Chapter 0658 has its own method
"I know, I know, hey, my grandfather has been telling me his story at that time, he knows this Hu Busi very well, and he admires it very much, and told me that this Hu Busi is a genius in the painting world, to paraphrase Du Fu's poem praising Li Bai to describe him as 'the pen falls into the storm, painted into a weeping ghost and god', but unfortunately, this Hu Busi was born in the wrong dynasty,
If he was born in the Tang Dynasty, Wu Daozi could divide half of the painting world equally!"
Zhou Chen said excitedly that he had listened to his grandfather tell the story of this "Danqing Miaobi Hu Busi" since he was a child, and his grandfather spoke highly of this Hu Busi!
"It's not enough to share half of the painting world with Wu Daozi, but he is definitely a master among the masters of Chinese painting!"
Mo Xiaosheng nodded at Zhou Chen with a smile, then shook his head and sighed, "It's a pity that this person is too strict with himself, and if there is a slight flaw or dissatisfaction with the paintings he makes, he will tear them up on the spot, so there are very few works in his existence, and it can even be said that there are none, even if there are, those that survive are all fakes that imitate the previous dynasty, and it is estimated that he has long been lying quietly in the homes of some rich people!"
A painting of this level can definitely be fake, and even many people are willing to pay a high price to buy it knowing that it is fake!
"Yes, my grandfather also told me that this person has a very strange personality!"
Zhou Chen nodded vigorously, "There aren't many works that have been handed down!"
"Mr. Mo, then you mean to say that these two paintings are from the hands of Hu Busi, who has a wonderful pen?!"
Master Chen and Master Qi were stunned by what Mo Xiaosheng and Zhou Chen said, and couldn't help but ask with some doubts, if this Hu Busi is really as Mo Xiaosheng said, so powerful, then if it is imitated by painting a saint, there is indeed a certain possibility.
"It's not!"
But to their surprise, Mo Xiaosheng shook his head with a smile, looked at the two paintings on the table and said with a smile, "These two paintings, although their skills can be compared to Hu Busi, they are not Hu Busi."
I have carefully smelled the smell of these two paintings, and I can smell a very faint smell of ink from them, which shows that this painting was made recently, and it is only a matter of two or three months.
"Huh? near...... Recently?!"
The faces of Master Chen and Master Qi changed abruptly again, and they were shocked, obviously they didn't expect the two of them to come to this extent!
"The distressing craftsmanship of this painting is very superb, and it is understandable that the two masters were deceived by it!"
Mo Xiaosheng smiled at the two of them, in fact, it was not only Master Chen and Master Qi, but he was almost deceived, looking at the two paintings on the table and continued, "And the most important thing is that we all know that this is the "Confucius Xingjiao Map", but none of us have ever seen the real "Confucius Xingjiao Map", since we have not even seen the real thing, naturally we can't make a comparison, and it is normal to see such a superb fake and be deceived by it!"
Master Chen and Master Qi couldn't help but nod when they heard this, their faces softened a little, Mo Xiaosheng's words were to the point, they had never seen the real works, and they relied on the very few authentic works left by Wu Daozi in the world to make inferences, which were indeed not very meticulous, and it was inevitable that they would make mistakes.
"Xiaosheng, you said that this painting was made recently, that means that this is not the work of Master Hu Busi?!"
Zhou Chen said with some surprise, "That means that there are still people in the world whose painting skills are comparable to Master Hu Busi?!"
"Yes, if I'm not mistaken, these two paintings are definitely made by Hu Busi's descendants or apprentices!"
Mo Xiaosheng squinted his eyes and swept the "Confucius Teaching Map" on the table, his eyes stayed on the part of Confucius's fingers, and said with a smile, "This person can be said to have learned all the skills of Hu Busi's life, and the painting methods in some places are exactly the same!"
In fact, the reason why he was able to see that this painting was related to Hu Busi was because he noticed this subtle detail, when painting the fingers of the characters, Hu Busi was used to using a technique of picking a brush, which can be regarded as a signature painting style of his own, and Hu Busi, a descendant, even learned this technique from him.
"Oh?!"
Zhou Chen's face was overjoyed, and he said excitedly, "Hu Busi still has descendants in this world?!"
"So I said, this is not necessarily a bad thing for us!
Mo Xiaosheng smiled and said to Zhou Chen, if they can dig up this descendant of Hu Busi, it will definitely be a huge gain for them!
"Yes, yes, if we hire him, then we will be prosperous!"
Zhou Chen also understood Mo Xiaosheng's thoughts, and said excitedly, "With his level, he can not only help us identify fakes, but also make some paintings for us on a regular basis for auction, I believe that the price of this level of painting will definitely not be low, and we will share it with him when the time comes!"
"Oh, this ...... That's a great idea!"
As soon as Qiao De heard this, he immediately became excited, and he was very excited, if Mo Xiaosheng and Zhou Chen invited this person over, then he might be able to ask for a painting from this person, and after returning to Heyang, he would pretend to be a good coercion with his "little friends".
Mo Xiaosheng didn't seem to be so excited with the two of them, he turned around and looked at the pen wash on the table with an indifferent face, and said: "Since this wash appeared with these two fake paintings, then I deduce that this wild goose cottage is very likely to still exist! If we can cooperate with them, it will indeed be very beneficial to our future development!"
The counterfeiting process of the wild goose cottage can be said to be one of the best in the world, and all kinds of treasures and famous wild goose cottages can be imitated, if Mo Xiaosheng can cooperate with this wild goose cottage, then they can even take special orders and customize their favorite imitation crafts for customers!
This is a huge vertical expansion for their auction house's business!
It will also make their company's future development prospects broader!
Zhou Chen's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said urgently: "You're right, Xiaosheng, if we can ...... with Yan Caotang."
As soon as he said so, he suddenly stopped, suddenly remembered something, turned his head, and said to Mo Xiaosheng with a bitter face, "Xiaosheng, but this, this Yan Caotang, has it already cooperated with the Great Wall Auction House?!"
He was happy for a long time, and finally realized that maybe the Yancaotang and the Great Wall Auction House had established a cooperative relationship, otherwise how could the Great Wall Auction House have so many things in the Yancaotang?!
"It's not impossible!"
Mo Xiaosheng nodded, "But it's also possible that the Great Wall just bought these things from the Yan Caotang at a high price!"
"I hope they don't form an alliance, otherwise they will join forces, and our newly opened company will really be yellow!"
Zhou Chen swallowed his saliva, looked at Mo Xiaosheng as if looking at the last straw, and said urgently, "Xiaosheng, you...... Didn't you just tell the person at the Great Wall Auction House that you have a way to deal with them, what kind of way is it?!"
Since Mo Xiaosheng saw from the beginning that these two paintings and the two brushstrokes were fakes from Yan Caotang, Mo Xiaosheng dared to boast directly to the Great Wall, which shows that Mo Xiaosheng had already come up with a solution, so he now pinned all his hopes on Mo Xiaosheng.
"Actually, my method is very simple, that is, to find the people of Yan Caotang and let them cooperate with us!"
Mo Xiaosheng said leisurely.
"......" Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen was a little speechless, Mo Xiaosheng's method is really simple and clear, and once it succeeds, it is indeed very effective, but the question is whether the Yan Caotang can cooperate with them?!
The Great Wall Auction House must have a reputation, a heritage, and a strength, even if it is a cooperation, it will definitely give priority to the Great Wall!
And at the very least, now the Great Wall has got these paintings and brushes from the hands of the Yan Caotang, which shows that no matter whether they cooperate or not, at least there have been contacts between the two families, and he is still the first time he has heard of the name of "Yan Caotang"!
"Xiaosheng, you say this lightly, but can people cooperate with us?!"
Zhou Chen sighed bitterly, he didn't have much hope at all, he had mixed feelings in his heart, he was full of ambition and wanted to come to the capital to make a career, but he didn't expect that this was just starting out, and he was hit by a heavy setback.
"As long as we can find someone from the Wild Grass Hall, I have a way to convince him to cooperate with us!"
Mo Xiaosheng squinted his eyes, showing a confident look.
Zhou Chen saw that Mo Xiaosheng was so confident, and his heart couldn't help but settle down a little, he knew that Xiaosheng had always been reliable in speaking and doing things, since Xiaosheng said so, it must not be a big problem.
"But the question is, how do we find the people from this wild goose cottage?!"
Zhou Chen frowned and said worriedly, "Didn't Uncle Qiao say it just now, don't talk about their people, just this thing in the Wild Goose Cottage can't be found on the market!"
"Yes, Xiaosheng, this kind of organization itself is in a gray area, and it must be extra careful, most of them will be incognito, there is no special relationship, and they can't be contacted at all!"
Jod also licked his lips and hurriedly stepped forward to remind his son-in-law.
"Don't worry, I have my own way!"
Mo Xiaosheng smiled at them, and said disappreciatively, in fact, he had thought of this a long time ago, maybe for ordinary people, this goose cottage should not be found, but for some organizations in the state department, it is not a difficult matter.
Seeing Mo Xiaosheng say this, Zhou Chen had no choice but to nod, but he was still a little worried in his heart.
"Brother Zhou, during this time, you don't have to accept any goods, let's auction the auction you bought before!"
Mo Xiaosheng patted him on the shoulder, smiled indifferently, and comforted him, "You just put your heart in your stomach, sooner or later, the Great Wall Auction House will come over to cooperate with us in tears!"
"I hope so!"
Zhou Chen shook his head with a smile, his own family was about to be crushed by others, and Mo Xiaosheng was still boasting about Haikou here.