Meng Zitao got out of the car, walked into the villa with the big box, and was stepping into the door of the living room when he was stopped by a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy.

The young man looked at Meng Zitao with a scrutinizing gaze: "You are the Meng Zitao who was said by my cousin to be able to go to heaven and earth?"

Seeing the young man's appearance of five people and six people, Meng Zitao was a little amused and a little inexplicable: "Who are you?"

"I'm Chung Kam Yin's cousin. ”

The young man said: "I have a painting here, if you can identify the authenticity within ten minutes, I will call you brother, if not, you should still do it!"

Meng Zitao felt even more strange and said, "Did you have some misunderstanding?"

The young man sneered: "There's no misunderstanding, I think you're cowardly." What else do you say about the contemporary grass saint, do you want to be ashamed?"

Meng Zitao saw Zhong Jinxian not far away squeezing his eyebrows at him, and also smiled: "Okay, then let's take a look." ”

"Hmph!" the young man snorted, and then brought Meng Zitao to the table: "It's this painting, look at it." ”

Meng Zitao raised his eyes to see that this painting takes the landscape of the East China Sea as the theme, the mountains are continuous, the reflection is endless, the clouds cover the fog, the hillside is dotted with lush trees and weeds, the forest foothills, the fishing houses in the villages, the wind and rain valleys, and the smoke and clouds are obscure. The mountains, rivers, trees and stones are shrouded in ethereal haze, appearing plain and deep, vast and deep.

The author of the inscription is Wu Bin, who is a painter in the Ming Dynasty, and there is no academy in the Ming Dynasty, and the establishment of court painters is generally subordinate to other provinces and ministries. During the Wanli period, Wu Bin was summoned by Zhu Yijun of Mingshenzong, and was awarded the title of Zhongshu Sheren, the director of the Ministry of Government and Industry, and served the inner court as a painter, and entered the Jiangnan literati circle. His works are famous for their landscapes and Buddha statues, and most of them were valued and collected by the courts of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Meng Zitao just glanced at it and said, "This painting looks okay." ”

As soon as this sentence came out, not to mention the young man's shock, Zhong Jinxian next to him was also stunned.

After a while, the boy came back to his senses and said with a shocked face, "Did you guess it?"

Meng Zitao smiled: "What you think is a guess is a guess." ”

"You're sure to guess, even my grandfather can't tell at a glance whether it's true or not. The boy said firmly.

Of course, Zhong Jinxian couldn't think that Meng Zitao was guessing, and asked, "Zitao, how did you tell its authenticity at a glance?"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Generally speaking, real calligraphy and painting have the charm and aura that can't be made by imitations, and have a three-dimensional sense, and the ink color also has a sense of penetration that can't be done by spray painting. But these distinctions only exist in the eyes of connoisseurs, and without a long period of observation, there is no such skill. ”

When the young man heard this, he immediately became angry, pointed at Meng Zitao and said, "You actually said that my grandfather's skills are not enough, do you know who my grandfather is!"

Meng Zitao smiled and said, "I don't know, and I don't want to know, now you should fulfill your previous promise." ”

The young man quibbled: "You guessed, I didn't lose this game." ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "Little brat, if you can't afford to lose, just say it." ”

"You're a little kid, your whole family is a little kid!" the boy blushed, and said angrily, "You wait for me, I'll go and get another piece of porcelain, if you can judge its authenticity right away, even if you win!"

As he spoke, he ran away without waiting for Meng Zitao's reply.

"Where did you come from?" Meng Zitao asked with a smile.

"It's my cousin in San Francisco, USA, and the family has been passed down for three generations, and the baby's is not good. ”

Chung briefly talked about his cousin, and then turned the topic to the painting on the table: "How did you see the problem with this painting?"

"You think I'm lying to you. ”

Meng Zitao shook his head with a smile, and when he was talking just now, he looked at the painting for a while, and then asked, "This painting should be a high-imitation printing painting, right?"

"Awesome!" Zhong Jinxian praised.

"It's not anything great, it's not difficult for experienced people to identify the authenticity of this kind of painting. ”

Meng Zitao said: "First of all, if it is not framed, there is a clear difference between the original and the imitation paper. The high imitation is made of imitation rice paper, which is easy to touch, and it has a layer of film attached to the back, which feels smooth, and the rice paper does not have this feeling. Of course, this method does not apply when the painting and calligraphy are framed, you can only see one side, and it is impossible to tear the painting to see the back. However, if you are experienced, you can still see the problem with paper. ”

"In addition, when you hold a 100x magnifying glass, the ink dots formed by the high-imitation calligraphy and painting can be presented, even if the ink dots are small, they are unavoidable, and they are definitely different from the brush. But technology is always evolving, and there is now a way to modify the inkjet equipment to hide the ink dots under a normal magnifying glass. ”

Meng Zitao said with some emotion: "I used to think it was just talking, but I didn't expect to really encounter it." Technology is really changing with each passing day! It's just that even if the technology is improved, the effect of the force through the back of the paper still can't be ...... naturally."

When Meng Zitao was talking about this, Jiang Haoming put a piece of porcelain on the table: "That's it, if you can say it right again, I'll admit it." ”

Meng Zitao looked at the porcelain and found that this was a blue and white entwined branch lotus pattern plate Zun, which looked quite royal and looked like a blue and white hair color, which should be the work of the third generation of Qing.

However, it was still the same as just now, as soon as the porcelain entered his eyes, Meng Zitao felt that something was wrong, he took the porcelain in his hand and looked at it, and then asked with a serious expression: "Where did you get this porcelain?"

"Of course I brought it back from the United States, don't you see that there is still a fire paint mark underneath?"

Jiang Haoming said impatiently: "Tell me if it's true or not." ”

"It's a high imitation. Meng Zitao said.

Jiang Haoming laughed: "I'll just say it, you must have guessed! I'm not so stupid, I took a high imitation just now, and now I take a high imitation." ”

Meng Zitao said: "You don't believe it, Brother Xian, you go and get two pieces of Qianlong blue and white porcelain from your collection." ”

"Uh......" Jiang Haoming saw the sworn appearance of Meng Zitao, and he also had some doubts in his heart, but after thinking about it again, these doubts were put aside again: "I want to see what you say." ”

After a while, Zhong Jinxian brought two pieces of blue and white porcelain from the Qianlong official kiln.

Meng Zitao put them next to the porcelain brought by Jiang Haoming, and said: "First of all, your porcelain adopts a porcelain formula that accelerates oxidation, but it is not naturally formed, and the gap between it and the real thing must exist. ”

Jiang Haoming did as he pleased, and as a result, his face was pulled down.

Mencius went on to say some other differences, although the differences are very subtle, but when taken together, they are already very telling.

"However, in comparison, this porcelain is a real high imitation, and the gap between the real product is very, very small, even the blue and white hair color is only two or three percent of the difference, which I think is very fortunate, otherwise, it is really terrifying, and it is normal to cause the destruction of porcelain in the official kiln of the Qing Dynasty. ”

Chung Kam Xian said: "I don't think so, what is the benefit of doing this for the producer, if it were me, I would definitely be willing to go down the drain." ”

Meng Zitao shook his head: "Fine porcelain is rare, and because of the high price, the buyers are often big bosses, or big collectors, they are quite cautious in doing things, if it is you, five pieces of porcelain, it is possible to buy a high imitation, if it is you, will you spend tens of millions on this?"

Zhong Jinxian said: "It depends on the rate of return. ”

Meng Zitao said: "Yes, when the rate of return is high now, this kind of impact is not high, but in three or five years, will the rate of return still be as high as in the past few years? If there is a flood of fakes, who will suffer the loss? It may not be a big deal for a simple investor to change careers, but for us practitioners and enthusiasts, it will be unbearable." ”

Speaking of this, Meng Zitao looked at Jiang Haoming: "So, can you tell me where you bought this porcelain from?"

Meng Zitao judged from the painting style and other aspects that this porcelain should be made by the team of high-imitation green materials, thinking that this high-imitation green materials are becoming more and more realistic, his heart is eager to catch this team.

Speaking of which, this matter has been investigating, such as Xun Ziqing's side, and now there have been no useful clues, he has never shipped the goods, as if he knows that someone is investigating him. In addition, it was found that there were fewer and fewer porcelains made of high-imitation green materials, and things froze.

Now that a newly made piece of high-melamine has been discovered, and it was purchased in the United States, perhaps this is a clue that can break the current deadlock.

"I bought this porcelain from an old antique shop in San Francisco. ”

"You write the address. ”

After a while, Meng Zitao took the note written by Jiang Haoming, read it, and said with a smile: "This is the bet you just said." ”

"Don't underestimate people!" Jiang Haoming's face flushed, feeling that Meng Zitao underestimated him, and then twisted and pinched, like a mosquito barking, and said: "Brother Meng." ”

Meng Zitao laughed, thinking that this kid was also quite funny.

Zhong Jinxian knew that his little cousin was very face-saving, although he wanted to tease him, but thinking of his cousin's character, don't tease people away, so he changed the topic.

"Zitao, what's in the box you're holding?"

"I don't know. Meng Zitao spread his hands and explained the origin of the box.

"Open it up and take a look, maybe it's a treasure inside?" Tian Mengmeng said.

"Stupid or not. Jiang Haoming muttered.

"You kid, what do you say about your sister-in-law?" Zhong Jinxian heard it and played a brain crash.

Jiang Haoming rubbed his head: "I'm not wrong, the seller is not stupid, he will lose the key to the box containing the treasure." ”

Tian Mengmeng stopped Zhong Jinxian's hand and said with a smile: "Don't you know how unlucky Brother Meng is, maybe there will be surprises?"

Jiang Haoming pursed his lips, obviously not convinced.

"Don't say that, as the old saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Meng Zitao smiled, then went to get some tools and opened the box.

But I saw that inside the box, there were indeed some old magazines, and they were all magazines from the seventies and eighties, so it was not that they were worthless, they were not high.

moved the box to the bottom, and didn't find any treasures, Jiang Haoming said: "I'll just say, how can there be a good thing about pie in the sky." ”

Meng Zitao didn't really want to take out the things hidden in the box, but Jiang Haoming's tone made him change his mind. He looked at the bottom of the box, then picked up his tools and began to scratch at the bottom of the box.

Seeing this, Zhong Jinxian was surprised and said, "Zitao, you don't mean to say that there is really something else in it, right?"

Meng Zitao smiled slightly: "Maybe there is." ”

After a while, a board was pried off by Meng Zitao, and he saw that there was something wrapped in cloth inside, and when he opened it, there were two jade figures inside.

These two jade figures are about seven or eight centimeters tall, made of green jade, their facial features are delicate, their faces are peaceful, and their height is slightly different. They all wear deep clothes on the right side and tie a gentleman's belt around their waists, a typical Hanfu tradition. One person wears a bun and a small braid, and the other has long braids, and his hands are folded in front of his waist and abdomen. The appearance is very delicate and lifelike.

When Jiang Haoming saw these two jade people, he was completely dumbfounded, and it was hard to believe that there was such a thing as "buying calves and giving away pearls".

Tian Mengmeng was also a little stunned, after all, she just said it casually, she didn't expect it to happen, but halfway through, she clapped her hands with a smile: "Haha, I'll just say that Brother Meng's luck is terrible." ”

Jiang Haoming said stiffly: "What's the big deal, isn't it just two jade people!"

At this time, I heard Zhong Jinxian say: "Zitao, how do I feel that these two jade figures seem to be connected piece by piece." ”

"Yes, I see that the limbs and the head seem to be made separately and then connected. ”

"Why did you do that, and how did the makers pick it up?" Zhong Jinxian was very curious.

Meng Zitao took the jade figure in his hand and observed it, secretly using his ability to explore its interior, and found another scene that shocked him.

Half a ring, he came back to his senses, put the jade man on the table, and stood up very easily, and then he twisted the jade man's arm, and then, a scene that stunned everyone appeared, the jade man actually began to dance, forward, backward, forward, backward, although the action is not up to the point of a real person, but compared to today's electric robots, the action is much more flexible.

The time for the jade man to dance was about half a minute, and after stopping, Jiang Haoming patted his forehead and said in disbelief: "It's too long, what did I see?"

Of course, not only him, but Zhong Jinxian and the two of them also had a hellish expression, and everything that happened in front of them was beyond their imagination.

Then, Mencius took out another jade figure, twisted its arm as well, and it began to dance, but the movements were different, but also quite wonderful.

When it finished jumping, Zhong Jinxian couldn't help but pick up a jade figure to study: "This thing is really made of jade, and it looks like it should be some years old, the ancients had such superb technology?"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Even if you don't believe it, things are still here, besides, I don't know if you remember that there was a craftsman in ancient times, called Yanshi." ”

When it comes to robots today, people tend to think that they are the product of contemporary Western technology. As everyone knows, the fantasy and pursuit of humanoid machines have a history of thousands of years, and its earliest birthplace is probably China, but at that time, they were often called "dolls", "wooden people" or "puppets". It can be described as an ancient "robot".

For example, the "Liezi Tangwen Chapter" records such a story: as far back as 3,000 years ago in the Western Zhou Dynasty, a craftsman named Yanshi presented a puppet to King Mu of Zhou. At first, King Mu thought it was Yanshi's retinue and didn't care. After learning that it was made of wood by the Yanshi, he was very surprised and called his favorite concubine to watch it together.

I saw that the puppet forward, backward, leaned forward, and leaned back, and the movements were the same as those of the real person, and when he moved his chin, he could sing with a manlike voice, and when he moved his arms, he would swing and dance. After the performance, the puppet also threw a flattering look at the king's favorite concubine. This threw King Zhou Mu into a rage, and decided that the puppet in front of him must be a real person, and he wanted to execute the Yanshi on the spot.

Yan Shi was in a hurry, and immediately stepped forward to take apart the puppet and show it to King Zhou Mu. After careful "inspection", King Zhou Mu found that it was nothing more than a pile of "dead things" composed of wood and leather, coated with glue paint and paint, and the Yanshi escaped a murderous disaster.

Some people may say that this is just an apocryphal story, and it can't be true, but the world is full of wonders, and who can be sure of its truth or falsehood?