Chapter 949 The Most Suitable National Treasure

Facing Xia Yu's question, Hua Shengshi did not answer immediately, but pondered for a moment before saying to Xia Yu: "Mr. Xia, this is really difficult to define, because if you talk about the influence on Chinese culture, there is no I’m saying here that you may have no idea, if you have time, you might as well go see it on the spot and decide which one to use.”

Xia Yu nodded slightly and said, "Yes, I haven't seen it for a long time."

After speaking, he looked at I.M. Pei and asked with a smile, "Mr. Pei, are you interested in visiting together?"

Ieoh Ming Pei said with a smile: "Of course I am interested. Although I spend most of my time overseas, I have never forgotten that I am a descendant of Yan and Huang. I can't miss the opportunity to appreciate the splendid Chinese culture."

"Haha, Mr. Bei's words are great!"

After that, Xia Yu and others went to the parking lot, left the Kowloon Cultural Museum, and went to his villa dedicated to storing antique cultural relics.

When there were few cultural relics in the past, he also built a basement in his home for collection, but later, considering the inconvenience, he moved the cultural relics again and concentrated them in a special villa.

Anyway, as he is now the largest landlord in Xiangjiang except the Hong Kong government, he has no shortage of houses at all!

Because of the high value of cultural relics, Xia Yu also specially arranged for a security team to patrol around the clock.

Soon, after the security personnel confirmed their identities, the vehicles of Xia Yu and others entered the garage of the villa, and led by Hua Shengshi, came to the door of the basement.

While unlocking, Hua Shengshi said to Xia Yu and others, "Mr. Xia, not all cultural relics are placed in the basement, because the space below is limited, so the ones with higher value are stored."

"Tick!"

During the conversation, the precise door lock was opened, and Huashengshi pressed another button, and the alloy door more than ten centimeters thick slowly opened.

"There is a ventilation system in the basement so there is no risk of suffocation."

"plz follow me!"

After speaking, Hua Shengshi took Xia Yu and others down the stairs, then turned left and right, and came to another gate. After another unlock, everyone finally walked in.

Xia Yu thought that the place would be densely placed, but he didn't expect to come in and found it was very empty, and there were not many cultural relics.

But he thought about it and thought it was normal.

If the most valuable cultural relics are piled up like a mountain, it will not show that only a few are more precious.

"Mr. Xia, I think the most valuable cultural relics are here."

Pointing to the contents of the glass cabinets, Hua Shengshi said to Xia Yu.

"The first one is the one on the left, which is the best of all the paintings in our collection!"

Following the direction of Hua Shengshi's finger, Xia Yu looked at a five- or six-meter long glass cabinet on the left. Inside was a painting, and it was very long. At first glance, he saw the dark yellow material. , it doesn't seem to be paper, it's like silk cloth.

Xia Yu approached to observe, and when he saw a few words in it, his eyes narrowed, he looked up at Huashengshi, and said in amazement: "This is the "Luo Shen Fu Tu" by Gu Kaizhi, a painter of the Eastern Jin Dynasty? Is it an authentic work? ?"

When he asked, he did not wait for Hua Shengshi to answer, and searched the painting to see if he could find a seal that could prove Gu Kaizhi's identity.

Before Xia Yu could find it, Hua Shengshi's wry smile sounded: "Mr. Xia, this is not Gu Kaizhi's authentic work, there is no Gu Kaizhi's authentic work in the world now, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty has been more than 1,500 years old, let alone all dynasties and dynasties. Whether the emperor will collect it and leave it, even if it is left behind by the people, it may not be completely preserved."

"Too!"

Just when Xia Yu was a little disappointed, Hua Shengshi's next words made Xia Yu happy again.

"However, although this painting is not Gu Kaizhi's authentic work, it should be the closest to the real work, because he was copied by Zhou Fang, a famous painter in the Tang Dynasty!"

"Zhou Fang in the Tang Dynasty was a very representative painter, good at painting pictures of ladies."

"Look here, there is Zhou Fang's seal, not only that, but also a series of seals of famous people after the Tang Dynasty to prove the authenticity of this painting."

Xia Yu came to Huashengshi's side and looked at the piece of seal he was pointing at. It was exactly as Huashengshi said.

Xia Yu showed a satisfied smile: "Sure enough, there is still Tang Yin's chapter! He has this chapter covered, and it is even more legendary!"

"Yes!" Hua Shengshi said with a smile.

"The other seals are almost the seals of celebrities in every dynasty."

When he found this painting in the box, he trembled with excitement for a long time. Although this painting was not Gu Kaizhi's original work, but in the absence of Gu Kaizhi's original work, it was copied by the well-known painter Zhou Fang, as well as a series of famous paintings. The seal, the value has been compromised with the genuine work, it is definitely a national treasure among the national treasures!

After Xia Yu and Ieoh Ming Pei had been appreciating it for a long time, he became more and more looking forward to it.

The first collection is so top-notch, and it can be put together with this painting, and it will definitely not be bad.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the other glass cabinets.

Hua Shengshi said to Xia Yu at the right time: "Mr. Xia, look this way next."

"Are these ancient books?"

Following Huashengshi to another large glass cabinet, Xia Yu looked at the separate items in the glass cabinet, and said with a frown.

The ancient books circulating in China are not uncommon, but since they can be taken out by Huashengshi alone and put together with the "Luoshen Futu" copied by Zhou Fang, it will definitely not be simple.

At this time, Hua Shengshi's words sounded, explaining Xia Yu's confusion: "Mr. Xia, this is not an ordinary ancient book, but a copy of the Ming Dynasty "Yongle Dadian", a total of 122 volumes!"

"The Great Ceremony of Yongle?"

Xia Yu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at the ancient books in the glass cabinet in amazement.

Even I.M. Pei, who has lived in the United States for a long time, has heard the fame of the "Yongle Encyclopedia", he said in shock: "The "Yongle Encyclopedia" is the largest encyclopedia the world has ever seen. There are only forty volumes, and I heard that there are only a few hundred volumes in the world, but I didn’t expect there to be one hundred and twenty-two volumes here!”

"If the news is announced, it will definitely shock the world!"

Xia Yu nodded in agreement, with a serious expression on his face: "Indeed, if it were really announced, it would definitely shock the world!"

In his previous life, he visited the Palace Museum and saw the "Yongle Grand Ceremony", especially after reading the introduction of "Yongle Grand Ceremony", he was quite indignant at that time.

Because "Yongle Dadian" can be said to be a collection of Chinese history and culture, it took five years to compile and compile by Emperor Yongle with the power of the Ming Dynasty. With 370 million words, the book preserves the lost secret scriptures from the pre-Qin period, the Song and Yuan Dynasties in China, and more than 8,000 kinds of classics and materials down to the early Ming Dynasty. It is the largest encyclopedia in ancient China.

It's just that after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the original disappeared, and the copy that was circulated in the world was copied when Emperor Jiajing began.

It's a pity that the copy of "Yongle Dadian" also had a bad fate, and only a few hundred copies of the more than 10,000 copies were left.

In later generations, the National Palace Museum had the largest stock, with only 162 volumes, followed by the National Palace Museum of Taiwan Province with 60 volumes, and then the museums of the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, island countries and other countries with some collections.

At this time, the Palace Museum should not have collected so many, maybe he has the most here.

Not to mention whether it will shock the world, at least the cultural world of the mainland will definitely explode.

Xia Yu took a deep breath, calmed down his turbulent mood, and asked Hua Shengshi, "Elder Hua, where did these copies of Yongle Grand Ceremony come from?"

Huashengshi looked a little distant, and said with emotion: "Mr. Xia, these are all collected from the cultural relics of the Eskenazi family. Before, they were all packed together in boxes, and there are more than a thousand ancient books alone. At that time, because time was too late, I just checked the box and pulled it back, but I knew that it was a box of ancient books, and I didn’t find it was a copy of the “Yongle Grand Ceremony”, and I found it later when I counted them one by one.”

Xia Yu nodded and said with a smile, "More than fifty million pounds is worth it!"

Hua Shengshi also nodded in agreement and said, "Yeah, it's so worth it!"

After feeling emotional, Xia Yu looked at other cultural relics under the leadership of Hua Shengshi.

Among them is a bronze tripod from the Western Zhou Dynasty, as well as more than 80 volumes of Buddhist scriptures from the Jin Dynasty and Tang Sancai.

After reading it, Xia Yu found that in addition to two ancient books, there were one for paintings, one for bronzes, one for calligraphy, one for pottery and one for porcelain.

"Mr. Xia, I think any of the products here are of great value. If you take them out, they will cause a sensation. Which do you think is better?"

Hearing this question from Huashengshi, Xia Yu's eyes wandered around, and finally settled on the "Yongle Grand Ceremony" booklet, and said:

"Let's just take "Yongle Grand Ceremony". Other cultural relics are not suitable, and it is easy to raise the price of cultural relics. On the contrary, "Yongle Grand Ceremony" is the most suitable for auction!"

Huashengshi thought for a while, nodded in agreement, and said: "It makes sense, the known "Yongle Grand Ceremony" has been collected by museums in various countries, it is almost impossible to have the possibility of market circulation, and it is also an only copy, even if the price is high, it is still possible There is no market for prices, and the ancient book market is also the most chaotic and difficult to distinguish. There are too many worthless modern ancient books, and foreigners do not understand Chinese culture, so it is difficult to distinguish them.”

"And there are one hundred and twenty-two volumes here. There are enough volumes, and the auction price can be higher. In fact, the price of a single volume is not so high."

"If we take calligraphy, painting and porcelain for auction and fetch a sky-high price, it will be difficult for us to recycle cultural relics at a low price later, which is inconsistent with our strategy of acquiring cultural relics at a low price."

Hearing the conversation between Hua Shengshi and Xia Yu, Ieoh Ming Pei suddenly said apologetically: "I'm really sorry, I never thought that my suggestion would have such consequences, but fortunately you have considered it, otherwise I would be ashamed. you guys!"

Xia Yu said with a smile: "Mr. Bei, you don't have to do this. Your starting point is good, not to mention that it has no adverse effects."

Hua Shengshi also echoed and comforted: "Yes, Mr. Bei, you don't have to think too much."

Ieoh Ming Pei felt a lot better after hearing the two consecutive comforts.

In order to avoid I.M. Pei's embarrassment, Hua Shengshi skipped this topic and said to Xia Yu: "Mr. Xia, there is one more thing to pay attention to, if "Yongle Grand Ceremony" is put up for auction, I am worried that people from the mainland will come. , it will put a lot of pressure on you."

"And many people from other countries will come to bid for the auction. Will there be a lot of changes by then?"

Xia Yu smiled calmly and said: "Don't worry, I'll see you again when the time comes, I'll take care of everything, and nothing will go wrong. You have to work hard for a while, and arrange the Kowloon Cultural Museum as soon as possible, and I'll let it go tomorrow. The security team is stationed, and I will let them listen to your arrangements!"

"Okay!" Hua Shengshi responded with relief.

Since we have come to the treasure house and there is still some time, there is no reason to return hastily.

Under the leadership of Hua Shengshi, Xia Yu, Ieoh Ming Pei and others watched many cultural relics. In front of each cultural relic full of historical charm, Xia Yu accepted a spiritual baptism.

Before leaving, Xia Yu, who was touched, was even more convinced that his decision to collect cultural relics was extremely correct, and promised Huashengshi to support him unconditionally in collecting cultural relics, which made Huashengshi happy.

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