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Chapter 164 I want [-] million
"This is what you found at RB?"

Liu Yiqian looked at the third set of Qi Baishi landscape screens in shock, and asked the experts to appraise them quickly. He gave a thumbs up and said: "Brother, Lao Liu, I have never admired anyone in my life, and you are one of them!"

"Guanfu's horses were all early collectors. At that time, it was worthless and it was easy to find leaks. You should also know my details. If you spend money, you can count as an art museum."

He looked at Tianyuan Museum, especially Sanxi Hall, and sighed: "You really started from scratch, and you built a museum of this level in one year. I have nothing to say, I admire you!"

Wu Tianyuan waved his hand flatly, last night he personally experienced the chaos of domestic auctions, and lost his original respect for this so-called great collector in front of him, which is very different from those who really love collecting in Minqiu Jingshe.

"Talk about the deal? How much can you pay?"

Wu Tianyuan didn't talk nonsense, and said straight to the point: "I'm not interested in Qi Baishi, since Brother Liu is interested, let's talk about it."

Liu Yiqian nodded, and thought about it, this price is not easy to open.Everyone knew what was going on with yesterday's one billion yuan. Chen Dongsheng sold it and bought it himself, just for money laundering and financing.

"Chen Dongsheng spent [-] million yuan to buy Qi Baishi's landscape screen ten years ago, and he has not taken it out until now. Recently, his company has some problems and needs a lot of funds to operate. The only way to launder foreign hot money is to refinance. Otherwise, he wouldn't have played this show when the market was bad."

Wu Tianyuan's heart was moved, and he accidentally inquired about two pieces of news. One was that Chen Dongsheng also had difficulties to overcome now, and the other was that there was foreign financial support. Mr. Ma was right at the time!

"I can pay up to [-] million, brother, this is real money, how about it?"

Liu Yiqian was also very straightforward. After seeing Tianyuan's level, he didn't have much capital to pretend in front of others, so he just ordered it.

"Eight hundred million! Hunan Radio and Television is also a good seller, and this price is not outrageous."

Wu Tianyuan smiled lightly: "You are also a person with an art museum, how can you gain both fame and fortune? Brother Liu is better at playing than me, or you can exchange it with treasures."

Liu Yiqian shook his head: "Baby? What are you talking about baby in front of you? I've been running around for a few years to save some property, let's use money!"

The two finally reached a consensus, and the deal was 7 million yuan. As for how Liu Yiqian manipulated Wu Tianyuan, he didn't care, and he didn't want to care.Now hundreds of millions of dollars can be circulated all over the world in [-] minutes, and no one can find out that it is black money.

With the money, he continued to search for treasures and pick up leaks, and returned the national treasures. What Hu Jianmin said was right.Everyone takes what they need.

After sending Liu Yiqian away, Hu Jianmin said excitedly, "Eighty hundred million? You make another fortune, shall we start real estate together?"

"Real estate has this quick money?"

"That's right, seeing you make money is really jealous. Now you are also a billionaire, what are your plans?"

Wu Tianyuan took a sip of tea, and said in a deep voice, "Of course we will continue to hunt for treasures. With money in hand, many plans can be carried out. The next step is to go to France, where there are many old collections of the Old Summer Palace, especially Fontainebleau. There, see if there is a chance?"

Now Wu Tianyuan is protected, has money, and can do many things, so he doesn't have to be timid.This is the advantage of having a museum, even if you are negotiating a deal with the Louvre, you are qualified.Foreign private museums are well developed, and some categories are no worse than public ones. It is easier to exchange laws between museums, and with the status of a dragon group, Wu Tianyuan's treasure hunting is even more powerful.

"Going abroad after not staying for a few days?" Sun Yuyao said with some reluctance.

"Don't worry, I'm safe with Wang Jun protecting me and Wang Hong as my interpreter."

Wu Tianyuan hugged the beautiful woman and comforted her: "When your parents retire next year, let a few old people come to live in the capital, then you will not be bored."

"What are you talking about? They didn't say they want to marry you!" Sun Yuyao blushed and said duplicity.

"Hey, the ugly daughter-in-law always wants to see her in-laws, so just accept your fate!"

The two of them squabbled for a while, naturally they were upside down, and they were full of passion before parting.

"Boss, here is the information you want. Our first stop is Paris?"

The next day Wu Tianyuan took Wang Jun and Wang Hong on the plane directly to Paris, looking at the documents in his hand, thinking.

"Paris, Red Mansion, Lu Qinzhai!"

Speaking of the two biggest cultural relic dealers in the twentieth century, one is RB Yamanaka Jojiro, and the other is the traitor Lu Qinzhai!
Lu Qinzhai, a native of Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, has lived in France and the United States successively. In the early [-]th century, he was an internationally renowned dealer in cultural relics and a large antique dealer. He sold many Chinese national treasures abroad, including one of the greatest masterpieces in Chinese art history. , "Sa Lu Zi" and "Fist Hairy" among the six horses of Zhaoling.

Lu Qinzhai started as an apprentice in an antique shop, worked hard to learn all kinds of business in the antique shop, and learned fluent English and French. He was quickly appreciated by the boss, and Lu Qinzhai gradually became the manager of the shop.After the Revolution of [-], Zhang Jingjiang returned to China to assist Sun Yat-sen, Tongyuan Company was closed, and Lu Qinzhai opened his own antique shop and established Lu Wu Antique Company.

Coincidentally at this time, the Qing government collapsed in China, the Beiyang government was in power, and people’s hearts were unstable. Antiquities and treasures in the Forbidden City were lost overseas. With the ability to identify Chinese cultural relics, Lu successfully purchased many ancient and rare treasures at low prices and sold them to the European market. , a huge profit.He gradually became a prestigious connoisseur of Chinese antiques and a celebrity among European Chinese.

"According to the data, as his business grew rapidly, he also caused a large number of domestic cultural relics to be smuggled and scattered overseas. He attracted a lot of criticism in China. Moreover, during the heyday of the cultural relics trading business, he was planted in the hands of Tan Jing's counterfeiting group. It lost its reputation and trust. With the establishment of New China, the smuggling of cultural relics and the interruption of international trade made it cut off the supply of domestic cultural relics. In the early 50s, he had to clear all the goods and end the business.”

Wu Tianyuan specializes in researching the secrets of Duo Tan Jing and Lu Qinzhai, the largest counterfeiting gang, the largest cultural relics dealer, dog eats dog, and in the end, both of them had to leave their hometowns.

About half of the Chinese antiques lost overseas were sold through the hands of Lu Qinzhai. Among them, the "Sa Lu Zi" and "Fist Hair" among the six horses of Zhaoling are the most famous. They were about 1916 to 1917. It was smuggled to the United States in 12.5 and sold to the University of Pennsylvania Museum by Lu Qinzhai for $[-].

At that time, Lu Qinzhai smashed all the stone carvings of the six steeds of Zhaoling to be smuggled out of the country. Fortunately, four of them were seized by the Beiyang government, but "Sa Lu Zi" and "Fist of Fist" were smuggled out of the country and sold to the University of Pennsylvania. Although the museum has been requested by the Chinese government many times, it has not been successful. The six steeds of the Zhaoling Mausoleum of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty each have their own side, which makes the people of the country sigh.

Lu Qinzhai smuggled and sold countless pre-Ming statues, stone carvings, bronzes, and jades throughout his life, many of which came from the stolen tombs of successive emperors.Lu Qinzhai has caused immeasurable losses to Chinese culture, archaeology, cultural relics identification, etc.!

"The tastes of French collectors and American collectors are different. The French like: Kangxi three-color porcelain, red glaze, eggplant purple, malachite green and other glazed porcelain, bronzes, stone carvings, Tang tri-color and Ming and Qing flower vessels. American I prefer Jun kiln porcelain in the Northern Song Dynasty, Kangxi Lang kiln red, three generations of bronze wares, ancient jade, unearthed Ming wares, relief sculptures in the Northern Wei Dynasty, calligraphy and painting jade carvings. And American collectors have a very big appetite. As long as they are old things, they are willing to pay high prices and are willing to Maintain a long-term cooperative relationship with antique dealers."

Wu Tianyuan studied the information, which was collected by the Long Group, which was more detailed and real, and there were many secret clues for his reference.

When Lu Qinzhai was 40 years old, his career as an ancient director was in full swing.At this time, he had a new idea, which is to build a completely Chinese-style building to display and sell treasures from China.But this idea is almost impossible in Paris, where municipal planning is very strict.The buildings in Paris all have a unified style. The height, design style, and materials of each house must go through strict approval and must be coordinated with the surrounding buildings as a whole.

Lu Qinzhai's first proposed reconstruction plan was not approved.He was not discouraged, and with the assistance of the French architect Bloch, he applied again.It is not known what magical powers he used, but the Paris city government finally approved his plan.

The reconstruction project started in 1926, and it took only 2 years to transform the original 3-story mansion into a 5-story Chinese-style red building.This should be the most authentic Chinese-style building in Paris!
(End of this chapter)