"Sir Amer, you have just said that you are to the point, you need not be so impatient, nor so angry, I have said that the quid pro quo is not too much, if you don't believe it, then we can calculate it. ”

Without waiting for Amer Sloan to speak, Zhang Tianyuan continued: "As we all know, the influence of Picasso master in the entire world painting world is unparalleled, especially in the field of oil painting, his works are superb, and no one can create such classic paintings as him. Traditional oil paintings, perhaps there will be more outstanding, but Picasso's paintings, is not so easy to imitate and surpass, his paintings are so individual, so full of characteristics, in conscience, if it were not for the low price level in the past, Picasso's paintings could not only be auctioned for a price of about 100 million US dollars, according to the current market situation, more than 100 million US dollars at that time, almost equivalent to two or three hundred million now, plus Picasso's paintings have been heating up this year, I am not talking nonsense？”

Amer Sloan was very careful not to fall into Zhang Tianyuan's language trap, but when he heard it, he felt that Zhang Tianyuan's words were so reasonable, and he couldn't find any reason to refute them. Because in fact, even if it is Leonardo da Vinci's painting, as long as the level is high enough, there is also the possibility of transcendence, but Picasso's painting is different, he almost created a new field, so that others cannot imitate it, cannot surpass. It's not that other people's level can't reach his level, it's just that in that field, in that direction. He is already at the apex, and the people behind him are doing no matter how good they are. At best, it is at his level, but the value of things is definitely not as high as his.

"Okay. You have a very reasonable point, and I admit it, I have never denied the value of Picasso's paintings, otherwise, I would not have agreed to exchange with you, Mr. Zhang. ”

After thinking about it for a long time, Amer Sloan could only nod his head and agree with Zhang Tianyuan's words, because he really couldn't find a reason to refute it.

It's just that after this answer, he sensed that something was wrong. But for a while, I really couldn't figure out what was wrong, so I could only shake my head helplessly and continue listening.

"Look, Sir Amell, we still have a common language, don't always jump on your feet, there are things that can be sat down and talked about, so it's like doing business, you English have a gentleman's civilization. And our Chinese also has a history of civilization for thousands of years, so we can't fight like barbarians......"

"Yes, yes, yes, Mr. Zhang is right. The more Amer Sloan heard this, the more wrong it became. felt as if he was being led into a bottomless trap by Zhang Tianyuan, but he had to admit these words. Would he have considered the British barbarians?

Of course not!

So he could only nod his head in agreement.

"Since you agree to this, let's talk. Among the things I want, I don't count the four 10 million dollar things mentioned later. I'm afraid the most expensive ones are the five bronze beast heads, right?"

Without waiting for Amer to answer, Zhang Tianyuan immediately said: "You should know that several auctions of bronze beast heads are obvious to all, and in the auction of bronze bull heads in Hong Kong in 2000, Poly Group won 7 million Hong Kong dollars, and it is now stored in Poly's Imperial Capital Poly Art Museum for public viewing. ”

"The bronze tiger head, auctioned in Hong Kong in 2000, Poly Group won it at three times higher than the reserve price, that is, 14 million Hong Kong dollars, and is now in the imperial capital Poly Art Museum for public viewing. ”

"The bronze horse head, purchased by a treasure island collector from Europe and the United States in the 80s, is scheduled to be auctioned at Sotheby's Hong Kong in October 2007. After many mediations, the Australian gambling king Stanley Ho spent 69.1 million Hong Kong dollars to buy it directly from the collector before the auction, and then Mr. Ho donated it to the country free of charge, and it is now in the Imperial Capital Poly Art Museum. This should be considered the most expensive. ”

The bronze monkey head, which was auctioned in Hong Kong in 2000 by Poly Group for HK$7.4 million, is now in the Imperial Capital Poly Art Museum for public viewing. ”

The bronze pig's head was purchased by Stanley Ho, the gambling king of Macau, for less than HK$7 million in 2003, and then donated to Poly Group and stored in the Imperial Capital Poly Art Museum for public viewing. ”

On April 26, 2013, Mr. François-Henri Pinault, Chairman and CEO of PPR Group, announced a donation to China. ”

"I'm not wrong about that, and the most expensive of them all, the green tung horse head, is not even nine million dollars if converted into dollars, so may I ask Sir Amell, how much do you think the five bronze beast heads I want will be worth in total? Even if they were all photographed, it would probably be less than twenty million dollars, right?"

After speaking, Zhang Tianyuan looked at Amer Sloan with a smile, his expression was really like a profiteer, but the prices he said were really genuine, and they were well documented.

Hearing this, Amer Sloan was almost dumbfounded, one was $100 million, the other was not even $20 million, and the calculation was that if four things worth $10 million were added, it would be less than $60 million, and there was still a lot of shortfall in between.

If you analyze these numbers alone, it is true that it is not that he has suffered a loss, but that Zhang Tianyuan has obviously suffered a loss, and he has suffered a big loss.

"But you also asked for tens of thousands of oracle bone fragments, as well as some books, shouldn't those be counted in them?"

"Sir Amer Sloan, you and I should know very well that no one will want that kind of thing even if it is brought to the international auction market, and I just like to study it, and I want it, otherwise your things will rot in the warehouse, and who will care? Just these things, forty million dollars, do you think it is less? I don't think it's a lot!

Amer Sloan took out a handkerchief from his pocket and began to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, he regretted it a little now, because he didn't know what Zhang Tianyuan said. He didn't care about those Chinese antiques before, let alone learn about them, but Zhang Tianyuan was very fond of Picasso's oil paintings, which made him feel very passive and embarrassed, and he even tried to find a reason to refute it, but found that he couldn't find it at all.

Zhang Tianyuan must thank Li Mingguang and John Lampard, it was Li Mingguang who built Zhang Tianyuan to find out the price of all 28 of Picasso's oil paintings, otherwise, Zhang Tianyuan would not be able to make Amer Sloan speechless today.

In addition, he originally studied archaeology, and he has always been a treasure for those antiques, and there is no problem when it comes to talking about it, even adding a little oil and vinegar.

This made Amer Sloan have a feeling, it really seems that he has taken advantage of these things in exchange for an oil painting of Tian Yuan, although there is a huge gap in quantity, but he also knows that quantity does not equal quality, a good thing can be exchanged for a city, this is not a problem, but in his heart he thinks so, and feels that something is not quite right, but because of his ignorance and contempt for Chinese antiques, he can't find any words to explain his confusion.

"Sir Amer, what Mr. Zhang said just now about the auction price of the bronze beast head is wrong. Suddenly, Elena, Amer's secretary, lifted her glasses and said.

"Really, speak up. Amer felt as if he had found a savior, and sure enough, something was wrong, this Chinese kid had been fooling himself.

"Yes, Sir Amell. Yelena glanced at Zhang Tianyuan proudly, as if she felt that she had grabbed Zhang Tianyuan's handle, she stared at the tablet in her hand and read: "In March 2009, Christie's auction house in Paris, France, despite the opposition of many parties, forcibly auctioned the head of the rat and the head ......of the rabbit, and Cai Mingchao, a patriotic businessman from Xiamen, bought the two beast heads for 31.49 million euros in order to bid for the auction, at the expense of his personal reputation."

"Look, more than 30 million euros. Sir Amer suddenly became excited.

"Ms. Elena, you don't seem to have finished reading yet, keep reading, why don't you read it?" Zhang Tianyuan looked at the female secretary with a smile.

Yelena's face flushed, and she looked embarrassed.

"What's wrong Elena, what's wrong?"

"Yes Sir Amer, this shameless Chinese refused to pay, and finally in 14 years, these two beast heads were donated to China without compensation. Elena said with an embarrassed expression.

"This—doesn't that mean you didn't say it!" Ser Amer glared at Elena angrily, "Don't talk nonsense until you know anything." ”

He was depressed in his heart, but he didn't want to admit defeat like this, so he looked at Zhang Tianyuan and found a reason that he thought could make Zhang Tianyuan lower the price: "Mr. Zhang, you can't say that, in my opinion, Chinese art is very great, it can't be measured by value, you take those oracle bone fragments for example, although they may not be sold for a high price, but they are priceless treasures for you Chinese, aren't they?" Besides, your so-called Picasso paintings are worth about $100 million, but that's just John's estimate, not really worth it......"

"Amer, you don't believe me!" John shouted angrily.

"No, it's not John, it's not that I don't trust you, it's just that if this business is to be done, it has to get a more accurate price. Amer had more cold sweat on his head.

"Sir Amer, what you mean by this, this transaction cannot be carried out, do you want to exchange a fragment of an oracle bone for my twenty-eight paintings?" Zhang Tianyuan showed a sarcastic smile on his face: "You are not insulting me, but insulting the great Mr. Picasso, forget it, since you are so insincere, then this transaction will not be carried out, don't you want to know the price of these oil paintings?" Tomorrow is the auction, I'll take one of them and you'll find out then, just hope you don't regret it. (To be continued......)