"Mr. Ewen, please don't get excited, don't be in a hurry yet, sit down, sit down and talk......"

Xi Qing's bearing at this time was simply not like a young man in his twenties, it seemed that he and the angry Yuen. Jimi confused her age and waved her hand for Eun to sit down. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Mr. Xi, I am very sincere in talking to you about the exchange of these artworks, but unfortunately, I don't hear much sincerity from your words, five paintings, only five, I thought, can you explain?"

Ewan. Half of what Jimi did just now was real, and the other half was just a fake.

Ewing is in charge of the operation of the entire museum, and sometimes he will auction some collections at auctions, so he is no stranger to business practices, he just used his behavior just now to show his dissatisfaction and add a little psychological pressure to the young man sitting opposite.

"Hehe, is Ewen trying to exchange a sketch of Mr. Picasso for an ancient Chinese painting?"

A burst of laughter came out of Xi Qing's mouth, and the disdain in the laughter clearly reached Yun's ears.

Don't wait for Ewen. Guimet replied, and Xi Qing then asked: "Mr. Ewen, may I ask, do you know what the auction price of Mr. Picasso's most expensive oil painting is?" ”

Ewen was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and subconsciously said: "Of course you know, Picasso's oil painting "The Boy with a Pipe" sold for 104.16 million US dollars, which is the world record for the auction of a painting, and that painting is also the most expensive painting in the world!" ”

Not to mention Eun, who is the director of a museum, anyone who knows a little about artworks will know these common-sense knowledge, Ewen replied very smoothly, but after speaking, he faintly felt that something was wrong. He really doesn't have much heart, which also reveals that he is not very unhappy with such a trade.

"That's right, Mr. Ewen, you're absolutely right......"

Xi Qing smiled, giving Eun the feeling that he was being held by the other party's nose, which made Eun very uncomfortable.

"But Mr. Ewen, you may not know that the highest auction price of a Chinese oil painting is only about 4 million US dollars, so I don't need to compare the price of a Chinese oil painting with that of Mr. Picasso, right?"

Xi Qing's words made Youen dumbfounded, the price difference is a bit outrageous, literally, the price of Chinese paintings is not more than a fraction of Picasso's.

Indeed, this is true.

"In addition, I would like to tell you again, don't think that the price of Chinese art is very high, not counting calligraphy and painting, the highest price of Chinese art in the international market is 41.5 million Hong Kong dollars, which happened at Sotheby's Xianggang in 2003.

The Qing Yongzheng "Pastel Manta Peach Olive Vase", worth more than 40 million Hong Kong dollars, has represented the highest artistic achievement in China, Mr. Youen, it is rare that you think that your museum's collection will be better than that fine porcelain? ”

Xi Qing didn't wait for Ewen to react, and added another fire to him, and Eun was a little dizzy at the moment.

According to what Xi Qing said, it seems that the other party used five Picasso sketches in exchange for more than 10 Chinese artworks, and he should still take a big advantage?

However, Eun always felt a little wrong in his heart, but he couldn't say what the problem was, suddenly Eun's mind lit up, interrupted Xi Qing's words, and said: "Mr. Xi, you can't calculate it like this, every work of art has its unique place, and the Picasso works you have are just sketches, not Picasso's oil paintings......"

"No...... No, Mr. Ewen, have you forgotten? Picasso's work, whether it is an oil painting, a drawing or a print, is also unique. And on this planet, there are far more people who follow the work of Mr. Picasso than those who like the old paintings that you have pressed in the warehouse for decades. I guess you must have figured this out, huh? ”

"Of course, if you don't want to change, then I can too."

Xi Qing couldn't tell this old guy to follow his thoughts, but the old man was still very stubborn, and he still couldn't seem to agree to such an exchange, but he didn't think about how to refute it for a while.

"Mr. Ewen, in terms of value, the oil paintings in your collection are no more than a few hundred thousand dollars at most, but these sketches of Mr. Picasso must be at least more than three million dollars, and these sketches are one, even as a model for children, this is more precious in a sense, it is a series of treasures, presumably the value will be higher, right?"

Xi Qing didn't want to belittle the works of the Chinese people to raise his offer, but what he said was the truth, the time when Chinese court paintings were hyped was a year or two ago, and now it is never necessary to reach a peak, to put it bluntly, the price of Qing court paintings is still relatively low in the international market.

Xi Qing's analysis made Ewen. Jimei was completely silent, Xi Qing was right, in terms of influence alone, his ancient Chinese paintings pressed in the warehouse really cannot be compared with Picasso's works, and the two are not on the same level at all.

In terms of the benefits that the two will produce in the future, Ewen is of course also optimistic about Picasso's works, and he definitely does not think that the oil paintings of the Qing court wearing strange clothes on display in the museum will attract tourists to pay 10 euros to buy a ticket to enter the museum than Picasso's sketches.

"I admit it, Mr. Xi, you have a lot of point, and I think that Picasso's drawings are more valuable, but the Musée Guimet is a semi-private museum that owns half of the country. If you want to exchange collections with the outside world, you must go through the National Art Appraisal Association to evaluate the value of the items to be traded by both parties, because you have too many collections to exchange, I am afraid that the Appraisal Association will not agree and approve, which is also the key to my dilemma......"

From Eun's psychological point of view, he has basically approved the deal now, but as a business practice, Ewen still has to work hard to get the most out of his own interests.

"Oh, Mr. Ewen, that's your problem, isn't it? How could I possibly help you with this. Actually, it's not necessarily that difficult, if you think about it, I don't know who wouldn't want to ......exchange some of the Oriental art from the stock for Mr. Picasso's works."

Xi Qing smiled and kicked the ball back again, what does it matter to me about your National Art Appraisal Association? Whether or not you can solve it is your own business. If you can't solve it internally, that's not my business.

And Xi Qing bit the word inventory at the moment, constantly hinting at Ewen verbally and psychologically, those things you collect are worthless, far inferior to the Picasso sketches in my hand, and you can create benefits when you take them out.

This also caused Ewen's last line of defense to collapse.

"That's ......"

Ewen lowered his head and thought about it in his mind.

Xi Qing was not in a hurry, drinking coffee and chatting with Wu Lisa and Tao Xiaoman, he now understands the popularity of Picasso's works in the international market, as long as he has the goods in his hands, he is not afraid that others will not rush to find his own trade.

Don't look at Xi Qing's only offer to exchange 21 pieces of Chinese cultural relics, his internship is also sure to make money, like the "Mulan Map" in the Kangxi period, a volume is more than one meter wide, more than 10 meters long large calligraphy and painting works, even in the history of world painting, it is extremely rare.

And even Xi Qing himself did not know that a few years later, a group of international antique dealers and auction houses practiced hyping up Chinese art, and they used the technique of rolling balls on a plate to first speculate the price in the international market, and then sell it to domestic collectors at a high price.

As a result of this behavior of international speculators, the price of Chinese art in the international market will remain high in the next three years.

If Xi Qing would take Picasso's works to negotiate with Youen, let alone exchange one for five or six Chinese antiques, then it would be one for two, and Youen would not necessarily take care of him.

After thinking about it for a while, Ewen said: "Mr. Xi, in this way, you can first report what kind of oriental artworks you need in addition to Frey's donations, and I will submit your opinions to the board of directors for discussion, and the exchange of collections will go through a series of procedures, and it will take more than a month to complete at the earliest......"

Since Picasso's works have appeared too few in recent years, it is too tempting for Eun, and after pondering for a while, Eun made up his mind and raised his head to Xi Qing to express his thoughts.

"A month? So long? Gifts of collections? Mr. Ewen, what's going on? ”

Xi Qing didn't understand the meaning of Youen's words, according to his idea, he sketched and painted the other party, and the other party gave himself the Chinese antiques he needed, wouldn't the transaction be considered completed?

"Xi Qing, the items in the collections of these semi-private museums are absolutely not allowed to enter the market circulation, auction, or trading links, and can only be traded as donations to other museums, so Mr. Ewen can arrange it like this, this is really not as simple as you think......"

The person who answered Xi Qing was Wu Lisa, who was very familiar with European and American museums and auction venues, and private museums did not have these restrictions, but for the Guimet Museum, which was integrated as a member of the French museum in 1945, it was a lot more restrictive.

Even if the Guimet Museum agrees to donate the Xi Qing collection to the same place, it will have to report its details to the French government for official approval, of course, at that time, it will be more of a procedure.

"But where do I have a museum? What if you, Mr. Ewen...... If we do that, we won't be able to talk about it at all......"

When Xi Qing heard this, he immediately became anxious, in terms of his current collection, he could open a small museum, and he also met the basic requirements, but he still didn't handle this matter now, he just had such an idea, I don't know how long it will take to implement it, how much trouble there is, and now let myself exchange it in the name of the museum, isn't it difficult for a strong man?

"Hey, I said Xi Qing, what are you excited about, it's not so difficult to open a museum, China let go of this matter in 1996, you go back and apply for one, it's over......"

Wu Lisha patted Xi Qing on the shoulder and comforted him, as far as Wu Lisa understands herself, there are at least 100 private museums in China now, if you can get these treasures and open a museum, it should not be a big problem.

Xi Qing didn't have this idea, and said, "Wu Lisha, you said it easily, is it as simple as you said?" ”

Xi Qing rolled his eyes, although he really wanted to open a museum, but he just thought about it, in Xi Qing's opinion, it was definitely a great thing to be able to open a private museum.

Opening a museum is not something that can be done with money, but it requires approval and various procedures, Xi Qing's connections are not enough, and the collection is relatively small.

"I said Xi Qing, are you worried about the collection? What's there to worry about, no, I'll mail all these antique swords I received abroad back to China, and support the façade for you......"

Wu Lisha couldn't help laughing when she heard Xi Qing's scruples, he had long had the idea of opening an antique sword museum, but he didn't have enough financial resources, so he didn't take action, and now it's such a good opportunity, Wu Lisha didn't go all out to encourage Xi Qing to organize it?

"Is it really as simple as you say? No formalities required? Xi Qing was a little hard to believe.

"How fresh? What if I'm done teasing you? The procedure is not just to find someone to operate, and if you have money, you are afraid that you will not find someone! ”

Wu Lisa was very puzzled by Xi Qing's attitude, how could this guy make the industry so big? As long as you have money in China, it matters, if you just open the museum opposite the Palace Museum, then no one cares about you, of course, it is estimated that no one will go.

"Mr. Xi, is there something wrong?"

Ewan. Ji Mei saw that Xi Qing kept talking to Lisa at noon Chinese and showed a hesitant look on her face from time to time, thinking that Xi Qing was dissatisfied with her attitude in this regard, and said immediately: "Mr. Xi, for the Frey family's donation, I can tell you responsibly, the exchange problem is not very big, now you only need to propose a few other collections of the exhibition hall, and I can submit it to the board of directors for discussion......"

To be honest, there are tens of thousands of Chinese works of art in the Guimet Museum, and one hundred and eighty pieces less is really not a big problem, but Picasso's works, the Guimet Museum has none of them, which is more important and which is more important, which is easy to tell.

Moreover, all the objects in the Guimet Museum are not private and cannot be traded in the circulation market. Guimet also has no right to engage in those corrupt things, and it is what he wants to pursue to make the museum more famous artworks, especially Picasso's works. (To be continued.) )