, look at it, I was so angry like you that I couldn't sleep because of this kind of thing, but what can we do now? The only thing we can do now is to do our best to buy more valuable things on the black market and collect them, or simply donate them to museums, and try to prevent them from going abroad. ”

"It just so happens that this time I'm going to go to the black market, does Dong Lao want me to bring you anything?" Zhang Tianyuan calmed down and asked.

"No wonder you're asking me about this, because you want to go to the black market. Dong Lao smiled: "Do you know what the black market is?"

"I really don't know about that. ”

"In fact, the antique market was born out of the 'ghost market' at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, when the old and young relics of the Qing Dynasty, before dawn, with the help of half-light and half-darkness, brought their family collection of antiques to the street to sell, not only avoiding the eyes of acquaintances, but also made a sale. This kind of antique trade was followed into a market, and the antique market was formed. It continues to this day. ”

"Oh, I've heard of that, too. Panjiayuan was formed in the 90s of the last century, similar to a ghost market. From scratch, from small to large, it has now developed into an antique trading center based on Tianya antique city and imperial capital antique city, and it is also one of the best antique markets in the country, open 365 days a year, there are all kinds of people who come and go, etc., in an endless stream, I have been there. I also found two nice things. Zhang Tianyuan said.

Dong Xueshu said: "Speaking of the black market, in fact, before 1999, the second-hand goods and antique markets at that time were operated without a license, which was a veritable 'black market', and the urban management, cultural relics bureau and industry and commerce and other departments repeatedly stated that they wanted to ban the second-hand market, but the second-hand market not only did not disappear, but also became bigger and bigger, and the attitude of the relevant departments has changed from the original suppression to acquiescence. Right now. These antique shops basically have business licenses approved by the industrial and commercial departments, as well as business licenses from the cultural relics department. Mr. Yang, deputy general manager of Tianya Antique City and art broker, is full of emotion about the earth-shaking changes in the antique market in the past 20 years, in his words. The antique market in the imperial capital developed in the 'suppression and seizure'. Although the cultural relics department and the public security department initially adopted a policy of strict suppression for the original intention of protecting cultural relics, they 'could not suppress the desire of the private sector'. The black market today is actually a bit similar to what it was back then. It is almost impossible to ban raids by suppressing and confiscating. ”

"Although the operation of the antique market is recognized, it was first allowed to deal in antique artifacts under the name of 'old crafts'. As a stopgap measure, but it has not been explicitly stated. There is no practical implementation policy, and the antique market has not been effectively improved in operation and management, and chaos is everywhere, which urgently needs to be improved and standardized. This is the best breeding ground for the black market. ”

"What kind of goods are sold in these black markets? I've heard people say that there are really a lot of things in the black market, is this accurate?" Zhang Tianyuan asked what he was most concerned about.

Dong Xueshu took a sip of tea on the other end of the phone, moistened his throat, and then continued: "Many of the antique cities and thrift markets are mainly engaged in 'unearthed' real and fake cultural relics. The types and times of cultural relics traded are very complex, however, among these large number of fakes, there are also small but large number of circulating cultural relics, their origin is unknown, there are many varieties, and they have been sold several times, and the highest value and largest quantity of Chinese objects are the kind of cultural relics that cannot be auctioned at auction, such as Han and Tang pottery figurines, bronzes, Gao Guyu, etc., because such items are subject to the Auction Law It cannot be traded in the open auction market, so it is mixed with fakes and handicrafts in the antique market, and has become the main category of underground black market transactions. This scattered cultural relics are not protected by the corresponding laws and regulations of the state, nor can they be obtained at the corresponding market price. Some people call these cultural relics 'superborn and illegitimate babies', and cultural scholar Wu Shu calls them 'illegitimate children of cultural relics'. ”

"In this way, there are indeed things like ancient jade, bronzes, and Han and Tang terracotta figurines in the black market? I heard people from the black market call me and say that there will even be bronzes from the Sanxingdui civilization among the objects they are auctioning this time, is this reliable?" Zhang Tianyuan asked again.

"It could be true, it could be fake, and if it's true, I hope you can buy it, and if you're short of money, we can scrape together the money for you. The history of Sanxingdui civilization is a very dazzling star in our southwest civilization, and this thing must not fall into the hands of foreigners. Dong Xueshu said.

"Okay, I see, I'm not going to be polite if I need to. Zhang Tianyuan said with a smile.

"Don't worry, we old guys are not fighting alone, although we have not set up any organization, but we often get together to talk about these things, we are like-minded people, these old guys are also extremely sad about the loss of cultural relics, some of them are very rich, you can't imagine rich. ”

"In this way, it seems that Dong Lao, you are still hiding it, and you have to introduce me to these people when the time comes. Zhang Tianyuan said with a smile.

"That's fine, of course, but I don't think you'll spend much. The market price of cultural relics such as ancient jade, Han and Tang terracotta figurines, and stone carvings is far lower than the price of cultural relics of the Ming and Qing dynasties in the current auction market. For example, the lowest price of a Han Dynasty terracotta figurine about 20 centimeters high is only 3,000 yuan, and the cultural relics value of these things is not as good as the things in the museum, nor is it a big tomb, but it can be guaranteed to be genuine, the price of these things is not high, and there are not many people who buy them, mainly foreigners." There are many ancient tombs in Shaanzhou and Luozhou, as long as they are not unearthed from large tombs, they flow from small cities to big cities, and then to the imperial capital. There are too many ancient tombs in our country, and many things are unclear from their origins. (To be continued......)