Chapter 1773 Lobbyist
On the other hand, the country has also begun to think of ways to discuss the possibility of allowing Danfang Lei to return.
The first thing that everyone thinks of is the legal means of recovery that has already had successful cases.
However, the recovery of cultural relics is a strict legal process and is not as easy as the general public imagines.
Although our country signed two international conventions on the protection of cultural relics in 1970 and this year, these two conventions, as legal documents, themselves also have certain flaws: First, there are corresponding restrictions on the retroactive period. The above law only takes effect from the date of signing and is not retroactive. In other words, the law signed in 1970 can only restrict the loss of cultural relics after 1970. For cultural relics lost before, you want to recover them through the 1970 treaty. is extremely difficult.
The second is the transfer of legal subjects. Although the state has laws that stipulate that cultural relics on the ground and underground are state-owned, this will not take effect until the Cultural Relics Protection Law comes into effect. Even if the Cultural Relics Protection Law emphasizes the premise of retrospection, it only To be able to catch up to "after the founding of the People's Republic of China" means that 1949 was a watershed.
The third is that the Convention only takes effect for the countries that signed the agreement. It is not two "jus cogens", so it has little binding force. Therefore, a common phenomenon in recovery is that after cultural relics have changed hands several times, some foreign museums and collectors often use the excuse of "acquisition in good faith" as an excuse.
The Danfang Lei was neither plundered during war nor stolen. It was lost overseas long before the founding of the People's Republic of China, and has changed hands several times. Therefore, it is almost impossible to recover it through law. .
Fortunately, when the law cannot effectively pursue recovery, the cultural and museum circles, business circles and collection circles can still take action.
So when Mr. Wang mentioned the matter to Zhou Zhi and Lin Wanqiu, the two began to take countermeasures.
First, Lin Wanqiu discovered evidence that Pan Fang Lei had been collected by Lu, and discovered that he eventually changed hands of the cultural relics through Guardian Auction House.
In France, there is an expert on Lu Qinzhai, sinologist Ms. Rolla, who happens to be the senior vice president of China Guardian and the international director of the Chinese Porcelain and Art Department.
When this Ms. Laura and Zhou Zhi were preparing for the Christie's Four Seasons auction for Ellsworth, they were recommended by Lord Bellin, the boss behind the Guardian, and they had in-depth cooperation with Zhou Zhi.
Rolla and Guardian's Hong Kong branch, Yuan Shuhua, the president of Swire Guardian, is also a best friend. Yuan Shuhua has received great favor from Zhou Zhi. Zhou Zhi not only helped her win the Ellsworth Chinese Art Four Seasons Auction, but also At Swire Guardian's opening auction, Zhang Daqian's splash-color masterpiece "Wuxia Cloud Mountain" was purchased for a large sum of money, setting the highest price of the day. Although there is no possibility of Zhou Zhi going to Jiade, the relationship between the two parties has always been relatively harmonious, and the several cooperations have been very pleasant.
Now the time has come to return the favor. It just so happened that Luo La was preparing to publish "The Biography of Lu Qinzhai". He had done a lot of research on the correspondence, accounts, orders, plates and other historical materials in the cultural relics transaction that Jiade retained, so All those materials were sent to Zhou Zhi.
Zhou Zhi found Pan Fang Lei's catalog in it. Ironically, Lu Qinzhai's business certificates back then have now become conclusive evidence that he brought it on himself.
In the chain revealed by these materials, Lu Qinzhai not only grasped the needs of Western museums and major collectors, but also established an efficient domestic procurement and smuggling network, making the sale of cultural relics a transnational Business.
Other cultural relics are fine, but the Pan Fang Lei was flawed from the very beginning when it entered Shi Yuzhang's hands. Since then, local governments have been classifying it as a criminal and pursuing the Pan Fan Lei. Although the government has changed several times now, and the legal binding force of the new government cannot restrain the criminal acts that occurred in the old government, one thing is clear, and that is that in public opinion or in the hearts of the people, in every People with basic public order and good customs will feel that the leakage process of Danfang Lei is flawed, "illegal", or, in other words, "procedurally wrong."
This is slightly different from "obtaining in good faith".
Next, Zhou Zhi took these reasons and found his acquaintances to "persuad" Nitta in turn.
The first is Lola. Lola frankly told Nitta Toichi that this collection now seems to have unknown risks. Once its dispersion process is made public, it will be posted even if it is not restricted by any law. If it is labeled as a "stolen cultural relic," the big collectors with real dignity will shy away from it, while the big auction houses with real strength will also be wary of their opponents using this as an excuse, and will not dare to take over the promotion of the collection easily.
In other words, in the future, Pan Fang Lei can only be auctioned by some unknown auction houses, and the strength of potential buyers will be greatly reduced.
To put it another way, after the news about Pan Fang Lei spreads, this collection will probably be lost in the hands. Even if it wants to be sold in the future, it may not be sold at a good price.
Then Fujita came on stage.
Fujita has become famous because of the "Jingjiatang Chinese Classics Digital Library" recently developed with Clover Company. Not only did he get rid of the museum management crisis, but he also gained a large amount of income and a huge reputation. For a time, there was an endless stream of visitors, and the Maki-e lacquerware and Wabi-sabi nine-kou porcelain brought from the mysterious Daliang Mountains in China were sold at high prices.
He was acting as a lobbyist for Zhou Zhi, telling Nitta Toichi in a roundabout way that now that China is carrying out reform and opening up, it has brought up a group of people who "got rich first" and they are the real rich people.
Look at the Hunan Provincial Museum, which has been keeping in touch with you. You offered to donate 200,000 US dollars to them, and they were already very excited. But do you still remember the mysterious Chinese collector who competed with us for the Kukai calligraphy scroll? No?
The Chinese collector pushed the "Dainikkei" for 23.5 million Hong Kong dollars and still refused to let go. In the end, Mr. Anzhai and Mr. Sakamoto used a lot of outside tactics and finally joined forces. Several banks on the island spent only 29 million Hong Kong dollars to acquire it.
Now there is a very powerful Chinese seller who knows that you have the body of the Panfang Lei. He hopes to buy the body of the Panfang Lei at a price that both parties find suitable and donate it to Hunan Provincial Museum.
At the same time, the other party also promised that if Nitta-kun agrees to transfer the collection and merge the Sarata Rei into one, the other party will use its influence to promote the Sarata Rei to be exhibited in Japan. At that time, Nitta-kun, you will properly preserve the Chinese Important people with important cultural relics will also accept invitations and accept honors donated by China.
This is the opposite of what Laura said. The bottom line is that whether you become a hero or a criminal in everyone's heart, it's just a matter of your thoughts.
If Laura and Nitta no longer have much business relationship and are insignificant, Fujita is now a conservative person and only hopes to preserve the afterglow of his ancestors. If it is not enough to discuss, the weight of the other two lobbyists can be said. It's just too heavy.
Eiichi Anzhai, Goro Sakamoto.