Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "playthings lose their minds, and play people lose their morality", but he has played famous and famous. Because he loves to collect cultural relics, this person who spent tens of millions of cultural relics was transformed into a person with a value of 1 billion. This person is Hu Wenjun, an ordinary citizen in Shanxi. His love for cultural relics has reached the point of obsession, in order to collect cultural relics, he even smashed pots and sold iron, even if his wife and daughters scattered can not stop his determination to collect cultural relics. Maybe it's because of his paranoia about antiquities, or maybe he's really an expert. Hu Wenjun spent tens of millions of dollars to buy a bunch of inconspicuous things, and finally one day soon after, it shone brightly and was worth a lot of money.
First, ordinary roadside stalls, resulting in a wealth worth 1 billion
Hu Wenjun is not a veteran antique collector at the beginning, he is also an ordinary citizen, commuting to work normally every day, living a nine-to-five day. He didn't have any specific collecting activities, and everything started with a roadside stall.
On that day, Hu Wenjun left work normally, and he walked through the small streets that he had to pass every day. By chance, I was attracted by the bronze mirror on a small stall. He walked over and picked up a copper mirror that opened the valve for his $1 billion collection.
When you ask the price, it is more than fifty yuan. Here we also need to add that it was the 90s, and a large steamed bun only cost 3 dimes, and more than 50 yuan was enough to buy a bag of rice. Hu Wenjun is also willing to spend more than 50 yuan to buy a worn-out copper mirror, is this copper mirror really worth it?
Back at home, the wife saw the dilapidated, and even the rusty copper mirror, very puzzled, more than 50 yuan to buy such a thing with no practical value. Fortunately, Hu Wenjun's salary level at that time was OK, and the copper mirror of more than 50 yuan would not add any economic burden to the family, and his wife did not care too much.
Second, what "rags" make him give up his wife?
However, this inconspicuous bronze mirror evoked Hu Wenjun's never-revealed heart of collection. Since then, Hu Wenjun has been like a fan, and has successively brought home a bunch of "rags". Every time his wife saw something he brought back, there was no antique appearance at all, and the wife began to blame Hu Wenjun for spending money to buy some useless "rags". Let him restrain a little and spend less money.
Where Hu Wenjun, who was obsessed with cultural relics, could listen to his wife's words, he not only did not restrain himself, but intensified, bringing back more "rags" and more expensive. By 2005, Hu Wenjun had invested 200,000 yuan before and after, collecting a bunch of so-called "rags".
No matter how much Hu Wenjun likes these "rags", he will eventually have to live and eat and dress. His wife saw a pile of "rags" in the house, in addition to occupying the position, did not produce any economic value, the most important thing is to invest so much money to buy this pile of things, the family is about to make ends meet, and his wife often blames him.
Hu Wenjun's relatives and friends also expressed their confusion, just for this one interest, there were too many investments. Moreover, Hu Wenjun is not a professional collector of cultural relics, and he does not have strong funds to meet his collection hobbies, which is always improper. However, his wife's complaints and the incomprehension of relatives and friends did not prevent Hu Wenjun from continuing to collect "rags".
Until later, Hu Wenjun's collection of "rags" had already spent all his savings, and he did not stop and continued to sell his property. At this point, for this pile of "rags", he almost lost his family, and his wife finally couldn't bear it and filed for divorce.
For so many years, his wife also longed that he would stop here and live a good life, but he did not. All his savings and family property were used by him alone to collect "rags", which was too selfish, and his wife resolutely chose to divorce and get rid of this almost crazy man.
After the divorce, Hu Wenjun was even more obsessed with collecting cultural relics. He almost reached the point of intoxication, without the shackles of his wife, Hu Wenjun was alone, and he even traveled all over the country to collect cultural relics.
By 2008, Hu Wenjun had spent more than 10 million yuan to collect more than 1,500 pieces of "rags". He has a large collection of things, involving many aspects. In addition to the bronze mirrors collected at the beginning, there are also jade, stone tools, bone tools, porcelain, pottery, bronze, etc., of which bronze and jade account for the majority. The number of bronzes amounts to more than 250 pieces, and the number of jades is more than 500 pieces.
Third, the "rags" were fortunately identified by experts, and it was worth 1 billion yuan, and he gave up the donation.
"The emperor is worthy of his heart", Hu Wenjun finally saw the dawn on the road of collection. Hu Wenjun's act of dumping his family to collect cultural relics led to his small reputation in the local area. Some famous collectors also heard his story and came to him, and Hu Wenjun was also happy to show them the cultural relics he had collected over the years.
Hu Wenjun's collection of cultural relics is so large that several rooms are displayed. As soon as the experts entered the door, they were shocked to see the items on display in Hu Wenjun's home, which were as diverse and complete as a small museum.
Experts have identified one by one, and what is even more amazing is that the vast majority of the items collected by Hu Wenjun are genuine, of which a considerable part are third-class cultural relics, and the collection value is extremely high. Including the bronze mirror that Hu Wenjun collected at the beginning, it is also an antique from more than 2,000 years ago, and it is now worth millions. Other jade and bronze objects are even more valuable. According to expert statistics, all of Hu Wenjun's collections are old and well-preserved, and all collections are worth more than 1 billion yuan.
Worth more than 1 billion yuan, Hu Wenjun was happy to hear it, and so many years of hard work were not in vain. The collection value of the full house of cultural relics is too high, and the expert immediately began negotiations with Hu Wenjun, hoping that he can donate some cultural relics to contribute to the museum.
Hu Wenjun said he was happy to donate these cultural relics, but there was a request, that is, to donate for a fee. Hu Wenjun has been committed to the collection of cultural relics for many years, he has long been ruined, alone, without any savings, and there is nothing to do in the second half of his life; not to mention that so many cultural relics are also slowly collected by himself, and he has spent more than 10 million before and after. Finally, due to disagreements over the paid donation of cultural relics, Hu Wenjun did not complete the donation.
4. Summary
In fact, Hu Wenjun is not stupid, he was indeed curious at the beginning, and he did not have any professional knowledge. As he became more and more exposed, he found that without the ability to appreciate cultural relics as a support, it was impossible to collect truly valuable treasures. Hu Wenjun began to learn professional cultural relics collection knowledge online. In addition, in the process of collecting cultural relics, Hu Wenjun also followed some vendors to learn appreciation knowledge on the spot. Although the 1 billion worth of cultural relics could not be paid for, he loyally loved these cultural relics, so he kept them himself, and occasionally displayed them in the city's museums to open everyone's eyes.