Siheyuan, a comfortable life under Zhengyang Gate

June 10, 1993, the twenty-first day of the fourth month in the lunar calendar of the Year of the Rooster, a Thursday.

After such a long period of preparation, Yang Yukun's Kunping Museum and Master's Yaguan Museum were officially opened.

Compared to the master's, the opening of the Khun Phaen Museum caused much less fanfare.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Yang Yukun set off two strings of firecrackers at the door to represent the official opening of his private museum.

Apart from this, no other publicity activities were carried out and no one else was notified.

So not many people know that the Khun Phaen Museum is open today.

"Xiao Kun, isn't your opening ceremony too simple?"

When the Yaxuan Museum first opened, Han Chunming advertised it in major media in the capital for a long time in advance.

Not only relatives and friends were present, but even leaders from relevant departments came.

When Yang Yukun’s private museum opened, two strings of firecrackers were set off at the entrance.

Apart from the staff of the Kunping Museum, the only people present were him and Yang Huajian.

"Keep it simple, why make it so complicated? Let's go and check with my master."

After asking the cleaning staff to clean up the firecracker debris at the door, Yang Yukun, Han Chunming and Yang Huajian went to the Master's Yaguan Museum.

The reason for setting up such a private museum is to find a home for these old items that have been collected.

These old items cannot be kept in the portable planting space without seeing the light of day forever. He will have to take them to another world after a hundred years.

He doesn't expect to make much money from the museum, and he doesn't care at all whether there will be tourists after it opens.

Han Chunming said, "Look how lively it is here, Lord Hou."

Yang Huajian nodded in agreement: "Compared to the Marquis's place, yours is indeed a bit shabby."

Yang Yukun said: "I don't call it shabby, I call it keeping everything simple."

It was indeed very lively at the Yaguan Museum. All of Master's old friends were there. Many people from the industry also came to Liulichang Panjiayuan to show their support, numbering over a hundred people.

"Master."

"Why are you here, kid?"

"I'm done over there."

The Broken Marquis was surprised: "It's over so quickly?"

Han Chunming said: "Xiao Kun set off two strings of firecrackers at the door without notifying relatives and friends."

The Broken Marquis glanced at his disciple and said, "That's it. Is it that simple?"

"correct."

Yang Yukun smiled and helped his master entertain the guests.

"Uncle Kun, Lord Marquis."

"Grandfather, Lord."

"Nephew, Fengzi, you two are here too." Seeing Yang Guangcheng and Yang Feng coming over, Yang Yukun asked them to sit down.

"Great grandfather, Lord Hou, congratulations on the opening of the Kunping Museum and the Yaguan Museum."

"How do you know this?"

"My great grandfather told me."

Yang Feng didn't know that his great-grandfather's private museum was opening today. He only learned the news yesterday when he went to Jubao Pavilion in Liulichang to visit his great-grandfather.

Yang Guangcheng said, "Uncle Kun, let's go to your place and take a look."

"Okay, let's walk."

Yang Yukun brought Yang Guangcheng and Yang Feng back to the Kunping Museum and took them from the Modern Arts and Crafts Museum on the first floor to the Red Official Kiln and Song and Yuan Porcelain Museum on the third floor.

"I've really learned a lot today, Great Grandfather. You have so many good things in your hands."

"Someone in Liulichang was saying a few days ago that Uncle Kun is the best private collector in the capital, and that you have more heavyweight porcelain than any public museum. It turns out the rumor is true."

After visiting the modern handicraft museum on the first floor, Yang Guangcheng and Yang Feng were able to remain calm.

Although the more than 2,000 pieces of various types of Hainan yellowish handicrafts are rare, they are not enough to move them.

After going up to the second floor, Yang Guangcheng and Yang Feng had expressions of surprise on their faces.

They didn't know much about calligraphy and painting, so they didn't feel much emotional when visiting the calligraphy and painting museum. But when they stepped into the Ming and Qing porcelain museum, Yang Guangcheng and Yang Feng were immediately shocked.

In the field of ceramics, few people have achieved as much as they do.

It is because of this understanding that Yang Guangcheng and Yang Feng know how precious these Ming and Qing porcelains are. On the third floor, Yang Guangcheng and Yang Feng were shocked again.

Porcelains from the five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty, blue and white porcelain from the Yuan Dynasty... all of them are treasures.

There are also the Jingdezhen and Liling tutors' porcelains in the Red Official Kiln Museum. It is the first time for them to see so many red official kiln porcelains.

There is also a red official kiln porcelain museum in Han Chunming's Yaxuan Museum, but the red official kiln porcelain in the Yaxuan Museum is not as many as in the Kunping Museum.

There has been a craze in the industry for collecting red official kilns, and the prices of red official kiln porcelain have been rising, with many people spending large sums of money to buy them.

Someone had gone to Yang Feng’s store before and asked, saying that he wanted to buy a set of red official kiln porcelain for his grandfather’s birthday, and price was not an issue.

But there were too few red official kiln porcelains on the market, and Yang Feng didn’t know where to get them, so he could only give up this business with regret.

According to relevant records, there were approximately 4,200 pieces of red official kiln porcelain successfully fired in Jingdezhen, and more than 20,000 finished products fired in Liling.

It is said that more than a thousand pieces of Jingdezhen red official kiln were sent to the imperial capital, some were sent to Hunan and Chu, and the rest were sealed in the warehouse of Jingdezhen, Jiangyou.

Except for those sent to the imperial capital, most of the red official kiln porcelains fired in Liling are collected in memorial halls, revolutionary museums, and lakes in Hunan and Chu, and less than 200 pieces are in circulation among the people.

Yang Guangcheng heard that someone had gone to Jingdezhen specifically before, but found that the red official kiln porcelain sealed in the Jingdezhen warehouse had already been taken away.

At this moment, seeing so many red official kiln porcelains in the Kunping Museum, plus those in the Yaxuan Museum, it must be Yang Yukun and Han Chunming who emptied the red official kiln porcelains in the Jingdezhen warehouse.

"Uncle Kun, can I ask you a question?"

"Just tell me."

"Did you pay for the Jingdezhen warehouse?"

"You mean these red official kiln porcelains?"

"Correct."

"Master, Xiaowu and I dug this out together. Half of the red official kiln porcelain produced in Jingdezhen is in the hands of the three of us."

As early as 1982, Yang Yukun, his master and Han Chunming went to rummage through the Jingdezhen warehouse and brought back 2,005 pieces of red official kiln porcelain.

There were a total of more than 4,200 pieces of red official kiln porcelain successfully fired in Jingdezhen. Excluding those that were sent to the imperial capital, Hunan and Chu, and those that were destroyed, there were more than 2,200 pieces left.

Excluding the collections held by him, his master, and Han Chunming, the number of pieces that fell into the hands of other people was less than two hundred.

Some of the Liling tutor's porcelain that has been lost among the people is also in the hands of Yang Yukun, his master, and Han Chunming.

Among them, Yang Yukun has twenty-five pieces, the master has thirty-two pieces, and Han Chunming has twenty-seven pieces, totaling eighty-four pieces.

Less than two hundred pieces of Liling tutor's porcelain were found. Excluding the ones in the hands of the three of them, there were still about one hundred pieces in the hands of others.

Yang Guangcheng sighed: "No wonder some people went to Jingdezhen before but didn't find anything."

Yang Feng asked: "Grandpa, do you know who still has a collection of red official kiln porcelain?"

"Are you also interested in the red official kiln?"

"I had a client who wanted to buy a set of red official kiln for his grandfather's birthday."

Yang Feng thought of his previous client. Since he had no channels to help this client find red official kiln porcelain, he could only regretfully reject this big deal.

There is still half a month before the old man of this customer's birthday. If my great-grandfather knew who still had a collection of red official kiln porcelain, maybe this deal could really be done.

"Don't even think about the red official kiln porcelain we have. Teacher Zhou from Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute has some in his collection. I can give you his contact information."

"Thank you, Grandpa."

"As for whether Mr. Zhou has any plans to take action, you can go and discuss it with him yourself."

Yang Yukun gave Yang Feng the contact information of Teacher Zhou. In addition to him, his master and Han Chunming, Teacher Zhou also had a collection of some red official kiln porcelain.

As for whether he can persuade Teacher Zhou to sell his collection, that depends on Yang Feng's own ability.

"Grandpa, don't worry. I will never cheat Teacher Zhou. If Teacher Zhou intends to make a move, I will introduce my client to trade directly with Teacher Zhou, and I will earn some hard work fees and favors from my client."

Yang Feng plans to go to Jiangyou Province tomorrow to visit Teacher Zhou in person.

If Mr. Zhou is willing to sell the red official kiln porcelain in his hands, he can do so without making a penny, just earning a favor from the customer.

"Ding ding ding..."

"Grandpa, your phone number."

"Hey, Master, OK, I'll be right there."

The call was from the master. It was time for lunch and he asked him to have lunch.

Yang Yukun asked Yang Guangcheng and Yang Feng to go downstairs and leave the Kunping Museum, go to the Yaguan Museum to meet up with Master and his friends, and then go back to the front door of the restaurant to eat. (End of this chapter)