Chapter 798: Exchanging Cultural Relics for Firewood Kilns
According to the rules, if this foreigner from Little Britain wants to get this piece of fine porcelain from the firewood kiln, then he must pay 73 million yuan worth of Chinese cultural relics, otherwise, the large deposit will be deducted as liquidated damages, and he will be prohibited from participating in the subsequent auction of the firewood kiln.
The value of these cultural relics must be determined by the Chinese side, and the final judgment is determined by Pincizhai.
If these cultural relics cannot satisfy Pincizhai, then this transaction will be deemed invalid, and the bidder will also pay a qiē fee arising therefrom.
This is to ensure the quality of cultural relics, and it is absolutely unacceptable for foreigners to pay for hundreds of cultural relics worth 100,000 yuan.
They formulated this rule, that is, they wanted to use firewood kilns in exchange for the precious lost cultural relics of China, which must have a certain representativeness and can represent the splendid culture of China.
After the auction price was officially released, the four pieces of firewood kilns selected by several old men and Mr. Guan's lotus pen wash, after discussing with Wen Lao and Chen Yi, determined the price and traded along with it.
Among the four firewood kilns, there were two pieces of fine porcelain, and the total transaction value was 200 million yuan, of which Chen Yi's fine lotus petal teapot was sold for 70 million yuan, and Mr. Guan's lotus pen wash was sold for 38 million yuan.
Everyone only knows the total sales of the firewood kiln auctioned, but they don't know that in private, the firewood kiln sold by Pincizhai is counted, the first batch of two fine porcelain, and the current second batch of porcelain sold to others privately, add together. The transaction volume reached a whopping 333 million.
If you add up the total amount at auction 800 million and 800 million. Pincizhai has been established since then. The total sales directly exceeded one billion, reaching 1.14 billion.
Whether it is Chen Yi, or Wen Lao, or other old men, they are full of sighs for this total sales, and this sales volume is also beyond their expectations. They could know that the firewood kiln would be famous all over the world, but they didn't expect that the famous Cheng dù would be more intense than they imagined.
In the past, the porcelain made by Wen Lao was also very famous in the entire circle of antiques and cultural relics, and the ordinary people did not know much, but now, because of the firewood kiln, the whole porcelain Zhai. It's already world-famous, too. made the fame of Wen Lao and Chen Yi a lot longer.
The second batch of porcelain auctions ended, and in the days that followed, much media attention was focused on the foreigner Allen, who from Little Britain, would sell 73 million worth of Chinese cultural relics.
On the third day after the auction ended, Allen, a foreigner, told the media that he liked the Chinese firewood kiln porcelain very much, and would discuss with Pincizhai to determine the value of the Chinese cultural relics as much as possible, as well as the process and method of payment.
After some deliberation, it was decided that this auction payment method that had never appeared before was determined, and the price of the lot was paid for by the cultural relics, and the specific way was that Allen would list the list of cultural relics worth 73 million, as well as the details of the cultural relics, including pictures and videos, which would be reviewed and judged by Pincizhai.
If the cultural relics on the list can not satisfy Pincizhai, the list will be changed, until satisfied, Allen will transport the cultural relics worth 73 million on the list to China from Britain, and the cultural relics experts on the Chinese side will identify and confirm that they are genuine on the list, and Pincizhai will hand over the firewood kiln to Allen, so far, the transaction is officially completed.
The foreigner wanted to get the firewood kiln, so he had to bear most of the process of the transaction, and it was impossible for the people who could not taste the porcelain to take the experts to Little Britain for identification.
Many media are paying attention to the dealings between Pincizhai and the British, and some of Allen's information has also been dug up by major media.
This Allen's grandfather was a general in Little Britain who had participated in the burning, killing and looting of China, so the number of Chinese cultural relics in his collection was very large.
As soon as the information was announced, many Chinese people did not have the slightest good impression of these foreigners, and they decided that if the next auction was held, the transaction price would be increased as much as possible, so that these robbers could not get the firewood kiln so lightly.
Chen Yi and Wen Lao also don't want foreigners to use the looted Chinese cultural relics to pay for the firewood kiln, but at this stage, it is the most appropriate way to exchange the porcelain made by modern zuò for the lost cultural relics of China.
And it is worth mentioning that in addition to paying 73 million of the transaction price, Allen also needs to pay an additional 15% commission, that is, he needs to pay 10.95 million commissions, for a total of 83.95 million, and this part of the commission is paid to the Yazang Auction House.
As for their porcelain house, they were exempted from commissions by the Yazang auction house, among which the relationship between Chen Yi and Yang Qishen is secondary, the main reason is because the firewood kiln porcelain can help the Yazang auction house improve its popularity, which is the content that has been talked about in the previous firewood kiln auction.
Usually the auction house will charge 10% commission for both the buyer and the seller, sometimes it will be 12%, or 15%, for this foreigner, how can the auction house be polite and directly charge the highest 15%.
After Allen handed over the first list, Zheng Lao, Wen Lao and Chen Yi directly called him back and asked him to hand over a new list, if they were so foolish, they would directly announce the interruption of the transaction.
For Huaxia porcelain, no one is more profound than Zheng Lao's level, and some of the small tricks made by Allen are just small skills of carving insects in front of these old men.
Next, Alan was really much more honest and submitted a new list of cultural relics, on this list, there were several precious cultural relics, and after some discussion with Allen, some cultural relics were changed in the list, and finally determined.
Allen will take out the eleven Chinese cultural relics on the list in exchange for 73 million worth of firewood kiln porcelain, as for the commission of the Yazang auction house, it is naturally paid in money, and it has nothing to do with their porcelain tasting.
In the following week, Allen transported 11 pieces of cultural relics to Tianjing, Huaxia, where the auction location of this piece of firewood kiln porcelain was in Tianjing, and the actual firewood kiln was also stored in a bank vault in Tianjing.
Wen Lao, Zheng Lao and Chen Yi, together with some other masters of the antique world, went to Tianjing to identify these eleven cultural relics, and the results of the appraisal were very satisfactory, and after holding a grand handover ceremony, Allen successfully exchanged eleven pieces worth 73 million cultural relics for a fine firewood kiln porcelain, setting a record in the history of cultural relics auctions.
As for these cultural relics, Chen Yi has also discussed with Wen Lao, and announced to the outside world that they will be stored in the collection of Pincizhai for the time being, and when the number of cultural relics reaches a certain level, they will be taken out to open a museum and display them, so as to show the public that the lost cultural relics of China they have obtained, and will never sell these Chinese cultural relics that have been returned with great difficulty.
Many media outlets have broadcast this incident, claiming that this is a new way to return the lost cultural relics in China, through the modern production of zuò firewood kiln porcelain, in exchange for these cultural relics that have been lost for more than 100 years.
It turns out that in exchange for money, to expand the scale of production or investment, it is definitely stronger than these cultural relics that can not produce benefits, just to make the return of the cultural relics lost in China, the porcelain Zhai went to the money, for the record of the porcelain Zhai, many media have expressed their respect.
As a result, it further increased the status and prestige of Pincizhai in the minds of the Chinese people, and Wen Lao and Chen Yi have also become almost heroic figures.
After the kiln was opened this time, Chen Yi did not continue to stay in Jingdezhen, there was Wen Lao sitting here, he was very relieved, porcelain made zuò, in the days following Wen Lao, he also made great progress, and then, relying on the mini version of the kiln, he can also continue to improve.
In these days, he also found a river near Jingdezhen and tested the scope of treasure search, which can be said to confirm that under the water, treasure search can also be found.
After the experiment, Chen Yi decided on the idea of going to sea, and had some discussions with his master.
Knowing that Chen Yi was going to the sea to salvage the wreck, Zheng Lao showed a solemn face, and told Chen Yi that it is not so easy to salvage the wreck at sea, although the sea is full of treasures, but it is very difficult to find them.
Chen Yi smiled, saying that he already knew that there were many difficulties, but first, he might find the last flower god cup, and secondly, it was also a shipwreck that could be salvaged to prevent the cultural relics in the shipwreck from continuing to be buried in the sea, and there were difficulties to overcome, not to mention, he went to the sea to salvage, not to make a profit.
After hearing Chen Yi's narration, Zheng Lao pondered for a long time, and finally agreed, and told Chen Yi that he would let the relevant departments go through the formalities, but in the territorial waters, it cannot be salvaged, because anything salvaged belongs to the state, and this cannot be changed.
Chen Yi naturally knows these restrictions, the territorial waters, the things in the airspace belong to the state, what he wants to salvage is the sunken ship on the high seas, as for the Huashen Cup, it is not too late to make plans after discovering it.
In the end, Zheng Lao asked Chen Yi to prepare the ship, and when it was ready, he could be informed. (To be continued......)