Chapter 629

Qin Haodong said, "if I use Picasso's paintings to exchange the bronze heads of the zodiac with Sir Owen, how many pieces does it take for him to accept?"

Mr. Qin, it seems that you still don't know how influential Picasso's works are in the world. Any one of these paintings in your hand will attract collectors all over the world.

Although Chinese antiques and works of art have appreciated rapidly in recent years, there is no comparability between them in the eyes of many collectors.

Sir Owen, in particular, has a large number of Chinese art and antiques in his warehouse. What is missing is Picasso, an art with strong international influence.

If you take these pictures in your hand and exchange them with him, maybe one or two of them will be exchanged with you. If you take out all four of them and put them together into a picture album, he will bring them to you in both hands, and maybe give you some other antiques. "

"Really? You won't lie to me?"

Qin Haodong can't believe his ears. In his mind, the bronze head of the zodiac is priceless. That's why he painted 40 Picasso paintings at one go. I'm afraid he can't change it without it.

The field smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Mr. Qin, how can I joke with you about this kind of thing."

Zhang Chaohui said, "Mr. Qin, don't be surprised. Maybe you're not familiar with the international market of art.

Although China has a long history and civilization, due to well-known reasons, more than 60% of the precious cultural relics have been lost overseas. This is an extremely large number, which is beyond people's imagination.

But foreign works of art are different. It may take 10 or even hundreds of years for them to have an artistic genius, such as Mozart, Leonardo da Vinci, Picasso and Van Gogh.

It is precisely because the quantity is scarce that things are scarce, which makes these works of art valuable. For example, Beethoven's handwritten staff once sold at an auction.

Because of the gap in quantity, it is very easy to find Chinese works of art in the international auction market, which can be seen anytime, anywhere.

But if you want to meet Picasso, Van Gogh's works are very difficult. Once the news of Picasso's paintings comes out at any auction, it will immediately attract countless collectors from all over the world.

With Sir Owen's financial resources and influence, he doesn't have a Picasso painting in his hand, which shows its rarity. "

Qin Haodong said, "I've long heard that monks from far away can chant scriptures. I didn't expect that works of art would be like this."

In fact, it's not that Chinese antiques can't compare with foreign works of art. It's entirely a matter of quantity. After all, Chinese culture is too long and there are many outstanding talents, so there are naturally more antiques.

Another reason is the problem of human cognition. The influence of great artists such as Picasso and Van Gogh is global, and almost everyone knows their names.

In the early years of China, the policy of seclusion was implemented. Calligraphy and painting works are more in line with the aesthetics of our Chinese people, and it is difficult for westerners to appreciate and accept them. Therefore, there are many outstanding Chinese painters, but their influence in the world is less than that of Van Gogh and Leonardo da Vinci.

For those collectors, the market value of goods is not the most important. They pay more attention to the fame of works. In the eyes of some big collectors, 100 Chinese antiques may not be as good as one Picasso. "

Zhang Chaohui said: "in previous years, the price of Chinese antiques in the international market was not high, that is, it was only in recent years that they were fired by some international speculators and auction houses.

However, in the eyes of European and American collectors, the antique value of China can not be compared with Picasso's works. Among the ten most expensive paintings in the world, Picasso's works account for four, but there are no ancient Chinese paintings. "

Zhang Tieniu listened for a long time and was shocked one after another. He couldn't help saying, "just such a naked woman with drooping skin. I don't know what's good?"

The black line at one end of the field said, "brother, this is called art."

Qin Haodong said, "please help me. Thank you."

Then he waved his hand to Zhang Tieniu, who immediately gave two red envelopes prepared too early to the two people.

Tianye and Zhang Chaohui said, "Mr. Qin, we should help you. Don't use this!"

Qin Haodong said, "take it. It's a little fun because it's taken you so long."

Tianye and Zhang Chaohui were no longer polite and accepted the red envelope directly. In fact, when they went out for identification in the past, they often met rich gold owners to give red envelopes.

The two men got out of the door and got into the car. Zhang Chaohui touched the red envelope and pinched it. It was thin. There didn't seem to be much money in it. He said, "Mr. Qin seems to be too stingy."

The field said, "don't talk nonsense. Mr. Qin is a VIP of the old man. It's good to give a red envelope."

Zhang Chaohui glanced: "what are you afraid of? He can't hear it here. Rich people are so stingy..."

With that, he tore open the red envelope and found that it was not cash, but a check with a face value of 1 million.

"My God, it's too generous!"

Zhang Chaohui screamed loudly. If he wasn't in the car at this time, he would jump up happily.

The field also caught a glimpse of a check in his hand. Seeing his gaffe, he asked curiously, "how much is it?"

Zhang Chaohui shouted excitedly, "one million, it's one million Chinese dollars. I'll go out to soak my sister and have money in the future."

After the field accident, they were also very happy. In the past, they often received red envelopes from guests, mostly thousands of yuan. Qin Haodong was a big gold owner of 1 million, which was the first time they met.

What he doesn't know is that in fact, Zhang Chaohui borrowed his light. Qin Haodong is most grateful to him. This money is an information fee for him.

If it were not for the field, Qin Haodong would not know that Sir Owen still has a bronze head of the zodiac in his hand, let alone Sir Owen's preferences.

After seeing off Tian ye and Zhang Chaohui, Qin Haodong immediately began to prepare. He wanted to find Sir Owen and replace the bronze head of the twelve zodiac animals. He couldn't wait for a moment.

However, after just two people said, he didn't want to take out all his family wealth. If he took out all 40 Picasso paintings, it might be counterproductive.

After thinking about it, he decided to take 10 to Sir Owen first.

As Nalan unparalleled didn't like those nude sketches very much, he packed them together into a sail bag, borrowed Chengbo from Li Dongguo, and got on the bus and rushed to Sir Owen's house.

Cheng Bo was very familiar with the road conditions on Hong Kong Island. They soon came to Sir Owen's house, a very luxurious manor.

Different from the Li family's manor, it is basically European style buildings. The buildings of the whole manor are simple and grand. If you didn't know that you were on Hong Kong Island, you really thought you were in an ancient castle in Europe.

At the gate of the manor stood four tall white bodyguards. Cheng Bo first explained his identity to them, then clarified his intention and wanted to see sir Owen.

The head bodyguard said, "I'm sorry, sir. You can't see sir Owen without an appointment, even if you're the housekeeper of the Lee family."

"This..."

Chengbo looked at Qin Haodong in embarrassment. He thought Qin Haodong had made an appointment with Sir Owen. Unexpectedly, he came to the door rashly. People like Sir Owen are basically hard to see if they don't make an appointment in advance.

Qin Haodong went to the door, gave the picture scroll wrapped in his hand and said to the bodyguard leader, "please inform me now. I want to exchange some antiques with Sir Owen."

The head of the bodyguard said, "I'm sorry, sir. Sir Owen won't see you without an appointment."

"Give this scroll to Sir Owen and he will come out to meet us."

He didn't want to waste too much time at the door, so he used Dementor directly.

"Yes, Mr. Qin, please wait a moment."

In the different eyes of several other bodyguards, the bodyguard leader hurried into the manor with a painting scroll.

Sir Owen was talking to the housekeeper Fred in a luxurious living room in the manor. He said angrily, "haven't we found Picasso's painting for so long?"

Fred said respectfully, "Sir Owen, there's nothing I can do. I've said hello to more than a dozen well-known auction houses all over the world. They promised to contact us as soon as there was news of Picasso's paintings, but there's no news yet.

It's not surprising. Now who has Picasso's paintings in his hand will sell them? If I had, I wouldn't have? "

Sir Owen said, "but my friend Cantona will be visiting me in a few days. You know, Cantona is a big collector. It will make me lose face to see that I don't even have a Picasso painting."

Fred spread his hand and said helplessly, "Dear Sir, I understand your mood very much, but I can't help it."

Just then, the head of the bodyguard hurried in with the picture scroll, saluted Sir Owen, and said, "Sir, Cheng Bo, the housekeeper of the Li family, came to visit sir with a young man. Now he is at the gate of the manor."

Sir Owen said discontentedly, "Cisse, have you forgotten that I can't see anyone without an appointment."

The head of the bodyguard said, "Sir, the gentleman surnamed Qin said that as long as you see this scroll, you will go out to meet him."

Sir Owen said angrily, "no, no, I'm in a bad mood now. I don't want to see a mess unless it's a Picasso painting."