Chapter 1190: The Buying and Selling of Heavy Weapons
Whether you admit it or not, in any country or anywhere, it is much easier to do everything if you have money and power.
There is bail abroad, and money can be used to dredge up relations at home.
You can find someone to help abroad, and you can do it at home, after all, the entire human society, that is a humane society, without people, then you are nothing.
"Bronzes with inscriptions? Is it similar to the kind of inscription on the bronze knight? Mo Xie asked.
"Well, almost, but I want more inscriptions, preferably records of history, and you know, such things are too important for a person who is obsessed with history." Zhang Tianyuan nodded and said.
"The boss simply said that he wanted a heavy weapon, why hide it, since we have already explained it today, you can say it directly." Mo Xie is so cautious, the reason why he dares to say this is because he has confirmed that Zhang Tianyuan is not from the public family, and there is no camera or recording equipment in this box.
He has been in the rivers and lakes for so many years, what kind of talents are there around him?
He often calls himself Meng Weijun, and others say that his friends are all thieves, but he doesn't care, but thinks it's a good thing for him, after all, he's just a tomb robber.
Before coming to this box, the network and cameras in this box had already been controlled by his subordinates, so don't say that he just revealed such a little bit of the bottom, even if he said everything, he was not afraid.
Even at this moment, even if Zhang Tianyuan wanted to call outside. It can't be done, and his men have interfered with the cell phone signal here.
"That's right. That's what I'm asking, do you have it? ”
Zhang Tianyuan didn't care when he saw the other party. Then why should you be afraid, once something happens, it is obvious that Mo Ye will be worse than him, so Mo Ye dares to be so confident, he must have all the preparations, and he can use the other party's perfect preparation to do something.
You must know that the so-called heavy weapons in their mouths are actually relatively large bronze vessels, and the seals are engraved with inscriptions. Mainly some ritual vessels, here, the most representative is the bronze tripod, especially the relatively large bronze tripod.
Most of the time, such things were taken out of the country before the founding of the People's Republic of China, and those brought out after the founding of the People's Republic of China were basically dismembered, smashed, and then taken out piece by piece and reassembled. Naturally, its value cannot be compared to that of a complete bronze, but there is no other way for the smugglers.
Some people say that among the ancient Chinese works of art, there are only bronzes. Its artistic value is unanimously recognized all over the world. In almost every major museum in the world, there is a special Chinese bronze hall, and most of them have been built in the forties and fifties of the last century. It houses many rare treasures. In recent years, some extremely valuable famous bronzes. It was sold at an international auction for a sky-high price.
Spring 2001, Christie's in New York, USA. A bronze vessel from the Shang Dynasty in China, the "Vessel Tianquan", set the highest price at auction for an Oriental art——— $9.24 million. This treasure was unearthed in 1922 in the lake. South Taoyuan, whose lid is now present in the lake. Southern Provincial Museum.
In order to make the national treasure "one body", the Shangpu Museum and the Poly Art Museum jointly raised a huge amount of money to participate in the bidding in the United States, but finally lost to New York because a French buyer bid nearly 40% more than our budget at the auction.
And this thing can be regarded as a heavy weapon.
In fact, when it comes to heavy weapons, it is estimated that most of the post-80s people should know that when they were children in history class, they would always mention one thing, that is, "Simu Wu Dafang Ding", this heavy weapon was unearthed in 1939 in the Wujia cypress cemetery in Yinxu Military Attache Village, 133 cm high, 110 cm long, weighing 875 kg, the shape is very majestic, and it is called the king of the tripod.
Such a thing, for our country, is a real national treasure, a priceless treasure, no matter how much money is given, it is not sold, and because of this, the state prohibits the private trade of bronzes.
Of course, the flowers bloom inside the wall and the incense outside the wall, which is also a very helpless phenomenon, the domestic bronze trade has almost come to a standstill, but the foreign bronze trade is in full swing, basically the best bronzes, almost all of them are abroad, and there are very few of them in China.
There is a saying that it is not advisable for private collectors or private entrepreneurs to acquire cultural relics overseas. This kind of behavior of "patriotism" and "protection of cultural relics" on the surface may objectively stimulate some people to take risks and encourage the occurrence of tomb robbery and smuggling.
Those who hold this argument say they do not agree with the assumption that if Chinese do not buy these things, these things will be taken away by foreigners and the price will be inflated after a few years. The final destination and market of artworks must be in the nation and country to which it belongs, such as Yuan blue and white, ancient ceramics, ancient calligraphy and paintings, all of which are stirred up by the Chinese themselves.
Many people feel that if Chinese collectors respond to the call of the state and do not bid abroad, and do not follow the coaxing of foreigners, perhaps the price of bronzes will be lower in a few years.
Zhang Tianyuan actually disagrees with such a statement, especially for bronzes, which he disagrees with the most.
The reason is very simple, bronze art, unlike others, it is unanimously recognized as China's top art in the world, Chinese do not buy, foreigners will also buy.
If Zhang Tianyuan had encountered bronzes at an auction in London last time, his plans might have gone bankrupt.
Because of this kind of thing, even if he unites all the Chinese collectors, it will be useless, if you don't buy it, naturally there will be foreigners to buy it, and people will reduce their competitiveness, and they can buy it cheaply.
Even if it is another collection, Zhang Tianyuan feels that the person who said these words is too naïve, in economics, there is a thing that would rather rot in his own land than sell at a loss.
It is estimated that many people still remember the dumping of milk in the United States, which has happened repeatedly in China.
Of course, this involves a lot of economic knowledge, Zhang Tianyuan does not particularly understand, but he knows that even if you Chinese do not speculate, the price of those things cannot go up, these gringos will not sell to Chinese cheaply, only a few well-wishers may give away, but most people will definitely choose to destroy directly.
After all, there was nothing to lose for them, and a lot of things were looted by them.
But for China, the losses are huge.
Of course, this is just his family opinion, and he doesn't want to say that others will necessarily listen to him, but he is ready to do what he thinks.
It is a good deed to buy bronze heavy weapons and not let this thing go abroad, after all, once this thing is shipped abroad, it will inevitably be smashed, which is a pity.
"Yes! And more than one, what about things, of course, not as big as Simu Wu Dafang Ding, and not as exquisite as Siyang Fangzun, but it is well preserved, and it is also quite good, really, this thing my friend originally did not plan to sell, you know, trading bronzes, it is a crime, not to mention this kind of heavy weapon, but my friend is going to marry a daughter-in-law recently, buy a house and buy a car, and there is really a lack of money to spend, if the boss you really want, I can help you contact ......"
My friend, my grandfather, my friend's friend, my best friend, my roommate, similar to this statement, many times actually refers to himself, Zhang Tianyuan naturally understands this, but he doesn't say it, anyway, he knows it in his heart.
"Bronze heavy weapon, I didn't expect you to really have it, probably give a price, I'll see if the money on hand is enough......"
"10 million RMB, not even one point less." Mo Xie said lightly: "The boss is an understanding person, and he should know that the price I said is not much." ”
Zhang Tianyuan naturally doesn't know much, if the heavy weapon is real, even if he doesn't look at it, he can imagine that it is worth a lot of money, 10 million RMB, this price is more reasonable.
But he didn't want it, because he had brought up this topic before, just to euphemistically inquire if Mo Xie had such a thing, and to know where Mo Ye's bronzes came from.
Now that the answer he wants has arrived, he naturally doesn't have to get involved in this whirlpool anymore. But he will never allow this heavy weapon to flow abroad, so after this matter is over, he plans to make an anonymous call to Ouyang Xiaodan and ask this girl to send someone to investigate.
In this process, he can secretly help, and he doesn't want to get too involved.
This thing is too obvious, it's hard for the police not to target it, and it's a bit uneconomical to make it difficult for you to sleep for such a thing.
"Ten million is too much, since my brother is an understanding person, he should know that such a thing can't be sold at such a high price in China, not to mention that I haven't even seen it, and I won't agree to this price." Zhang Tianyuan began to look for excuses.
"That's right, but boss, you don't have to refuse so quickly, you can think about it first, and when you think about it, I'll contact you again......"
"Brother, don't you leave a business card or phone number?" Zhang Tianyuan asked.
"No, I'll reach out to you." Mo Xie is really still cautious, and he doesn't even leave a phone phone, it seems that this is also a summary of the experience of years of struggle.
After speaking, Mo Xie picked up his schoolbag and got up and left again, this time, Zhang Tianyuan did not stop him, he was not a policeman, there was no need to face such a person.
After Mo Xie left, Zhang Tianyuan and Lao Yu shopkeeper also left the café and returned to the antique shop.
"Boss, I'm really afraid that you agreed to buy that heavy weapon, and my heart is nervous. That thing can't be touched, if you touch it, it will become a big trouble, the bronze mirror doesn't matter, that kind of small thing, even if it is discovered, it's actually nothing, and now many auction houses are playing such a side-scraping ball......"
Lao Yu's shopkeeper didn't dare to speak just now because he was afraid of ruining Zhang Tianyuan's affairs, but if Zhang Tianyuan had promised to buy a bronze heavy weapon at that time, he would definitely have spoken out to stop it. (To be continued......)