Actually, Meng Zitao didn't want to be so eager, but he didn't have much friendship with Yu Haile, so it was not convenient to inquire about this person's situation.

Even if Meng Zitao could inquire about Boss Song's situation, this painting was too precious, and he was worried that he would have a long night and many dreams, so he immediately chased after him.

Out of the store, Meng Zitao saw Boss Song walking in a hurry, worried that Boss Song would find another shop to sell, he hurriedly followed and shouted: "Boss Song, please wait a minute." ”

Boss Song stopped, turned around, and found that it was Meng Zitao, and his expression was a little strange: "What's the matter with you?"

Meng Zitao smiled and glanced at the calligraphy and painting brocade box in Boss Song's hand, and the meaning was self-evident.

Boss Song perked up and asked, "Little brother, do you really want to buy my paintings?"

Meng Zitao said: "That's for sure, otherwise I wouldn't have rushed to catch up, it should be fine, right?"

Boss Song said: "That's definitely no problem, who is not doing business with whom? As long as the price is reasonable, I can accept it." However, let's talk about the ugly things in the front, I won't sell it if it's less than 800,000. ”

Meng Zitao said, "Can we talk about it in a different place?"

"Where do you want to go?"

"I'm not a local, whatever you want, as long as it's close to here, I'll have to go back later." ”

"I remember there's a teahouse over there, why don't we go there?"

"No problem. ”

The two of them, together with the army that followed behind, came to the teahouse that Boss Song said.

After ordering tea with the waiter, the two talked about business, and Boss Song took out the painting for Meng Zitao to appreciate.

Meng Zitao watched it for nearly thirty minutes, and it wasn't until Chen Zhongfeng estimated that he couldn't wait anymore and called to inquire that he came back to his senses.

"This old brother hasn't asked for his name yet. Boss Song asked with a smile.

"My surname is Meng, Meng Zitao. Meng Zitao said: "Boss Song, my friend is anxious for me to come over, let's make a long story short, I think your painting is good, I don't know if the price can be cheaper?"

Boss Song shook his head and said, "As I just said, this painting is at least 800,000." To tell you the truth, the reason why I sold this painting was because of my company's liquidity problems, otherwise, I would not be willing to sell this painting, so I would definitely not sell it for less than this price. ”

"In addition, I don't know if you know the person who is the shopkeeper Yu, to put it mildly, he is completely the master who does not see rabbits and does not scatter eagles, if he doesn't think that my painting is really good, he can't say 500,000 at all. ”

Meng Zitao didn't want to waste his tongue too much, so he pretended to hesitate for a moment before agreeing to this price.

Next, the three of them went to a nearby bank to transfer the money, and after that, Meng Zitao asked Dajun to wait for him to come back with the painting in the teahouse.

The painting has passed Yu Haile's hand, and now Meng Zitao has bought it again and taken it back, although Yu Haile will not say anything, but he will definitely feel a little uncomfortable in his heart. Although Meng Zitao and Yu Haile can't talk about any friendship, they still have to give Yu Haile some face, even if they pretend, at least the face is better.

After solving this matter, Meng Zitao returned to the antique shop, and at this time, there were two fewer people in the store, only Yu Haile and the middle-aged man who was looking at him just now, as well as Chen Zhongfeng and Qian Chengyou.

Seeing Meng Zitao walk into the store, Chen Zhongfeng hurriedly beckoned him over, and said, "Shopkeeper Yu, as long as my friend has seen it, I will pay." ”

Yu Haile nodded yes, and said to Meng Zitao with a smile: "Mr. Meng, please advise." ”

When Meng Zitao saw Yu Haile called him like this, he knew that Chen Zhongfeng should have introduced him, thinking that Chen Zhongfeng should not be so stupid, and would tell his true identity, and if he said that there was no problem, with Yu Haile's character, it would be possible to regret it, or raise the price.

"Don't dare to give advice, let's learn from each other. ”

Meng Zitao smiled, and then picked up the gourd bottle on the table.

Seeing Meng Zitao's technique of picking up the gourd bottle, Yu Haile nodded in his heart, it seems that although this person is young, his technique of identifying porcelain is still skilled.

It should be said that in antiques, bottles, jars, and other porcelain are generally made of two sections from bottom to top, so you can't pick up the neck of the upper part of the object with one hand. The correct way is to hold the neck with one hand and the bottom with the other.

Some bottles, cans, and statues are decorated with two ears, and they should not be lifted only when taking them to avoid breaking or damage. Thin tire utensils, thin, light, squeamish, move, place more careful, to hold the bottom with both hands, avoid using one hand, especially bottles, the bottom is small, the body is long, and it needs to be blown down.

Therefore, whether a person understands antiques or not, from the way of picking up items, you can know one or two, some stores see that your way of taking things is incorrect, and they have a number in their hearts, and they are likely not to give you a more realistic price.

To get back to the point, as mentioned above, the red hair color in the glaze is extremely unstable, and the difficulty of making a product is obvious. If you want to get bright red pure, it is even more difficult.

But the glaze color of this gourd bottle is very pure, which can be called the top glaze red, which makes Meng Zitao a little puzzled.

You may think it is a little strange why Mencius thinks that the glaze color is not good, it is because the porcelain of each period has the characteristics of each period.

Although the level of glaze red in the Qianlong period is still extremely high, bright and bright, but most of them are light and not bright and even gray, generally speaking, there is not as bright and bright as the glaze red and blue and white glaze red in the Yongzheng period, which is the overall characteristics of the glaze red in the Qianlong period.

If you want to say, there is no top-level glaze red in the Qianlong period, then there must still be it, but the glaze red in the Qianlong period is more delicate than the previous dynasty, such as the group mantle, cloud dragon, cloud bat, broken branches and flowers, fruits, bamboo and stone plantains, etc. are all basic patterns. Like other Qianlong porcelain, luxury and opulence have become the main characteristics.

Just like the gourd bottle in front of you, the painting is quite exquisite, if you add the top glaze red, it is worth at least five or six million.

In this case, why did no one buy the price that Yu Haile gave Chen Zhongfeng? There must be something in this that Chen Zhongfeng did not know.

Although there was a trace of doubt in his heart, Mencius Tao was not sure that there was something wrong with it, and then carefully observed every detail of the bottle.

After more than ten minutes, Meng Zitao had a plan in his heart, and for the sake of safety, he used his ability again.

Seeing that Meng Zitao had finished reading it, Chen Zhongfeng couldn't wait to ask, "Brother Meng, how are the things?"

Meng Zitao put the bottle back on the table, and then called Chen Zhongfeng aside, and then said, "Zhong Feng, I can't understand this gourd bottle." ”

"Don't understand?" Chen Zhongfeng was stunned when he heard this, and immediately understood what Meng Zitao meant, and said: "But the blue and white seal calligraphy strokes of that gourd bottle are straight, the horizontal and vertical thickness is consistent, the corners are skillful, there are no traces of stopping, and the blue and white color is pure, which is obviously the characteristic of the middle Qianlong period, there should be no problem!"

Meng Zitao said: "Appraisal is not just about the right style, let's just say that our current level of science and technology, if you want to get a model that is exactly the same as at that time, it should be quite easy, right? Anyway, it depends on your own meaning whether you buy it or not." ”

Chen Zhongfeng smiled bitterly: "You can't say it's right, isn't it crazy if I buy it again?"

After speaking, he walked back with Meng Zitao, and then said to Yu Haile: "Shopkeeper Yu, I'm sorry, you should take this thing back." ”

Yu Haile realized that this business was going to suffer just now, but when he heard this result, he was still quite unwilling, and asked Meng Zitao: "Mr. Meng, I don't know what's wrong with my thing?"

Meng Zitao waved his hand and said: "Shopkeeper Yu, I think it's better not to fight about this matter." ”

Meng Zitao thought that Yu Haile probably knew that this thing was a fake, and he was too lazy to talk to Yu Haile, besides, even if Yu Haile didn't know, and the two were not friends, it was impossible for Meng Zitao to say the main points of the identification, these are real experiences.

Since Meng Zitao didn't want to say it, Yu Haile couldn't force the other party to say it, and Chen Zhongfeng seemed to believe in Meng Zitao, so he definitely wouldn't buy it for the time being. In this case, he didn't say anything, and put the bottle away.

The deal failed, and Chen Zhongfeng wanted to know what was wrong with the gourd bottle, and he didn't want to stay here longer, so he asked Yu Haile to say goodbye.

Walking out of the store, Chen Zhongfeng asked, "Brother Meng, you should be able to tell the reason now, right?"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Before I say that, let me ask a question, have you ever inquired about this gourd bottle with your peers or friends?"

Chen Zhongfeng clapped his hands: "I really haven't asked anyone else." ”

Qian Chengyou said: "Moreover, he didn't let me mention this matter to others. ”

Meng Zitao shook his head: "Zhong Feng, I think you did a bad job in this matter, he runs an antique shop, and everything in the store is for sale, it's impossible to say, just tell you and don't tell others, right?"

The reason why Chen Zhongfeng didn't ask others was because he valued it too much in his heart and had the idea of confidentiality, but now that he thinks about it, he is just deceiving himself.

"No, I'll have to call and ask. ”

Chen Zhongfeng took out his mobile phone and called a friend, after making the call, he looked depressed and sighed: "I'm so self-righteous, in the Yingdu antique world, at least a few people know that Yu Haile's gourd bottle is wrong, and I naively thought that only a few people knew about this thing." ”

In fact, although the gossip in the antique world spreads quickly, peers are afraid to comment on this rule, and those who understand the rules will still abide by it, even if they get some information, they generally only know it, never spread or spread it, and they can't deliberately demean each other. This is not only a professional ethics in the business field, but also a professional ethics that the antiques industry must understand.

However, nowadays, for a variety of purposes, there are many "critics", and the number of true and false experts and "black-hearted" experts who reverse black and white and confuse right and wrong is also gradually increasing, making some collectors in the early stage undecided and confused.

Qian Chengyou smiled: "It's good that you have a heart today, otherwise you will have to take medicine again." ”

Chen Zhongfeng arched his hand to Meng Zitao: "Brother Meng, I am really grateful for today's incident, and at noon today, I will invite you to a big dinner." ”

Meng Zitao laughed: "Then I'll wait." ”

Next, Chen Zhongfeng asked Meng Zitao to point out the problem of the gourd bottle, and Meng Zitao did not have the idea of cherishing the broom himself, and gave a detailed explanation.

Although he regretted that he didn't buy the real thing, he was still very happy that he didn't take medicine, and at the same time admired Meng Zitao's erudition, but he was relieved to think that Meng Zitao was Zheng Anzhi's close disciple. This is also the reason why Meng Zitao worshipped Zheng Anzhi as his teacher at the beginning, so as not to let everyone think about it because of his age.

At this time, Chen Zhongfeng thought of Tang Yin's landscape painting just now, and asked curiously: "By the way, Brother Meng, what happened to that country just now, did you buy it?"

Meng Zitao smiled slightly: "Of course, if I don't buy it, why did I chase it out just now?"

"How much did you buy it?" Chen Zhongfeng was curious.

"The price the host said. Meng Zitao replied.

"800,000?" Chen Zhongfeng was a little surprised.

Meng Zitao smiled: "You don't think it's worth it, do you?"

Chen Zhongfeng smiled, the meaning is self-evident, like him, Qian Chengyou next to him also felt that Meng Zitao was expensive, after all, it was an imitation, and the price of the original work was very different, the price of the real work was high, and the reputation of the author accounted for a large part of the factor.

Meng Zitao smiled: "Is it worth it, let's go and see the paintings." ”

Meng Zitao led everyone to the teahouse, found the army, and then asked the waiter to wipe the table a few more times before taking out the painting and unfolding it.

Seeing Meng Zitao so careful, a thought flashed through Chen Zhongfeng's mind, and he said in shock: "Brother Meng, you don't think that this painting is Tang Yin's real handiwork, right?"

Before Meng Zitao could speak, Qian Chengyou exclaimed: "Tang Yin's authentic handwriting?! This is unlikely, how can anyone put a fake seal on the authentic handiwork?"

Meng Zitao smiled slightly, and when he saw that the waiter was still standing at the door, he asked her to go out and close the door first, and then said to the two: "Don't jump to conclusions first, take a look at this painting first." ”

Qian Chengyou said with some embarrassment: "I don't have much research on calligraphy and painting. ”

"Then you pull aside, I'll take a look first. ”

Chen Zhongfeng squeezed Qian Chengyou aside with some excitement, just to appreciate the paintings.

Meng Zitao said a little speechlessly: "I said, can you wear a pair of gloves and look professional." ”

Chen Zhongfeng was a little embarrassed: "It's not that I didn't bring it." ”

"I'm really convinced, it's too unprofessional. Meng Zitao opened his bag and took out gloves and magnifying glasses and other aids for appreciation.

"You've got all the tools. Chen Zhongfeng said with a smile.

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "After all, the human eye has limitations, besides, there are many auxiliary tools for identification on the market now, since this is the case, it would be stupid not to use it." ”

Chen Zhongfeng nodded yes: "This is reasonable, it seems that I have to buy some tools when I go back." ”

Next, Chen Zhongfeng observed the painting, and Meng Zitao recounted the key points of the appraisal beside him...... (To be continued.) )