There are only three blue and white Xiao He Yuexia chasing Han Xinmei vases like this in the world, one is collected in the Jinling Museum, which is the "treasure of the town hall" of the museum, which is claimed to be one billion yuan and is not sold, one is a private collection, and one Chu Chen heard that his whereabouts overseas are unknown, but he didn't expect it to be in Vincent's treasure room.

Seeing Chu Chen's surprised appearance, Vincent smiled and said, "Mr. Chu, this blue and white vase is one of the three genuine pieces, and it took me a lot of effort to acquire it. ”

Chu Chen couldn't put it down and measured the bottle in his hand, and then said, "Mr. Vincent, this blue and white vase is one of the items we traded this time, what do you think?" ”

"This ...... Mr. Chu, you also know that there are only three such blue vases in the world......" Vincent's face suddenly showed a look of embarrassment.

Chu Chen first put the blue and white vase in his hand back on the shelf, and then said, "Mr. Vincent, how did you decide on the charter of our transaction today?" You wouldn't have agreed to trade only the low-value ones of these porcelains, right? ”

Vincent smiled, according to his idea, the proportion of these porcelain treasures must be as small as possible, but if he said so, Chu Chen would definitely refuse, so he said: "Mr. Chu, I still told you the same idea, the specific agreement, we can discuss on the basis of the idea I said." ”

Chu Chen thought for a while and said, "Mr. Vincent, if you insist on doing this, I think it's hard to accept!" ”

"Uh......" Vincent saw that Chu Chen's expression was very resolute, he pondered for a while, and said with a wry smile: "Chu." You should also understand that these porcelains are not to mention bought. It's very difficult to even find, if you choose most of the porcelain. I can't accept it either! ”

Chu Chen also knew that this situation was his own, and he was also reluctant, but he would not have any sympathy now, so he said: "Mr. Vincent, I know that it is difficult for you to accept it, but in terms of the value of things, my "School of Athens" at auction is much better than these porcelains of yours, right?" If you still have to set conditions, I can't accept it! ”

After all, it's still 2002. The auction of Chinese cultural relics has not yet begun, and some porcelain is still in a state of applause, but world masterpieces such as "The School of Athens" are different, and the publicity is good, and even museums in some Western countries will be tempted.

In this case, Chu Chen said that the painting is worth more than 200 million RMB, which is actually quite conservative. Now Vincent still has to set conditions, and of course he will not agree.

Vincent also understood that what Chu Chen said was the truth, and he pondered for a while. Then he said: "Mr. Chu, if you don't do it, last time because I was in a hurry to fax, there were some other types of precious cultural relics that were not written on it. Do you think the rest of the part can be replaced with those cultural relics? ”

For Chu Chen, it is not impossible if they are all national treasure-level cultural relics. So he spoke:

"Let's talk about it after we see it later, but I am bound to get this Yuan Qinghua."

"This ......" on this matter. Vincent looked hesitant.

Seeing this, Chu Chen dropped another bombshell: "Mr. Vincent." It is true that you have a large collection, but some museums have no less collections than yours, and to tell you the truth, I still have a painting of Leonardo da Vinci's "Madonna and Child with St. Anne, St. John the Baptist", I am only going to exchange one of these two works, I don't know how you are going to choose? ”

"What?"

Vincent was still pondering just now, and after hearing what Chu Chen said, he almost jumped out, and he asked with an incredulous expression: "Mr. Chu, you're not joking, are you?" ”

"How could I possibly joke about such a thing!" Chu Chen said with a smile: "And don't get me wrong, my work is an oil painting version." ”

Hearing Chu Chen's affirmative reply, Vincent was shocked and skeptical, and he said, "Mr. Chu, do you know the value of the authentic work of "The Virgin and Child with St. Anne and St. John the Baptist"? ”

"Of course I do!" Chu Chen nodded affirmatively, and explained with a smile: "But my painting is an unfinished work, so of course the value is much lower, I think it is about the same as my "School of Athens". ”

Vincent was a little disappointed when he heard that it was an unfinished work, but he immediately reacted that as long as it was genuine, even if it was unfinished! This is Leonardo da Vinci's work, and his popularity is higher than that of Raphael, and getting hands will undoubtedly help him improve his reputation.

Thinking of this, Vincent's heart was on fire, but the most important thing now was that the things in Chu Chen's hands must be genuine, so he couldn't wait to say, "Mr. Chu, I wonder if that painting can be appreciated by me?" ”

Chu Chen smiled slightly and said, "It's definitely no problem if you want to appreciate it, but for such a precious painting, of course I have temporarily stored it in the bank." ”

Such a thing, even if Vincent is safe here, Chu Chen will not be able to bring the painting over, after all, this is a thing worth more than two billion RMB, but he is very worried that Vincent will be out of trouble because of his wealth.

When Vincent heard this, if it were himself, he would definitely do the same, so he could only press the impatient emotion, and said with a smile: "Mr. Chu, if your painting is genuine, then I can agree to use this Yuan Qinghua as one of the items in this transaction......"

Chu Chen smiled and nodded, and then continued to appreciate the peerless porcelain next to him.

"Ming Hongwu blue and white peony pattern dragon ear bottle ......"

"Qing Qianlong Pastel Hollow Kaiguang Fish Play Water Pattern Bottle ......"

In addition, Chu Chen actually saw the Ming Chenghua Doucai grape pattern cup that was very similar to the Beijing Museum.

This cup is small and exquisite, the tire quality is delicate, the color is bright, and the production is exquisite. The folded branch grape pattern on the wall of the cup is rigorously composed, the lines are smooth, the painting is vivid, and the color is appropriate.

It has red color as the branch, red in the purple flash, the surface is thick and powerful. The green color is the leaf, the green leaf, revealing the leaf stem. The yellow color is a vine, and the delicate vine seems to be growing. Purple is solid, just as ripe purple grapes hang from the branches. The use of these colors vividly expresses the true color of the original object.

Such a pair of exquisite cups, Chu Chen couldn't help but like it at a glance, and there were many precious ancient porcelains, his eyes seemed to glow red, and a voice in his heart kept shouting: "You must get them!" ”

Seeing the end, Chu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, these are all national first-class cultural relics, if possible, he would like to bring them all back to China, however, Vincent is now only willing to take out half of the trade, let alone all of them, it is estimated that even if he takes out the two oil paintings, the possibility is relatively small.

Seeing Chu Chen put down the last piece of rare porcelain, Vincent smiled and said, "Mr. Chu, let's go and see those other types of treasures, shall we?" ”

"Can ......"

Seeing that Chu Chen agreed, Vincent took the two of them to the other side. During this period, he also explained the layout of the treasure room to the two of them, but Chu Chen didn't listen much, he looked at the countless collections left and right, but his heart was not comfortable, because a considerable part of these cultural relics were probably plundered from Huaxia.

Back then, the British and French forces jointly sent troops to launch the second invasion of China. The world-famous Old Summer Palace was also destroyed in one fell swoop, becoming an unforgettable page of painful history in China's modern history.

When the British and French troops broke into the Old Summer Palace and the allied headquarters ordered the robbery, the invading army rushed to all corners of the garden, running to the palace, to the pavilion, to the pagoda, to the library, greedy and crazy to rob. How many treasures in the Old Summer Palace were looted and destroyed can no longer be counted, just to name two examples, it can be seen.

When the looting was completed and the invading army marched from the Old Summer Palace to the capital, the French vehicles loaded with goods walked for a full hour, and the thousands of British carts and pack horses were two kilometers long, and they were also fully loaded, and even filled with ammunition boxes and guns.

When evacuating the Old Summer Palace, in order to make it easier for cannons and vehicles to pass, many exquisite clocks, wall clocks and ivory carvings were filled into the ditch where the vehicles had to pass. A large number of fine silks, precious clothing, jade, porcelain and other artistic treasures were not only looted, but also trampled and destroyed.

Every soldier came home with a lot of money in his pocket. The gold and silver vaults in the Old Summer Palace were also opened and looted. The tragic appearance of the looting of the Old Summer Palace at that time is unimaginable.

Helis, a British officer, made a windfall after returning to China for plundering a large number of precious antiques and gold and silver artifacts from the Old Summer Palace. Because of the large number of valuable treasures he had looted, he was nicknamed "Chinese James". When he returned to England, he became a rich man with a large amount of looted goods, and he was able to enjoy it for the rest of his life.

Half a century later, in 1912, when he was 80 years old, he wrote the book "Chinese James", in which Tian shamelessly recounted in detail the important treasures he plundered and the robbery. His book became a self-confession of the invaders for looting and destroying the cultural relics of the Old Summer Palace.

After the Old Summer Palace was burned down by the British and French forces, it was still a forbidden garden of the Qing Dynasty court, and there were special institutions and special personnel to guard it. However, after the Eight-Nation Coalition occupied the capital in 1900, the invading army once again carried out open looting, and the Old Summer Palace was once again damaged.

Long. The "Haiyue Placket" in the Spring Garden, which was originally built on a double-layer white marble altar in the lake, was a splendid and magnificent tall building, which survived the battle of the British and French forces, but the battle of the Eight-Nation Alliance was finally destroyed into ruins. The "Pengdao Yaotai" in the center of Fuhai was also destroyed in the battle of the Eight-Nation Alliance. The "Solemn Dharma Realm" and "Ulzao Hall" in Wanchun Garden were also destroyed at this time.

A scholar once roughly counted that among the precious antiques lost abroad, a considerable part of them were collected in the Old Summer Palace, and Chu Chen saw a source before that the number was at least 1.5 million. (To be continued......)

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