Picking up Leaks in live broadcast: There are Treasures Everywhere in my Eyes - Chapter 472
Chapter 472
As soon as Xiao Ran’s words fell, the director of the Harvard University Museum immediately said:
“Sean, our museum wants to acquire these two top works of art
” “On the basis of the valuation you give, we can use cash to buy, or we can exchange with you”
Hearing this, the director of the Boston Museum of Art was immediately anxious.
“Xiao Ran, you said last night that if we can accept your quid pro quo, you will give priority to trading with us
” “The identification of these two top works of art has been completed, there is no doubt about the result, and now I am eager to hear your trading terms”
Following closely behind, Thomas, who came on behalf of the Metropolitan Museum, and the director of MOMA and others also expressed their acquisition requests one after another.
Xiao Ran looked at these guys, then smiled and nodded and said:
“Martha, Matthew, and ladies and gentlemen, don’t be impatient, listen to me
” “I said before that I will not sell these
two top works of art, nor will I collect them myself” “But I am going to exchange them for China’s top antique artworks in preparation for the establishment of my private museum
” “These two top works of art were found in BostonIn view of this, I will consider keeping them
in Boston” “My preferred trading partner is a museum or institution in Boston, as long as they can come up with chips that satisfy me
” “Alas!”
There was a sigh at the scene, and Thomas and the others were full of regret.
They come from New York or New Haven, as well as Washington and Chicago, and are representatives of major museums.
Xiao Ran’s words directly excluded them from the trading partner, and they were all very disappointed.
Representatives and people from several local museums in Boston are all happy.
They saw the hope of winning these two top works of art and were excited.
After a pause, Xiao Ran continued:
“After comprehensive consideration, I prefer to trade with the Museum of Art in Boston and the Harvard University Museum
” “The reason is very simple, these two top museums have the largest collection of Chinese antique art and the most sophisticated
” “If you can’t agree with them, you will consider other museums in Boston, and then museums and institutions in other regions
” “Hey!”
There was another sigh at the scene.
This time it was the representatives of several other local museums in Boston who sighed in disappointment.
They also know that the strength of their own museums is indeed not comparable to the art museum and Harvard University museum.
In particular, the collection of China’s top antique artworks is even worse than 108,000 li.
Looking at Matthew and Martha again, their eyes lit up with excitement.
Before the sigh fell, Martha couldn’t wait to say
: “Sean, talk about your trading conditions, we can sit down and talk
” Xiao Ran looked at this, then nodded and said:
“Martha, I will send you a list, it is the Chinese antique artwork and ancient rare books I want, you can consider it”
Said, he took out his mobile phone and stored it in the mobile phone. A list for the Harvard University Museum was sent.
Martha immediately took out her phone and couldn’t wait to start checking.
Xiao Ran continued to operate on his mobile phone and casually sent another list to Matthew.
After sending it, he smiled and looked at the old friend.
“Matthew, I also sent you a list of transactions, you can look at it and then make a decision
” “Okay, Sean, I’ll take a look”
Matthew nodded in response, then took out his phone and began to check.
The others who were also at the scene looked at Matthew and Martha curiously, watching their reactions.
In just a few moments, Martha was the first to exclaim.
“Ah! You want all the Dunhuang scriptures and the Siku Quanshu in our museum’s collection, as well as a few Western Zhou bronzes, this appetite is too great!
“These are all extremely precious historical research materials and antique artifacts, and the value is amazing!” You greedy fellow, you actually want to serve a pot! This is impossible!
Martha covered her mouth and exclaimed, her head shaking like a rattle.
Xiao Ran looked at the museum director, then nodded with a smile and said:
“Yes, Martha, these rare books and antique cultural relics do have high historical and cultural research
value” “But I believe that for tens and hundreds of years, many experts and scholars of Harvard University have studied these things very thoroughly” “For Harvard University
, their value is actually not much higher, and these things are likely to be put in the warehouse to eat ashes”
“Especially those ancient rare books, Harvard University must have produced electronic versions, even if they are exchanged with me, it will not affect the development of relevant academic research”
Hearing this, Martha suddenly fell silent, and her expression was a little embarrassed.
She knew very well in her heart that Xiao Ran was right.
The rare Chinese books collected at Harvard University spend most of their time in warehouses to eat ashes, and rot little by little in the dark.
Harvard scholars who want to carry out relevant research do not need to go to the warehouse to rummage through old piles of paper.
Those rare books have long been electronically available, and it would not be easier and faster to directly consult the electronic version of the documents.
However, if Harvard University wants to maintain its authority and discourse power in some fields of Sinology, it cannot hand over the relevant rare books to Chinese, especially Chinese scholars.
In the past, it was almost impossible for Chinese scholars to see and study those ancient rare books.
The few rare ancient books that can be seen have to apply to Harvard University, wait for a long time, and spend a lot of money.
Even at great expense, Chinese scholars have little time to study, and they are not allowed to take pictures, only take notes.
The reason why Harvard University did this is to maintain the authority of related research fields and grasp the right to academic discourse.
It even has the right to interpret a certain period of ancient China, certain cultures and history.
Martha naturally understood this, so she exclaimed.
She also understood the meaning of Xiao Ran’s words and figured out his purpose.
Xiao Ran wants to take back these precious ancient rare books, and those few Western Zhou bronzes are secondary, dispensable!
His fundamental purpose is to take back the right to interpret the ancient history and culture of his country, as well as the right to speak.
Not only Martha, but everyone else in the room also understood these things.
From the perspective of these Yankees, they certainly don’t want the deal to go through, they don’t want Chinese get those rare books.
That way, they would have a chance to get their hands on these two top works of art.
The scene immediately fell silent, and everyone fell silent.
The silence lasted only a moment before it was interrupted by Matthew’s exclamation.
“Wow! Sean, you’re definitely the most greedy guy I’ve ever met, it’s just crazy!
“I want to ask, what do you think about exchanging these two works of art for 50 paintings and antique artifacts in our museum?”
“These paintings and antique artifacts you listed, each of them is a fine piece of the best, and each one is worth amazingly
” “From this list of transactions you offered, I don’t see any sincerity, only the word greed!”
With Matthew’s words, the others at the scene were also startled and stunned.
Two for fifty!
It’s all top antique art, which is an exaggeration!
Xiao Ran was not embarrassed in the slightest, and his face was always full of a bright smile.
He looked at Matthew, scanned the crowd again, and then said with a smile: “Matthew
, you don’t have to be entangled in the numbers on the list, but you should pay attention to the value of these antique works of art
” “Titian’s “Venus in the Bath”, and Rodin’s sculpture of the dead, their market value is as high as five or six billion US dollars” ”
For this valuation, you have just expressed your approval, and the rest of the people on the scene agree with this valuation, right?”
“Ugh!”
Matthew exclaimed, directly stunned.
The rest nodded without any objection.
“That’s right, Sean, we all agree with the valuation of these two top works of art,”
Thomas said with a nod.
Xiao Ran nodded at him, and then continued:
“Let’s look at these Chinese antique artworks on my list, although they are very precious, but the market value of more than ten million
US dollars is not much” “Although the number of these antique works of art is large, as many as 50 pieces, but their total value does not reach five or six billion US dollars
” “From this point of view, if this art deal is concluded, I’m the one who suffers, but I’m willing to bear these losses
” “Another thing is that the Boston Museum of Art has thousands of ancient Chinese paintings in its collection, and it doesn’t matter if you trade 50 of them!”
Hearing this, everyone at the scene couldn’t help but nod.
Matthew was dumb, and he couldn’t think of how to refute it for a moment.
After a moment of silence, he reacted, and then shook his head.
“Sean, I admit, if you compare from the market value, this list of transactions seems very reasonable, and it can even be said that our museum took advantage of some
” “But from the point of view of the importance of these Chinese antique artworks, it is not the case, these antique artworks are the best
of the best” “For example, Yan Liben’s “Imperial Chart of the Past Dynasties”, Zhang Xuan’s “Pounding Map”, etc., their preciousness cannot be measured by market value at all”
“In order to maintain the level and taste of our museum’s collection of Chinese antique artworks, from this point of view, I can’t accept this list of deals,”
Xiao Ran looked at the other party, and then shrugged his shoulders helplessly.
“It’s okay, Matthew, this is your power, then I have to trade with other museums!”
When the words fell, Matthew was stunned again, and he also hated the root of his teeth!
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