Huayi Universe

Chapter 40 The Conjecture Behind Thangka

Early in the morning on weekends, there were only two people fighting in the huge fencing room, and the score on the screen was very tight.After a few rounds, Xu Yun took off his helmet and said out of breath, "Universe, you've improved so fast, this time I really didn't let you in at all."

After taking off the helmet on the other side, Universe was sweating profusely and trying to calm down his breath, and said: "Thank you for the compliment, I feel like I'm about to suffocate, let's stop here today, I'll show you something later."

Xu Yun said in surprise: "Look at something? What a coincidence, I'm going to show you something too."

Universe and Xu Yun came downstairs to the coffee shop after changing in the separate locker room of the fencing field.Universe took out his mobile phone, opened the photo album and handed it to Xu Yun, "Look at this painting, how much do you think it is worth?"

Xu Yun carefully looked at the photos in Universe's mobile phone, and two words popped out of his mouth in doubt: "Thangka?"

Universe took a sip of coffee, smiled and said, "Yes Thangka, guess how much this Thangka is."

Xu Yun frowned and said, "It's hard to say. I don't know much about the value evaluation of Thangka. Thangka is the most representative painting art form in Tibetan Buddhist culture, and it is also a national and intangible cultural heritage."

Universe said: "This Thangka has sold 2000 million pieces."

Xu Yun stared at himself in surprise and said, "What?! 2000 million?! Did your client buy it?"

The universe looked at Xu Yun's surprised eyes, and then slowly explained the ins and outs of the matter to Xu Yun: "No, it's the department leader I mentioned to you earlier, he made a mortgage loan in our branch, and then two I pledged to another bank for a loan of 1000 million. After the loan was managed, the teacher in our sub-branch went to find out the purpose of the funds and when to cancel the second mortgage. The answer was that he bought this Thangka and this photo was provided by him. I also promised to our teacher after the loan that the second deposit will be withdrawn at the end of the month. It is said that it is because a buyer has been found willing to buy this Thangka at a price of 2000 million. I did a rough calculation and it was less than one month before and after. time."

Xu Yun said: "How can there be such a good thing in this world? Show me the photo of the thangka in your mobile phone and take a closer look."

Universe handed over the phone again, and then said to Xu Yun: "Now the most popular thangkas in the domestic market are domestic thangkas from Qinghai Regong, XZ and other regions, and Nepalese thangkas. The price of thangkas is very different. Expensive thangkas cost millions or even hundreds of millions, while cheap ones sometimes only cost a few hundred yuan."

Hearing this, Xu Yun asked Universe curiously: "Then what is the standard for the price of thangkas? This pair of paintings can be worth a luxury house. I should have learned to draw when I was a child."

Universe smiled and said: "Thangka is known as the most complicated meticulous painting in the world. Every Buddha must paint in strict accordance with the proportions in the "Measurement Sutra". "Sutra" is well-familiar, and you can draw without a ruler. Generally speaking, it takes 8 to 14 years for a painter to start painting independently. If the painter is a lama, the price of Thangka will be higher. I just It is said that part of the price depends on the factors of the painter, and the pigment used will also affect the value. The cost of XZ Thangka and Regong Thangka is extremely high. On the one hand, the pigments are pure, and most of the pigments are natural minerals or gemstones. It is made by grinding, usually using pearls, agate, gold, lapis lazuli, etc. Another aspect is that from the selection of the canvas to the opening of the face, it is all done by a painter independently. It takes half a year to make a thangka, and it takes more than ten years. .”

Hearing what Universe said, Xu Yun looked at it more carefully: "There is so much knowledge in it, so I have to appreciate it. You work in the bank because you have a lot of contacts, and you have seen a lot in the market."

"It's probably a few hundred yuan in this phone, and it's from Nepal." Universe said unhurriedly after taking a sip of coffee.

Xu Yun became even more puzzled, and said, "How did you find out? Then the person who bought his painting is no longer a successor?"

Universe said: "The painting style of thangka in Nepal is biased towards the South Asian style. The images are vivid and vivid, the colors are bold and exaggerated, the composition is natural and smooth, and natural pigments are used. With such a large sum of money, how can there be so many local tyrants in the world to take over the panxia? Usually, if you buy such a valuable thing, you will definitely ask a painter to inspect it, the local tyrants shouldn’t be deceived so easily, is there another possibility.”

Xu Yun hadn't waited for the universe to finish, and her professional experience made her think of another possibility, "Could it be money laundering? The local tyrants also arranged for him to take over the panxia? The universe has to have substantial evidence before I can apply to my leader. Carry out phone monitoring and follow-up investigations on him. Are you sure it wasn't someone who beat you back then and you're looking for a chance to take revenge on him?"

Universe said: "Even if it's revenge, I will take the normal and legal way. I promise you that I didn't frame him. Within a week, I will find evidence to prove that my inference is correct."

Seeing the seriousness of the universe, Xu Yun smiled and said: I have been friends for so many years, and I can still trust your character. By the way, I will give you something. Xu Yun walked to the car and took out a long-handled umbrella from the trunk of the car and handed it to the universe. He repeatedly asked that a button with a special shape on the umbrella handle was for self-defense. There will be unexpected surprises when you press it all the time.

(End of this chapter)