A teacher who never forgets the past and the future

Author: Erzi Congzhou

A teacher who never forgets the past and the future

"Follow me, elbow." Lin Wanqiu was very busy and had no time to be polite: "Let's go see that Xuande blue and white piece."

"A few more experts from Hong Kong are also here." Li Lehai said, "There are also Mr. Anzhai, Goro Sakamoto, and Mr. Ellsworth's acting chief agent for Asian affairs, Mr. Zhong Jin."

Several people walked into a side room, which was a small exhibition hall. There were several cultural relics placed in the exhibition hall, one of which was the "Da Niku Sutra" that Zhou Zhi had already mastered.

But now everyone in the room was bending down to study a large blue and white jar. When they saw Lin Wanqiu bringing someone in, they straightened up.

Lin Wanqiu introduced everyone, in fact, she mainly introduced to Zhou Zhi: "This is Mr. Yang Yongde, our famous collector in Hong Kong Island, and these are Mr. Xu Zhantang and Mr. Zhang Zongxian."

"This is Mr. Li Jianchen, a famous antique dealer in New Island."

"This is Mr. Eiichi Anzhai, a famous collector from the island country. This is Mr. Goro Sakamoto. This is Mr. Hou Zhongjin, the general agent in Asia of Mr. Ellsworth, a famous collector from the United States."

The group of people looked at Zhou Zhi with expressions even more surprised than when Zhou Zhi saw them.

Given the status of these people, in their eyes, describing a young man like Zhou Zhi as "unknown" would be an exaggeration.

While looking around with surprised eyes, Lin Wanqiu introduced Zhou Zhi with a smile: "This is the appraisal consultant of our Haitong Auction Company in the Mainland. Mr. Zhou Zhi, despite his young age, has already achieved a lot."

Zhou Zhi quickly nodded and shook hands with everyone. Among them, the one who surprised him the most was Hou Zhongjin. At first he thought he was Chinese when he heard his name, but he turned out to be a blond foreigner like An Siyuan.

"Oh? What achievements do you have, kid?"

Except for the agent Hou Zhongjin, the others here are all top collectors in the Chinese cultural relics industry, especially those from Hong Kong Island and New Island. They are all successful businessmen and knowledgeable appraisers.

Even people like Li Qiyan have to be in awe of the collection.

The person speaking was Li Jianchen. He was a little different from the others. Although he had more than a dozen companies under his name, he also ran an antique shop and was engaged in antique trading. He and Lin Wanqiu could be considered close colleagues.

Lin Wanqiu smiled and said: "He has made a big move recently..."

"I remembered," Zhang Zongxian is a big collector of porcelain, and he is very concerned about the circulation of important porcelain on Hong Kong Island: "The two revolving vases in my niece's hands were purchased by a mainland collector some time ago.

I think your name is Zhou Zhi, right?"

After receiving Lin Wanqiu's nod of confirmation, Zhang Zongxian sighed with emotion: "I didn't expect that he is so young!"

"You are not yet twenty, are you?" Xu Zhantang on the side was amused and smiled at everyone: "This industry needs new blood. We have niece Wanqiu and nephew Lehai in Hong Kong, and now we have a younger one.

!”

"Not bad, not bad. At our age, we still don't have such strength."

"We were all picking up the slack at that time." Yang Yongde glanced at Eiichi Anzhai and Goro Sakamoto and said with a smile: "Unlike now, if you don't work hard, you won't be able to do it."

Both Eiichi Anzhai and Goro Sakamoto are collectors of Chinese cultural relics, and they have no problem speaking Chinese. Goro Sakamoto even understands Cantonese. He had been acting as a translator for Eiichi Anzaka before. Now he smiled and said: "After China received an interest-free loan from the World Bank, its development

It was indeed very fast. I have read the news about the two revolving bottles. Qianlong's aesthetic... well, it is indeed exquisite and complicated, and it can be considered a grand gesture."

Although he said this, the underlying meaning was a bit disdainful.

Indeed, although the two revolving vases represent the ultimate porcelain craftsmanship of the Qianlong Dynasty, the islanders inherited the elegant and quiet porcelain aesthetics of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the tastes of the islanders and Qianlong's aesthetics are really incomparable.

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Moreover, judging from the current value of these two Qianlong artifacts collected by Zhou Zhi, An Zhaiying could easily crush them with any of his own collections.

Unexpectedly, Lin Wanqiu smiled slightly: "Mr. Sakamoto is laughing at me. I dare not boast that the two pieces of porcelain purchased from us are a big deal."

"The big deal I'm talking about is that he just spent one million US dollars to purchase all the Ming and Qing furniture in his collection from Mr. Wang Shixiang."

"What?!" Everyone was shocked, the most exaggerated among them was the foreigner Hou Zhongjin: "One million US dollars, how is it possible?! There was a similar rosewood chair at the London auction last year, and the transaction price was more than

One million dollars!”

"This is Mr. Wang's favor. He appointed me as the heir to this batch of Ming and Qing furniture. I really deserve it." Zhou Zhi quickly waved his hand: "But it can't be done at the London auction as Mr. Hou said.

To measure the price of Mr. Wang’s rosewood chair, after all, our country is still a developing country and needs loans everywhere. It is impossible for this batch of cultural relics to flow out of the country. The current price of similar domestic collections is already different from the international price.

It’s not the same level.”

"If, I mean if, this masterpiece from Mr. Wang's collection can appear at the London auction, the starting price should be one million US dollars."

"After all, it was published in the old man's "Appreciation of Ming and Qing Furniture" and was used as a key article to introduce the Ming and Qing furniture styles to the world. In this sense, it is said that the craze for collecting Ming and Qing furniture around the world started.

It’s not too much.”

"But this assumption doesn't make much sense, because it will never appear at an international auction."

"It seems that Mr. Zhou is very concerned about sending cultural relics abroad." Sakamoto Goro said: "In fact, compared to China, foreign investment in scientific research, advanced equipment and venues, and talent training are much better than in mainland China, right?

As symbols of human civilization, these things should belong to all mankind. Only by providing them with the best protection can we meet the purpose of protecting the heritage of human civilization, right?"

"Just to give a simple example, the most well-preserved Sui and Tang swords and pipas in the world are not in China, but in the island country Shosoin. Similarly, there are porcelain obsidian Tianmu bowls and locust trip Longquan celadon bowls.

.right?"

"First of all, I would like to thank my colleagues from the island countries for their love for Chinese civilization and the importance they attach to Chinese cultural relics." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "We must also admit that this land has suffered serious disasters. In the previous catastrophes, precious cultural heritage has not survived.

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"But it is precisely because of this that we need to catch up and catch up with the international level in the aspects you mentioned." Zhou Zhi seemed not to have heard the irony in Sakamoto Goro's words: "We must also cherish the things that have happened after all the catastrophes.

These treasures that have still been preserved, let alone allow national treasures to wander around in our hands in today's era. This can be regarded as a lesson in learning from the past and remembering the future."
Chapter completed!