Zhuang Rui thought for a while and simply listed the Guiguzi Xiashan blue and white porcelain jar that still belongs to Ezkenna, the white jade tiger belonging to the Guimei Museum and other objects. Among the declared items, there are a large number of national first-level protected cultural relics.
It is also good for approval.
In addition, Huangfu Yun's batch of antique swords were also listed on Zhuang Rui's list. This was something that had been agreed upon before. Zhuang Rui's collection of more than 20,000 square meters of exhibition hall was simply not enough to see.
of.
However, in the early stage, Zhuang Rui will definitely not open the entire exhibition hall. He will open the museum to a limited extent based on the actual collection, and slowly add items to it. Rome was not built in a day. This museum,
It also needs to be enriched slowly.
Moreover, after the museum opens, it can also collect collections from the antique industry. The ownership of these collected collections still belongs to the original owners. Zhuang Rui just signed an agreement with them and then put them on display in the museum. Of course, Zhuang Rui also had to pay for this.
Some expenses.
The location of the museum has been solved, but now the problem is the number of collections in the museum. Huangfu Yun's antique swords, which are top-notch domestic and foreign swords, total more than 300 in total.
Counting the dozens of antiques in Zhuang Rui's hands, although the quantity still feels a little small, the quality is not low. There are more than 10 national first-class protected cultural relics alone, plus Zhuang Rui plans to keep them.
The few Picasso sketches that came down, and the application for a museum name prefixed with "国" does not seem to be a shabby person.
And among them, there are several objects of considerable prominence, such as the "Dingguang Sword" and the "Xiang Zun" bronze ware that does not yet belong to Zhuang Rui. These are important items of the country, even some famous state-owned museums.
It is not possible to have a collection like this.
After sorting out the list, Zhuang Rui called Wei Ming's phone number, faxed the list, and communicated with Wei Ming on the phone.
Because to apply for a private museum, you also need to fill in the registration application form, museum charter, exhibition outline, certificate of the right to use the museum premises, certificate of funds, academic certificates of the curator and main professional and technical personnel, as well as resumes and other information.
The registration application form and museum charter, including the exhibition outline, are all easy to handle. There should be ready-made materials at the *** Museum. Just ask Ouyang Jun to say hello and Wei Ming to just make a copy of something similar.
As for the proof of the right to use the land for the museum site, it should not be a big problem if it is guaranteed in the name of the developer. As for the proof of funds, Zhuang Rui reported his euro account to Wei Ming. When the museum verified the capital, his millions of euros
The funds are not too small.
It was just the academic qualification certificates of the museum's professional and technical personnel that gave Zhuang Rui a headache. Finally, Wei Ming came up with an idea to go to several schools in Japan that had museum majors to temporarily recruit workers. As long as the salary was better, this problem could be solved.
fixed.
In the end, it is Zhuang Rui's own business. If you want to be a curator, you need to have qualifications. However, this is not difficult for Zhuang Rui. He directly asks the National Jade Association to issue a certification document to prove that Zhuang Rui is an expert in jade identification.
, this curator is truly worthy of his name.
"Mr. Zhuang, what would be a good name for our museum?"
After the matter was almost discussed, Wei Ming finally asked this question. With the great god Ouyang Jun here, the procedures should not be a big problem, but the museum must have a name after all, right?
"name?"
Zhuang Rui was stunned for a moment. He was only thinking about the details. He really hadn't thought about the name of the museum, and the name was really hard to come up with because the types of Zhuang Rui's collections were too complicated, including ceramics, ancient paintings, and...
There are bronzes and ancient swords, but they cannot be named by category.
"China Xuanrui Museum? Damn, no, I'm still young, so I can't enter the museum so early..."
Zhuang Rui thought of a name, but he rejected it. What is a museum? It is a place for people to visit and admire. If you use your own name, isn't it a curse to yourself?
"Zhuang Rui, if that doesn't work, let's call it the Dingguang Museum. Isn't the Dingguang Sword in your hand the most valuable?"
Qin Xuanbing on the side saw Zhuang Rui scratching his head anxiously and couldn't help but give him a name.
"Dingguang? China Dingguang Museum?"
Zhuang Rui read the words in his mouth, and it felt quite smooth. He didn't care much about the name. He immediately said into the microphone: "Mr. Wei, let's call it Dingguang Museum. It would be best if you can add the word "Chinese".
If it doesn’t work, don’t force it, just call it Dingguang Museum…”
"Okay, don't worry, Mr. Zhuang, this matter will be resolved in three to five days. I'll call you later..."
Although Zhuang Rui's title in the company is assistant to the general manager and he is under his own control, Wei Ming knew that Zhuang Rui was the second boss of the real estate company and did not dare to make any big deal out of it, so he told the matter respectfully.
He took it over, since he didn't have to do anything anyway. With Ouyang Jun's greeting, all he had to do was send someone to do the work.
After putting down the phone call to Wei Ming, Zhuang Rui originally wanted to call Professor Bass, but after thinking about it, he couldn't seem too anxious about this matter. The meaning of having rare things to live in is to have what others don't have and what others need.
Only then can you offer a high price.
After finishing all these things, Zhuang Rui and Qin Xuanbing went to the restaurant downstairs to enjoy a second-class meal. Peng Fei was not so lucky. He stayed with Bai Shi in the guest room and ate the takeaway brought by Zhuang Rui. Of course
, the food is pretty good, but... the people we dine with are a bit different.
"Brother Zhuang, you are late. Fortunately, the auction has not started yet. Let's go in quickly..."
At 9 o'clock the next morning, Zhuang Rui took Qin Xuanbing to the venue where the special auction of Chinese art in Paris was held.
Huangfu Yun had been waiting at the door for more than half an hour. When he saw Zhuang Rui, he grabbed him and walked inside. He also handed him a number plate, which he had applied for in advance for Zhuang Rui. This was it.
For auction numbers, a deposit of 100,000 euros must be paid in advance. Of course, this deposit is refundable at the end of the auction.
"What's the rush? We have no plans to take action anyway, so it doesn't matter if we're late..."
Since the museum affairs were finalized yesterday, Zhuang Rui was a little excited. He did some exercise with Qin Xuanbing in the evening. Well, the intensity and difficulty of the movements were relatively high, so he got up late this morning. If Qin Xuanbing also wanted to see the auction of cultural relics,
Zhuang Rui didn't even want to come.
"Huh? Brother Huangfu, what's wrong with you?"
After Zhuang Rui said these words, he saw that Huangfu Yun's expression looked a little strange, so he couldn't help but ask.
"Hey, brother, I saw a waist knife "Made in the Qianlong Year" yesterday. I felt like it was Emperor Qianlong's sword, so I took a photo..."
During this auction, Huangfu Yun went around to persuade some domestic buyers not to take action and not to be tricked by the auction house and the owner's ball-in-the-plate tactics. However, when he came to the auction, he took action and took a shot of an object. The look on his face
It's a bit embarrassing.
Zhuang Rui smiled and shook his head. He could understand the feeling of someone who bought a certain object when he saw the real thing. He didn't say much and just asked: "How much did it cost?"
When Huangfu Yun saw that Zhuang Rui didn't blame him, his face relaxed a little and he said: "The starting price is 6,000 euros, but the price I bought was 220,000 euros. With the handling fee, if converted into RMB, the total cost would be about
Around 2.6 million RMB..."
"Swordsmanship is not very popular. It doesn't matter even if you raise the price. I believe that the international speculators are not targeting this. Brother Huangfu, it doesn't matter..."
Zhuang Rui comforted Huangfu Yun. What he said was correct. Swords and swords were relatively unpopular. Generally, no one would deliberately raise the price because there were few people buying them.
, then it will be smashed into your hands.
The three of them talked, passed the verification at the entrance of the auction house, and entered the auction hall.
Different from the blond foreigners he saw outside, as soon as he entered the hall, Zhuang Rui saw many black and yellow-skinned faces. Looking around, among the more than 100 people in the auction hall, there were
At that time, 70 or 80 people were from Asia or China.
However, most of those ladies were in their forties or fifties. After seeing Zhuang Rui and Qin Xuanbing, they all looked at them for a while. There are few international auctions like Zhuang Rui's.
Young people participate, unless they are entrusted by some invisible rich people who don’t want to show up to participate in the auction.
As for Huangfu Yun, these people are quite familiar with him. In recent years, he can often be seen at such international auctions. When walking to his seat, people would greet Huangfu Yun from time to time.
Of course, some people pulled Huangfu Yun aside to ask about Zhuang Rui's origins. Huangfu Yun always explained it vaguely. Zhuang Rui now had a crew cut, which was quite different from the image he had on CCTV a few months ago.
, but no one could recognize him.
"Gentlemen and ladies, I am Jefferson Downey, who is presiding over this auction. I am very happy that everyone can come to participate in this special auction of Chinese art. Yesterday, we sold a total of eighteen precious Chinese art pieces.
As for art, I think today’s auction will definitely be more successful..."
About five minutes after Zhuang Rui and others sat down, a white auctioneer walked up to the auction table and spoke an opening statement proficiently in French and English. There was sparse applause from the audience.
In fact, what happened yesterday was not what Jefferson said. It was true that 18 pieces of Chinese antiques were auctioned, but 15 of them were taken away by people arranged by the auction house.
Otherwise, I am afraid that only three lots could be sold yesterday, and Jefferson was not the main auctioneer yesterday. As an internationally renowned auctioneer, he came to put out the fire today.
