Chapter 1705 Want to Auction Bronze Chimes
After receiving Gu Ning's call, Cai Wenhong immediately came out to pick up Gu Ning in person. He didn't think there was anything wrong with Gu Ning bringing something in just an hour.
Cai Wenhong also took it for granted, and immediately arranged for someone to bring the things when Gu Ning went out. The distance was not very long, and they arrived in about half an hour, and Gu Ning went out to pick them up.
The only surprising thing was that since it was Gu Ning himself who sent it, he thought it was someone else!
Cai Wenhong came out and took Gu Ning in.
"Ms. Gu, I didn't expect you to deliver it in person." Cai Wenhong said politely to Gu Ning.
"Because they were still wandering around inside, I asked someone to bring it over and I went outside to pick it up," said Gu Ning.
"Ms. Gu, I heard from my teacher, Mr. Jiang, that you are now the owner of Xiangyunxuan, and you often have some good things. If you have more good things, can you notify me? If I have time, I will go to Xiangyunxuan to have a look!" Cai Wenhong asked.
As for the origins of Gu Ning's good things, Cai Wenhong didn't ask. There are clean ways and dirty ways. Although the dirty way, that is, tomb robbing, is illegal, but nothing is absolute, it still depends on the person.
To put it bluntly, they all have powerful backgrounds.
Just like Gu Ning, she is Leng Shaoting's fiancée. Even if the authorities know about it, they will turn a blind eye. As long as it doesn't go too far and get caught, and then make a big fuss, causing pressure on the authorities and forcing them to deal with it.
For cultural relics, the entry and exit are more strictly controlled, but for antiques, there are no regulations.
Speaking of this, we have to talk about cultural relics and antiques.
Cultural relics are cultural relics, and antiques are antiques. They are different.
Cultural relics: As the name suggests, cultural relics are objects with cultural value. According to the current academic view, they should refer to objects that were cast in the past and have been passed down to the present day. For today's society, they have certain value factors and research relations and are cultural products inherited from history.
The scope of cultural relics is very wide: it includes various types of architectural sites, monuments from various eras, intangible cultural heritage which is currently also cultural relics, unearthed ancient tombs, ancient construction tools and buildings, man-made caves, man-made stone carvings, handicrafts from various dynasties or eras, crafts, various historical books and cultural materials that have an impact on the modern era.
Antique: We can understand from the literal meaning that antique refers to things produced in previous years. Ancient objects with the qualifications for appreciation and research value, based on its relevant information, we can infer some of the conditions and characteristics of the time.
The biggest difference between antiques and cultural relics is that cultural relics are protected by national laws and can be privately owned but not sold. However, antiques can be collected, invested in, or resold.
"Okay! I'll let Dean Cai know when I get something good." Gu Ning responded. Cai Wenhong coming to her house was free advertising! How could she possibly refuse?
"By the way, I want to ask Dean Cai something." Gu Ning said.
"What's the matter? Tell me." Cai Wenhong said.
"When will there be a grand antique auction?" Gu Ning asked.
"The largest antique auction in Beijing is held in October every year, but the date has not been determined yet. We need to wait about a month to confirm. As long as it is a related antique auction, well-known antique shops will receive invitations. Xiangyunxuan receives an invitation every year, and this year will certainly be no exception. When the time is set and the invitations start to be sent out, I will take a look and I will personally send you the invitation then." Cai Wenhong said.
"It's like this, I have something I want to auction, what are the rules?" Gu Ning said.
"Since it is a large-scale antique auction, the value of the auctioned items cannot be low, at least tens of millions of items. However, it is hard to say how many tens of millions it is, because the number of auctioned items is limited, only 20 items will be auctioned, so only the top 20 antique items will be accepted for auction. Of course, if the top 20 items do not reach the bottom line of value, they will not be accepted. In other words, even if the number is small, the items with low value will not be accepted." Cai Wenhong said, and then asked: "I wonder what Miss Gu wants to auction, and how much is it worth!"
Cai Wenhong was anxious to ask this question, because since Gu Ning had taken out a Tang Sancai vase worth about 40 million yuan, he would surely be able to take out other more valuable items.
"The bronze chimes are worth hundreds of millions, but for now, I'm afraid I can't show them to you, President Cai. I'll ask you to take a look at them when the time comes for verification." Gu Ning said, without explaining it too clearly.
A complete set of bronze chimes is worth billions, but if it is just a small part, the value is much lower.
"Bronze chimes..." Worth hundreds of millions? Hearing this, Cai Wenhong was shocked. He didn't expect Gu Ning to have such a good thing! After hearing what Gu Ning said, Cai Wenhong felt itchy and couldn't wait to see it, but since Gu Ning said that he couldn't see it yet, he could only suppress this itchy feeling.
"I'll notify you when registration starts," said Cai Wenhong.
"Okay, then I'll trouble President Cai." Gu Ning said.
"It's not a trouble, it's not a trouble." Cai Wenhong said. Even if it's a trouble, it doesn't matter.
As they were talking, Gu Ning and Cai Wenhong came to his office, where several senior experts from the museum were already waiting.
Cai Wenhong asked them to come for appraisal, not because he was worried that Leng Shaoting and Gu Ning would bring a fake, but because that was the rule. All antiques that came in needed to be appraised by experts before they could be accepted. After all, this was not free, but an exchange.
When the box was placed on the table, several experts couldn't wait to gather around it, because this was a Tang Sancai vase, not an ordinary antique!
After the box was opened, they began to identify it.
Soon, the result came out, it was true.
Then, after signing a certificate of receipt of the items, Gu Ning left.
After leaving Cai Wenhong's office, Gu Ning called Leng Shaoting and asked where they were.
They have now finished their shopping and have just returned to the lobby.
After Leng Shaoting told them where they were, Gu Ning went over.
Several people met in the hall.
"Is everything done?" Jing Yunyao asked. She knew that Gu Ning had done it, but she still asked to show her concern.
"Yes, it's done." Gu Ning said.
"Did you meet that person?" Gu Ning asked.
"We haven't met him yet, and I don't know if we will meet him after we go out. Should we separate and meet again after we leave here?" Jing Yunyao asked.
(End of this chapter)
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