Chapter 1901: Royal dinner
After meeting with Prince William and his wife, and several others and making a few polite words, Ye Tian handed the gift he had brought to Princess Kate.
"Duchess, in order to thank you for your kind invitation, I brought a small gift, which is disrespectful, I hope you like it"
Princess Kate did not refuse, she reached out and accepted the gift, and said with a smile:
"Thank you, Mr. Steven, you are so kind, don't know what this gift is? I look forward to it!"
With that, the princess, who was born as a commoner, looked curiously at the gift she had just received.
It was a very small painting, no more than forty centimeters high and thirty centimeters wide. It was packed in a small painting bag, and you couldn't see the end.
Not only Princess Kate, but other people on the scene were also very interested in this gift from Ye Tian. They all looked at the simple and elegant picture bag curiously, and secretly guessed.
"Steven, which artist is the painting in this bag? Can you tell me something about it? I believe you all want to appreciate this painting."
Brian, the deputy curator of the British Museum, said, looking at Ye Tian expectantly.
As soon as his words fell, the art director in charge of the Kensington Palace Gallery could not wait to say:
"Mr. Steven, I heard that you found a William Turner landscape painting in Porter Bellow today. Is the painting in this bag the top art?"
Hearing these words, the eyes of all the British guys on the scene suddenly lit up, even Prince William and his wife, their eyes lit up suddenly.
"William Turner's landscape painting? What a dream of spring and autumn, you really dare to think about it! It's a top-level artwork of tens of millions of dollars, let the buddies give away for nothing, and the buddies have no water in their heads!
Prince William and his wife are your prince and princess, do you have half a dime relationship with your buddies? For a few broken cakes at the banquet, let the buddies give out a top art piece of art, nothing else! "
Ye Tian murmured a few words in disdain, and a trace of disdain flashed across his eyes.
Of course, it is impossible to appeal to these words.
He shook his head slightly, then smiled and said:
"This painting bag is not the landscape painting of William Turner. In fact, whether the landscape painting purchased at Porter Bellow this morning is a work by William Turner needs further verification.
Before getting a definite conclusion, the painting is obviously not suitable for use as a gift. The bag contained a Cubist sketch by Picasso, created around 1920.
Like the classicist landscape painting, this Picasso’s cubist sketch also comes from the Porte Bellou market. I found it in an antique shop and then I matched it with a solid wood frame."
Before the words fell, Princess Kate exclaimed in a low voice in ecstasy.
"Wow! Picasso's sketches, it seems that the rumors are right, Steven, you are a very lucky person, you will always be favored by God, so enviable!
Although I am an admirer of Picasso and I like his work very much, this gift is too precious, Mr. Steven, I’m afraid we can’t accept it.”
With that said, she was going to return the painting bag to Ye Tian.
However, the reluctant expression and slow movements on her face are enough to show how insincere she is.
The faces of the other British guys on the scene showed a pleasantly surprised expression, but it was difficult to hide the disappointment in their eyes.
They all know clearly that the landscape oil painting by William Turner is definitely a top-level artwork of ten million dollars.
Especially in the UK, William Turner can be said to be one of the most respected painters by the British, and his paintings are also the most marketable and enthusiastically sought after by countless collectors.
Although Picasso is known as the most outstanding artist of the twentieth century, there are many top goods worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in his works, but they are oil paintings, not sketches.
According to statistics, the total number of Picasso's drawings remaining around the world is as high as 7089 or even more, but there are only 1885 paintings.
Based on the current market situation of antique art, the value of Picasso's drawings is not very high.
The more outstanding Picasso sketches are only a few hundred thousand dollars, generally around one hundred thousand dollars, and there are even tens of thousands of dollars.
How can such a sketch worth a few hundred thousand dollars compare with the landscape oil painting of William Turner at the mature stage of his artistic career?
Ye Tian had all seen the performance of these British guys at the scene.
He pretended not to see anything, smiled and said:
"Duchess, you don't have to be polite. To me, this Picasso sketch is just a small discovery. I bought it for only three hundred dollars, which is not worth mentioning.
I heard that you studied art history in college and you liked Picasso's work very much. So after discovering this Picasso sketch, I decided to give it to you as a gift."
"Thank you, Mr. Steven, you are such a generous and elegant gentleman. I must admit that I like this gift very much."
Princess Kate smiled and said, again expressing her gratitude.
Afterwards, the commoner princess turned her head to look at her husband, Prince William, and used her eyes to solicit opinions from the other party.
Prince William looked at his wife, then at the simple and elegant painting bag, then smiled and nodded and said:
"My dear, since Mr. Steven is so caring, don't refuse, just accept this Picasso sketch."
With that, Prince William nodded to Ye Tian again, expressing his gratitude.
Then, the British prince continued:
"Steven, Bishop of Kent, and gentlemen, let's go to the banquet hall. After getting there, everyone will enjoy this Picasso sketch together."
"Okay, Your Royal Highness"
Everyone at the scene responded in unison, and then followed Prince William and his wife to the banquet hall, and soon entered the largest banquet hall in Kensington Palace.
At this time, this magnificent banquet hall is already full of friends and very lively.
Many so-called high-class people from the British royal family and government, as well as from all walks of life, a group of senior monks from the church, and many professionals from the field of antique art collection have gathered here.
These guys are all dressed in formal and formal attire, with a glass of red wine or champagne in their hands. They gather in groups, tasting wine, talking, laughing and chatting. The whole banquet hall is full of laughter, and the atmosphere is great.
As Ye Tian and the others entered the banquet hall, the scene suddenly became quiet, everyone turned their heads and looked over, and everyone's eyes were full of curiosity.
Of course, there is no lack of eyes full of jealousy and even hatred.
After a pause at the entrance of the banquet hall and a quick glance at the scene, Ye Tian stepped out and walked into the magnificent royal banquet hall.
"Mr. Steven, Bishop of Kent, please come with me and I will introduce you to other guests who have come to this dinner."
Prince William said with a smile, and made a please gesture.
In the next time, the British prince took Ye Tian and the others through the banquet hall, introducing them to the other guys who attended the banquet.
Soon, more than half an hour passed.
After completing the procedures on the scene, Ye Tian, Bishop of Kent, Prince William, the Minister of Culture, the Archbishop of London, and the curator of the British Museum came to a corner of the banquet hall and began to enter the topic.
It was the Bishop of Kent who was in charge of opening and introducing the situation.
"Steven, the main exploration targets that we have come to London this time basically belong to the British royal family, or they are managed by the British royal family themselves, or they are managed by others.
Before the joint exploration operation starts, some things must be coordinated with the British royal family and related parties, especially when it comes to the distribution of treasures, an agreement must be reached"
As soon as his words fell, Ye Tian immediately smiled and said:
"Gentlemen, presumably the Bishop of Kent has already told you that according to the joint exploration agreement signed between us and the Vatican, all the secular properties in the treasures of the Knights Templar belong to our company.
This point cannot be questioned, otherwise our Brave Fearless Exploration Company would rather withdraw from this joint exploration of the Knights Templar treasures. On this basis, other things can be discussed."
Hearing his words, the faces of many British guys at the scene could not help but changed and became extremely ugly. Everyone had anger in their eyes, but they also showed some helplessness.
No idea! If you want to find the treasures of the Knights Templar, you can't do without this **** in front of you, other professional treasure hunters, other treasure hunting companies, all of them are useless!
After calming down for a while, Prince William continued:
"Steven, let alone the treasures of the Knights Templar, what if other treasures are found during the exploration? How do you plan to distribute them?"
Ye Tian looked at the British prince~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and said decisively:
"It's very simple. If other treasures are found, according to British law, our company should have a 50% interest in the treasure, and the other half of the treasure will naturally belong to the landlord.
If the treasures allocated to us are not priceless top antique artworks, I should deal with them on the spot in London, which will surely bring a huge tax to the UK.
I am also very happy to accept the exchange method. Major British museums can take out the Chinese antique works of art in their collections and exchange them with me, but they must be exquisite collections.
Of course, no matter what kind of transaction method, it must be based on the current antique art market quotation, fair transaction, and must be approved by me, the transaction can be concluded"
Hearing this, many British guys at the scene couldn't help rolling their eyes and vomiting secretly.
This greedy **** is obviously ready to repeat the old tricks, intending to ransack all the top Chinese antiques in major British museums like a Frenchman!
