Chapter 470 The British Museum Is Not Afraid

Zhang Yang was a little curious as to whether the total price of Sister Fu's dozens of oil paintings would be higher than the sum of all the other items he sent for auction.

There seems to be a chance at the moment.

The first two big products have successfully crossed the tens of millions of steps.

At this time, his phone suddenly vibrated.

When he opened it, he found that it was a message from Chu Ziqiang.

Xiao Chu wants to transform and become a career-oriented man?

Zhang Yang read the message again to make sure he read it correctly.

He couldn't help but mutter in his heart: Isn't the career type his own personality?

Xiao Chu has always been a second-generation G character.

The two of them have completely different styles.

But looking at the news, Xiao Chu’s attitude is very sincere.

I don’t even call him “brother” anymore, just “adopted father”.

It has been a while since Zhang Yang saw Xiao Chu being so serious.

It seems that he really wants to transform, so he must pay attention to this.

So after the auction ended, he quickly called Chu Ziqiang.

On the other end of the phone, Xiao Chu briefly explained the cause and process of the incident.

Zhang Yang never expected that this matter could be blamed on him.

Xiao Chu spoke sourly, as if he was claiming to be Fu Sishi's ideal type.

"This matter is indeed wrong as a father."

Zhang Yang sighed and said:

"Sometimes being too good is a sin."

"???"

On the other end of the phone, Chu Ziqiang had three question marks popping up above his head.

"Brother Yang, can you stop talking nonsense later and tell your adopted son first if you can help me with this?"

"Of course. The question is, how do you want me to help you?" Zhang Yang asked curiously.

"Do you have a plan?"

It has been more than half an hour since Xiao Chu sent him a message just now.

Zhang Yang wanted to know if Chu Ziqiang himself had figured out any method during this period.

If there is none at all, it only means that Xiao Chu's will is not strong enough.

The so-called help is not that urgent.

"Some, some."

Chu Ziqiang quickly replied.

"I just thought about it carefully. If I could run an antique auction company, wouldn't Sister Fu, who owns a gallery, and I become a match made in heaven?"

“From now on, it’s okay to do business and fall in love.”

After Chu Ziqiang finished speaking, he chuckled twice.

To Zhang Yang's suspicion, there was bubbling on Xiao Chu's nose over there.

"Brother Yang, I did a search. The most important thing for an auction company is funds and supply of goods. There is no problem with funds. The key is supply of goods."

"Don't you have a stable supply of goods there?"

"So you can definitely help me."

"Of course there is a supply of goods, but I think you are making the problem too complicated?" Zhang Yang asked.

"Complicated? What do you mean?"

"I mean, it's actually very simple for you to open an auction company."

"Why is it so easy?"

Chu Ziqiang was a little confused.

Zhang Yang told him with a faint smile:

"You only need to find the industrial and commercial information of an auction company, and then show it to Director Chu and say:

Grandpa, I want this. "

"……Depend on!"

Chu Ziqiang thought it was a good idea, and he had pricked up his ears just now.

I didn't expect it to be such a bad idea.

He knew that Zhang Yang was still teasing him and prayed:

"Father, don't be ridiculous. Do you have an easy way?"

"My child, you are obsessed with it."

Zhang Yang sighed with emotion and looked at Boss Lan beside him:

"I'll give you an address and come over as soon as possible."

"Isn't it just chasing the older sister? Look at how difficult it is for you. I have a top military advisor here."

Boss Lan is a man who relies on his sharp tongue to get close to a billionaire woman.

Isn't it Fu Sixi, who has assets worth tens of millions?

Isn’t that already within reach?

After Zhang Yang hung up the phone, he briefly explained his friend's situation to Boss Lan.

The best double-sided turtle + boiling sheep, it’s Chu Ziqiang.

To be honest, if Fu Sishi had not been seen by Zhang Yang and it was true that she was not Green Tea, Zhang Yang would have suspected that Xiao Chu was PUA.

Boss Lan smiled and nodded after listening to Zhang Yang's words.

"Mr. Zhang, this friend of yours shouldn't be you, right?"

"No, no, you have met one of the parties involved."

"It's the Ms. Fu who was at the oil painting exhibition some time ago."

"Ah? That one?"

Boss Lan had a brilliant expression on his face.

He tilted his head and looked at Zhang Yang carefully, almost losing his mind to Zhang Yang.

"Is there something dirty on my face?"

"No. But I always thought that Miss Fu's sweetheart was you, Master Zhang!"

"Huh? Why do you say that?" Zhang Yang asked with confusion.

"Otherwise, why would you go out of your way to help her organize this auction?"

"I heard from Miss Fu that her situation is actually not very good."

"If it weren't for you, her gallery would hardly be able to survive."

"What is this? This is a help in times of need, a hero lying on the ice to save a beautiful girl! Beautiful girls are easily tempted."

Boss Lan said confidently.

Zhang Yang frowned, as if some strange idiom had been mixed in just now.

But after being told this, and recalling the details of his previous interactions with Fu Sishi, he began to trust Boss Lan's judgment.

Fu Sishi had asked him several times in a roundabout way, asking Zhang Yang why he wanted to help her.

But Xiao Chu had given a death order, absolutely not to mention his name.

Well, I didn't expect a misunderstanding.

Fortunately, Zhang Yang had no idea about Fu Sishi, so he let Xiao Chu handle this matter himself.

Let you play anonymously, hahaha.

"Can this matter be remedied?"

Zhang Yang consulted Boss Lan, who nodded without hesitation:

"This is not difficult, do you need me to teach you?"

"No, no, wait for my friend to come."

"He needs more professional guidance."

More than an hour later, Zhang Yang and others met in Boss Lan's gallery.

As soon as they met, Chu Ziqiang asked impatiently:

"Where is the military advisor? Where is he? Introduce him quickly."

"Isn't he here?"

Zhang Yang patted Boss Lan on the shoulder and introduced:

"This is Boss Lan, who is known as the first master of gigolos in Hong Kong and specializes in pursuing older rich girls."

"It's OK to have him as your military advisor."

"Uh... Hello, Brother Lan." Chu Ziqiang shook hands with Boss Lan doubtfully.

He knew that Boss Lan was Zhang Yang's connection in Hong Kong.

But he never thought that the other party made his fortune by eating gigolos.

"Hello."

Boss Lan also nodded to Xiao Chu, but he didn't know Chu Ziqiang's name because Zhang Yang didn't introduce him.

He could only call Chu Ziqiang:

"Two-faced Turtle Classmate."

This name made Chu Ziqiang stunned.

Zhang Yang laughed out loud and gave Boss Lan a thumbs up.

...

After handing Chu Ziqiang over to Boss Lan.

The next day, Zhang Yang passed the customs and returned to Shenzhen.

In fact, the matter at Christie's has not been dealt with yet. He promised to help Shen Yangling and others analyze a wave of auction items.

But now, there is something more important.

Force Zhang Yang to come back.

In Shenzhen, Zhang Yang met with experts from the Guangdong Provincial Museum and staff who are responsible for overseas cultural relics recovery.

This was arranged by Chu Zhenmin.

Later, the video call between Zhang Yang and the Xu couple will be transmitted to the big screen in the next room in real time.

The professional team will evaluate the conclusion given by Zhang Yang in the room and communicate with people in Yanjing in real time.

In fact, many cultural relics in the Forbidden City have accounts.

Many things that are obviously a set are missing, of course, problems can be found.

But because of the long time and the turmoil around the world, most of the cultural relics are missing.

Even if there is a list, there is no chance to find them back.

Now, it is an opportunity.

So everyone attaches great importance to it.

If it is done well, it will at least be the headlines of the news for several days, and it will also be a brilliant stroke on everyone's resume.

"Okay, I'm ready to start."

Zhang Yang saw the Xu family calling him via video, and notified the experts next door before connecting to the microphone.

"Hello!"

Mrs. Xu in the video greeted Zhang Yang happily:

"Congratulations, Mr. Zhang, your auction was a complete success."

"Thank you." Zhang Yang responded politely.

The other party suddenly became so polite, which made people a little uncomfortable.

Fortunately, this situation did not last too long.

Mrs. Xu was a dog that could not change its nature, and soon returned to her original state:

"In fact, if you ask me, Director Zhang, you should have developed overseas a long time ago."

"As for the cultural and museum environment in the mainland, the good positions are occupied by a group of old guys who are just sitting there and eating for free. How can a young person like you have a way out!"

"I still remember a long time ago, my mother and others wanted to donate a batch of old collections from the Qing Palace as overseas Chinese, but they actually thought we were returning them, not donating them."

"What an outrageous group of old things..."

This is what they said.

There was a feeling of superiority like Runren, and it was indeed the same Madam Xu.

When I thought of the old experts next door, their faces would probably turn red with anger when they heard these words.

Zhang Yang pinched his thigh to hold back his laughter and barely listened to Madam Xu's nonsense.

It was not enough to finish all this nonsense, she also insisted that Zhang Yang express his opinion.

In order to keep things going, Zhang Yang had to pinch his nose and admit that he was indeed unhappy with his life.

In this way, the Xu family turned the camera and pointed it at their collections.

The first treasure was very impressive.

A dragon robe with a blue background and brocade.

This dragon robe was not the first time Zhang Yang had seen it.

The key point was to observe how many dragons there were.

Zhang Yang asked the Xu family to cooperate and count them, and there were indeed nine dragons.

And it was a real five-clawed golden dragon.

The dragon patterns on it were all embroidered with gold thread, and at the same time, it was in very good condition.

The item information showed that this was the dragon robe of Emperor Guangxu at that time.

He died before he had time to wear it after it was made.

After that, the dragon robe was kept in the Forbidden City.

Until the war, the elders of Mrs. Xu's family, together with the royal relatives, stole many things.

This dragon robe was one of their spoils.

Later, it was taken abroad and went to the UK via Hong Kong, and then kept at home.

"If I am not mistaken, this should be a dragon robe of an emperor of the Qing Dynasty, right?"

Zhang Yang asked pretending not to understand.

In fact, he was reminding the old experts in the next room to pay attention.

He didn't know what level these experts were.

"That's right." Mrs. Xu nodded and said, "My grandfather once told me that this was used by Emperor Guangxu."

"At that time, the emperor was trying on new clothes. Li Lianying, under the order of Cixi, sent yogurt with arsenic. The emperor died after eating it..."

"So that's how it is."

Zhang Yang nodded, without too much surprise.

Guangxu was poisoned by Cixi, this is almost certain.

Li Lianying also contributed to the fact that this dragon robe can be preserved so well.

"Okay, then the next one."

"Next one, what do you want to see?" Mrs. Xu asked proactively.

"We have a lot of treasures here. If we look at them one by one, I guess we can't finish them today."

"Then let's take a look at the treasures from the palace first." Zhang Yang replied.

Since the other party asked, it would be so rude if he didn't ask for anything!

After listening to Zhang Yang's words, Mrs. Xu waved to the side, and soon, a statue of Luohan appeared in the video.

Looking at the texture of the wood, it is obviously sandalwood.

It is an ordinary laughing arhat.

Except for the exquisite craftsmanship, there is nothing special about it.

It was not until Mrs. Xu picked up the whole arhat statue that Zhang Yang found out what was special about it.

On the base of the arhat statue, it was engraved with seal characters in negative script: Made in the Qianlong Period of the Qing Dynasty.

"It is indeed an old collection of the Qing Palace."

Zhang Yang nodded and made an OK gesture.

Target item +1.

Needless to say, this thing, the official Buddha statues are basically used by the emperor.

The three emperors of the "Three Dynasties of the Qing Dynasty" were all very religious.

Among them, Qianlong was the most diligent in worshiping Buddha.

The Buddhist halls in the Forbidden City were basically built by him, so there was a great demand for Buddha statues during the Qianlong period.

There are still many such imperial Buddha statues in Mrs. Xu's home.

Mrs. Xu's elders probably don't believe in Buddhism, have no manners at all, and specialize in stealing Buddha statues.

And they especially prefer gold.

Whether it is copper gilt or mud gold, as long as it is a golden Buddha statue, they will want it.

In terms of quantity alone, they have more Buddha statues used by the emperor during the reign of Emperor Qianlong than those in the Hailin Museum.

No wonder Master Wang often sighed with Zhang Yang that the real collection depends on the background.

Look at the background of the Aisin-Gioro family.

Master Wang and his friends had to spend money to buy from the public, while Mrs. Xu's elders directly carried sacks to the Forbidden City to search.

How can this be compared?

In addition to the things used by the emperor in the palace, these people did not let go of treasures from other places when they searched.

What copper seals of the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Households;

The court gowns worn by the concubines in the harem;

Even the portraits of the imperial concubines in the palace that Lang Shining had made out.

It was the first time that Zhang Yang saw a portrait of a royal concubine of the Qing Dynasty outside the Forbidden City.

It was really amazing.

"Director Zhang, I just saw this painting and I have a question for you."

"If we display paintings like this publicly, will we get into trouble?"

Mrs. Xu also knew the significance of such portraits.

Although it is not a very precious cultural relic, it is strongly related to the Forbidden City.

She is afraid of getting in trouble.

Zhang Yang was happy when he heard this.

Isn't it too late to think about this problem now?

You have already "let the wolf into the house"!

"It's okay. The museum will be built in Australia by then, so it shouldn't be a big problem."

"Really?" Mrs. Xu was a little confused, "Director Zhang, are you sure?"

"What's wrong, Madam, you don't believe what I said?"

"It's not that I don't believe it. It's our friend at the British Museum. He suggested that we donate this thing to them, saying that otherwise it will be stuck to the domestic cultural relics."

"The British Museum is not afraid anyway, don't you think so, Director Zhang?" (End of this chapter)