With the above considerations, Eun. Guimet was willing to make some concessions within his means and keep Picasso's works in the Guimet Museum. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After hearing Eun's words, Wu Lisa coughed vigorously, and while covering her mouth with her hand, she gestured her fingers on her neck, Xi Qing saw it very clearly, and she also understood in her heart that this girl was letting herself kill people with a knife.

"This ...... Mr. Youen, since you are so sincere, then I will bring it up, the jade carving of the "White Jade Tiger" of the Han Dynasty on display in your museum, I personally like it very much, and the bronze of the "Elephant Zun", as well as the three Buddha paintings of "Amitabha Western Pure Land Variation", "Fuxian Bodhisattva Riding Elephant", and "Walking Monk Statue", I think these can be included in this transaction......

After getting the hint from Wu Lisa, Xi Qing simply opened his mouth, originally talking about three objects, but now he opened his mouth and proposed five pieces, and they are all from the collection of the Guimet Museum, and the old Youne, who was sitting opposite him, grew his mouth in surprise.

"No,...... Mr. Xi, you didn't just say three things, but you...... I'm afraid I won't be able to do this with your conditions......"

Ewen stumbled, apparently a little unresponsive.

Bai Yuhu and those Buddhist portraits of the Sui and Tang dynasties are fine, but the bronze market has always been very good abroad, and the transaction price is also high.

The bronze vessel proposed by Xi Qing is 96 cm long, 64 cm high, 45 cm wide, with a back opening of 26 and 21 cm in length and width, with animal face patterns engraved on the ventral side and head, and scales on the ears, nose and feet, which should belong to the late Yin Shang dynasty or the early Western Zhou Dynasty.

This bronze is roughly the same as the "Twin Sheep Statue" in the collections of the British Museum in London and the Nezu Museum of Art in Tokyo, and although the top cover has been lost and most of the elephant trunk has been destroyed, it is still the largest known animal-shaped statue in the world.

In the spring of 2001, Christie's in New York, USA, launched five pieces of Chinese bronzes, including a bronze "vessel Tianquan" Fang Wei body from the Shang Dynasty in China, which set the highest price in the auction of oriental art at $9.24 million.

Sotheby's New York has been auctioning Chinese bronzes since around 2000, with the 2003 Spring Auction No. 6 Late Shang Dynasty Bronze Tripod and the 2004 Autumn Bronze No. 117 both sold for $1.457 million.

From the above two auctions, we can see the popularity of Chinese bronzes in the international market, although Xi Qing's five Picasso sketches are rare goods, but the price is at most about 12 million euros, if the Guimet Museum really agrees to Xi Qing's quid pro quo, this loss is a bit big.

Because this bronze is almost similar to Picasso's work in terms of market value, it also has to be matched with more than 20 pieces of Frey's family donations and white jade tigers and ancient paintings of the Sui and Tang dynasties...... It's a bit of a bully.

So after hearing Xi Qing's words, Ewen showed a look of embarrassment on his face, he was not sure that he could persuade the people of the board of directors to approve this transaction, after all, the items exchanged are at least similar in the current market price, and the museum also has special appraisers, and the price difference is too much, it is difficult to pass the resolution of the board of directors.

Ewen wanted to get Picasso's sketch before, even if he made a little sacrifice, it didn't matter, but the key is that Xi Qing can't open his mouth so much, if this is really the case, Ewen really can't promote this exchange gift.

Of course, he hopes that Xi Qing will change his mind.

"Mr. Ewen, instead of these works of art in your museum being placed here without any value, it is better to replace them with things with corresponding value, which can also increase the popularity of your museum......

Xi Qing also knew that his own conditions were a bit excessive, so he hurriedly added fuel and fire: "If I can agree to the above conditions, I can consider giving your museum three more sketches of Mr. Picasso for free, so that your museum can open a special counter belonging to Master Picasso, what do you think?" ”

Xi Qing had a total of 32 Picasso sketches, six of which he showed to Schal, and there were still 26 left, even if he gave the Guimet Museum eight more, wouldn't there still be 16 left.

Xi Qing is also a little cautious, although he doesn't know how to appreciate the world's famous paintings, but he has to keep a few copies, so that the buddy will go out in the future and say that he is a world-class collector, and he is somewhat confident.

After knowing the affection, but also to tempt it to benefit, Xi Qing threw out three Picasso sketches, immediately made Youne's confidence shaken again, in recent years, few Picasso's works have appeared, if you miss this village, it is difficult to meet Xi Qing's shop again.

Eun's attention was all attracted by the other three Picasso works that Xi Qing said at this time, but Wu Lisa listened to it next to her and couldn't help but roll her eyes at Xi Qing.

This guy is really shameless, he copied the fine products in other people's collections, and in turn said that his own things were given away for free, shameless, shameless!

"Mr. Xi, I can't answer your request right now, but I can submit it to the board of directors for discussion, and I hope to take pictures of the eight works of Picasso that you mentioned, so that I can better convince the members of the board of directors to agree to this exchange ......."

Ewan. After thinking about it for more than ten minutes, Jimmy finally made up his mind, in fact, in his heart, the really difficult objects to choose, even the bronze artifact, as for the Frey family's donations, had been stored in the warehouse for fifty or sixty years, and he didn't pay much attention to it.

"There is no problem at all in taking pictures, Mr. Ewen, I hope that the board of directors of your museum can make the wisest choice, you know, Mr. Picasso's works are very rare now......

Xi Qing opened his eyes and said a nonsense, which added a little psychological pressure to Old Youen.

In fact, there are definitely more surviving works of Picasso than anyone can imagine, but all the people who collect Picasso's works are unwilling to take them out.

"I will seriously consider your suggestion, Mr. Xi, and I hope that in the near future, your museum will have these works of art of ours, and in the same way, the Musée Guimet will have the works of Mr. Picasso......"

Old Eun stood up, shook hands with Xi Qing very formally, and the secretary, who had been sitting next to him, also sorted out the record of Xi Qing and his conversation, and after Eun asked Xi Qing to confirm, he sent several people out of the office.

"Grandma's, my museum ???"

After Xi Qing walked out of the director's office, he scolded in his heart wordlessly, his museum still only exists in the imagination.

However, if the Guimet Museum really agrees to this exchange of cultural relics, even if Xi Qing does not have a museum, it can be carried out, and it is a big deal to find a domestic museum to sign an agreement, I believe that the Chinese people are willing to see the return of the national treasure.

"Hey, I said Sister Lisa, no, it's not right......"

After Xi Qing walked out of the Guimet Museum, he suddenly slapped his head, turned around and was about to walk back.

Wu Lisha grabbed Xi Qing and asked, "What's wrong?" Why is it so urgent, and no one else owes you money......"

"No, they saw our Picasso works in the morning, but just now we only looked at the list, and I didn't see any of the antiques that Frey handed over to the Louvre and the Guimet Museum......

Xi Qing didn't mention the items placed in the exhibition hall, because he had seen all those items, and there was no doubt that they were genuine, but for the other eighteen objects, he had doubts, what if the other party agreed to his conditions, but what if they took out some fakes?

"Hey, you're eating radishes...... Don't worry about it, if they agree to the exchange, they will definitely have to conduct an appraisal and evaluation of the items at that time, what kind of hurry are you......"

Wu Lisa listened to the black line of the melon, the exchange of items and gifts between museums, which requires a rather cumbersome series of procedures, and it is not like between private individuals, the two sides can trade if they are optimistic.

"That's good, that's good......"

Xi Qing smiled, he knew that he was spending the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and after laughing dryly, Xi Qing said to Wu Lisa: "Sister Wu Lisa, I couldn't help you get an antique sword this time, and when I return to China, I will give you a good ......."

Xi Qing felt a little embarrassed, since she arrived in Paris, she was busy with Lisa in the afternoon, and she took advantage of a lot, but others were all voluntary labor.

Wu Lisha waved her hand and said, "Okay, don't talk about these useless things, if you really plan to open a museum, just put my swords in a separate exhibition room......"

Wu Lisha has long had the idea of running an antique sword museum by herself, and with the swords he collects, it should not be a big problem to apply for approval, but the financial resources are not good, so it has been delayed, and now there is Xi Qing, the gold owner, and his heart is alive again.

"Cheng, then let's settle it like this, I'll go back and inquire about it, and see how this private museum is built......"

Xi Qing nodded and agreed, calculating that he also has a lot of good things in his basement, so he can't always be dusty and let those precious national treasure-level cultural relics hide in the basement and never see the light of day, so just take this opportunity to build a museum.

"I don't know the specifics, it seems that there are certain requirements for the number of venues and cultural relics, brother, you just need to inquire, I won't accompany you, the auction has started today, I want to take a look, there is an antique sword I still want to take it down......"

Seeing that things were straightened out on Xi Qing's side, Wu Lisha said goodbye, although she didn't want to be slaughtered by the fried price of the foreigners' balls, but when she saw her favorite object, Wu Lisha still felt itchy and wanted to go to the auction site to take a look.

"Okay, Lisa Wu, then I'll go back to the hotel first, ask about the museum, and I'll go with you tomorrow to see the auction......"

The special auction of Chinese art in Paris will be held for several days, and Xi Qing has read the auction catalogue and there seems to be nothing good today, so he is too lazy to go, so he simply implements the things of the museum.

made an international call, Xi Qing really didn't know at first, this matter was actually approved by the Ministry of Culture, and Xi Qing pondered who to ask for help in this matter.

Xi Qing felt that this was also to promote national culture and welcome the return of national treasures, and even if the government opened some back doors, it was a matter of course.

Hey, don't be unconvinced, you have the ability to make such a batch of cultural relics from foreign museums? Without those Picasso sketches in Xi Qing's hands, I'm afraid you wouldn't even be able to enter the door of the curator's office.

Tao Xiaoman didn't seem to be joking when he saw Xi Qing's behavior after he came back, walked up to Xi Qing's side, and asked, "Xi Qing, do you really want to run a private museum?" ”

"I want to do it, but unfortunately there is no one in the country, and this matter is under the control of your Ministry of Culture."

"Just leave it to me."

After Tao Xiaoman made a few calls, he didn't think that it wouldn't take long for him to call Xi Qing.

And faxed all the information to Xi Qing.

Tao Xiaoman raised the fax in his hand, and there were two copies of the faxed materials, one was the specific provisions on the establishment of museums in the "Measures for the Management of Museums" of the Ministry of Culture, and the other was the specific provisions in the "Regulations on the Museum of Beijing".

The same applies to the two, because if Xi Qing can't find a house in Beijing, he can't rule out the possibility of building the museum in the surrounding area.

After seeing these regulations, Xi Qing knew that what Wu Lisha said was true, private bidding for museums is actually not very complicated, and the Ministry of Culture's "Museum Management Measures" indicates that as long as the following requirements are met, private individuals can apply for approval of museums.

First, it must have a fixed site, set up a dedicated exhibition hall (room), warehouse and cultural relics protection technology site, the exhibition hall (room) area and the scale of the exhibition is compatible, the exhibition environment is suitable for the public to open, whether it is qualified, to be approved by the Ministry of Culture Museum Department after verification.

Second, it is also very important to have the necessary funds for running the museum and the funds to ensure the operation of the museum, otherwise if the approval here is successfully opened, buddy, you will close down in less than two months because of business failure or poor capital turnover, which is not a waste of money and labor.

The third is to have a certain number of systematic collections that are in line with the purpose of the museum, as well as the necessary research materials.

Not to mention the antique museum, that is, the folklore, you also have to put everything in it, otherwise others will spend money to buy tickets, aren't you defrauding consumers? Be careful that others call 315 to sue you, absolutely one is accurate.

The fourth is to have professional technology and management personnel in line with the purpose of the museum, which is required to be the regular management of private museums, otherwise a good museum will be like a hotel by you, which is not a ruined image.

The fifth is the rules of conduct that all public places must abide by, that is, they must have safety and fire protection facilities that comply with national regulations, which does not need to be explained. (To be continued.) )