Chapter 400: The 'Personal Gallery' with Harsh Conditions

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Wang Ying followed, and soon the two climbed more than six meters high steps to the second floor. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 As soon as the second floor came out, it was also a long corridor. However, it was not as high as the hallway before they entered the gallery. Wang Ying estimated that it was about five meters long, less than six meters, and about the same in length and width.

On the left hand side of the corridor is a solid wall, and on the right side are closed portals. Seeing Wang Zheng walking in the direction of the hall after coming up, Wang Ying was very puzzled. I wanted to ask a few times, but Wang Zheng's footsteps were very fast, and before he could speak, he was already four or five meters behind.

Moreover, compared with the first floor of the calligraphy and painting museum below, there are still one or two hundred tourists bustling, and the long corridor on the second floor can be called a 'door to a bird'!

"Don't go so fast, wait for me!"

Just when Wang Ying trotted to catch up, Wang Zheng's footsteps stopped, "It's here!"

"Arrived?"

Wang Ying hadn't reacted yet. Wang Zheng had already walked into a 2.5-meter-wide, 3-meter-high, open portal next to it! On the wall to the left of this portal was a huge color photograph 2 meters high and 1.5 meters wide. Even if you don't look at the introduction next to the photo, Wang Ying also knows that the portrait of the emaciated face, white beard and energetic old man in the photo is the famous generation of landscape painting master 'Qi Baishi' in modern Chinese history!

"What are you doing in a daze, don't come in soon!"

"It's coming!"

Hearing the urging inside, Wang Ying agreed and hurriedly ran in. A room about 50 meters long and 32 meters wide appeared in front of him.

The interior of the room is similar to what Wang Ying saw below, and is also divided into a façade exhibition area embedded in the wall and covered with tempered glass. And similar to a jewelry showcase, just a tempered glass showcase with a 45-degree inclination!

There are not many paintings in the room, including those hanging on the wall and those placed in the display cases, there are about 36 of them!

"All of them are Mr. Shiraishi's works?" After looking at several paintings in a row, Wang Ying discovered the common denominator of these paintings and calligraphy.

"This is an independent exhibition hall specially opened for Qi Baishi!"

"No wonder. Hey, this is...!" Looking at the 12 landscape paintings hanging in the glass display case on the south wall, Wang Ying was speechless, and his eyes widened instantly.

Wang Zheng walked up to him and looked at the set of paintings on the wall with a satisfied expression, "This is Mr. Qi Baishi's "Twelve Screens of Landscapes", except for the one placed in the Three Gorges Museum in Shancheng, I have the only set here!"

"Isn't it in the hands of Poly Auction House?"

As a top broker in the antique industry, Wang Ying naturally has an understanding of the "Qi Baishi's "Twelve Screens of Landscapes" that appeared on the Poly auction house some time ago, with an estimated price of one billion, which stirred up the entire domestic auction market, but did not appear in the end!

It's just that what he didn't expect was that this huge value of Qi Baishi's collection-level masterpiece would actually fall into Wang Zheng's hands. And so far, there has been no news in the collection world.

"Since they are placed here, I naturally bought them!"

"Did you really buy it?" Wang Ying still seemed to be a little unconvinced.

"Do you want me to show you my contract?"

"Good!"

Seeing that this guy actually nodded, Wang Zheng pursed his lips, "You're so beautiful! In addition to this set of Mr. Shiraishi's collection-level masterpiece "Twelve Screens of Landscape", the remaining 24 works are all Mr. Shiraishi's fine paintings, each of which is worth more than 10 million!"

"Really?"

Looking at Wang Ying's widening eyes, "You are also a senior antique broker, is it true, can't you see it yourself?"

Seeing that Wang Ying, who had reacted, was still chasing after "Twelve Screens of Landscapes" first, Wang Zheng shook his head and didn't say anything. For anyone who loves collecting, the first thing that catches their attention is naturally the one with the highest artistic value.

However, Wang Zheng did not lie about it. In addition to the most valuable "Landscape Twelve Screens", any painting here is worth more than 10 million, Mr. Shiraishi's fine paintings.

In particular, another group of Mr. Qi Baishi's masterpiece "Four Screens of Flowers and Birds" was auctioned by him from Jiuge Auction House at the spring auction at the end of May, and it cost exactly 100 million!

If you really calculate the value of Qi Baishi's 36 paintings and calligraphy here according to the market price, it is almost no less than 12 billion!

At the same time, it is also the most valuable of the three 'personal exhibition halls' that Wang Zheng has opened on the second floor of the calligraphy and painting exhibition hall! After waiting for half an hour, when he saw that Wang Ying was still addicted to it and could not extricate himself, Wang Zheng, who was unwilling to wait, forcibly pulled him to the side of the 'Pan Tianshou Personal Exhibition Hall'.

There are not as many paintings in this exhibition hall as there are in the Qi Baishi exhibition hall just now, but there are 32 paintings. The finale work "Eagle Rock Mountain Flower Picture", although not as high as Qi Baishi's "Twelve Screens of Landscape", is also a top Chinese painting and calligraphy category worth nearly 300 million.

After reading Pan Tianshou, it was Li Keran in the end!

The works in the 'Li Keran Personal Exhibition Hall' are the most among the three independent exhibition halls, reaching 38! The finale of all the works is Wang Ying's unforgettable "Jinggang Mountain", which is worth nearly 130 million yuan!

"Why is it gone?"

was pulled out of the 'Li Keran Personal Exhibition Hall' by Wang Zheng, and was about to head to the next personal exhibition hall where the boutiques gathered, when he saw the stairs down, Wang Ying suddenly showed dissatisfaction.

"Do you really think that my personal exhibition hall of the calligraphy and painting museum is set up casually?" Wang Zheng said as he walked.

"Is there anything that can't be done?"

"Of course there are! First, there must be at least one collection-level art masterpiece worth more than 100 million yuan! Second, there must be 12 fine paintings worth more than 10 million yuan! If any of the two conditions are not met, there will be no place for him in the 16 independent exhibition rooms opened up on the second floor!"

"You're setting too high a price. In today's art market, there are only a dozen or so works of modern and modern masters that exceed 100 million!"

"It's okay, I'm young. In a word, in a few years, I want to let painters all over the world open their own personal exhibition hall in the Taoyuan Museum as the supreme honor!"

Looking at Wang Zheng's high-spirited appearance, Wang Ying couldn't help but feel a strong envy in her heart. Everyone likes antique collecting, but why is there such a big gap between them? Moreover, he entered the antique shop earlier than Wang Zheng.

"It's all about money!"

After envy, jealousy, or a word of comfort, Wang Ying caught up with Wang Zheng's footsteps in front of him and walked down the stairs.

Coming out of the staircase, it was the 'Modern Calligraphy and Painting Museum' that they first entered!

There are two portals on the left and right of the Modern Painting and Calligraphy Museum, and the one on the right can connect to the very edge, that is, the corridor where Wang Zheng and the two entered at the beginning.

The portal on the left connects the corridor between the 'Calligraphy and Painting Gallery' and the 'Porcelain Gallery'. Of course, it is also next to the staircase leading to the second floor.

Through the portal on the left, enter the porcelain hall next to it, and the height and width of the first exhibition hall are not much different from the 'calligraphy and painting exhibition hall' that Wang Zheng and the others passed before. However, the length has nearly doubled compared to the 10 pavilions on the first floor of the 'Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition Hall'. Wang Ying estimated that it would be about 140 meters.

In the 140-meter-long and 43-meter-wide pavilion, there are half-person-high, 50-centimeter-long square booths at the top, each of which is covered with a piece of fine porcelain, and the outside of the porcelain is covered with hard tempered glass.

In addition, on the wall on the left side of the exhibition hall, the pen is written in seven large characters in italics - 'Modern and Contemporary Porcelain Pavilion'!

"Damn, the porcelain of the 'Eight Friends of Zhushan', you actually have all of them here?"

Wang Zheng nodded, "It's a pity that there is no 'presidential porcelain' during the Republic of China, as well as the 'first official kiln' and 'Mao porcelain' after the founding of the People's Republic of China!"

The so-called presidential porcelain is from the second president of the Republic of China Yuan Shikai's 'Hongxian porcelain' and 'Jurentang system' presidential porcelain, the fifth president of the Republic of China Xu Shichang's 'Jingyuantang system' presidential porcelain, and the sixth president Cao Kun's 'Yanqing Building' special porcelain for the president. and the presidential porcelain of Jiang Guangtou's 'Jiang Zi Style' and 'Genuine Paragraph in the Thirty-sixth Year of the Republic of China'.

These porcelains, which can be called the official kilns of the Republic of China, were the most exquisite porcelain of that era. The quantity is not large, and the market price is also high. Wang Zheng has always hoped to collect a few pieces, but unfortunately he searched all the lots in the spring auction and did not find them.

As for the 'first official kiln', it is the ceramic research institute of the Ministry of Light Industry of the new China in 1965 authorized Jing / Dezhen Ceramic Research Institute as the chairman / head of the central government specially designed and manufactured, since the founding of the People's Republic of China enamel color production of fine products, reflecting the highest level of Chinese ceramic research and production to Qianlong, can be called the first porcelain of the official kiln of the Republic.

Later, when U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger visited China in 1972, Premier Zhou gave him a piece of porcelain called 'Enamel Flower and Bird Inscription Pen Holder'.

As for Mao porcelain, or 'chairman porcelain', it refers specifically to a batch of porcelain made in 1974 from Hu/Nan Liling and 1975 from Jiang/Xijing/Dezhen. In particular, the former, because it is exclusively for the chairman's use, can be called the fine porcelain after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and has a very high collection value.

But thinking that the number was scarce, Wang Zheng has never received one so far.

There is no official kiln porcelain in the modern porcelain exhibition hall, which has always been a matter of regret for Wang Zheng. However, after hearing his words, Wang Ying, who looked strange beside him, thought of the identity of the other party, and Wang Zheng seemed to have a flash of lightning in his mind.

"Wang Ying!"

"What are you doing?" Listening to Wang Zheng's strange tone and the right hand on his shoulder, Wang Ying instinctively felt that something was wrong in his heart.

"Why are you so nervous, I won't eat you!" Wang Zheng said with a smile.

"Something to say, otherwise you suddenly like this, it makes my heart furious!"

"Okay!" Wang Zheng nodded, "It is said that the old man of your family was also a big leader of the central government back then, and he casually went in and out of Zhongnan/Haihai, and there should be a lot of fine porcelain in the 'First Official Kiln' and 'Red Official Kiln' after seeing each other......!"

"No, no!" Before Wang Zheng could finish speaking, Wang Ying waved his hand again and again to interrupt, "Our old man is a soldier and doesn't know what antique collection is. There is no 'first official kiln' around, let alone a 'red official kiln'!"

"Really?"

"Not really!" Wang Ying shook her head like a rattle.

"Okay, since I don't have it, I won't force it!" After the words fell, Wang Zheng withdrew his arm and walked towards the exhibition hall behind. Just when Wang Ying was suspicious in his heart, he suddenly paused, turned his head and frowned, "I forgot to tell you something just now." ”

As soon as Wang Ying heard it, she knew that the drama was coming.

“… In the first half of the year, the acquisition of art cost me almost all of my money. So when you go back this time, you won't have to search for antiques for me!"

"You are a threat!" Wang Zheng pointed at Wang Zheng with a sad and angry face.

His not-so-weak voice and sad expression attracted the eyes of many tourists around him for a while.

"Mom, look at that uncle's expression so strange!"

"Baby, you have to be polite in the future, especially not to make loud noises in public, you know?"

"Got it!"

"That's good!"

Listening to the conversation between mother and daughter, Wang Ying's expression froze completely!

Looking at his appearance at the moment, Wang Zheng had already laughed in his stomach. Although he tried his best to hold back, the corners of his mouth were still tugging.

"If you want to laugh, laugh!" Wang Ying glanced at him angrily.

Wang Zheng shook his head, "I don't want to be used as a typical education child anymore!"

"You bastard!" Wang Ying scolded angrily thinking of the embarrassment just now.

"It's not right to scold!" Wang Zheng was not angry, but pointed around with a smile, "This is a public place, as an adult, you should set a good example for young people! Oh, by the way, remember what I just said!"

Seeing that Wang Zheng was about to turn his head and leave, Wang Ying, who was about to lose Wang Zheng's great wealth, hurriedly said, "Wait!"

"What, figured it out?"

"Hmm!"

Wang Zheng, who was in a bad mood, nodded his head sullenly.

"How many?"

Wang Zheng was proud, but it inevitably stimulated Wang Ying, and the look on his face was still light.

"1 piece!"

"1 piece is not enough, at least 10 pieces!"

"Why don't you grab it, I only have 14 pieces ...... in total!" Wang Ying, who noticed the gaffe, immediately closed his mouth, but unfortunately it was too late.

"Ah, 14 pieces, a lot!"

Looking at Wang Zheng's proud appearance, Wang Ying couldn't wait to slap herself twice, her mouth was too owed!

"In that case, I don't want much! There is a saying that 'half of the meeting is divided'. But with our relationship, half is too little. So be it, I want 9 pieces!"

"Impossible!"

"Don't do this, don't worry, I'll buy it in full!"

"No way!"

After Wang Zheng tirelessly bargained, he finally knocked out 6 pieces from Wang Ying's hands!

Smash it, smash it, smash it, Wang Zheng felt that the six pieces were still a little dissatisfied. But looking at Wang Ying's resolute face and the way he didn't retreat, he also knew that he wouldn't take more!

"Six pieces are also a good result after all, and the remaining eight pieces will be found in the future!" Thinking of this, Wang Zheng wiped away the regret in his heart, pulled Wang Ying, who looked lost, and walked towards the 'Qing Dynasty Porcelain Pavilion' behind.