It is now 1992, and the country’s collecting craze has not yet really taken off. Many “old objects” in the hands of ordinary people are worthless. Some official kiln porcelains are used as fish basins. Counterfeit goods rarely appear, and ordinary people do not have them.
Realizing the value of this kind of thing, only some sensible people know that these antiques will be valuable in the future, so they ride their bicycles through the streets and alleys all over the world to look for these things. When they find them, they pay hundreds of dollars to buy them back.
In a few years it will appreciate to a considerable extent.
Liu Lang is not interested in these antique calligraphy and paintings in China. Even if they are placed in ordinary people's homes, they belong to the country. It is just a difference between official and private. He is concerned about the many cultural relics that have been scattered abroad and always thinks about how to give these things to others.
Get it back.
"Brother Huo, where can I buy antiques on Hong Kong Island?"
Liu Lang asked.
"What? You also want to collect some antiques?"
"I don't know much about antiques, but I went to Paris some time ago and saw a lot of our country's antiques in the Louvre. They were all snatched from China back then. Many of them are even better than those in the Forbidden City in the capital. If
Of course it would be best to buy them back!”
"Well, that's right. Too many of our country's treasures have been robbed by foreigners. For example, the Eight-Nation Allied Forces robbed the Old Summer Palace and burned it all down. It's so hateful. I get angry just thinking about it!
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"Haha, Brother Huo, the Old Summer Palace was burned by the British and the French in 1860, and that was forty years later by the Eight-Power Allied Forces."
Huo Tianting also had a limited understanding of history.
"Then I don't know. All I know is that these guys came to China, burned, killed, looted, and took away all the good things. Without these guys, how many things would be in the Forbidden City now?"
"There is nothing we can do about it. The country is weak, but it is much better now. Some people are starting to pay attention. I have nothing to do. If there are any good things abroad, I will buy them back!"
"There are several places where you can buy antiques on Hong Kong Island, such as Panjiayuan in the capital, Hollywood Road, Le Gu Road, there are many places where you can buy antiques!"
Huo Tianting is an outsider in antiques, and his collection is only easy.
"Actually, there are no very good things on the market. Even if there are, they have all been bought, and many of them have gone into the hands of individuals. Brother Huo, please help me pay attention. If there are Chinese antiques in the auction on Hong Kong Island, let me know.
I’ll go take a look at that time, there may be some fine products there!”
"Yes, everything that appears at the auction is good. I have a friend who works at Sotheby's. I will notify him immediately and let him pay attention!"
Huo Tianting didn't waste any time, picked up the phone and called.
"Hey, Tianming? Yes, I am... Tianming, if there are any Chinese antiques there, tell me, um, anything will do, porcelain, calligraphy and painting, it must be better! Well,
Okay, let me know when the time comes!"
"Alright, Liu Lang, I'll tell you when there's news!"
Liu Lang nodded. Nowadays, there are a large number of antiques among the people. In fact, there are very few domestic ones. There are mainly foreign ones, such as island countries and many European countries, especially island countries. They have many private museums, which contain a large number of Chinese cultural relics. However,
It is very difficult to buy these cultural relics. After all, the islanders are very
I often like Chinese antiques, and also the folk in some European countries. Europeans do not understand the history of China, and many cultural relics stolen by their ancestors are kept at home. After decades, future generations do not take it seriously, especially
It's porcelain, just put it in a corner of your home as a tool for carrying things.
This actually gives you the opportunity to buy some treasures with very little money. In the past life, many Chinese cultural relics appeared in foreign auctions. But before, they were placed in the hands of individuals. Later, they were used by the auction staff for very low prices.
Buy it at a high price and sell it at an auction at a very high price. The best porcelain, calligraphy and painting can be sold for hundreds of millions of yuan. Liu Lang is going to find a group of people and go shopping in Europe and island countries if he has nothing to do.
Go shopping, find something, talk to the person, and try to buy it.
Now the collection of Chinese cultural relics has just begun. Many people, including foreign collectors, do not know how valuable these things will be in the future. For example, more than ten years later, the so-called twelve animal heads of the Old Summer Palace appeared on the European market, which attracted a large number of
A Chinese collector, the last animal head was sold for more than 15 million euros.
To be honest, the price is really too high. Although the animal head is a cultural relic from the Old Summer Palace, and the workmanship is very exquisite, it is actually a faucet, and it was made by foreigners. The most obvious one is the bull-headed animal head, with the horns facing forward.
It's hairy and completely different from the Chinese style. No matter how precious these things are, they are just faucets. They are different from those famous paintings and official kiln porcelain.
It is incomparable to the wares. The high price achieved is entirely due to the fanatical patriotic enthusiasm of the domestic "tycoons". They released their enthusiasm, but the final benefits were obtained by foreigners, who in turn would secretly
Calling you a fool, Liu Lang is not short of money. As long as he wants to buy anything, he can't buy it back? It's just that he doesn't want to be called a fool and be scolded by foreigners.
Finding a group of professionals to "hunt for treasure" abroad is the best way Liu Lang can come up with, but this requires the help of professionals. Liu Lang knows nothing about cultural relics, and he doesn't have the energy. And where are the most professionals? Of course it is the capital.
, this job has to be handed over to Shao Mingtao's Yongli Group. They are very knowledgeable, so it will be no problem to find a few professionals, and Liu Lang will just pay for it.
"Brother Huo, I heard that David from Hong Kong Island has retired. How about the new Boten? Are there any measures?"
The David Liu Lang mentioned was the previous governor of Hong Kong Island who just resigned this year. The new governor is called Bo Teng, who was the last governor of Hong Kong Island. Liu Lang met these two people last year. At the establishment ceremony of the Hong Kong Investment Bank,
At that time, Liu Lang also satirized the other party, which made the two British people a little embarrassed.
"What else can we do? Hong Kong Island will return to China in five years, and he will get out by then. We just hope that they will be more honest in the past few years and not cause any trouble!"
Huo Tianting waved his hand and said, in his eyes, these British people were already like grasshoppers in the autumn, so there was no need to worry.
Huo Tianting thinks so, but Liu Lang doesn't think so. Will the British spend five years in such a stable manner? Who can believe it? What the country is most worried about now is what kind of trouble the British will cause in the next few years, which will affect the situation on Hong Kong Island.
In fact, this worry is unnecessary. They will "govern" Hong Kong Island well and make the lives of the people of Hong Kong Island better and better.
It is this kind of "governance" method that has laid hidden dangers for Hong Kong Island, and there will be endless troubles from now on.