Chapter 70: A Genius Produces a Masterpiece
Liu Yue pressed the window of the car and called Yang Chengming: "Brother Yang, why are you here?"
Yang Chengming didn't answer Liu Yue's question, he looked at Tang Feng and said, "It turned out to be Brother Tang, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”
Tang Feng nodded to Yang Chengming and said, "It's true that I haven't seen you for a long time, Brother Yang, hello." ”
In fact, these three people know each other, but the other person doesn't know, seeing that Yang Chengming and Liu Yue are familiar with each other, Tang Feng remembered that the manuscript of Li Shizhi that he bought in the underground black market was sold to Yang Chengming, at that time Yang Chengming was not sure that it was a fake, and called a friend for help, and later his friend sent the information to his mobile phone, it seems that the person who sent the information should be Liu Yue, she likes to store these in her mobile phone, and her work also gives her this convenience.
Yang Chengming said with some embarrassment: "Xiaoyue, I'm really sorry, I didn't know you had a friend in the car, so I disturbed you." ”
Liu Yue smiled slightly and said, "It's okay." ”
Yang Chengming said to Tang Feng again: "I'm sorry, Brother Tang, I'll go first." ”
The two of them were about to skip the * point, but they lost interest when they were disturbed by Yang Cheng Ming, and after chatting for a while, Tang Feng looked at the time and said, "It's not early, I should go back." "If you want to say how good Tang Feng feels now, it must be self-deception, the feeling of guilt is directly proportional to people's conscience, their current situation is somewhat close, for most people, this feeling is not exciting.
Liu Yue nodded and said, "I'll send you back." ”
When Liu Yue started the car, he turned on the car stereo, and in the soothing music, the two of them were silent all the way, and Liu Yue also had something on his mind, which was very tricky.
Unconsciously, the New Year's Day has passed, with the approach of the Spring Festival, the antique collection jewelry market ushered in the sales season, Chinese stone has also risen with the tide, business is becoming more and more popular. This year, the demon moth is flying all over the sky, the New Year's Day, who doesn't want to get fast jade on the body to ward off evil spirits, the new year, get a stone at home can also improve the cultural atmosphere. In the context of the return of traditional culture, Tang Feng and Chen Yan's efforts have finally paid off. This is a good time, and the boss and employees are in a good mood.
On this day, Tang Feng was discussing with Lin Muyu about the operation of jadeite, Chen Yan hurriedly ran in and said to Tang Feng: "Tang Feng, out of the baby." ”
"Baby, have you dug up the golden doll?" Tang Feng turned his head and asked Chen Yan, "Haven't you already dug up the surroundings of your house, where did you come from?"
Chen Yan waved his hand and said, "Hey, how can I have such good luck, I don't know how this feng shui turns, impartially, it turned to Zhao Yongshi, he spent 1.3 million to buy a painting, it was Xu Wenchang." ”
Xu Wenchang is Xu Wei, a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, a famous writer, calligrapher, painter, and military strategist in the Ming Dynasty. He was considered by later generations to be the most brilliant genius and all-round talent in the Chinese cultural circle after Su Shi, and some people even said that a talent like him would only produce one in 500 years. When Tang Feng was a child, he watched the TV puppet series "Smart Boy Xu Wenchang" with him as the protagonist, Xu Wenchang in the puppet drama is extremely smart and genius, and specializes in fighting against "evil" forces. These are not all empty ** winds, Xu Wenchang in history is indeed a genius, he can memorize "University" at the age of six and write articles at the age of ten.
However, geniuses are often mavericks and are not understood by others, which is especially evident in Xu Wenchang, who failed eight exams in adulthood and was only promoted at the age of 40. He was not only a poet, a painter, a calligrapher, a military strategist, but also a historian, an opera, a folk writer, a gourmet, a drunkard, a Taoist, a traveler, but also a mentally ill man, a murderer, he accidentally killed his wife when he had a psychotic attack and self-harm, for which he was imprisoned for seven years, and then he collapsed, fell all his life, and died in extreme deprivation.
Tang Feng said: "If it is really his painting, Zhao Yongshi will make a lot of money, and it is worth a thousand things." ”
"He's a businessman, not a collector, and he sells it when he changes hands. Chen Yan said: "The next family already has it, and the person bid 2.5 million, so he took the shit luck, overnight, it changed hands to 1.2 million, and the daily income was 10,000 gold." ”
Tang Feng asked very strangely, "How can it be so fast?"
"His painting is the same as taking it alive. Bona is a Beijing dialect that means to take things first and then give money, Chen Yan continued: "I came here so early to let you go with me to have a look." ”
Tang Feng shook his head and said, "I'm busy here?"
"Mu Yu is a capable woman, it's okay. "Chen Yan mostly wants to join in the fun.
Liu Yue couldn't help but say to Chen Yan: "Are you praising me or scolding me?"
"Of course I praised you. Chen Yan pulled Tang Feng out as he spoke, Lin Muyu shook his head helplessly, these two people were evil.
Tang Feng in this compartment has been stuffed into Alto by Chen Yan, he started the car and said to Tang Feng: "Go and see, if you think it's good, let's go and intercept it." ”
Tang Feng said: "Xu Wenchang's paintings are authentic, and there are enough controversial things in my family. ”
"It's always good to go and see, for a long time. "The business of Chinese stone has been rising, and Chen Yan, who has a bulging pocket, has long been unable to bear his desire to collect.
After a while, the car arrived at Zhao Yongshi's store in Beijing Shilihe Antique City, as soon as the car stopped, Tang Feng saw Jiang Yuan, although these two people were just general friends, but they were very polite after meeting, alas, now, the more polite they are, the more they are not friends. Zhao Yongshi is person is in good spirits on happy occasions, seeing Chen Yan and Tang Feng coming, he immediately watched the tea on the seat, Chen Yan couldn't bear it, he couldn't wait to say: "Don't fix these useless things, take them out and take a look." ”
Zhao Yongshi said with some embarrassment: "Yo, seeing that the next house is about to come to the door, I have already packed it." ”
"Wrap your head. Chen Yan said: "Can you die at a glance?"
"Bah, bah!" Zhao Yongshi did not allow Chen Yan to destroy his good mood, this face earned really big enough, who in the whole Shilihe Antique City did not know his name Zhao Yongshi, he said: "New Year's Day, don't say these unlucky words, I can't show you the two of you?"
After a while, Zhao Yongshi took out a scroll painting, and after the picture unfolded, Chen Yan was amazed, this painting is quite large, one meter long and 30 centimeters wide. Tang Feng looked at this painting carefully, this is an ink and pen painting on paper, the title of the painting is "Riding a Donkey and Chanting Poetry", the figure riding a donkey is a favorite theme of character painters in the past, and there are many literati and ink writers who like to ride a donkey and chant poetry in ancient times. This painting may be depicting an allusion to scrutiny, Jia Dao at the beginning is similar to the young man now, he doesn't like to hold the faucet when he rides a bicycle, and this push and knock hit Han Yu. Ancient times without motor vehicles are good, and if you want to meet modern times, a seventy yard will knock Jia Island into the air. This Han Yu is also quite interesting, he immediately took a long time and said, "Use it." "Han Yue is a civil servant, and in the spirit of humanization, he wants Jia Dao to be polite, how can he push the door in. This story is already very old-fashioned, it is difficult to say whether it is true or not, it reflects a kind of mentality of the ancient literati, they were actually eager to be appreciated, and the so-called love for the landscape is only a manifestation of frustration.
The content of the scroll is concise and clear, in early autumn, the branches of the trees sway in the wind, and the green leaves are sparse and scattered. On the wide road under the trees, a scholar in a tall hat, beard, and wide clothes rode a sturdy donkey. The whole painting is a good reflection of the harmonious coexistence between man and donkey, the donkey is energetic, erects long ears, spreads its hooves, and runs with easy steps. The scholar riding the donkey sat on the back of the running donkey as steadily as Mount Tai, his expression seemed calm, and even a little abrupt, at this moment, his mind had already wandered to the outside of the world.
This painting has an inscription by later generations: Xu Tian Shuiyue donkey back poetry picture. Xu Tian Shuiyue is a little interesting, the three words together are exactly Xu Wei's Wei characters, in addition, this painting also has the imprint of Gong Yuxian and others, all of whom are great collectors in ancient times.
The problem lies in the inscription and bell seal, which are all left by later generations, and the author himself only left the four characters of "the first year of Wanli", and did not leave his own calligraphy and painting seal. Chen Yan asked Zhao Yongshi, "How did you see it?"
Zhao Yongshi said: "This is someone else put me here to consign, several connoisseurs said that it is true, two days later, a buyer came, he fell in love with this painting at a glance, I am just an intermediary." ”
"Cut, you kid can bring me this set. Chen Yan said: "Take it alive is take it alive, you have to say what an intermediary, you only know you when I do." ”
"Hey, I'm not afraid of shadows. Zhao Yongshi would definitely not admit it, he said: "Am I like that kind of person?"
There are benefits to live and take, you don't take the risk, you sell it if you sell it, you can't sell it and return it, but the profit is a little smaller, Tang Feng estimated that Zhao Yongshi bought it after learning that someone wanted it, or there would be a price difference of 120.
Chen Yan asked Zhao Yongshi: "What is the situation, let's hear about it." ”
Zhao Yongshi said: "This is consignment, nothing happens." He won't admit it if he was killed, Jiang Yuan on the side really couldn't help it, he said to Zhao Yongshi: "The second son and Brother Tang are not outsiders, you can just talk about it, the secret is hidden in your heart, and you can't panic?"
Zhao Yongshi smiled and said, "Hey, let's talk about it." Then, Zhao Yongshi told the ins and outs of this painting, there is such a group of people in the antique city, they are not here to buy antiques but to sell antiques, Tang Feng himself has done this. On this day, two people found Zhao Yongshi and said that there was something to ask him if he wanted it, Zhao Yongshi had cooperated with them a few times before, and the things were not bad, and they also made tens of thousands of yuan. But this time it was something that was priced at more than one million, and Zhao Yongshi was not sure that he would not dare to take it, and the other party obviously walked through several places and saw that Zhao Yongshi refused to accept it. They offered to put it here and sell it on consignment, but they had a word in advance, and if anyone wanted it, they would inform them, and no one would ask them to pick it up in two days.
As a result, just a day later, a Taiwanese fell in love with the painting, and the two sides bargained, and the final price was 2.5 million. At this time, Zhao Yongshi started to think crookedly, he found an excuse to let the Taiwanese leave a deposit to get it today, and the Taiwanese were also very happy and gave him a deposit of 500,000 yuan. Just last night, the two came to pick up the paintings, and Zhao Yongshi used his brains to let them sell them to him for 1.3 million, and then there is a saying that they will make 1.2 million when they change hands. Originally, Zhao Yongshi didn't want anyone to know about it, but who knew that the guy in the store was drunk high that night and poked it out, and the matter spread quickly, and Chen Yan and Jiang Yuan got the news. Zhao Yongshi shook his head and said: "A young man who is usually quite clever, he can't keep his mouth shut when he drinks high, and I was so angry that I immediately asked him to roll up and leave, no, I was left alone in the store." ”
Chen Yan asked Zhao Yongshi again: "You didn't find someone to come over and palm your eyes?"
"Nonsense. Zhao Yongshi said: "I've looked for several times, and this painting has a quasi-score, no problem." ”
Chen Yan asked Tang Feng, "Tang Feng, what do you think?"
Tang Feng hurriedly shook his head, and he said, "It's not that I'm hypocritical, this thing is really hard to say." ”
"Brother Tang, they are all your own people, you can talk about your own judgment. Jiang Yuan was eager to hear Tang Feng's opinion.
Tang Feng said: "Xu Wei's paintings are too difficult to judge, and no one in the Palace Museum can see them accurately, let alone me." Reporter, Tang Feng turned to Chen Yan and said, "It's okay if there is no one to take care of the store, why don't we go back first?"
Chen Yan said: "You kid is embarrassed to say that I, you are a strict wife, what are you afraid of, it's not too late to see what that Taiwanese looks like." ”
Tang Feng shook his head and said, "I'm telling the truth." ”
Chen Yan asked Zhao Yongshi again: "When will the Taibazi come?"
Zhao Yongshi looked at the time and said, "Strange, it's been five minutes, why haven't you seen anyone yet?"
"I think you've been fooled. It was Jiang Yuan who spoke, and he said: "Don't you see Brother Tang shutting his mouth? Why do I feel more and more like a bureau?" Jiang Yuan saw that Tang Feng was in a hurry to leave, and he had already begun to doubt in his heart, and with the Taiwanese shaking, this matter was even more obvious.
Tang Feng shook his head, this Jiang Yuan has seen himself through, Tang Feng suspects that this is a bureau after seeing the painting, this kind of bureau is really unguardable, people have long eaten Zhao Yongshi's mentality, and gave you a deposit of 500,000 yuan, so that he thinks that this painting is real, and then find a way to buy it, to put it bluntly, the 500,000 is the open bait, and the remaining 700,000 is the dark bait, plus give Zhao Yongshi a little sweetness before, greedy people will be fooled. When it comes to this, what are you waiting for, people will definitely not come, what you want to deceive is Zhao Yongshi's 800,000, which is called stealing chickens and rice.
"Impossible, right?" Zhao Yongshi reached out and touched his eyelids as he spoke, why did he jump so hard?
Jiang Yuan said: "Won't it be clear if you wait another half an hour?"
Chen Yan and Tang Feng were inconvenient to leave immediately at this time, they also accompanied Zhao Yongshi to wait, half an hour and two hours, there was no shadow of Taiwanese at all, this time it's okay, they fell for someone else's desire to catch and indulge. Therefore, people can't be too greedy, greedy and greedy people who love to pick up small bargains are the most likely to be fooled, Zhao Yongshi has no choice but to admit that he is unlucky, and he can study for a doctorate with a tuition fee of 800,000 yuan.
There are so many things in this world, haven't you heard that the real king is still called "soft-shelled turtle"?
Chen Yan sincerely comforted Zhao Yongshi a few words, and left with Tang Feng, Tang Feng did not comfort Zhao Yongshi, at this time, it is superfluous to say anything.
On the way home, Chen Yan asked Tang Feng, "Tang Feng, how did you see it?"
Tang Feng said: "The style of painting is wrong, the first year of Wanli is 1573, do you think, a person who killed his wife with his own hands and spent seven years in prison before coming out will still have that mentality of longing to be appreciated? Xu Wei has been abolished since he was imprisoned, and his later works do not have this kind of elegant and chic quality, the painter is first and foremost a person, and his works can clearly reflect his life situation. ”
In ancient times, it was a great crime to kill his wife, Xu Wei was able to get out of prison only after catching up with the amnesty of the world in the first year of the calendar, and after that, he traveled to Jinling, Xuanliao, Beijing, and went to Xuanhua Mansion and other places outside the Saiwai Pass. After four years of wandering, Xu Wei returned to his hometown and remained closed until his death in 1593.
During the Ming Dynasty, Chinese art was in a special stage of the collision of the two consciousnesses of learning and innovation, and ink freehand painting developed rapidly, and Xu Wei became the most accomplished master of freehand painting at that time with his unique talent. His freehand flowers, with the pen wild, pen and ink dripping, not formal, self-contained, not simple pursuit of the appearance of the form, the original ink freehand painting new style.
Thinking about Xu Wei's original high-spirited and then thinking about his poor back half, literati are not suitable to be officials, Xu Wei was panicked because of Hu Zongxian's case, and finally induced mental illness and killed his wife, and the cruel officialdom struggle drove a genius crazy.
"Alas, how can people today understand the pressure that people were under in ancient times, how can that kind of cruelty be explained clearly in a few words, didn't Su Dongpo also want to commit suicide several times when he was demoted to Huangzhou? It's just that he didn't go crazy. Tang Feng smiled bitterly and turned his head to look out the car window, although this country still has such and such problems, it has always been moving forward.
Tang Feng and Chen Yan returned to China Stone, and Lin Muyu, who was busy, took the time to come over and ask Tang Fengdao, "What good treasure do you see?"
Tang Feng said: "What a baby, it's just a treasure." ”
"Alas, I thought I could look at the diorama, but it turned out to be a foreign person. Chen Yan shook his head and walked away.
Lin Muyu said to Tang Feng: "Hey, Tang Feng, there was an old man looking for you just now. ”
"It won't be my grandfather, right?" Tang Feng asked Lin Muyu.
Lin Muyu said: "No, it's an old lady, just from Hebei, the old man came all the way to let you give her a treasure, she watched your show, said that you have a good eye." ”
"Wouldn't it be a liar again?" Tang Feng has been scared recently, and now this liar has been developing to the two extremes of aging and young age, having said that, Tang Feng still asked: "What about people?"
Lin Muyu said: "They have been on the road for a long time, and they can't wait for you, so they went to the hotel to rest, I took a look at that thing, it has the potential of a national treasure, and it is definitely not long unearthed." ”
"Can you understand?" Tang Feng looked incredulous.
"Cut!" Lin Muyu said: "Haven't you ever eaten pork and haven't seen you run?"