Shangguan Yu raised his wrist and looked at his watch, "Have lunch now?"

"It's also past ten o'clock, we can't just keep wandering around like this, right?" Yu Yao said, "Zhao Xingxing said that he was only free in the afternoon, which means that he was very busy in the morning, and it is not appropriate to go over at this time!"

"Otherwise, let's find a café, have a cup of coffee, and then eat. ”

"That's fine. ”

The two found a nearby café and chose a secluded location.

After serving the coffee and the waiter left, Yu Yao opened his mouth first, "I pondered again on the way, the person you said is a master of imitating Lang Shining, but he didn't leave a name, what are you studying for?"

"You're very perceptive. Shangguan Yu smiled, "Indeed, research is only one aspect. And this person's imitation of Lang Shining actually has a certain special value, but the price of about one million is too high. To tell you the truth, if you make a discount, I will accept 500,000 yuan. ”

"A high imitation during the Republic of China, and it is not a celebrity, 500,000, it is still a loss. Yu Yao took a sip of coffee, "Let's listen to you." ”

Shangguan Yu nodded, "This person, He Shangshan Zhangyan met in the thirties of the last century, but he didn't know the name, so he called him Second Master Jin." At that time, He Shangshan bought a copy of Lang Shining's "Hundred Horses" from him. Unfortunately, this imitation was accidentally lost during the trip to the United States. ”

""Hundred Horses"?" Yu Yao listened, "is the real thing that is now in the Forbidden City on Taiwan Island?"

"Yes. At that time, Jin Erye imitated a total of three paintings, each with its own place. ”

"The surname is Jin, isn't it a Manchu relic? Three paintings? I seem to have heard of one of the stories of a high imitation. ”

Shangguan Yu took a sip of coffee, "There are still a lot of stories in this! You've heard of it, maybe it's different, so I'll tell you about it······"

It is said that the father of this second master Jin served in the upper courtyard of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and this place is in charge of the imperial horse. Jin Erye also grew up eating imperial grain, and he likes horses and paintings, which is the foundation laid since childhood.

According to He Shangshan's palm, in 1900, the year when the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, Lang Shining's masterpiece "Hundred Horses" in the Qing Palace once flowed out of the palace, and Jin Er had the opportunity to watch it carefully and figure out the brushwork.

By the time the Manchu Qing Dynasty fell, Jin Erye was already in his thirties, and he had no food and clothing. He was used to living a comfortable life, and he didn't have the strength to do it, so he made a living by flipping gadgets and painting and selling paintings by himself.

In the early thirties, one day He Shangshan went to Shichahai and ran into Jin Erye, who was setting up a stall, and there was a "Running Horse" on the stall that made He Shangshan's eyes shine.

He Shangshan asked him what he was called, and he said that his surname was Jin Xinger. He Shangshan was much younger than him, so he called him "Second Master Jin". This "master" is also an honorific title of Yanjing in the old days.

He Shangshan pointed to the "Galloping Horse" and said that if this painting is well framed, it can also raise the price. Jin Erye smiled bitterly and said that now it is tight to buy pen, ink, paper and inkstone, how can there be money to mount it?

Only then did He Shangshan know that he dared to love this "Running Horse" was painted by Jin Erye!

He Shangshan even said that he had the demeanor of Lang Shining.

Jin Erye smiled and said that he painted Lang Shining, which was the same as the real thing!

He Shangshan couldn't help but be surprised, this little vendor in his fifties with a dirty face actually had such ability?

So, He Shangshan made an appointment with him and asked him to imitate Lang Shining's "Eight Horses", and Jin Erye agreed

But a few days later, Jin Erye asked He Shangshan again, is it okay to imitate Lang Shining's "Hundred Horses"? He also explained that when the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, this picture was taken out by the eunuch from the palace, and he had the opportunity to copy it for a short time, and then took it back to the palace. Imitation of this one is more reliable.

He Shangshan listened, the line is the line, but this hundred horses is a masterpiece, nearly one meter wide, nearly eight meters long, a hundred horses in the picture, different shapes, want to complete, at least a year or so. Moreover, such a masterpiece is not the same as imitating a "Eight Horses" hall!

Subsequently, He Shangshan and Jin Erye went to his house and first looked at the "Hundred Horses" he copied back then. What Jin Erye copied back then was not a whole picture, but there were layout drafts, local large paintings, and individual small drawings. After He Shangshan appreciated it, he decided that it was completely okay to let Jin Erye make a complete long scroll!

So, He Shangshan agreed with him for a one-year period to imitate a "Hundred Horses"!

He Shangshan first gave 60 yuan of ocean as a deposit, and at the same time, part of it was also used to buy materials such as old silk and old ink, and then, He Shangshan gave him another 20 yuan a month, so that in a year, a total of 300 yuan of ocean.

In the early thirties, in Yanjing, twenty yuan a month was not a small number! It was more than enough to feed a large family. Second Master Jin's days are moisturized again.

At the end of the year, this "Hundred Horses" was also completed.

Second Master Jin called He Shangshan at night and asked him to pick up the painting the next morning, but He Shangshan didn't wait and went to Second Master Jin's house that night. As a result, Jin Erye was not at home, Xinna's little daughter-in-law was there, he knew about painting He Shangshan, let him enter the house and say wait, it is estimated that he will come back in a short time.

He Shangshan sat for a while, wanting to go into the studio to have a look, but the little daughter-in-law didn't stop him. But He Shangshan entered Jin Erye's studio and saw that there were actually three "Hundred Horses"! Two of them had been completed, and one was almost finished.

If three imitations are put on the market together, can this be the same as one?

He Shangshan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, but he was helpless. Jin Erye did this, although it was not very authentic, but it did not violate the agreement. Because he only promised He Shangshan to imitate a "Hundred Horses", but he didn't say that he would not imitate others.

The main reason is that He Shangshan did not expect that Jin Erye would be able to imitate three "Hundred Horses" in one year! Originally, he thought that he would barely complete one painting, but this is still underestimating him.

Moreover, these three "Hundred Horses" are of a very high standard, and they are not inferior because of many imitations!

He Shangshan has such eyesight? He sighed secretly in his heart, Jin Erye imitated Lang Shining's horse, specializing in one skill, which was obviously higher than Ma Jin, and he was also difficult to compare.

It turned out that Jin Erye changed his hexagram at that time because an antique dealer found him and wanted to imitate two "Hundred Horses". Two of them are also imitations, and three of them are also imitations, so he pondered that he would give He Shangshan an imitation of "Hundred Horses".

And this antique dealer agreed with Jin Erye to two "Hundred Horses", three years, thirty oceans per month. Although Jin Erye painted it in less than a year, he did not hand over the painting, and it took three years to hand over the painting after receiving enough money.

He Shangshan received this "Hundred Horses" and did not sell it for a while, and at the same time he was listening to the news of the other two "Hundred Horses".

Speaking of this, Shangguan Yu looked at Yu Yao, "I'm afraid the story you heard is the story of one of the "Hundred Horses", and it has something to do with Hitler?"