Chapter 59: Root Carving
All of them couldn't believe it.
I can't believe that a treasure connoisseur from other places can shine at the treasure appraisal conference in the magic capital.
No one would believe that such a young and unattractive treasure connoisseur could see a problem that could only be seen with the help of high-tech tools.
A fake from the Qing Dynasty.
If something of such significance is put up at auction, God knows how much it will be fetched.
It may be much more expensive than this colorful flower and bird pattern plate of the Song Dynasty.
"Now let us use warm applause to invite the owner of the multicolored flower and bird pattern plate of the recent Qing Dynasty fake, please welcome it with applause. The host looked at the stunned audience and hurriedly said to them.
As soon as the treasure connoisseurs in the audience heard that the master of such a big game was coming out, they couldn't wait to see who had broken the rules of the previous Demon Capital Treasure Appreciation Conference.
He even took out a fake made in the Qing Dynasty.
Blinded all the senior treasure connoisseurs in the audience, they wanted to see what kind of person they were.
As the host's welcome speech ended, two people dressed in nurse-like clothes pushed a wheelchair out of the back of the stage.
In the wheelchair sat an elderly man with white flowers, sitting in the wheelchair, looking at everyone with a kind smile.
I saw that the host hurriedly greeted him, and then handed the microphone to the old man's mouth.
The elder was pushed to the center of the stage, and then spoke to everyone.
"First of all, I would like to say sorry to everyone, because I obviously know the identity of this colorful flower and bird plate, and then I deliberately said that he was from the Song Dynasty. I'm sorry. "I was very polite to the elders and said sorry to the people in the audience.
The people in the audience were also curious when they saw the appearance of this elder. No one can guess the identity of this elder, but looking at the appearance of the elder, he may be a person of great status.
"I'd better introduce myself first, I am a native of Modu, when I was young, due to the failure of my business, I had to go to the sea to run a small company, and I have worked hard abroad for so many years, and I can be regarded as a small success. The old man coughed lightly, and then continued.
"I happened to see this colorful flower and bird pattern plate at an auction abroad, and I thought that since it was Chinese, it should belong to the Chinese, so I did not hesitate to pay a high price for this collection. The old man was impassioned when he said this, and he did not regret what he had done back then.
When the audience heard the elder say such patriotic words, they couldn't help but applaud.
When Zhao Ming heard this, his heart was also full of admiration.
Nowadays, how many of our Chinese antiques have fallen into the hands of foreigners, which has to be said to be a national shame.
"When I photographed the antique, I came home and looked at it until I had a very good friend of mine, who was also a treasure connoisseur. When I showed her this multicolored flower and bird pattern plate that I had just photographed, he looked at it carefully and said to me, this is a Qing Dynasty thing. The elder gasped softly before continuing.
"This connoisseur has been a friend of mine for many years, a few years older than me, and he is no longer in this world. After he appraised it, I took it to a foreign research institute, and after exposure to foreign high-tech, the results proved what my good friend said. ”
The people in the audience began to talk to each other when they heard this, and they couldn't believe that there were still people who could see the real history of this colorful flower and bird pattern plate at a glance without any high-tech tools.
"Now that I have returned to China, my treasure connoisseur friend, also passed away early, I want to return this colorful flower and bird pattern plate to the country, but I also think, in this high-tech era, there is no one can not rely on tools, can be seen, the real history of this colorful flower and bird pattern plate. After the elder said this, his eyes slowly looked at Zhao Ming.
Zhao Ming felt a little ashamed when he saw the elder's kind eyes looking at him.
After all, Xiaobian himself found out the identity of this colorful flower and bird pattern plate through his own special function, if he was an ordinary person, of course, he would not be able to find out the historical dynasties of this colorful flower and bird pattern plate, let alone know that this is a Qing Dynasty fake.
"Today I came to the treasure appraisal conference in the magic capital, which is an eye-opener for me, there can be someone like my treasure connoisseur friend, who can see through this fake made in the Qing Dynasty at a glance. ”
At this time, the elder's eyes revealed a hint of approval.
"I came on stage to say sorry to everybody, and I also want to say a word to this guy. That's what my friend wanted to tell him. I saw the old man stand up tremblingly, and the nurses on both sides hurriedly helped the old man's body.
It seems that the whole body is not very good, and it is a little difficult to even stand up by yourself.
"Come on, young man, use your own unique insights and your discernment to help our country recover our artifacts. This is a wish shared by my friends and me. The elder said earnestly.
Seeing the elder slowly stretch out his wrinkled hands, Zhao Ming quickly stretched out his hand when he saw this.
The two men shook hands heavily.
At this time, the audience saw such a scene and gave a standing ovation.
The sound of applause was deafening, filling the entire hall of the treasure appreciation conference.
The elder smiled and waved his hand, and then disappeared in front of everyone.
Everyone watched the elder leave.
The moderator took the microphone and continued.
"Now congratulations to our treasure connoisseur Zhao Ming from Dongcheng, this treasure appraisal conference has such an unexpected start, and it also reminds us all that everything we have identified belongs to our China, and only the wisdom of our ancient people can make such exquisite things. As he spoke, the host began to choke up.
After Zhao Ming heard this, he bowed deeply to the people in the audience, and then walked off the stage from the thunderous applause of everyone and returned to his seat.
"Zhao Ming, I really didn't expect you to be so powerful. Zhang Hai applauded vigorously, and then watched Zhao Ming sit quietly beside him.
"Low-key ......" Zhao Ming deliberately pretended to be cold and let Zhang Hai's hand go.
Where would Zhang Hai get used to Zhao Ming? I saw him stretch out his hand and punch Zhao Ming heavily.
"You're still pretending to be with me. You tell me, how did you find something strange on that plate?" Zhang Hai said close to Zhao Ming's ear.
Zhao Ming saw Zhang Hai ask like this. I saw him make a silent gesture, and then pointed to the stage, meaning to let him watch this treasure appreciation conference quietly.
Lin Yu, who was sitting on the other side, could not have imagined that it would be such a result, at the treasure appraisal conference in the magic capital, for many years, the first collection was for everyone to estimate the price, and there was never a question of authenticity.
This time at the treasure appreciation conference, there was such an elderly returnee, and he did such an unexpected trick, which caught Lin Yu off guard.
This time, he didn't make a show, but let the hillbilly Zhao Ming from Dongcheng out of the limelight, Lin Yu couldn't bear this tone no matter what.
"Boss, the two of us ......" At this time, the two young treasure connoisseurs who were originally in the center of the stage walked back to Lin Yu's seat in a gloomy manner.
The two of them are really a little ashamed. After all, the two of them didn't expect that this colorful flower and bird pattern plate of the Song Dynasty turned out to be a fake made in the Qing Dynasty.
The two of them didn't have Zhao Ming's ability, so of course they couldn't see anything wrong with this colorful flower and bird pattern plate, so it was no surprise that they lost.
"I don't blame the two of you for this, after all, so many senior treasure connoisseurs in the audience didn't see anything unusual about this colorful flower and bird pattern plate. Lin Yu didn't blame the two of them at this time.
Because Lin Yu knows it in his own heart. Anyone who puts this kind of thing on them will do it like these two young treasure connoisseurs, so it shouldn't be to blame the two of them at this time, after all, the treasure connoisseurship conference has just begun.
The best is yet to come.
But Lin Yu also began to mumble in his heart. He wondered in his heart what this nickname came from, how could he see through this fake made in the Qing Dynasty at a glance.
Could it be that this kid is really a senior treasure connoisseur?
Lin Yu quickly shook his head and dispelled this idea.
"How is it possible, he is just a hillbilly from Dongcheng, and the last time he was to embarrass himself, he happened to see through what he was wearing on his chest. ”
Lin Yu snorted coldly, obviously not taking Zhao Ming in his eyes.
Is it possible?
Lin Yu thought in his heart, could it be that this nickname has something to do with the backstage of this Demon Capital Treasure Appreciation Conference? This Zhao Ming and Zhang Hai of the Zhang family are sitting together, will this old man have some inexplicable relationship with Zhao Ming? Or is everything that happened on the stage today just a play between Zhao Ming and the elders.
It must be like this.
Otherwise, there would be no way to make sense of all this. This Zhao Ming must have spent a lot of money to buy off the people of the Demon Capital Treasure Appraisal Conference, in order to make himself famous at the Treasure Appraisal Conference, so he spent a lot of money to hire someone to perform this play.
"Fuck. Lin Yu cursed in his heart.
He didn't expect this Zhao Ming to be such a chicken thief, he never thought that this Zhao Ming would still have this hand.
"What's next?" Lin Yu's attention focused on the second collection, you know, the two young treasure connoisseurs sitting next to him also have strength that should not be underestimated.
I saw that under the stage of this magic capital treasure appreciation conference, treasure connoisseurs from all walks of life gathered.
Everyone's eyes almost stayed on Zhao Ming's body, what they didn't expect was that this young treasure connoisseur from Dongcheng would have such ability.
was able to see through this Song Dynasty fake made by the Qing Dynasty, and it was also appreciated by this mysterious overseas Chinese returnee.
This can make Lin Yu angry, he thought that this magic capital treasure appreciation conference was a good time for his Lin family to show their skills in the antique world.
It is also to let everyone know that the two most talented young treasure connoisseurs in this so-called magic capital are under their own banner, so that even all the treasures in the magic capital will be sent to themselves for appraisal by their two treasure connoisseurs.
When the time comes, wouldn't it be easy for you to do something with those rare treasures?
But what Lin Yu never expected was that this time the limelight of the Treasure Appreciation Conference in the Demon Capital was all stolen by this Zhao Ming from Dongcheng.
"Okay, now please be quiet, we are going to introduce the second collection that will appear at this treasure appreciation conference. The moderator picked up the microphone again.
As soon as the host's voice fell, the staff next to the stage pushed a transparent glass display case to the center of the stage.
Everyone's eyes suddenly gathered on the collection that had just been pushed up, and when everyone saw this collection, they couldn't help but exclaim in their mouths.
"Why does the material of this carving look so familiar?" The people in the audience were discussing, and they were amazed by this root carving that had just been pushed onto the stage.
"This collection is a treasure just received by a private entrepreneur, and according to preliminary identification, it is a root carving from the Republic of China. The host gave a detailed introduction.
"Of course, as you can see, the material of these root carvings is carved from small leaves of red sandalwood, as we all know, the price of red sandalwood is also rising with the scarcity of red sandalwood, and like this kind of folk master from the Republic of China, the carved root carving, is even rarer. ”
As soon as the host's words fell, the people in the audience began to stir immediately.
"Brother, what do you think of these root carvings? Anyway, I'm going to look at the red eye, you know, this is a small leaf of rosewood. And the carved appearance seems to be very exquisite. Zhang Hai said to Zhao Ming next to him, and saw that his eyes seemed to reveal light.
It can be seen that this root carving carved from small leaf red sandalwood has been favored by many people.
"Brother, look at it, look at the big screen, this from the knife work, this work is finely carved, the knife is skillful, the whole line is natural and smooth, if this carving is really as the master said, it is something in the Republic of China, then it must be created by a folk master. ”
At this time, a zoomed-in video of the root carving carved by small leaves of red sandalwood suddenly appeared on the big screen, and all eyes were focused on this big screen, and everyone was sighing at the exquisiteness of this collection.
"Well, you're right, this carving technique is very skillful, as far as I know, without decades of carving work, it is impossible to carve such a beautiful thing. Zhao Ming nodded in response.
Zhao Ming didn't activate his ability, but he was already in the exquisiteness of the root carving carved from the small leaf red sandalwood.
I saw that this root carving is nearly half a meter high, and the width has reached an astonishing one meter, it seems that if there is no hundreds of years, there will be no such a big red sandalwood.
I saw that the root carving carved from this small leaf rosewood carved a beautiful temple shape, the temple wall was carved vividly, and the top of the temple was carved in detail.
To be able to carve a piece of rosewood into a beautiful picture, how much effort does it take, and in the period of the Republic of China, there is naturally no high-tech foil, to create a workload, such a huge root carving.
It's purely a matter of carving day after day, year after year. You can imagine how many people have sweated and how many people have worked hard.
Zhao Ming saw that no one around him was paying attention to him, and then he concentrated his attention and fixed his eyes on this root carving carved from small-leaved rosewood.
Just when Zhao Ming activated his ability. He felt the oncoming aura with a strong aura, and it was no exaggeration to say that the rich aura made Zhao Ming feel extremely excited.
Zhao Ming enjoyed the aura on his face, and he was very interested in this root carving carved from small-leaved rosewood.
"I'll drop a good ......," Zhao Ming sighed in his heart.
Otherwise, how can it be a precious wood, the rich aura on it is much higher than the colorful flower and bird pattern plate just now.
Immediately after Zhao Ming used his perspective function to wander around this root carving, he suddenly discovered something that made him extremely excited.
I saw that inside this root carving, there was a small person sitting.
Zhao Ming also felt incredible, only to see him regain his attention, then rubbed his eyes again, staring at the location where the villain appeared.
Zhao Ming activated his aura this time, which was twice as high as before, and he carefully observed this root carving carved from small-leaved rosewood.
At this moment, he saw clearly the appearance of the villain wrapped in this root carving.
It turned out that there was a seated statue of Maitreya Buddha carved from unknown wood.
Although it was only the size of a palm, a few drops of blood could be faintly seen on it.
I saw this Maitreya Buddha sitting statue, with a wide forehead, eyes slightly closed, a smile half opened, two big ears hanging down to the shoulders, bare chest and abdomen, cross-legged, leaning on a stone, left hand on the knee, right hand also pinching a Buddha bead, a leisurely and comfortable expression.
"My God!!" Zhao Ming couldn't hold back his surprised expression anymore, and he exclaimed softly, which made Zhang Hai, who was sitting next to him, startled.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Hai still wondered, how could this kid be like he had never seen the world, although this root carving carved from small-leaved rosewood was extremely huge.
But according to a well-informed treasure connoisseur like Zhao Ming, this was not enough to surprise him.
"Did you see a ghost? What the hell is your name? Zhao Ming hurriedly patted Zhao Ming's head, only to see Zhao Mingmu stunned, his eyes wide open, staring at the root carving.
"Huh?" Zhao Ming just wanted to enter the artistic conception of this root carving, but Zhang Hai was suddenly photographed back to the real world, and then he came back to his senses.
"No, it's nothing, I just think there's a huge space in this root carving, maybe there's something hidden in it. Zhao Ming's attention at this time was completely focused on the root carving in the center of the stage, and he almost told Zhang Hai what he had just seen through the perspective.
"What? You mean there's something in this temple-like root carving?" Zhang Hai said jokingly.
Zhang Hai also knows some root carving, you know, this carving was originally carved from a whole piece of wood, so unless there is something strange growing in the wood itself, it is impossible to stuff other things into it.
But Zhao Ming did just now, in this root carving, temple-like inside, he saw a seated statue of Maitreya Buddha carved from unknown materials.
"Maybe I'm wrong......" Zhao Ming hurriedly suppressed his excitement at this time, but he couldn't let Zhang Hai, who was sitting next to him, see anything unusual, and his ability couldn't let anyone know, even Zhang Hai, who was very good to himself.
After Zhang Hai glanced at Zhao Ming, he shook his head with a wry smile, scolding Zhao Ming in his heart for being a neurotic.
When Zhao Ming saw that Zhang Hai's attention was not on himself, he concentrated his attention again and activated his ability.
This time, Zhao Ming thoroughly saw the seated statue of Maitreya Buddha in the temple of Gen Carving.
The talent of the wood is clearly agarwood.
Zhao Ming suppressed his excitement this time, and then he carefully observed the seated statue of Maitreya Buddha.
However, due to the strong aura, Zhao Ming could no longer observe the material of this Maitreya Buddha statue in detail.
So, he further activated his abilities.
I saw Zhao Ming's eyes slightly closed, quietly feeling the aura emanating from this root carving carved from small-leaf rosewood.
In a blink of an eye, I entered the artistic conception of this root carving.
After Zhao Ming opened his eyes, he found an elderly man, his hands were full of wrinkles, and his pale hair seemed to tell that this old man had senior abilities.
I saw that the old man was holding a small piece of iron in his left hand, and then a small file in his right hand.
I was carefully carving the root carving I saw on the stage. The root carving of this small-leaved rosewood seems to be given life in the hands of the old man, and the aura emanating from the small-leaved rosewood flows on it.
After all, it is a wood that has grown for many years, and it is naturally integrated with the aura of heaven and earth, and under the hands of the old man, after some careful carving, it naturally becomes a very artistic collection.
"Father...... Whether it's going to be done right away, you see, whether it's time to put this Maitreya Buddha seated statue in it. At this time, the voice of a middle-aged man came from the wooden house behind the old man.
It seems that the person who spoke was none other than the old man's child.
"Alas...... What if you don't put this in? Of course, I came to help you carry the trouble? What do you think, ah, you have to go to that ancient tomb, can't you learn my craft? In the future, raising a family is also a skill, why do you have to embark on this road that you should not take. The old man sighed and put down the small file in his hand.
Then she turned back to his son.