"Actually, I don't like to be in the limelight, and I told Mr. Hu about this last night. Wu Duo smiled awkwardly.

"I just mentioned it casually, and you don't have to pay too much attention to it. He Shuangyou answered, "We have less mess here." However, you will definitely not only be in such a small pool in the future, in this antique shop, it is right not to be in the limelight, and it is best to make a fortune in a muffled voice. ”

Wu Duo nodded, "Thank you, Teacher He." ”

"Thank you, I'll treat me to blood sausage and pot-wrapped meat. ”

At noon, Wu Duo invited He Shuangyou to a newly opened Northeast restaurant nearby. Although Wu Duo doesn't like to eat pot-wrapped meat, the Northeast cuisine in this restaurant is very authentic, and Wu Duo eats it very refreshingly.

During the meal, he also ran into Yao Zhiyuan, and it turned out that He Shuangyou also knew him and said hello. Yao Zhiyuan invited someone to dinner, and after saying hello, he went to the private room.

"Don't look at Boss Yao, who is only at the head of Chixia Mountain, but the boss who is worth hundreds of millions of dollars still goes to Lao Myanmar from time to time to gamble on a stone. He Shuangyou ate a piece of blood sausage, "But your net worth will definitely be indispensable in the future." ”

"Don't bury me, Mr. He, it's good that I can eat a restaurant like this often. ”

"You're not right. Let me tell you, the rich people in the antique circle are different from other circles, in terms of eating, drinking and dressing, they can't say most of them, at least some of them are particularly down-to-earth. He Shuangyou put down his chopsticks, "The collection is worth hundreds of millions, and I often eat stalls." ”

"I believe it. ”

"Not only that, but there are also collectors who are obsessed, saving food, drinking, wearing, and use, just spending money on antiques without feeling distressed!"

Wu Duo nodded, "Isn't this the so-called 'knowledge of the ancient is not poor, and the ancient must be poor'!"

"Therefore, you are the one who has unlimited money, not to mention that you have eyesight, you know at a young age that you can keep your collection, and your collections and deposits will fly together!"

"How do I think the future you are talking about is the money of money. ”

"Originally, what do you think?" He Shuangyou sighed softly, "You are still young, when you reach my age, there are old and young, and your body is not as good as day by day, you will know that this money is really better." ”

"Teacher He, you don't want to borrow money from me, do you?"

"Do you give it?"

"Here. ”

"You kid!" He Shuangyou smiled, "I won't borrow it from Mr. Hu." ”

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The two of them returned to Daya Zhai after eating, and Huang Wei looked at it with a person who came to deliver things, "Two appraisers, I just happened to go to Mr. Hu to check a few forms, thank you for your hard work." ”

The person who came to deliver the goods was an old lady, dressed modestly, but very neat, and spoke and behaved very elegantly.

The old lady brought something was a green bamboo carved arm rest.

The arm rest is also a worthy stationery item, also called a wrist pillow, and it is very comfortable to pad under the wrist when writing and drawing, and the more important function is to prevent ink from staining the sleeves.

There are many kinds of materials for arm rests, bamboo is the most common, because the wood is relatively mild, and there are many porcelain.

This piece of green bamboo carving arm is more than 20 centimeters long and about five or six centimeters wide, maintaining the arc of natural bamboo.

As the name suggests, the green skin on the surface of the bamboo, that is, the bamboo yun, is retained as a relief pattern, and the other parts of the bamboo are carved off to expose the bamboo muscles.

However, this piece of green bamboo carving arm is not shallow at a glance, the green part has been red and yellow, and the bamboo muscle is very red.

The pattern on the arm rest is a landscape tower.

There are also two sentences of inscription: 480 temples in the Southern Dynasty, how many buildings are in the smoke and rain.

As soon as Wu Duo looked at the pattern and lettering, he could already feel the skill.

The layout is lofty, the landscape carving method takes the pen and ink of the Song and Yuan dynasties, the Loutai temple is delicate and exquisite, and the lettering is similar to the book body of Zhao Mengfu.

Signed: 癸ugly autumn Xi yellow system.

Engraving: Zhang Zong's slight seal.

"Zhang Xihuang?" He Shuangyou is particularly good at bamboo and wood miscellaneous, in addition to agarwood, it is bamboo carving, he looked at the seal, and couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice.

Wu Duo had heard of Zhang Xihuang's name, because Zhang Xihuang was the originator of bamboo carvings, but Wu Duo did not react as fast and big as He Shuangyou for a while.

Zhang Xihuang, a native of Jiaxing, Zhejiang at the end of the Ming Dynasty, his real name is Zhang Zongluo, the word Xihuang, and later generations called him the word.

Many historical materials of the Qing Dynasty say that Zhang Xihuang is the founder of Liuqing bamboo carving, and the evaluation is very high.

However, there are also historical sources that say that Zhang Xihuang is not the founder, but the person who will carry forward the green bamboo carving.

But no matter which way it is said, it cannot be denied that Zhang Xihuang is the "holy hand of leaving green".

Zhang Xihuang's bamboo carvings are not only like a pen, with a sense of pen and ink painting, but also with a strong literati atmosphere.

The cyan cortex of the bamboo is not thick, but Zhang Xihuang can divide several layers to express the "brushwork" of the change of the shade of the pattern.

It's like this arm rest, which expresses "smoke and rain", relies on the exquisite processing of the layering of bamboo skin.

Moreover, this piece of green bamboo carving arm rests, poems, books, paintings, and prints are complete.

He Shuangyou saw that it was Zhang Xihuang's seal, and immediately looked at it with great interest.

Wu Duo asked the old lady, "Is this your personal collection?"

"No, it was left by my husband when he was alive, and my son was not married before he died, and he said that when I got my grandson, he would sell it and use the money as his grandson's 'education fund'. The old lady spoke quite carefully.

"Oh!" Wu Duo nodded, "Did the old gentleman introduce you?"

The old lady nodded, "I said, this is a work of the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, the author's name is Zhang Xihuang, and he is a generation of masters who left green bamboo carving." ”

Wu Duo heard it, and the door was clear!

"And for the price?"

"A million, no bargaining. ”

"Okay, I got it. Wu Duo looked at He Shuangyou, and then said, "Then please wait a minute, let's take a good look first." ”

"No hurry, I'm fine this afternoon. It's not cheap, but you have to look at it. ”

He Shuangyou watched it for more than ten minutes, and while withdrawing his hand, he asked the old lady again, "How much money do you say can be paid?"

The old lady repeated what she had just said to Wu Duo word for word.

The old lady spoke very softly, but it gave people a feeling that they couldn't negotiate the price, He Shuangyou nodded, "This thing is very carefully preserved." ”

When the two were communicating, Wu Duo seized the time to listen.

Zhang Xihuang's genuine!

This is not only genuine, but also in Zhang Xihuang's works, it is also a fine product, or a complete product, and it is perfectly preserved.

Zhang Xihuang's green bamboo carving arm rest, with pavilions and pavilions as the representative work, is also the most expensive, more than ten years ago it was auctioned for more than one million prices.

And the one sent by the old lady, Wu Duo's estimate, should be more than two million!

There is a reason why you are expensive. On such a small bamboo, the mountains and rivers are towers, and the smoke and rain temples are beautiful and wonderful.

And Zhang Xihuang's works have not been handed down much. Among them, the Palace Museum has collections, and some major overseas museums also have collections.

After listening to this, Wu Duo looked at He Shuangyou, "Teacher He, I think it's okay, you see?"