The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 375 Going to the God Capital
And those art traders in the world are aiming at the emerging rich in China, who have strong purchasing power but are inexperienced collectors.

These art traders first purchase in large quantities the works of some distinctive but not well-known painters.Then they sold and bought their own works to hype up their works, and then packaged these painters as well-known figures to raise their worth through public hype.

There is no clear definition of the value of a work of art, one is the celestial grass and the other is the arsenic, so even if some people refute that the artist is not actually worth that high, and his works are not worth such a high price, it does not matter at all. .

Those art traders only need the popularity of those painters, and if scolding them can attract people's attention, they will be happy with it.In fact, sometimes they worry that the topic is not hot enough or impactful enough, and they will spend their own money to scold them in the media.The purpose is to attract people's attention and stir up the artist's popularity.

As the painter's popularity increased, his net worth naturally increased as well.Next, these art traders began to sell the previously collected works.And this time they are not the buyers, the buyers are the emerging rich who were fooled into the market by them.

They spent tens of millions of dollars to buy so-called works of art bought by others for tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, thinking that they had really become art collectors with a unique vision and could see the so-called art expressed by this painter.In fact, it was just a trap of others.

It's just that the means of these art collectors are too clever, and their rank is too high. In addition, they have entered the market hundreds of years ago and established the rules of the art market around the world.If you want to set foot in the art market, it's really like entering a black shop, and you don't even discuss it.

The profit in the art market is often very high. A copy of a painting that is originally very cheap can be sold for sky-high prices after hype.Just like the works of Van Gogh, basically no one appreciated them during his lifetime, but later became a model for the artist, and his works were fired to sky-high prices.In just a few decades, the price of paintings has increased by at least tens of thousands of times. Such a lucrative business is naturally the reason why those international capital tycoons have set foot in it one after another.

Compared with the huge capital operations in foreign countries, domestic assets of billions or tens of billions are just a drop in the bucket.These capital crocodiles are wandering around, constantly picking up one so-called artist after another, and then making them into so-called star artists, and then relying on them to make money continuously.In fact, this kind of behavior is the same as the hype of stars by brokerage companies.

Xu Guanwu has seen through this point, so he scoffs at the so-called contemporary art.The reason why antiques are valuable in collection is that in addition to representing the inheritance of a historical civilization, it is also because of its extremely rare quantity.It has gone through thousands of years of war, turmoil, and changing hands before it can be passed down to the present, which is a miracle in itself.

However, many of the authors of contemporary artworks are still alive, and the works created are often similar, which cannot reflect its unique value.Once many artists become famous, they copy their previous creations on a large scale and sell them frequently for profit, which has greatly depreciated the value of artworks.

Collections are inherently rare and expensive, and it is extremely abnormal for works copied on a large scale to fetch sky-high prices.

Furthermore, works of art are meant to move and inspire people, but with the development and changes of civilization, pure calligraphy, painting or sculpture can bring people far less inspiration than the films of the Sixth Art.Compared with works of art such as calligraphy, painting and sculpture, which can only be felt through the eyes, movies can be felt with the eyes and ears at the same time, and the movies will expand with time, showing more varied, three-dimensional and comprehensive content.The touch is naturally more intense.

I often hear people say that after watching a certain movie, I was very moved, inspired and understood some truths.I have never heard of people who are moved to tears after seeing a painting or a sculpture.The opposite is an art film that has touched many people, and usually the box office is not too high.However, the so-called contemporary works of art can often fetch sky-high prices.

And Xu Guanwu felt that instead of auctioning these inexplicable contemporary artworks, it would be more meaningful to auction peripheral products of movies, such as props, films, posters, peripherals, etc.Because those movies have touched many people, and those actors have aged, these can no longer be reproduced.

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Xu Guanwu thought wildly for a long time. At this time, a group of cars slowly drove towards this side. There were two military jeeps in front, and a black red flag car behind.

There were seven or eight soldiers wearing military coats and big-brimmed hats sitting in the military jeep. After getting out of the car, they greeted President Wang first, and then fixed their eyes directly on the King Air 200 in front of them.

"What a beautiful plane!" A soldier with a purple face exclaimed in admiration. Although he didn't shout loudly, the naturally loud voice still made people jump.

"Mr. Xu, Mrs. Xu, let me introduce to you, the deputy commander of our Nanyuan Air Force Base, Xu Yongzhan." President Wang introduced with a smile, "Deputy Commander Xu, this is the patriotic Hong Kong businessman Mr. Xu Guanwu, this is his wife, Xu Ms. Zhao Yazhi."

"Hello, hello." Xu Yongzhan grinned, showing his white teeth, "Welcome back to the motherland, welcome, welcome. Mr. Xu, your plane is so beautiful."

"Thank you," Xu Guanwu nodded and replied casually.I was about to get in the car to warm up, but my feet were numb from the cold after waiting here for a long time.But these soldiers just focused on looking at the plane and ignored it at all.

Seeing their anxious looks, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but feel moved, "Commander Xu, do you want to go up and visit?"

"Is it possible?! Then it's disrespectful." Deputy Commander Xu pretended to decline with joy when he heard it.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help smiling, and led several soldiers to board the King of the Air.When the soldiers entered the cabin, they couldn't help being shocked when they saw the magnificent decorations. They didn't even dare to step on the Persian cashmere carpets in the cabin, and piled them up at the door one by one, refusing to enter.

Xu Guanwu quickly waved his hand, "It's okay, it's okay, this carpet can be cleaned."

When Deputy Commander Xu heard this, he boldly stepped on his military boots, which felt as soft as stepping on a cotton bag. "Wow, this rug is really soft."

Xu Guanwu smiled, "Commander Xu, would you like to visit the cockpit?"

"Yes, yes." Deputy Commander Xu nodded again and again. He was not very interested in these magnificent cabin decorations. What he was most interested in was the engine technology, material manufacturing, aerodynamic layout, and aerodynamic layout of this aircraft. electrical system.

If Xu Guanwu could allow it, he really wanted to find someone to dismantle the plane and study it carefully, but he didn't have the nerve to ask for it.

Deputy Commander Xu and his team went into the cockpit to take a good look around, and had a good look at the avionics system, instrument panel layout, driving configuration and so on.

"Ah, I didn't expect that private jets in the West are so advanced now. It seems that we have to continue to work hard in our country." Deputy Commander Xu said in amazement after the visit.His words also resonated with others.

"Mr. Xu, how much did you pay for this plane?" After the tour, Deputy Commander Xu asked in admiration.

"It's about 3000 million US dollars." Xu Guanwu thought for a while and said.The bare-bones King Air 200 cost 800 million US dollars, and Xu Guanwu spared no expense in safety performance, flight performance, and interior decoration, and the result reached a sky-high price of nearly 4000 million US dollars.

Deputy Commander Xu's expression froze instantly, "How much?!"

"More than 3000 million US dollars." Xu Guanwu repeated.

Deputy Commander Xu thought for a while, and converted into RMB, "It's hundreds of millions of RMB, this shit is too expensive!" He couldn't help cursing.

"At this price, the supply is still in short supply." Xu Guanwu explained, "Because there are few companies in the world that can produce private business jets, the price of each private business jet is very expensive. And the profit of this plane is also very high. , can earn more than [-]% of the profit.”

"More than 2000% of the profit, more than 500 million U.S. dollars?! That's [-] million yuan. Western capitalists can really make money." Deputy Commander Xu sighed, "It would be great if our country could also produce this kind of private jet. A cheaper plane earns $[-] million, and if you sell a few more, the money goes to waste.”

Xu Guanwu couldn't help smiling when he heard this, thinking of the country's large aircraft production project in his previous life, it was a great pity that he hadn't been able to fully complete the project even after going through setbacks even before he crossed over.

It is undoubtedly a very sad thing that a country ranked among the top in the world does not have the technology to manufacture its own large aircraft.

Thinking of this, Xu Guanwu felt that he should do something, "Deputy Commander Xu, if you can guarantee that this plane will not be damaged, I agree to send it to the country for research until the end of my recuperation."

"Really?! That's really great." Deputy Commander Xu said excitedly upon hearing this.

If you want to find such an advanced foreign aircraft to study in China, it is not a simple matter.Now Western countries have set up very strict technical barriers to the country, and are not allowed to export high-tech technologies to the mainland.

Civil aviation technology is also on the restricted list because it can also be applied to the military field.China really wants to acquire foreign advanced aviation technology, but it is a pity that even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it.So Xu Guanwu's move is undoubtedly a great gift to Deputy Commander Xu.

"Mr. Xu, you have helped us a lot. I really don't know how to thank you." President Wang also said with a smile.

"It's very simple, just help me arrange the best doctor and let me recover as soon as possible." Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "By the way, President Wang, you won't deliberately delay my treatment just to study this plane. ?!"

"No, no, absolutely not. Mr. Xu was joking, how could we do that." President Wang smiled awkwardly.

Xu Guanwu also smiled, "That's good, that's good, since that's the case, let's go."

"Okay, let's go, let's go." President Wang shouted quickly.

Then Xu Guanwu and his wife boarded a red flag car and went to Xiangshan Hot Spring Sanatorium accompanied by President Wang.

The Xiangshan Hot Spring Sanatorium used to be a royal garden at first, and was later converted into a sanatorium after the founding of the People's Republic of China, where the founding fathers and veteran cadres were specially treated.

Xu Guanwu enjoys such honorable treatment because he is a patriotic Hong Kong businessman and has made great contributions to the country's economic construction.

"This is a domestically produced Hongqi car. It is quite comfortable to sit on. It is no worse than those luxury cars in Europe." Xu Guanwu sat in the car and felt that the car was running very smoothly, and the interior space was also large enough. The decoration is also stylish enough, I couldn't help but said with a smile.

"This is a car specially used to receive foreign guests. It is naturally first-class." President Wang said with a smile, "There may not be a hundred cars like this in the whole country. If it is not for Mr. Xu and you, I am not qualified. Take this car."

"There are less than one hundred cars? That's a pity. Why don't you produce more? I think it will be very profitable if you export them for foreign exchange." Xu Guanwu asked with a smile.

(End of this chapter)