Meng Zitao said: "Shopkeeper, you are too valuable. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

The shopkeeper waved his hand and hurriedly said, "Mr. Meng, for me, your words are worth this price, in fact, I still take some advantage, and I won't be able to ask for it even if I want to in the future." ”

Meng Zitao smiled slightly and said, "In this way, how about I write you a picture of Wang Bo's "Send Du Shaofu to Shuzhou", how about it?"

"Yes, yes!" The store originally only wanted Meng Zitao to write a four-character famous sentence, but now that Meng Zitao can write a poem, he was undoubtedly very surprised, and nodded again and again in agreement.

After speaking, the shopkeeper asked Meng Zitao to wait for a while, and then went to get a piece of rice paper.

When Meng Zitao saw this piece of rice paper, he felt that it was unusual, so he listened to the shopkeeper's introduction: "This piece of rice paper is Wang Liuji rice paper of the Republic of China, and I only have two pieces in my hand." ”

Zhong Jinxian asked, "Is this rice paper more expensive than this special skin?"

Meng Zitao said: "Of course, it is more expensive, like this quality of rice paper, a single sheet costs 500 yuan." ”

Zhong Jinxian's eyes rolled: "Shopkeeper, don't you still have one, just sell it to me." ”

Meng Zitao looked at Zhong Jinxian and asked, "What do you kid want to do?"

Zhong Jinxian said with a smile: "I think so, I've written it anyway, just help me write another copy, and I'll collect it myself." ”

"It's strange to believe you, besides, it's already good to use this kind of extra-clean rice paper, so don't be greedy for the only piece of rice paper left by the shopkeeper. Meng Zitao glanced at Zhong Jinxian, and then lowered his head to study the ink.

Zhong Jinxian didn't care, and said with a smile: "I listen to you, but remember to write another poem for me later." ”

Meng Zitao said: "You think calligraphy is for eating, I'll write it to you when I go back, and I'll get it for you when you have time." ”

"Okay, just don't forget. ”

Zhong Jinxian is not in a hurry about this matter, anyway, Meng Zitao will be in the capital for more than ten days, and there is time.

After studying the ink, Meng Zitao was calm, and a song "Send Du Shaofu to Shuzhou" was completed in one go, and when Meng Zitao fell into the seal, the store couldn't help but applaud his hands.

However, Meng Zitao felt a little dissatisfied, especially the last word 'scarf', he felt that the momentum was a little insufficient, and he was a little embarrassed to say: "I'm ashamed, the pen is not at home, I will give you a new picture if I have the opportunity in the future." ”

The shopkeeper looked away from the words, and hurriedly waved his hand: "Teacher Meng, you are too modest, if this is not good, then there are no good words." ”

Meng Zitao smiled, he didn't want to explain more, he just felt that since he had received other people's things, he had to leave the best side, and when he reached his level in the future, he would definitely create another one for the store.

After that, the two sides exchanged business cards, and then Meng Zitao and they packed up their things and said goodbye.

Shen Liwei sent Meng Zitao and Zhong Jinxian out of the door, walked quickly to the table, and looked at the chapter grass work in front of him like a treasure.

"The strokes are elegant, the skills are extraordinary, like a clumsy workmanship, vivid but not ostentatious, upright but not stiff, good words, really good words!"

Shen Liwei watched it over and over again, and the more he watched it, the more he liked it, and in the end, he couldn't help but say to himself: "Hehe, I have to call that guy Liu, I see how he blows his words this time!"

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The next day, the driver sent Meng Zitao to a manor on the outskirts of Beijing, the manor is surrounded by pleasant scenery, birds and flowers inside, green trees, although the weather is hot now, but walking on the tree-lined path, blowing the breeze, feeling comfortable rather than hot.

After passing the inspection of the security guard at the gate with the letter of introduction, Meng Zitao followed the staff to handle his participation documents.

Then, under the guidance of the staff, Meng Zitao walked into a hall. At this time, there were already more than a dozen people sitting in the hall, and they should all be contestants.

As mentioned by Shu Ze before, these contestants are relatively old, of course, this is relative to him, these people are basically between thirty and forty years old, and among the many experts in antiques, they are still a new force.

Therefore, Meng Zitao, who is in his early twenties, is quite conspicuous in everyone's eyes, but everyone does not show contempt because of Meng Zitao's young age, after all, those who can be invited are some elites, in an old saying, there are no three-thirds, how dare you go to Liangshan.

Looking around, Meng Zitao found that among these people, none of them he knew, so he found a chair and sat down, and waited patiently.

The competition is divided into two stages: morning and afternoon, the morning belongs to the preliminary round, from which 12 players will be selected to participate in the afternoon finals, and finally six of them will be selected to qualify for joining the association.

The preliminary round in the morning is a separate game, after calling the number you just got from the staff, you can enter the next room to participate in the game, there are three rooms in the game, and only three players can enter at the same time, but the preliminary round in the morning will not delay much time due to time constraints.

In the process of waiting, there were other contestants coming one after another, and Meng Zitao finally saw the first one, who was also in his twenties.

It's just that this person looked at Meng Zitao's eyes, but he was not very friendly, as if he owed him money, which made Meng Zitao feel awkward, and muttered in his heart: "Inexplicable." ”

Not long after this person came in, another young man of twenty-seven or eighteen years old walked in quickly, and the attitude of the person just now was diametrically opposite, when he saw Meng Zitao, his eyes lit up, and he walked over with a smile.

"Dude, can I sit here?"

"It's fine. Meng Zitao nodded, and then asked, "Do you know me?"

The young man smiled: "Hehe, of course I know, Zheng Lao's closed disciple, am I right?"

"Yes, I don't know who you are?"

"Lu Dongchen, my grandfather, you are Lu Xiuqi. Lu Dongchen stretched out his hand to Meng Zitao.

"Meng Zitao, fortunately. Meng Zitao also stretched out his hand to shake Lu Dongchen, Lu Xiuqi is an old-timer in the antique industry in Beijing, proficient in porcelain research, and his master is an old friend.

Meng Zitao then asked with some curiosity, "Have you seen my photos before?"

Lu Dongchen smiled and said: "This is not it, but I heard that you are handsome, and you are old, I know that eight or nine are not far from ten." ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "I'm a little embarrassed when you say that." I'm ashamed of myself when I compare myself to you. ”

Speaking of which, Lu Dongchen is also completely handsome, with a height of 1.8 meters, wheat-colored skin, three-dimensional hairstyle and facial features, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, is the type that can fascinate thousands of girls.

Lu Dongchen waved his hand: "Don't say that, I feel old compared to others." ”

"Well, don't, do you know that person?" Meng Zitao looked at the young man who was not very friendly to him just now.

Lu Dongchen sneered: "This guy's name is Jiang Haoyan, Xia Kaisheng's apprentice, and he is also a closed disciple like you." ”

Hearing Xia Kaisheng, Meng Zitao knew why the other party was not friendly to him, because this Xia Kaisheng and his master did not deal with each other, and now they are in a competitive relationship, how can they have a good face for him.

"This guy is a little yin, you be careful. Lu Dongchen continued.

Meng Zitao nodded, but he wouldn't listen to it or believe it, after all, Lu Dongchen had just met, who knew what kind of person it was?

The two chatted for a few words, and the topic turned to the competition, Lu Dongchen said: "Speaking of which, it is the second time I have come to participate in the competition, and I lost the first time in the primary election. ”

When Meng Zitao heard this, he was a little curious: "Is it difficult to conduct the primary election?"

"It's hard to say it's hard to say it's not difficult to say it's not difficult, and luck is a big part of it. ”

"How?"

Lu Dongchen explained: "Because the three rooms are three different items, for example, one room is about porcelain, and the other two rooms are calligraphy, painting and miscellaneous. You also know that our energy is limited, especially when we are still young, how much time do we have to spend on several projects?"

"For example, me, I followed my grandfather to learn porcelain since I was a child, and I think that I am not worse than others in porcelain, but I don't die, last time I took my turn to test jade in a room, and I was immediately blind, and finally eliminated miserably. Although I have made up a lot of knowledge in other areas in the past few years, if my luck is not good, then I will have to wait for the next time. ”

In the end, Lu Dongchen looked very depressed.

Meng Zitao was a little puzzled by this, and asked, "Wouldn't it be too unfair to say that?"

Lu Dongchen explained: "This is not possible, the assessment is divided into two parts, one is the basic aspect, which is asked according to the aspect you are proficient in, this part accounts for a relatively high score, and the rest is the practical part, what is arranged in the room has to be practiced, this part accounts for a low score." ”

Meng Zitao shook his head: "I still don't quite understand why the assessment is arranged like this. ”

Lu Dongchen said: "My grandfather told me that the reason for this arrangement is because luck is also one aspect of strength, and if someone is too unlucky, then don't do it." However, he also said that there is a deep meaning in this arrangement, but he can't say it. ”

Meng Zitao didn't really care much about this matter, for him, no matter what, he should be able to pass the preliminary round.

After chatting a few words, the staff called Meng Zitao's name, so in Lu Dongchen's cheering, he followed the staff into a room next door.

There were three invigilators sitting in the room, two men and one woman, and when they saw Meng Zitao coming in, they were a little surprised because of Meng Zitao's age.

"Hello three teachers, I am Meng Zitao, the nineteenth player. ”

"You may be seated. ”

The male examiner sitting in the middle made a gesture, and when Meng Zitao sat down in the chair, he asked bluntly: "Please answer, as a qualified appraiser, what should you do the most?"

Meng Zitao thought for a moment, and said concisely: "Seek truth from facts, don't forget your heart." ”

"That's it?"

"Yes. ”

"Okay, I saw that your information says that you are proficient in cultural toys, may I ask what kind of cultural toys are collectible?"

Meng Zitao said eloquently: "I think that as long as it is a fine product in cultural play, it has a collection value. As the old saying goes, three hundred and sixty lines, the line is the champion. No matter what material or category the collection is, if it is indeed outstanding in quality, it is extremely collectible. ”

"Specifically, a pair of walnuts with an incredibly beautiful pulp, and a piece of white crystal that is extremely heavy, very colored, and extremely clean. A large pearl that is Zhouzheng, white and flawless, and of excellent grade, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., ......etc.,

Next, the examiner in the middle asked several questions, from simple to complex, and Meng Zitao gave detailed answers one by one, and these answers were quite wonderful even if they were not perfect.

Originally, due to Meng Zitao's age, the three examiners had less and less impression of him, but because of these unusually solid answers, their perception of Meng Zitao changed.

After answering the question, the examiner in the middle said to Meng Zitao: "I see that the box on the table on the right is not, there are fifty pieces of various porcelain tiles in it, there are true and false ones, please pick out the fakes within three minutes, the more you choose, the higher the score." Also, don't choose randomly, if you make a mistake, you will be deducted points. ”

Meng Zitao walked over and found that there were all kinds of porcelain tiles in the box, such as blue and white, pastel, multicolor, and monochrome glaze, and each piece did not look like a fake.

This may be too little time for others, but it is not a problem for Meng Zitao at all.

"Ready?...... The timer begins!"

Next, under the gaze of the three examiners, although Meng Zitao already knew which of these porcelain pieces was real and which was a fake, he still did enough to play, and he was extremely focused on selecting the porcelain pieces in the box, and he was very quick to pick.

Towards the last second, Mencius chose the last piece of forgery.

Seeing that Meng Zitao selected twenty-seven porcelain tiles, the three examiners were very surprised, because so far, Meng Zitao had selected the most porcelain tiles, but they didn't know the answer, so they didn't know whether the result was right or wrong.

The female examiner got up and wrote down the number of the porcelain pieces selected by Meng Zitao, and secretly shook her head slightly, because according to her eyesight, a few of them should be genuine, don't look at only a few, but the points deducted for the wrong choice are more than the points for the correct choice, which is also to avoid some opportunistic tricks.

Waiting for the female examiner to memorize the number, the male examiner sitting in the middle said: "There is another exam question below, on the table on your right, there are three pieces of pottery, these three pieces of pottery are unearthed cultural relics, but the surface has absorbed a large number of insoluble substances, now we want to remove them, what can I do? Give you five minutes to think." ”

Pottery artifacts have been buried in the ground for a long time, and a large number of insoluble substances have been adsorbed on the surface, and some of them do not have any damage to antiques, so they generally do not need to be removed. However, the surface of some of the unearthed faience pottery is covered by a thick layer of covering, and the insoluble cover needs to be removed.

Due to the porous surface of the faience pottery, the insoluble matter and the surface of the artifact are very firmly combined, and the removal by mechanical methods will inevitably cause damage to the surface of the artifact.

The main ingredient of pottery is silicate hydrochloric acid, and the pigments of faience are mainly minerals such as iron oxide, ferric tetroxide, and manganese oxide. Their resistance to strong acids and alkalis is poor, not only to protect the faience from damage, but also to completely remove the insoluble substances, then it is necessary to think of some reliable methods.

Meng Zitao looked at the three pieces of pottery on the table, and immediately counted the situation of these three pieces of pottery in his heart, and he pondered for a moment before he had an answer.

"That's it. Meng Zitao smiled at the examiner.

Seeing that only two minutes had passed, the examiner reminded, "Do you need to think about it again?" ”

Meng Zitao said: "Thank you, I have already thought about it." ”

In this case, the examiner stopped persuading and said, "Please answer." ”

Meng Zitao pointed to the two ceramics and said: "This ceramic is a food rotten substance, and this one is stained with smoke stains, as for the remaining piece is a Han Dynasty lead-green glazed pottery, it does not need to be cleaned up." ”

"Oh, why don't you need to clean up?" the examiner asked again.

Meng Zitao explained: "Han Dynasty lead-green glazed pottery has a silvery-white sheen on the surface, which is called 'silver glaze', which is actually a layer of glaze dissolved sediment, which generally does not need to be removed. There is also the white covering here, which is actually a corrupt glaze, and this kind of rotten glaze generally does not need to be removed. ”

The examiner nodded, and then said, "Then you can introduce how to clean the other two pieces of pottery." ”

Mencius Tao said eloquently: "First of all, this kind of pottery is mainly used as a burial object, which contains food and other things, and over time, the food has rotted and deteriorated, so the utensils are also contaminated. The method of removal is to soak and scrub with detergent, which is usually alkaline. It can undergo saponification reaction with fats to produce soluble, fats, and salts that are washed away. Some stains can also be scrubbed with organic solvents to remove. ”

"In addition, this one is actually a cookware, the surface is blackened by charcoal smoke, and it can be prepared...... Finally, it is oxidized and removed, and rinsed with water after removal. That's it. ”

The examiners nodded again and again, and Meng Zitao was able to say so clearly in two minutes, the basic skills are still very solid, and Meng Zitao is still proficient in literary games, and he is only in his twenties, which is already a very rare genius level in the field of antiques.

It was precisely because of Meng Zitao's outstanding performance that the female examiner also began to have some doubts about whether the porcelain tiles selected by Meng Zitao just now were all right, but if they were right, it would mean that Meng Zitao's eyesight was higher than hers, which made her feel a little unacceptable.

In the end, the female examiner no longer thinks about whether Meng Zitao's choice is right or wrong, there are judges to evaluate, if it is indeed right, it is not ashamed to lose to the contestants who can come to participate in the competition.

At the end of the preliminary round, the results of the competition need to be announced at noon, and Meng Zitao still has to wait for the results here, but the waiting place has been changed to a hall, mainly to avoid leaking the exam questions.

Because the previous contestants came out for more than fifteen minutes, and now Meng Zitao only took about ten minutes to come out, although Meng Zitao was calm and relaxed, but the other contestants in the hall still felt that Meng Zitao had no hope of qualifying, and no one came to communicate with him. (To be continued.) )