When I bought a painting, I was very chic, and I decided in one sentence. But when it came to the real selection, Chen Guan was meticulous and almost harsh.

This time Chen Guan is an eye-opener, the 300-year-old store Rong Bao Zhai, is an absolute palace of art, the collection of masterpieces of the past dynasties is very much, the store displays and sells only a very small part, several stacks of treasured catalogues fully demonstrate the profound heritage of this folk Forbidden City.

For example, Fu Baoshi's paintings, there are only 2 pieces on display and sale in the store, in fact, the number of Fu Baoshi's paintings on the collection catalogue is very considerable, the representative ones are "Xiting Waterfall Viewing Map", "Shu River Map", "Jincheng Map", "Furong Country Full Sunrise", "Qiankun Chi" and so on.

While chatting with Mr. Gao, Chen Guan learned that Fu Baoshi and Hou Kai, the old manager of Rong Bao Zhai, were old friends, and every time they entered Beijing, they did not live in a hotel, but lived in the headquarters of Rong Bao Zhai in Liuli Factory or the Rong Bao Zhai branch in Wangfujing. Hou Kai, the old manager of Rong Bao Zhai, knows that Fu Bouldering is good at drinking, and likes the best pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, every time Fu Bouldering comes, there is Moutai to greet him, and there are knowledgeable staff who lay paper and grind ink, and serve carefully. As soon as Fu Baoshi drank, he took advantage of the opportunity to paint, and when he was finished, he stamped his "often drunk" stamp. These paintings were left in Rong Bao Zhai free of charge. This is not counting, the salary income was low in that era, Fu Baoshi, as the vice chairman of the National Artists Association, the chairman of the Jiangsu branch of the Artists Association, one of the most famous painters in the country, the salary is only more than 100 yuan, which can not meet the basic living needs of Fu Baoshi, who has many children and large expenses, so he has to paint and hand it over to Rong Bao Zhai to sell. Because of the trust in Rong Bao Zhai, Fu Baoshi generally handed over a scroll of paintings to the business section chief of Rong Bao Zhai every time, and did not even say how many pictures there were, only said 200 yuan or 300 yuan. How many pictures are handed over at a time, Rong Bao Zhai's business section chief to count them himself. Until Fu Baoshi died, he also entrusted someone to hand over a scroll of paintings to Rong Bao Zhai. It's just that Rong Bao Zhai is open to sell paintings, Fu Baoshi's paintings are selling well, basically they are sold at any time, Rong Bao Zhai's collection is Fu Baoshi's fine masterpieces. That's it, the number of collections is very impressive.

Rong Bao Zhai glaze factory headquarters, Wangfujing store, Shanghai branch, Hong Kong dealership all sell Fu Baoshi's paintings. A Fu bouldering master, I don't know how much wealth Lu Dao has brought to Rong Bao Zhai!

Not only Fu Baoshi, because after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Rong Bao Zhai is one of the main channels for art sales, Rong Bao Zhai and artists have formed a good fate, well-known painters and calligraphers in China, most of the works are handed over to Rong Bao Zhai to sell, and the works are proud of the sale of the works in Rong Bao Zhai. In this way, Rong Bao Zhai has accumulated countless works of art.

Chen Guan, who opened Rong Bao Zhai's painting score and catalog, was like a greedy poor man entering a treasure house with hidden treasures, and his eyes were overwhelmed.

Chen Guan had already made up his mind that what he wanted to buy was mainly the works of modern and modern masters and the works of the most famous contemporary painters and calligraphers. As for the paintings of the ancients, he just looked at the directory and didn't even ask. The reason is very simple, those paintings are not precious now, but all dynasties are precious, they are national treasures, in addition to the loss of overseas, most of them in the mainland are museums at all levels, even if Rong Bao Zhai collects it himself, it is also documented, Rong Bao Zhai will not sell, and may not have the right to sell.

Another point is that the masterpieces of modern and modern masters are in a depression of value, and there is more room for appreciation!

Chen Guan originally said that the Rong Bao Zhai store exhibited and sold the deceased modern and modern famous calligraphy and painting all bought, this look at the Rong Bao Zhai painting spectrum, the collection catalog, only to know that the exhibition and sale of Lu Dao is only the tip of the iceberg, Rong Bao Zhai collection is as vast as a sea of smoke, there are many good things!

According to the catalog, Chen Guan is no longer confined to the calligraphy and painting works exhibited and sold in the store, according to the catalog, the picks are Wu Changshuo, Ren Bonian, Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian, Xu Beihong, Fu Baoshi, Pu Xinshe, Li Keran, Pan Tianshou, Li Kuchan, Shi Lu, Wu Zuoren, Wu Guanzhong, Cheng Shifa, Gao Jianfu, Liu Haisu, Yu Youren, Guo Moruo, Qi Gong, Shu Tong, Guan Shanyue, Fan Zeng, Huang Zhou, Lin Fengmian, Ye Qianyu, Liu Wenxi, Zao Wou-Ki and other modern and modern masterpieces, paintings and calligraphy works.

The price of each piece also varies greatly. Some paintings, such as Wu Changshuo, Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian's huge paintings, the price is very expensive, according to the price of Rong Bao Zhai, there is no discount at all, and the highest prices of several huge paintings are more than 1 million yuan. However, the works of the surviving famous contemporary painters and calligraphers are very cheap, the most expensive ones are only 7 or 8,000 yuan, and the cheaper ones are even about 2 or 3,000 yuan.

To Chen Guan's special surprise, he found two calligraphy works of Kang Sheng, a giant traitor in the party, in Rong Bao Zhai. This person boasted that he wrote better than Guo Moruo with a pen between his feet, and after Chen watched it, he knew that this thing was bragging. Kang Sheng's handwriting is excellent, just like everyone's style. But Guo Lao's handwriting is not worse than Kang Sheng's. It's just that Kang was angry and domineering back then, and Guo Moruo couldn't deal with him.

Kang Sheng is a giant traitor in the party, at this time it is still a pile of stinky shit, his words are not cared about at all, and there is no record in the sales catalog of Rong Bao Zhai, Chen Guan was found in the treasure catalog, and the price is only 500 yuan.

Seeing that Chen Guan actually picked Kang Sheng's word, Mr. Gao was puzzled and asked Chen Guan how he chose Kang Sheng's word?

Chen Guan told Mr. Gao that he wanted the chairman's calligraphy works the most, but unfortunately Rong Baozhai did not have them. If you meet the chairman's handwritten ink treasure at any time, you must leave it for him anyway. As for what to choose Kang Sheng's words, Chen Guan said that in addition to the chairman, Kang Sheng is the biggest calligrapher in the party, his handwriting is indeed good, and at the same time he is a great traitor in the party.

At this time, Chen Guan didn't know that the two paintings of Kang Sheng that he bought for 1,000 yuan could appreciate to hundreds of thousands of yuan in the future, and the appreciation rate reached a thousand times!

After Chen Guan selected, he bought a total of 314 paintings and 106 calligraphy works, with a total value of 20 million yuan, setting a record for the highest single-day sales in the history of Rong Bao Zhai, and also exceeding the transaction record of any art auction in China so far.

In front of Mr. Gao, Chen Guan called Xue Ming, who had been waiting, and asked him to immediately transfer 20 million yuan to his CCB Dragon Card.

Chen Guan told Xue Ming his dragon card number on the phone.

After only half an hour, Xue Ming replied that the money had been transferred and could be used at any time, and asked Chen Guan when he would return to Shuiquan, and he would definitely contact him when he arrived at Shuiquan, and the brothers were waiting for him to go back and drink!

Mr. Gao was so excited, his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat in winter, and his hand holding the catalog book was trembling all the time.

After Chen Guan answered Xue Ming's call, the excited Mr. Gao was about to notify Rong Baozhai's own magazine reporter to take pictures and interviews, but he didn't expect to be rejected by Chen Guan, saying that there are rules in the industry, and the rules of the calligraphy and painting industry are to keep secrets for collectors, and this rule cannot be broken. Mr. Gao gave up.

In this way, the largest transaction in the Chinese art market so far has been lost to the memory of Beijing, which is becoming more and more flavorful. Chen Guan doesn't say it, Rong Bao Zhai also strictly abides by the rules, and outsiders have no way of knowing.

When the financial staff of Rong Bao Zhai happily took Chen Guan to transfer money back, issued an invoice to Chen Guan, and the business department went to issue a certificate to Chen Guan, Mr. Gao, who was so excited that he couldn't even maintain his elegant demeanor, suddenly had a sense of loss in his heart, as if his beloved baby would belong to others from now on. How do you store these paintings and calligraphy? You must know that many of the works in this work are the painstaking works of famous teachers and masters, which can be called national treasures!

Chen Guan told Mr. Gao that he did not buy these paintings and calligraphy for profit, but for personal collection and exhibition.

Mr. Gao was relieved.

Such a large transaction amount, the price is purchased according to Rong Bao Zhai's opening price, if Rong Bao Zhai does not say something, it will be too small!

Mr. Gao went to ask for instructions for a long time, and after coming back, he told Chen Guan that after leading research, it was decided to give Chen Guan a bloodstone seal and a Tianhuang seal, and the price of the blank was more than 20,000 yuan.

At this time, not only the calligraphy and painting works were in a depression of value, but the value of famous products such as bloodstone and Tianhuang was not very high. However, the bloodstone and Tianhuang with a price of more than 20,000 yuan are the most expensive blanks on display and sale in Rong Bao Zhai.

Compared with the transaction volume of 20 million yuan, the bloodstone and Tianhuang blanks worth 20,000 yuan each of the two parties are really nothing, but they are expensive in being engraved by the famous Rongbao Zhaizhi seal, which is precious!

Chen Guan is so young, and he is engaged in administrative work, and the officialdom is called by official titles, if it is a name that people in the calligraphy and painting industry are used to, it sounds strange.

Chen Guan was unwilling to miss this opportunity and let down Rong Bao Zhai's intentions, and after thinking about it, he asked the bloodstone seal to be engraved as "Huaisu Hug Pu Yin", and explained that it was taken from the I Ching's Su Su Pu Yi, and always maintained his own heart. Tian Huang seal, Chen Guanrang engraved into "Invite the Moon to view the heart seal", saying that the moonlight is the most pure, you can watch the scenery, watch the movie, watch the body, watch the heart, and the most important thing is to maintain your heart.

In fact, Chen Guan also has a layer of meaning, that is, his bosom lover is called Tangtai Mingyue, and the seal contains the word "Yue", which contains a layer of his strong nostalgia for Tangtai Mingyue.

After hearing this, Mr. Gao said yes, and asked Chen Guan to write down the words, so that he could take them to the famous master of seal management to engrave.

Chen Guan did not shirk, directly dipped the pen in ink, wrote "Huaisu Hug Pu" in thin gold font, and wrote "Invite the Moon to View the Heart" in seal.

Mr. Gao himself is a famous artist, and when he saw Chen Guan's words, he was greatly surprised, and asked Chen Guan who he studied with? How long have you been immersed in calligraphy?

Chen Guan smiled but did not answer.

Mr. Gao sighed: "This is really a person outside the world, there is a sky outside the sky, I can't imagine that you are so young, and you do have such attainments." In time, he is a great calligrapher himself. I am really relieved to hand over this batch of calligraphy and paintings to you! ”

Chen Guan originally wanted to purchase Tianhuang, bloodstone, Shoushan stone, Qinghai jelly, ordinary stone and other printing blanks in Rong Bao Zhai, purchase rice paper, pens, ink, and purchase a number of Rong Bao Zhai's unique wood board watermark paintings, and open a gallery after returning. But thinking that he was about to go to the United States on a mission, and he didn't know when he would be able to come back, he couldn't do it for the time being, so he could only wait for himself to return to China before thinking about it, so he just gave up.