"Mr. Carry, in terms of value, the oil paintings in your museum's 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?"

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

Han Chong's analysis made Carry. Jimei was completely silent, Han Chong was right, in terms of influence alone, his ancient Chinese paintings pressed in the warehouse are indeed no way to compare 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, Carry is of course also optimistic about Picasso's works, and he definitely does not think that the exhibition of oil paintings in strange clothes in the Qing court 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. Han, that you have a point, and I also 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 Carry's psychological point of view, he has basically approved the deal now, but as a business practice, Kari still has to work hard to get the most rights for himself.

"Oh. That's the problem you're trying to solve, Mr. Carry, 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."

Han Chong 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. It can't be solved internally. That's not my business either.

And Han Chong bit the word inventory at the moment, constantly hinting verbally and psychologically that the things you collect are worthless, far inferior to the Picasso sketches in my hand, and you can create benefits by taking them out.

It also caused Carry's last line of defense to collapse.

"That's ......"

Kari lowered his head and thought to himself.

Han Chong was not in a hurry, drinking coffee and chatting with Wen Wan and Bi Yue, he now understood the popularity of Picasso's works in the international market, as long as he had the goods in his hands, he was not afraid that others would not rush to find his own trade.

Don't look at Han Chong, who only offered to exchange 21 Chinese cultural relics. In fact, Han Chong is also sure to make a profit, 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 Han Chong himself didn't know that a year or two later, a group of international antique dealers and auction houses. Practicing hands to hype up Chinese artworks, they use the technique of rolling balls on a plate to first speculate the price in the international market. It is then sold 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 Han Chong would take Picasso's works to negotiate with Carry, let alone exchange one for five or six Chinese antiques, then it would be one for two, and Carry would not necessarily take care of him.

After thinking about it for a while, Kari said, "Mr. Han, in this way, you can first report what kind of oriental artworks you need in addition to Frey's donation, and I will submit your opinions to the board of directors for discussion, 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 so few in recent years, the temptation for Carry is too great, and after pondering for a while, Carry made up his mind and raised his head to Han Chong to express his thoughts.

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

Han Chong didn't understand the meaning of Kari'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?

"Han Chong, 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. Kari can arrange it like this, this is really not as simple as you think......"

The person who answered Han Chong was Wen Wan, who knew very well about museums and auction venues in Europe and the United States, 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 collection to Han Chong, 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. Cary...... If we do that, we won't be able to talk about it at all......"

When Han Chong 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 Han Chong, 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......"

Wen Wan patted Han Chong on the shoulder and reassured him, Wen Wan understood that there are at least 100 private museums in China now, and with Han Chong's financial background, it should not be a big problem.

Han Chong didn't have this idea, and said. "Wen Wan, you said it easily, is it as simple as you said?"

Han Chong rolled his eyes, although he had the idea of opening a museum, but he was just thinking about it, in Han Chong's opinion, it was definitely a great thing to be able to open a private museum.

In fact, Han Chong was somewhat modest, with his current strength, including those rare antiques accumulated in his hands. Including the treasure that has been opened, the coffin, he definitely has this capital.

Coupled with the continued development of his own veins, Han Chong has enough funds to run this museum, and even his Ocean Shipwreck Museum, which he is planning.

It's just that opening a museum is not something that can be done with money, but it requires approval and various procedures, and Han Chong has some connections. But his concern is that he doesn't have enough connections and too few collections.

"I said Han Chong, are you worried about the collection? What's there to worry about, no, I took these antique swords that I received abroad. All of them will be mailed back to China to support you ......"

Wen Wan couldn't help but laugh when she heard Han Chong's scruples, he had long had the idea of opening an antique sword museum. However, I don't have enough financial resources, so I haven't put it into action, and now it's such a good opportunity. Wen Wan still didn't go all out to encourage Han Chong to prepare?

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

"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! ”

Wen Wan was very puzzled by Han Chong'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. Han, is there something wrong?"

Carry. Jimei saw that Han Chong kept talking to Wen Wan Chinese, and showed a hesitant look on his face from time to time, thinking that Han Chong was dissatisfied with his attitude in this regard, and immediately said: "Mr. Han, 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 collection 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.

With the above considerations, so Carry. Guimet was willing to make some concessions within his means and keep Picasso's works in the Guimet Museum.

After hearing Karry's words, Wen Wan coughed vigorously, and while covering her mouth with her hand, she gestured her fingers on her neck.

"This ...... Mr. Carry, since you are so sincere, then I will bring it up, the jade carving of the Han Dynasty "White Jade Tiger" on display in your museum, I personally like it very much, and the bronze of the "Elephant Zun", as well as the three Buddha paintings of "Amitabha Western Pure Land Variation", "Fuxian Bodhisattva Riding Elephant", and "Walking Monk Statue", I think these can be included in this transaction......

After getting the gentle hint, Han Chong simply opened his mouth, originally talking about three objects, but now he opened his mouth to propose five pieces, and they are all from the collection of the Guimet Museum, listening to the old card sitting opposite him, his mouth grew in surprise.

"No, Han, Han...... Mr. Han, you didn't just say three things, but you...... I'm afraid I won't be able to do this with your conditions......"

Kari stumbled, apparently unresponsive.

Bai Yuhu and those Buddhist portraits of the Sui and Tang dynasties are fine, but the bronze market has always been very good abroad, and the transaction price is also high.

The bronze vessel proposed by Han Chong, 96 cm long, 64 cm high, 45 cm wide, with a back opening of 26 and 21 cm in length and width, the ventral side and head are engraved with animal face patterns, and the ears, nose, and feet are decorated with scale patterns, which should belong to the late Yin Shang period or the early Western Zhou Dynasty.

This bronze is roughly the same as the "Twin Sheep Statue" in the collections of the British Museum in London and the Nezu Museum of Art in Tokyo, and although the top cover has been lost and most of the elephant trunk has been destroyed, it is still the largest known animal-shaped statue in the world.

In the spring of 2001, Christie's in New York, USA, launched five pieces of Chinese bronzes, including a bronze "vessel Tianquan" Fang Wei body from the Shang Dynasty in China, which set the highest price in the auction of oriental art at $9.24 million.

Sotheby's New York has been auctioning Chinese bronzes since around 2000, with the 2003 Spring Auction No. 6 Late Shang Dynasty Bronze Tripod and the 2004 Autumn Bronze No. 117 both sold for $1.457 million.

From the above two auctions, we can see the popularity of Chinese bronzes in the international market, although Han Chong's five Picasso drawings are rare goods, but the price is at most about 12 million euros, if the Guimet Museum really agrees to Han Chong's quid pro quo, this loss is a bit big.

Because this bronze is almost similar to Picasso's work in terms of market value, it also has to be matched with more than 20 pieces of Frey's family donations and white jade tigers and ancient paintings of the Sui and Tang dynasties...... It's a bit of a bully.

So after hearing Han Chong's words, Kari showed a look of embarrassment on his face, he was not sure that he could convince the people of the board of directors to approve this transaction, after all, the items exchanged were at least similar in the current market price, and the museum also had special appraisers, and the price difference was too much, and it was difficult to pass the board resolution.

Carry wanted to get Picasso's sketch before, and it didn't matter if he made a little sacrifice, but the key was that Han Chong couldn't open his mouth so much, if it was really like this, Carry really couldn't promote this exchange of gifts.

Of course, he hoped that Han Chong would change his mind

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