Everyone walked to the hotel, Shu Ze smiled and said: "This kid is very trustworthy, but he is too rigid, if we are not here, we will suffer a loss today." ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "Not necessarily, maybe someone will stand up?"

Shu Ze said disdainfully: "Come on, people nowadays generally don't care about themselves, hang high, how many people will be nosy? ”

Meng Zitao shrugged his shoulders: "Everyone has their own way of survival, do you know that he has no one to support him? And there are a few people who are engaged in the antique business who are not human spirits, if he is really an honest man, I really don't believe that he can mix in this industry." ”

Perhaps in response to Meng Zitao's words, the next morning, Meng Zitao was about to go downstairs for breakfast, when he received a call from a young man, saying that he had ancient books in his hand and wanted to sell them to him, and it was inconvenient to inquire about him now.

Meng Zitao told him about the hotel where he was staying now, and when he had breakfast, the young man arrived.

Xu Jianbin took out a few ancient books from his bag and put them in front of Meng Zitao: "Teacher Meng, thank you for yesterday's incident, this is a set of "Ten Bamboo Zhai Paintings" I got two years ago, you can take a look." ”

The eight volumes of "Ten Bamboo Zhai Paintings" were selected by Hu Zhengyan at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and were compiled by Gao Yang, Ling Yunhan, Wu Shiguan, Wei Zhihuang, Wei Zhike, Hu Zongzhi, Gao You and Xingyi Monk in the same school. Hu Zhengyan, Wang Kai and other engravings. Ming Chongzhen's seventeenth year published album nature of the book

"Ten Bamboo Zhai Paintings" also has the function of collecting famous paintings and teaching painting methods for people to appreciate and copy. It is divided into eight categories, including "Calligraphy and Painting Spectrum", "Mohua Spectrum", "Fruit Spectrum", "Lingmao Spectrum", "Orchid Spectrum", "Bamboo Spectrum", "Plum Spectrum" and "Stone Spectrum", which include Hu Zhengyan's own painting works and 30 famous works of the ancients and the Ming Dynasty. There are about 20 or so paintings in each score, each with an inscription and poem with excellent calligraphy, for a total of 180 paintings and 140 calligraphic works.

Therefore, it is quite famous in the world of calligraphy and painting, and it is one of the best comprehensive painting scores in China.

Meng Zitao saw the ancient book in front of him, slightly surprised, because this is not an engraved copy uploaded on the market, but a manuscript, he picked up a copy and opened it, and his heart was even more surprised, because no matter from the perspective of calligraphy or painting skills, the author is quite extraordinary, and there is a sense of déjà vu.

It's just that what makes Mencius feel that it is a pity that these manuscripts are not well preserved, basically each of them has missing pages, and some of them are still key places, so that the inscriptions, inscriptions, and other places that can prove who the author is, are gone.

After reading all the eight volumes of "Ten Bamboo Zhai Paintings", Meng Zitao guessed who the author might be, and was faintly excited in his heart, and hurriedly used his ability on these volumes, and the results not only confirmed his guess, but also surprised him quite a lot, and the opportunity to view the treasure that he had not encountered for a long time actually appeared again.

Speaking of which, Meng Zitao had encountered two "Guanbao" artifacts before, and there was not a long time between them, so he thought that the number of times he could use the "Guanbao" skill should not be low, but he didn't expect that until just now, he didn't encounter it once, and then he knew that artifacts that could "Guanbao" were quite rare.

However, Meng Zitao felt that he knew enough things, and it didn't matter if he could "watch the treasure" or not, so he didn't take it to heart. It's just that just when he was about to forget about this stubble, he suddenly appeared again, which was really unexpected.

What made Meng Zitao even more excited was that the author of this set of "Ten Bamboo Zhai Paintings" was actually Shi Tao.

As the most creative and outstanding painter in the Ming and Qing dynasties, Shi Tao is good at flowers, vegetables and fruits, orchids and bamboos, part-time workers, especially good at landscapes.

His painting is mainly "searching all the peaks to make drafts", contrary to the antique style at that time, his painting composition is novel, the pen and ink are vigorous and longitudinal, dripping and hearty, and the atmosphere is quiet and quiet in the momentum, and the face is unique. Calligraphy is subordinate, and good at poetry. Together with Hongren, Zhu and Zhu Qi, they are called "the four high monks of the early Qing Dynasty".

Meng Zitao didn't understand a little, how could Shi Tao personally write the "Ten Bamboo Zhai Paintings", of course, he didn't need to understand this kind of thing, as long as he could get benefits. Thinking that he was about to be able to learn Shi Tao's painting skills, he couldn't help but be excited.

Pressing some excited emotions, Meng Zitao raised his head and said to Xu Jianbin: "This set of "Ten Bamboo Zhai Paintings" is very good, the calligraphy and paintings on it have the artistic conception of Shi Tao, but unfortunately it is not very well preserved. ”

For Xu Jianbin, Meng Zitao didn't want to lie much, and of course, he couldn't say who the author was. However, he believes that even if he says so, Xu Jianbin should not use Meng Zitao as a mallet.

Xu Jianbin said with some surprise: "Do you think the author is Shi Tao?"

Meng Zitao said vaguely: "I'm not sure about this, but I just say that there is a little bit of Shi Tao's style." ”

"Maybe it's just a little similar to Shi Tao's style, or an imitation of Shi Tao's. Xu Jianbin nodded, and then said: "Teacher Meng, if you think this set of "Ten Bamboo Zhai Paintings" is okay, please accept it." ”

Meng Zitao said: "I think this set of "Ten Bamboo Zhai Paintings" is still quite valuable, I'm not welcome, you can make a price." I know what you mean, but I'm too embarrassed to do it if it's too cheap. ”

Xu Jianbin hesitated for a moment and said, "Ten thousand." ”

Meng Zitao smiled and shook his head: "What if the author is indeed Shi Tao?"

Xu Jianbin could also see it: "That's also your ability, just with me, a small trader, there is definitely no way to prove that its author is Shi Tao." ”

Meng Zitao smiled and waved his hand: "I'll tell you the truth, if you are in business, I will still lower the price of 10,000, but now, I can't let you suffer, after all, the level is 100,000, I will give you 800,000." ”

It's not that Meng Zitao can't give more, but some things must be done in moderation. In fact, even at this price, ordinary people will mumble in their hearts, worrying about whether there will be a problem.

Xu Jianbin's reaction was similar to Meng Zitao's guess, he was shocked when he heard Meng Zitao's words, this price greatly surprised him, which not only did not make him excited, but was a little stunned.

After half a ring, Xu Jianbin came back to his senses: "Teacher Meng, is your price a little too high?"

Meng Zitao smiled: "It depends on what you think, you may have made a profit or a loss." ”

Xu Jianbin scratched his head: "To be honest, this price really makes my head big, but I was originally going to give this set of "Ten Bamboo Zhai Paintings" to you, you can give it whatever price you want." ”

"Good. ”

Meng Zitao smiled, in fact, the reason why he gave the price of 800,000 was also to test Xu Jianbin, now it seems that Xu Jianbin's answer is in line with his judgment, you can contact more in the future, if there is no problem, you can absorb it into your own team.

Meng Zitao transferred the account to Xu Jianbin, and then chatted casually with Xu Jianbin, and gradually learned about Xu Jianbin's situation.

The two were chatting, and Shu Ze came over and joined in the small talk.

At nine o'clock, Chai Chengxuan took the painting and arrived, and Xu Jianbin saw that they had something to do, so he offered his farewell.

"It seems that you are really right, there are few people in your industry who are not human spirits. Shu Ze said with a smile.

Meng Zitao said: "He is really not a human being, but he is principled in his work." ”

"It's good to be principled, I'll go back and ask him if he's willing to work for me. Chai Chengxuan said.

Meng Zitao immediately said: "Don't, Brother Xuan, don't rob people with me." ”

Shu Ze asked, "You also have a crush on him?"

Meng Zitao nodded: "You see that my stall is so big, with the development in the future, it will definitely expand, and then the manpower will be even more tight, I have to build a talent pool, I can't have any difficulties, just ask you for help." ”

Shu Ze agrees with Meng Zitao's thoughts, and he doesn't think there's anything wrong with this, his brother settles the accounts, but if it's him, it's impossible to rely on others all the time, not to mention that it's still a matter of personnel, let alone sloppy.

Next, Chai Chengxuan took out his painting and asked Meng Zitao to identify it, but there was no accident, it was indeed a fake. This shattered Chai Chengxuan's last little expectation, and his mood became a little depressed.