Chapter 129: A small counterattack
Meng Zitao said: "Let's talk about this later, you tell me first, what did he say to you just now?"
Qian Siling looked at Meng Zitao and was very curious: "How do you feel that you are chattering? If you don't say it, I won't say it." β
"I just think there's something wrong with him. Meng Zitao said.
"What's the problem?" Qian Siling looked a little surprised: "You don't mean that he deliberately identified the fake as true, right?"
Meng Zitao shook his head: "This is not enough, but he distinguishes the truth from the false." β
Qian Siling was stunned: "Uh...... No way. β
Meng Zitao smiled, there are too many kinds of things in the antique world, and everything can be done for money, and it is not uncommon to buy it at a low price.
"Okay, that's what you said. β
"He asked me to edit out the identification of Number 396. Qian Siling was also smart, and immediately reacted: "Is there something wrong with this No. 396?"
"I guessed it, it's the collection I said was the one that was authentic and fake. β
Meng Zitao sneered secretly, this Song Zhiwei's appearance is too ugly, he actually uses this method, is it really that he doesn't exist? And in the future, as an expert in the appraisal, he will be more or less involved, and he must take care of this matter.
Qian Siling was quite shocked, and after being stunned for a while, she asked, "How much is that antique worth?"
"About 400,000. Meng Zitao said.
"No!" Qian Siling said with some doubts: "As far as I know, Song Zhiwei is not a person who is short of money, and the value of his collection is at least twenty or thirty million, as for a piece of blue and white porcelain of about 400,000 yuan, do you do this kind of thing?"
Meng Zitao also felt a little strange when he heard this, because with the attitude of the treasure holder, the price of the final purchase could not be low, so Song Zhiwei's final income could not be high, so why do such a thing?
But thinking of what Song Zhiwei had done before, and how he asked Qian Siling for help, Meng Zitao felt that he still had a problem, maybe Song Zhiwei was very greedy?
"Maybe he had other plans. Meng Zitao thought.
"Brother-in-law, what are you going to do with his affairs?" asked Qian Siling.
Meng Zitao said: "Anyway, it is a fact that he made a mistake in identification, as for what his purpose is, I will do another investigation and remind you not to have too much contact with him during this time." β
Qian Siling said: "Don't worry, I just know him, but there is nothing unseemly, do you have anything else?"
Meng Zitao smiled and shook his head.
"Then you go to dinner first, but I still have some work to do over there. Qian Siling made a sad expression.
"Okay, we'll talk later. β
"Good...... Oh, by the way, our director is also there, this old guy is not a good bird, you be careful. β
Meng Zitao said that he understood, said goodbye to Qian Siling, and walked towards the restaurant.
The experts have already arrived, and there is also a middle-aged man sitting, this person's waist circumference is like an oil drum, his whole face looks like meat, and he can't see clearly, he is the director Zeng that Qian Siling said.
Meng Zitao walked to the table and said apologetically: "Sorry for being late, making everyone wait for a long time." β
Everyone politely said it didn't matter.
Director Zeng stood up, stretched out a big fat hand, and said with a smile: "Teacher Meng is worthy of being Mr. Zheng's proud protΓ©gΓ©, and his eyesight is really outstanding, haha!"
Meng Zitao smiled lightly, he had heard a lot of such praise, he knew that he would never take it to heart.
After a few polite words, Director Zeng greeted everyone for dinner, and everyone talked about various rumors about antiques.
During this period, Meng Zitao sat quietly and did not express any opinions except for enjoying the food, as if he didn't care about what others said, but it seemed that he carefully weighed everyone's words, which made people feel that he was a little mysterious.
"What are you pretending to be deep!" Song Zhiwei was a little dissatisfied in his heart, his first impression of Meng Zitao was not very good, maybe because he felt that Meng Zitao was not worthy of his current status, or because he was born to deal with it, he just felt that Meng Zitao was very annoying.
"Teacher Meng, about this piece of porcelain, let's not talk about the authenticity, do you think it is close to Song Jun or Yuan Jun?"
Song Zhiwei said that some time ago, a Tibetan friend sent him a few photos of Jun porcelain porcelain tiles and asked him to identify them, and the conclusion he gave at that time was that he had done acid treatment and made old fakes.
The reason why Song Zhiwei took this photo was just to liven up the atmosphere, and now when he saw Meng Zitao like this, he wanted to test Meng Zitao.
Meng Zitao also saw the photo on Song Zhiwei's mobile phone just now, and said with a slight smile: "Then I will say a few words, and ask your predecessors to correct the wrong." β
Generally speaking, the Yuan Dynasty Jun porcelain is inferior to Song Jun, this is because Yuan Jun is mostly folk porcelain, so the tire quality is coarse, the luster is also poor, the glaze is not in the end, and there is a hanging glaze, glaze phenomenon, this is a major feature of Yuan Jun, the glaze color to the moon white, azure, Tianlan mostly, and a class of utensils blended with blue and white. β
But this does not mean that there were no fine Jun porcelain in the Yuan Dynasty, and some of these rare works are not much inferior to Song Jun. β
Song Zhi smiled and said, "In other words, Teacher Meng thinks this is Yuanjun porcelain?"
"Yes. Meng Zitao nodded.
Song Zhiwei sneered in his heart, and said with some doubts: "Teacher Meng, you don't know that the glaze color of rose purple is not available in the Jun porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty, right?"
"Who told you you didn't?" Meng Zitao also showed a strange look.
Meng Zitao's words made the faces of several experts show a look of surprise.
Meng Zitao said: "It seems that Mr. Song does not know much about the latest research results of Jun porcelain, in fact, all along, Jun porcelain some types of 'Northern Song Dynasty theory' lack of literature support, such as sunflower-style flower pots, in China's Yuan Dynasty before the literature has never mentioned this kind of fine porcelain, but in the later Ming Dynasty works are frequently appeared, in which the slag bucket type flower pot, drum nail pot holder also in the early and middle Ming Dynasty realistic painting repeatedly. β
If we compare it with the products of other porcelain kilns, including the cultural relics unearthed from the official kilns of the early Ming Dynasty, we can find that this kind of fine porcelain artifacts from the Jun kiln are classified as court utensils in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, which is in line with historical facts. And sunflower pots have rose purple glaze, which is very common, right?"
"Of course, if Mr. Song does not agree with my statement, you can also consult some domestic experts in this field and ask them if they have any unearthed records of rose Zijun kiln porcelain in the Yuan Dynasty. β
Meng Zitao's face changed when he said this, but this was not the end, so he continued: "In addition, regarding the porcelain tiles in the photo, because I have not seen the real thing, I can't make a 100% judgment, but judging from the various characteristics on the porcelain, I think this porcelain piece should be genuine." β
If it is said that Song Zhiwei is only a little embarrassed about the assertion that the Yuan Dynasty had rose purple Jun porcelain, but now Meng Zitao actually wants to overturn his judgment on the authenticity of the porcelain pieces, which is something he absolutely cannot accept.
Song Zhi secretly took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said with a smile: "Oh, then it's time to listen to Teacher Meng's judgment." β
"I also asked Mr. Song to bring up the photos again. β
After a while, Meng Zitao pointed to the photo on his mobile phone and said: "Teacher Song said that this porcelain piece is pickled, this judgment is a bit too superficial, some unearthed porcelain, due to different degrees of soil in different underground environments, there will be some alkalized crystals on the surface of the refracted light that have not been ejected from the glaze or have been ejected from the glaze." This phenomenon may seem like a chemical means of doing the same, but it is not. β
"For example, this porcelain piece, some small glaze pits on the surface, look like the acid flow traces produced by modern chemical aging, but in fact, this is due to the different environment in the kiln, as long as you have an understanding of the porcelain firing process, it is not difficult to judge. Of course, the photo looks somewhat blurry, and there will always be some deviations in judgment, and if you see the real thing, I believe there should be no controversy. β
Seeing that Song Zhiwei's face was getting darker and darker, Director Zeng hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, the antique appraisal must look at the real thing, the photo is somewhat distorted, which is not good for judgment, and Mr. Song doesn't have to care." β
While speaking, he also gave Song Zhiwei a few glances and asked Song Zhiwei not to make trouble.
Song Zhiwei also knew the severity, and he didn't know how to refute what Meng Zitao said, but thinking that he was not as good as Meng Zitao, who was in his twenties, he didn't have the face to stay here, but considering Director Zeng's presence, he didn't leave immediately.
Because of this incident, the atmosphere at the scene was very embarrassing, but fortunately, everyone ate about the same, Director Zeng said a few polite words, and the luncheon ended hastily.
Looking at Song Zhiwei who left in a hurry, Meng Zitao smiled in his heart, he didn't care what Song Zhiwei thought, this kind of so-called expert who relied on his own resources to do something similar to forcible seizure, he would inevitably pull out the roots when he saw one.
After the lunch break, Meng Zitao came to the shooting hall, and when he was about to walk to the door, he saw Qian Siling waving to him.
Meng Zitao walked over and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Brother-in-law, I heard that you had a conflict with Song Zhiwei?" Qian Siling asked in a low voice.
Meng Zitao said with a smile: "What kind of conflict, I just pointed out his mistakes, can't this work? If this makes it difficult for you to do, then I won't participate in the afternoon appraisal, just so that I can save some time." β
"How difficult it will be!" Qian Siling hurriedly said: "As the old saying goes, without him as a butcher, you can still eat hairy pigs?" If it weren't for the director's relationship, what round would he be an appraisal expert? So don't be like him for a while, of course, if he dares to mess with you, you can do whatever you want. β
Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm not a troublemaker, presumably he is also a person who knows each other and will take care of the 'overall situation'." β