There is a serious outflow of Chinese cultural relics. One thing that everyone in the country knows is that in the first half of the 20th century, a common phenomenon in China's used book and antique industries was a massive outflow.
During the Republic of China, there were no laws or regulations prohibiting the export of cultural relics abroad, and there was a lack of necessary management of the used book and antique industries. As a result, the outflow of national treasures through this channel was unimpeded.
Today, there are countless precious Chinese cultural relics collected in museums and private hands in Europe, the United States, Japan and other countries. Some of them were directly snatched away during the war of aggression against China, some were taken away blatantly in the name of "academic investigation", and some were colluded by Chinese and foreign profiteers.
Some are trafficked, and a large number are purchased through antique markets.
These losses are really difficult to calculate.
Foreign businessmen covet Chinese cultural relics and have opened trading houses in Yanjing, Shenjiang and other places where cultural relics gather, specializing in purchasing Chinese cultural relics. Some Chinese antique dealers have also opened antique shops specializing in foreign business...
These shocking histories are still vivid in our minds.
And just today, there are still people doing this kind of business, which really makes Wen Xiao very angry, but now is not the time to fall out, he must endure it and continue to endure it.
"Big boss, have you ever heard of a guy named Yue Bin?" Wen Xiao looked at the Buddha's head and said lightly: "This Buddha's head reminds me of such a person."
"Of course I've heard of the big antique dealer, Yue Bin." Yi Wenyang smiled slightly: "He was from Zhanggezhuang, Tong County, Hebei. His family was poor. In 1910, he worked as an apprentice in a small antique shop in Yanjing. In 1917, he started
He interacted with Wei Wuda, who was the French minister to China, and helped Wei Wuda buy lacquerware, French flower ware and cloisonne. He went around to inquire about the news. The Americans loved to buy bronzes and Jun kiln porcelain. The French loved to buy French flowers, lacquerware and cloisonne. The Japanese people loved it.
He buys ancient jades and Longquan porcelain. The British and Germans like things with high archaeological value, and he keeps them in mind. He also keeps an eye on the newly unearthed things in China."
Wen Xiao was slightly startled. He didn't expect that Yi Wenyang knew quite a lot of things. He probably was proficient in one line of work. This historical knowledge was really very partial.
"At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the East-West Yongbaozhai antique shop bought seven Northern Wei stone Buddha heads from Datong, Shanxi. In the 1920s, Yue Bin heard that Japanese collectors collected stone and wood carvings, and Western archaeologists studied ancient Chinese stone statues and Northern Wei stone Buddha heads.
They have high artistic value. He heard the news and bought these seven Buddha heads for 400. He first sold one Buddha head to the Dongyingshan Chamber of Commerce for 800. Foreign antique dealers knew about it and kept coming to buy and sell it one after another.
For more than ten years...because Yue Bin asked a sculptor to copy the stone Buddha head and imitate the Song Dynasty wood carvings, copy and imitate the Northern Wei stone carvings and Song Dynasty wood carvings, pass the fake ones off as genuine, and make a fortune..."
Speaking of this, Yi Wenyang sighed with emotion: "He is considered a figure. He has defrauded many foreigners of their money. Hahaha, Brother Wenxiao, don't you think so?"
"But Yue Bin's stealing and selling the Northern Wei Dynasty stone sculpture "The Emperor and the Empress Worshiping the Buddha" is considered the biggest evil deed in his life.
Alright." Wen Xiao said expressionlessly.
Yi Wenyang sensed something was wrong with Wen Xiao: "This is not a bad act. Cultural relics are just money in the eyes of many people. As long as they can be exchanged for money, anything can be done."
"Yes. In fact, the big boss and Yue Bin are the same kind of people..." Wen Xiao smiled slightly: "In order to obtain the "Picture of the Empress and the Empress Paying Respect to the Buddha", Yue Bin bribed the local garrison in Luoyang and cut the "Picture of the Empress and the Empress Paying Respect to the Buddha" into pieces.
, transported it back to Yanjing and then asked someone to glue the broken stones together and repair them... It is exactly the same as the big boss cutting the head of the Buddha today."
"I can't compare with Yue Bin. He is a legendary antique dealer." Yi Wenyang smiled slightly.
Of course he didn't want to be compared with Yue Bin, because Yue Bin was finally found out about the crime of "The Picture of Empresses and Empresses Paying Respect to Buddha" and was imprisoned! He died directly in prison!
Yi Wenyang will not be caught, so he does not admit that he and Yue Bin are the same kind of people, but he is the same kind of people as Yue Bin. They are profiteers in the cultural relics industry, and they are the ones that all decent cultural relic dealers despise.
Humanoid.
Wen Xiao thought to himself, he is a legendary antique criminal, so he is an antique dealer? Does the guy named Yue deserve to be called an antique dealer? It is simply a great shame in the cultural relics world!
"Where does the big boss want to transport the Buddha's head?" Wen Xiao has been looking at the Buddha's head carefully. To have such a national treasure-level cultural relic cut off directly is really a great disservice to history.
Respect and destruction, if people like Yi Wenyang are not caught, they will be a threat to the entire human society!
"The buyer is a Japanese businessman, and he has a very strong interest in Chinese Buddha heads." Yi Wenyang said: "You only need to board the ship at the Black Crow transfer station and wait. I will notify the other party's people to pick you up when the time comes.
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When Yi Wenyang finished speaking, Yi Wenxing handed a mobile phone to Wen Xiao: "Global Communication... you can keep in touch with us at any time and notify us as soon as possible if there is any situation."
"If I were robbed at the transfer station, I wouldn't be able to make the call in time, right?" Wen Xiao smiled bitterly: "This call is meaningless to me."
Indeed, this phone call is meaningless to Wen Xiao. It must be monitored. Maybe even if Wen Xiao doesn't call, there is something in this phone that can monitor Wen Xiao's behavior.
"I think it is still necessary for you to bring a communication device that can contact us." Yi Wenyang said: "If, I mean if, there is any emergency, we can help you as much as possible.
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Wen Xiao smiled slightly: "Well, even though I really don't believe that you will help me if something happens to me, at least if something happens to me, I can inform you and let you know that I didn't run away with anything.
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"Hahaha, nothing will happen, Wen Xiao, you just like to joke." Yi Wenguang grinned: "With you doing this, we are 100% assured, 100%
I believe you can solve this matter."
Wen Xiao nodded: "I hope so. But, is such an important thing going to stay here tonight? But don't let this thing be targeted before Huaxia leaves. The big boss
, Is your work clean enough? I don’t want to stumble in China.”
"If I can't even do such a small thing well, then I might as well stop doing this kind of business." Yi Wenyang seemed to feel a lot more relaxed. Everything seemed to be under his control. He still had something to do.
In one step, this Buddha head can be transferred from hand to hand.
There is only one step left, the last step... Yi Wenyang believes that God is on his side, and he believes that he will succeed. His efforts and dedication will not be wasted, as long as he is courageous enough, he believes in himself
He will definitely become a more powerful and legendary figure than Yue Bin!
Even though China now has very clear legal provisions that stealing and selling national cultural relics is an absolute felony, he is still willing to take risks because the benefits are so tempting! It can easily cost hundreds of millions, which is better than those smuggled cars he bought.