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"By the way, what kind of museum is that?"

Wang Guan also asked casually in the car. After all, modern museums generally pay more attention to specialization, such as the Liangyi Collection Museum in Hong Kong, which specializes in Ming and Qing furniture, as well as Western classical makeup boxes.

It is not that comprehensive museums are not good, but at the beginning, they must have special collections. Then they will develop and grow slowly, which is more in line with the development laws of things. Of course, if the owner is a rich man who is not short of money, spends money like soil, and plunders collections to fill the museum, then it is a different matter.

"It seems to be the Returnee Porcelain Museum."

At this time, Yu Feibai explained: "It seems that some patriotic overseas Chinese has been playing in the collection of porcelain abroad for a lifetime. When he is old, he feels that he should return to his roots, so he brought the porcelain back and set up a museum."

"Hey, this is a new routine." Wang Guan smiled and said, "Generally speaking, shouldn't things be donated to the country?"

"Maybe I think there are too many people who have lost money. At most, it will take a few days to promote it, and everyone will forget him. It is different to set up a museum. As long as the museum does not collapse, everyone knows that he is the founder."

"It makes sense..."

The two of them were not laughing at each other, but they really thought that the man was smart.

In life, it is nothing more than pursuing fame and fortune... well, it is pursuing material life and spiritual enjoyment. This is a general need of everyone after the social development reaches a certain level, and there is nothing to blame.

Some people seek fame, which is a good thing. If they want to get a good reputation, they must do many good things so that everyone can share the same reputation. This is how reputation spreads. And they must be carefully maintained. There must be no mistakes in the middle, otherwise they will be accidentally "scammered" by their children. Most of their lives will be destroyed.

From this perspective, simply seeking fame is more than a hundred times more difficult than pursuing profit. You need to be trembling and walking on thin ice.

“Where is the museum built?”

At this time, when Wang Guan saw the familiar street, he was surprised and said, "This seems to be in the direction of Liulichang."

"Well, that's right, it's near Liulichang." Yu Feibai smiled and said, "But don't worry, they are just for people to visit and do not sell things, which does not pose any threat to you."

"So what if you sell things? Liulichang has more competitors. It's not bad for him." Wang Guan said casually. As the business of Shiyi Pavilion flourished, his confidence became more and more. His original purpose was to ensure the capital was guaranteed, and it only took one year to make a profit. Unexpectedly, he started to make money from the first month of business.

The main reason is that the proportion of real things in Shiyi Pavilion is relatively high, and there are even many good things. Some experts can't afford good things, so they always come to watch them, and feel a little embarrassed. They will naturally buy a real thing. After a while, they have a reputation and make money, and their business will naturally be good.

Of course, the business can only be considered good. Compared with industry leaders like Rongbaozhai, the turnover of Shiyi Pavilion is still 100,000 miles apart. However, Wang Guan has this patience and confidence. In his lifetime, he developed Shiyi Pavilion into a leading enterprise in the industry that is not inferior to Rongbaozhai.

However, this happened a long time later. A journey of thousands of miles begins with a single step, and Wang Guan doesn’t want to make too much trouble. As long as he continues to manage it steadily, everything will come naturally.

"It seems to be here."

Not long after, the car came to the vicinity of Liulichang. After some search, the two of them discovered the target. It was a commercial building, the first, second and third floors had been rented and converted into a museum. At this time, red cloth was hung on the huge signboard, and you could see it as long as you look up, which was difficult to ignore.

"Dongxu Museum!"

Wang looked at the signboard and couldn't help but ponder, "Not mentioning the name of the signboard, this word looks familiar."

"...Normal." Yu Feibai narrowed his eyes and looked at it, then nodded and said, "That was the work of a famous calligrapher in Beijing. Do you still remember the signature of Zheng Yaxuan? It was written by the same person."

"Oh, it's him." Wang Guan suddenly smiled and said, "So, the money for this signature is quite expensive."

"I am rich and not short of this money." While speaking, Yu Feibai called out: "Let's go, go in and take a look. It's a returnee porcelain, so there should be something to show off."

"If you dare to open a museum, your things will definitely not be bad." Wang Guan smiled and said, "Otherwise, you will be embarrassed."

While speaking, the two walked towards the gate.

At this time, there were security guards next to the gate, but it might be that it was newly opened and it needed enough popularity to protect the house, so there was no tickets for the museum, and it was open for free for one day, so people could visit it at will.

I have to say that it may be because I am afraid of being poor. Chinese people cannot hear the word "free". Even in the capital, I heard that museums are free, whether they really appreciate the porcelain or simply come in with the crowd, for a while, there is a rush of people in the vast museum and it is very popular.

"When it's free, the popularity must be enough. But it's not free and there is no way to win back the guests, so the gap is not ordinary." Yu Feibai whispered: "I don't know if the director is mentally prepared in this regard."

"It's not your museum, why are you doing this?" Wang Guan said casually: "Whether you can make the guests look back, the key is to look at the quality of the things..."

After the two walked into the museum, they immediately saw a notice pasted next to the door. The announcement showed the specific situation of each exhibition hall in a very humane manner, including the location of the bathroom.

"Hey, there are even export porcelains, and they have a lot of collections." Yu Feibai looked carefully and praised him.

It is easier to understand overseas returnee porcelain, which is the porcelain that has returned from overseas. These porcelains were plundered or specially produced and sold to foreigners. Among them, porcelains specially produced and sold to foreigners are export porcelains.

Moreover, in order to take care of the tastes of foreigners, the style of export porcelain is closer to the aesthetic tastes of Westerners, and can be called a combination of Chinese and Western. Therefore, although there are many export porcelains abroad, the price is not expensive. To a certain extent, the price of export porcelain is comparable to that of the official kiln porcelain of the Ming and Qing dynasties, at least in Europe.

This is the cultural difference between the two. After all, porcelain is not gold, silver and gems. Whether things are worth it depends mainly on their cultural added value. Culture is also divided into nationality, so there are naturally fluctuations in prices.

Of course, looking back at the origin, the key to how much export porcelain is worth is the quality.

"Is it a good thing? I need to see it before I know."

At the right time, Yu Feibai waved his hand and said, "The exhibition hall is on the third floor. Let's go up there, there should be fewer people there."

"Um."

Wang Guan nodded slightly and rushed to the third floor along the flow of people. Fortunately, this is a museum renovated by the commercial building, with several stairs that can be moved up, otherwise everyone would be able to squeeze them and they would not be able to move.

When we arrived at the third floor, it also proved that Yu Feibai's speculation was correct. Most of the visitors were concentrated on the first and second floors, but not so many people on the third floor. First, many people like to start from scratch, one by one, and the other is that because most of these are exported porcelains, they do not conform to the aesthetic views of the Chinese people.

Of course, some people like to hunt for curiosity. They think that the export porcelain is very exquisite, so they stop to appreciate it. However, compared with the lively crowds below, it seems a bit loose. However, it is exactly the same as Wang Guan and Yu Feibai's wishes, so you can visit it easily and freely.

"This thing is good."

At this time, Yu Feibai's eyes swept over, stopped immediately, pointed to a porcelain pot with a strange shape and smiled: "This thing should be called Junji, right?"

Wang Guan looked with the flow and saw that the neck of the thing was long and thin, the abdomen was very plump and the mouth was upturned, which was indeed not a common item. It also had a very distinctive feature. There was no handle to hold it on the body.

Such things are a kind of water container, which has similar functions to the clean bottles in China and are used as tools for Islamic people to wash their hands. They were probably introduced to China during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Later, after careful fireworks by craftsmen, the things were sold back to the Arab region, becoming a relatively popular export porcelain.

Speaking of which, this is also the process of cultural input and then output. For thousands of years, China has often done this, actively absorbing foreign cultures, then integrating with its own culture, and finally becoming its own things, which in turn influences others. This is a proof of a powerful country. It used to be China's patent, but now it has been learned by Europe, America, Japan and South Korea.

"Anotherwise, there are also these things in China." Yu Feibai looked at it and said, "But most of them are in mosques in the northwest region, which are rarely used by ordinary people."

"If you don't have a handle, it's easier to break when you take it." Wang Guan smiled and said, "And when you take it, you need to hold it with both hands. This is more troublesome, or if Chinese people are not used to it, they will naturally not be able to form the mainstream."

"Yes, to put it bluntly, it's just laziness. You're absolutely unwilling to move the other hand if you can do something with one hand." Yu Feibai nodded in agreement, and after admiring for a while, the goal shifted.

Generally speaking, most exported porcelains are daily necessities, and they are also related to religion. After visiting the two of them, they saw that the various cups, plates, bottles and plates are not only very different from Chinese porcelain, but also the patterns on the porcelain are strange, with very bright colors and full of exotic styles.

People who like this exotic style must appreciate it very much, but people who don’t like it feel very ordinary. Anyway, when the two of them visited the third floor, they also saw many people coming from the second floor, but after a walk around, they followed the trend. Of course, many of them were interested in export porcelain and stayed to visit.

However, the two noticed that the crowd on the third floor was concentrated in the corner, and dozens of people surrounded the corner of the exhibition hall, as if they were watching something.

"Go and have a look."

After discovering this situation, Yu Feibai had no reason not to join in the fun. Wang Guan was also a little curious and naturally followed. After getting closer, he found that everyone was visiting a pair of large vases, which were large bottles more than one meter high, angular, and covered with Western-style patterns.
Chapter completed!