Although Tang Ding was unable to absorb more aura from the Dragon Descending Magic Sword, Tang Ding had an innate familiarity with the Dragon Descending Magic Sword.

It's familiar, like an old friend.

In the past two days, while waiting for the three pieces of jadeite to arrive, Tang Ding and Xing Muliu were fine, and went to two well-known auction houses in Guangchuan to take a turn.

The northern auction house is heavy on form, the venue is very large, and the decoration is magnificent, but the two auction houses that Xing Muliu and Tang Ding visited together are also well-known in the industry, but the office space is very small, and there is no special auction venue at all.

This will undoubtedly save a huge amount of costs, according to the calculation of holding an auction once a month, people only use one day's rent, while the rental cost of Fenghe is 30 times higher than others.

In addition, there are many varieties of auctions in the Southern Auction House, and more importantly, people dare to auction anything, including some things that can be seen at a glance as belonging to national cultural relics, and they also appear in the lot manual.

In the north, those who dare to do this are underground auction houses, and they can't enter without ordinary connections.

But the south is different, Tang Ding and Xing Muliu, outsiders, actually had the opportunity to see the underground auction house in the south, and in this underground auction house, they are all very familiar with something.

Here's the thing.

Yesterday, by chance, Tang Ding and Xing Muliu came out of the office of the auction house and met the middle-aged man who Tang Ding accidentally saved his life on the plane that day.

The middle-aged man's name is Guo Weidong, and he is the owner of a trading company.

It's better to meet by chance, Guo Wei Dongfei wants to invite Tang Ding and Xing Muliu to dinner.

It turned out that Guo Weidong also went to the auction house where Tang Ding and Xing Muliu went just now, and he wanted to auction an object that could keep the town house safe, after all, there have been too many things at home recently.

Tang Ding also talked about the auction house he also went to, Guo Weidong was very surprised, he didn't expect that he and his savior could meet here.

"If you want to sell the real thing, I recommend you go to a regular auction house, but if you just want to see it, you can go to the underground auction house here to open your eyes, where there are really good goods. Guo Weidong lowered his voice and said to Tang Ding.

Tang Ding actually has this intention, and during the two-day visit to the auction house, Tang Ding also discovered this phenomenon. People here in the south seem to be more inclined to underground auction houses where treasures come from unknown sources, and it is precisely because of the competition from underground auction houses that these auction houses on the surface are so bold, and some objects that seem to be cultural relics are also put on the table and auctioned publicly.

According to Guo Weidong, he went to a so-called underground auction house with a friend once, and was speechless in surprise at the time, and later regretted it.

Bronze, porcelain, etc., which are known as national treasures, is simply a special auction for national treasures.

The objects auctioned here are all things of unknown origin, and many of them are stained with the smell of earth, apparently newly unearthed.

Of course, there are also fakes, and the underground auction house itself is a blind spot for supervision, and there are many fakes and counterfeits, which tests the eyesight of buyers.

Of course, the auction house itself does not want to sell fakes, sell fakes and smash their own signboards, unless it is the kind of underground auction that changes places with one shot, this kind of place will be flooded with fakes.

To a certain extent, the level of appraisers in underground auction houses that do well is much better than that of ordinary legitimate auctions, because they are exposed to more fakes and genuine products, and they have higher requirements for connoisseurship.

Although Guo Weidong proposed the underground auction, I heard that Tang Ding wanted to see the underground auction.

Guo Weidong felt that he had a certain ability to appreciate, but the easier it was to be eyed by such a person, Guo Weidong went to an underground auction house that time, and bid for a beautiful Han Dynasty blood jade jade bracelet, which cost more than 2 million to sell, and after finding someone to identify it, it turned out to be a modern imitation made by soaking in an aqueous solution of iron salt for a long time.

The experience of being deceived this time made Guo Weidong remember it vividly.

Tang Ding saved his own life, and also let his women and children die in bliss, and he was very kind to himself, so he knew that everything was endless, and he naturally would not pit him.

But if Tang Ding just wants to see it, it doesn't matter.

Underground auction houses are not black shops, as long as you don't win the bid, no one will force you to buy.

"I asked if there were any underground auctions recently. ”

After Guo Weidong made a few phone calls, he told Tang Ding in surprise, "It's a coincidence, there is a scene tonight, if you want to go, I will accompany you." ”

"Don't be so troublesome, you tell the introducer, we can go by ourselves. ”

"I'll go with you, I'm afraid you'll be deceived. Guo Weidong was originally scheduled to have an arrangement in the evening, but when he heard that Tang Ding was going to the auction, he still pushed back the original arrangement.

It's hard to be warm, and Tang Ding can't refuse Guo Weidong's kindness, it's always a good thing to have an acquaintance with him.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the underground auction will begin.

At half past six, Tang Ding and Xing Muliu met Guo Weidong at the agreed place and entered a five-star hotel together.

Originally, Tang Ding thought that Guo Weidong had asked them to meet here, and there was still someone to join him, but when he entered the auction venue, Tang Ding realized that he had made a mistake.

The venue of this underground auction is located in the multi-purpose hall of this five-star hotel.

This underground auction is really strange, the scene is bigger than the regular auction. Tang Ding has also been to two regular auction houses, and heard from the staff that their auction venues are specially used for rental commercial buildings, some of which are banquet halls of four-star hotels, and one time they even rented the assembly hall of a certain college of Guangchuan University.

And the so-called underground auction does not have the strict security review in Tang Ding's image, and there is no underworld at the door, anyway, this underground auction looks like a normal corporate annual meeting.

"Dear friends and guests, our collection exchange meeting today is about to begin, welcome everyone. ”

"Of course, the so-called underground auction cannot be directly called an underground auction, but a collection exchange meeting. Guo Weidong whispered in Tang Ding's ear.

After the host's short opening remarks, the official auction began.

"First of all, I would like to introduce today's first collection, the first collection is the work "Spring Return" by Mr. Shu Hai, the most famous contemporary painting and calligraphy master, with a starting price of 300,000 yuan, and each bid is not less than 20,000 yuan. ”

Tang Ding was surprised, but he didn't expect that the first lot he encountered in this underground auction would be a teacher's painting.

"Three hundred and fifty thousand. ”

"Four hundred thousand. ”

The bidding went all the way up to 1.2 million.

After becoming a disciple of Shu Lao, Tang Ding also studied the teacher's works, at least Xing Muliu also popularized the price of Shu Lao's works for Tang Ding.

In a regular auction house, such a work of Shu Hai is worth at least more than 2 million, and the final transaction price may reach more than 3 million according to the on-site situation, so at present, in this underground auction, the price is 1.2 million yuan, although it is a bit low, but it is also within the normal range.

"Teacher Zhang, why don't you bid for this "Spring Return"? My grandfather said that he likes Shu Lao's work very much, and the price is not expensive. ”

"Huo Shao, I have seen this "Spring Return Picture" in the Zuo family. ”

"What if you've seen it, ah? You mean it's a fake? Impossible, this is the first lot, and the organizers dare to fool people with a fake?"

The gentleman on the side saw that Huo Shao's voice was getting louder and louder, and hurriedly asked him to whisper, in this kind of underground auction, of course, there will be fakes, just know it, wouldn't it be troublesome for yourself to say it?

Tang Ding didn't want to listen to the conversation between the two people behind him, but they were talking too loudly, and Tang Ding couldn't listen to it if he wanted to, but these two people actually said that they had seen this collection in the Zuo family, and said that this was a fake, how could this be possible?

Tang Ding understands the teacher's painting style and brushwork, the painting style of this work is obviously the teacher's style, and this inscription, the handwriting is also the teacher's handwriting.

"Oh, that's not right. Tang Ding finally noticed that something was wrong.

Although this painting is Shu Lao's painting style, and the characters look exactly the same, Tang Ding can see a little different.

Shu Lao's font, set of strength, handsome in one, has the charm of Yan's, as well as the style of the king, and also absorbs the strengths of each family, of course, this is the evaluation of the public, but Tang Ding knows that the teacher first learned the word Zhang Xu's cursive.

It is said that when writing, you must first write in regular script and then in cursive, but Shu Lao did the opposite, first read cursive and became fascinated, and then began to imitate, and finally integrated the words of Yan Zhenqing and Wang Xizhi and others into it to form his own unique style.

Therefore, even if Shu Lao's characters are written in regular script, they also have a smooth flow of "continuous pen judgment".

However, although the inscription in this painting is vividly imitated, and the painting style does not show any flaws, Tang Ding feels that this painting is less smooth.

The more deliberately imitated, even if the imitation is exactly the same, it still lacks that charm.

This is an imitation, an extremely high-end imitation, almost a fake imitation.

Who would imitate the teacher's calligraphy and painting to such an extent? If this kind of person does not imitate, he will be a generation of masters of calligraphy and painting.

Although Tang Ding hated this kind of person who infringed on the copyright of the teacher's work, he was also surprised by the high level of this person.

In the end, this "Spring Return" was bought by a middle-aged man, and Tang Ding also took a special look at this middle-aged man, but he didn't know it. Tang Ding was not interested in middle-aged people, but he was interested in this vivid person who could imitate the teacher's calligraphy and painting.

The next auction is a bronze statue, which is a wine container, and the transaction price is not low, 950,000 yuan, and the transaction is still the middle-aged man who just bought "Spring Return".

The auction continued, and as Guo Weidong said, there were indeed a few things that smelled earthy, but Tang Ding was not interested in this kind of thing without aura.

"The last lot is a peerless treasure, Ugin soft armor, with a starting price of 30 million, and a price increase of no less than 1 million each time. ”