Hearing Chen Chu's words, Liu Zitao looked at each other, and then Liu Zitao looked at Chen Chu with a look of shame and embarrassment on his face, "According to the previous investment and the current situation of the Times Art Museum, it is expected that the monthly loss will be more than 300,000 yuan in the next period of time, or even greater!"

Liu Zitao said to Chen Chu with a shameful look that he now knows the museum and the collection industry, and also knows why the previous museums were unwilling to acquire the things from the Archaeological Building of the University of Science and Technology.

It is very simple to put things into a museum, but the subsequent maintenance, maintenance, security, etc. require continuous investment. Nowadays, domestic museums are basically not profitable and rely on subsidies from cultural and other departments to maintain them.

This situation is especially true for private museums. For example, at the Times Museum of Art, the land underneath has been bought by Chen Chu, and there is no need to pay rent every month, but some private museums still need to pay a large amount of rent every month.

Not only in China, but also in foreign popular museums, they are losing money. The largest museum in New York, the Metropolitan Museum, receives more than 6 million tourists every year, but the losses exceed tens of millions of US dollars. This shows how difficult it is to get through this industry!

Liu Zitao looked at Chen Chu. He knew how much money Chen Chu invested in this museum, but now he is constantly losing money. The original intention of this exhibition hall was to store the antiques he left behind, which made Liu Zitao even more upset.

Seeing Liu Zitao's expression, Chen Chu didn't say much, but just nodded. This situation was not beyond Chen Chu's expectations. For example, museums, galleries, etc., if you don't open some side jobs, it will most likely be a loss, and it will be a huge loss.

"How is the new business?!" Chen Chu asked Shi Yulin next to him. From the museum, Chen Chu did not intend to make a profit. It was basically unrealistic to make a profit by relying solely on tickets.

Hearing Chen Chu's words, Shi Yulin hurriedly said, "At present, everyone is in preparation, and the cultural and valuables storage business has begun to be implemented. At present, the effect is quite good!

In addition, we have acquired a license for cultural relics auctions. The auction business can also be launched in the near future. As for exhibitions and other businesses, we will also launch them one after another!”

Before establishing a museum, Chen Chu wanted to maintain the operation of the museum through storage and auction business. Both industries are profitable industries.

Chen Chu did not intend to make much money by relying on museums. As long as the storage and auction business are launched, the funds of the entire Times Museum of Art will continue to expand, and the scale of the museum will continue to expand.

"Now many people have chosen the storage business at the Times Museum of Art. There are currently more than 1,000 products stored!" Shi Yulin said to Chen Chu.

Chen Chu just laughed when he heard this. It was probably because of the sake of Qin Changqing, Wei Mengqi, Cao Shengli and others that he stored the things here. The key is that more people should store the things here.

"Mr. Chen, a small-scale auction will be held here later. It is a charity auction. Do you want to join in the fun?!" Shi Yulin asked Chen Chu.

The Times Museum of Art officially opened today, and naturally it is going to hold an auction to tell others that the Times Museum has such a business!

Liu Zitao opened his mouth but didn't say anything. Of course, he didn't want to do auction business. He wanted to keep all the antiques and antiques, but he knew it was unrealistic.

If the Times Art Museum does not have enough income, it will naturally be easy to survive with Chen Chu's support alone. But if you want to develop, collect more antiques, build the Times Art Museum into the best art and history museum in the world, and even realize Liu Zitao's thoughts and preserve all valuable antiques here, which is a bit unrealistic. It requires a lot of money to realize these!

Seeing Liu Zitao's expression, Chen Chu said to him, "I won't make profits from the museum, all the income will be spent on the museum!"

Liu Zitao knew what Chen Chu meant and said to Chen Chu, "Thank you Brother Chen!"

Chen Chu nodded and looked outside. He could see that there were many people watching under the exhibition hall, but most of them were looking at it bored. In fact, this is the case in the museum. Basically, one of the ten people really understands the value of those antiques, which is already considered good.

Most people come to museums, actually follow the crowd, admire the artistic atmosphere, or look at the rare treasures, or accompany girls to pretend to be green. Otherwise, except for those in professional industries, few people will specialize in those things.

Chen Chu's eyes moved and he looked at Shi Yulin. The latter hurried to Chen Chu, "How many people are coming to the museum today?!"

"It is expected that there will be more than 2,000 people!" Shi Yulin said to Chen Chu. In fact, such abortion is too bleak for a museum, and it is not as good as the Shi family's business in a jade shop on another street.

Chen Chu nodded, then said to Shi Yulin, "How about we issue membership cards to those who come to the exhibition today and those who attend the auction?"

Shi Yulin was a little stunned, he didn't react a little. What did Chen Chu mean? Who bought a membership card for a museum?!

"Hold the membership card of the Times Museum and enjoy many services. You can give priority to entering the Times Museum of Art, you can know the latest exhibits and other services in each exhibition in advance, as well as storage services, attending the Times Museum of Art auctions, etc."

"The most important point," Chen Chu glanced at Shi Yulin, "This membership card also represents the identity authentication of the Times Museum of Art!"

After hearing the last sentence, Shi Yulin thought about it and came to his senses, his eyes at Chen Chu could not help but change.

The previous membership services are actually nothing, but the meaning of the last sentence is completely different. The current difference between the Times Museum and other museums is actually not essentially different.

But if you get the membership card issued by the Times Museum of Art, which represents identity, status, and artistic taste, the Times Museum of Art will be completely different from other museums!

Shi Yulin took a deep breath. He began to understand why the Shi family, who had been in the jade business for decades, is still in a gray area and is terrified all day long. Chu Ke has created such a big name in a few years!

When you enter the Times Art Museum and get a member of the Times Art Museum, it represents artistic taste and cultivation. For those groups that urgently need to be recognized by society, such as nouveau riche, demolition households, and emerging middle-class people, they will be flocking to Times Art Museum.

Not to mention others, Shi Yulin himself was a little moved at this time. If he took out a business card, the owner of a jade antique shop, he would probably look up to him, but subconsciously he still believed that he made a fortune by mining, but if he took out a member certification issued by the museum, the person who received his business card would have a different feeling.

In the eyes of the general public, museums, art museums, etc., now represent art, culture, cultivation and other things. Being able to get a membership in the museum naturally means that it has been recognized. This is also the reason why there are many calligraphy clubs in recent years. In fact, it is to pretend to be green and show your cultural cultivation, etc.!

"I will make someone do it as soon as possible!" Shi Yulin said to Chen Chu. He did not expect that the museum could still play like this!

Chen Chu nodded. If you can't use it to pretend to be green in the museum, it will be meaningless. After all, participating in the museum is to improve your artistic cultivation. Now Chen Chu directly lets this cultivation be reflected.

As for those peers, it doesn’t matter whether they recognize the contemporary art museums or not, as long as ordinary people recognize it!

Liu Zitao, who was standing aside, was a little stunned when he heard Chen Chu and Shi Yulin's words. He did not expect that this business could still do this. He had been impressed by art, culture and other things for so many years, and at this moment he was a little shaky...

The auction venue is on the fourth floor of the Art Museum. This time it was in a small auction hall, with less than a few dozen people participating.

Over the years, with the development of the domestic antique market, the auction house market has also risen. However, if you want to enter the industry, you need an auction license. If you want to involve transactions such as antiques and cultural relics, you need a cultural relics auction license. The latter is much more difficult than the former. Moreover, starting this year, the country has basically no longer issuing cultural relics auction licenses, and this industry has also entered a reshuffle stage.

If someone wants to enter in the future, he can only acquire such a license from others. The total price of more than 100 licenses will be higher and higher in the future. After all, if you want to enter the domestic antique trading market, you must have such a certificate. Foreign auction houses have also taken the opportunity to borrow a certificate to enter the country. In recent years, the entire industry has been in chaos and everything has happened.

After Chen Chu entered, Liu Zitao and Shi Yulin went to the backstage to prepare. This time, a total of twenty products were auctioned, of which the real auction was only one enamel brocade bottle, and the other commemorative significance was greater than the collection significance. After all, it was a charity auction.

After sitting down, Chen Chu saw that there were twenty or thirty people sitting in the venue that could accommodate more than fifty people, all chatting and laughing at each other. Those who came to the auction today were basically supportive, including those who were familiar with Cao Shengli and others, and those who were invited by Shi Yulin. In order not to let the auction be discontinued, otherwise they would be unable to get over the face.

As soon as Chen Chu sat down, a young fat man with a big back combed, he hugged a woman with heavy makeup and sat in.

The woman sitting with Xiaopang looked at the auction venue, glanced at Chen Chu, sneered, and muttered a few words to Xiaopang's ear.

Rebirth and rise against the current
Chapter completed!