After listening to Wu Tianyuan's request, Zhang Xincheng smiled bitterly: "My father's beauty? Not really! ”

"There are a lot of landscapes, more flowers and birds, but the beauty picture is really not in my hand now!"

Wu Tianyuan is a little incredible, Zhang Daqian's descendants don't have beauty pictures?

"In the early years, before his father died, he gave the last batch of beautiful maids to his friend Gao and his wife, who are now famous Mei Yuntang, who are large collectors of Daqian's works.

"Mei Yun Tang is the most complete and highest-quality private collection of Zhang Daqian's paintings to date, which were collected by Gao Ling Mei and Zhan Yunbai, whom my father had known for more than 40 years. It can be said that it is precisely because of Mei Yuntang that Zhang Daqian's works of special significance have survived, and without Zhang Daqian, Mei Yuntang's collection cannot be achieved. ”

Wu Tianyuan was a pity, he originally wanted to buy some beauties from Zhang Xincheng, and he happened to exhibit them with Tang Bohu, and it was impossible for the huge exhibition hall to only have twenty or thirty paintings, right?

Zhang Xincheng sighed: "It's ridiculous to say, as a descendant, I don't have more Zhang Daqian's boutique in my hands than others!" The first is Mei Yuntang, who has been collecting thousands of works for 40 years and has hundreds of masterpieces in his hands. The second is Taiwan Lin Baili, who has been buying since more than ten years ago, and now there are hundreds of pieces in hand. ”

There is a "Qing Toys Collection" in Taiwan, which is a top collector group on a par with Hong Kong's Min Qiu Jing House. And Barry Lam is one of the presidents, and he can be described as the top collector among the top collectors. It is said that he has a collection of 2,000 pieces, and each one is a treasure.

In the early 90s, Lin Baili began to buy Zhang Daqian and Fu Baoshi, and after 1999, he turned to ancient paintings and calligraphy, and in 2003, he acquired the ancient paintings and calligraphy collection of the well-known collector Cheng Qi for 42 million US dollars, or nearly 400 million yuan, and established the position of the leader among Chinese collectors in one fell swoop.

His status in the field of Zhang Daqian's collection is beyond doubt, when there is no Zhang Daqian's painting exhibition in the Taipei National Palace, the place where you can see the most Zhang Daqian's paintings in Taiwan is Lin Baili's Guangyaxuan.

Zhang Xincheng saw that Wu Tianyuan was a little regretful, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have a good relationship with Mei Yuntang, it's a big deal to help you find them, and see if I can bear to cut some of my love to you." After all, now you kid is famous, and it is also for the museum exhibition, I believe it is good to talk about! ”

Wu Tianyuan could only wait for Zhang Xincheng to contact Mei Yuntang first, hoping that there would be good news. He thought about it and found Hu Yan to see if Baoli had a way.

"It's better to come early than to come by coincidence, Zhang Daqian's beauty picture is really suitable!"

Hu Yan directly took Wu Tianyuan to the warehouse and saw the ten screens and eight beautiful pictures made by Zhang Daqian at the age of fifty!

"How? Isn't it worse than Qi Baishi's twelve screens? ”

Hu Yan said proudly: "This is a fine product sent by Lin Baili in Taiwan, which has been collected in his hands for more than ten years, and it is not revealed." Daqian's beautiful maids are the least common, and every time they appear, they are sold at a high price. What's more, this kind of eight-strip screen,I don't have a few sets in my impression.。 ”

Wu Tianyuan is very satisfied, this is his favorite set of collections, last time Qi Baishi's landscape didn't like it, but this time Zhang Daqian's absolute shock.

"But you have to think about it carefully, although this is not as big as Qi Baishi's square foot, I estimate that it will be at least 300 million!"

Hu Yan said with a smile: "The other party is the former president of Qingwan Yaji, and he is a big tyrant in Taiwan, so he can't look down on small money at all." If you want to hide the gold house, you have to pay the price! ”

Wu Tianyuan shook his head helplessly, 300 million is the most conservative valuation, and it is possible to shoot 400 million, this is really a heavy weapon.

He had an idea and said, "You said that Lin Baili also likes to collect beauties, so is he interested in Tang Bohu?" ”

Hu Yan said dissatisfiedly: "It should be possible, but don't make a bad idea for you kid!" I have signed a contract to entrust the auction, and I want to buy it for real money! ”

Having said that, Hu Yan still contacted Lin Baili to express Wu Tianyuan's intentions, and it happened that he would come to the capital the day after tomorrow to meet and chat.

"Brother Wu, your museum is truly breathtaking!"

Lin Baili came as promised, after visiting the museum, admired the five-body cast, the little brother in front of him had already heard that it was very powerful, but it was better to be famous than to meet, and after really seeing all the collections, he was convinced.

The two of them came to the beauty like jade hall, and now there are thirty Tang Bohu beauties on display, the hall is a little empty, Wu Tianyuan spread his hands and said: "Brother Lin also saw it, right?" That's why I asked you to discuss, now there is only Tang Bohu, it's too monotonous. ”

Lin Baili said angrily: "Standing and talking doesn't hurt your back!" Only you are qualified to say that Tang Bohu is too monotonous! His beauty is hard to change, I have been playing and collecting for decades, and now I only have three in my hand, be content! ”

Lin Baili is obsessed with admiring beautiful pictures, Tang Bohu is the most well-known painter, and countless movies and TV series have made this merry and talented man a household name.

When he was thirty years old, he entered the Beijing Entrance Examination, and was dismissed for leaking the case of the examination, and his wife remarried, and his life was bumpy. After traveling to famous mountains and rivers, he is famous for selling literary paintings. and Zhu Yunming, Wen Zhengming, and Xu Zhenqing are known as "the four talents of Wuzhong". In painting, together with Shen Zhou, Wen Zhengming, and Qiu Ying, they are called the "Four Families of Wumen", also known as the "Four Families of the Ming Dynasty".

"The economic development in the middle of the Ming Dynasty promoted the prosperity of urban society, which made it inevitable for most painters to participate in the market. As a professional painter in Suzhou, Tang Yin naturally joined the ranks. He also sells his paintings in a variety of ways, mainly including friendship gifts, orders, extensions, and direct cash transactions. ”

Wu Tianyuan said with a smile: "After all, selling Wenfu paintings is a market behavior, and its income is unstable, which may mean that Tang Yin will live a life of relative material scarcity from now on." At that time, the price of paintings in the market was very cheap, so Tang Yin's economic situation in the early days was never satisfactory. When the income of calligraphy and painting in a certain period was not stable, and the family did not have a certain amount of savings, the famous Tang Bohu would even fall into the dilemma of living without rice. ”

36-year-old Tang Bohu built the Peach Blossom Nunnery in the northwest of Suzhou City, and basically spent the second half of his life in Taowu other industries. Friends Zhu Yunming, Huang Yun, Shen Zhou and others often come to drink and compose poems. His funds for buying land and building Taowu also mainly came from his personal sales of paintings. At that time, Tang Yin's poetry and painting made a living at least provided him with a basic living environment. Especially when his business was good, the number of painters was too busy, so he asked his teacher Zhou Chen to write on his behalf.

"Most of his paintings of ladies and ladies are Qinglou themes that show the lives of lower-class women such as palace prostitutes and prostitutes, such as "Wang Shu Palace Prostitutes" and "Tao Gu Gift Words", etc., which is not unrelated to his decadence and self-abandonment after the fraud case in the field, and he pins his affection on his voice and lust all day long."

Lin Baili nodded and agreed: "During that period, in the prosperous cities of Jiangnan, with the development of the commodity economy, prostitutes became more and more prosperous. In an economically developed city like Suzhou, this industry is particularly prosperous. Tang Yin, as a literati with a tortuous fate and affectionate righteousness, had his own sympathy for those women who were "also fallen people at the end of the world", so he used this theme to express his temperament. The deeper reason is that his subject matter stemmed from the commercialization of painting at that time and the need to sell his own paintings. ”

Wu Tianyuan smiled, took out a set of secret authentic works from the treasury, and let Lin Baili see it.

"This is the secret record of the mandarin duck?"

Lin Baili was taken aback, and hurriedly studied it, a set of eighteen albums turned out to be spring palace pictures.

"To change or not to change?"

Wu Tianyuan smiled cheaply, this is the most mysterious part of the treasure in the mountain, and it is the first time to take it out for outsiders to appreciate.

"Change! Don't you just want Zhang Daqian? How many do you want? ”

Lin Baili was excited, holding the album and not letting go, this is too precious, and men understand!