Chapter 109: Private Museums
"This is the cultural relics you want to sell permits, but the above has been stipulated, you have no right to sell some precious cultural relics, all the cultural relics sold must first be notified to the Ministry of Culture, and they can only be sold after review." Xue Yao put the cultural relics permit that Liu Tao had always wanted in front of Liu Tao, which immediately made Liu Tao's mood excited.
Huaguo is very strict in the control of cultural relics, and the conditions for selling cultural relics are very strict, and Liu Tao has no shortage of cultural relics in his hands, especially many cultural relics are not needed by the country at all, because there are too many, and they are only suitable for collection. This time, Liu Tao dug up a shipwreck from a position in the South China Sea near the Awa Maru, on which there were more than 1,000 pieces of Tang Sancai porcelain, in addition to a part that had been selected by the state, the rest of the country planned to invest some in the collection market.
Chinese law explicitly prohibits all cultural relics produced before 1911, but the situation seems to be changing. Liu Tao took out more than 1,500 pieces of a sunken ship, Tang Sancai, and more than 1,000 pieces of damaged and intact ones. This is the third shipwreck that Liu Tao has taken out in a month, and in addition to the Awa Maru, the state must also reconsider giving a reasonable positioning to the existing cultural relics in China.
Cultural relics are dead, culture is alive, and cultural relics are part of culture. Now China is trying to expand the influence of its culture all over the world, and cultural relics are part of it. There are still many national treasures abroad that have not been recovered, and whether to sell cultural relics has also been considered by the upper echelons of Huaguo for a long time, but in the end they still did not dare to open this opening, but only allowed Liu Tao to sell on a small scale in China, and the regulations on leaving the country are still very strict.
However, Xue Yao told Liu Tao that the upper echelons were already considering whether to release some antiques that only had collectible value out of the country to increase their influence in the Chinese cultural world. However, this is just a consideration, and the decision of the upper echelons on how to do it is still not decided. Now Liu Tao has more than 300 pieces of Tang Sancai in addition to the Tang Sancai taken away by the state, and of course he also got a lot of salvage fees from Huaguo.
"It's really sad, if you can include those rich people abroad, the value of these cultural relics can at least double." Liu Tao was also disappointed when he looked at the neat and tidy Tang Sancai, but fortunately, Liu Tao did not plan to sell these cultural relics now, and now the only people in the entire country who know about Liu Tao's large-scale shipwreck are high-level people, so the cultural relics in Liu Tao's hands are still a secret to them now.
This time, Liu Tao discussed with Zhang Qian and others, and planned to put a few pieces of Tang Sancai on the market, which was allowed by the state, after all, the cultural relics were put into the market and it was also a big stimulus to the national economy. At the same time, the upper echelons of Huaguo also wanted to test Liu Tao, whether he could have the ability to turn the National Museum into an existence similar to the British Museum, which would require a large number of cultural relics, and even a large number of overseas cultural relics.
However, Liu Tao was not in a hurry to sell those cultural relics, the relics of Awa Maru are still being cleaned up, and the batch of gold and diamonds must be in his arms, and Liu Tao is waiting for that batch of diamonds to be listed together. However, Liu Tao didn't think about selling, but someone came to the door by himself, and the person who came was still Liu Tao's acquaintance, Wei Group.
"I wonder why you're here this time?"
Wei Sheng looked at the young man in front of him, this young man has risen too fast, and his current total assets are not on the table among the rich people in China, but the potential is too great. Wei's Group has a lot to do with the upper echelons, he naturally knows what Liu Tao has done recently, just getting the army's order is enough for his Boyuan Group to get a steady stream of profits, at least before the oil fields in the South Seas change, his company will not have any problems. Of course, this is not the reason why Wei's Group found Liu Tao, they also came to the door because of cultural relics.
"Please don't blame Liu Gongzi for coming to disturb me." Wei Sheng said to Liu Tao with a smile: "We heard that Liu Gongzi donated a lot of cultural relics to the country in his own name, and at the same time organized a fleet to salvage shipwrecks on the bottom of the sea, and the harvest is not small. ”
Liu Tao's face tightened, but he had long expected that it would be impossible to hide everything he had done from these people. Through the last time, Liu Tao found that his current strength was not enough to fight against these people. Liu Tao nodded and motioned for the other party to continue.
"Young Master Liu, you should know that our Wei family is a descendant of Wei Qing, the general of the Han Dynasty, after getting the handsome banners of the two ancestors from the hands of Young Master Liu last time. We created a museum ourselves, and we came to Liu Gongzi this time to find out if Liu Gongzi could provide us with a batch of cultural relics from the Han and Tang dynasties? ”
"Cultural relics from the Han and Tang dynasties?"
"Yes, the Han and Tang dynasties were the most glorious period for our entire Han people, in the Han Dynasty we formed our nation and our national spirit, and the Tang Dynasty pushed the entire Han culture to the world." Wei Sheng said to Liu Tao with a solemn face: "So this time, our Wei's Group funded the construction of such a museum, the main purpose is to show the world the glory of our ancestors in the Han and Tang dynasties." ”
"I just have a batch of Tang Sancai salvaged from the depths of the seabed in my hand, which can be donated to you." Liu Tao's mind was also moved by Wei Sheng's words, and now there are few young people who do not yearn for the glory of their ancestors in the Han and Tang dynasties, and even after the last Shuai Qi report came out, the whole world was shocked.
Liu Tao now understands why the country did not prevent him from selling the handsome flags last time, and the fundamental reason is that the Weishi Group donated these two handsome flags to the country. The idea of building a new museum this time also moved Liu Tao's heart, although Liu Tao's main purpose was to help the National Museum become the British Museum, but it was also a good idea to build a new museum to display the martial arts of the Han and Tang dynasties.
"Tang Sancai?" Wei Sheng's brows jumped a few times, Tang Sancai is an important part of the entire Tang Dynasty culture microcosm, and it is also a very precious cultural relic, each of which is at least one million yuan.
"That's right, Tang Sancai." Liu Tao nodded and said: "I am very excited by your proposal of the Wei Group, and I also want to participate in the construction of such a museum, but I hope that this museum can be developed for everyone for free after completion, instead of charging." ”
"Of course, since we want to publicize the glory of our ancestors to the world, we will naturally not use money to tarnish the glory of our ancestors." Wei Sheng nodded heavily and said: "Mr. Liu, don't worry, how much Tang Sancai we want for as much as you have, and we will definitely not let you suffer in terms of price." ”
"No, I think you're going to be wrong about what I meant." Liu Tao stopped Wei Sheng and said: "I said that I want to participate in it, so I will donate this batch of cultural relics for free, and I still have a batch of cultural relics of the Han Dynasty in my hands that can also be donated free of charge, but I and my Boyuan Group must participate in the construction of this museum." ”
"There is no problem with this, our group welcomes you to join us." Wei Sheng's face is also a happy face, this time his harvest is greater than he imagined, the museum is a public welfare exhibition hall, one more person also has more strength, even if the Wei Group does not lack this power at all, but let more people participate in why not?
"Mr. Liu, I will ask the lawyer to prepare the equity documents, and I hope we can cooperate as soon as possible."