Chapter 626: Awakening
"The Scream", also known as "The Scream", is a famous Norwegian expressionist painter and a pioneer of modern expressionist painting. Munch's masterpiece is also one of the most important works of the Modern Expressionist School. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The painting, Edward. Munch painted a total of four versions, including the 1895 version, which sold for $119.9 million at Sotheby's New York's Impressionist and Modern Art auction in 2012, setting a record for an oil painting at auction at that time.
And now this one, it's Edward. Munch's earliest version, written in 1893, is likely to be worth more than $150 million based on current market conditions.
is such a work, it will be treated as garbage, folded into several pieces at will, and cushioned at the bottom of the cardboard box, why don't you make Li Yi surprised?
It's just that it is not difficult to see from the story told by Liu Lao later that he is still in a good mood, otherwise, the fate of this famous painting, which once set a world oil painting auction record, may be even more bumpy and bleak......
It's hard to do!
Li Yimo rubbed his chin and thought about it for a long time, and finally decided not to tell Liu Lao the truth, the reason he gave himself was very simple, that is, you don't treat things as things yourself, if he goes on the pole and explains things clearly, wouldn't it be stupid?
But the real situation is that he really didn't dare to tell Old Man Liu the truth, because he couldn't afford it, and such a work represented the return of dozens or hundreds of lost cultural relics in China......
Although these returned artifacts were finally held in his hands, they ...... Well, if the real man doesn't explain, it's just that he is greedy for your painting, what's wrong with it?!
Sitting in the taxi, Li Yi's mind came to Liu Lao's appearance of holding the tooth carving set of balls and couldn't put it down, and sighed slightly, it seems that like Liu Lao, he doesn't know much about anything, and simply out of love is the true meaning of antique collection, and like him, every time he has a purpose, and he is calculating, it seems to be a little deviated from the essence of collecting......
However, what kind of ability you have is what kind of life you live, this seems to be a long-won truth, but there is no need to envy others.
"Go to the Swiss Village."
Li Yi was going to go back to the hotel to rest, and by the way, he contacted Luo Guofu to talk about the "Autumn and Winter Scene", but this sudden idea made him change his mind, and there are so many good things waiting for him to pick up the leaks.
However, before he could return to the Swiss Village, a phone call changed his itinerary, and the person looking for him was Tazawagawa.
"Luodian red sandalwood five-string pipa, Yao change Tianmu tea bowl, Han Japanese slave king gold seal, Wang Xizhi's "Funeral Sticker" ......"
Li Yi looked up at Tian Zechuan's serious fat face, and couldn't help laughing,
"Director Tian, I'm afraid that the Japanese will go crazy when they see this catalog, you won't come in the order of Huaxia's loss of Japan's top ten national treasures, right?"
"Hehe, the price is all over the sky, pay it back on the spot! The goal is a little higher, and if you talk about it or two, you won't talk about it, so what's the point? ”
"Well, I think so, put this golden seal of the Han slave king in the first place, and everything else can be dispensed with, this one, it must be sorted out!"
"Haha, you kid is just making trouble! Just this thing, let alone a "Three-Body Problem, Bai's Poem", even if it is a copy, it will never be exchanged! ”
"If you can't change it, you have to make him a storm all over the city, and little Japan is not the favorite...... No, I'm mistaken, it seems that now it's the stick that prefers to deny history......"
"Hahahaha, it's a pity that you don't have their national treasure in your hands, otherwise you can get in touch with them and ask them to change Seoul back to Seoul!"
"Poof!"
Li Yi couldn't help but spray tea all over the place, I didn't expect this Tian Zechuan to be quite interesting, there is no bureaucratic style, it's just that whoever likes to go to this matter will go, anyway, he won't do it, because it is likely that he will not be able to leave Seoul.
"I've carefully evaluated that it's unlikely that the first few things will be replaced, but the next few things shouldn't be a big problem, but we have to determine the goal in advance."
""Xiaoxiang Lying Tour", "Guanyin Ape and Crane", "Wuzhun Normal Statue", "Red and White Hibiscus", "Bodhisattva Virgin Sutra", it would be nice if you could change the "Bodhisattva Virgin Sutra" back......"
"It's not very likely, after all, it's the oldest scroll in the world, and it's probably the only remaining Western Wei ink in the world, alas, ......"
"It doesn't matter, we didn't reveal our true goal at the beginning, so we twisted the golden seal of the Han and Japanese slave kings, and it may not be impossible to get it back......"
Li Yi remembered the "Edict of the Master of Wisdom", which was also written by Ono Daofeng, and now this calligraphy is in Bai Qianye's hands, he can use glass wool and some cash to exchange it in his hand, so that it is absolutely possible to exchange the "Bodhisattva Virgin Sutra" for two pieces, but I don't know if the price will be too great.
"Li Yi, if you really want to exchange, I think, you have to think about the museum, because these things are basically collected in the museum, and the cultural relics in the museum are forbidden to be traded privately, even if it is a reciprocal exchange."
"Well, I've thought about it, and I'll go to Bordeaux in a few days to apply for a private museum, and I don't know if the procedures here are complicated......"
"Huh? Applying to Bordeaux? Why? ”
"Director Tian, you are different from those other bureaucrats, so I recognize you as a friend, so now I ask you a question, I hope you can tell me the real answer."
Tian Zechuan looked at Li Yi woodenly, and only sighed for a long time and shook his head,
"You don't need to ask, I can tell you the real answer, if you really bring this level of national treasure back to China, even if you have a private museum, it will be very difficult to keep it......"
"Hehe, it's not just a difficulty, I guess it's possible that the family will be ruined!"
"You can't be so unconfident, in fact, the above is generally good, but some people like to hold chicken feathers as arrows...... Forget it, don't talk about it, but I don't think you should build a museum in Bordeaux, you should build a museum in Hong Kong, so that more Chinese can see these treasures, and even if they return to China, there will be less pressure on public opinion. ”
Li Yi shrugged his shoulders, in fact, he had a speculative idea, applying for the establishment of a museum with the smallest area, and then put the porcelain that he exchanged from Dean last time on display, as for those real treasures, they should stay where they should be, otherwise just the security costs are enough to make him bankrupt......
Sending Tian Zechuan away, Li Yi took the catalog he provided and fell into deep thought. Perhaps his previous method was wrong, he should not have found a private person to trade, but should have given a catalogue for those who were interested in exchanging his famous paintings to collect for him. It's just that if he wants this, he also needs a strong source of information, but the cooperation with the domestic cultural relics department is okay once in a while, and if they know that he has so many precious national treasure-level cultural relics in his hands, he is likely to be eaten by them and there will be no bones left......
Shaking his head, Li Yi decided to start with a private one, just like the few companies that Ma Dashen helped him contact last time, as well as Luo Guofu and the friends he promised to introduce him, he could completely list the things he liked in them into a catalog according to their collections, and then hand them over to a certain person to operate. If the man was really desperate to get his hands on the famous paintings, it would have been much easier for him to collect them.
Like Pat's Autumn and Winter Scene, it is very simple, if it were included in the exchange catalogue, the person who bargained would be replaced by Rogov or another antique dealer, and those people, if they were very eager for the famous painting in his hand, would have given him a satisfactory answer.
However, it seems that this kind of thing should not be done with antique dealers as intermediaries, because the ultimate goal of these people is profit, and he must leave them a certain profit margin, so that the negotiation may be more difficult, but this road can also be tried, anyway, he has one more famous painting in his hand......
After thinking about the possibility of this matter repeatedly, Li Yi decided to keep it a secret and try the situation first. In this way, there is no need to pay for antiques, and if he buys it if he likes it, now that he does not have a stable source of cash, the little money in his hand will easily be spent, and there will be less room for manoeuvre.
However, when it comes to a stable source of cash, it seems that he should also think about it, in fact, he has the conditions to obtain such a source, the simplest is to use the wool, crystal and rubies in his hands to set up a jade jewelry company, compared with just selling raw materials, this can not only maximize the benefits, but also give him an identity with a certain social status, and he can also effectively arrest the furniture factory, and even expand the area of the vineyard again, As long as it can be determined that the water of Polygonum multiflorum is indeed useful for the fermentation of wine......
There is also the diamond mine discovered in Australia, he can't afford to get the mining rights, it doesn't mean that the local companies can't get it, he just needs to find a company that is willing to cooperate with him to take shares, which is another reliable source of cash.
If this idea is promoted, he can go to Myanmar, Brazil, and even those countries in Africa that produce gemstones, with his ability to see through this advantage, as long as he works hard, what kind of mineral deposits he can't find? Or maybe he doesn't need to be limited to gem mines at all, gold mines are also a very lucrative way......
In this way, there is no need to rush the exchange of cultural relics, as long as he has money, what kind of things will not be available?
I rub, the previous days were really in vain! (To be continued.) )