Chapter 523: Meeting with the Director of the British Museum
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Yu Fei laughed secretly, and said in her heart that this Princess Alice was too enthusiastic, and the number of exhibits should have been something she was worried about, but now she looked so worried, it was really the emperor who was not in a hurry, and was in a hurry to die...... What the hell.
Besides, Yu Fei didn't plan to make the Yongle Museum bigger, let alone compare with other museums, but simply wanted to have a place for his collection to be exhibited, so that the Chinese people could have a clearer understanding of the brilliant civilization and culture of their ancestors, even if he didn't make money, he didn't care.
Running out of stockpiles? In the future, it will be collected slowly, as long as his true qi does not disappear, this is not a problem at all, and there is no need to rush it for a while.
But Princess Alice didn't seem to think so, and she frowned, and even paced up and down the room.
"Alice......" Yu Fei didn't want her to be so embarrassed.
But at this moment, Princess Alice suddenly exclaimed with joy: "I thought of it! β
"Huh?" Yu Fei was stunned: "What did you think of?" β
"Listen, Yu!" Princess Alice eagerly walked to Yu Fei's side, grabbed his hand and said, "I can invite Mr. Neil, the director of the British Museum, to meet you." You can take those precious drawings and donate them to the British Museum, and I think he'll get back the favor. There is a large number of Chinese art in the British Museum, and as long as he can take some of it, the Yongle Museum will have no problem at all. β
"No, Alice, I gave those paintings to you, and I would never donate them to anyone else." Yu Fei shook his head and said resolutely.
"So, I am very grateful for your friendship, but these paintings do not work as well as they should in my place, but donating them to the British Museum is different, not only to give more people the opportunity to see such wonderful works of art. And you can also get enough exhibits, which will also give you a very big boost to your reputation. As a curator, your reputation is also very important to the museum. β
I have to say that Princess Alice is very comprehensive, and the reputation of the curator is also very important for the museum. This is well reflected in the relationship between Marchandu and the Museum of Rebellion.
Princess Alice is completely from Yu Fei's point of view, but she has forgotten herself.
"Alice, stop! Needless to say, I've made up my mind. Yu Fei refused again. It's not that he doesn't want to do this, it's just that after experiencing what happened just now, Yu Fei is very ashamed of his selfishness, and at this time, he is unwilling to humiliate his heart for the second time.
"Okay, Yu." Alice sighed, as if to give in: "Since you insist on giving me these paintings. From now on, then, these paintings belong to me, and you have no right to interfere with in whose name I donate them to. β
"Alice!" Yu Fei said speechlessly: "I repeat, I don't agree to exchange these paintings!" β
Yu Fei doesn't have a good impression of the British Museum, even though it is the oldest and largest comprehensive museum in the world. It is also one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. The museum has a collection of many cultural relics and treasures from all over the world, and the richness and variety of the collection are rare in museums all over the world. But many of the more than 6 million works of art in its collection were acquired through colonial plunder. Now he still has to wag his tail and beg for mercy on the invaders, which Yu Fei can't do.
"So, there is an old saying in China that people who say big things don't care about these small things." Alice felt the deep thoughts and resentment in Yu Fei's heart.
"Okay." Yu Fei let out a long sigh. "I can talk to him face-to-face, and I won't be naΓ―ve enough to ask them to return the Chinese art, but I will never agree to exchange these paintings, because I gave them to you and can only belong to you," he said. β
Although Yu Fei's logic is not very clear, he is even a little unreasonable and domineering. But I don't know why, Alice is very moved! Maybe people are such contradictory animals.
With Yu Fei's consent, Alice gave a letter to the director of the British Museum, Neil Brown. McGregor sent out the invitation. Neil. MacGreg, who is over fifty years old, is tall and burly, because he is received by Princess Alice. Neil was dressed very formally. The suit is crisp and looks a few years younger than his actual age.
The British Museum is the museum with the largest collection of lost cultural relics in China. According to UNESCO, 1.64 million cultural relics have been lost in China, which are collected by 47 museums around the world. The British Museum is one of the largest collections of lost cultural relics in China, with a history of collecting Chinese cultural relics dating back to its founding in 1753, and currently has a collection of 23,000 Chinese cultural relics, of which about 2,000 are on permanent display. There is even a permanent exhibition hall dedicated to Chinese cultural relics, Hall 33.
In '98, Neil brought some of the Chinese art from the British Museum's collection to China for exhibition, and someone asked him if he would support the return of Chinese art. His answer was: "China's cultural relics are an important part of world civilization, and Chinese cultural relics should be placed on the big stage of world culture." To put it bluntly, he means that Chinese art will not be returned.
When he saw Yu Fei, Neil looked surprised, but still said politely: "It's a pleasure to meet you, friend from China. β
Yu Fei shook hands with him lightly.
"Neil, Yu is a companion with you, he is also the director of the museum, and he is the founder." Princess Alice introduced. He was flattered by the affectionate way she addressed Neil.
"Oh?" Alice's introduction clearly piqued Neil's interest in flying.
"I don't know which museum Mr. Yu founded?" Neil asked. You know, it's hard to create a museum, even if you have a lot of money. And Yu Fei was able to create a museum at such an age, which could not but surprise Neil.
"Yongle Museum is still in the initial stage." Yu Fei said lightly.
"Yongle?" Neil's face was puzzled, but then relieved. It's probably a new, small-scale special museum, which isn't worth mentioning at all. Yu Fei didn't name the museum or name it, otherwise Neil would have been very surprised.
"That's right, Neil." "Yu's museum is about to open and needs a lot of exhibits, so I need your help," Alice said. β
After drinking some wine, Alice said in a dagger.
Neil's expression did not show surprise, in fact, when Alice introduced Yu Fei's identity, he had already guessed Alice's intentions. However, he did not expect that Princess Alice would be willing to come forward to mediate this matter for a Chinese.
"Your Highness Princess, I myself am more than happy to facilitate this, but you also know that I am not alone in this matter. I need to get support from other people, it's going to be a long process. Neil said. Although he didn't directly refuse, the meaning of his words was obvious. He wouldn't agree to that.
This is also in anticipation of flying. If a few drinks can bring back some Chinese art, then does Neil drink less wine in China? He had already seen through the ugly faces of these people.
"Neil, I would say that he was a very good collector, and he also had a lot of outstanding European art in his hands, including a sketch by Picasso." Seeing that "alcohol" had no effect, Alice regained her previous idea.
"Oh?!" As soon as he heard about Picasso's sketches, Neil's eyes lit up. You must know that Picasso is a very great painter, and his painting "Daura. "Mara and the Cat" sold for more than $90 million, while "The Boy with the Whistle" sold for $14 million, and the painting "**, Green Leaves and Busts" sold for $160 million.
And this young man named Yu Fei can actually have a sketch of Picasso? This left Neil in disbelief.
"Alice!" Yu Fei stood up and said, "You promised me, don't we even have this trust?" β
Yu Fei's words were very absolute, and it was obvious that if Alice wanted to go her own way, then there would be no trust between the two of them anymore, which Alice did not want to see.
"Your Royal Highness, can I take a look at that painting?" Neil didn't care what Yu Fei said, he even felt that Yu Fei was using this to blackmail Her Royal Highness Princess Alice, which was too ridiculous and too self-sufficient. Like many collectors, Neil was tempted to hear about Picasso's paintings.
But to his surprise, after listening to Yu Fei's words, Princess Alice suddenly changed her mind and said, "I'm sorry Neil, I want to disappoint you, I can't show you that painting." β
What the?! Neil was unbelievable. It is unimaginable that the Venerable Princess Alice would change her decision for the sake of a young Chinese man's words!
When his request was denied, Neil stood up in shame and was about to leave, but was suddenly attracted by something!