Riding the wind of rebirth

"There are some problems in the Fujiwara family's art museum management." Eiichi Anzhai held Zhou Zhi's hand: "The calligraphy and paintings are in a very bad state and are in urgent need of repair."

"That batch?" Zhou Zhi was greatly surprised: "What other batches are there? Is it the batch that flowed out from Prince Chun's Mansion?"

"Yes." An Zhaiying murmured as he fell into memories: "The Six Hand Scrolls of Prince Chun's Palace."

The Six Hand Scrolls of King Chun’s Mansion are important cultural relics that were dispersed from China to the island country. King Chun packaged and sold the collection he brought out from the inner palace to the Yamazaka Chamber of Commerce for the sake of his dream of Manchukuo, and the Chamber of Commerce resold it to the Fujiwara family.

The six hand scrolls include the picture of Zhao Ling's flock of geese, the picture of Wang Mian's snowy plum blossoms, the picture of Zhao Mengfu washing horses, the picture of Chen Rong's six dragons, the picture of Li Gonglin's alliance meeting on the bridge, and the picture of Han Qian's horse nature.

The six collections were sold on behalf of Zhang Binfang, the director of Prince Chun's Mansion at that time, and received six thousand yuan.

Among them, the picture of Zhao Ling's flock of geese, the picture of Zhao Mengfu washing horses, and the picture of Han Qian's horse sex are on silk, and the remaining three are on paper.

"Why is it in bad condition?" Zhou Zhi asked anxiously: "These six hand scrolls are the treasures of Qianlong. They are all included in the first compilation of "The Secret Palace of Zhulin Shiqu Baoji" and have been repaired by masters in the inner palace. , successive emperors regarded it as a treasure, at least when it left Prince Chun’s palace, it was still in very good condition!”

"There is no need to worry about more specific things." Eiichi Anzhai said: "Because porcelain is far easier to preserve than calligraphy and painting, the Fujiwara family deliberately wants to sell the six-handed roll this time in exchange for funds to operate the art museum. "

"About... how much does it cost?" Zhou Zhi swallowed.

Among these six hand scrolls, Han Gan was from the Tang Dynasty, Zhao Lingrang was the fifth grandson of Song Taizu, and he and Li Gonglin were from the Northern Song Dynasty, Chen Rong was from the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu and Wang Mian were from the Yuan Dynasty. Many civil servants added poems and postscripts, emperors of the Qing Dynasty added seals and words, and there was a "deed of exchange" handwritten by Zhang Binfang, who was in charge when it came out of Prince Chun's Mansion. The order of circulation is very clear. Can you get the six masterpieces by yourself? It's really Dare not say.

"If Sakamoto and I come forward, we should be able to talk about two million US dollars for one painting, and six paintings would be 12 million US dollars. If it is less, I estimate that 10 million US dollars is the limit."

"Ten million U.S. dollars..." Zhou Zhi's heart skipped a beat when he heard that. Ten million U.S. dollars is more than 70 million yuan. Although he can be considered as making money every day, most of the money has been given to Li Laosan. It was invested. Such a large sum of money would not be available for a while.

It would have been easier to say if it had been two months later. By then, Zhou Zhi would have been sure to make a big profit from the rapidly expanding domestic market. Twenty million could have turned into forty or fifty million, and he would have been able to survive by piecing everything together. .

But now, it really doesn't work.

"Recently, our country's Hanhai Auction Company launched "Ten Odes" by Zhang Xian of the Northern Song Dynasty, which was sold for 19.8 million yuan. This is the first time that my country's domestic cultural relics and art have exceeded the 10 million yuan mark. "Ten Odes" "Picture" was purchased by the Palace Museum."

"That painting is huge and well-preserved. Logically speaking, its value is at least as good as that of Wang Zhao's hand scroll..." Zhou Zhi said, but even he couldn't convince himself.

Because in addition to Wang Zhao from the Yuan Dynasty, there are also Han Gan from the Tang Dynasty among the six hand scrolls!

"The Fujita family doesn't have to ask for money." An Zhaiying looked embarrassed when he saw Zhou Zhi, and continued: "They are the oldest collecting family in the island country. Only with the Tokugawa family, they still want to preserve their dignity."

"Compared with funds, it might be easier to exchange for the porcelain they have always loved to collect."

"This is even more difficult..." Zhou Zhi rubbed his hands and frowned.

"This is actually not difficult, right?" An Zhaiying's reaction to Zhou Zhi was a little strange: "Your country has not yet completely banned the outflow of cultural relics, right?"

Although many protection measures and regulations have been introduced, the outflow of domestic cultural relics is still serious. It will not be until next year that the country will revise the previously proposed policy into the twelve-character guiding ideology of "effective protection, rational utilization, and strengthened management."

It also specifically changed the definition of the word "utilization" to "refers to fully affirming the scientific, artistic and historical value of cultural relics and exerting their cultural, educational, reference and scientific research functions". Utilization The methods include opening tourist attractions, holding exhibitions, conducting international cooperation and exchanges, organizing special tours, publishing books, albums and audio-visual products, making replicas of cultural relics, developing souvenirs, etc. It is no longer necessary to mention "less spending in high exchanges." The law gradually tightened until it became very strict two thousand years later.

Therefore, if Zhou Zhi now wants to bring his collection out of the country and entrust it to Hanhai or Christie's, it is completely possible. This is why An Zhaiying is surprised.

Zhou Zhi had no choice but to explain: "If you want to switch to six-hand scrolls, the porcelain used must be at least famous porcelain from the Song and Yuan Dynasties, or Sancai sculptures from the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. It must also be inherited in an orderly manner before the founding of the People's Republic of China. This requirement is really too high. .”

"Besides, even if I have these things, Mr. Anzhai, do you think I should use them in exchange?"

"If it were me, I would definitely not give up." An Zhaiying sighed: "But if it were you, I think you can give it a try."

"You are a master of calligraphy and painting restoration. If the six-hand scrolls come into your hands, I believe you can restore them to their original state."

"This is even more difficult..." Zhou Zhi kept rubbing his hands, his eyebrows and forehead wrinkled.

"Think, Zhou Sang, if you exchange famous porcelain or precious cultural relics for the six-hand scroll, the life of the six-hand scroll can be guaranteed." Anzhai Eiichi earnestly advised: "Let the Fujita family keep cultural relics that are easier to preserve, and at least there will be a chance to re-open them in the future. Buy it back."

"That's why I'm so anxious to have you come over, because I think you should think about this opportunity."

Listening to An Zhai's teachings, a flash of light suddenly flashed in Zhou Zhi's mind: "Yes! I have two sets of collections, known as the 'official kilns of the Republic of China' and the official kilns of 'New China'! One set of Hongxian porcelain and one set of Mao porcelain. If the Fujiwara family is willing, I can exchange it with them."

"Two generations of Jurentang?" An Zhaiying couldn't help but look at Zhou Zhi with admiration. This little brother really kept his secrets secret. If he hadn't been in a hurry today, he probably wouldn't have said it.

The reputation of Mao porcelain has become internationally famous. Because merchants from New Island arrived late, they only acquired a few sporadic pieces. They achieved good results in several auctions on Hong Kong Island and New Island.

Since Zhou Zhi monopolized the supply of goods, the market was really hungry, so dealers speculated from "contemporary Jurentang" to "previous generation Jurentang", allowing Yuan Shikai to inscribe the "Jurentang system" known as the "official kiln of the Republic of China" When he became emperor, the value of Hongxian porcelain also soared.

"I have them all in sets." Zhou Zhi said: "Hongxian porcelain was found by entrusting the capital cultural relics store. It is a set of thirty-six pastel porcelains. As for the Mao porcelain, it is also a hospitality set for two tables, including chopsticks. There are sixteen sets of racks, food plates, slag plates, food bowls, tea cups, wine glasses, and spoons, eight plates, four bowls, and one basin on each table."

"The pattern is a pastel painting method pioneered after the founding of the People's Republic of China - peach blossoms with water."

"I really hope I still have a chance to see it..." An Zhaiying couldn't help but be very fascinated, and then frowned slightly: "But the value of these is still far from enough."

Indeed, despite the lively talk, there are only thirty-six pieces of Hongxian porcelain, large and small, and one hundred and thirty-eight pieces of Mao porcelain. Even if a set is ten million yuan, there is still a shortfall of fifty million yuan.

Zhou Zhi thought about his family fortune: "Where are the works of modern painters? For example...Fan Zeng?"

"Do you still have Mr. Fan's paintings in your collection?" An Zhai couldn't help but his eyes lit up: "How many are there?"