Riding the wind of rebirth

Before coming to Beijing, Zhou Zhi took stock of his situation and felt that he had more than 100 million pounds, more than 300 million U.S. dollars, and more than 500 million yuan, which was converted to 500 million yuan. This time, he could be arrogant. , but as soon as he arrived, he gave the old man a heavy blow.

Mr. Wang and his wife have a large and valuable collection. The "Great Sage's Legacy" is a Tang Qin, which was most likely made by Lei Wei and is extremely precious.

In addition to this Fuxi-style Qin from the Tang Dynasty, the couple also has Zhongni Qin from the Song Dynasty with a roar of dragons and roars of tigers, a Zhongni Qin with a golden sound and a jade vibration from the Yuan Dynasty, a Phoenix-crop Qin from the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, and a golden banana-leaf Qin from the Ming Dynasty.

Any handful is extremely valuable.

As for the old man's incense burner, in addition to the four top-quality ones just mentioned, there are thirty others left, all of which are extremely precious.

Among these four top-quality stoves, the Silong seawater casting process is the most complex and the oldest, and it is from the Yuan Dynasty; the Xie'er ring-foot stove and the cupola three-legged stove are the most precious "Xuande stoves" among the incense burners; the remaining Although the one below is from Chongzhen, the whole body of the furnace is covered with black lacquer and there are glittering gold flakes scattered on it. It is a bright and beautiful one with the most beautiful coating among all the furnaces.

No matter which one the old man plans to keep for himself, the remaining three plus the rest of the inventory must be weighed by Zhou Zhi's financial strength.

This is just a piano and an incense burner. The old man’s collection also includes Buddhist statues, calligraphy and paintings, a collection of books, and all kinds of miscellaneous items.

In later generations, it would take five special auctions to complete the sale, so you can imagine how rich the collection was.

With a fortune of 500 million yuan, one can only say "poor money".

"$300 million." The old man smiled and said, "Do you have it?"

"If you can come up with 500 million US dollars, I can also make a will. After my wife and I leave, in addition to the family calligraphy and paintings left to the children, the rest of the Great Sage's musical harp and Xuande's ear ring foot stove will also be left to the children. Leave it to you.”

Five million U.S. dollars is almost the total of all foreign currencies in his current spare money account. After paying this amount, he will probably only have a few hundred thousand U.S. dollars and RMB left.

"Five million US dollars is fine." Zhou Zhi did not mention anything about inspecting the goods, and directly took out his check book: "But all I can mobilize now is the more than 500 million pounds of royalties from "Sichuan Flavors", plus 100 Ten thousand dollars, old man, do you think this is okay?”

"Okay." The old man smiled and said, "You write the check and I'll write the will."

"Everyone here, please sign and be witnesses!"

"What about Mr. Yuan..." Zhou Zhi is not worried about disputes in the future, but is mainly worried that Mr. Wang will not be able to explain things when he returns.

"This is the result of our discussion." Mr. Wang breathed a sigh of relief, as if Zhou Zhi had solved his big knot: "When she comes back from get off work, let her fill in the words."

Unlike auctions, this kind of "leveling up" behavior among big collectors often cannot be measured by market price.

Mr. Wang's collection was auctioned five times, with the total value each time ranging from 2000 million to several million, but that was ten years later.

According to the market price of the Ming and Qing Furniture sold by the old man for US$100 million the year before last, this transaction of US$500 million is barely reasonable.

Of course, if these things are stored for another 20 years, any one of them will cost tens of millions. For example, the Great Sage's musical instrument and the four top-quality incense burners may cost hundreds of millions.

If we take into account the scarcity of the collection, we can only use five words to describe such an opportunity - rare.

But then again, whoever has so much money these days can invest it in anything, even negotiate an interest rate with the bank, or directly buy stocks without moving it, the future income will be very important.

To really be able to buy art and press it, you have to have "spare money".

Except for people like Zhou Zhi, not even Feng Cang and Pan Shiya can allocate more than 2000 million "idle funds" in this hot investment land at once.But Zhouzhi does not have this problem. Regardless of foreign assets, just talking about domestic assets, Zhouzhi's problem is too much "spare money".

So Zhou Zhi generously took out the check book and filled in the numbers. Regardless of the rest, Guangda Sheng's Yiyinqin and Xuande's earrings were both worth tens of times of their current value after ten years.

Everyone didn't know what Zhou Zhi was thinking. Lin Wanqiu and Yu Bin were extremely impressed by Zhou Zhi's "celebrity style" of "dirty money"; Liu Zhengyun, Mo Yan and Yu Hua had no idea about money and had never doubted it. He could not live up to his own abilities in the future, and only felt that this child and he were "kindred spirits"; the one who was least surprised was Mr. Ma, who had seen many people like Zhou Zhi and Mr. Wang in his old days.

Only Wang Gang was the most surprised. He only knew that Zhou Zhi, like Lin Wanqiu, who had been quite popular in the capital recently, was a junior highly regarded by Mr. Wang and Mr. Qi. However, he never expected that Zhou Zhi had such financial strength and such Attitude towards money.

After all, he is not as heroic as he will be when he becomes famous and his income doubles in a few years.

But what he saw and heard today aroused his interest in entering this industry.

After Zhou Zhi had signed the two checks, Mr. Ma brought over a book: "In addition to the Great Sage's musical instrument and Xuande's ear-ring foot stove, the items here also include the old man's gourds, eagle tools, and cricket jars. , Pigeon Whistle, and the calligraphy and paintings of Mrs. Jin and several old gentlemen, the rest is yours."

Mr. Wang’s uncle Jin Beilou was a leader in the northern painting circle at the beginning of the century. The Hu Society he initiated and organized had great influence in the art world;

His mother Jin Zhang is also a famous fish and algae painter;
The second uncle Jin Dongxi and the fourth uncle Jin Xiya are also famous bamboo carvers.

The old man himself is good at all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. His piano master is Guan Pingchao, who was the best luthier in the world at the beginning of the century. Both calligraphy and painting are learned from his family. He also learned the skill of painting gourds with fire and learned it from his two uncles. Bamboo carving.

Among the monographs he has published, there are four volumes of a monograph on fish and algae paintings, "Haoliang Zhile Collection", which he compiled for his mother, and "Bamboo Carving Xiaoyan", which he compiled for his uncle Jin Xiya. He also expanded it and wrote his own "Bamboo Carving Appreciation", which is A collection of the essence of bamboo carving art since the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The pigeon whistles he collected were two extremely exquisite boxes of pigeon whistles painted in purple with the Chinese character "xiang" in the old capital.

The gourds in his collection, except those painted by his own fire, are from Wen Sanhuo and Liu Xianting of Sanhe County in the Qing Dynasty.

The old man likes to play with pigeons, pigeon whistles, and gourds. In fact, in the old man's heart, many intangible cultural heritages are equivalent to his collection of "The Sounds of the Great Sage."

As for Mr. Yuan's attitude towards the old man, there is only one word: doting.

There is a joke that can explain how much the old man loves him and how much Mr. Yuan dotes on him.

During a difficult time, Mr. Yuan one day discovered that his family's money had been used to buy sorghum to feed pigeons, so he could no longer buy milk powder. After buying milk powder, he could no longer buy sorghum.

The two discussed it for a long time and decided that it was okay to borrow money for milk powder, but it was a bit outrageous to borrow money to feed pigeons.

So I decided to use the money in my hand to buy sorghum, and borrow the money for milk powder!
"This "Collection of Self-Preservation" was recovered by Tsuen You and I through various means after our redress." The old man was open-minded: "I got it, then lost it, then I got it again, and today I lost it again. It can be said that All the twists and turns in life are contained in it.”

"But the last time I left them, I was so worried that I couldn't sleep at night. This time, my wife and I were able to sleep well!"

"Demian Hall will always be open to the old man and Mr. Yuan." Zhou Zhi said sincerely: "If you want to come, you can come at any time; you can stay as long as you want."

The old man quickly made a will, explaining clearly the fate of his and his wife's two most cherished treasures, and asked all witnesses present to sign it.

There is no need for a lawyer to be present. The group of people around me now, whoever has lived ten or twenty years, will be the top leaders in the industry, and their power and influence are very huge. Having them testify is better than anything else.