Chapter 59 Art Collecting is also a Business (Part 2)
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Good fences make good neighbors!
Rose didn't understand this sentence in Chinese, but she felt this feeling from Situ Nan, that is, Situ Nan didn't call her. (The fastest update speed is on the Aishang Novel Network biquge.info)
At first, Rose thought that Situ Nan was interesting to her, because whether she was on the Titanic or in the United States, she could feel Situ Nan's good impression of her.
Especially over the years, every time Situ Nan came to New York, he would visit him and share his successes and hardships with him, but he never involved the relationship between the two.
When a man is good to a woman, most women will think that the man wants to chase her, and Rose is no exception, at that time, she had not forgotten Jìjack for a long time, and there was no plan to start the next relationship, so she thought that if Situ Nan brought up that matter, she would politely refuse him.
Who knew that Situ Nan never confessed to himself from beginning to end, when Situ Nan saw himself in his eyes, Rose could still feel that Situ Nan had a little meaning to him, but he didn't know why he slowly faded and disappeared later.
In retrospect, the two met neither more nor less, Situ Nan would visit Rose when he arrived in New York, and Rose would occasionally write letters to Situ Nan, but every time they met, Situ Nan came and went in a hurry, just like a friend came from afar to see himself, reminisced, and then separated.
Just like tonight, the two will be separated after eating.
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Rose stood at the window, watching Situ Nan's tall figure get into the car and disappear into the busy street, her hand still retaining the gesture of waving goodbye.
This is not the first time she has done such an action, Rose turned back to the living room, poured herself a glass of wine, and felt a trace of loneliness from the bitterness of red wine.
Tonight, Situ Nan's mention of Rose was tempted, her heart was a little surging tonight, although she had been polite to Situ Nan on the surface, but she also had a good impression of Situ Nan in her heart, which she concealed very well.
If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't forget that person in her heart, maybe Situ Nan would also be a good choice.
After arriving in the United States, it took a long time for Rose to recover, and she has also met many men over the years, and has tried to open her heart to accept other men, but every time it is either because of her own reasons or because of the other party, it has been hastily defeated.
In terms of career and life, Situ Nan, who has become rich, has given Rose a lot of help.
In fact, think about it, Situ Nan is not bad at all, in many aspects, Jack can't compare with Situ Nan.
No matter in terms of appearance, character, and career, Situ Nan is a rare golden beetle son-in-law, and there is no man Rose knows who is better than Situ Nan, but it seems that Situ Nan just didn't call him, and Rose, who is a woman, is both happy and a little disappointed.
may also keep a certain distance from each other in their hearts every time, carefully maintaining the role of good friends, so the relationship between the two has withered before it has even begun.
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As if I heard a soft sigh in my heart, since this is the case, let's be a friend, forever friend, this seems to be good?
Rose finally made up her mind, she picked up the phone and dialed Situ Nan.
"Alright! I've decided to accept your advice! Rose said.
"Really? That's great, I knew you would definitely help me. That's it! Situ Nan said happily.
It wasn't until many years later that Situ Nan knew that Rose had always been a special person in his heart, he was not absolutely unmoved, but a ripple, slightly swaying and quietly disappearing, and the heart lake calmed down again. So he was careful not to let himself get too close, for fear of losing a woman who could communicate with him on an equal footing in spirit.
This is a bit bloody, but Situ Nan thinks that it is not difficult to find a woman who can sleep with him, but it is not easy to find a friend of the opposite sex who keeps his distance and has a lifetime of indifferent friendship.
Besides, Situ Nan can't do the unforgettable love that Rose did like Jack, so even if he gets Rose's body, he can't get her heart!
Where is there no grass at the end of the world? Why bother? He has no shortage of women!
I don't know why, it may be that the poison of the Titanic in Situ Nan is too deep, and every time I see Rose, Situ Nan will think of three people, Jack, Mu and Laura.
If you want to add a footnote, these three people are the confidants of gentlemen's friends, brothers who are as kind as a mountain, and lovers who meet in Pingshui but are unforgettable! Well, it could be unrequited love! A lover who often appears in my mind but can't be touched!
Although Rose promised to help, Situ Nan would not leave everything to her, for Situ Nan, it was just a side job, or even a non-serious business.
The United States has a silver waiting for Situ Nan to earn, so he doesn't have so much time to pay attention to this, so he sent an assistant to assist Rose, and the first fund of $50,000 was paid to Rose that night. In addition, there is also Situ Nan's salary advanced to Rose for half a year.
Rose doesn't like business negotiations, but she does a good job of it, and she really has a lot of famous works. Situ Nan sent someone to take care of the payment, so Rose only needed to know which paintings to buy.
In addition to the works of Western painters, Situ Nan was more interested in the masterpieces of ancient China and porcelain, for which he set up his own personal collection institution: Stoney William Antiquities Exchange. But basically, there are in and out.
Within half a year, in New York, Situ Nan spent more than 300,000 US dollars to buy a lot of Chinese porcelain and ancient calligraphy and painting works from some private collectors, and Situ Nan bought almost all the Chinese art that could be bought with money, but many collectors were unwilling to part with love, they were not short of money, and there was no way to do it.
This little unhappiness aroused Situ Nan's competitive spirit even more, he didn't believe that those guys would always be lucky, and he would wait a few years to clean them up. From 1918 to 1920, and in 1929, there was an economic crisis, and many people went bankrupt.
Ha ha!
Of course, Situ Nan didn't know all the artists and their works, but he still knew those famous artists, like Van Gogh, Picasso, Mona, etc., needless to say.
Van Gogh, in particular, was unknown and miserable during his lifetime, and only became famous after his death. Well, examples of posthumous grief abound,
Many geniuses in history are this fate, which may have made their vision look too far, they have gone too fast, and they have exceeded the pulse of the times at that time, so it is normal not to be understood and recognized.
As the saying goes, the truth is in the hands of a few, but if the truth is not understood and accepted by the majority, then the truth is no longer the truth.
Although the truth or the things that contain it can stand the test of time, and eventually carry forward and be recognized. But is this really the case?
Who would dare to say that there is no one greater and deeper than Van Gogh who has been annihilated in the long river of history?
The world is diverse, everyone can only see a small part of the scope of his contact, history leaves us only a part of the facts, maybe it has been processed!
Only people who fit the pulse of the times will not be eliminated, if they go too fast, they will not be recognized and understood, and if they go too slowly, they will be abandoned, so Situ Nan gave himself two principles, one is to go faster than most people, half a step ahead, and the other is not to go against most people, so as not to be isolated and eliminated.
Ah! Situ Nan's thinking began to diverge again, and he thought so much from Van Gogh's paintings. Fortunately, that's all, he hasn't reached the point of Van Gogh's insanity!
Not many people now know the value of Van Gogh, so after paying a fee, the American art dealer in Guò bought some of Van Gogh's paintings for almost no money.
For example, "Doctor Gachet" cost Situ Nan less than $1,000, and of course, there is also the "Sunflower", Situ Nan likes it very much.
Compared to Van Gogh, the Spaniard Picasso was much luckier.
not only became famous, but also read countless women in his life, and enjoyed all the glory and wealth in his life.
Well, this guy's recent paintings are still very cheep, although he is already famous, but this fame is insignificant compared to Situ Nan's wealth, so unfortunately, many of this guy's works are packed into Situ Nan's safe.
Among them are "The Woman with Her Hands Crossed" and "The Boy with the Pipe". A hundred years later, these works will be sold at auction houses for more than 100 million US dollars, which can be found but not sought.
Greedy!
Situ Nan bought almost all the works of Van Gogh, Picasso, and Mona on the market, sorted them into categories, and locked them directly in the safe.
Situ Nan was really a greedy person, and once his collection was in his private safe, no one could ever buy a piece from him, unless someone else exchanged something he was interested in.
In addition to famous paintings, Situ Nan's favorite thing is Chinese porcelain, and the reason why he began to collect paintings is to exchange Chinese porcelain, calligraphy and paintings and other precious cultural relics with others.
This work continued until Situ Nan's death, and he had endless wealth throughout his life, even the collection of art was endless in terms of quantity and value.
A few years later, his descendants were almost stunned when they sorted out his collection, because their "evil" father or grandfather collected more than 10,000 masterpieces, of which one-third of Picasso's more than 37,000 works were collected by Situ Nan.
These masterpieces are piled up in three safes, one in New York, one in Los Angeles and later in Singapore. Famous paintings from the collections of the National Museums of the United States, France, and the United Kingdom, but they have never been exhibited!
This is a collector even more voracious than J.P. Morgan!
Later, someone quipped: "Picasso painted a man all his life!" That man was Stoney William. Only a stupid thief would go to the Louvre to steal paintings, if he knew that Stoney William's safe would have kept him fed and clothed for the rest of his life. ”
Except for a small part donated to museums in China and the United States, most of the art treasures of Chinese culture were donated to the Chinese nation in Nanyang after his death.
A hundred years later, many Chinese were a little unhappy with Situ Nan's favoritism, but by that time Situ Nan had already been summoned by the Lord.
Until he died, he was not worried about the museum management of Beijing's prison guards who stole and resold cultural relics, grandson!
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