Seeing that Meng Zitao was gone, the middle-aged man immediately ran away, and when he ran to a secluded place, the young man with glasses just now was already waiting for him.

The middle-aged man didn't pay attention to him, took out his mobile phone and made a call: "Yes...... 20,000 ...... As we agreed earlier, no matter how much I sell, it will be my hard work...... Then thank you to the owner!"

Seeing the middle-aged man happily put away his mobile phone, the young man immediately stepped forward and asked, "Brother, how is it?

The middle-aged man said triumphantly: "Don't talk nonsense, you don't look at who I am, this kind of thing is not easy to catch?"

The young man's eyes lit up: "Haha, brother, how much did we earn this time?"

As soon as the middle-aged man heard this, a raging anger rose in his chest, and he raised his hand and gave the young man a few head melon seeds, and scolded angrily: "Do you know, it was because of your immature performance just now that you only made 20,000 yuan this time, I said that when you made a price, you could open less, and it would be 100,000 yuan as soon as it came up, can others not run?"

The young man touched his head and said with an aggrieved face: "Brother, isn't this the first time for us, I have no experience." Besides, doesn't it mean that this man picked up a few leaks, and at least a million of them have more than one million on him? Why was 100,000 scared away?"

"It depends on something, like if you took a hundred dollars to buy a pencil, would you be happy? Hmph, if it weren't for the first time, I wouldn't break your leg. ”

After the middle-aged man scolded, he took out the money from his pocket, and said with a happy face: "Speaking of which, this job is really profitable, not to say that it was given away for free, even if you buy it, it shouldn't cost a few dollars, and it will be changed for 20,000 yuan, which is really cool, let's study it carefully and strive to carry forward this line." ”

Looking at the red banknote in the middle-aged man's hand, the young man's eyes also lit up, and he nodded again and again when he heard this. Not only that, but if they knew that something worth more than a million had slipped out of their hands, they didn't know what kind of expression it would be.

Meng Zitao walked quickly to Zhengyixuan with his things, and when he passed by Xue Wenguang's shop, he happened to see him looking at him with a smile, his footsteps paused slightly, and said in his heart: "This guy won't do anything again, right?"

After thinking about it, he put this thought aside, and with a happy face, he trotted towards Zheng Yixuan.

Walking into Zhengyixuan, I saw that only the clerk Xiao Zhao was still sticking to his post.

Meng Zitao stepped forward to inquire and learned that Wang Zhixuan would not come over for a while because of something, while Cheng Qiheng and Wang Menghan were in the reception room.

Walking into the reception room, Meng Zitao found that in addition to Cheng Qiheng and Wang Menghan, there was also an old man in his fifties who looked very energetic.

The old man Meng Zitao also knew that he was a frequent visitor to Zhengyixuan, named Dong Wenbai, known as Lao Dong, who liked to collect calligraphy and painting works the most, and also wrote well.

At this time, Lao Dong was holding a magnifying glass and looking at a painting on the table, as if he wanted to climb onto the painting.

Meng Zitao didn't bother Lao Dong, and Cheng Qiheng smiled and signaled, and then walked up and looked at the seal of the scroll on the table.

"Zong Bo Zhizhang, Dong Xuanzai, isn't this Dong Qichang?"

Dong Qichang, the word Xuanzai, the number Sibai, Xiangguang layman, Ming Dynasty calligrapher and painter. In the seventeenth year of Wanli, he was awarded the Hanlin Academy for editing, and the official went to the Nanjing Ministry of Rites to write the book, and after his death, he was called "Wenmin".

Dong Qichang's paintings are mainly landscapes, and he learns from Dong Ju, Ermi and Yuan Sijia, and pursues beautiful brushwork and far-reaching artistic conception. He paints with ease, sloppily and full of fun. He read thousands of books, traveled thousands of miles, had a very wide field of vision, and was full of famous deeds of the ancients. His landscapes opened up a new paradigm and became the culmination of literati painting.

Because of this, he had a profound impact on the painting world at that time and the Four Kings of the Qing Dynasty, and was the master of the Songjiang School. And his works have also performed amazingly in the art market, for example, in 2007, his eight-folio calligraphy and painting booklet was auctioned for more than 48 million yuan.

found that it was actually Dong Qichang's painting, Meng Zitao was shocked, no wonder Cheng Qiheng said on the phone that it was quite mysterious, it turned out to be Dong Qichang's painting, if it was genuine, it was indeed enough for him to be proud.

Then, Meng Zitao hurriedly looked towards the contents of the scroll. I saw that this painting is a landscape map, the near part is the slope stone and mixed trees, the middle section is the stream meandering down, and the distance is the mountains and peaks, and the rain and mist are ethereal. The mountain stone is written in a variety of ways, thick ink dotted moss, grass and trees.

"Good painting!"

After reading the content on the picture scroll, Meng Zitao couldn't help but praise in his heart, the mountains, rivers, trees, stones, smoke and clouds are smooth, there is bone power in softness, the turning is flexible, the ink color is layered, clumsy and beautiful, clear and elegant, and there is indeed the style of Shen Zhou.

Just when Meng Zitao thought that this work was likely to be genuine, he suddenly had a sense of déjà vu in his heart.

Recently, considering that he was lacking in valuation, Meng Zitao went to the Internet to check a lot of auction information, and asked Wang Zhixuan to borrow some. Thanks to his amazing memory now, although there are many of those materials, he still remembers seven, seven, eight, eight.

Therefore, after carefully recalling for a while, he found that the content of the scroll, except for a few parts, was consistent with the content of a landscape work by Dong Qichang at the auction in 06.

You know, the painter is not a computer, and he can copy everything he painted before, so in real life, the painter is somewhat different every time he paints, even if he draws a circle, there will be some differences, like people or animals, it is even more impossible.

In this way, there must be a problem with one of the two paintings, and it is not difficult to guess which one is the problematic.

Looking at the triumphant Cheng Qiheng, Meng Zitao felt some pity in his heart, even if Lao Dong couldn't see the problem, Wang Zhixuan would point it out when he came over, and he didn't know what his expression would be when he came.

Cheng Qiheng was happy, looked up, but happened to see Meng Zitao's somewhat strange eyes, just at this time Lao Dong also finished reading, he smiled and said: "Zitao, my painting is good, right?"

Meng Zitao smiled: "It's good to watch, but I haven't looked at it carefully, and I don't know what happened?"

Meng Zitao's smile made Cheng Qiheng feel a strange feeling in his heart, but he didn't think much about it, so he said with a smile: "Then you can take a look first." ”

"Okay. ”

Meng Zitao also wanted to see what was going on with this painting, so he put the cricket jar on the table, took out his gloves and put them on, and began to appreciate them carefully, but during this time, he still secretly touched the scroll.

"Oh! ”

Knowing the result given by the ability, Meng Zitao sighed lightly in his heart, it turned out that this painting was indeed painted by Dong Qichang when he was alive, and the bell seal was also his, but the content was painted by someone else.

This phenomenon is not surprising to Mencius, it is nothing more than the most common ghostwriting in the calligraphy and painting world.

Speaking of which, in ancient times, ghostwriting was not uncommon in the world of calligraphy and painting, and some great painters often invited friends with the same advanced painting skills but not much fame to write for them when painting for buyers.

There are many reasons for the modern pen, and in summary, there are no more than three kinds, one is that the content of the calligraphy and painting that others ask them to make is something they are not familiar with, and they cannot give full play to their expertise.

In addition, some famous calligraphers and painters, in addition to creating calligraphy and painting, are also officials of the imperial court, and some are also in high positions, usually busy with official business, socializing, and have no time to create calligraphy and painting for others.

There are also calligraphers and painters who are too famous and have too many painters to ask for paintings, and they can't be busy by themselves, so it is natural to ask someone to help. Not to mention ancient times, there is still a phenomenon of ghostwriting in today's calligraphy and painting circles, and it is relatively common, but today it is more driven by profits.

For example, because of Dong Qichang's fame, it can be said that there is an endless stream of people who ask him to create, and he will definitely not be able to complete it with his personal ability, so it is very common to ask someone to write on his behalf.

When Dong Qichang was alive, he asked several of his students to paint and write for him, and after Dong Qichang's death, there were not a few people who pretended to be Dong Qichang to paint and write. It can be said that Dong Qichang's calligraphy and painting works handed down from later generations are mixed, true and false.

However, the real may not be good, and the fake is not necessarily bad, the key is to identify or appreciate. In fact, when collecting, identification and appreciation are not the same.

Some people may say that what is fake is fake, which is better than the real thing?

This is really not necessarily true for Dong Qichang, in addition to the story mentioned above, there is another story that can prove this.

It is said that Dong Qichang once wrote a lot of words to a friend, and once, this friend took these words and asked Dong Qichang to evaluate which one was the best. Dong Qichang took a serious look at it and selected a work with a dense structure, saying that this is his life's proudest work.

Unexpectedly, this friend listened to Dong Qichang's words, looked at the painting carefully, and said with a smile that this character was actually copied by someone else, not Dong Qichang's authentic handwriting. After speaking, the two looked at each other and sighed. Dong Qichang himself can't see the authenticity of his calligraphy, and it is even more difficult for others to distinguish it.

Getting back to the point, let's talk about ghostwriting, calligraphy and painting ghostwriting is also divided into several categories, mainly divided into three.

First, all the works of calligraphy and painting are created by ghostwriters, and only the seals belong to the calligraphers and painters themselves; second, the works of calligraphy and painting are completely written by others, but the calligraphers and painters themselves will sign or sign in addition to their own seals; third, they invite others to create the main part of the calligraphy and paintings, and the calligraphers and painters will make some supplements, and then the calligraphers and painters will sign and seal them.

After careful observation, Meng Zitao believed that the painting in front of him should be the third situation, and it was not a complete imitation, if Cheng Qiheng bought it not expensive, it should not be a loss.

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