Chapter 287 The Greatest Painter of the 20th Century
It's a new day.
When Zhao Donghuai was about to go out for a run, he heard Azhen say, "Boss, the Shangmei Film Studio has decided on a new project, and it's an animated version (Chang'e Flying to the Moon)."
Director Zhao smiled and stretched his body and warmed up a little, "Okay, there are so many mythological stories. Since we are not working on a new version (Nezha Haohai), you can just choose any new project."
A project ten years ago can generate 180 million Hong Kong dollars in global box office and port sales ten years later. This is the most exciting good news for Shangmei Factory.
New projects cannot cause chaos in heaven.
But Chang'e flew to the moon, Nuwa mended the sky, Hou Yi shot the sun, Dayu controlled the floods, the Eight Immortals crossed the sea, etc., which one is not a good story that is familiar to the Chinese circle?
Having said this, Zhang Min came over and said, "Boss, Christie's Auction House plans to hold an auction in a week and has sent you an invitation."
"We also listed some auction items, such as the snake heads and horse heads among the twelve animal heads in the Old Summer Palace, as well as the Ming Dynasty painter Zhou Chen's (Ten Thousand Miles of the Yangtze River), and a merchant square lei (lei) bronze ware body...
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During the introduction, Amin handed over the list of auction items sent by Christie's. Zhao Donghuai took the list and looked at it. Good guy, there are really a lot of good things.
After reading to the end, Zhao Donghuai commented, "Azhen, this is because Christie's sees that we Chinese have become rich and rich, and wants to defraud us of our money by taking out the precious Chinese cultural relics that their grandfathers robbed."
"I want things, but I don't want to spend the money. Can you help me find a way?"
Is this painting of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers authentic?
The main villain in the movie is a copycat of the business routines commonly used by the Pinault family.
Sakamoto said quickly, "Zhao Sheng wants to lose three posts? It's not that there is no chance, but I have no contact with this industry before, that is, I accidentally learned that President Goto may have been tricked by those white-skinned guys.
, the trap has become a big joke..."
The Lei Gai has been preserved in the Hunan Provincial Museum since the 1950s. It is the king of Fang Lei in the Shang Dynasty and the entire Bronze Age. It is the largest and most exquisite...
Paul nodded, "That's okay. Now we just wait for the news to spread for a while and let more people know about this auction..."
The other party has been working hard for so long, wouldn't it be appropriate for him not to give it a try? That's definitely not appropriate.
But that method and getting Van Gogh Sunflowers directly from the simulator... should be more authentic than those produced by the system??
Produced by the system, five-axis linkage CNC machine tools, super computing, etc. are very convincing!
It was originally supposed to be in June this year. Last month, a wealthy man from the province bought a horse head at a Sotheby's auction. Is this a butterfly effect??
"Let's simulate it for three years first..."
As for Zhao Donghuai’s painting of Van Gogh’s Sunflower, which is still being appraised? Sakamoto began to suspect that President Goto’s painting was a fake. Was it too early?
Again, what is Zhao Donghuai's status and influence in Hong Kong Island now? No matter which of his rich men receives this sunflower, it must have been authenticated in various ways before it is sent. You can't give a fake just to flatter you.
Paul, "..."
The intention is obvious. Aren't you rich now? Since you are so rich, shouldn't it be time to spend a lot of money to buy back the cultural relics our grandparents stole from your family?
This incident aroused too much public discussion, and a large number of people formed a group of lawyers to oppose and protest this robbery. However, Christie's still held the auction openly and with the support of the French court.
Two days later, not only Azhen, but also Zhou Huimin, Guan Jiahui and others were all watching in disbelief.
Ben raised his glass and took a sip, "Don't worry, Dayang has been managing Hong Kong Island for nearly a hundred years, and there are many sheepdogs who have converted both physically and mentally."
Paul glanced at the four appraisers who were studying under the sunflowers, and then said, "Zhao, the matter is a bit big. Please excuse me for a while. I can't contact President Goto on the phone. I want to try other methods...
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More than two hours later.
While running for fitness, Zhao Donghuai simulated several times and spent 10,000 to 20,000 reputations. He discovered "human extreme painting technology", "human extreme porcelain making technology", "human extreme forgery technology"...
When the secretary working outside reported that someone from Christie's had arrived, Zhao Donghuai said happily, "Azhen, please pour the wine. The person who delivered the money is here... No, the person who delivered the antiques and cultural relics is here."
after a while.
Sakamoto was shocked, and then...then he was not too moved. He had no interest in antiques and no research on them.
After walking around for a while, Paul raised his glass and said, "What a beautiful cultural relic. Here's a drink to my lovely grandfather and great-grandfathers. If they hadn't robbed the whole world, how could we have lived a free and unrestrained life?"
That was one of the most famous battles that brought Christie's auction house to its pinnacle and became one of the world's top auction houses.
Zhao Donghuai just received new news here, that is, President Sakamoto of Sony has arrived. When Sakamoto entered the office, he first bowed 90 degrees to say hello, and then said in surprise, "Sheng Zhao, I heard that you have collected a painting by Van Gogh.
Sunflower oil painting? Or F457?”
Paul laughed, "No, no, I also invited some museum people from the mainland to participate in the auction. With those in official clothes sitting in charge, for the sake of the country's face, there will be no trouble."
after a while.
"If Mr. Zhao, you want to use this painting of Van Gogh's Sunflowers in your hand to exchange for the three mourning posts, you have to see how President Goto works..."
The sage of calligraphy, Wang Xizhi, is extremely famous. It is said that the Three Sangluan Tie is the only authentic work of Wang Xizhi that exists in the world. So what?? Sakamoto didn’t understand or pursue this art.
"So what if the island guys learn it? To conquer the European and American markets, the business war will have to be fought again."
Of course, the Pinault family has not yet joined the Christie's auction house and is not a major shareholder yet, but similar routine operations are very familiar to the ghost guys. They are all operations that are as black as crows in the world.
Sakamoto was a little confused, "We at Sony have a lot of power, but... but it seems that we sent a team of filmmakers to Hollywood to learn the production methods and processes of sci-fi special effects movies??"
Paul himself is not a very professional collector, appraiser, etc. He just manages the auction. He also recognized this masterpiece at this moment and said with a smile, "Zhao, if it is this F457, there is no need to go to all the trouble."
It has been appraised. Two years ago, our auction house spent a lot of manpower and energy on this perfect piece of art.”
Before this series of auctions, they still couldn't match Sotheby's reputation.
Director Zhao didn't think so much anymore and turned around to go out for exercise. His guess should be correct. It was the white European and American people who saw the current rapid development of Hong Kong Island's entertainment industry and the increasing wealth and came to rob it.
Aren’t the snake heads and horse heads among the twelve zodiac signs collected in the Old Summer Palace collected this time by our great ancestors who personally snatched them from the Old Summer Palace?
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Sakamoto also asked about it before coming here. It seems that this is an island collector who gave it to Christie's auction house. He wanted to make a lot of money. In 1924, the body was worth 800,000 US dollars. In the late 1980s, it was worth tens of millions of dollars.
Knife?
If we are arranging a few entrustments and inviting the official staff of the Hunan Provincial Museum to come as guests, Hunan Province can’t bear to rush to buy the body? The body and the cover are combined into one, which is the king of Fang Lei!
It has been more than 60 years since the Dan Fang Lei was unearthed and the Gai body has been separated!
But now that there is such a big excitement, which can destroy the credibility of Christie's auction house, should Christie's itself bleed a lot of money and pay for the body of Pan Fang Rei, plus other things such as the twelve zodiac animal heads, Master Tang Bohu
One of Zhou Chen’s (Ten Thousand Miles of the Yangtze River)??
When Zhang Min came over with a bath towel, he also smiled and said, "How about you activate the Hydra, control a wave of Christie's, or bring out evidence of the criminal crimes of the people behind those cultural relics? Just take those things that can put people in jail
It shouldn’t be difficult to throw it out and exchange it for some cultural relics, right?”
In just two hours, Azhen and Amin actually came up with more than one solution? Although this was all due to Zhao Donghuai having too many sexy tricks in the past and being able to copy his homework, it also shows that the two women have learned a lot about their business war.
Paul was shocked, and even the ghost guys like me were shocked.
The boss of the second largest insurance group in the island nation, who is still the richest in the island nation, is clamoring to buy North America. What kind of money is 310 million Hong Kong dollars?
This amount of money is not much for Goto.
Even if Azhen thought of a makeshift solution, she would still be sentenced when it was time to go to jail.
I want things, but I don’t want money.
"By the way, Ben, have you made arrangements with the colonial entrustment? If we want to get the highest price for the auction here, we'd better not arrange for rich white people to raise the price, but the local Chinese..."
In order to win over Columbia Pictures, Sony not only spent a lot of money in North America, but also wanted to learn the production process and technology of big movies. The Spider-Man trilogy paid Zhao Donghuai 150 million U.S. dollars as a apprenticeship fee, which was also unblinking.
Under this impression, a lot of rich people and chaebol heads are invited to a carnival-style auction of Chinese antiques and cultural relics. Even the officials have invited a group, and the entrustment has arranged it. You don’t want to cut off the meat and buy it.
Is it appropriate to pay protection fees for a large number of cultural relics?
You are not willing to spend any money on antiques and cultural relics. Are you worthy of Hong Kong Island Fashion Week and (The Queen of Five Thousand Years), which will further deepen the image of Hong Kong Island as a city??
Just when Paul was happily thinking about his dream of making a fortune, a figure came quickly and said, "Boss, Zhao from Hong Kong called and said that his ATV has a Van Gogh oil painting, which is very suspected to be authentic, and wants to invite us.
Experts are invited to help identify it.”
Zhao Donghuai looked at the oil painting hanging on the wall with a strange smile. Azhen was also in high spirits after studying and learning. He stared at the oil painting and said curiously, "This painting feels like this..."
Noon, Christie’s office on Hong Kong Island.
20 years later, the CEO of China’s second largest insurance group? What kind of big shot is he?
After explaining President Goto's status with a wry smile, Sakamoto gritted his teeth and said, "Baga, those shameless idiots, could it be that the sunflower sold to Mr. Goto for 311 million Hong Kong dollars two years ago is a fake?"
"
People surnamed Zhao can make money in the stock market and the financial market with a large group of juniors at every turn.
Zhao Donghuai was stunned. He was definitely a professional in terms of acting skills. He saw Director Zhao with question marks and exclamation marks on his face, "No, I don't even know Goto, and I have never been exposed to Western oil paintings. It was just something given to me by the people below.
"
"I'm just a little shocked by this."
When things get big and the fun gets too big, someone has to take responsibility.
Paul was a bit conceited and said, "Get ready and go to ATV for appraisal right away."
The Christie's auction house acquired a series of precious cultural relics from North America, Yanlun, and even the island country. The invitations were all sent to him...
It was also at this terrifying price that Van Gogh was gradually sold to a large number of people who had no interest in art. They began to know Van Gogh and sunflowers!
so??
If he had good intentions, he would not hold a high-profile auction to auction off rat and rabbit heads after the Olympics, despite the opposition of the Chinese people and the opposition of the government.
Sakamoto tentatively said, "I heard that the people who received them over there were too enthusiastic and drank too much, so they didn't catch up..."
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"You can't steal it, right? You have such a prestigious position now, it would be too embarrassing to just steal it. You can't really let Sony learn some big movie production processes and let them spend money to buy it to honor you."
Paul and other white people at the Christie's auction really took advantage of the trend of Hong Kong Island Fashion Week to make money. You said it's already July 20, and the fashion week has been over for more than a month... No, Zhao Donghuai took Hong Kong Island Fashion Week
, linked with the big movie (The Queen of 5,000 Years of Time).
All related to Hong Kong Island.
Azhen, "..."
And if you collect it, as A-Zhen said, it can be regarded as a gift for your return? It’s also a good suggestion. You’ll come back in seven years.
Originally, Zhao Donghuai had no intention of actually teaching.
Then a total of five ghost guys, led by Paul and Ben, entered the office. After entering, everyone looked at the person first, but no one could see their appearance clearly. The five ghost guys' attention was suddenly focused on the hanging person.
Van Gogh's sunflower work is on the wall.
Cheng Long’s future movie (Zodiac) is nothing more than copying the operations of the real-life Pinault family.
Azhen also understands her man.
The painting labeled F457 was bought by President Goto at Christie's in 1987 for HK$311 million.
From bronzes to various porcelains, to calligraphy and paintings, etc., we have everything.
As soon as he finished the final process and put it on the table, Zhou Huimin couldn't wait to grab it. He also took out one from the bank and made various comparisons and observations.
Only in this way can Christie's reputation and reputation be preserved, otherwise it will definitely collapse!
The total value of Shang Dan's Fang Lei body plus the zodiac animal heads, Zhou Chen's calligraphy and paintings, etc. is definitely greater than the unit price of Van Gogh's sunflower.
“We couldn’t even serve it during the meeting??”
So at this time, it is also a time period when the image and impression of Hong Kong Island by the global public is further deepened and expanded. What impression do the global public have of Hong Kong Island? Fashionable, high-end, high-end, and there are many beauties everywhere, which can make people
Look at the eyes.
In 1924, Fang Lei Lei was sold to Rockefeller of North America for US$800,000.
"Of course, if Christie's wants to maintain its reputation as an auction house, it will probably have to offer a large number of precious cultural relics in exchange for this sunflower work in your hands, Mr. Zhao."
As for Van Gogh's oil paintings, the year before 1987, at an auction run by Christie's in Yanlun, a painting of Van Gogh's Sunflowers was sold for 24.75 million pounds, equivalent to 39.92 million U.S. dollars, equivalent to 311 million Hong Kong dollars!
This is the beginning of Christie's Group becoming one of the world's top auction houses and a global auction giant.
Paul, who is in his 30s, is grabbing a glass of red wine, shaking it while looking at the antique cultural relics sealed in display cabinets, which are basically from the Huaxia series.
But not long after the Olympics, when China was in a state of excitement and revelry, Christie's announced with a high profile that it would auction off the rat and rabbit heads that had been stolen from the twelve animal heads in the Old Summer Palace.
"There is only one sunflower by Van Gogh, but it cannot be exchanged for too many cultural relics preserved in various museums in Europe, North America, and island countries. At most, it can be exchanged for a small batch."
They all followed one after another, knowing what Zhao Donghuai was doing, and witnessed with their own eyes that he made a US knife with a face value of 100, and a pound with a face value of 50.
What is insurance?? Being the second largest insurance company in the island nation is not something that Sakamoto, the president of a Sony subsidiary, can match.
There is an authentic F457 here in Zhao Donghuai’s place? There is also an authentic one in President Goto’s place, the Japanese guy? Are you kidding me?
That’s $800,000 in 1924!
He also just learned today that Christie's auction house plans to auction a large number of Chinese cultural relics in a week. I heard that there are many very precious ones?
"Hong Kong Island Fashion Week has just passed, and the world's attention on this place has not completely withdrawn. We took advantage of this fire to make this auction as prosperous as possible."
After Paul was shocked and confused, he took out the big brother and started dialing, calling President Goto of the island country. Although Zhao Donghuai said that it was sent by the people below, but in case the people below were trying to flatter him, he would get it from Goto.
Did you buy Sunflower F457?
Everyone who knows it knows that people named Zhao make money. It is common for a big movie to earn billions of Hong Kong dollars in box office, video tapes and peripherals.
Ben was shocked, quickly took out his gloves and mask, put them on, and continued to approach the sunflower.
Several major director teams did not let anyone from Sony come to the meeting table during meetings to arrange location scouting and finalize shooting plans??
Zhao Donghuai laughed, "Of course one is not enough. Let's go study and do some work..."
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Azhen is still a little eager to give it a try.
Zhao Donghuai looked at President Sakamoto and said with emotion, "I want Christie's Shang Fang Lei, Zhou Chen's Ten Thousand Miles of the Yangtze River, etc., I also want Wang Xizhi's Three Postscripts of Mourning and Rebellion!"
Wang Zuxian came over with a banknote detector and a banknote detector pen, "Real or fake? You still do this thing? Isn't it too outrageous?"
Zhao Donghuai was happy, "I don't understand art either, but if this painting is real, I should be able to make a lot of money. Maybe it can be exchanged for a bunch of Chinese cultural relics that Christie's is going to auction."
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"Isn't it just a few sunflowers?"
The four appraisers from Christie's, accompanied and cared for by members of the Zhao family, had escorted Sunflower F457 to the 7th floor.
Zhao Donghuai said in surprise, "Okay, I didn't expect you two to have this idea. It's great to be able to think of this."
While running, Zhao Donghuai already had a general idea. Did the ghost guy invite him to participate in the auction? He must be more than one of the rich Chinese people who received the invitation. This was an honest robbery.
Sakamoto smiled bitterly, "Sheng Zhao, Mr. Goto is the president of the second largest insurance group in our island country..."
Zhao Donghuai said in surprise, "Such a thing could happen? What's going on?"
The figure immediately said weakly, "Yes, that's what they said over there. They said it was suspected to be an authentic work, and it should have been authenticated several times."
"Well, it's Van Gogh's oil painting."
But the account is not a simple matter of making up numbers and collecting money, but...you cheated the super-rich super-rich of the island country for two years, and let that person collect and exhibit suspected fakes for two years??
What about credibility blow, reputation blow?
After experiencing one of the peak auctions in 1987, the price of sunflowers has skyrocketed. Do you still want to buy the real thing from Zhao Donghuai at the original price? How much money do you think the richest man in China like Zhao Donghuai lacks?
It was Christie's who was kneeling and begging, hoping that Zhao Sheng would be noble and give them the opportunity to exchange for a wave of authentic works to make up for the business reputation of Christie's auction house, which was about to collapse.
Nowadays, the best-selling movies in the world and the fashion week recordings and broadcasts are perfectly matched with the audio-visual feast that bombards people around the world.
Zhao Donghuai nodded, "It was just a coincidence. If Christie's hadn't sent me an invitation letter, things wouldn't have developed to this point."
"Sheng Zhao is indeed the richest man in Hong Kong Island. He is so majestic. Mr. Van Gogh's masterpiece is definitely a perfect work of art worth collecting."
With four or five steps left from the sunflower painting, Ben turned to look at Zhao Donghuai, "Zhao Sheng, did you buy this Sunflower F457 from President Goto?"
Immediately behind Paul, someone laughed and cheered.
Christie's is a habitual offender of this kind of robbery.
After several investigations and various confirmations, there were many rumors that the painting bought by the Goto devils was a fake! Who was Emil? It was the same era as Van Gogh. When Van Gogh was alive, he first started collecting Van Gogh.
Artist, painter, collector of high-quality works.
What’s even more outrageous is that this is Van Gogh (Fifteen Sunflowers in a Vase) F457!
After all, they were the ones who presided over the appraisal of Sunflower F457 when they auctioned it two years ago, and also invited people from the Van Gogh Museum to do the appraisal...
It has only been two years, how could everyone forget?
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"I'm going for a run now. When I come back, you have to give me advice, otherwise I'll be beaten with a stick."
Zhao Donghuai waved his hand, "You can do whatever you want."
Ben immediately looked at Paul, "Since it was Zhao from Hong Kong who said this, there is a high probability that the Van Gogh oil painting in his hand is an authentic work. The richest Chinese man would not make such a joke and cannot afford to embarrass such a person...
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When Sakamoto got out of the way, Azhen came over and said, "Boss, are you planning to stock up on gifts for your return?"
ATV big office.
Paul was followed by several ghost guys, all of whom looked like professionals and successful people, with bright expressions on their faces.
Amin walked over and opened the door.
Zhao Donghuai felt that if he used various human-level painting techniques and fake old-fashioned techniques he had learned from the system, he should be able to paint a Van Gogh work that was as fake as the real one.
Even if his subordinates spend hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars to please him, it is not a strange thing.
"Hong Kong Island is becoming more and more unstable, but in Hong Kong and Paris, there are not so many wealthy Chinese..."
But what if the Zhenjiao... let Sony buy all kinds of precious cultural relics that were stolen from China and give them to Director Zhao as a filial piety?
You should know that the fifteen sunflowers in the vase and other series of works are basically collected in the National Gallery of London, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the Philadelphia Museum of Art in North America and other institutions.
Then a rat head was auctioned for 14 million euros, and a rabbit head was also auctioned for 14 million euros, totaling 280 million yuan.
Later, the collector who took the photos of the two zodiac heads refused to pay, and publicly declared that as a Chinese, he could not accept the repurchase method to purchase cultural relics stolen by bandits, and he would not pay the money.
On the way to the big bath, Zhao Donghuai said, "Amin, call Christie's and ask them to come over and find a person in charge, and find some appraisers. I have an oil painting in my hand that is very suspicious of being authentic. I'm waiting.
They identify it.”
"You seem to have a lot of precious cultural relics from China in your collection?"
It is also the most prosperous and fashionable metropolis in the world, a metropolis where handsome men and beautiful women can mess up your heart. It has become the flag of the Eastern world. It seems that Tokyo is not up to par compared with here.
For example, the square Lei Lei body of the merchant vessel presented by Christie's is considered to be the largest and most exquisite piece of square Lei artifacts unearthed in China so far. It has long been known as the King of Square Lei.
Two hours later, when Zhao Donghuai returned to the 12th floor sweating profusely, Azhen ran over quickly and said with a melancholy look on his face, "I thought about it again and again, but I didn't think of how to get the things back without spending money."
Co-author: President Goto spent 311 million Hong Kong dollars to buy a Van Gogh masterpiece. Is it a fake? Yes, in 1997, a certain newspaper reported that what President Goto bought should be a fake, and it was Emil imitating Van Gogh.
Imitation of...
His mentality is just like that: I want things, but I don’t want to give him money? What should I do?
This year is the Year of the Snake and next year is the Year of the Horse.
Going back to the great-grandfather's generation, it was the unrestrained era around 1900, and that generation was the main force in the burning of the Old Summer Palace.
wait wait wait.
Let Zhao Donghuai become a joke?
There must have been a process of authenticating the authenticity before it was sent, probably more than once. After it was delivered, before Zhao Donghuai called the appraiser from the Christie's auction, didn't he ask his own people to authenticate it again?
This... this is a bit of fun!
Azhen happily ran to pour the wine.
One piece disappeared in the long river of history, and six were preserved.
after a while.
Zhao Donghuai smiled and said, "Actually, which one is true and which one is false, the significance is not that important. I heard that the three notes of mourning and chaos by the calligrapher Wang Xizhi have been kept with you?"
Can snake and horse heads be pulled out of the twelve zodiac animal heads? Christie is very thoughtful. You must know that in the original trajectory, until he traveled through time, the whereabouts of the snake heads were unknown...On the contrary, the clues about the horse heads are clear, and the horse head is 1988.
Last year, a North American antique dealer who owned it transferred the horse head to a Yalun antique dealer.
But I happily spent money to buy Van Gogh’s masterpiece home and showed it off for two years. Why the hell are you telling me that it might be a fake?
This is because I saw that there was no way to make money through auctions, so I decided to donate money to the rich Chinese people.
After following the Pinault family to buy the rat and rabbit heads, and publicly announcing that they would donate the two zodiac heads to China, do you think the Pinault family has good intentions? Are they good people?
No, the Pinault family itself is the largest shareholder of Christie’s auction!!