"Don't worry about that. As long as the manuscript is authentic, you don't have to worry about the preservation work." After saying that, Mr. Guo thought for a while and said, "Well, since you have entrusted Lao Cai to find a cultural heritage expert, it's just right. I will go with you. Can I bring a few students with me? Anyway, cultural heritage preservation requires a lot of tools and materials, and it won't work without manpower."
Yang Jing smiled and nodded.
As he was talking, Old Liu sighed, "Old Cai, you are good at making a fortune again! This bronze statue is not simple. It is a treasure from the Chola Dynasty of Tamil Nadu in the 9th century! And if I am not mistaken, this bronze statue should have come from the royal family of the Chola Dynasty. This bronze statue is much more valuable than the one that appeared at the auction of Mr. An Siyuan's collection at Christie's two years ago! Three million US dollars, wow, you are really good at picking up bargains! I think if this bronze statue is auctioned, it may not be more than three and a half million US dollars, and even more than four hundred is not impossible! Xiao Yang is your junior, and Old Yang personally told you to take care of Xiao Yang. Are you taking care of Xiao Yang like this? Picking up bargains from Xiao Yang?"
Cai Yi's face choked, and Yang Jing quickly said, "Mr. Liu, I agreed to this price. I'm in urgent need of money now, and I can't wait until next year's auction. Uncle Cai helped me sell this bronze statue for three million US dollars, and I can't thank you enough."
Old Liu looked at Yang Jing and shook his head helplessly...
Mr. Liu is a straightforward person who speaks his mind. He also has a famous nickname in the Palace Museum - Liu Dapao.
Old Guo pulled Old Liu aside and said to Yang Jing, "Xiao Yang, when are we leaving? An old man like me is waiting here. This is not what a younger generation who respects the elderly should do."
Yang Jing nodded quickly and said, "Let's go, let's go now."
Mr. Guo took out his cell phone with a smile, dialed a number, and then said confidently: "Four people will be waiting at Xihuamen in a while. Bring your tools and let's go out to work." After that, the old man hung up the phone.
Old Liu pointed at Old Guo and laughed, "You old fellow, you only know how to treat students like cattle and horses."
Mr. Guo rolled his eyes and said confidently, "You are talking nonsense, aren't you? What are students for? They are here to learn things from us. Letting them do some work is to take care of them. If they don't work and just watch, how can they learn real skills?"
Old Liu smiled bitterly and said, "You're right, I can't be more stubborn than you. By the way, Xiao Yang, I've already taken good care of your Dongbi Sword and the thirty-six ancient coins. If you're free today, take them back together. I've been worried all day long since you've left those things in my office, afraid that they might be lost."
Yang Jing said, "That's great, Mr. Liu. I was planning to go back in the next few days. Now that you have finished the maintenance work here, I can bring the things back to show to Grandpa Yang."
Old Liu smiled and said to Old Guo, "Old Guo, you have to wait a while. I have to complete the handover procedures with Xiao Yangzi."
Mr. Guo shook his head helplessly, waved his hands and said nothing.
Old Liu took very good care of the Dongbi sword and the thirty-six ancient coins, and anyone who saw them would give him a thumbs up.
However, the cost of maintenance is not cheap. Just this Dongbi sword and the thirty-six ancient coins cost Yang Jing a total of 300,000.
Yang Jing also knew that it was always expensive to maintain such precious antiques. The 300,000 yuan was the price after Mr. Liu gave him a discount. If it was the normal price, it would be a great honor for you to maintain these 37 antiques without asking for 500,000 yuan.
Each of the thirty-six ancient coins was placed in a brocade box, and the Dongbi sword was also placed in a longer brocade box. After handing over these things, Mr. Liu gave Yang Jing a few more instructions, telling him how to simply maintain these things. Then Yang Jing returned to Cai Yi's office with a large bag of things.
Cai Yi knew that Yang Jing had Master Lu Xun's manuscripts, but what attracted Cai Yi more was the Longquan Geyao flower-mouthed plate. Mr. Liu also heard about this from Mr. Guo, so the two masters wanted to go and take a look. Although many of Master Lu Xun's manuscripts have been preserved to this day, compared with Master Lu Xun's status in the literary world, his manuscripts are definitely as precious as those Song Dynasty books.
According to the statistics of the Lu Xun Museum, there are 350 manuscripts of Master Lu Xun's works, 1916 pages, accounting for about a quarter of the total amount of Master Lu Xun's works. Among them, the more complete ones are "Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk" and "New Stories". There are 167 manuscripts of Lu Xun's essays, including many important articles, such as "Death", "Preface to the Second Collection of Novels in the "Chinese New Literature Series", "Literary Talks Outside the Door", "In Memory of Forgetting", etc. There are two special parts in Master Lu Xun's manuscripts, one is diary and the other is letters. The diary manuscripts are 2204 pages (including book accounts). There are 1388 letters and 2175 pages, accounting for only about a quarter of all letters. Among them, the most valuable for research is "Letters from Two Places". In addition, there are 85 pieces of ancient books edited and edited by Lu Xun, 8136 pages; Lu Xun edited and edited stone carvings, 879 pieces, 3679 pages, etc.
These precious manuscripts seem to be numerous, but they are all manuscripts preserved in museums. The manuscripts of Master Lu Xun currently circulating in society are very rare, and the value of each page of the manuscript is very, very high, so high that even the Song Dynasty editions have to look up to it.
At the 2013 China Guardian Spring Auction, a page from Master Lu Xun's manuscript "Ancient Novels", which was still a fragment, was sold for a high price of 6.9 million. This price has always been the auction record for Chinese literati manuscripts before the auction of Master Mao Dun's manuscript "On Recent Short Stories".
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