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"Mr. Yu, please state your conditions." Neil said solemnly, "Of course, I can't make the decision, but I will do my best to make this happen." ”

Yu Fei nodded and said, "I know, I hope we can all get our own places." ”

While speaking, Yu Fei was also constantly thinking about what precious cultural relics should he choose from the more than 23,000 pieces of Chinese collection in the British Museum.

When Yu Fei first came to London, he had been to the British Museum, and he had also heard Princess Alice introduce the basic situation, and he still had an understanding of the precious artworks in it.

He was thinking about how to open his mouth to make Neil easy to accept. As for how to convince the other British Museum administrators to agree to the deal, that was Neil's business, and he couldn't help much.

After thinking for a while, in Neil's eager and nervous eyes, Yu Fei began to open his mouth.

"Neil, I have great sincerity, I just want to use this precious Jia ...... Oh yes, the precious masterpieces of Master Giacometti are exchanged for the following artworks. Yu Fei said: "First of all: "The Female History Atlas" is a must. ”

"What?!" Neil exclaimed, he didn't expect Yu Fei's appetite to be so big! You must know that "The Female Historian" is one of the three treasures of the British Museum. The other two treasures are the Rosetta Stone in Egypt and the Elgin marble sculpture in the Parthenon in ancient Greece (the British Museum's treasures have always been a matter of opinion, and this claim is accepted here for the sake of the plot). Yu Fei actually hit the idea here, this is simply unacceptable!

"Don't get so excited." Yu Fei had long expected Neil's reaction.

"The Female History Zhentu" and Yu Fei's previous "Luo Shen Futu" are all from the hands of Gu Kai of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

"Nushi" is the name of a female official, which later became an honorific title for intellectual women; "Proverbs" means to exhort, to admonish.

Emperor Hui of the Western Jin Dynasty Sima was not doing his job, and the power of the country was monopolized by his queen Jia, who was jealous, deceitful, and indulgent. Zhang Hua, the minister of the central government, collected the deeds of the sages and saints of various generations in history and wrote nine paragraphs of "Female History" as an exhortation and warning. At that time, it was regarded as a famous article of "bitter Chen Zhen and Zhuang Yan warning the world", and it was widely circulated.

Later, Gu Kaizhi divided the article into sections according to the content of the painting, each paragraph has a proverb (except for the first paragraph), and each paragraph vividly reveals the meaning of the proverb. Therefore, it is called "The Female History of Zhentu". The masterpiece of Chinese history, "The Female History of Zhentu", came out as a result.

"The Female Historian" is the earliest surviving Chinese famous painting, and it is also one of the earliest professional painters in China who can still be seen, which has a milestone significance in the history of Chinese art and has always been a treasure collected by the court of all dynasties. The original work of "The Female Historian" has long been lost, and only two copies of it have survived.

One of them is the collection of the Palace Museum, which was copied by the Song people, and the brushwork and colors are not of the highest quality.

The other is this Tang Dynasty facsimile in the British Museum. It was originally an old thing of the Qing Palace, which was deeply loved by Emperor Qianlong and was hidden in the Old Summer Palace.

In 1860, the British and French forces invaded Beijing. British Captain Ji Yong stole from the Old Summer Palace and took it abroad. It was placed in the British Museum in 1903 and has become the most important oriental cultural relics in the museum.

Yu Fei's idea of hitting it really made Neil very painful!

"Isn't it just an ancient Chinese painting? And it's still copied, and it's not genuine! Yu Fei said lightly, as if "The Female Historian" was not a precious work of art, but just a graffiti work of a street painter.

"Mr. Neil. To be sure, if it were to be sold at international auction, would the facsimile of "The Female Historian" fetch more than £25 million? Besides, as you said earlier, £25 million is a conservative estimate for Giacometti's masterpiece, in fact. Under the bidding of the Middle East and Russian tycoons, the final selling price is certainly much more than that. This is something you and I both know, can I ask if the facsimile of "The Female History of Zhentu" is okay? ”

At the beginning of the 2000s, Chinese art was not as hot in the international market, so the price was generally lower than that of European art. Although "The Female Historian" is the treasure of the British Museum, if it is really to be auctioned. Most of the price is less than £25 million.

"But Mr. Yu, the artistic value cannot be compared with the economic value." Neil retorted. Although the price is low, it does not mean that the artistic value of "The Female Historian" is lower than that of Giacometti's work. Because these are two different regions, different nationalities, different generations of outstanding art. It is biased to measure economic value.

"However, economic value is one of the important criteria for measuring artworks. Am I not right? At the same time, I would like to say that the authenticity of Gu Kaizhi's other work, "Luo Shen Futu", has been found in China, which will greatly reduce the importance and historical value of "The Female Historian", I don't think you don't know, right? Whether the Female Historian can still be a symbol of the British Museum is debatable, right? Yu Fei interrupted Neil's words and said, "Neil, this is just the beginning, I doubt your sincerity, if that's the case, I don't think we can talk about the deal." I'll just contact Mr. Bafaya. ”

Yu Fei put on an impatient expression that he didn't want to talk about, as if to say: Just now you were going to exchange your dead face, and now you just proposed a collection, you are pushing, are you playing tricks on me?

"Don't get me wrong, Mr. Yu, I didn't mean that. It's just that "The Female Historian" is too wide-ranging, and it is one of the symbols of the British Museum, and I am worried that even if I agree, others may not agree, and you know, unlike the degree of control you have over the Yongle Museum, although I am the nominal director, many decisions must be agreed by other managers. Neil said weakly.

He knows very well that the Chinese are very kind, and Yu Fei is so young, it is the age of impulsiveness, if he shows weakness and pretends to be pitiful, maybe Yu Fei will be hot-headed and easily agree to exchange.

But Neil underestimated how thick and black Fly was. Although his age is nearly thirty years younger than Neil, from the perspective of calmness and cunning, Yu Fei may not give up a bit.

"Neil, actually, I don't understand very much, is it a very honorable thing to use an ancient Chinese painting as a symbol of the British Museum?" Yu Fei said disapprerovingly.

"I understand what you mean, but art knows no borders—" Neil was about to defend himself when he was interrupted by Yu Fei.

"I want you to understand that when we're talking about a deal, we're not debating whether art has borders." Yu Fei said directly: "Whether the transaction can be successful depends on whether both parties can accept the terms of the exchange. I'm sorry, but how to convince other people is not my business, it's something you need to worry about. ”

"Yes, yes." Neil said helplessly. I don't know if the heating in the manor is turned on too much, and Neil's forehead is slightly sweaty. He knew he wanted to fork before! Yu Fei, a young man, is not easy to deal with at all, even very terrifying, he can always grasp the most critical point and make full use of it. Neil is now skeptical that his efforts to broker the deal were a wrong decision for him, and for the British Museum.

"It's not over yet!" Yu Fei continued: "At the same time, what I asked for in exchange was-"

Yu Fei tilted his head and thought for a moment, and said, "Liao Sancai Great Arhat." ”

"What?!" Neil was surprised again.

Liao Sancai is a new variety of ceramics developed after Tang Sancai. Liao Sancai Arhat comes from Yi County (one says Song Sancai, because Yi County belongs to Liao, so the author MMS Liao Sancai), is a national treasure representing the highest achievement of sculpture realism since the Tang Dynasty, a total of 16 (or 18) statues. It was stolen out of the country at the beginning of the 20th century, destroying at least three statues in the process.

During World War II, one of the statues in the Museum of East Asian Art in Berlin was unfortunately destroyed by the Soviet army in the war to conquer Berlin. To this day, there is only one statue still in existence, and only one in the British Museum! There is not even one in China!

Yu Fei's request is also like a knife, cutting Neil's flesh painfully!

Yu Fei glanced at Neil very dissatisfied, as if he was blaming him for his fuss.

"Mr. Yu......" Neil swallowed his saliva and said, "I want to say that whether it is "The Female Historian" or the "Three Colored Arhats", its artistic value is comparable to Giacometti's masterpieces. One for two, even if I agree, the other managers will definitely not agree. ”

Neil didn't expect that a lion like Yu Fei would open his mouth and open two such precious works of art one after another.

"Who said I'm going to trade one for two?" Yu Fei said.

"Oh? So which one does Mr. Yu mean to change? Neil asked in surprise.