Countercurrent 1978 starts with the production team

The country is in the early stages of reform and opening up, everything is in a state of exhaustion, and the relevant departments have not allocated much money.

You can't do anything without money, but with limited funds, each department can only use its own talents to find its own solutions.

Institutions such as history museums also suffer from the same shortage of funds. In order to keep up with the situation, they have also set up service departments to receive foreign guests, mainly selling paintings by modern and contemporary painters.

In order to solve the funding problem, it was decided that the Service Department would sell a batch of modern calligraphy and painting works to alleviate the problem caused by insufficient funding.

This matter is easy to talk about or not, but it is not widely publicized to the outside world.

Due to the historical environment and economic environment at that time, the history museum could not make ends meet. The large venue required normal maintenance and was often constrained by funds, so it had no choice but to sell its collections.

The Dangtang History Museum is so poor that it wants to sell its collection. After all, it is not a shameful thing.

But without publicity, the sales of these paintings and calligraphy would not have been that good.

Just at this time, Zhao Shizong came. I heard from the staff of the Overseas Chinese Federation that this man was also a well-known figure in Hong Kong Island and had a rich net worth.

No, the museum staff saw that he was interested in calligraphy and painting and thought this was a rare opportunity, so they gave him the idea.

Chu Jianghe was overjoyed when he heard what the other party said. He hurriedly agreed without waiting for Zhao Shizong to speak: "Of course Mr. Zhao will not miss such a good opportunity. I also ask Comrade Xu to lead the way. Let's go and have a look."

Zhao Shizong came to the History Museum because of Chu Jianghe's suggestion, so he naturally would not refute his words.

"China has a vast land, rich resources, and outstanding people. I believe these works are also excellent. If there are suitable works, I really want to collect a few."

Xu Qinian was overjoyed: "That's great, Mr. Zhao, let's go to the service department first."

Zhao Shizong and Chu Jianghe agreed, and with Xu Qinian leading the way, they went to the service department again.

The people in the service department had been notified long ago, and upon seeing the arrival of Zhao Shizong and his party, they immediately warmly entertained them.

The staff member who came to report the news in advance saw that Xu Qinian had really invited Mr. Zhao over, and gave him a thumbs up, saying: "Xiao Xu, I really have you. After this matter is over, you will be the first to do it." .”

Xu Qinian didn't expect that this matter would go so smoothly, and said, "I didn't expect that I would agree as soon as I mentioned Mr. Zhao. Let's see what Mr. Zhao will do first."

Colleagues in the service department attached great importance to Zhao Shizong and his entourage, and brought out several large bundles of seventy or eighty paintings for him to choose from.

"Mr. Zhao, these are some of our carefully selected works. Please take a look."

"Hmm." Zhao Shizong hesitated, but also found it interesting. With their help, he opened the scrolls one by one and began to appreciate them.

The staff of the history museum all have certain appreciation skills, so the paintings selected are naturally the best.

Zhao Shizong was immersed in them as soon as he saw them. These paintings have different styles, but they are extremely exciting.

Although he was not familiar with anyone, from his businessman's point of view, just picking any of these paintings and sending them to an auction house on Hong Kong Island would cost tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars.

He finally understood why Chu Jianghe insisted on adding a history museum to his itinerary. It turned out that this brother Chu was selling this medicine.

It seemed that he was being used as a weapon by Brother Chu, but he didn't care at all.

Who told Brother Chu to be a noble member of their Zhao family, not to mention that they had made a fortune in oil futures not long ago.

Compared with the benefits that Brother Chu has brought to him, this is just a trivial matter.

"Brother Chu, what do you think?"

Chu Jianghe next to him has long been dazzled by these paintings. Among the seventy or eighty works, there are many artists he is familiar with, including Fan Zeng, Qi Baishi, Li Kuchan, Liu Bingsen...

Any one of these would be expensive to future generations, which made him drool.

Chu Jianghe held an official calligraphy work by Liu Bingsen and said, "Okay, okay, okay."

Hearing Chu Jianghe say several good words in succession, the museum staff smiled and said: "These works are all excellent works by some modern and contemporary painters."

Chu Jianghe looked at it for a while before reluctantly putting away the works in his hands and asked, "How much do these cost?"

The museum staff did not answer directly, but looked at Zhao Shizong's face. In his heart, Zhao Shizong was the one who could make the decision.

Zhao Shizong naturally knew what he was thinking. He waved his hand and said with a smile: "His words are my words. Just say it."

The staff of the museum did not expect that Mr. Chu's weight was so heavy. After saying sorry, he solemnly quoted the price: "Well... a painting scroll is 50 yuan a piece, and a calligraphy work is 30 yuan."

After saying that, he carefully looked at the faces of the two people. Seeing that Zhao Shizong was too powerful, he took it upon himself to increase the price several times, and in some cases even increased it by more than ten times.

People nowadays have very little demand for culture. They focus more on material life. After all, filling their stomachs is the most important thing, so these paintings by famous people are not valuable.

Li Keran's paintings only cost dozens of yuan each, Wu Zuoren's paintings cost about 30 to [-] yuan each, and Liu Bingsen's works only cost two yuan.

When he heard the price quoted by the staff member, Zhao Shizong was stunned: "How much is it?"

He looked at the many works in front of him and frowned. How could such an excellent work be so cheap?

When he encounters such a cheap and excellent work, he will inevitably be tempted.

The museum staff thought the price they quoted was too high, which frightened Mr. Zhao and said in a panic: "This...this...actually...the price...can still be discussed."

When Zhao Shizong heard what he said, his frown deepened. He originally thought it was cheaper, but he didn't expect that the price could be further negotiated.

At this price, he felt that if he didn't buy it, he would be wasting his money.

Zhao Shizong didn't speak there. Chu Jianghe knew something about the situation and said with a smile: "You misunderstood Mr. Zhao. He thinks the price is too cheap."

The museum staff looked at each other in confusion. I had always heard that some people thought the things they bought were too expensive. Today, it was an eye-opener. There were also people who thought the things they bought were too cheap.

Zhao Shizong couldn't figure out what Jiang He meant, but he followed Chu Jianghe's words and said, "Indeed, the price is too cheap for such an excellent work."

What he said is also true. A night of fun costs tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars. The value of these things is really nothing to him.

There's just one thing he doesn't understand. Brother Chu came to the History Museum today for these things. Why did he take the initiative to raise the price?

Looking at Zhao Shizong's puzzled eyes, Chu Jianghe asked him to calm down, pointed at these works and said: "These things are priced at 100 yuan each. Are there any others? We want them all."

When the museum staff heard what Chu Jianghe said, they couldn't believe their ears. There were almost more than 9000 paintings and calligraphy works in their warehouse. If they were all sold, the value would be too great. Is this person going to buy them all?

"You're not kidding, are you?"