After Xu Guoqing didn't expect Zhuang Rui to say these words, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, with a troubled look on his face, and murmured: "This... isn't this a lie?"
Xu Guoqing is still very confident in his own skills. The Tang Sancai he made can definitely look real.
Moreover, Xu Guoqing also knows some methods of aging ancient porcelain. He knows that after his porcelain is aged, it will be difficult to detect the authenticity unless instruments are used.
But Xu Guoqing also has his own bottom line as a human being, that is, he cannot use his craftsmanship to deceive others. This is also the main reason why he only gives away the porcelain he has fired for more than ten years but does not sell it. Zhuang Rui's words made people laugh.
He was somewhat resistant.
"Yes, it's a lie, but I lied to foreigners..."
Zhuang Rui's expression was very candid. Zhuang Rui had seen a lot of intrigues in antique shops, but as the saying goes, thieves have their own ways. What Zhuang Rui could do was to deceive foreigners who deliberately inflated the prices of Chinese antiques.
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"Xugong, you don't know much about the antique market, do you?"
Zhuang Rui still couldn't feel relieved when he saw Xu Guoqing's face, and continued: "More than a hundred years ago, foreigners used guns and cannons to plunder Chinese art.
And now? These foreign devils are using the technique of rolling balls on a plate, through the patriotism of the Chinese people, and using the antiques they have plundered in the past to defraud the Chinese people of a large amount of wealth. I do this with no regrets..."
Just last month at a London auction, a piece of blue and white porcelain that was supposed to be Guiguzi's descending mountain turned into another large Yuan blue and white vase, which was sold to an anonymous buyer for more than 10 million pounds.
Go, it’s a bargain, up to RMB 200 million.
This has also set off a climax of Chinese art auctions in international auctions. For more than a month, domestic wealthy people have repeatedly taken action. Although many precious Chinese cultural relics have been auctioned, the price they paid is also unimaginably high.
Zhuang Rui once talked about these things with Uncle De on the phone. Uncle De, who has been hanging out in the world since he was a child, saw through the fishy things at a glance and said bluntly that this was a game done by people from the international auction house.
Zhuang Rui just mentioned the idea of balls in the plate.
"Ball in the plate? What do you mean?"
Zhuang Rui had forgotten, however, that the Master Xu in front of him was not even a person in the antique shop, let alone a member of the world of martial arts. Naturally, he did not know the meaning of the ball on the plate.
"Haha, these are some of the tricks of the Eight Gates of the Jianghu before liberation. Let me tell you about it..."
Zhuang Rui was fortunate enough to have a master like Uncle De, and he also knew a little bit about the world. The so-called ball in the plate, from the literal meaning, "zhu" means pearl, which means precious.
The word "gun" is equivalent to the word "fried", and ball rolling refers to the promotion of this precious bead through some kind of packaging, so that its market value is much higher than the value of the object itself, which is a bit like entertainment.
The practice of introducing new people into the circle.
Of course, the things being hyped here are all precious antiques with thousands of years of history.
The two words "in the plate" mentioned earlier refer to the fact that these precious antiques are in the hands of those who are speculating.
No matter how these things are fried, how high the price is, or what tricks they can produce, they are all under their control. It's like taking a handful of pearls and throwing them into a tall plate, and they can swing the beads however you want.
They are all rolling in the plate, which is called the ball in the plate.
And when a certain hyped item has reached a sky-high price, those who control the items begin to release these items in the international market to absorb buyers' money. Although this practice was popular in Jianghu in the past, those who
The giants of foreign auction houses are also very skilled at playing.
For example, in the past two months, there were international speculators behind the auctions in London, England, Tokyo, Germany, and Berlin, Germany, including the auction in Paris, France that Zhuang Rui participated in.
Although the auction in Paris, France was disrupted by Zhuang Rui, several other international auctions really made Chinese ancient porcelain popular.
The first is Yuan blue and white flowers. While they are being hyped, many so-called historical research experts abroad have concluded that there are no more than 300 Yuan blue and white flowers in the world, and most of them are in foreign museums.
As soon as this news came out, many domestic politicians and businessmen who claimed to have strong national self-esteem, patriotism and unnecessary vanity rushed to take action. For a time, foreign auction markets were flooded with Chinese artworks.
Various special events emerge in endlessly.
Uncle De once made a rough calculation. In just the past two or three months, those international speculators who have a large number of Chinese antiques have taken away at least two billion US dollars in wealth from the Chinese people. And this
Just the beginning.
Rich people mostly play porn to save face. If this trend continues, more people will probably get involved. Of course, there are some people here who really want to contribute to the return of the national treasure.
But their behavior has, to a certain extent, fueled the arrogance of those international speculators.
According to Uncle De's estimation, it will take at least another two or three years for this hot trend to subside. By then, the prices of these antiques will have dropped significantly. Those so-called "experts"
, can you look at antique securities and investment rationally.
"Xugong, those foreigners are using this method to plunder the wealth that belongs to the Chinese people. However, Tang Sancai has always been highly praised by foreign collectors in the international market, and domestic collectors are not very
care.
That’s why I came up with the idea of taking your works to international auctions. Foreign speculators can take money out of our pockets, so why can’t we retaliate in kind?”
After Zhuang Rui said the above reasons, he looked at Xu Guoqing sincerely. If he could not get Xu Guoqing's consent, Zhuang Rui would not do this. After all, this would be disrespectful to the owner of the work.
To be honest, Zhuang Rui is not short of money, and he did not come up with this idea for money. It is really those foreigners who went too far.
For example, the behavior of foreigners is equivalent to robbing something from your home, and then asking you to buy it back at a price several times or even ten times higher than the price. This is simply robbing money.
The pirates of the Caribbean are not so damn cruel!
After Xu Guoqing heard Zhuang Rui's words, he fell silent. He did not expect that there would be such bizarre things in antique shops and international auction houses. Xu Guoqing was just a person who imitated ancient porcelain because of his personal hobbies. These things
, making his mind a little confused for a moment.
"What if these things are bought by people in China?" Xu Guoqing suddenly raised a question.
Zhuang Rui curled his lips when he heard this and said: "Brother Xu, it is better for us to make this money than for foreigners to make it. Moreover, I will invest a large part of this money in your laboratory. If you can
By imitating all the porcelain from the five major official kilns of the Song Dynasty, I can break the trap of those speculators and prevent them from speculating on Chinese porcelain..."
The reason why Zhuang Rui did not say that all the funds obtained will be used for Xu Guoqing's laboratory is because he also needs costs, and all risks are borne by Zhuang Rui. Some money should be left to subsidize the museum.
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"Okay, as long as it can harm the foreign devils, I will do it. Brother Zhuang, you only bought eight three-color figurines, and there are more than 20 left. I will ask Lao Yu to give them to you later, so you don't have to count the money.
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After Xu Guoqing thought about it in his mind for a long time, he finally nodded seriously and agreed with Zhuang Rui's approach. As long as he did not harm his own people, what did the life and death of the foreign devils have to do with him?
"good!"
Zhuang Rui was overjoyed when he heard this, "Brother Xu, keep the five hundred thousand yuan for your sister-in-law and children. In addition, I will invest another ten million yuan in your laboratory. You can continue to study Cizhou porcelain. If it succeeds, then I will
Let those little bastards have a taste of the power of Made in China!"
People in Japan have the highest regard for Cizhou kiln porcelain. If it can be fired successfully, Zhuang Rui is sure to make a lot of money in Japan. He will not bear any psychological burden if he deceives the little ***.
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Zhuang Rui's words made the dull Xu Guoqing burst into laughter. All the anger he had suffered from the little devil today was vented in his laughter.
"By the way, Brother Xu, let's just say I invested in the laboratory and no one will ask any questions.
But the matter of selling these porcelains abroad can only be known to you and me, and we must not let the third person know, not even the sister-in-law and the children, because it involves..."
Zhuang Rui spoke very seriously. He took a lot of risks by selling fake antiques abroad, and the chance of being discovered was also very high.
Because if the porcelain is accidentally broken, the old porcelain and the new porcelain can be distinguished from the fracture. Although this possibility is small, it is not absolutely impossible. If someone discovers it, we will definitely pursue it.
Came to the country.
Zhuang Rui's family was well guarded, so he was not afraid of those people's revenge, but Xu Guoqing was not able to do that. If someone got angry at him, it would be equal to harming him.
The reason why Zhuang Rui didn't tell Li Dali and Yu Zhengjun about this matter was because of this reason. Although these two people had many connections, they came into contact with many people, and their words might not be kept secret. Zhuang Rui didn't want to have two time bombs around him.
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As for how to get these items to foreign auction houses, Zhuang Rui already had an idea in his mind. He planned to use his private plane to transport the items to foreign auction houses to Myanmar and let Hu Rong handle them.
As we all know, Myanmar has been a vassal state of China since the Han and Tang Dynasties. Many of these artifacts have been passed down. The credibility of objects obtained from Burmese people at foreign auctions will also be much improved, just like early people believed that foreign antiques must be
It's really a truth.
With Hu Rong's power and connections in Myanmar, he could just find some middlemen and take these items to major auction houses in Hong Kong or the United States and the United Kingdom for consignment auction business. Zhuang Rui himself would never show up in this process.
In this way, even if these things are identified as fake, they cannot be traced back to Zhuang Rui. With Hu Rong's methods, he can definitely wipe them clean from beginning to end.
However, Zhuang Rui still asked Xu Guoqing to keep it secret. After all, foreigners' money... it was money. If word spread, Zhuang Rui's face in the international art market would be lost.
And those domestic dealers might not do well if they buy the fake products sold by Zhuang Rui.
Zhuang Rui has an old man and a young man, but he doesn't want to cause trouble, so he simply explains the matter clearly from the beginning. If Xu Guoqing is not strict with his words, he would rather not do this.
"Okay, I get it, I won't even tell you until you kill me..."
After Xu Guoqing realized the importance of confidentiality, he jokingly said the classic quotation of the fat man in the movie "Party A and Party B".
Xu Guoqing is usually a boring person. Apart from talking to his wife, he has nothing to communicate with his son. Then again, his wife is not interested in these things at all, so it is all in vain.
"Well, XCMG, in this laboratory, you use land to invest in shares and hold 40% of the shares. I invest 10 million and hold 60% of the shares. From now on, the output value of these artifacts will be distributed according to this ratio.
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Well, in addition, if you withdraw 100,000 yuan from the 10 million yuan every month, it will be treated as salary, Brother Xu, what do you think?"
Brothers have to settle accounts openly. Zhuang Rui has regulated everything first, so as to avoid confusion later, involving money issues, husbands and wives turning against each other, and brothers becoming enemies. There are countless things.
Xu Guoqing's shabby factory, except for the location money, could be used to sell the rest. Zhuang Rui offered 10 million real gold and silver for only 60% of the shares, which was considered very kind.
"Come on, brother, I would be begging for food without your money, you have the final say!"
Xu Guoqing has never had any idea about money, otherwise he would not have ruined his family fortune of more than 10 million yuan to nothing. Zhuang Rui gave him 200,000 yuan a month for living expenses, and Xu Guoqing was already quite satisfied.
We talked with Xu Guoqing until about three o'clock in the night. After Zhuang Rui drafted an agreement in handwriting, he started to fall asleep. He had a very sweet sleep. It was around 11 o'clock in the morning when he was woken up by Peng Fei knocking on the door.
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"Mayor Xue, why are you here? I was just thinking of calling you to say goodbye. By the way, where is Peng Fei, XCMG?"
After Zhuang Rui went out, he found that the mayor of Shishi City was waiting outside the door. This surprised him. Civil servants don't have to work, right?
Peng Fei replied: "Brother Zhuang, Xugong said that he is busy renovating the laboratory. He will go back first and contact you on the phone..."
"Mr. Zhuang, I'm here to inform you of the results of the XCMG incident yesterday..."
Mayor Xue also knows many people in Beijing. After asking about Zhuang Rui's background yesterday, he held a meeting of mayors early this morning. He wanted to give Zhuang Rui a satisfactory answer before he left.
