On March 3rd, just after Xia Yu had eaten at noon, he received a call from Huashengshi to announce that the Hong Kong Kowloon Cultural Museum, which took more than two years to build, was finally completed!
Suddenly knowing the good news, Xia Yu still has a trace of excitement because his heart is strong.
At this time, he had no intention of taking a nap, put on his jacket, and drove to the Huasheng family home. After picking him up, he rushed to the vicinity of Kowloon Bay in Kwun Tong District, Kowloon.
Before the car arrives, through the window glass, you can see a magnificent ancient palace from a distance, which has a great visual impact.
Xia Yu thought back in a daze. It seemed that the last time he came was a year ago, and the last time he saw exposed reinforced concrete pillars, the changes have changed too much now.
After a while, the car stopped in the parking lot, and Xia Yu and others walked out and found Pei under the leadership of Hua Shengshi.
"Mr. Bei, long time no see, thank you very much!"
Xia Yu walked over with a smile and shook hands with I.M. Pei to say hello, and then looked at the magnificent museum in front of him, and said with emotion: "The museum is designed so well. Standing here, you can feel the weight and elegance that come to your face. And it is very distinguishable, which embodies the essence of Chinese architectural culture."
Pei couldn't help smiling because of Xia Yu's high evaluation. He quickly said modestly: "Mr. Xia, you shouldn't have such a high evaluation."
"I'll take you to visit."
"Okay, trouble you!"
Before the visit, Pei I.M. went to get Xia Yu a pair of completed drawings of the museum, and then took him up the bluestone stairs.
The Kowloon Cultural Museum sits north to the south, backed by the green hills, and overlooks the sea of Kowloon Bay from the front. There are buildings on three sides in the northeast and west. The main building on the front is like a huge tower, with a blue-gray antique wall as high as 12.88 meters. People climbed up the carefully carved bluestone stairs to the square on the same level as the main hall, and then went straight through the cost.
The exterior of the museum is majestic and majestic, while the interior focuses on reflecting the delicate and graceful beauty of Chinese culture.
Although the main structure of the Kowloon Cultural Museum is reinforced concrete, it is mainly for load-bearing. The exterior and internal surface details are decorated with antiques. It can be said that modern technology and ancient art are combined.
While introducing Pei, and Xia Yu admiring it, he walked around the entire museum for more than two hours, and he also had a specific understanding of the museum.
The entire museum covers an area of about 60,000 square meters, equivalent to 6 square hectares, which is equivalent to 4.2% of the size of Jiuding University.
Although the area of Xia Yu’s museum is far smaller than that of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and even less than half of the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, it is already as large as the National Palace Museum on the mainland.
Although Kwun Tong is a well-known industrial area in Hong Kong, land prices are much cheaper than those in urban areas such as Hong Kong Island, but it cost more than 50 million Hong Kong dollars to buy such a large piece of land.
However, in Xia Yu's opinion, it is quite cost-effective. In the future, the museum will not have to consider expansion. Such a large area is enough to collect one or two million pieces of collection. He can fill the museum and burn it in his lifetime.
It is estimated that only a small number of places can be activated now!
After all, there are not enough cultural relics.
Thinking of cultural relics, Xia Yu looked at Hua Shengshi next to him and asked: "Old Hua, I want to ask, how many cultural relics have we collected now?"
Hua Shengshi had already kept the data firmly in his heart, and blurted out at this moment: "Now there are 11,914 antique cultural relics!"
Xia Yu smiled and said, "Now that the museum is built, then we can consider decorating the museum."
Hua Shengshi smiled and said: "Mr. Xia, I have been doing this work. When Mr. Pei was building the museum, I had already considered the subsequent display. All the cultural relics have been compiled with cultural relic information, such as jade, calligraphy and ceramics. The exhibition halls for wares, gold and silverware, and bronze wares are all set up. You only need to ensure safety to place cultural relics in different categories."
"Since the preparation is so full, I will arrange the elite security team of Aegis Security to station in the security aspect. Do you have any considerations for the opening and operation of the museum?" Xia Yu asked.
Hua Shengshi confided his thoughts: "Mr. Xia, although the pavilion and showcase have been built, it takes at least 20 days to put more than 10,000 cultural relics in it. My suggestion is next Choose a good day of the month to officially open."
"Moreover, I think the Kowloon Cultural Museum is your private museum. You have already taken a big risk in displaying cultural relics. For the safety of cultural relics and the future of the museum, the museum should open for a fee."
Xia Yu thought for a while and said: "It should be open for a fee. No one will cherish free things. There is no threshold, which will put a lot of pressure on the operation of the museum. However, the tickets should not be too high. I don’t rely on this to make money. It is enough to maintain the museum’s normal status. Operation and maintenance will do."
"As for the collection of cultural relics, I mainly rely on my personal acquisition. If the museum has surplus, it can also be used to purchase cultural relics."
When the museum is open to the outside world, a large number of security personnel will absolutely need to patrol and guard, and there will be a large number of staff, all of whom must be paid.
In addition, the museum must be maintained and repaired every year, otherwise even the copper walls and iron walls will be corroded in the wind and rain, not to mention the many antique architectural structures outside the museum.
Even if the ticket price for each person is 30 Hong Kong dollars and the daily traffic reaches 10,000, the ticket revenue in that year can reach about 100 million Hong Kong dollars. This requires Hong Kong to visit once a year per person, which is obviously impossible!
Maybe after the people on the mainland become rich in the future, it will stimulate the tourism market in Hong Kong and open up the revenue ceiling of the Kowloon Cultural Museum.
Judging from the current situation in Xiangjiang, it would be pretty good that the actual situation can be tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.
If you think about the size of the museum, the security and security staff would have to be 500. Even if the average company is 4,000 Hong Kong dollars a month, it will pay 2 million Hong Kong dollars a month, and it will cost 2,400 a year. Ten thousand Hong Kong dollars.
Xia Yu knew that even the Metropolitan Museum of New York, one of the world's four largest museums, would have an annual income of 385 million U.S. dollars, but expenditures reached 400 million U.S. dollars and still suffered losses.
And 99% of museums in the world are losing money!
When he was alive, he still had the confidence to guarantee the support of the Kowloon Cultural Museum, but he planned to inherit this museum. If in the future there is a prodigal family and the family is ruined and there is no money to maintain the operation, it will cause big problems. It is better to establish a perfect one from the beginning. The system is free!
While Huashengshi moved Xia Yu's attitude, it also considered Xia Yu's pressure.
There are now more than 10,000 cultural relics, more than 1,000 of which were donated by him, but the remaining nearly 10,000 cultural relics still cost more than 600 million Hong Kong dollars.
Coupled with the money for the establishment of the Kowloon Cultural Museum, Xia Yu has invested more than 800 million Hong Kong dollars. This money can make this pig into the top 50 richest in Xiangjiang!
If you want to build the Kowloon Cultural Museum into the world's top museum, the money you need will be lost.
Of those world museums, there are more than one million pieces of cultural relics, even more than four million pieces.
Although not all cultural relics are exquisite and can have a high value, but the quantity is there, compared with the more than 10,000 cultural relics currently owned by Xia Yu, the gap can be imagined.
Xia Yu has to invest more than 100 billion Hong Kong dollars!
With so much money, why don't you have to put it into the bottomless pit of the museum?
Therefore, Hua Shengshi said: "Mr. Xia, I think it is unrealistic to buy through your investment alone. We have to increase other channels, such as accepting free donations."
"I believe that there will definitely be such people in this world."
Just like him, he can donate more than 1,000 cultural relics to Xia Yu. Kind people are full of kindness when they look at the world. Therefore, Huasheng Shi believes that there will be people like him in this world.
Xia Yu thought about it carefully and said: "This is also a way, but Hualao, in order to dispel the doubts of the donors, we have to add a clause to the terms of accepting the donation, that is, the donated cultural relics will never be again in our museum. Flow to the market, only for exhibitions!"
Hua Shengshi smiled and nodded: "Okay, with this addition, the donors can rest assured."
"By the way, Mr. Xia, one more thing is about the opening of the museum."
"Our Kowloon Cultural Museum is not well-known. If there is no passenger flow, it will not be able to play the role of cultural dissemination. Do you want to hold a grand opening ceremony?"
Xia Yu narrowed his eyebrows and said: "The opening ceremony is definitely necessary, but this alone is not enough. It cannot attract the attention of all the people of Xiangjiang and Omen."
"You have to think of a special way."
After Hua Shengshi listened, he immediately thought about it.
At this moment, Pei, who had been listening with a smile, suddenly made a suggestion: "Mr. Xia, Mr. Hua, when I was in the United States, I heard a rumor about it. Although the methods were a bit disgraceful, I heard that the effect was very good. ."
Xia Yu and Hua Shengshi looked at Pei immediately.
"Mr. Bei, I don't know what the rumors are."
IM Pei smiled and said: "I was in Florida at the time. A private museum in Florida was not operating well. The owner of that museum bought the highest-priced lot in an auction and brought it back to his museum. , Caused a huge sensation in the local area, and the tourists skyrocketed for a while.
"But later there was a rumor that the cultural relics bought by the owner were actually top collections from his private collection. Although the auction house received a commission because of the auction, he quickly made money back with the help of tickets. The reputation of the museum is even greater."
Xia Yu and Hua Shengshi looked at each other.
Seeing Hua Shengshi’s questioning eyes, Xia Yu said with a smile: “Although this method is a bit detrimental, it is indeed a good one~www.novelhall.com~ But Sotheby’s auction house is mine, so I have left and right hands. Do it."
"Mr. Pei, you have solved another problem for us." Xia Yu thanked Pei.
Pei repeatedly waved his hands and said, "I just talk about it casually, that is, Mr. Xia, you have this strength, and you don't need to be another person."
"Thank you anyway!"
Xia Yu said with a smile, then looked at Huashengshi, and asked: "Old Hua, I remember Sotheby’s auction house’s spring auction will be held this month. The time is just right. We have not had more than 10,000 cultural relics. I have shown that, which one is the most valuable? The most sensational?"
On March 3rd, just after Xia Yu had eaten at noon, he received a call from Huashengshi to announce that the Hong Kong Kowloon Cultural Museum, which took more than two years to build, was finally completed!
Suddenly knowing the good news, Xia Yu still has a trace of excitement because his heart is strong.
At this time, he had no intention of taking a nap, put on his jacket, and drove to the Huasheng family home. After picking him up, he rushed to the vicinity of Kowloon Bay in Kwun Tong District, Kowloon.
Before the car arrives, through the window glass, you can see a magnificent ancient palace from a distance, which has a great visual impact.
Xia Yu thought back in a daze. It seemed that the last time he came was a year ago, and the last time he saw exposed reinforced concrete pillars, the changes have changed too much now.
After a while, the car stopped in the parking lot, and Xia Yu and others walked out and found Pei under the leadership of Hua Shengshi.
"Mr. Bei, long time no see, thank you very much!"
Xia Yu walked over with a smile and shook hands with I.M. Pei to say hello, and then looked at the magnificent museum in front of him, and said with emotion: "The museum is designed so well. Standing here, you can feel the weight and elegance that come to your face. And it is very distinguishable, which embodies the essence of Chinese architectural culture."
Pei couldn't help smiling because of Xia Yu's high evaluation. He quickly said modestly: "Mr. Xia, you shouldn't have such a high evaluation."
"I'll take you to visit."
"Okay, trouble you!"
Before the visit, Pei I.M. went to get Xia Yu a pair of completed drawings of the museum, and then took him up the bluestone stairs.
The Kowloon Cultural Museum sits north to the south, backed by the green hills, and overlooks the sea of Kowloon Bay from the front. There are buildings on three sides in the northeast and west. The main building on the front is like a huge tower, with a blue-gray antique wall as high as 12.88 meters. People climbed up the carefully carved bluestone stairs to the square on the same level as the main hall, and then went straight through the cost.
The exterior of the museum is majestic and majestic, while the interior focuses on reflecting the delicate and graceful beauty of Chinese culture.
Although the main structure of the Kowloon Cultural Museum is reinforced concrete, it is mainly for load-bearing. The exterior and internal surface details are decorated with antiques. It can be said that modern technology and ancient art are combined.
While introducing Pei, and Xia Yu admiring it, he walked around the entire museum for more than two hours, and he also had a specific understanding of the museum.
The entire museum covers an area of about 60,000 square meters, equivalent to 6 square hectares, which is equivalent to 4.2% of the size of Jiuding University.
Although the area of Xia Yu’s museum is far smaller than that of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and even less than half of the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, it is already as large as the National Palace Museum on the mainland.
Although Kwun Tong is a well-known industrial area in Hong Kong, land prices are much cheaper than those in urban areas such as Hong Kong Island, but it cost more than 50 million Hong Kong dollars to buy such a large piece of land.
However, in Xia Yu's opinion, it is quite cost-effective. In the future, the museum will not have to consider expansion. Such a large area is enough to collect one or two million pieces of collection. He can fill the museum and burn it in his lifetime.
It is estimated that only a small number of places can be activated now!
After all, there are not enough cultural relics.
Thinking of cultural relics, Xia Yu looked at Hua Shengshi next to him and asked: "Old Hua, I want to ask, how many cultural relics have we collected now?"
Hua Shengshi had already kept the data firmly in his heart, and blurted out at this moment: "Now there are 11,914 antique cultural relics!"
Xia Yu smiled and said, "Now that the museum is built, then we can consider decorating the museum."
Hua Shengshi smiled and said: "Mr. Xia, I have been doing this work. When Mr. Pei was building the museum, I had already considered the subsequent display. All the cultural relics have been compiled with cultural relic information, such as jade, calligraphy and ceramics. The exhibition halls for wares, gold and silverware, and bronze wares are all set up. You only need to ensure safety to place cultural relics in different categories."
"Since the preparation is so full, I will arrange the elite security team of Aegis Security to station in the security aspect. Do you have any considerations for the opening and operation of the museum?" Xia Yu asked.
Hua Shengshi confided his thoughts: "Mr. Xia, although the pavilion and showcase have been built, it takes at least 20 days to put more than 10,000 cultural relics in it. My suggestion is next Choose a good day of the month to officially open."
"Moreover, I think the Kowloon Cultural Museum is your private museum. You have already taken a big risk in displaying cultural relics. For the safety of cultural relics and the future of the museum, the museum should open for a fee."
Xia Yu thought for a while and said: "It should be open for a fee. No one will cherish free things. There is no threshold, which will put a lot of pressure on the operation of the museum. However, the tickets should not be too high. I don’t rely on this to make money. It is enough to maintain the museum’s normal status. Operation and maintenance will do."
"As for the collection of cultural relics, I mainly rely on my personal acquisition. If the museum has surplus, it can also be used to purchase cultural relics."
When the museum is open to the outside world, a large number of security personnel will absolutely need to patrol and guard, and there will be a large number of staff, all of whom must be paid.
In addition, the museum must be maintained and repaired every year, otherwise even the copper walls and iron walls will be corroded in the wind and rain, not to mention the many antique architectural structures outside the museum.
Even if the ticket price for each person is 30 Hong Kong dollars and the daily traffic reaches 10,000, the ticket revenue in that year can reach about 100 million Hong Kong dollars. This requires Hong Kong to visit once a year per person, which is obviously impossible!
Maybe after the people on the mainland become rich in the future, it will stimulate the tourism market in Hong Kong and open up the revenue ceiling of the Kowloon Cultural Museum.
Judging from the current situation in Xiangjiang, it would be pretty good that the actual situation can be tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.
If you think about the size of the museum, the security and security staff would have to be 500. Even if the average company is 4,000 Hong Kong dollars a month, it will pay 2 million Hong Kong dollars a month, and it will cost 2,400 a year. Ten thousand Hong Kong dollars.
Xia Yu knew that even the Metropolitan Museum of New York, one of the world's four largest museums, would have an annual income of 385 million U.S. dollars, but expenditures reached 400 million U.S. dollars and still suffered losses.
And 99% of museums in the world are losing money!
When he was alive, he still had the confidence to guarantee the support of the Kowloon Cultural Museum, but he planned to inherit this museum. If in the future there is a prodigal family and the family is ruined and there is no money to maintain the operation, it will cause big problems. It is better to establish a perfect one from the beginning. The system is free!
While Huashengshi moved Xia Yu's attitude, it also considered Xia Yu's pressure.
There are now more than 10,000 cultural relics, more than 1,000 of which were donated by him, but the remaining nearly 10,000 cultural relics still cost more than 600 million Hong Kong dollars.
Coupled with the money for the establishment of the Kowloon Cultural Museum, Xia Yu has invested more than 800 million Hong Kong dollars. This money can make this pig into the top 50 richest in Xiangjiang!
If you want to build the Kowloon Cultural Museum into the world's top museum, the money you need will be lost.
Of those world museums, there are more than one million pieces of cultural relics, even more than four million pieces.
Although not all cultural relics are exquisite and can have a high value, but the quantity is there, compared with the more than 10,000 cultural relics currently owned by Xia Yu, the gap can be imagined.
Xia Yu has to invest more than 100 billion Hong Kong dollars!
With so much money, why don't you have to put it into the bottomless pit of the museum?
Therefore, Hua Shengshi said: "Mr. Xia, I think it is unrealistic to buy through your investment alone. We have to increase other channels, such as accepting free donations."
"I believe that there will definitely be such people in this world."
Just like him, he can donate more than 1,000 cultural relics to Xia Yu. Kind people are full of kindness when they look at the world. Therefore, Huasheng Shi believes that there will be people like him in this world.
Xia Yu thought about it carefully and said: "This is also a way, but Hualao, in order to dispel the doubts of the donors, we have to add a clause to the terms of accepting the donation, that is, the donated cultural relics will never be again in our museum. Flow to the market, only for exhibitions!"
Hua Shengshi smiled and nodded: "Okay, with this addition, the donors can rest assured."
"By the way, Mr. Xia, one more thing is about the opening of the museum."
"Our Kowloon Cultural Museum is not well-known. If there is no passenger flow, it will not be able to play the role of cultural dissemination. Do you want to hold a grand opening ceremony?"
Xia Yu narrowed his eyebrows and said: "The opening ceremony is definitely necessary, but this alone is not enough. It cannot attract the attention of all the people of Xiangjiang and Omen."
"You have to think of a special way."
After Hua Shengshi listened, he immediately thought about it.
At this moment, Pei, who had been listening with a smile, suddenly made a suggestion: "Mr. Xia, Mr. Hua, when I was in the United States, I heard a rumor about it. Although the methods were a bit disgraceful, I heard that the effect was very good. ."
Xia Yu and Hua Shengshi looked at Pei immediately.
"Mr. Bei, I don't know what the rumors are."
IM Pei smiled and said: "I was in Florida at the time. A private museum in Florida was not operating well. The owner of that museum bought the highest-priced lot in an auction and brought it back to his museum. , Caused a huge sensation in the local area, and the tourists skyrocketed for a while.
"But later there was a rumor that the cultural relics bought by the owner were actually top collections from his private collection. Although the auction house received a commission because of the auction, he quickly made money back with the help of tickets. The reputation of the museum is even greater."
Xia Yu and Hua Shengshi looked at each other.
Seeing Hua Shengshi’s questioning eyes, Xia Yu said with a smile: “Although this method is a bit detrimental, it is indeed a good one~www.novelhall.com~ But Sotheby’s auction house is mine, so I have left and right hands. Do it."
"Mr. Pei, you have solved another problem for us." Xia Yu thanked Pei.
Pei repeatedly waved his hands and said, "I just talk about it casually, that is, Mr. Xia, you have this strength, and you don't need to be another person."
"Thank you anyway!"
Xia Yu said with a smile, then looked at Huashengshi, and asked: "Old Hua, I remember Sotheby’s auction house’s spring auction will be held this month. The time is just right. We have not had more than 10,000 cultural relics. I have shown that, which one is the most valuable? The most sensational?"
