Chapter 798: The Master Who Never Forgets the Past
"Elbow, follow me." Lin Wanqiu was very busy and had no time to be polite: "Let's go see that Xuande blue and white piece."
"A few more experts from Hong Kong Island are also here." Li Lehai said: "There are also Mr. Anzhai, Goro Sakamoto, and Mr. Ellsworth’s Deputy Chief of Asian Affairs, Mr. Zhong Jin.”
A few people walked into a side room, which was a small exhibition hall with several items on display. Among the cultural relics, one of them is the "Dainichi Sutra" that Zhou Zhi has already mastered.
But now everyone in the room was bending down to study a large blue and white jar. When they saw Lin Wanqiu bringing someone in, they straightened up.
Lin Wanqiu introduced everyone, in fact, she mainly introduced to Zhou Zhi: "This is Mr. Yang Yongde, a famous collector in Hong Kong Island, Mr. Xu Zhantang, and Mr. Zhang Zongxian."
"This is a famous antique dealer in New Island , Mr. Li Jianchen ”
The group of people looked at Zhou Zhi with expressions even more surprised than when Zhou Zhi saw them.
Given the status of these people, in their eyes, describing a young man like Zhou Zhi as "unknown" would be an exaggeration.
While looking around with surprised eyes, Lin Wanqiu introduced Zhou Zhi with a smile: "This is the appraisal consultant of our Mainland Haitong Auction Company. Mr. Zhou Zhi, despite his young age, he has already achieved a lot."
Zhou Zhi quickly nodded and shook hands with everyone. Among them, the one who surprised him the most was Hou Zhongjin. At first he thought he was Chinese when he heard his name, but he turned out to be a blond foreigner like An Siyuan.
"Oh? What achievements do you have, kid?"
Except for the agent Hou Zhongjin, everyone here is a top collector of Chinese cultural relics, especially those from Hong Kong Island and New Zealand. Several people on the island are all successful businessmen and knowledgeable appraisers. Even people like Li Qiyan have to be in awe of their collections.
The person speaking is Li Jianchen. He is a little different from the others. Although he has more than a dozen companies under his name, he also owns an antique shop and is engaged in antique trading. He is related to Lin Wanqiu. of peers.
Lin Wanqiu smiled and said: "He has made a big deal recently..."
"I remembered," Zhang Zongxian is a big collector of porcelain, and he is very concerned about the circulation of important porcelain on Hong Kong Island: "The one in my niece's hands Two revolving bottles, some time ago It was purchased by an inland collector. I remember his name was Zhou Zhi, right?”
After receiving Lin Wanqiu’s nod of confirmation, Zhang Zongxian sighed: “I didn’t expect him to be so young. ! ”
"You are not yet twenty, are you?" Xu Zhantang on the side was amused and smiled at everyone: "This industry needs new blood. We have niece Wanqiu and nephew Lehai in Hong Kong, and now we have a younger one. ! ”
“Not bad, change it. At our age, we still don't have such strength. "We were just picking up the slack at that time." Yang Yongde glanced at Anzhai Eiichi and Sakamoto Goro and said with a smile, "Unlike now, it won't work if we don't fight for strength." Ah.”
Eiichi Anzhai and Goro Sakamoto are both collectors of Chinese cultural relics, and they have no problem speaking Chinese. Goro Sakamoto even understands Cantonese. He had been acting as the translator for Eiichi Anzaka before. Now he smiled and said: "China won the World Bank After the interest-free loan, The development is indeed very fast. I have seen the news about the two heart-turning bottles. Qianlong's aesthetics...well, it is indeed exquisite and complicated, and it can be said that it is a big deal."
That said. , but the implication is a bit disdainful.
Indeed, although the two revolving vases represent the ultimate porcelain craftsmanship of the Qianlong Dynasty, the islanders inherited the elegant and quiet porcelain aesthetics of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the tastes of the islanders and Qianlong's aesthetics are really different. You can't urinate in a pot.
And Zhou Zhi collected these two Qianlong artifacts. Judging from the current value, An Zhaiying could crush them if he took out any of his own collections.
Unexpectedly, Lin Wanqiu smiled slightly: "Mr. Sakamoto is ridiculous. I dare not boast that the two pieces of porcelain purchased from us are a big deal."
"The big deal I am talking about is him. I just spent one million US dollars to purchase all the Ming and Qing furniture collection from Mr. Wang Shixiang. "
"What?" Everyone was shocked, the most exaggerated was the foreigner Hou Zhongjin: "One million dollars, how is it possible? That rosewood chair was sold at the London auction last year. Similarly, the transaction price is more than one million US dollars!”
“This is Mr. Meng Wang! I am indeed worthy of the honor given by the master to appoint me as the heir to this batch of Ming and Qing furniture." Zhou Zhi quickly waved his hand: "But it cannot be measured by the price at the London auction, as Mr. Hou said. The price of Mr. Wang’s rosewood chair. After all, our country is still a developing country and we need loans everywhere. , it is impossible for this batch of cultural relics to flow abroad. The price of similar domestic collections is not at the same level as the international price."
"If, I mean if, the top spot in Mr. Wang's collection can appear. At the London auction, the starting price should be one million dollars.”
"After all, it was published in the old man's "Appreciation of Ming and Qing Furniture" and was used as a key article to introduce the Ming and Qing furniture styles to the world. In this sense, it is said that the craze for collecting Ming and Qing furniture around the world started. It’s not too much.”
“But this assumption doesn’t make much sense, because it can never be possible. Appeared at international auctions. "
"It seems that Mr. Zhou is very concerned about cultural relics going abroad," Goro Sakamoto said: "In fact, compared with domestic investment in scientific research, the equipment and venues are advanced. The level and training of talents are much better than those in mainland China, right? As a symbol of human civilization, these things , should belong to all mankind, and it is in line with the purpose of protecting the heritage of human civilization to provide them with the best protection, right?”
“Just to give a simple example, the swords and pipas of the Sui and Tang Dynasties around the world, The best-preserved one is not in China, but in the island country Shosoin. Similarly, there is the Yaobian Tenmu Bowl in porcelain. , The leech tripped the Longquan celadon bowl, right?"
"First of all, I would like to thank my colleagues from the island countries for their love for Chinese civilization and their attention to Chinese cultural relics." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "We must also admit that. This land has suffered a lot of disasters, and in the past catastrophes, not even a single precious cultural heritage has been preserved.”
"But it is precisely because of this that we need to catch up and catch up with the international level in the aspects you mentioned." Zhou Zhi seemed not to have heard the irony in Sakamoto Goro's words: "We must also cherish the memories after all the catastrophes. The ones that still remain Treasures, let alone national treasures, should be allowed to wander in our hands in today's era. This can be regarded as a lesson in learning from the past and remembering the future. ”
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