I became the richest man in the world after losing my life in a vegetative state.

In the late 70s or even the early s, a household worth yuan was definitely a lot of money in China.

Now the total value of all those calligraphy and paintings is 4 RMB, which is a huge amount of money in China.

Yang Ming did not expect that he could buy 20 calligraphy and paintings for only 8000 Hong Kong dollars. In his opinion, it was really cheaper than the price of cabbage.

"Director Chen, let's see. Since it costs 20 Hong Kong dollars to buy those calligraphy and paintings, I'll calculate it as 50 Hong Kong dollars. Among them, 30 Hong Kong dollars will be donated to the National Museum of History."

Mr. Yang wants to donate HKD 30 to the National Museum?

This is another huge sum of money, which is 6 RMB in total.

Director Chen was really excited: "Mr. Yang, on behalf of the National Museum of History, I would like to thank you."

Yang Ming handed the money to the National History Museum when he arrived.

He didn't bring that much cash, but he did have a check. Once he got the check, he could withdraw the money directly at Huifeng Bank in Xiangjiang.

Or ask Xiangjiang to remit money directly.

In 1978, 50 Hong Kong dollars was a large amount of foreign exchange for the country. They asked for Hong Kong dollars directly instead of asking Yang Ming to exchange RMB first.

When Director Chen was about to leave and go back, Director Chen suddenly thought of something else.

He thought that Yang Ming bought so many calligraphy and paintings from the Foreign Guest Service Department at once, so he must be a collector, and Yang Ming was generous.

He has a better impression of Mr. Yang.

"Mr. Yang, I wonder if you need to buy more calligraphy and paintings?"

More calligraphy and painting?

"Director Chen, is there still a foreign guest service department?"

"Not now. But I know a place that does."

Director Chen is talking about Rongbaozhai.

Rongbaozhai is not simple.

The predecessor of Rongbaozhai, Songzhuzhai, was founded in 1672 and renamed Rongbaozhai in 1894. It has a history of more than 300 years.

In 1950, Rongbaozhai Xinji was established as a public-private partnership.

In 1952, Rongbaozhai became state-owned.

In the early 50s, Xu Linlu's Heping Painting Shop opened with the support of Qi Baishi. Guo Moruo, Xu Beihong, Fu Baoshi, Zhang Boju, Li Kuchan, Qi Gong, Huang Miaozi, Huang Yongyu, etc. were all regular customers.

Qi Baishi was not very rich at that time, and he was not rich until his death.

Many painters were not very wealthy during their lifetimes.

The poet Ai Qing once said that several of Qi Baishi's paintings in his collection were not gifts from Mr. Qi, but purchased with money.

At that time, Mr. Qi claimed to be 94 years old, and the price of the painting was 4 yuan per square foot. Ai Qing added a few yuan more to ask Mr. Qi to pay for it.

Even at this price, an ordinary worker at that time could buy two paintings by Qi Baishi with one month's salary.

When Huang Binhong was alive, collectors thought his paintings were dirty and dark, so they couldn't give them away.

Huang Binhong once held a painting exhibition in Shanghai, and only one person bought his paintings. Huang Binhong was so excited that he gave a bunch of them to him. This person was Fu Lei.

In 1951 and 1952, the price of Huang Binhong's paintings only rose to one yuan.

Rongbaozhai Compared with the Foreign Affairs Department of the National Museum, many painters often take their paintings to Rongbaozhai to sell them in order to improve their families' lives.

In the 1950s, 1960s, and even in the early 1970s, Rong Baozhai had accumulated a large number of these modern paintings.

Rongbaozhai itself is about buying and selling calligraphy and painting, and the Four Treasures of the Study.

However, some of the things in Rongbaozhai are expensive and some are cheap.

Curator Chen knows that Mr. Yang, a wealthy man from Xiangjiang, likes to collect, and he is also familiar with Hou Kai, general manager of Rongbaozhai.

"Mr. Yang, there are a lot of calligraphy and paintings in Rongbaozhai, but they haven't been sold, but some prices are relatively high."

Rongbaozhai?

Yang Ming really almost forgot this place.

Rongbaozhai itself is a shop that buys calligraphy and painting at low prices and sells calligraphy and painting at high prices.

Of course Yang Ming had heard of Rong Baozhai.

Many people have only heard of Panjiayuan, but they don’t know that Rongbaozhai is a place where calligraphy and paintings are bought and sold.

In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, domestic painters have been exchanging their calligraphy and paintings for money, such as Qi Baishi, Huang Binhong, Zhang Daqian, Xu Beihong, Chen Banding, Pan Tianshou, Fu Baoshi, Zhao Wangyun, Wu Zuoren, Li Keran, Li Kuchan, etc. and many others. Famous contemporary calligraphers and painters.

You can find them all there.

Moreover, Rongbaozhai will also use it for trading.

This place was originally a place dedicated to selling calligraphy and paintings.

But it used to belong to the Zhang family, and then it became a public-private partnership, and then it became a state-owned enterprise.

Yang Ming didn't know why, but he was really excited when he heard Director Chen talk about it.

However, he did not show it in front of Director Chen.

"Director Chen, I really like calligraphy and painting. Rongbaozhai has something to offer, the more the merrier."

"That's good, I'll contact Hou Kai, general manager of Rongbaozhai, for you."

Director Chen came in a hurry and left in a hurry.

Azhu, Zhong Chuhong, and Lin Xiuzhi looked on.

They couldn't understand why Mr. Yang bought so many calligraphy and paintings?

The most important thing is that most of the current domestic painters are not famous. The ones that many people can call famous are probably Qi Baishi and Zhang Daqian.

Even if a great painter like Bao Fu Shi becomes famous in Europe in the future, at this time, he is only famous in China and has never been heard of abroad.

In this case, the price of their calligraphy and paintings is not much higher.

It's a rare opportunity like this, why doesn't Yang Ming take it?

. . .

Have a night's rest.

Early the next day.

Yang Ming got up.

Azhu and Zhong Chuhong helped Yang Ming wash up and came out of the room.

Song Xinmin, general manager of Yanjing Hotel, personally accompanied Yang Ming for a walk in the hotel's private garden.

After a while.

Yang Ming saw Director Chen's figure.

Next to Director Chen, there was a man in his fifties.

This should be Hou Kai, general manager of Rongbaozhai.

When Hou Kai learned that all the calligraphy and paintings in the Foreign Affairs Department of the National Museum of History had been purchased at a high price by Mr. Yang, a wealthy man who returned from Xiangjiang, he was filled with envy.

Hou Kai learned that Mr. Yang was very interested in calligraphy and painting. If Rongbaozhai had calligraphy and painting for sale, he would continue to buy in large quantities.

At this time, Hou Kai and Director Chen came to see Yang Ming in person.

Hou Kai was good at printmaking and entered Rongbaozhai to take charge of the work.

Director Chen and Hou Kai came over.

"Mr. Yang, this is Mr. Hou Kai, general manager of Rongbaozhai."

"Mr. Yang, hello."

Hou Kai had already stretched out his hand to shake Yang Ming's hand.

"Hello, Mr. Hou."

When the two parties sat down in the luxurious suite of Yanjing Hotel, Hou Kai learned that Mr. Yang liked calligraphy and painting, and if Rongbaozhai had something for sale, he would be willing to buy it.

As for the price issue, as long as it meets the current market price of calligraphy and painting.

"Mr. Yang, we have to do the statistics first."

There are really too many calligraphy and paintings by Rong Baozhai. Some of them have become moldy and even bitten by cockroaches because they were not well preserved. Some of them are covered with spider webs.

After all, Rongbaozhai has a lot of history, and Yanjing is the former capital of the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Many people have collected works, and those things are mortgaged or sold at Rongbaozhai.

Except for those particularly valuable famous paintings, Rongbaozhai will not sell them. Most calligraphy and paintings, such as the works of modern domestic painters, for Rongbaozhai, they can be cleared away directly.

Many modern and contemporary domestic painters are still alive, and as long as they put pen to paper, they will produce new works.

At that time, they can also use Rongbaozhai to exchange money.

Rongbaozhai selling those calligraphy and paintings to Yang Ming can not only increase Rongbaozhai's income, but also increase foreign exchange for the country.

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