"After the market was hot, there were a large number of black sheep! The whole industry is messed up, so that the real old collectors are distressed, and they can't buy the treasures they like at all. 2012 can be said to be the shady year of the Chinese art market, a large number of shady scenes in the Chinese art market have been exposed to the heavy blow of the Chinese art market, resulting in the size of the Chinese art market shrinking by 50% in 2012, and many behind-the-scenes masterminds have been exposed! ”

According to the statistics of the International Monetary Fund, China's total annual money laundering accounts for 2~5% of the total economic output, and China has an annual money laundering demand of 1~2.5 trillion yuan. ”

"After the risk of traditional money laundering methods skyrocketed, China's money laundering quickly shifted from financial institutions to more hidden money laundering channels such as art, cultural relics, antiques, mahogany, jade and jade, and since 2005, the price of Chinese art has skyrocketed due to the flood of money laundering."

"The handling fee for money laundering of art will not exceed 10%, generally around 5%, and the actual transaction price of the artwork is part of the money laundering fee, generally within 3%, in order to control the cost of the money laundering fee, the use of art money laundering must increase the price of the laundered art by 30~100 times to trade, of course, the higher the price of the artwork, the lower the cost of the money laundering fee."

"So the prices of Chinese art, artifacts and antiques have been laundered since 2005 and have risen by tens to hundreds of times. In order to control the cost of money laundering fees, the use of art to launder money inevitably involves tax avoidance and tax evasion. The tax rate on domestic art transactions is high, and in order to avoid taxes, the first and second waves of money-laundering sky-high artworks have been manufactured in New York and Hong Kong. ”

Hu Yan is a personal experiencer, at that time Baoli was also at the core of the whirlpool, if it weren't for the fact that Baoli is a military industry and a lever for the state to regulate the market, she wouldn't dare to think about any result!

"The tipping point of the tax inspection is that Beijing Noah and other art logistics companies were investigated by the customs, and the customs followed the list of customers of the art logistics company, so Zeng Fanzhi, Yu Deyao, Wu Jin, Huang Yujie, Wang Yaohui, He Juxing, Liu Yiqian, and the bigwigs in the art and collection circles were investigated or detained by the customs one after another."

Internationally, the detention and investigation of Nils, a German art logistics businessman, has attracted the attention of media such as the New York Times and the German Die Welt. In this tax inspection turmoil, the two largest auction houses in the world, Su Fubi and Jiashide, were also required to cooperate in the investigation process. ”

Because of this, art money laundering has been greatly reduced, and the Chinese art auction market has shrunk massively in 2012. Some sky-high artworks that have been sold at auction houses do not dare to be finally delivered, such as the sensational 420 million Qi Baishi's "Pine and Cypress Gaolitu", which did not dare to be handed over in the end, because of the unclean family history of its trading party. ”

There is also a plagiarism scandal a few years ago, Zeng Fanzhi, who was deeply involved in the plagiarism scandal "Fanzhi painting the leopard is the dragon and the tiger", was caught in the scandal again, and Sina Weibo exposed that Zeng Fanzhi was investigated by the customs for suspected tax evasion and tax evasion in the New York auction house many times. Zeng Fanzhi, who was called "Brother Plagiarism" by netizens, has the nickname of "Brother Lifting". ”

Zeng Fanzhi's lifting hype circuit map was sorted out by netizens, why is he keen on charity? Because charity can successfully inflate the price of the painting and reduce the risk of tax evasion and tax evasion and customs investigation. What kind of good heirloom can such an artist say? ”

"In 2011, the relevant persons in charge of the top 3 companies of the Chinese Art Fund were all detained for investigation, He Juxing, the head of Beijing Yirong Minsheng Art Investment Management Co., Ltd., who ranked first, was detained for investigation, and Wang Yaohui, the chairman of Beijing Yayingtang Cultural Development Co., Ltd., who ranked second, was arrested for investigation and border control. Huang Yujie, chairman of Beijing Bangwen Contemporary Art Investment Co., Ltd., which ranked third, was detained for investigation. ”

The more Hu Yan spoke, the more excited she became, she was shocked and heartbroken when she watched the art masters of the year go to prison one after another.

"Let me tell you the inside story of Huang Tingjian's sky-high price back then!"

Hu Yan opened the conversation box and revealed the inside story one after another: "The pair of Huang Tingjian's "Pillar Inscription", which was considered by more than 90% of Japanese experts to be forged by a Japanese counterfeiting group, flowed into the hands of Taiwanese businessmen, and this suspected forgery that was difficult to auction in an international auction house was estimated at 80 million by Jiade, and was auctioned by the buyer Wang Yaohui at a sky-high price of 430 million after the auction. Before the payment of the work was delivered, Jilin Trust Company, which had been mortgaged by Wang Yaohui to himself, obtained 450 million trust fund financing from the cooperative bank and switched to real estate, and completed a beautiful financing plan in one day. ”

"Really?" Wu Tianyuan said incredulously.

"What is this? The four sky-high prices of the Chinese art market were all made by the so-called famous collectors Wang Yaohui and Liu Yiqian, and these four sky-high prices were all confirmed to be fakes, and no payment has been made to this day. The shady scenes of Wang Yaohui and Liu Yiqian, the four sky-high price makers, manipulating the art market have been exposed one after another. ”

"A Qianlong porcelain vase at an unknown small auction house in London. The auction price was 51.6 million pounds, or about 550 million yuan, setting a record for the highest auction price of an art in Asia and setting a new record for the most expensive art in China. It also broke the record of 436.8 million set by Huang Tingjian's "Pillar Inscription". ”

"There was a dramatic rendering in the media coverage, and the auctioneer was so excited that he almost broke the gavel. When the bidding price soared, the seller almost fainted. As a result, this legendary story was rendered by the British media as "porcelain patriotism." ”

The truth of this qiē was exposed after Wang Yaohui was investigated, and it turned out that this was also one of the sky-high price scams of director Wang Yaohui's artworks, and the suspected purpose was the same as the 436.8 million "Pillar Inscription", creating a virtual transaction sky-high price to defraud financing. Wang Yaohui used the art financing industry chain constructed by Yayingtang and Jilin Trust, and used the sky-high artworks without real transactions to issue art trust fund products, and successfully defrauded 1.6 billion yuan in financing. ”

On May 22, 2011, Liu Yiqian, another sky-high price maker, successively produced 425.5 million Qi Baishi's "Pine and Cypress Gaolitu", and spent 308 million yuan to auction "Ping An Post" in 2010. Liu Yiqian, the legendary corporate stock king, is also one of the top collectors in China. ”

Hu Yan said in a low voice: "Liu Yiqian actually invested in Beijing Longcheng Auction and Shanghai Daoming Auction a long time ago, and then invested in Shanghai Long Museum. The glamorous scandal on the surface was also gradually unearthed by netizens, and Sina Finance exposed that Liu Yiqian was fined 5.21 million by the Securities Regulatory Commission in December 2011 for manipulating stock prices. There are also media exposures that in the tax inspection turmoil, Liu Yiqian was suspected of tax evasion and tax evasion in buying and selling artworks, and was interviewed by the customs and paid 40 million taxes and fines, so what you see with your eyes is not necessarily true! ”

Wu Tianyuan suddenly subverted his opinion of Liu Yiqian, Hu Jianmin had long said that he was a master of playing capital, but he didn't expect it to be like this?

Hu Yan took a sip of tea, let Wu Tianyuan digest it, and continued: "In fact, speculation is only one side of the dark market, and the most infuriating thing is the auction of fakes!" And fake shots! Once I was invited to participate in a small auction in a foreign country, and during the preview, if nothing else, at least half of the ancient coins were fake! In the end, they were all sold at a high price! I really don't know if it's a buying and selling partnership? There are still people who don't know how to do it! ”

Hu Yan said helplessly: "After Xu Beihong's 72.8 million "Jiang Biwei" oil painting was confirmed to be a study by students of the Academy of Fine Arts, the oil painting "Jiufang Gao" signed "Xu Beihong" with a starting price of 20 million yuan was "sold" for 89 million yuan at the little-known Shanghai Baolong auction. The real painting unanimously recognized by the buyer and seller has been pointed out by many people in the industry as a fake painting, which is "fake + fake shooting"? ”

In 2011, Zhongjia Auction sold the "Han Dynasty Green Topaz Dragon and Phoenix Pattern Dressing Table" for 220 million yuan, making it the most expensive jade in the Chinese art auction market. However, in January of the following year, some experts pointed out that there were no such stools in the Han Dynasty. Some industry insiders pointed out that the buyer was suspected of "money laundering" and preparing to defraud the loan by buying and selling himself. In February, the news exposed the sky-high price of 220 million yuan "Han Dynasty jade stool" from Pizhou, Jiangsu, which is a high-imitation artwork made by Pizhou jade carving artists in the first two years, which lasted more than 3 months and cost only more than 500,000 yuan. ”

"Forbes published an article on the website "80 billion yuan of Chinese art fraud", exposing the Chinese art market as a huge scam. Foreign media attention to the Chinese art market scam may have been triggered by the fact that the German art logistics merchant Niels was detained by China for several months. ”

"The article provides a vivid analysis of the false part of the Chinese art market, which has always been very deep, and in every similar incident, although the art is the protagonist, it is just a puppet, becoming a scapegoat for being kidnapped by money, and the sky-high price of art has become one of the best ways to launder money, embezzlement, financing and fundraising."

After listening to Hu Yan's profound analysis of the current art market, the three of them fell silent, especially Wu Tianyuan, whose words had a great impact on him, completely tearing off the last layer of camouflage of the market, and seeing all the inside stories naked.