Chapter 1780 Lao Hu is also here
After delivering the things, Zhou Zhi and Lao Wang got on the museum’s minibus and headed to the Capital Airport with the large army.
Ma Chengyuan, director of the Shanghai Museum, and Gao Zhixi and Xiong Chuanxin, the two directors of the Xiangbo Museum, were already waiting here. When Gao Zhixi saw Mr. Wang coming, he took two steps over. He held the old man's hand enthusiastically: "We in the cultural and museum world have been having a lot of happy events recently! Mr. Wang, you still have to take action!"
"Follow me. It doesn't matter to me, come on, let me introduce you to the real money owner." Mr. Wang smiled and said: "Zhou Zhi, you can count me as a half-disciple, but this kid's business is a bit complicated. He is an appraiser of Hanhai Auction House, a calligraphy and painting restorer, and he is affiliated to AXA Fund. Representative of the Yutang Cultural Preservation Foundation."
"Fishpond Cultural Preservation?" Ma Chengyuan thought the name was weird and unfamiliar.
“It was the former Three Gorges Cultural Preservation Foundation. Now their cultural preservation projects have expanded to include the Yangtze River Cultural Belt, Minjiang Cultural Belt, Helan Mountain Cultural Corridor and the Yellow River Cultural Belt, so it is inappropriate to use the name of the Three Gorges Cultural Preservation Foundation. ”
"When writing was first made, it was to wear clothes. To give up the throne, there was Yu Tao and Tang Dynasty." Gao Zhi smiled and said: "It must be this Yu Tang Dynasty, right? If it is the name, then it is suitable."< br>
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to Zhou Zhi: "Mr. Xiao Zhou is really young and promising. This time We, Xiangbo, are extremely grateful for Fang Lei’s return!”
“No! Stop Xiangbo!” Mr. Wang quickly stopped Zhou Zhi from reaching out: “We still have to discuss the final ownership, and we can’t talk about your Hunan Province. Once the lid is removed, this thing belongs to you, right?”
"Which museum the Pan Fang Lei belongs to is related to our country's cultural and museum management system." Zhou Zhi still stretched out his hand and shook it with Gao Zhixi: "The foundation will not be involved in this. Fortunately, the flesh is rotten. It’s also in the pot, just come down and discuss it slowly.”
"However, when our Shu University Museum accepted ancient books and paintings such as "The Collection of Flowers" donated by Mr. Li Yimeng, we said that there are already too many good things in the Forbidden City and the National Museum, and they may not be able to take care of them. The donated things should be used. Go to a place where you can be taken more seriously."
"I can take care of you! "Huajian Ji" can't take care of me, but Dan Fang Lei can definitely take care of me!" Mr. Wang said quickly: "Wait a minute. , you don’t want to put it in the Shu Museum, do you? The Shu Museum is not a first-class museum, and it is not worthy of collecting Pan Fang Lei.”
“We are listed in the first-class museum. The conditions are quite good..."
"Don't make trouble, old horse..."
"It's out, it's out, everyone, stop making noise, don't let your international friends laugh..."
Xin Tiandong is not tall and does not need an interpreter when he speaks. He speaks Mandarin very fluently with a standard Taiwanese accent. After all, he was actually a Taiwanese for the first 20 years of his life.
This time the reception sent by the Chinese side was of a very high standard. Directors from several major museums were dispatched, and there were people from the ministry waiting at the National Museum. Although it was thoughtful and expensive, in this case Nitta Dong Yi was able to agree to transfer Pan Fang Lei, and with his two-island background, even if it was for publicity purposes, his status as an "international friend" was already firmly established.
Originally, he was reluctant to transfer Panfang Lei out before, but when he heard that Zhou Zhi spent money to buy it not to own it, but to donate it directly to the museum, even if he As a businessman, I can't help but be moved.
"Mr. Zhou, as Mr. Sakamoto said, you are so young..." After Sakamoto's introduction, when Nitta extended his hand to Zhou Zhi, Nitta's eyes showed that he was not too daring. Believing eyes.
Zhou Zhi just smiled slightly and acted as his introducer, introducing Mr. Wang to him. As for the rest of them, they have already interacted with each other a lot and are considered old acquaintances, so no introduction is needed.
Mr. Wang’s academic level on Ming and Qing furniture and ancient lacquerware is internationally renowned, even in the collector circles of island countries. Especially recently, the trend of lacquer art in island countries has been on the rise again, and even those who study Chinese lacquerware are also famous. There are more.
After everyone was polite, they went to participate in the customs clearance ceremony of Pan Fang Lei. Here Zhou Zhi met an acquaintance again, Liang Pingyi from the Protection Department of the General Administration.
As the main contributor to the successful return of the statue of the King of Litigation in the United States, Liang Pinyi has become a domestic professional proficient in litigation recovery after returning to China. In addition to awards, his position and rank have been adjusted. Most of the time They all work on Hong Kong Island, and it seems that the task of escorting San Fang Lei back this time has fallen on him again.
What surprised Nitta Toichi secretly was that this Chinese official, who was unsmiling and strict in his work attitude when he came into contact with him, actually beamed when he saw Zhou Zhi, and the two of them came enthusiastically A hug, like a long lost friend.
Seeing Nitta's strange behavior, Zhou Zhi quickly explained: "Director Liang and I are comrades-in-arms. We worked closely together when we returned the Dragon and Phoenix statues to China."
"You really have the elbow!" Liang Pingyi He smiled at Zhou Zhi and said, "This time, in addition to Pan Fang Lei, there are also a batch of Buddha statues and Buddha heads!"
“This old boy Lu Lirong is really nothing!”
Lu Lirong secretly sold the portrait of the King of Heaven to Ellsworth, and then sent the other one to Christie’s Auction House for auction. The one who was exposed became a loser after losing the lawsuit, and the business plummeted.
After losing credibility, there was no way to stay in this industry, and Lu Lirong was about to immigrate, so Zhou Zhi conveyed to him through Lin Wanqiu that he was interested in buying his Xinbaozhai.
It is impossible to say that Lu Lirong does not hate Zhou Zhi, but his reputation in Hong Kong Island has been ruined, and no one wants to deal with him. In addition, Hong Kong Island's real estate has plummeted, the wealth of the middle class and above has shrunk seriously, and the number of people with immigration plans remains high. , no one really wants to take over his business.
After all, Lu Lirong is still a businessman. In the face of interests, face is not important. He finally agreed to Zhou Zhi's suggestion and transferred all his properties on Hong Kong Island to Zhou Zhi.
In addition to the Xinbaozhai store, these assets also include two warehouses in the port area and the antique calligraphy and paintings inside, as well as a mountainside villa.
Hong Kong Island real estate is now worthless. House prices have fallen by 60% from their highs. Real estate that used to be worth more than 50 million Hong Kong dollars is now only worth 20 million.
The other is the collection of Xinbaozhai. As the industry's "integration" routine, of course it cannot be based on the price at the auction. In the end, Lin Wanqiu invited several well-respected collectors from Hong Kong Island to act as mediators. It was settled at a price of HK$50 million.
Seventy million Hong Kong dollars sounds scary, but in fact it is equivalent to ten million U.S. dollars, which is only three Fang Lei.
With this money, Lu Lirong flew to England with tears in his eyes and lived a prosperous year.