"You want to buy Fangshanju?"

William looked at Wu Tianyuan in surprise, and sighed for a while: "It's really the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves, and we are really old compared to you!" ”

"I heard that the largest stake in Fangshanju is now in the Daweide Foundation?"

"Yes, the Fangshanju Museum and this brand have been in the hands of David for more than 30 years, and some auctions have been held regularly every year, the quantity is not much, but the quality is very high, and it has created a lot of sky-high prices."

This museum houses the collections of the British scholar Sir David David. Sir David was a lover of Chinese art during his lifetime, and he began collecting Chinese art treasures in the early 20th century.

According to the statistics of Wang Qingzheng, director of the Shanghai Museum, in 1987 and 1991, there were only about 89 pieces of Ru kiln celadon in the world, of which only the National Palace in Taipei, the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Shanghai Museum and the David Foundation can be regarded as systematic collection institutions.

For example, the Ru kiln azure glazed bowl, the outer bottom has 5 small sesame-like nail marks, the inner bottom is engraved with the regular script Qianlong imperial inscription poem, Da Weide has one, and the Palace Museum in Beijing also collects one.

The most famous is the Davide vase, produced in 1351 as the world's earliest known blue-and-white porcelain object with an exact date, which is regarded as the standard for the study of blue and white in the Yuan Dynasty and was selected by the BBC and the British Museum as one of the 100 objects representing world history.

Tang Hangan's White Picture of the Night, which is now the treasure of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Ming Yongle Red Double Phoenix Lotus Saucer, which set a world record for lacquerware at Christie's auction house in December 2008, are also from his collection.

David was born into a wealthy Jewish family in the British Empire colony of Mumbai, India, where his father, Sir Sasson, was a well-known local banker and the founder of the Bank of India.

After the Qing government was overthrown in 1911, a large number of cultural relics from the old collection of the Qing court were dispersed from the palace to the society through various channels such as Pu Yi, Pu Jie and eunuchs. The last emperor, Pu Yi, was expelled from the Forbidden City, and as soon as he arrived in China, he closely linked his activities to the Forbidden City.

"I heard that you used to be a shareholder of Mei Yin Tang?"

William's face flashed with a hint of anger, and he said disdainfully: "What a Meiyintang, I was made by Ullens and Lewis!" ”

He saw Wu Tianyuan's curiosity and recalled: "Back then, I had the opportunity to take a stake in Meiyintang, which was painstakingly run by the Yu brothers, and it started very well, mainly out of personal preference. Both the collection and the communication were very clean, and later this hall name was favored by Ullens, who used a lot of shady means to own the largest shares and become the decision-maker! ”

"In the end, I was the only one who stuck to my original philosophy, and after several conflicts, he couldn't help me. Later, I found Lewis of Jiashide, and the two of them were embarrassed, and dealt with me several times, and finally I couldn't bear it anymore and had to let go. ”

William walked to the window and said abruptly: "Pity the remaining more than a thousand pieces of fine porcelain, although I took more than five hundred, they still kept most of them." The main reason is the brand Meiyintang, a century-old brand, haven't you noticed that it has been frequently on special shows in the past two years? But the quality is getting worse and worse, the price is getting higher and higher, and every time it refreshes the record, there are two people behind it! ”

Wu Tianyuan stood up, also walked to the window, pondered for a while, and said: "So we have to stop them, so that the market will be chaotic, and more people who like to collect will lose their reference and become their lambs to the slaughter." ”

William stared at Wu Tianyuan and confirmed, "What are your plans?" ”

"I heard that you have a deep relationship with Daweide, and this matter can only be solved if you come forward, and Fangshanju is also a century-old brand, which is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. I don't have any ambitions, I just want to establish a reference, at least let collectors know what is good? What's so good about the good stuff? Why is it expensive? ”

"It's as simple as that?"

Wu Tianyuan looked directly at William Zhengse and said, "It's as simple as that!" ”

William nodded and smiled: "I can help you ask, but there is no guarantee that it will not be successful, you wait for my news." And the current Fangshanju is just an empty shell, and the generations of descendants are very clean, even if the acquisition is successful, there will be nothing good, you have to be mentally prepared. ”

"Hey, you two muttered as soon as you met, come and drink tea!"

The two of them laughed when they heard Anne's dissatisfied complaints, and returned to the table, Anne rolled her eyes and deliberately asked, "You said last time that you had the opportunity to help me hype, is it true?" ”

Wu Tianyuan was stunned for a moment, looked at William's surprised appearance, and explained: "There is this idea!" I have a few friends around me, all of whom love to collect, and I have selected the works of five modern and contemporary artists and want to recommend them to the world. ”

Wu Tianyuan briefly talked about the plan, William is a big expert, Lin Fengmian and Luo Zhongli have collections, and the white-haired Yixiong has met a few times, only Zhang Yunfei and Luo Meng are not familiar with the two rookies.

"I have long said that Lin Fengmian's level is far underestimated by the market! His appeal is no worse than that of Zhang Daqian Qi Baishi, but unfortunately he has been tepid and lacks publicity. ”

"There are many such painters, such as Shi Lu of the Chang'an School, his paintings have always been very cheap, Ellsworth saw its huge potential at the first time, and hoarded a large number of them, and now the market has proved that the rate of return is amazing. And this is just the beginning, at least 30% more than 30% per year! ”

Wu Tianyuan's words were very conservative, because he found out that the Dongsheng Society still secretly collected Shi Lu and Guan Shanyue through various channels, and Chen Dongsheng and Ullens would definitely start with the two of them. This kind of underrated painter has the most potential, the level is very high, and it is infectious, and it can be multiplied several times, or even more than ten times, with a casual stir-fry.

Wu Tianyuan looked at Anne with an expectant face, and said with a smile: "This little girl's paintings are also very spiritual, it's rare that she also likes art, if you have the opportunity, you can promote it more, maybe it's the next master!" ”

"That's it, Dad, did you hear that? Even outsiders have confidence in me, and you hit me all day long! ”

William looked at Anne dotingly, and said helplessly: "When I asked you to learn to paint, it was just for self-cultivation, but it turned out to be more and more wild!" Artists are very hard, many of them were poor during their lifetime, and how many years after their death did they become famous, do you really want to take this path? ”

Anne said with a serious face: "Yes, I want to become a real artist, no matter how hard I am!" ”

For the first time, William saw that his cynical daughter had such determination, and nodded: "Then I can help you once, let the market see if you are this material?" Five years, if you don't succeed in five years, you must give up and inherit the family business! ”

"No problem, five years is five years!"

Anne kissed William excitedly, and then pulled Wu Tianyuan and said, "Even my dad agrees, you must help me!" ”

Wu Tianyuan smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "Okay, but I can only help you promote your works through channels, as for whether others recognize it or not, I don't guarantee it!" ”

The three of them talked and laughed, and the next day Anne took Wu Tianyuan to visit Geneva, and it was indeed a paradise on earth, Wu Tianyuan was ready to buy a villa, and come on regular vacation every year in the future.

Three days later, he returned to the capital, and this time he gained a lot of gains, and through Anne's connections, he befriended William, a senior banker, and an expert in playing capital, and later cooperated with Ullens to deal with Ullens together.

Since the last time Chen Dongsheng met, Wu Tianyuan has always had a feeling that gluttony is not as simple as it seems on the surface, Chen Dongsheng personally admitted that he is only the number two person, and there are other people behind him!

Could it be Ullens? Or Lewis?

Wu Tianyuan guessed, no, they are more like a cooperative relationship, and it is definitely not simple to make the arrogant Chen Dongsheng a star-sighted character!

After seeing the style of several hermit families, they prefer to keep a low profile, manipulating everything behind the scenes, and they are the chess pieces in front of the stage, and they are the ones who really play chess.

Wu Tianyuan suddenly had a sense of crisis, and now he has entered the eyes of many people, no longer making small fights, and even touching the interests of some others. This feeling is very bad, it seems that I have to become stronger faster, at least I can protect myself, and I have enough strength to shock the enemy.

Today, Wu Tianyuan was combing the exhibition hall in the museum, and suddenly received a call from Geng Lao, saying that he would come to talk about some business later.

"The Forbidden City is here to talk about trading?"

Wu Tianyuan was curious, did they also have to exchange something with themselves? There are various restrictions on museums in China, unlike the opening of foreign countries, many cultural relics are filed with the Cultural Relics Bureau, and the procedures are very complicated.

"This is Lao Yang of the Department of Ancient Books and Rare Books, and today they are coming to see you."

Geng Lao introduced a fat old man in his early sixties to Wu Tianyuan, and the two sides exchanged a few words of greeting and went to the office to chat.

"This is the Ming version of the Linlang Secrets and Xiaoxiang Boutiques, the Japanese national exchange back, take a slow look."

Wu Tianyuan asked his subordinates to bring over two sets of unique products and let Lao Yang and them visit, Lao Yang was excited, watched for more than half an hour, and finally calmed down.

"Director Wu, we have all heard about your deeds, it is really exciting!"

Lao Yang patted his ass and said: "For many years, we have always wanted to borrow two sets of ancient books from the state, but Little Japan does not agree, I didn't expect to see them in China today, I am really happy." ”

Wu Tianyuan saw Geng Lao's secretly envoy's eyes, and said with a smile: "It's all supposed to be done, why did Yang Lao come this time?" ”

Lao Yang straightened up and said, "I heard that the Tianyuan Museum has a few sets of Qingming Riverside Maps?" I wonder if Director Wu is still interested in collecting others? ”

"Oh?"

Wu Tianyuan said with interest: "I have long heard that there are other versions of the Forbidden City, right?" (To be continued.) )