After listening to Meng Zitao's narration, the shopkeeper was a little surprised and said with a smile: "It seems that Mr. is also a knowledgeable person." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Meng Zitao smiled, the reason why he bothered to explain was to remind the store that he was knowledgeable, and not to treat himself and others as mallets.

He Wanyi asked Meng Zitao: "Zitao, what do you think of this bracelet, can you buy it?"

Meng Zitao whispered to her: "The bracelet is okay, but most of the jewelry embedded on it was added later." ”

Sima Yuelan, who was next to him, heard it and said in surprise: "Ah! How can it be a backup?"

Sima Yuelan's voice was a little loud, and the shopkeeper also heard it, of course he wouldn't admit it, his brows furrowed, and he said in a somewhat unceremonious tone: "Sir, you must have a basis for saying this, right?"

Originally, Meng Zitao didn't want to bother, but because of the bad attitude of the store, he had to say something: "Let's not say anything else, the turquoise on this bracelet is not right, if I am not mistaken, it is likely to be modified turquoise, right?"

Turquoise is not a stranger to people who are familiar with jewelry, it is also one of the popular gemstones on the market now, because there are too few high-quality turquoise, in order to improve the appearance and color of some poor quality natural turquoise, improve durability and make it easy to polish and polish and not easy to break, usually use wax injection, injection molding and other methods to modify natural turquoise.

This practice is usually recognized by the jewelry industry, and the main components of modified turquoise are still natural, but after the modification process, there is a lot of loss of natural energy, if you buy it to obtain energy from turquoise, this modified turquoise is best not to buy.

The shopkeeper shook his head: "On the basis?"

Meng Zitao looked at the shopkeeper: "Boss, you don't think that this turquoise is treated with 'Zachery', so you can't see it, right?"

The shopkeeper was slightly stunned, and Meng Zitao actually knew about the "Zachery" treatment, which was obviously beyond his expectations.

The "Zachery" treatment is also known in the market as electroplating and potash dyeing, and is used for the improvement of medium and high-grade turquoise. This method was invented by Zachery himself, and he has applied for a personal patent, and the specific process is kept secret.

According to Zachery's own statement, the treatment process does not add chromogenic ions such as copper and iron ions in natural turstone, nor does it inject plastic, wax, paint and other fillers, but does not rule out the possibility of adding other compounds to reduce the porosity of turstone, and the whole treatment process takes 3-6 weeks.

Zachery-treated turquoise is consistent with natural untreated in many gemological characteristics, which is difficult for the average person to identify, but a fake is a fake, and there will always be a way to identify it.

Meng Zitao continued: "Boss, you want proof, I will ask someone to buy some oxalic acid, and I will know that if I am wrong, I can buy this bracelet at twice the market price." ”

He Wanyi saw the embarrassed look on the store's face, and said with retreat: "This kind of test should be destructive, it's a pity to deal with a good bracelet like this, boss, how much does this bracelet cost, if it's appropriate, I'll buy it." ”

The shopkeeper got down the stairs and immediately said, "Count your cost price of 1500." ”

He Wanyi saw Meng Zitao nodded, and was ready to pay by card.

At this time, Meng Zitao heard someone shouting at him, he looked in the direction of the sound, and it turned out that Xue Wenguang was running towards him.

Xue Wenguang trotted in front of Meng Zitao, with a smile on his face, and handed the things in his hand to Meng Zitao: "Meng Shao, this is what you want." ”

Meng Zitao took it and looked at it, except for the time and place, there was no special indication on it.

"Can you go with this?"

"Yes, let's go to this place together. ”

"Okay, we'll get back in touch then. ”

Meng Zitao nodded, and when he saw Xue Wenguang's hopeful look, he smiled: "Did you try it today?"

"Nonsense, can I come to you if I don't try?" Xue Wenguang scolded his mother in his heart, and his face was still smiling: "Meng Shao is really good!"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "It sounds good, you must be scolding me in your stomach, right?"

"How can this be!" Xue Wenguang said in his heart: "Knowingly ask!"

"Okay, when the auction is over, I'll help you cancel it. ”

"Meng Shao, thank you!"

At this time, the store came out, saw Xue Wenguang, and said in surprise: "Teacher Jiang, what wind blew you here?"

"I'll send something to Meng Shao. Xue Wenguang said.

The shopkeeper was surprised when he heard Xue Wenguang say this, Xue Wenguang would actually call this young man like this, his identity must be extraordinary, but these are not the things he cares about, he smiled and said, "Teacher Jiang, will you have time later?"

"What's the matter?"

"That's the case, just now Li Huigang Li called me and said that he wanted to invite me over to palm, and I didn't agree, but he wanted to go to me to appraise the bronzes, and I was a little worse in this regard, so I wanted you to take a look at it, you are an expert in this area. ”

Xue Wenguang waved his hand: "With Meng Shao here, how can I be called an expert......

When Meng Zitao heard this, he coughed lightly, and Xue Wenguang immediately shut up.

The shopkeeper was even more surprised when he saw this, who was this Meng Shao, and why did Xue Wenguang care so much? However, he reacted quickly, and said to Meng Zitao with a smile: "A few friends, I wonder if you are interested in going to the café not far in front of you to sit together?"

Shu Ze opened his mouth and said, "Let's go and have a look, I haven't seen Mr. Li for a long time." ”

"It turns out that this gentleman and Mr. Li know each other, that's great, then let's go." ”

The shopkeeper closed the door, said a word to the neighbor, and then led the group to the café he said.

When they got there, everyone was led by the waiter to a private room, and there were already several people sitting in the private room at this time.

Sitting in the middle was a middle-aged man in his forties, and when he saw Shu Ze coming in together, he immediately stood up and greeted Shu Ze: "Shu Shao, when did you come to Xiangjiang?"

Shu Ze shook his hand with a smile and said, "I've been here for a few days, I heard that you were here just now, so I came over to take a look, I don't know if I bothered?"

Li Huigang laughed and said: "What you said is too foreign, I welcome your arrival at any time." ”

Li Huigang has a financial company under his name, mainly doing funds and bonds, he has cooperated with the Shu family many times, the Shu family is similar to the God of Wealth to him, and of course he is very welcome to the arrival of Shu Ze.

After the greetings, Li Huigang invited everyone to take a seat, during which Shu Ze also introduced Meng Zitao and them, but only briefly.

At this time, in addition to Li Huigang's secretary, there was also an old man in his early eighties, according to Li Huigang, this is an old-timer in the Xiangjiang antique industry, a famous calligraphy and painting appraisal expert Xie Yi.

Meng Zitao also has some understanding of Xie Yidao, who has been an apprentice in an antique shop in Xiangjiang since he was a child.

After introducing each other, Shu Ze asked Li Huigang what was going on today, and Li Huigang said that one of his customers owed him a sum of money, about 30 million, and because he had no money to repay the debt, he used antiques to offset the debt.

As I was introduced here, I heard someone knocking on the door, and then a waiter brought in a middle-aged man, who was slightly chubby, well-dressed, and looked like a big boss.

Behind this person, there were five or six young people, all of whom were carrying or holding one or two boxes in their hands, and Meng Zitao counted them, and there were a total of ten large and small brocade boxes.

"Mr. Li, I'm really sorry for keeping you waiting. The middle-aged man smiled and stretched out his hand to shake hands with Li Huigang.

At this time, Xue Wenguang introduced in a low voice: "This is what Mr. Li said just now, this person has a bad reputation in the rich circle of Xiangjiang, he likes to go sideways, and there is a group of younger brothers under him, it is said that there are several lives under him, but there is no evidence." ”

Meng Zitao looked at Yu Boda's appearance, and it was really a little fierce, and the rumors of his subordinates killing people were probably not groundless. However, it has nothing to do with him, as long as he doesn't mess with him, he won't be nosy.

After a few polite words, Yu Boda asked the young man who came with him to put the box on the table: "Mr. Li, these are the ten antiques I brought, used to offset your account, each of them is a fine product, I have found several auction houses to appraise the price, the lowest one gave 32 million, the highest one 35 million, I think, it should not be a problem to use it to offset your 30 million." ”

Li Huigang actually only knows a little about antiques, and usually buys antiques by experts to help identify the authenticity, and he must not be able to see the authenticity with his eyesight, so he politely said to Xie Yi who invited him: "Xie Lao, I'm going to trouble you next." “

Xie Yi got up and said with a smile: "Entrusted by people, loyal to people, since Mr. Li trusts him, he will naturally do his best." ”

At this time, Yu Boda asked several young people to open the box and take out the contents of the box, which were five paintings and calligraphy, two porcelain, one jade and two bronzes.

Among them, although the calligraphy and painting works cannot be seen to be authentic or fake, the remaining five antiques with their own characteristics can still be seen, and each of them is a fine work. This is also normal, ten antiques, even if the valuation is 30 million, the average value of each piece is 3 million.

Yu Boda first asked one of the paintings to be unfolded for Xie Yi to appreciate.

As soon as the scroll was opened, Xie Yi's eyes lit up, not only him, but also Mencius and others next to him were also quite eye-catching, because the work of this painting was none other than the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and the content was "Apricot Blossom Picture".

Qianlong's calligraphy and painting can be called the leader of the Qing Dynasty's emperor and queen calligraphy and painting in terms of the number of works, artistic quality and historical connotation. However, among the thousands of paintings that have been handed down, most of them are imitations of the ancients and the ancients, and the number of works that record and express his daily government affairs, life experiences, and inner feelings is relatively small, and "Apricot Blossom Picture" belongs to the latter.

On the basis of realism, such works either express Qianlong's nostalgic thoughts as an outstanding statesman, or convey the true side of his closeness, sensitivity and tenderness to nature although he is a noble monarch.

These imperial brush works have been valued by scholars and collectors, not only because of Qianlong's special identity or the scarcity of such themes, but more importantly, with the deepening and refinement of Qing history research, calligraphy and painting works have played a role in vivid images that cannot be achieved by ordinary historical materials and to illustrate history with unique perspectives and functions.

I saw that the upper part of the picture is an imperial poem, and the lower part is mixed with ink and ochre, and the technique of sketching and dotting is adopted to express the wet and heavy skin color of the branches of the apricot tree after being soaked in rain and snow, and the texture of the rough and rough skin; This picture is stamped as "Qianlong" and "the treasure of the ancient and rare son of heaven".

Li Huigang was surprised: "Boss Yu is willing to arrive, and even took out Qianlong's paintings." ”

Yu Boda smiled bitterly: "I can't help it, otherwise I don't know when Ma Yue will be able to pay off your debts." I'm very worried now, I don't know how Elder Xie will evaluate it. ”

Li Huigang smiled and didn't say much.

Xie Yi concentrated on appreciating the paintings, and the shopkeeper and Xue Wenguang appraised five antiques in addition to calligraphy and painting.

Xie Yi's appraisal was very careful, of course, the speed was relatively slow, it was almost noon, and he hadn't finished the appraisal yet, so everyone had lunch first and then continued.

After lunch, everyone drank tea, and Xie Yi also had results.

"Old Xie, it's really hard for you today. Li Huigang said.

Xie Yi waved his hand: "I'm old, my physical strength is not good, otherwise it wouldn't have taken so long, let's talk about the result first." ”

Li Huigang and Yu Boda hurriedly pricked up their ears, and listened to Xie Yi continue: "After our agreement, among the ten antiques, a total of three are too accurate. ”

Everyone knew what it meant to be uncertain, Yu Boda's face changed slightly, and he said to Xie Yi: "Old Xie, I don't know which three things are problematic?"

"First of all, Qianlong's "Apricot Blossom Picture" ......"

As soon as Xie Yi said this, Yu Boda's face changed sharply, and he hurriedly interrupted: "Old Xie, you said that there is a problem with "Apricot Blossom Picture"?"

"Unfortunately, yes. Xie Yi said.

"Please be able to make it clear. Yu Boda hugged his fists.

Xie Yi nodded and began to explain: "Qianlong greatly admired the style of Yuan man Zhao Mengfu and integrated it into his own creation. In terms of specific works, his painting style tends to be the same as Zhao Mengfu's. Mainly soft and beautiful. Although subject to identity experience. Even due to the constraints of artistic talent, his paintings cannot reach the height of Zhao Mengfu in terms of brushwork and verve. ”

But it is precisely because of his special imperial status that his paintings are different from Zhao Mengfu's literati paintings, and they have a kind of graceful and generous imperial atmosphere that overrides all things. In this regard, it can even be said that Qianlong's painting surpassed Zhao Mengfu. And this is also one of the key points to identify the authenticity of Qianlong's paintings, where there is no such temperament, or even some cramped suspected Qianlong paintings, it is very doubtful. This painting has this problem. ”