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He is also engaged in finance, so he has naturally heard of Liu Qingshan.

Especially in recent months, Liu Qingshan's thesis on the island country's bubble economy has been widely disseminated around the world and is gaining popularity.

Liu Qingshan said with a smile: "Mr. Kuroda, I am interested in investing in antiques and artworks recently."

Kuroda immediately understood: This is because he is rushing to get a bargain.

He also felt a little regretful in his heart, if it was someone else, he would definitely be fooling him into buying real estate.

But facing a well-known economist, he dared not think otherwise.

Nowadays, most of the banks are mortgaged real estate, which is almost crushing the banks.

If someone is willing to take over the real estate, that is the bank's happiest thing, and it can be done as an ancestor.

But the artworks are also good. In the bank's safe, there are also countless artworks mortgaged. If someone takes over, of course they are welcome.

Kuroda quickly asked someone to bring over several manuals, which were densely packed with lists of various works of art.

Uncle Lu and Lao Mao took a look at it, and felt dizzy. Lao Mao muttered: "This thing needs to see specific objects."

And Uncle Lu noticed the price on it, and the long string of numbers made him secretly startled.

One, two, three, tens of thousands of numbers silently in his heart, Uncle Lu also cried out: "More than 3000 million, is it Japanese yen?"

Liu Qingshan looked at the currency symbol on the back: "Uncle, it's US dollars."

Uncle Lu also took a deep breath: At first, he thought that 5000 million US dollars would be enough to buy a lot, but now it seems that at this price, he can buy ten or eight pieces.

In a low voice, Wu Tong translated to Liu Qingshan the names of the works of art on the roster. The ones with the highest prices are basically oil paintings, and most of them are works of Impressionism or Picasso.

Just like the one that Uncle Lu saw just now, it is the work of Van Gogh, a vase with 15 sunflowers.

The price tag is: $3970 million.

This was taken by Tao Goto in [-], which opened the era of island buyers frantically pushing up artworks.

The following years: Retail giant Sanye Department Store bought Picasso, Acrobats and Young Harlequins for $3850 million.

At Christie's auction in New York, Saito Liao Ying bought Van Gogh's masterpiece, Portrait of Dr. Gachet, for US$8250 million, setting the highest price for a painting at auction at that time.

Saito was a big deal, and later won Renoir's masterpiece, The Moulin Rouge Ball at a price of 7810 million US dollars.

The result of this is that those art speculators in Europe and the United States are almost dizzy, and they welcome such people who are foolish and rich.

Chapter 842 This is really a return to Zhao!

The islanders have been frantically sweeping up goods at international auctions in the past few years. On the surface, it is the result of economic expansion.

But the deep-seated reason is cultural.

The reason is simple: I am not confident in my own country's culture, so I want to buy oil paintings.

This kind of situation, in Huaxia decades later, also had a small trend, but it was stopped soon.

Firstly, it is a lesson learned from the island country, and secondly, as the only remaining ancient civilization, we have enough confidence in culture.

The islanders' sweeping goods at international auctions almost delighted those art speculators in Europe and the United States.

For them, this is a crazy feast.

In the art market, the water here is very deep, and there are so many routines.

Art speculators are the most popular type of people. They sell paintings that are not of high value after speculation, and after several or ten times the price increase, they make a lot of money.

Of course, masterpieces that can truly stand the test of time will not only not depreciate, but will also increase in value.

Just like the ball at the Moulin Rouge, the current value has reached 1.32 million US dollars.

The portrait of Dr. Gachet later sold for $1.395 million at auction.

It is mainly the paintings of third-rate or even low-rate painters, mainly impressionism and abstraction, which are hyped at high prices by these unscrupulous art dealers.

The final value, even less than one-tenth of the original value.

Most of the paintings mortgaged in the Bank of Tokyo are in this category.

After all, there are only a few who can spend tens of millions of dollars, so most collectors in island countries still choose mid-to-low-end works of art.

As for these things, Liu Qingshan looked down on them even more, and even these masterpieces handed down from generation to generation, in fact, the room for value-added is limited.

It seems that it can be doubled in a few decades, but in the past few decades, the economy has grown by an unknown number of times. If this money is invested in other industries, it will be ten times or dozens of times the profit.

Even if Liu Qingshan wants to buy these famous paintings, he will not use them for collection. The most likely thing is to go to foreign museums in exchange for some Chinese national treasures.

Therefore, Liu Qingshan no longer studied this roster, and put it aside: "Mr. Kuroda, we are more interested in Chinese cultural relics."

"Yes, we also have antiques here." Kuroda also quickly understood Liu Qingshan's intentions, and asked someone to bring a brochure.

Liu Qingshan smiled slightly, and didn't care, of course he knew that Kuroda's petty thoughts were nothing more than taking these oil paintings and continuing to fool around.

Because judging from the prices in the international art market, oil paintings are the most valuable, while the prices of Chinese antiques are simply incomparable.

As for why the price has risen sharply after decades, it is of course speculated by those international speculators.

The value of works of art has never been fixed. When China's economy develops, China's antiques will naturally rise.

Coupled with the help of those cultural relic dealers, the price will rise steadily.

In the current era, the prices of Chinese artworks are generally low.

This Mr. Kuroda obviously wanted to take some more dollars out of Liu Qingshan's pocket.

The brochure is still written in Japanese. Uncle Lu and Lao Maoer only know a few Chinese characters in it occasionally, so they are a little impatient:

"This thing is too laborious, can you see the real thing?"

Ordinary people would of course be rejected if they made such a request, but when it comes to a big buyer like Liu Qingshan, the bank will of course give the green light all the way.

Of course outsiders cannot enter the vault, but the bank mobilized more than a dozen people to free up hundreds of antiques and display them in the VIP room.

There are strict procedures for these items to be put in and out of the warehouse, so there was a delay, and the old hat master was a little anxious.

On the contrary, Uncle Lu's old spirit was there, and he would comfort him from time to time: "It's not too late for a good meal, please be patient."

Old Mao'er wiped his bald head: "After what you said, I feel really hungry."

It was almost noon, and when Kuroda heard this, he hurriedly went out to eat.

Liu Qingshan smiled and waved his hands: "Order some food, just eat here, so as not to waste time."

Heitian rolled his eyes, and hurriedly went out to make arrangements. After a while, the takeaway was delivered, and it turned out to be Chinese food, which was very rich, and there was even a box of Moutai.

"It's a real strength to entertain all the distinguished guests in this way. I'll drink a glass first to apologize." Kuroda poured wine for everyone, and he did it first as a respect.

As a department manager of this bank, he usually socializes a lot, which has also contributed to Kuroda's excessive drinking capacity.

He also thought carefully, it would be better to drink Liu Qingshan's group into a dizzy state, and then it would be convenient for him to do tricks.

"Moutai, you need to drink some."

Li Tieniu smelled the aroma of wine, picked up a bottle first, opened the bottle cap, gulped like pouring cold water, and drank it upside down.

"Cool!" Li Tieniu wiped his mouth, and then moved his chopsticks to pick up the vegetables.

After eating two mouthfuls of food, he opened another bottle, and still finished it in one mouthful, without changing his face.

Mr. Kuroda, who was drinking with him, almost vomited: This is simply a wine barrel.

So he quickly put away his careful thoughts, and never dared to persuade him to drink again.

Liu Qingshan and the others didn't drink at all, they hurriedly ate hard, and just as they put down their chopsticks, those antiques were transported to the VIP room under strict supervision.

"Start work!" Uncle Lu took out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth, then took out a magnifying glass and began to inspect the goods.

The old hat was not idle, and also began to follow the appraisal.

He picked up a copper stove by hand, flicked it lightly with his finger, and it gave out a crisp and pleasant echo.

"This is the famous Xuande Furnace in your country." Kuroda interjected.

"Fake, counterfeit." After hearing Wu Tong's translation, Lao Mao'er responded, "This is an imitation of the Qing Dynasty."

Kuroda was really embarrassed. He knew the details of these antiques, and of course he already knew that they were imitations.

There are a lot of items, and even Lu Fang and Lu Liang joined the ranks of appraisal. They have studied with Uncle Lu for several years, and they are basically half-finished.

Liu Qingshan was the worst, he could only check the labels on these items with Wu Tong there.

Some are the records of the auction house's bidding, some are the appraisal results issued by experts, etc., and there are prices on them.

For example, the imitation Xuande stove is priced at [-] US dollars.

How to say this price, even though it was imitated in the Qing Dynasty, if it is kept for decades, it can also increase in value.

But in Liu Qingshan's eyes, it doesn't make much sense: why buy imitations if there are good ones?

"I'm not sure about this one, but this gilt bronze Buddha statue is pretty good..."

Master Lu was the quickest to identify, anyway, those things he said he was not sure about, were identified as fakes by Liu Qingshan.

Wu Tong was mainly responsible for translating the introductions on the labels for Master Lu, and also helping to deliver the items.

Listening to her reading the name on the label, Uncle Lu shook his head from time to time: "This is the name given by some second-to-fifth-eyed appraiser. It's all wrong, okay? I'm ashamed to go to the auction."

This is something that can't be helped. Huaxia's antiques have gone through a long period of time and there are many types. It is common for foreign appraisers to make mistakes.

"This seal is very interesting. There are words on all sides." Wu Tong also held a two-inch long white jade and handed it to Uncle Lu.

Uncle Lu's palm trembled, and he almost dropped the jade on the ground. He quickly covered it with both hands: "What's the price on this?"

Wu Tong read to him the words on the appraisal certificate: "An ancient seal, the auction price is 1.8 US dollars."

Liu Qingshan also came up, he also saw Uncle Lu's reaction just now, and knew that this must be a good thing.

Looking at it, Liu Qingshan was also overjoyed: What kind of seal is this? Isn't this Yumao? I just don't know if it's from the Han Dynasty!

Yumao is also called Shuangmao, one is Gangmao and the other is Yanmao.

It is a rectangular columnar object with a round hole in the middle, made of jade, dentin and gold, depending on the identity of the wearer.

Only emperors and princes like this kind of jade are eligible to wear them, and they are used to ward off evil spirits.

The reason why Liu Qingshan, a half-timer in the antique shop, knew about Shuang Mao was because Uncle Lu and the others had received a jade Mao when they received the goods, which was a Gang Mao.

It is a pity that the other Yanmao is missing and cannot be paired.

You must know that the number of jade hairs handed down from generation to generation is extremely rare. The second son of the Yuan family, a famous collector in the Republic of China, got a pair of son jade hairs by chance and spent thousands of dollars.

Unexpectedly, I saw one here. I wonder if it can be paired with the one at home?

Uncle Lu carefully identified the writing on Yumao's side, and when he saw the eight characters "Severe Sun Mao, Emperor Order Kuihua", he raised his eyes and glanced at Liu Qingshan, then nodded slightly.

Each side of Yu Mao is engraved with characters, basically eight characters, this one is obviously Yan Mao.

Look at the characters on it again, they are seal characters, vigorous and ancient.

Uncle Lu himself is the best at jade, as soon as he got it, he knew it was Hanyu.

And judging from the font, it fits very well with the Gang Mao at home, so it must have been a couple in the first place.

Uncle Lu couldn't help sighing in his heart: This is really a perfect return to Zhao!

You must know that because the jade-made double mao is of the highest rank, it is rarely circulated. So far, only four pairs have been unearthed in China, which shows its preciousness.

But such a precious thing is still regarded as a seal by foreigners who don't know how to do it. Your seal is engraved on all four sides?

It happened so well that the foreigner who didn't know the goods marked an extremely low price. This leak was definitely picked up.

However, on Master Lu's mouth, there was still a lot of praise and criticism: "The material is not bad, but it's a pity that the engraving on it is too bad, spoiling a good thing."

"It's only [-], and it's too much to give a small change." Liu Qingshan naturally followed closely: "Mr. Kuroda, in the past two years, your countrymen were really popular with auction houses."

Kuroda moved his mouth, wanted to argue a few words, but couldn't say anything, he really didn't understand these things, he was worse than Liu Qingshan.

Although Liu Qingshan's words were somewhat ironic, they were indeed true.

There was no other way, Kuroda could only bow: "Mr. Liu, I am making you laugh."

Liu Qingshan smiled and waved his hands: "It's nothing. Mr. Kuroda doesn't need to blame himself. It's actually normal. Anyone who becomes an upstart will inevitably feel a little flustered."

Kuroda could only make amends, why wasn't he like this before the bubble economy burst?

With the efforts of several people, pieces of antiques were picked out.

Those Uncle Lu said that they are not sure, don't want them. The number of this part is really quite a lot, accounting for more than half.