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    Chapter 307 Overseas Pursuit Gorgeous and elegant Paris, France.  It is the capital of fashion and art.  It would not be too much to add that Zhu.COm is a representative of European architectural art, a model of ancient city protection, and a model of cultural environment.  Paris is a city full of temptations. Tradition and fashion, ancient and modern can all find a stage to show themselves here.  As the art center of the world.  The art market in Paris is extremely prosperous.  There are world-famous auction houses such as Juste and Sotheby's, as well as galleries and antique shops scattered throughout the streets.  There is also a sizeable antique flea market.  Wandering in these antique markets are some overseas investigators composed of Chinese cultural relic appraisal experts and members of the 9th Reconnaissance Team of the Flying Leopard Commando. They are investigating the situation of Chinese cultural relics scattered abroad and looking for traces of Chinese cultural relics lost.  Clues to important cultural relics overseas.  ¡¾¡¿ Europeans have been collecting Chinese antiques for hundreds of years, especially Chinese porcelain.  According to research, a small amount of Chinese porcelain has been introduced to Europe since the ninth century. The upper class of Europe cherishes porcelain very much. The number of high-end Chinese porcelain they own has become a symbol of status and wealth.  Entrusted by the courts of various countries, merchants went to China to order porcelain.  From 1602 to 1682, Chinese porcelain, mainly Jingdezhen porcelain, was imported through the Dutch East India Company. After the Second Opium War, a huge amount of Chinese cultural relics flowed into Europe.  Many museums, palaces, and mansions of great nobles in Europe have a large number of exquisite Chinese antiques.  "" The Louvre Museum, located on the north bank of the Seine River in the center of Paris, France, is one of the oldest, largest and most famous museums in the world. It is a treasure house of human art. Around the Louvre Museum, a museum scattered in the streets and alleys is formed.  Art trading area.  The largest one is Luofu Antique City.  The antique market in Paris can be divided into several categories: high-end antique shops, regularly held antique salons and auctions, and antique streets in flea markets.  High-end antique shops are mostly concentrated on Avenue Saint-Honor¨¦ and nearby Street Montaigne in Paris.  This is the residential area for nobles.  The antiques in these stores are high-end, and the prices are staggeringly expensive. Most of the Chinese antiques sold are high-quality.  These antiques include Shang and Zhou bronzes, Tang and Song paintings, Ming and Qing official kiln porcelain, these priceless Chinese cultural relics.  On the third floor of the high-end antiques with exquisite interior decoration in the solemn and magnificent Luofu Antique City, two well-dressed Chinese people seemed to be wandering around in one antique mall indifferently, stopping from time to time to express their feelings.  If you are interested in an object, play with it and look at it carefully and have a few words with the salesperson.  Researcher Xu Dehou, a cultural relic expert from the China Cultural Relics Protection Commission, has a miniature camera in his handbag that moves with his gaze.  Yang Guang was "wandering" looking around nonchalantly. In an "Oriental Treasures" antique store, an open jar from the Longquan kiln in Zhejiang, China attracted Boss Xu's attention. The glaze color of this open jar  The whole body is uniform and green, with blue and white as the main color, all with deep tones, close to the fetal bones, solid and thin, as meticulous as jade, and neatly trimmed. The utensils are decorated with landscapes and figures, and the faces of the figures are outlined with blue pens.  For the sake of durability, the characters' clothes are more vivid, the trees have old trunks and their branches have been shaved off, and the flowers have graceful branches.  The pine has eggplant-colored stems and ink-colored needles, which are rendered with hard green, giving people a lush green feeling.  The pattern decoration has a strong sense of the times, and its painting style, brushwork, layout, and color application techniques all have a specific imperial rhythm of the Kangxi period.  Although the shape of the vessel is not large, the structural lines are smooth and smooth. The largest diameter is set at the shoulder. The shape has a sense of horizontal expansion. Looking at the bottom of the vessel, it is found that the bottom of the vessel is a two-story platform with the words "Kangxi Year of the Qing Dynasty" written in the middle.  The characters are in three lines of regular script.  Researcher Xu Dehou immediately concluded that this open jar must have come from the Chinese Imperial Palace.  Although China¡¯s Longquan porcelain was exported to France in the 16th century, most of them were products from private kilns. Even products from official kilns exported to Europe would never have such meticulous workmanship.  "Hello, sir, how much does this piece of porcelain cost?" Researcher Xu asked, looking at the bald French salesperson standing next to him.  "If you are interested in this Chinese royal item, we can make a deal for 10,200 francs." The bald Frenchman said.  "Oh, the Chinese royal family? Can you tell us its history? We are very interested in it." Yang Guang handed the 10-franc note to the bald Frenchman with two fingers.  "Thank you," the Frenchman took the 10 francs from Yang Guang's hand and put it in his pocket and asked, "Are you from Hong Kong?" "Well, the boss has good eyesight." Researcher Xu replied.  The bald Frenchman moved Xu Dehou and Yang Guang to the tables and chairs where customers rested and negotiated.  I ordered 3 cups of coffee from the coffee shop in the atrium of the three-story Luofu Antique City.  After Yang Guang once again paid 1 franc and 50 centimes for the coffee and a tip of 50 centimes, the three of them started chatting.  ¡°I, Oyeni, in the name of God, guarantee you, two Chinese gentlemen,?This is definitely a piece of equipment belonging to the Qing Dynasty emperor of China.  This is a Chinese antique that a friend of mine, Mr. Aldu Baru, asked me to help him sell.  Mr. Aldo Baru's father's grandfather, Mr. Baru, was once a respected lieutenant commander of the French Expeditionary Force. In 1860, Mr. Baru Sr. visited Beijing with the French Expeditionary Force. In Beijing, they were welcomed  Emperor Xianfeng of China received them very friendly and gave them many silks, gold, silver, porcelain and so on.  The Emperor of China is truly worthy of being the emperor of a great country. He is an absolutely true gentleman. He is rich and generous. He is not as overbearing as China is now." When Yang Guang heard this, he was so angry that he didn't get angry.  He interrupted the French antique dealer and said: "Mr. Oyeny, why would your friend sell such a commemorative thing?  This can't be a fake.  "It is absolutely impossible to fake it. You are blaspheming a French gentleman."  If it weren't for the fact that you are my potential client, I would fight you.  "Ouyeni pretended to be very angry, then looked at the bulging muscles under Yang Guang's T-shirt and laughed: "Ha.  Ha, but I may not be able to fight you.  Ouyeni continued: "I was joking with you just now. Let me tell you this. This friend of mine is not in a very good family situation now. His current financial situation is tight. All he has left is the old castle left by Mr. Baru."  .  This Chinese porcelain vase was found by him in the basement of that old castle.  "Can we meet your friend Mr. Aldu Baru? I am very interested in this porcelain bottle of his. Let's see if he has anything else that catches our eye. As long as the price is reasonable, we will make it.  "It's a one-time acquisition." "I'm afraid not." Oyeni looked at the 50 francs Yang Guang took out, swallowed what he said, and immediately changed his mind and said, "It's no problem."  "Mr. Ouyeni, don't worry, if the deal is concluded, your commission will not be less than 1 centime." Yang Guang put the 50 francs on the table, pushed it to Ouyeni and asked: "And  Mr. Ouyeny, how long have you been in this business? " "I have been in this business since before World War II. I am the owner of this antique store." Oyeny asked in surprise, "Why do you ask?" "You know,  Hong Kong is the largest distribution center for antiques in the world. We are also specialized in the antique business. Now we need to find a partner in France to do business in France. " "That's right, what kind of business do we do?" Ouyeni asked.  road.  "Buy, buy, sell, of course, both selling and buying. We will give you some goods for you to sell. If you have good goods here, please take photos and send them to us. We will come right away." Yang Guang looked at this "Oriental treasure"  "The antique shop said: "If you do what we say, you will be able to make the same money in one year as you are now in three or four years. If you are interested, we will discuss it in detail." "I am very grateful for your proposal.  If you're interested, let's meet in the cafe of the Scheilery Garden Hotel to discuss it in detail this evening." Oyeni said excitedly: "I will arrange for you to meet my friend now." Seine, an eastern suburb more than 30 kilometers away from Paris.  On an undulating slope on the right bank of the river, there is an ancient oval castle that has been in disrepair for a long time.  This shabby, dilapidated castle is neither an ancient fortress nor a very solid building, but a bunch of disorderly buildings. The walls of the castle are covered with green vines and the surroundings are overgrown with weeds.  , a sight of scum.  Through a road paved with pebbles, Yang Guang and Researcher Xu followed Ouyeni into the hall of this dim castle.  Yang Guang closed his eyes for a moment to adapt to the light in the castle as quickly as possible.  When his eyesight adjusted to the brightness in the hall, he saw a middle-aged man in his 40s sitting behind a large and bulky case in the center of the hall, with his waist bent and his head lowered and unkempt.  "Baru, are you okay? I brought you two distinguished guests today. They are very interested in the shabby things left by old Major Baru." Ouyeni is like everyone who is engaged in the second-hand goods business.  , first try your best to belittle the other party's goods.  Aldu Baru raised his head and looked at the two strange Easterners brought by Oyeni.  Then he pointed to the chair opposite and weakly said: "Sit down."  Then he said to Ouyeni: "How about my 'broken thing'? Have you taken action?" "Not yet." Ouyeni said with a hint of contempt in his tone: "These two Hong Kong friends of mine are interested in your  They are very interested in that porcelain bottle. They want to see if you have any other old items. If so, they want to see if it has collectible value. But the price you ask cannot be too outrageous.  Said: "That is an authentic porcelain from the emperor of the Qing Dynasty in China. Is it still expensive for only 5,000 francs? If I hadn't been short of money now, I would never have been able to sell it at this price." He stood up and said:"Then go and have a look, follow me." Everyone bent down and followed Aldu Baru to the dark, humid and musty basement. Little Baru took out an old-fashioned key from a stone crack.  He walked to an old wooden box placed in the corner, opened an old-fashioned big copper lock on it, and said, "They are all there. Take a look for yourselves." Researcher Xu checked how many items from France in the last century were in the box.  Navy double-breasted military uniform with copper buttons, a silver-handled saber, three moldy diaries, a blackened Bible, and the one that Captain Baru of the French Navy carried in the arms of the first batch of soldiers who rushed into the Old Summer Palace.  There is a 6.5-inch long and 4-inch high pure gold Kirin paperweight with a unique shape, a simple and gorgeous colorful cloud and crane plate from the Wanli period, and an azurite solid gauze wrapped in an apricot yellow silk.  Colorfully embroidered with gold, the chest, back and sleeves are decorated with dragon patterns, the middle waist and hem are decorated with sea water and cloud dragon patterns, and the edges are decorated with gold clouds, dragons and eight treasure patterns. Even though the lights in the basement are dim, Xu Dehou still wears the imperial robes of the Qing Dynasty.  It was confirmed that these things must be authentic from the Yuanmingyuan. In order to further confirm and take pictures, he said to Aldu Baru: "The light here is dim and it is difficult to see clearly. Can we get it from above where the light is better?"  Where to take a closer look?  " "If you are not afraid of trouble, of course there is no problem," Aledou said disapprovingly: "But there is definitely no problem with these things that old Balu left for me.  " Several people returned to the hall with their things and opened the blinds. Researcher Xu carefully made an appraisal, and then took a tape measure to roughly measure it. Finally, they took photos one by one. Yang Guang also used a camera to quietly record all this.  After finishing all this, Xu Dehou said to Ouyeni: "You guys should make a price first, and we will talk to our boss after we go back. I can't be sure about these things at the moment.  "Then he pointed out a few more obvious places for the two Frenchmen to see. In fact, all what Researcher Xu did was to pave the way for the next action. But after Researcher Xu said this, Aldo  It was really a bit hairy. He said loudly: "This is impossible. I have my old Balu's diary here, which records the origin of these things.  If you don¡¯t believe me, you can read his diary.  " "Let's do this, Mr. Aledou, we will take back Old Baru's diary to serve as supporting evidence for these antiques of yours.  If you don't trust us, how about selling it to us?  " "I can sell it to you. How much can you pay?  "Aldo is really poor and crazy. "How about giving you 200 francs for these three diaries?  "Yang Guang offered a price. "Aledou looked at Ouyeni for help. He saw Ouyeni nodded, and then said to Yang Guang, "No, you have to pay 250 for this."  Researcher Xu picked up these three dusty and moldy diaries of a French naval lieutenant commander from 100 years ago, flipped through them one by one, curled his lips and said, "Okay, I'll give you 250." "If there's no problem,  , we will be trading in Shannan Special Economic Zone, China, in one month," Yang Guang said at last.
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