Chapter 281: A National Treasure

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"You're up?"

Just when Wang Zheng finished explaining that Wang Lei had just put down the phone, Yu Yixue walked in from outside. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Hmmm! Your painting, finished? ”

"Nope! Take a break in between, just in time to come and see you! Oh, by the way, you didn't eat lunch, I'll go make you some! ”

"No need, Uncle Zhong has already made it for me in the kitchen!"

When the words fell, Wang Zheng stretched out his hand and pulled Yu Yixue who came over to his side and hugged him into his arms.

After getting along for a long time, Yu Yixue has gradually become accustomed to Wang Zheng's deliberate closeness, so she is snuggled in his arms at the moment, and she is also extremely gentle.

"Don't work too late in the future, it's not good for your health!"

"I know, don't worry!"

The two of them crossed their necks and spoke softly until Uncle Zhong cooked a meal to remind them, and then they separated.

After eating a late lunch, I chatted with Yu Yixue for a while, and went to admire her oil paintings until half past six in the evening. After Wang Zheng made an excuse, he returned to the Zaohua Valley villa again.

When he entered the door, Wang Qian had already used his planetary intercom terminal to show the situation at the Guardian auction through the huge virtual screen.

"It's already started?"

"It's just the beginning, the boss came just in time!"

Tonight is the time of the Guardian's 'Grand View Night' calligraphy and painting auction, 19 modern paintings and calligraphy works are all masterpieces, and 47 ancient paintings and calligraphy works are also particularly attractive.

Modern and modern paintings and calligraphy are just that, Wang Zheng has already taken a lot of photos, and he is not ready to make another shot except for a finale tonight.

However, Wang Zheng does not intend to let go of the ancient calligraphy and painting part. In particular, the finale of a first-class cultural relic, "Five Dynasties Wuyue King Qian Yu handscroll "Cursive Handbook (and Iron Coupon Schema and Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty Famous Sages Inscription)", Wang Zheng is even more determined to obtain.

"By the way, did you take all the things you photographed this afternoon?"

The museum mission of the Shennong system requires not only first-class cultural relics, but also 100 second-class cultural relics.

"Boss rest assured, 7 pieces of porcelain and 13 celebrity manuscripts have been photographed!"

"How much did it cost?"

"A total of 78.3 million!"

Wang Zheng nodded, "Show me the catalog!" ”

After taking the document handed over by Wang Qian, I took a brief look at it, and the middle and high ancient porcelain that I asked to be sure to photograph were among them, "Yuan Dynasty glaze red entwined branch flower pattern jade pot spring bottle" and "Yuan Dynasty Shufu glaze entwined branch lotus double phoenix pattern printed bowl" were among them.

In addition, Wang Zheng bought 13 signatures, inscriptions, manuscripts, sketches, photographs and other lots, including "Manuscripts of Indian Poet Rabindranath Tagore", "Letters of Recommendation from Russian Composer Tchaikovsky", "Letter of Recommendation from US President Lincoln", and "Pencil Sketch of Famous French Painter Jacques David "Women in Turbans".

At the beginning of the mission of the museum, Wang Zheng did not think of limiting the scope of the collection to China.

It's just limited by limited financial strength, so there is no way to acquire foreign artworks on a large scale. And these manuscripts are extremely collectible, and the price is about two or three hundred thousand, which is not high. It is a good opportunity to complete the task and enrich the collection, and Wang Zheng will naturally not let it go.

In addition, Wang Zheng is also very interested in collectible and low-priced lots, such as "The Mountains and Rivers of the Country Are Red", "1953 Blue Military Stamps", and "June 22, 1900, Zhangjiakou Sent Kulun to Donate Horses and Fly to Deliver Briefs". However, after learning that Wang Sen had picked up these things, Wang Zheng gave up!

"Boss, the auction of the "Listening Spring Map" you want has begun!"

As soon as Wang Zheng put down the document, Wang Lei's voice rang in his ears.

Jin Tingbiao was a court painter in the Qianlong period, although his name is not as loud as the "Four Monks", "Four Kings", "Yangzhou Eight Monsters" and other Qing Dynasty masters, but this person's paintings are extremely appreciated by the Qianlong Emperor, and the famous "Shiqu Baoji" records 81 of his works.

And this vertical scroll of "Listening to the Spring" not only has a large size of 112, but also has the imperial inscription poem of Emperor Qianlong, as well as the two seals of "Qianlong Chenhan" and "Dexiang Outer Meaning". As well as, the treasure of Qianlong, Qianlong appreciation, Shiqu treasure, Sanxitang Jingjian seal, Yi descendants, Wufu Wudaitang Guxi Tianzi treasure, the treasure of the Eight Expeditions, the treasure of Jiaqing Yulan, Jiaqing appreciation, treasure three series, ten Tibetan seals!

This shows the preciousness of this painting.

Of course, the price of good things is not low, and the starting price is as high as 15 million Huaxia coins!

After 49 rounds of bidding, Wang Zheng won it at a price of 33.8 million, counting the commission, this masterpiece of Jinting is as high as 36.8 million!

The originally staggering price, after Picasso's auction of nearly $180 million for "The Woman of Algiers", will no longer make Wang Zheng's nerves ripple again.

Therefore, this painting, as well as the "Qianlong Imperial Brush Imitation "Imitation of Zhao Mengfuting Grass Mandarin Painting" and the Qing Dynasty painter Zhu Lunhan's "? Xiaoxiang Haze Map", one is 12 million, the other is 20 million, Wang Zheng did not interfere, and let Wang Lei use the tactics of 50,000 or 100,000 to add oil, and it was photographed in a competition.

And Wang Zheng personally participated, 55.7 million photographed the "Qianlong Emperor's imperial pen "Myoho-renge-kyo"", and 48.3 million photographed the "Twelve Ink Books "Twelve Albums of Flowers and Fruits" by Jin Nong, the head of the eight monsters in Yangzhou, and could only look at Zheng Xie's boutique "Bamboo Stone Lanhui Picture" with a pity on his face for 25 million, and the late Ming Dynasty painter Zheng Zheng's "Range Rover Map" was taken by others at a price of 46 million.

Counting the paintings of Lu Yanshao, Huang Zhou, and Huang Binhong auctioned yesterday, as well as Li Keran's masterpiece "Jinggang Mountain" with 130 million yuan, Wang Zheng has spent nearly 400 million yuan at the Guardian auction until now!

Now that the Guardian Spring Auction is not over, Wang Zheng still has a lot of things that he must get. And he also plans to participate in the spring auctions of Poly, Hanhai, Jiuge, and Xiling Seal Society.

Therefore, there is a trade-off between the large number of auction items.

"Two billion seems like a lot, but it's still too unspent!" Wang Zheng sighed.

Originally, he thought it was a huge amount of money, but after really seeing the money spent at the auction, Wang Zheng really realized that if he wanted to fill the collection of Taoyuan Museum by bidding, he needed too much money. So much so that Wang Zheng had to pay attention to the shipwreck coordinates and treasure coordinates that he didn't pay much attention to in the past.

Of course, even if Wang Zheng has the heart now and wants to do it, it will be a matter later, and the tricky thing in front of him now is the auction.

“…… The next lot to be auctioned is Lot 0699: The handscroll "Cursive Handwriting" by Qian Li, King of Wuyue of the Fifth Dynasty, which includes the woodcut rubbing pattern of the Ming Dynasty given by Tang Zhaozong to the first King of Wuyue, Qian Biao, the "Golden Book and Iron Coupon", as well as the cursive script of Qian Li, the last King of Wuyue, the Codex of Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the inscriptions and views of 49 literati and doctors during the Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing and Republic of China periods. The paper scroll is 1066 centimeters long and 36.5 centimeters wide. It is a rare calligraphy ......! ”

"It's finally begun!"

Looking at the huge scroll that appeared on the display, Wang Zheng was excited and relieved at the same time!

Qian Yu, the last king of Wuyue, made an important political achievement of 'returning the land to the Song Dynasty', so that the people could avoid the suffering of soldiers. In terms of art, Qian Yu is good at cursive writing, Song Taizu said that his penmanship can enter the first level of gods, and "Xuanhe Book Pedigree" said that it "mediates and coils, does not reduce the ancients". Moreover, there are very few cursive works by Qian Yu himself, and this handscroll is extremely precious in terms of artistic value, literary and historical value.

Moreover, the 'Qian Yu cursive handbook', 'Wang Guangyuan Kaishu inscription', 'Qian Zhiru Kaishu inscription', and 'Jia Ru Taoist temple paragraph' are all unique products in the world. In particular, 'Pingzhang Jia is like a Taoist temple', on the same paper as the grandsons of King Wuyue. Although Jia was a notorious relative of the Southern Song Dynasty, he was an extremely important figure in the history of Chinese painting and calligraphy collection. The paintings and calligraphy of the Tang and Song dynasties that have been handed down to the Tang and Song dynasties have been collected by him and must have been preceded by the Southern Song Dynasty. However, the view of this volume is his unique calligraphy.

Therefore, this handscroll "Cursive Handbook" by Qian Yu, the king of Wuyue in the fifth dynasty, was called "the treasure of the world" by many collectors when the preview began!

In order to win this precious scroll worth 10,000 gold and as precious as Huang Tingjian's "Pillar Inscription", Wang Zheng prepared 300 million funds!

At a time when the art auction market is going downhill, this money is enough to ensure that I can win this 'Five Generations of Wuyue King Qian Yu's Handscroll "Cursive Handbook""!

Looking at Qian Yu's handscroll "Cursive Handbook", which was set at a starting price of 68 million as soon as it came up, Wang Zheng concentrated and waited for the opportunity to make a move. However, what surprised him was that when the bidding price was just over 90 million, there were only two people left bidding.

At the time of the preview, this painting was called the 'treasure of the world', and Zhu Xi's codex alone was a 10-million-level lot, and it was also a top national treasure in the Five Dynasties period, which was circulated for nearly a thousand years.

"99 million, 99 million, is there anything higher?"

Listening to the auctioneer's repeated agitation, but it was a scene where no one was bidding, Wang Qian hurriedly turned his head, "Boss, are we going to make a move?" ”

"100 million!"

Wang Zheng said in a deep voice.

No matter what others think, anyway, this handscroll of Qian Yu, which can be called a national treasure, "Cursive Handbook", Wang Zheng is determined to get it.

"Guest No. 1668 bid 100 million Huaxia yuan, is there anything higher?"

Wang Zheng stared at the virtual picture, and what surprised him was that there was a lot of discussion in the entire auction hall, but no one came out to bid again.

“…… 100 million twice, 100 million three times, congratulations to the 1668 guests for winning this national treasure 'Qian Yu handscroll "Cursive Handbook"", congratulations! ”

"So easy to photograph?"

Faced with the results, Wang Zheng was quite incredulous.

Originally, he thought that it would take dozens of rounds of fierce bidding to win this national treasure with at least two or three hundred million dollars, but he never thought that he would not experience any competition at all, and bought it at less than half the price he expected. (To be continued.) )