Chapter 1095 Private Museums
May 18 is the International Museum Day every year, since 1997 in the imperial capital Liulichang West Street an area of only 400 square meters of private museums were born, new private museums across the country have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, as of the end of 2011, there are more than 500 registered private museums in the country, and the number of unregistered museums is too much to count.
The imperial capital is the cultural center of China, where the private collection of cultural relics is abundant, including cigarette labels, tickets, wine bottles, porcelain, brushes, gold and silver ornaments, calligraphy and paintings, tickets and red collections.
Before the promulgation of the new "Cultural Relics Law", the "window paper" of the exchange of folk cultural relics and private collections has not been pierced, and a large number of cultural relics are scattered in the hands of countless individual collectors.
The small area and volume of the little finger refer to the characteristics of the collection, and the special refers to the thematic or individual nature of the collection. For example, Gong Changqing's porcelain paintings, Shi Ming's Mao Statue Chapter, Qiao Tongqing's tickets, etc., all obviously have the above characteristics, and the collection is rich, and the time span of the works is long.
Of course, in the imperial capital, there are also some gadgets from the Republic of China period, as well as many good things left over from the rampant tomb robbery.
So the museum thing, it sounds complicated, but it's actually not that complicated, as long as you have enough money, then it's basically easy to do.
Zhang Tianyuan actually doesn't have to ask for help, with his current connections and funds, if he wants to do this, he doesn't even need to touch the light of the Nie family. This is not bragging.
But then again, I really remember it. Zhang Tianyuan is still a little excited, because he has been poor until now. has even become one of the world's top richest people, and it has only been more than a year.
Of course, he longs for an ordinary life, and he doesn't have to worry about so many bad things every day, so he basically doesn't care about his company.
But ordinary doesn't mean mediocre.
When it comes to his part, many things are as he wants, and if he doesn't want to do things before, he has to consider whether he has money and whether he has a way. Is it worth it.
However, now, even if he wants an ordinary life, it is not easy, when you stand at the peak of this world, you will find that there will be many people staring at you below, wanting to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger, that can't be done.
As a result of receiving the six-character formula, his life has undergone earth-shaking changes in more than a year. From the beginning of a small antique shop, to the establishment of the Shinra Group, the completion of the Monkey Distillery, the establishment of the Folklore Products Company, the establishment of a jade shop and a jewelry company, and the development of a food chain. And now he is ready to use his own strength to exchange these antiques lost overseas in his motherland.
This qiē is like a dream.
His original intention has not changed, and he still regards himself as an ordinary college student, but in the eyes of others. He is already a "successful person", "gambler", "calcite king", "company boss", "patriotic entrepreneur", "top rich" and so on.
So many titles, buckled on his head. He didn't realize it, and he didn't know if it was natural. I still don't feel that way.
In the past, if he wanted to talk about running a museum, the first thing he thought of must be where to put something in his museum, the second thing he thought of was that he had no money to apply, and the second thing he thought of was that he had no connections, but he was afraid that the museum would not succeed.
Today, however, all of these problems are no longer a problem.
He has!
If he adds that he is going to exchange it back this time, he believes that many of the things in his museum are even more valuable and valuable than those in the Palace Museum.
As for the connections, in addition to the Nie family, he also knows Li Mingguang, Minister Ouyang, many collectors of the older generation, and some business partners, which is a valuable asset for him.
Asking someone to help is not necessarily a bad thing, people like Zhang Tianyuan, others are eager to help him, because they know that they can get more benefits from him.
So subconsciously, in this matter, the Nie family was not counted in it at all.
In the final analysis, a godgrandson is always a godgrandson, and he is grateful to the Nie family for what he has done for him, but he can't be too greedy, and he can't go to the Nie family for help in everything, which is not very good.
"Are you worried about the affairs of the private museum?" asked Wang Lao on the side suddenly.
"What's the worry, in fact, I'm just thinking, what is the meaning of me running this museum, what is the purpose of what I want to do?" Zhang Tianyuan actually just wants to get a private museum in his heart, the kind that does not require approval, in fact, it is similar to the collection room, you can let old friends visit and appreciate it, what is the meaning of running a museum, he has to think about this question now, is it just to exchange these things with Amell? In fact, there is definitely more than one way to exchange.
All roads lead to Rome.
"Yes, it must be done! Not only must it be done! It must also be done well! It must be done well! It must be done well! It must be done!" said Wang Lao with some excitement.
"Listening to what Elder Wang means, it seems that private museums in China are not very good?" Zhang Tianyuan asked with some confusion.
"Alas, don't mention it. Nowadays, the phenomenon of the proliferation of fakes in some private and private museums in China is simply outrageous. Not long ago, I went to the south to visit several private museums, and found that many things in them were wrong, and one of the museums was full of fakes on the upper and lower floors, have you ever seen a bronze monkey head in a tunic robe?"
When it came to these things, Wang Lao was embarrassed and helpless.
According to him, this museum is mainly a collection of ancient jade and bronzes, although the collection is marked with the Shang Dynasty, Zhou Dynasty, Han Dynasty, but at a glance it can be seen that it is a modern imitation, and the means are quite clumsy, even the narrator "himself thinks it is fake".
"At that time, I also published an anonymous article in a magazine to break the news, which was actually pouring cold water on the craze for private museums in China, and it was a cold water that could make people wake up, but it was a pity. Due to the peculiarities of the antique collecting industry, only a few media outlets followed up and reported on it. But it didn't work. This matter was later dismissed, and it did not attract the attention of the relevant departments. ”
But no one thought about it. More than half a year later, the old man and I actually said a prophecy. What happened in Ji Bao Zhai a few years ago is simply a big scandal, the monkeys inside can wear Zhongshan suits, you say shame is not ashamed, but it is not a case, in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Xishu, and even the imperial capital, there are similar private museums, with exhibits inside. You can only describe it as ridiculous. Objectively speaking, there are indeed cases in the current private museums where the quality of the collections is uneven, and there is no distinction between genuine and fake, and even some fakes are incomprehensible to you. ”
"Many people say: 'It is a great merit for great collectors to give back to society and intervene in public life with the help of private museums.' Therefore, no one notices that behind this crazy growth, there are all kinds of problems. ’”
"Do you mean that you want me to sweep away this crooked trend? Let the Chinese. Let foreigners see that our private museums in China can do as well as national museums?" Zhang Tianyuan guessed what Wang Lao meant.
"Of course, that's just a little bit of my personal thought. If you don't want to, I won't force you, old man. ”
"Haha, Elder Wang, you are really cunning. I know that I can't stand this kind of thing. But if you really talk about it. I really almost went to that Ji Bao Zhai a few years ago, listen to what you said. I still have to lose, otherwise I will definitely have to be angry, and I didn't have any money at that time, so it's useless to be angry. Zhang Tianyuan said with a smile.
"Let me tell you, if a private museum always claims to have hundreds or even thousands of treasures in its publicity, then it is likely to be a museum that specializes in collecting fakes!" said Wang Lao suddenly lowered his voice.
"What kind of truth is this?" Zhang Tianyuan was stunned for a moment.
"You think, according to the figures released by the relevant state departments in 2007, the number of collectors involved in collecting in China has reached 70 million. If a collector collects 10 pieces, it means that the collector has collected 700 million pieces. However, it is a reality that cannot be ignored that the number of antiques in China is decreasing and decreasing. ”
"First of all, a number of cultural relics will be destroyed during the war period when the dynasty is changed; second, after the Eight-Nation Coalition occupied the imperial capital, they took away a number of cultural relics; during the Republic of China, because of the warlords' secession and other reasons, another batch of cultural relics were destroyed and lost; in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the Civil War, a number of cultural relics were damaged and lost; in addition, in that special period, a number of cultural relics were destroyed and destroyed. In addition, after the new period, public museums around the country have collected a number of cultural relics, purely in terms of numbers, the number of genuine cultural relics circulating in the antique market today is not much, if someone says that his private museum has a collection of hundreds or thousands of pieces of jadeite, it is possible, but some antiques, especially porcelain, bronzes and the like, if you can collect thousands of treasures, it is simply impossible. Wang Lao explained.
"Oh, I really have to listen to you, it's better than reading for ten years, Wang Lao doesn't seem to be an ordinary person, otherwise it would be impossible to know so many secrets. Zhang Tianyuan said with a smile.
"I'm really just an ordinary person, but I've walked a little more than others, and I know a little more friends. Because of this, I know that there are hundreds or thousands of genuine items in China nowadays, and sometimes it is not easy to find one or two genuine items among these things. Wang Lao shook his head and said.
"Well, I know this, I used to do a national TV treasure appreciation program, and I also met some teachers, and they also said this, saying that private collectors are very enthusiastic, but there are very few genuine items in the collection. Coincidentally, Mr. Wang Zhengjun, a famous collector and expert in bronzes, Buddha statues and ceramics, has also participated in treasure appraisal activities many times in recent years, but the results have disappointed him: "In Dalian, the common people sent more than 1,400 pieces of collections, only 10 of which are genuine, and in Nanxun, out of more than 500 pieces, there are only 4 genuine pieces." "Huh? I remember, Wang Zhengjun, you are Mr. Wang Zhengjun, right?" Zhang Tianyuan said this, and suddenly remembered that he had seen a photo of this old gentleman in a magazine, and there was no doubt that it was this old gentleman. (To be continued......)