Chapter 210: The Foreign Guest Service Department’s Paintings and Calligraphy at Bargain Prices!

In the 1970s, or even the early 1980s.

The main means of transportation in Yanjing was bicycles, and it was known as the bicycle kingdom.

Even bicycles were not affordable for ordinary families. Many families did not even have a bicycle.

Yang Ming sat in the high-end Hongqi sedan and went from Yanjing Hotel to the National History Museum.

In just a few hundred meters, Yang Ming saw many young men and women wearing factory uniforms riding bicycles passing by.

Arrived at the entrance of the National History Museum.

The curator here, Chen Qun, had already learned in advance that Mr. Yang, chairman of Xiangjiang Empire Group, and his party would visit the National History Museum.

Chen Qun and other management of the National Museum attached great importance to Mr. Yang's arrival.

Those Hongqi sedans were parked outside.

Curator Chen and others had come out to greet them.

"Mr. Yang, I am the curator here, Chen Qun, and welcome you to visit the National History Museum."

Yang Ming had already sat in a wheelchair, shook hands with Chen Qun and others, and began to go inside.

The National History Museum is the country's highest historical, cultural and artistic hall and cultural living room.

There are many cultural relics collected inside, which are deeply loved by domestic and foreign tourists.

Yang Ming came here several times in his previous life. However, it is now 1978, and it is still very different from when he came here in his previous life.

Now Chen Qian personally takes Yang Ming and others to introduce the collections in the National Museum.

Inside, you can see bronzes, porcelains, Buddhist statues, jades, calligraphy and paintings, modern artworks, collections donated by other countries, etc.

The area here is very large.

Ordinary tourists can only visit in a specific small area.

When Yang Ming and others came here, Chen Qian and others took Yang Ming to visit everywhere.

In his previous life, he had not seen many precious collections, but now Yang Ming can see them.

Ah Zhu, Zhong Chuhong, Lin Xiuzhi, and even Chen Zhenhua who visited together were very shocked.

They didn't expect that the National History Museum was really different, and they could see so many collections at a time.

After a morning.

Yang Ming and others took a general look.

Walk and stop.

Lin Xiuzhi could take pictures since she brought a camera with her. The others just took a look and left.

If you want to see it in the future, you can only come back later.

Unknowingly, Yang Ming came to the Foreign Guest Service Department of a National History Museum.

When Yang Ming stopped, Chen Qun said, "Mr. Yang, this is where souvenirs are sold."

Selling souvenirs?

Yang Ming knew that many scenic spots have souvenirs.

This Foreign Guest Service Department is obviously aimed at foreign tourists.

So what souvenirs do they sell?

"Director Chen, what souvenirs are there?"

"Mainly some works by modern painters."

Works by modern painters?

Hearing Director Chen say that, Yang Ming suddenly remembered a shocking news.

In 1981, Xu Huachi, who came back from Hong Kong, spent only more than 200,000 Hong Kong dollars to buy all the paintings in the Foreign Guest Service Department, more than 9,000 calligraphy and paintings, including works by Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian, Li Keran, Wu Zuoren, Jiang Zhaohe and others.

It can be said that everyone's works are there.

Could it be here?

In fact, although modern domestic painters such as Qi Baishi and Zhang Daqian are well-known, they are still not as famous as the future.

Many collections such as calligraphy and paintings are valuable only after the artist dies, but not during his lifetime.

Yang Ming hurried to the front desk of the Foreign Guest Service Department. The staff here were very enthusiastic when they learned that Mr. Yang was a wealthy tycoon who returned from Hong Kong.

For the National History Museum, the calligraphy and paintings promoted by the Foreign Guest Service Department are additional income, just like supermarket employees promoting products in supermarkets. As long as they are sold, they will get a certain commission.

Now, in addition to ticket revenue, the National History Museum's largest income should be here.

However, many tourists are basically unwilling to spend money to buy so-called souvenirs.

Yang Ming is different.

His soul comes from the future.

He knows very well that the works of modern domestic painters are not famous and the prices are not high. In the next few decades, these works will basically start at hundreds of thousands of RMB or even millions of RMB.

"Mr. Yang, this is the price list of our souvenirs."

The young staff member took out a price list and handed it to Yang Ming.

Yang Ming took it and looked at it. The price list clearly stated.

Wu Zuoren's price is 5 yuan per square foot.

Li Keran is 8 yuan.

Liu Bingsen is 60 or 80 cents.

. . . .

These are all the densely packed price lists of modern Chinese painters.

Yang Ming was really shocked when he saw it for the first time.

Wu Zuoren?

He is a famous painter in China, but not many people abroad have heard of him in this era.

It's only 5 yuan per square foot!

Li Keran is an outstanding painter in modern China and a disciple of Qi Baishi.

It's only 8 yuan per square foot now.

Liu Bingsen is a famous calligrapher. His works were later loved by Japanese people. Now it's only 60 or 80 cents per square foot.

. . .

In addition to these, there are works by hundreds of painters.

Many of these works were commissioned by painters and calligraphers, or even by the painters themselves or their families, and handed over to the National History Museum. They are also works left by these painters and calligraphers who worked here. Now they are all sold.

Especially when sold to foreign visitors, they can also earn a good amount of foreign exchange.

Yang Ming knows that these works will definitely increase ten thousand times, or even one hundred thousand times, in the future.

Now how can anyone know except him?

Seeing Yang Ming looking at the price list, I thought Mr. Yang thought it was too expensive.

As far as these prices are concerned, they are really not low compared to the current average income and average price in China.

The current salary standards for relevant personnel in six categories of regions in China.

From level 1 to level 12, the salary difference is also relatively large for different levels.

Among them, the salary of ordinary teachers in workers' technical schools is 186.5 yuan for level 1, 158.5 yuan for level 2, and it decreases to 48.5 yuan for level 11.

For teachers in higher education institutions, the salary for level 1 is 345 yuan, the salary for level 2 is 287.5 yuan, and it decreases to 62 yuan for level 12.

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For projectionists, the salary for level 1 is 99 yuan, the salary for level 2 is 91 yuan, and it decreases to 35.5 yuan for level 8.

In addition to these, there are the salary standards for workers in six categories of regions.

For maintenance workers, the salary for level 1 is 33 yuan, the salary for level 2 is 38.6 yuan, and it increases to level 8, with a maximum of 99 yuan.

For slaughter workers, the salary for level 1 is 29 yuan, the salary for level 2 is 33.6 yuan, and it increases to level 8, with a maximum of 81.2 yuan.

. . .

Whether it is the salary standards for relevant personnel or the salary standards for workers.

These are all iron rice bowls. After they are strictly graded, the fixed salary they get every month is just this.

These are still state-funded, and their income is relatively high.

For those who have low income in the city, or no income at all, and most ordinary farmers in the countryside, they may only earn a few yuan a month.

In other words, with a monthly salary of a few yuan, you can buy a square foot of painters' works here at the National History Museum.

Calculated, the works of those painters are really not cheap.

For Yang Ming, these works are really too cheap!

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