Chen Zhongfeng's friend's name is Qian Chengyou, and when he saw that both of them were over the age of the year, he asked with a smile, "How is it, isn't it?"

Chen Zhongfeng said directly: "Brother Qian, I didn't say you, I already asked you to improve yourself in a down-to-earth manner, don't be in a hurry, take medicine again, right?"

When Qian Chengyou heard this, he suddenly became a little anxious, and refuted: "Nonsense, why did I take medicine?"

Chen Zhongfeng shook his head and said: "If you still don't believe it, will I lie to you? This Xianyong slurry floats on the surface, the handwriting is dull and godless, and the patina is completely corroded by nitric acid, which is obviously a fake. The next time you go to my house, I'll show you a real thing, and you'll know how big the gap is. ”

Qian Chengyou was stunned, and after a while, he came back to his senses and asked weakly, "Am I really eye-catching again?"

Chen Zhongfeng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Remember my words, see more and buy less, don't think about picking up leaks all day long, look at those Tibetan friends you know, how many of them say that they can pick up leaks every day?"

Qian Chengyou said: "Don't say it, there really is one, every time I encounter it, he says that he missed it." ”

Chen Zhongfeng asked with some surprise: "Who?"

Qian Chengyou replied: "Duan forgiveness." ”

Chen Zhongfeng scoffed when he heard this: "Listen to his nonsense, this guy is the best at bragging, he buys something for 100 yuan on the stall, and sells it for ten yuan more, he will also say that he missed it, this is obviously a normal price difference." ”

"It can't be so exaggerated, right?" Qian Chengyou was a little dumbfounded.

Chen Zhongfeng said: "Hey, when did you hear him say that he picked up leaks, and took out the things he picked up and leaked, even if there were, there were very few, right?"

Qian Chengyou thought about it, it was really like this, and then he believed what Chen Zhongfeng said.

"Don't say it, it seems to be true. However, Duan Liangzhen picked up a big leak some time ago, saying that he bought a bamboo and stone banana jade pot spring bottle for 500,000 yuan, and took it out for us to appreciate. We think it's genuine, and it's estimated that it can sell for at least four or five million, but it's a big deal. ”

Looking at Qian Chengyou's envious look, Chen Zhongfeng glared at him and said in surprise: "What, there is still such a thing, why haven't I heard of it?"

"As for the day before yesterday, you're still out of town, right?" Qian Chengyou said.

"Hey, I didn't expect this guy to be able to pick up such a big leak. ”

Chen Zhongfeng was also a little envious, and asked, "By the way, did he say how he picked up this leak?"

Qian Chengyou shook his head and said: "He didn't say anything about this, everyone asked him, and he was vague." ”

Chen Zhongfeng smiled: "It seems that this guy has a ghost in his heart!"

The rules of the antique shop and asking about the origin of things are still a bit taboo, so Chen Zhongfeng only laughed a few words.

After chatting a few words, Qian Chengyou asked, "By the way, where are you going?"

Chen Zhongfeng replied: "I'll go to Yu Haile, will you go with me?"

Qian Chengyou was immediately surprised: "No, you really plan to buy that glazed red Fushou Shuangquan gourd bottle?"

"Yes, what's the problem?" Chen Zhongfeng said.

Qian Chengyou was speechless and said: "You kid is so flustered, what's wrong with me." ”

Chen Zhongfeng said: "What you say is as if I am a mallet. ”

"You know what a mallet is. Qian Chengyou shook his head: "It's not that you don't know, Yu Haile's guy is a complete profiteer, and he actually got up and was slaughtered by him, I really convinced you." ”

Chen Zhongfeng retorted: "That's the Qianlong official kiln, the current hot goods, and they will be preempted one step later." ”

Qian Chengyou pursed his lips and said: "Hot is hot, but you also have to look at the price offered by this profiteer, we all want this thing collectors don't know how much, it doesn't make sense that they are all stupid, it's been a few months, it's just that no one has to do it, right? ”

Meng Zitao found that the calm Qian Chengyou was still quite rational, and he also agreed with these words.

In the trade of antiques, if it is not something that is in a hurry, it is best to leave the seller alone, if the seller can't hold his breath first, the buyer will make money.

Of course, this is also a premise, it doesn't matter if you buy this item or not, and if you meet a collector who buys it without asking the price, then you lose. Moreover, if the price of the thing is relatively high but not outrageous, or the collection is a hot item sought after by the market, then there is no suspense about the outcome of the game.

Chen Zhongfeng said: "I also know the truth, but if I don't get it in the end, I will definitely regret it for the rest of my life, as the old saying goes, it's hard to buy a new one, even if I take time to exchange the price, it won't take a few years to return to the capital, anyway, I can afford to wait." ”

Qian Chengyou sighed: "Whatever you want." ”

Next, the group came to an antique shop that looked quite large, and when they walked into the store, they saw that both the decoration and the furnishings were relatively simple, giving people a more comfortable feeling.

In addition, except for a guy who stood near the door and greeted the customers, everyone else gathered around a table, staring at a picture scroll on the table, and some people let out a sigh of admiration.

"Xiao Li, what's going on?" asked Chen Zhongfeng.

The guy was more familiar with Chen Zhongfeng, and after greeting him, he pointed to the table and a tall and thin middle-aged man said, "That Boss Song, there is a painting by Tang Yin that I want to transfer, and my shopkeeper is appraising it." ”

Hearing that it was Tang Yin's painting, Chen Zhongfeng was quite surprised, and hurriedly walked towards the table.

Meng Zitao followed to the table, only to see that this is a vertical scroll ink landscape painting, the size is relatively large, about one meter two or three long, about forty centimeters wide, this is in Tang Yin's surviving paintings, belongs to a very large length, of course, this is for the authenticity.

I saw that in the picture scroll, the trees and pines with lush branches were depicted in the near distance, and under the slope bank, the waves were rippling. Behind it is a hill, and there is a thatched hut on the top of the hill on the left, and a coat is reading by the window. Two guests were coming from the winding path in front of the post to visit relatives and friends. Behind the house is a majestic mountain range, with smoke and clouds curling on it, and the sky is endless.

When Meng Zitao saw the content on the scroll, a look of incredulity flashed in his eyes. Originally, he didn't think that this was Tang Yin's genuine work, because the reason was very simple, if it was a genuine work, it would be impossible to sell it in an antique store, and it would be completely sought-after at auction.

But now Meng Zitao doesn't think so, because from his eyesight, the painting method of this painting is obviously the characteristic of Tang Yin.

Needless to say, his footprints are all over the famous rivers and mountains, and his chest is full of thousands of mountains and ravines, which makes his poems and paintings have a majestic atmosphere that Wu Di poetry and painters do not have, and turns thick into chic. Most of his landscape paintings show the majestic and steep mountains and mountains, pavilions and river bridges, and the beautiful scenery of the rivers and mountains at four o'clock, and many of them describe the pavilions and gardens, and the life of the literati and scholars. Landscape figure painting, large and magnificent.

Since Tang Yin's paintings seldom indicate the year on the paintings, and the changes in his painting style are not very regular, it is difficult to speculate on the time when he painted, and it is difficult to divide the process of his painting style change according to time. After Tang Yin worshipped Zhou Chen as his teacher, he mainly studied in the Southern Song Dynasty style, but his paintings sometimes had works similar to Shen and Wen's painting style, such as "Journey to the South". This was given to Tang Yin when he was thirty-six years old when the pianist Yang Jijing left Suzhou.

Tang Yin is good at freehand flowers and birds, lively and free, interesting and full of realism. Legend has it that Tang Yin's "Crow Formation" was hung at home, and one day thousands of crows hovered on the roof, as if they were fighting, which was amazing. The composition of the mountains, rocks and trees painted in this painting is composed of broken branches, and the branches of the dead trees are bent upward from the lower right in many ways, and they are painted with dry brushes and thick ink, which are old and straight. Branches and leaves are painted with ink, and the branches seem to move slightly in response to the wind, thus showing the harmonious beauty of the rhythm of life in nature.

Its bald brush dotted leaves, one or two thin vines and several brushes of wild bamboo and the old leaves on the dead trees are painted together, adding to the quiet and fresh atmosphere of the empty mountain after the rain.

In addition, this painting, it belongs to the small freehand in the painting method, all the way to the wrist dexterity, with calligraphy people to paint, to write on behalf of the depiction, the pen is strong, the shape is beautiful, the whole painting brush and ink are sparse and concise, the line is quite beautiful and free, the image is full of rhyme, from which we can get a glimpse of Tang Yin's outstanding achievements in discussing freehand techniques and opening up a new realm of landscape painting.

Therefore, judging from the brushwork in the painting, this painting is Tang Yin's masterpiece in his later years! The method of using the calligraphy brush is applied to the painting, and the mountains and rocks painted by the method are quite late in the style. This is more evident in Tang Yin's hand-me-down paintings. The composition of this painting is ingenious, the painting is rigorous, and after more than 400 years, it is still pleasing to the eye to look at this volume, and it is completely a masterpiece of Tang Yin. The same answer is given by the anomaly.

"Shopkeeper Yu, what do you think of my Tang Bohu's landscape painting? Looking at this level, it should be Tang Bohu's authentic handiwork, right?"

At this moment, I suddenly heard the pine boss next to him ask with a smile.

"Boss Song, I'm sorry, I'm sorry for this painting, I'm not very optimistic about this painting. Yu Haile shook his head and replied.

Boss Song was obviously stunned, and hurriedly asked, "Shopkeeper Yu, you said that my painting is wrong?"

Yu Haile said: "Boss Song, you were introduced by Mr. Tang, then I will tell you the truth, this painting should be some years old." But it's not Tang Bohu's, it should be an imitation. ”

Boss Song asked, "Shopkeeper Yu, can you tell me why it's an imitation?"

Yu Haile said: "This painting, the imitation is really excellent, I almost thought it was a genuine work when I first saw it, but when I saw this seal, the taste was wrong......

Next, Yu Haile said a few reasons, but for Meng Zitao, he thought that these reasons were all derived by Yu Haile when he saw that the seal was wrong, which was completely specious.

In fact, when appraising antiques, people's feelings sometimes often affect the judgment of things, for example, they obviously think it is a fake, but the more they look at it, the more they feel right, and finally buy it and hit the eye. In the same way, once you feel that there is something wrong with this thing, you often have problems all over your body, even if it is genuine, it is regarded as a fake.

Meng Zitao felt that Yu Haile's current state was like this, thinking that there was a problem with the seal, so he felt that there was a problem with the whole painting.

"That'...... Do you accept it in your store?!" Boss Nasong listened to Yu Haile's explanation, and said in a somewhat eager tone, "This is really a good painting, if it weren't for the urgent money, I would definitely not sell it!"

"Then tell me about it yourself, how much do you plan to transfer this painting?" Yu Haile asked unhurriedly.

Boss Song thought for a while and replied, "Shopkeeper Yu, you are an expert, you must be able to see the value of this painting, so you should give a price." ”

Hearing this, Yu Haile and a middle-aged man next to him glanced at each other, and then pondered.

After a while, I only heard Yu Haile say solemnly: "Boss Song, in fact, according to the rules of our industry, buyers generally do not take the initiative to offer, but you were introduced by Mr. Tang, since you want me to make a bid, then I will tell the truth." It's not bad, but I can only give you 500,000 at most, otherwise I'll lose money. ”

When Meng Zitao heard the price offered by Yu Haile, he secretly said, profiteers!

Even if this painting is an imitation, with the characteristics it shows, it is not 500,000 yuan that can be obtained.

"500,000?!" Boss Song was a little stunned, and then asked excitedly: "Shopkeeper Yu, can't you add a little more?"

As mentioned earlier, the price of antique trading is actually a game process, and this Song boss looks like he is in a hurry to use money, and it is strange that Yu Haile will increase the price when he looks like this.

"Boss Song, I'm sorry, 500,000 is already very high. ”

Yu Haile said with a somewhat solemn expression, "I also gave you this price for the sake of Mr. Tang's face, and this price should be very real, if you sell it to someone else, or send it to an auction company, you may not be able to sell it at this price." ”

"You may think I'm alarmist, in fact, auction companies generally think carefully about famous imitations, because they are risky, you think about it, who will bid on the painting that is said to be an imitation in the brochure, and if it becomes the real thing, if the buyer sees it, the reputation of the auction company will be ruined. Boss Song, if you are sincere about selling, you should think about it, we are not in a hurry. ”

"Hey, then I'll have to take the painting back!"

Boss Song shook his head vigorously, sighed and said, "This painting is at least 800,000 yuan, I won't consider it if it is less, because last year there was a boss who was willing to buy this painting for 1.2 million yuan, but I was reluctant at the time, and now there is no way, the family is in urgent need of money, so I am willing to sell it at a low price." ”

"Oh, is that so?" Yu Haile said suddenly with a sense of enlightenment, "Boss Nasong, please put things away, I really can't afford this price." ”

"Then there's a surplus shopkeeper. Boss Song didn't hesitate, immediately carefully put away the painting, and quickly left.

Since the other party was gone, Meng Zitao had no worries, so he hurriedly said hello to Chen Zhongfeng and went out. (To be continued.) )