Meng Zitao pondered for a moment, one and a half million yuan is not impossible, but in this case, he will undoubtedly have to spend some time and effort to sell it at this price without being auctioned. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But the point is that if Meng Zitao bought this painting, he had no idea of selling.

The ink and wash freehand flower and bird painting of the Ming Dynasty, opened by Lin Liang, and those who worked hard in the meantime followed, such as Shen Zhou, Chen Chun, Xu Wei, etc., step by step to push the freehand method to the realm, and became the most popular and most accomplished form of flower and bird painting in the Ming Dynasty. Lin Liang undoubtedly played a leading role. He is an indispensable and important figure in the history of the development of flower and bird painting. [

Therefore, Lin Liang's work, Meng Zitao did not have the idea of making a move, so of course, the cheaper the better.

At this time, Meng Zitao noticed Qi Qinxi's anxious look, it didn't look like he was cheating, and then thinking of Ji Chenghe's relationship, he thought about it and felt that the right should give Ji Chenghe a face, but this matter had to be explained clearly.

"Boss Qi, to be honest, your price is really embarrassing to me, and no one on the market can afford this price, but Ji Lao and I are also considered to have paid for the New Year, so I agreed to this price. ”

Qi Qinxi thanked Meng Zitao again and again when he heard this: "Thank you, thank you so much." ”

Meng Zitao smiled and waved his hand to say that he was not polite, and then he asked the employee to bring the standard agreement, and immediately transferred the money after signing it, completing the transaction.

"Teacher Meng, I thank you for my old Qi, and I will give you this jade. Chen Chun put the jade in front of Meng Zitao.

Meng Zitao said politely: "How embarrassing is this. ”

Chen Chun smiled: "You did a great favor to the old Qi just now, what is there to be embarrassed about." ”

Meng Zitao said a few polite words, anyway, it was worth a thousand yuan, so he put away the jade.

Because they were going to the hospital, Qi Qinxi and Chen Chun immediately said goodbye, and Meng Zitao came to the reception room next door. ，

"Is everything going well?" Meng Zitao asked the Dong family.

"Fortunately, it's this porcelain, and Expert Liu said that there may be some problems. Dong Changwei pointed to a piece of porcelain in front of him and said.

Meng Zitao looked over and found that this is a blue and white entwined branch lotus to keep the word longevity pattern bowl furnace, the overall layout of the ornament is distinct, dense but not chaotic, the blue and white hair color is sufficient, rich and bright, very distinctive.

"I shouldn't have seen this bowl furnace yesterday, right?" Meng Zitao asked.

Xie Huizhen, who was next to her, took over and said, "This thing was a birthday gift from a friend of mine in business on my father's birthday. Later, I asked the friend and said that it was bought for 50,000 yuan, so for her father's birthday, I gave her a gift of about the same value. ”

Speaking of Xie Huizhen, I don't know if it was because Dong Changwei suddenly rose up yesterday, the whole person seemed much weaker, and he no longer gave people a sense of aggressiveness, on the contrary, Dong Changwei now turned into a serf and sang, becoming the head of the family, which made Meng Zitao feel a little like laughing when he looked at it.

To get back to the point, because of this, now that Xie Huizhen heard that there was a problem with things, she was a little anxious.

Meng Zitao did not pick up the porcelain first, but asked Liu Baoyuan's opinion.

Liu Baoyuan said: "The main thing is that the hair color is wrong, you can know it by looking at it." ”

While speaking, Liu Baoyuan also made a gesture.

Meng Zitao understood it at once, and hurriedly picked up the porcelain to look at it, and his brows furrowed slightly. It turns out that the green material used in this porcelain is a high-imitation green material that has not been seen for a long time.

You must know that this kind of porcelain made of high-imitation green materials, Zheng Anzhi has arranged for people to collect and process, and the quantity is not much, so it is very rare on the market.

Is this porcelain a relic or a new work? If it is the latter, it means that it has been resurrected, which is a bit of a problem.

Speaking of which, Meng Zitao is somewhat psychologically prepared for the resurgence of this kind of green material, after all, the organization that provides high-imitation green material is abroad, although it has gone through a series of crackdowns, but as long as the source is not eliminated, it will still appear.

However, in the past, the high-imitation green materials imported from abroad, as long as you master the know-how, it is still easy to see, but on this blue and white porcelain, Meng Zitao found that some characteristics have disappeared, that is, it is more difficult to identify.

Judging from this point, the high imitation green material has been resurrected, and there has been a certain improvement, which is not good news for Meng Zitao or domestic practitioners.

So, Meng Zitao asked, "Ms. Xie, I don't know when your father's birthday was?"

"In December last year. Xie Huizhen immediately asked, "Is this thing real?"

Meng Zitao did not answer directly, but took a piece of porcelain of the same style from the table and put it aside, and then taught Xie Huizhen to observe the two pieces of porcelain from an angle.

"How is it different?" Xie Huizhen muttered to herself, what others gave her was a fake, but she was a gift bought with real money, so she couldn't afford to die!

"No, I have to ask her!" Xie Huizhen was silent for a moment, then turned around and wanted to leave.

Dong Changwei grabbed her: "What do you ask, what if she is also deceived? ”

"Then that's it!" Xie Huizhen said angrily.

Dong Changwei said: "You can't just forget it, but you have to think of a more secure way, recklessly miss the door, it's not a small matter to become big." ”

Xie Huizhen's temper also came: "Fifty thousand yuan, is this a trivial matter?"

"I'm just saying that, and I didn't let you not ask, but it's safer, such as asking the teachers to open the appraisal certificate. ”

When Dong Changwei said this, he asked Meng Zitao: "Teacher, I wonder if you can issue us an appraisal certificate?"

Meng Zitao said: "Our company does not issue appraisal certificates, but I can issue you a copy, can I?"

Dong Changwei nodded and said, "That's already okay." ”

After issuing an appraisal certificate, Meng Zitao said to Xie Huizhen: "Ms. Xie, if it is convenient in the future, can you ask where you bought this porcelain, this is very important to me." ”

"Okay, I'll help you ask. Xie Huizhen agreed.

After handling the affairs of the Dong family, it was almost noon, and as a courtesy, Meng Zitao invited the Dong family to lunch.

Walking out of the door of the reception room, Meng Zitao saw Zhang Jingqiang, who was late, coming towards him.

"Zitao, come on, come on, I have something for you. ”

"We're getting ready to eat. ”

"Just a while. Ladies and gentlemen, please wait a moment, and we will come right here. ”

After speaking, Zhang Jingqiang pulled Meng Zitao to his office, then took out a box and put it in front of Meng Zitao: "This is the Damascus steel knife I just got, do you like it." ”

"Damascus steel knife?" Meng Zitao asked with some surprise, "How much did you buy it?"

"It's cheap, it's only 50,000. Zhang Jingqiang smiled and gestured.

Damascus steel, the origin of ancient India, was called Uzi steel in ancient times. Damascus steel will have a special pattern on the surface when it is cast into a sword, also known as crystalline pattern steel, which is a perfect combination of ancient powder metallurgy and forging technology, and this pattern is simply the natural beauty of artificial carving. Because of the moving legend and its excellent performance, knives made of Damascus steel have become the best in the world of knife collecting.

However, the ancient Damascus method has long been lost, and the Uzi mine used to forge Damascus steel has also been depleted.

There is only one possibility, a grandmaster-level swordsmith in the United States has reproduced this beautiful and fierce knife with modern technology, and there are many forging methods derived from it, which are manufactured in various countries, but it is estimated that it should be hand-forged by a well-known knifesmith in the United States or China.

Meng Zitao opened the box, the box was lined with a sponge bottom velvet surface, the knife was covered with a piece of yellow silk fabric, the cloth was uncovered, a dagger-like knife appeared in front of him, and it felt very weighty to pick it up, the scabbard and the handle were decorated with wide leather ropes, and there was no decoration except for a brass inlay at the end of the scabbard.

This style is a practical style that Meng Zitao prefers, he pulls out the knife body, the knife is very beautiful, no stop hand design, the handle handle is set up with a buckle system with the scabbard, will not wear the knife body, the knife body shape is similar to D9, the front is slightly raised, the knife body is about 20c long, and the whole body wheel diffuses irregular patterns.

After a series of observations and distinctions, Meng Zitao concluded that the knife body was forged and polished by hand, and it was very sharp.

At this time, I heard Zhang Jingqiang say: "I have tried this knife before, the paper cutting is smooth, the glass is sharp, the plastic water bottle full of water is cut in two, the incision is not scraped, and the pattern is not implanted but forged." ”

Meng Zitao nodded and said: "Well, although this knife is mostly domestic, it is also the best hand-refined by a very good knifesmith, and 50,000 yuan is also suitable." ”

In fact, Meng Zitao felt that 50,000 yuan was not cheap, but since it was given to him by Zhang Jingqiang, he definitely couldn't say that Zhang Jingqiang bought it expensive.

At this time, Meng Zitao felt as if he had seen something unusual, and immediately looked over again, but found that he could not see too clearly with the naked eye, so he took out a magnifying glass to observe.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Jingqiang felt as if something was not quite right when he saw Meng Zitao's reaction.

Meng Zitao said: "This thing is indeed artificially made, but there seems to be some problems with the materials used, you see this reflection, obviously wrong, but what kind of material is this, I still have to ask." ”

"Damn, is this thing worth 50,000?"

"That's definitely not worth 50,000. ”

Zhang Jingqiang was a little angry: "No, I have to settle accounts for this matter, what a thing!"

"I'll wait until I get to know better. ”

"Okay. ”

After Meng Zitao inquired, he learned that the knife was made with a machine chain, and after Zhang Jingqiang learned about it, he went to settle the account, and there were some things for this, but this is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

After the meal, Meng Zitao received a call from Shu Ze.

"Zitao, I have good news for you. Shu Ze said with a grin.

"What's the good news?"

"Guess. ”

Meng Zitao scolded with a smile: "Guess the ghost, if you have something to say, say it quickly." ”

Shu Ze said: "It's really boring, give you a reminder, it's a matter for you to give money." ”

"Is it a good thing to give money?" Meng Zitao said this, and immediately reacted: "You won't tell me that there are already results over there, right?"

Shu Ze snapped his fingers: "That's right, it's just a small boss, the results are not very big, and this guy is said to be an alcoholic, so he can be killed easily." ”

Meng Zitao was happy, and sneered: "Whether it is a big boss or a small leader, as long as it is a person from the black fire, I will keep them in the horror of being assassinated." It's just that in this way, I have to trouble you to send a few more bodyguards to protect me and Wanyi's parents. ”

Shu Ze said: "You don't need to explain this, I have already arranged it." However, the black fire is not so easy to deal with, you have to be prepared to fight a long battle. And I would like to remind you that money is not a small amount to achieve your goals. ”

Meng Zitao said: "I understand this. ”

Money is a thing, Meng Zitao has basically been in short supply since he got the ability, but when it comes to the critical moment, there is a feeling of being stretched, which makes him mutter: "It seems that I have to think of a way to make money quickly." ”

Shu Ze heard this, and said with a smile: "I see that you are so lucky, you made so much money last time gambling stones, or I will go to Pingzhou in two days, you can go with me." ”

"What are you doing in Pingzhou?" Meng Zitao asked curiously.

Shu Ze said: "The last time I made a bet with Bu Xinzhi's cousin Luo Haixu, do you remember, isn't the bet his family's jade rough inventory?" ”

Meng Zitao was surprised and said: "It's been a long time, why is he only fulfilling the contract now?"

Shu Ze said: "No, he did tricks last time, and the master I invited saw through it, I was on fire at the time, and asked him to give an explanation, and then he promised to add another 100 million jade rough to me, but it was a little later." This is to deal with this matter in Pingzhou. Would you like to go and have fun together?"

"It's okay to take a break and take the opportunity to see if there is a chance to make a fortune. Meng Zitao immediately agreed, the new ability he got now does play a decisive role in gambling stones, but the cost is too great, and it is definitely not possible to use it to gamble stones, but combined with intuition and a certain amount of experience, it is a perfect match.

"Okay, I'll call you before I go. ”

"No problem. ”

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Two days later, Shu Ze called Meng Zitao and said that he would leave for Pingzhou the next day and ask him to get ready.

In the morning, Meng Zitao went to the antique shop to deal with things, and when he was about to walk to the antique shop, he saw Fang Wenliang looking at the business card in his hand and looking at the door of his house.

"Boss Fang. Meng Zitao immediately said hello.

"Teacher Meng, what a coincidence. Fang Wenliang said happily.

Meng Zitao smiled: "It's no coincidence that there is no book, but why didn't you call me before you came?"

Fang Wenliang said with a smile: "I don't have anything to do today, I just stopped by to take a look." ”

Meng Zitao smiled and invited Fang Wenliang to sit inside.

When he came to the reception room, Meng Zitao served tea to Fang Wenliang, and after asking a few gossips, he said, "Boss Fang, is there anything going on when you come back to Ling City?"

"Actually, it's nothing, I just sent two feng shui instruments. ”

While speaking, Fang Wenliang took out two things, one large and one small, from his bag and put them on the table.

Meng Zitao fixed his eyes and saw that the big one was a gossip gourd, which is a common feng shui product, because the curved shape of the gourd is similar to the dividing line between Tai Chi Yin and Yang, it has the function of isolating the aura inside, and the shape of the mouth is small and the belly is big, which can store the good aura as oneself, and can also absorb the bad aura. Bagua copper gourd is used to protect health and can also be used to dispel evil.

The small one is a large and a small composition of Daoguang Tongbao and "World Peace" back gossip gourd-shaped money.

"Teacher Meng, can you help me comment?" Fang Wenliang said with a smile.

"Absolutely. ”

Meng Zitao picked up the gossip gourd first and looked at it carefully for a moment: "This gourd is good, it should be some years old, it was made in the late Qing Dynasty, and the materials are exquisite, and it has been supported by masters, it is indeed a good magic weapon." ”

Commenting on this, he picked up the money again, and as soon as the thing arrived, he felt that there was something wrong, and then he felt that the problem was a bit serious, in simple words, although it had an aura but it was messy.

"Boss Fang, let's put it this way, this gourd should have been a feng shui magic weapon before, but I don't know if it was saved or other reasons, now its aura has been messed up, and it must not be used as a magic weapon, otherwise the result will be worse. ”