What Chen Guan wants to buy is not a painting, but wants to buy a batch of paintings, and even wants to sweep away the famous calligraphy and paintings on display in Rong Bao Zhai!

The reason why this is the case is because Chen Guan just came up with an idea, that is, to set up a cultural enterprise similar to Rong Bao Zhai in Shuiquan City, or to jointly operate with Rong Bao Zhai and directly set up a branch of Rong Bao Zhai.

Chen Guan bought all the façade houses of the Earth Garden, and each façade room is one floor above ground and one floor underground, and the business area is sufficient. Coupled with the support of the engraving and printing of the Chen Family Bookstore, as long as you buy back these famous calligraphy and paintings exhibited and sold by Rong Bao Zhai, you can directly open the door.

As for the price of these famous paintings and calligraphy, Chen Guan didn't care very much, because he knew that if he bought them in bulk, there would definitely be a large discount. Moreover, China's art market is just getting started, and the masterpieces of grandmasters such as Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, and Li Keran have unimaginable appreciation space, so you don't have to do anything, just buy these masterpieces back and put them in the safe of CCB, and you will become a huge rich person in the future.

Chen Guan told the staff of Rong Bao Zhai that he wanted to meet the leaders with decision-making power, and wanted to discuss buying more calligraphy and painting works, including bloodstone and Tian Huang's famous seal carving works, including blanks.

When the staff heard this, they realized that Chen Guan was likely to be a big customer, so he immediately invited Chen Guan to sit down in the VIP room, poured tea, and went to the leader.

After a short time, a man in his 40s came in, wearing glasses and looking very elegant, and introduced Chen Guan that he was the deputy general manager of Rong Bao Zhai, surnamed Gao.

Chen Guan took out his business card and handed it to Deputy General Manager Gao with both hands, saying that he was a native of Shuiquan City, Central Plains Province, and that he had come to Beijing on a business trip and made a special trip to visit, and wanted to report his immature ideas to the leaders of Rong Bao Zhai and ask for guidance.

Seeing that Chen Guan said earnestly and his attitude was very respectful, Mr. Gao asked Chen Guan to talk about what he thought first.

Chen Guan said that he has a façade room in Shuiquan, which is a one-story shop of the whole building, and the frame structure is all opened, including the basement, which can be used to open a Rong Bao Zhai dealership.

Without waiting for Chen Guan to finish speaking, Mr. Gao said that Rong Bao Zhai did not have a plan to open a dealership in Central Plains Province, let alone a plan to open a branch in a medium-sized city like Shuiquan. Rong Bao Zhai currently only has dealerships or branches in Hong Kong and Shanghai, and there are no other places. Needless to say, this cannot be done.

Chen Guan did not give up, he introduced the economic development level of Shuiquan to Mr. Gao, saying that Shuiquan has gold mines, coal mines, bauxite mines, is the largest energy base and gold producing area in the Central Plains, the economy is relatively developed, and Rong Bao Zhai will open a distribution office in Shuiquan The benefits will be very good.

Mr. Gao will not be moved.

Rong Bao Zhai is not only a cultural enterprise, but also has the function of a window for foreign cultural exchanges. Chen Guan thought about this matter too simply.

Seeing that Mr. Gao did not move, Chen Guan put forward a second plan, that is, a joint venture with Rong Bao Zhai, he out of the business site and working capital, Rong Bao Zhai is responsible for organizing the supply of goods, the two sides are divided, and a cultural enterprise like Rong Bao Zhai is opened in Shuiquan.

Mr. Gao still disagreed, saying that Rong Bao Zhai was a state-owned cultural enterprise, and there was no plan to open a store in cooperation with domestic private individuals.

Both roads were blocked, Chen Guan was a little disappointed, feeling that the thinking of Rong Bao Zhai's management was not emancipated enough, what age is this, and he didn't even do the matter of opening a joint venture store, can't he say it!

Think about it, it's not all to blame Rong Bao Zhai's management is not emancipated enough, Rong Bao Zhai's three words are golden signboards, if you casually open a joint venture store or open a branch everywhere, I'm afraid Rong Bao Zhai's three words will be worthless.

Since Rong Bao Zhai had no intention of cooperating, Chen Guan was not reluctant, so he retreated to the next best thing and began to talk about the preferential purchase of calligraphy and painting works.

Mr. Gao asked Chen Guan which painter's works he wanted to buy?

Chen Guan replied that he wanted to buy the works of modern and modern masters, such as Wu Changshuo, Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian, Xu Beihong, Fu Baoshi, Li Keran and others, and the key was to see how much discount he could.

Mr. Gao replied that these people Chen Guan said are all giants in the painting world, grandmasters, and the price of the paintings is high, and they are very popular, and they really want to buy them, and they can be discounted, but the discount range is limited.

Chen Guan asked how much discount can I get for buying a landscape painting of Fu Baoshi?

As soon as he heard Chen Guan say that he would only buy one painting, Gao was a little disappointed, so he said lightly that he could get a 5% discount.

Mr. Gao was a little disappointed, and Chen Guan was even more disappointed, this was too far from the preferential margin he thought in his heart!

Chen Guan asked Rong Baozhai how many paintings of Fu Baoshi there are?

Mr. Gao replied that there were not many, only 2 works of Fu Baoshi.

Chen Guan asked, if you buy all these 2 Fu Baoshi's works, how much can you discount?

Mr. Gao did not answer directly, but asked Chen Guan if he brought money and whether he bought it sincerely?

Chen Guan took out his CCB Dragon Card and said to Mr. Gao: "Mr. Gao, I really buy it, and money is not a problem." I have more than 200,000 yuan on this card, and I will hand it all over to Rong Bao Zhai today. If it's not enough, I'll make a phone call, and the family can immediately send money to my card without delaying things. ”

Mr. Gao asked Chen Guan to wait and take his dragon card out of the bank, probably asking the financial staff to go to the bank to check to see if there was any money in the card.

In recent years, there have been many leather bag companies everywhere, and there have been many cheats, especially in Central Plains Province, which has a bad reputation in the outside world. Mr. Gao was afraid of being deceived, so he went to check.

While waiting for Mr. Gao, Chen Guan called Xue Ming, director of the Binhe District Credit Union, and told him that he was going to transfer the money to himself and transfer it to his CCB Dragon Card. When to turn and how much, wait for him to call later.

After about half an hour, Mr. Gao walked back again. This time, Mr. Gao was full of spring breeze, personally refilled Chen Guan's teacup, and then told him that the five works of Fu Baoshi that Rong Baozhai is selling now are all high-quality products, and it is difficult to find a thousand gold. If Chen Guan really wants to buy it, he can give a 10% discount.

Chen Guan's psychological bottom line is a 30% discount, and the 10% discount that Mr. Gao said can't achieve his goal!

Chen Guan asked how many Qi Baishi's paintings were in the store?

Qi Baishi made a living by selling paintings all his life, and he was very diligent and painted a lot. However, in the past war years, Qi Baishi's paintings were not valuable, and you could buy one for a few oceans before liberation. Once, the old man Shiraishi went to Shanghai to hold an art exhibition, and all 200 works were sold in exchange for a few bundles of fiat currency. When I returned to Beijing, I found that I couldn't even buy 10 bags of flour in several large bundles of fiat currency. Now the situation is different, the reform and opening up, the country has opened, and the price of the old man's paintings abroad has risen, but the price in China is still relatively low.

Qi Baishi settled in Beijing at the age of 57, and his later paintings were completed in Beijing, and Rong Baozhai collected more of his paintings. It's just that Rong Bao Zhai specializes in selling calligraphy and paintings, and some people buy and sell them, and they have to collect them for exhibitions. Therefore, there are not many Qi Baishi paintings that Rong Bao Zhai hangs out for sale.

Mr. Gao told Chen Guan that there are 3 paintings of the old man Baishi sold at a price in the store, all of which are small paintings of flowers, birds, insects and fish. However, Qi Baishi's paintings are now very expensive, reaching 56,000 square feet at the autumn auction, and they are still small pieces. In fact, at the auction held by China Jiade Company at the Great Wall Hotel in 1994, Qi Baishi's "Wind and Cloud" had been auctioned for a high price of 1.6 million, and Zhang Daqian's "Landscape Map" was sold for 1.9 million. The price of Shiraishi's paintings is now 50,000 yuan per square foot, which is already very low compared to the auction, and not a penny can be discounted.

When he said this, Mr. Gao told Chen Guan that Rong Bao Zhai would be repriced after the New Year, like Qi Baishi and Zhang Daqian's paintings, the price per square foot was likely to exceed 100,000.

Chen Guan didn't ask Qi Baishi how much the price was discounted, and Mr. Gao sealed his mouth first!

Seeing that Chen Guan was disappointed, Mr. Gao added that the price of artworks has increased by leaps and bounds in recent years. In 1990, a six-foot Qi Baishi painting only sold for 20,000 or 30,000 yuan, and it was all sold to foreigners, and no one in China bought it, and they couldn't afford it. At that time, Xu Beihong's painting of a galloping horse was only sold for more than 10,000 yuan. The paintings of other painters are thousands of dollars. But now it's different, a six-foot Qi Baishi painting can be sold for more than 1 million casually, and if a small piece is cheaper, it will cost hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands. It's nothing to blame, it's only that Chen Guan is late. A few years ago, I bought a Qi Baishi painting, and now the value has increased several times or even dozens of times.

Chen Guan said that there are many accidental factors in the auction, and the price can only be used as a reference. Moreover, the auction also has to pay handling fees and tax declarations, which is very troublesome, where is it as convenient as yourself to buy directly? Besides, a small piece can't be compared with a huge painting, and the price is far behind.

No matter what Chen Guan said, Mr. Gao did not let go, and insisted that Qi Baishi and Zhang Daqian's paintings could not be discounted.

The two of them bargained for a long time, and the final result was still that the paintings of Qi Baishi and Zhang Daqian were not discounted by a penny, and the paintings of several other masters were discounted by 10%. As for the paintings of young and middle-aged contemporary painters, they can be discounted by 20%.

If you can't talk about it, Chen Guan won't talk about it, and directly told Mr. Gao that he bought all the paintings of the deceased modern painters on display and sale in Rong Bao Zhai, and he wanted to see the catalog to determine the contemporary painters, and let Mr. Gao go to get the catalog, select the paintings according to the catalog, and calculate the price.

As soon as these words came out, Mr. Gao gasped and was frightened by Chen Guan's posture!

Mr. Gao secretly wondered in his heart, this is the real big buyer!

Mr. Gao said, "I want to ask the leader", and left Chen Guan.

Chen Guan can't figure it out, do you still need to ask the leader for this matter?

I don't know which leader Mr. Lu Daogao went to ask for, anyway, he made Chen Guan wait for almost an hour.

When Mr. Gao came back, he brought Chen Guan good news, that is, Rong Baozhai agreed to let Chen Guan choose to buy paintings and calligraphy works.

The leaders of Rong Bao Zhai did not know what to do, and the paintings they sold to Chen Guan made Chen Guan's wealth increase thousands of times. It's just that Chen Guan is not short of money and did not sell these precious paintings, and outsiders don't know how much wealth his paintings have brought him.