Chapter 649-650 Bottom Line (Upper, Middle)

The country still has relatively strict requirements for the classification of cultural relics. For example, Lang Xining's works can only be classified into national second-class protected cultural relics, but their collection and market value are not low.

Among other things, there are so many museums in China several times, only the Palace Museum has a collection, which is relatively rare. However, including this one, Zhuang Rui already has three or four oil paintings of Lang Shining in his hand. If he can change all the works of Lang Shining in the Jimei Museum, he can put them in his own museum. A separate exhibition hall has been opened.

This is also one of the main reasons why Zhuang Rui took action. A museum should always have some characteristics. The works of court painters in the Qing Dynasty can be taken.

Moreover, although Lang Shining's oil paintings are far less than Picasso's works, are at most one or two million euros in the international market, but it is normal to auction two or thirty million RMB in China. If Zhuang Rui can take it down with 1.2 million euros, it will definitely make a profit.

"Damn, how can there be a nationalist..."

At this time, Jefferson on the stage had received the translation from the headphones and understood the meaning of Zhuang Rui's words just now. Although Zhuang Rui offered a price of 1.2 million euros, it still made Jefferson a little annoyed. After all, it was still a lot different from his expected auction price.

"1.2 million euros, is anyone else interested? I can guarantee that this picture of concubines of the Qing Dynasty in China has a very high collection value. In a year or two, it will definitely be sold for more than 3 million euros. It is a rare opportunity. Please consider it..."

Jefferson continued to incite the Chinese collectors in the field with his three-inch tongue. As long as someone bid again, he can break the current deadlock, and Jefferson's intention can be achieved.

However, Jefferson still underestimated the influence of Zhuang Rui's words. Although Chinese people like infighting, the people in this occasion are more intelligent.

And according to the Chinese rules of conduct, after Zhuang Rui said that, if the price is raised again, it is clear that he will not give Zhuang Rui face.

Although Zhuang Rui looks relatively young, there is an old Chinese saying: It is better to bully Bai Xu Gong than to bully the poor young people. There is no simple person who can enter this occasion. Who knows what kind of power there will be behind Zhuang Rui? Being a man stays on the front line, which is the idea of many old foxes in the field.

"The second time of 1.2 million euros is only the last chance. Ladies and gentlemen, it is a rare opportunity to miss this precious oil painting. I don't know if there will be any more in the future. Please think about it carefully..."

After three minutes, Jefferson reluctantly knocked on the second auction hammer and made his last effort to encourage the Chinese buyers present.

It's not that Jefferson doesn't want his trust to raise the price again, but he doesn't dare, yes, he just dares!

Lang Xining's work was auctioned internationally for the first time, and the price was between 1 million and 2 million euros, which was set by the organizing committee of the auction house after multiple research and evaluation.

And the price given by Zhuang Rui is just at the bottom line of people's psychological tolerance. It's not high, but it's definitely not low, just like a fish bone stuck in everyone's throat. If it can't go up or down, I'm afraid it's expensive to bid.

Jefferson is in the same mood now, because he did not negotiate with the owner of the oil painting before. Unlike yesterday's auction items, the auction house had an agreement with the owner before the auction.

But this painting is different. If you let people raise the price and no one follows the price, the auction will have your reputation. You must pay for the painting yourself, and you will have a lot of fun.

So Jefferson hesitated again and again, and finally did not dare to send a signal to the stage, because the consequences of this matter were unbearable for him. If he was shot by his own people, it was equivalent to smashing his own "white gloves" signboard.

"Gentlemen and gentlemen, there is one last chance, otherwise this Lang Xining's oil painting will belong to Buyer 156..."

"All right, your painting has been delayed for almost half an hour. Hurry up and go down..."

As soon as Jefferson's words fell, he was interrupted by an impatient buyer. These people's age are all very mature middle-aged people. Now that they have made a decision, they will no longer be deceived by Jefferson's words.

"Okay, congratulations to the buyer No. 156. Today's first auction, the oil painting "Pure Hui Guifei Bust" by Qing court painter Lang Shining, belongs to you..."

Hearing the impatient voice below, Jefferson knew that his efforts were in vain, and the time was too long to drag on. In desperation, the auction hammer pounded heavily, and the first lot of today's special auction fell into Zhuang Rui's hands.

It's just that although Jefferson said congratulations, there was not much smile on his face. He originally planned to attract everyone's attention to the first auction, but now the attention is aroused, that is, the attention is, the wrong direction. Now these Chinese millionaires in the field pay more attention to Zhuang Rui than the auction itself.

"Young man, congratulations, you are really young and terrible. Oh, why do I look a little familiar with you?"

A woman sitting in the front row of Zhuang Rui turned around and smiled kindly at Zhuang Rui, but when she looked at Qin Xuanbing, she frowned slightly, as if thinking about where she had seen Qin Xuanbing?

Zhuang Rui quickly nodded and replied. He was not afraid that Qin Xuanbing would be jealous, because this lady's age was enough to be his own mother.

"Ms. Zhang, my surname is Qin, and my father is Qin Haoran..."

The lady didn't know Qin Xuanbing, but Qin Xuanbing knew her and immediately responded politely.

"Oh... I know. It turns out that you are the little princess of the Qin family. Why do I feel so familiar..."

Ms. Zhang smiled when she heard the words and then said, "Is this Mr. Zhuang? Some time ago, I always heard people mention your name, but I've never seen it. I didn't expect to see it here. It's good, very good. What I said just now was very good..."

"I don't dare to be. I just have a bad temper. It's not easy to watch the foreign devils make money from the Chinese people with the cultural relics they robbed from China..."

Zhuang Rui didn't know the person in front of him, but looking at his tone, he should also be a well-known figure, and he was not young, so he hurriedly said a few words.

However, the person described in Zhuang Rui is Liu Chuan's prototype. Zhuang Rui is still very selfish when he buys this painting, but he doesn't want to be thought that he is too calculating and has to look righteous and indignant.

"Well, young man, you are worthy of the little princess of the Qin family..."

The lady looked at Zhuang Rui and smiled and turned around. She just heard that a young man from the mainland had become the son-in-law of the Qin family, and embarrassed Bao Yugang's son-in-law on the gambling boat, but she just heard that she didn't pay much attention to the affairs of the younger generation.

"Xianbing, who is this?"

After seeing the lady turn around, Zhuang Rui asked in Qin Xuanbing's ear in a low voice.

"She is not a small one..."

Qin Xuanbing put her little mouth to Zhuang Rui's ear and said, "Although she is a woman, she is the director and vice president of the Hong Kong Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, the director and general manager of Daqing Petroleum Co., Ltd., the general manager of Hong Kong Yongxing Enterprise Company, the chairman of Bank Investment Co., Ltd.

His assets, even in Hong Kong, can also be regarded as a super rich man, much stronger than our family..." "Is it her? Does she have an older brother named Zhang Zongxian?

After hearing Qin Xuanbing's words, Zhuang Rui was stunned for a moment and asked.

Qin Xuanbing looked at Zhuang Rui strangely and said, "Yes, she and her brother are both Hong Kong Island celebrities. Why do you know each other?"

"I don't know, but the two of them are in the collection circle, but they are very famous..."

Zhuang Rui has never seen Zhang Yongzhen's brother and sister, but he has heard a lot about their anecdotes.

Zhang Yongzhen was born in an antique family. Grandfather Zhang Yuru was famous for being good at carving fan bones. His father, Zhang Zhongying, was the most famous antique dealer in old Shanghai during the Republic of China. He opened "Juzhenzhai" on the Bund, specializing in antiques. Ceramic collectors like Qiu Yanzhi often patronized his "Juzhenzhai" in those years.

When Uncle De taught Zhuang Rui the knowledge of antiques, he mentioned the "Juzhenzhai" in old Shanghai more than once. He often said that if he was a few years older, he would definitely go to "Juzhenzhai" to apply for a job as a shopkeeper.

Zhang Yongzhen's brother is Zhang Zongxian, who can be called a famous antique giant at home and abroad. He has been influenced by his family since he was a child. Zhang Yongzhen has always been interested in traditional Chinese culture and art.

In the mid-1970s, Zhang Yongzhen registered with Huo Yingdong's son Huo Zhenhuan and others to establish the Hong Kong Daqing Petroleum Company to distribute PetroChina.

With the courage of women, Zhang Yongzhen took the lead in carrying out the all-weather oil delivery business, established a sound sales network in Hong Kong, China, and then invested in mainland TV, transportation, commerce, real estate and other industries, establishing her status as a successful woman in Hong Kong, China, and her assets have long been far away. More than his brother Zhang Zongxian.

The success of his career cannot anni with Zhang Yongzhen's reputation in the collection industry. Zhang Yongzhen's collection of porcelain is largely influenced by his brother Zhang Zongxian.

At the special auction of "Zhang Zongxian Treasure Porcelain" held by Christie's in November 1999, Zhang Yongzhen became the main buyer of the auction: she bought the Qing Kangxi rouge enamel lotus pattern bowl for 12.12 million Hong Kong dollars, and the Qing Qianlong copper tire enamel yellow peony pattern bottle for 22.75 million Hong Kong

After the auction, Zhang Zongxian met his sister in the restaurant and said, "I know you have money, but you have bought too much. It's good to leave some for others to buy. People who don't know thought you were helping me protect the plate."

At the Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong, China in 2002, Zhang Yongzhen won the Qing Yongzheng pastel bat peach olive bottle for 41.5 million Hong Kong dollars, and then generously donated it to the Shanghai Museum. The auction was quite accidental for Zhang Yongzhen.

At that time, Zhang Yongzhen was on the plane back to Hong Kong, China. When she was bored, she saw the news of the auction and fell in love with the Qing Yongzheng pastel bat peach olive bottle at a glance. The beautiful pastel bottle was olive-shaped and the shape lines were very beautiful.

The bottle is painted with pastel eight peaches and two bats. The peach symbolizes "longevity" and "bat" is a homonym for "blessing". This auspicious pattern with bats as the theme is common in the official kiln porcelain of the Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties.

The manta grove pattern painted on the Yongzheng official kiln pastel device is mostly large and small plates, which is extremely rare in olive bottles, and the olive bottle with pastel bat peach pattern is the only one in the world at present, so it can be called a peerless treasure bottle.

Zhang Yongzhen made up her mind at that time that she must buy this boutique. At the Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong, she raised a sign from HK$18 million and raised HK$37 million. No one raised the price. Finally, after adding the commission, she won the "treasure bottle" for HK$41.5 million.

That lot also once created the highest price of Chinese art in the international market, so Zhang Yongzhen's name represents a big deal in the antique world, which makes many shy Tibetan friends envious.

For such a character, even the current Zhuang Rui still feels a little high. Whether in terms of money or status, the gap between Zhuang Rui and him is still very large.

"Can you ask him to donate or take out some items and put them in his museum?"

Such an idea suddenly came to Zhuang Rui's mind. Although he has a lot of good things in his hand now, compared with Zhang Yongzhen from the collector, it is far from the sky. Zhuang Rui can't help but hit the other party's head.

Since he wants to open a private museum, Zhuang Rui wants to make it the most influential private museum in China, but it is obviously impossible to rely on his own objects alone.

Zhuang Rui has long had the idea of integrating some private collector's collections, but the specific operation is relatively complicated. Zhuang Rui is only in the conceptual stage now, but after seeing Zhang Yongzhen, the idea in his mind has gradually taken shape.

Zhuang Rui now thinks so. As long as the other party is willing to take out his collection to participate in the exhibition, the ownership of the item is still the other party's. He signs a contract with him. After one or two years of exhibition, he will return the item to the owner and pay some fees.

Of course, if the collection taken out by the other party is far larger than his own exhibition collection, Zhuang Rui does not mind giving most of the collection of the museum to the other party, but forget the shares. When it comes to the ownership of the collection in the museum, it is difficult to distribute the shares.

As for whether the museum makes money or not, Zhuang Rui is not sure now. Anyway, he is ready to lose money. At present, it seems that except for Mr. Ma's museum, he can barely pay for some of the daily expenses of the museum, and he has not heard that any private museum is profitable.

......

"I'm sorry, sir..."

When Zhuang Rui was bowing his head and meditating there, the auction had continued, and a middle-aged man walked to Zhuang Rui's side and interrupted his thoughts.

"Are you?"

Zhuang Rui frowned slightly. As soon as he thought of something about the future development of the museum, he was interrupted by someone. He was very uncomfortable.

"My name is George. I am a lawyer at the XX auction house in Paris. Entrusted by the organizing committee of this auction, I would like to warn Mr. Zhuang that you should not publish comments about political tendencies and untrue at the auction site. If there is another time, we will ask you to leave.

In addition, the truth about history has been buried in time. Sir, you have no evidence to say that these things were plundered from your country..."

With George's words, Zhuang Rui's face gradually became ugly. What he said when he took the picture, to a large extent, he didn't want anyone to bid with him, but now what George said completely angered Zhuang Rui.

Zhuang Rui asked himself that he was not an angry youth. When he needed to make a choice between national interests and private interests, Zhuang Rui might choose private interests.

But this does not mean that he can bear the provocation. A person's patience also has a bottom line, and George's words have exceeded the bottom line that Zhuang Rui can bear.

"I'm sorry, I think if I violate the laws of your country, you can sue me. If not, I will think your words are a threat to me. I didn't know that a well-known multinational auction house would do such a thing..."

"Oh...no, Mr. Zhuang, that's not what I mean..."

George found the Chinese in front of him. It was a little different from the Chinese in his own cognition. He originally thought that after giving a warning, the other party would accept it humbly, but he didn't expect that the young man's character was so violent that he shouted on the spot, which was a little out of his control.

"Your meaning has been clearly expressed..."

Zhuang Rui coldly dropped a sentence, then strode to the front desk and said, "Mr. Auctioneer, do you mind if I say a few words?"

Zhuang Rui didn't care if Jefferson mind or not. He directly took the microphone on the auction stage and said to the stage, "Gentlemen, ladies, friends from all over the world who love Chinese culture, I'm sorry to bother you for a few minutes. I want to talk about what just happened to me..."

"Shit! What's going on with George?

In a room on the second floor of the auction hall, a gray-haired middle-aged man, about 50 years old, hit the ashtray in his hand to the ground fiercely.

"Go, let the security guard pull the Chinese down..."

"Richard, no, that person's information has been sent back. He has a position in China. He is the director of the China Jade Association. If we do this, it will cause international disputes..."

Next to the middle-aged man, another person stopped his decision. Looking at a fax in his hand, he frowned tightly.

This fax not only contains information about Zhuang Rui's position in the Jade Association, but also Zhuang Rui's family relationship has been listed, which shows that the background of this auction house is not simple.

"Shit, Jefferson, an idiot, why do you want to warn the young man to buy the painting?"

After seeing Zhuang Rui's family relationship, Richard sat back on the sofa. Their auction house also has branches in China. Naturally, they know what the family relationship on this fax paper represents.

Although their power is all over the developed countries in the world, they dare not be rude to Zhuang Rui.

So Richard could only vent his anger on Jefferson's head. After all, it was Jefferson who asked the lawyer to warn Zhuang Rui just now. Richard also thought it was appropriate at that time. After all, Zhuang Rui's interference made their interests suffer losses.

Of course, that's not what Richard thinks now.

......

Zhuang Rui's sudden outbreak not only overwhelmed the auction, but also the many buyers who participated in the auction did not know what had happened. They stared at Zhuang Rui standing in front of him.

"Gentlemen and ladies, just now, a lawyer who claimed to be this auction house warned me that I said something untrue. What he meant was that the painting I just took was not what I said, but from China's LD.

Here, I can say responsibly that 100% of Lang Shining's painting was robbed by Frey of the French QH force. Do you dare to say that what I said is not true? Do you dare to call out the owner to testify against me?!"

Zhuang Rui took a long breath, calmed down his excitement, and then said, "I originally thought FG was a country with ZY speech, but I didn't expect that they didn't dare to face their past history, which made me feel very disappointed. Did the Germans occupy your land in those years, you also Have you forgotten it all?"

When it comes to Country D, I can't help but say that post-war Germany is still worthy of our respect. They dare to face up to their own mistakes and have the courage to take responsibility and compensate for losses. You France must have benefited a lot from this, right?

But have you reflected on the difficulties brought by the Chinese people? Don't you allow me to explain the auction of cultural relics taken from China L?

Of course, the French people still have many friendly people who can face history. I am now discussing with a museum about the return of Chinese cultural relics, but I feel very angry about the behavior of your auction house.

If that's the case, I don't think it's necessary for you to warn me. I can withdraw from this auction by myself. At the same time, I hope that all Chinese people with conscience can also make such a choice. Thank you for delaying everyone's time..."

After saying this, Zhuang Rui bowed deeply to the audience, and then strode to the door. Qin Xuanbing and Huang Fuyun also stood up and walked to Zhuang Rui's side.

"Bang...Bang..."

Starting from Ms. Zhang, the applause slowly sounded, and behind Zhuang Rui, people kept leaving their seats and joining in.

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