Chapter 894 The Man Named Weng Wange

Wang Longchang knew him, and looked a little surprised when he saw the old man.

"Mr. Weng, are you here to attend the founding ceremony of the Confucius Institute? Why didn't I see you just now?"

The old man, whom Wang Longchang called Mr. Weng, smiled and said: "I just came here. I heard that Mr. Fang presented a batch of calligraphy and paintings to the Confucius Institute. I was curious and came to take a look."

Seeing that Fang Minghua was still a little confused, Wang Longchang explained: "Mr. Weng is a famous Chinese activist in the United States. His name is Weng Wange. He is the chairman of the Chinese American Association and the fifth generation grandson of Weng Tonghe."

"Weng Tonghe? Is he the imperial tutor of the two emperors Tongzhi and Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty?" Fang Minghua blurted out.

"That's right." Wang Longchang continued: "Mr. Weng's family has a large collection of calligraphy and paintings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Just three years ago, Mr. Weng donated 80 kinds and 542 volumes of rare ancient books from the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties collected by his family through China Guardian International The Auction Co., Ltd. transferred it to Shanghai Library for US$4.5 million, which caused a sensation and demonstrated Weng Laoquan’s patriotism.”

Weng Wange laughed after hearing this, waved his hands and said, "Why is this such a trivial matter? Moreover, these ancient books were all collected by my ancestor Weng Tonghe, and we, as descendants, are just keeping them."

Only 4.5 million US dollars were auctioned for 542 ancient books? Less than $10,000 per piece on average?

Almost for free.

Fang Minghua also admired it in his heart.

However, it seems that more than ten years later, he donated more than a hundred precious paintings and calligraphy to the Boston Museum of Art for free, including the famous "Ten Thousand Miles of the Yangtze River" painted by Wang Hui of the Qing Dynasty?

What do you think of this?

Fang Minghua's heart was spinning when he heard Weng Wange say again: "Mr. Fang, you haven't answered me yet whether this painting comes from the Palace Museum. I saw this painting in the museum just 20 years ago."

"Yes, I bought it. At that time, there was a batch of calligraphy and paintings from the Republic of China era in the museum for sale, so I bought them." Fang Minghua said frankly.

"It turns out that the mysterious buyer who bought more than 10,000 paintings and calligraphy works is you!" Weng Wange said in surprise.

"What did you say? Mr. Weng, ten thousand pieces?" Wang Longchang and Zhou Mingsheng were surprised at the same time.

"Yes, ten thousand pieces. That was still in 1983. The Palace Museum was short of funds and a large number of cultural relics could not be properly maintained and preserved. Under pressure, nearly ten thousand pieces of works by calligraphers and painters from the Republic of China period were sold, such as Zhang Daqian, Qi Baishi, Li Kuchan, etc. And I had just returned to China. I accidentally visited the calligraphy and painting museum and learned about this news. I also admired a few paintings, including these paintings and calligraphy from the Republic of China, and decided to buy them all, which seemed to cost more than 300,000 yuan in total. "

“But I went there in a hurry, didn’t bring much money, and didn’t pay a deposit. I just made a verbal purchase agreement with the museum. I originally thought no one would pay attention to these paintings. After all, it was just a few years after the reform and opening up, and the Chinese people They are relatively poor and don’t even have enough to eat. Who would spend 300,000 yuan to buy these paintings? But I didn’t expect that when I went there in a few days, someone had already bought them!” Finally, Weng Wange sighed.

Wang Longchang and Zhou Mingsheng were stunned when they heard this. When they came back to their senses, they saw Fang Minghua's eyes becoming hot.

Ten thousand pieces, oh my god.

"President Wang and Chairman Wu, please don't take advantage of this batch of paintings and calligraphy of mine. I won't sell any of them!" Fang Minghua said immediately.

Wang Longchang was extremely disappointed after hearing this, and Wu Mingsheng was a little unwilling to give up: "Mr. Fang, I am willing to pay a high price for it. I like Zhang Daqian's paintings best. As long as they are authentic, it will cost no less than 300,000 US dollars, no, 500,000 US dollars!"

US$500,000, equivalent to HK$4 million, is definitely a high price in two years. "

Fang Minghua just smiled slightly, shook his head and did not answer.

Zhou Mingsheng was about to increase the price again, but Wang Longchang next to him said: "Old Zhou, don't bother, Mr. Fang, are you short of money?!"

When Zhou Mingsheng heard this, he was immediately discouraged.

According to rumors, the writer in front of me has disclosed assets of more than one billion US dollars in the United States, which is more than his own assets. Will people care about your three to five million? !

At this time, Weng Wange spoke again: "Mr. Fang, I know you will not sell these paintings and calligraphy. If I return to China, can I go to Xijing to appreciate these paintings and calligraphy?"

"That's okay." Fang Minghua agreed cheerfully: "To tell you the truth, I am planning to build a calligraphy and painting exhibition hall in Xijing. It will be open to the public free of charge and everyone can come and see it!"

"So good, so good."

After the opening ceremony of the Confucius Institute, Fang Minghua returned home, but the affairs of the institute were not over yet.

According to the college's plan, it is necessary to continuously carry out Chinese teaching courses, organize academic activities such as Chinese language and Chinese issues research, and promote Chinese traditional culture.

Li Li is also the dean of the Confucius Institute, and Fang Minghua must of course provide full support. Forget about giving lectures. He is only living in the United States for a short period of time, but he can teach traditional Chinese culture - such as calligraphy. He only goes to one class a week to teach students. Fang Minghua is very happy to write calligraphy.

Time passed very quickly, and it was almost the end of the year. Fang Minghua also completed the script writing of "Swordsman in the Snow".

In later generations, Fenghuo's "Swordsman in the Snow" has nearly 4 million words, and the content and characters are very complicated. Fang Minghua had already refined and screened it when he submitted it to Xiangjiang's "Martial Arts World" in 1986. The first half mainly writes about the grievances and grievances in the world. The second half is mainly about battlefields and world events. The plot is relatively clear, and it can easily be adapted into a TV series.

He has also watched the TV series that was filmed before. The whole story and style have also changed from the original novel. The dialogue between the characters seems relaxed and funny. It is probably to cater to the tastes of the young people born in the 2000s, but it is out of place with the whole Jianghu and the atmosphere of fighting in the temple and battlefield.

Now it is 2003. The post-90s have just grown up, and the post-00s have just shown some small sprouts. The audience of TV series is still mainly the post-70s and post-80s. They grew up watching the novels and TV series of Jin Yong and Gu Long. They like the quick love and hatred in the Jianghu and the tragic and fierce battlefield, which is suitable for the style of the novel "In the Snow".

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As for the action writing in the TV series that has been criticized, close-ups and slow motion are mainly the physical fitness of the actors themselves. There is no martial arts foundation, but the basic quality of this generation of actors is still good.

As for the selection of actors, it is left to Shengshi Film and Television, and Fang Minghua does not interfere.

Finally, in late December, the script was completed, a total of 50 episodes, and sent to Song Tangtang by email.

I heard that the film studio decided to let Zhou Xiaowen be the director, and invited Cheng Xiaodong from Hong Kong to be the martial arts director.

After the broadcast of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" directed by Zhou Xiaowen, the ratings were quite good.

Today is December 26th, just after Christmas, the weather is not too good, it is drizzling outside, and the whole San Francisco seems particularly cold.

In this kind of weather, Fang Minghua usually does not go out. In the warm villa, he drinks tea, surfs the Internet, and reads books leisurely.

But today he had to go out because the investment company that he had been planning for nearly three months officially opened.