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In history, if a precious cultural relic wants to show its precious value, it is naturally inseparable from Bole's eye. So the birth of many art treasures also hides a little coincidence. For example, when Xi Jiapan in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was discovered by Yuan Dynasty collector Xian Yushu, it was actually in the hands of a peasant woman, and when Xian Yushu was rescued, the three legs of the pan had been broken.

2 1 century, the rich man spent 200 million yuan to buy the restaurant below, but a painting found in the store made him laugh: What happened during the period of picking up a restaurant for nothing?

Hangzhou Overseas Chinese Hotel, founded in 1958, was once a direct unit of a bureau in Zhejiang. This building next to the West Lake was used to receive foreign guests and various VIPs at that time, and became one of the most famous hotels in Hangzhou at that time.

In order to arrange the scene of the lobby, the organizer invited Pan Tianshou, then the president of Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, to create for the hotel.

Pan Tianshou didn't refuse, and then painted a landscape painting "Sunny" overnight. This painting is 14 1 cm high and 365 cm wide, which is extremely rare in terms of painting scale and technique.

In this way, "Chu Qing" has been hanging in the lobby for nearly 20 years and has become one of the landscapes that coexist with the Overseas Chinese Hotel. 1979, the hotel operator specially asked Pan Tianshou's disciple to redraw an identical portrait of Chu Qing through the Academy of Fine Arts and put it on it. The original painting was put in the back room.

Time goes by little by little. For the newcomers in the Overseas Chinese Hotel, "Chu Qing" is still the same, and not many people care about its authenticity. At that time, Pan Tianshou was not very famous, and many people didn't even know who its author was.

Until the end of 1980s, with the gradual enrichment of material life, people pursued art at a higher level. Pan Tianshou, who died at 197 1, left many original works and gained many suitors. However, Chu Qing seems to be forgotten.

In 2000, due to funds and other reasons, the owner of Hangzhou Overseas Chinese Hotel held an auction. Among them, Guangsha Holding Group, the son of Lou Zhongfu, successfully acquired the ownership of Hangzhou Overseas Chinese Hotel in the open market for 208 million yuan, and the hotel facilities and equipment were handed over to Guangsha Holding Group intact.

At that time, Hangzhou Overseas Chinese Hotel was contested by many people, but they all chose to quit in the end. Actually, there is a reason. The facilities of this old hotel are relatively old, so I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort to redecorate it in the future. I'm afraid it's easy to lose money I bought Lou Zhongfu of the hotel and saw Chu Qing hanging in the lobby, but he laughed loudly. This business is still profitable. According to Guangsha's inference, there has been no other news about this painting for many years.

The rich man's idea was right, and they soon found the original Pan Tianshou in the hotel. However, at 20 19, 1 1, Pan Tianshou's "Chu Qing" started at1200,000 yuan at the auction of "Grand View-Modern Night of China's Painting and Calligraphy Treasures" in Guardian, China, and finally fell to 205.8 million yuan, which became a hot spot at that time.

This is similar to the price that Guangsha bought at the beginning, so many people laughed, which is equivalent to Guangsha picking up a restaurant for nothing. Although the price has risen for more than ten years, the account can't be calculated like this, but Chu Qing has indeed become a valuable asset for overseas Chinese hotels.