Looking at the excitement of the four old men, Wu Tianyuan was also very moved, everyone has a patriotic heart, and as long as they have the opportunity, they are willing to contribute to the nation.

After replenishing the last 29 pieces of the old collection, the first phase of the exhibition hall of the Old Summer Palace was completely completed.

"After Sanxi Hall, this is the heavyweight exhibition hall the next day, Lao Ren redistributed the exhibits, and replaced the four kings and four monks with Lang Shining, making the Old Summer Palace Hall more rich and atmospheric."

Hu Jianmin and Wu Tianyuan inspected the museum, and now with it, it is like having a child, growing up little by little, and having a sense of accomplishment.

The two returned to the warehouse, looking at the twenty-one oil paintings, Hu Jianmin asked curiously: "We will definitely collect these six masterpieces, and we will have an oil painting gallery to exhibit them in the future." How to deal with these generals? ”

"I don't know, I will discuss with Hu Yan in the afternoon, the atmosphere of domestic oil painting collection is average, except for Wang Jiansen and Liu Yiqian, there are not many people playing. I don't want to let Tianyuan digest it internally all the time, so it's easy to wait for some Western babies to open up new connections. ”

Hu Jianmin agrees that connections are the most important thing, and now Wu Tianyuan has teams in Japan, the United Kingdom, and France to help collect lots. But this kind of top master's work is rare to see, it is the darling of the market, each piece is more than 10 million dollars, and Jiade Baoli really doesn't have to play it!

In the afternoon, Hu Yan rushed to the warehouse, and when she saw the fifteen oil paintings, she was excited and distressed: "You kid gave me a problem again?" What to do? ”

Wu Tianyuan looked at the Iron Lady with a smile, and then gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it, for the sake of maximizing your interests, this good thing will be given to others!" ”

Hu Yan took out the phone, dialed a number, and then sent a photo over, and said with a smile: "Give me to the UK tomorrow to meet the head of Sufuby!" ”

"Qiu Guofu?"

Wu Tianyuan was curious: "The grandson of Qiu Yanzhi, the great collector of the Republic of China? ”

"That's right, it's Qiu Guofu, tell you the truth, he is also a member of the Dragon Group!"

Wu Tianyuan was very surprised, he didn't expect that the head of the dignified Su Fubi was also a member of the Dragon Group?

"What's the big deal, now the country is getting stronger and stronger, and the tentacles penetrate many areas. In fact, Qiu Yanzhi was a patriotic collector back then, and now it is normal for his grandson to be a member of the Dragon Group. ”

Hu Yan took a sip of tea and explained: "Sufubi and Baoli are both means used by the state to control cultural relics, and they are also the main channels for the return of cultural relics by using the market economy. Our enemies are Jiashide and Jiade, they are capital is king, as long as there are huge profits, there is no bottom line of speculation artworks, and cultural relics are used to earn the greatest benefits. ”

At this time, Wu Tianyuan had a clear camp in his heart, it turned out that the country had already laid out the bureau, and it was really far-sighted to return cultural relics through various means.

"You are now your own person, so I can take this opportunity to meet Qiu Guofu, and if you cooperate in the future, he will definitely do his best to help."

The next day, Hu Yan and Wu Tianyuan flew to London and met the famous Qiu Guofu at the headquarters of Sufouby, who was in his early forties and shrewd and capable.

"I've wanted to see you for a long time, and I finally have a chance, brother, sit!"

The three of them quickly became acquainted, they were all their own people, it was very convenient to talk behind closed doors, Qiu Guofu was very curious about this new member, heard a lot of rumors, and finally met today.

Wu Tianyuan is also very curious about the heads of the world's two top auction houses, it is rare that they are all members of the Dragon Group, and they are very interested in Qiu Yanzhi and even Mei Yintang, so they started chatting.

In the past five years, Qiu Guofu has auctioned many more than 100 million heavy weapons, such as the 2015 Hong Kong Sufubi Spring Auction "Ning Qing Flooc Gold - Japanese Treasure Official Kiln Bafang Bottle" special session, Southern Song Dynasty official kiln blue glaze Bafang string pattern plate bottle: 113.88 million Hong Kong dollars! The third place in the world auction record for porcelain from the Song Dynasty was won by Liu Yiqian.

Interestingly, this official kiln Bafang vase is from the same private Japanese collection as the Northern Song Dynasty Ru Kiln Sunflower Wash, which set a new auction record for Song porcelain in 2012 for HK$278.6 million. It was a well-known antique shop in Japan before the war, and at one time it was on par with the Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce.

In the 2014 Sufubi Autumn Auction in Hong Kong, "Chinese Porcelain and Crafts" special sale, Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty pink and blue glaze relief "Canglong Godson" picture jar, 92.4 million Hong Kong dollars, set a world auction record for monochrome glaze. It is an old collection of mountain dwellings, and now Wu Tianyuan also has one in his hands.

The most sensational is the Ming Chenghua Doucai Chicken Bowl Cup, 281.24 million Hong Kong dollars, setting a world auction record for Chinese porcelain, the buyer is Liu Yiqian, and Wu Tianyuan also has one in his hand.

In 2014, the "Clark Old Collection Northern Song Dynasty Ding Kiln Bowl" from the Goro Sakamoto Collection was sold by an Asian collector for a total of HK$146.8 million, the second highest auction price for Song porcelain.

In 2013, Ming Chenghua blue and white entwined branch okra pattern palace cup, 141 million Hong Kong dollars, this lot was won by Zhai Jianmin, and Wu Tianyuan also had one in his hand.

"I joined Sotheby's in 1999, and in the following two or three years, I was appreciated by Zhu Tangsheng, who specialized in Ming and Qing ceramics appraisal transactions in the auction house, and from then on, I was considered to have entered the door."

When he first joined the company, Qiu recalled, the company was much smaller than it is now, with only 3 to 4 percent of the global market in Suffby's Asia. As far as the Chinese porcelain and arts and crafts sector is concerned, the main buyers were from the best countries in Europe, and a small number were from Hong Kong, where the trend was to focus more on porcelain. However, most of the buyers at that time were genuinely interested in art, unlike now, when there were many more speculators, the market expanded, and the market changed.

"Every time I get a piece of Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain, the first step will always be to look at the body shape and glaze color first, and the second step will be to pick up the porcelain to try the weight. Touch the surface of the vessel, and finally take a closer look at the circle, inner glaze and style. ”

"For example, in the Yongzheng period, there were two shades of sky blue glaze, the deep one was like the clear sky after the rain, and the shallow one was like the moon white. This bottle is the former, and you can feel the moist and dense surface of it, and you can find the beauty of the color when you look at it. ”

Qiu Guofu rarely met such a big connoisseur as Wu Tianyuan, and exchanged experiences: "When encountering such a bottle, collectors are lucky, and it is a good thing to put it in the industry." I also often meet some friends who take their treasures to give their palms, and they know that they are imitations at a glance, but they are not easy to refute the other party's face, so they have to comment that 'they are not very open'. ”

A few people laughed, the collection pays attention to family heirlooms, since I was a child, I have followed a top collector like Qiu Yanzhi, and I have seen thousands of genuine works under my ears and eyes, and the www.biquge.info of the pen fun pavilion is much higher than that of ordinary people.

"The richness of my grandfather's collection can be seen in the price he paid for a piece of Jianwen vintage porcelain." Jianwen "is the Ming Dynasty Zhu Yuanzhang's grandson Zhu Yunzhu inherited the throne of the year, Jianwen only reigned for four years, that is, his uncle Zhu Di seized the throne, Jianwen four years porcelain pen holder bottom inscription is: "Jianwen four years in March Hengfeng made, Wu Jun Maozhi", because Jianwen Emperor reigned for a short time, the porcelain fired is limited, and the porcelain with the year is more rare, to the Republic of China, the collection of the "Jianwen" porcelain is recognized as genuine, only this porcelain pen holder. ”

Qiu Guofu said with a smile: "This pen holder has been passed down from generation to generation, and it was collected by Tan Jing during the Republic of China, when my grandfather collected porcelain from the Ming Dynasty, except for the Jianwen year, all the porcelain of the Ming Dynasty was collected, so if he couldn't get this porcelain pen holder, it became a piece of his heart." The more things he can't get, the more precious he feels, and later he got this porcelain pen holder for a full set of Ming Dynasty porcelain that only lacks the "Jianwen" year! ”

Wu Tianyuan asked curiously: "Brother, does your family have a relationship with Meiyintang?" ”

Hu Yan interjected on the side: "He saw Anne's little girl last time, so he ......"

Qiu Guofu suddenly realized: "The English translation of Meiyintang means roses and flowers blooming everywhere, and it is also the name of a play staged in Rapperswil, Switzerland. The real-life Mai Yin Hall is located in the southeast of Zurich, Switzerland, where the grandfather of the Yuli brothers purchased the property in 1912. ”

"In the mid-50s, the Yuli brothers began to use their wealth to buy Chinese art. They always sought to work with the best professional antique dealers, such as Priestley and Ferraro in the early days, and Eskenacs in the later period. But it was my grandfather who had the biggest influence on Yuli. ”

"They met Helen, an antiques dealer in Shanghai. In the beginning, the Yuli brothers were interested in Chinese art from almost all historical ranges, from rusty ancient bronzes to delicate and elegant late imperial porcelain. Gradually the younger brother Gilbert focused on the collection of antique porcelain from the Neolithic to the Song dynasty, while the elder brother Stephen focused more on the later Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasty porcelains. ”

Qiu Guofu told a lot of back stories, so that Wu Tianyuan has some understanding of many hidden collection families, it seems that people are big families, and there are hundreds or thousands of heavy weapons at will, which is no worse than public museums.