Chapter 34: Hype has no limits
Hearing Tang Feng's stunned question, Zhu Biwei said to Tang Feng with a smile: "This idea was come up with by the vice president of our company. ”
Talent, no wonder China has not won the Nobel Prize yet, and its brains are all over it. Tang Feng here was still muttering to himself, Lin Qianyu over there walked towards this side, and there was a man in his thirties who combed the boss's hair with her. Chen Yan's eyes looked at the man and woman, and whispered in Tang Feng's ear: "Although the dynasty has changed, the horns are everywhere. ”
Tang Feng looked at the man and said, "I hope this guy is really rich." "Since she is a person in the Peking Opera industry, of course Lin Qianyu is here for the wat board, and the man next to her is a rich lord at a glance, a beautiful woman's favorite thing, and of course the hero is determined to win.
Chen Yanyan said with a smile: "If he still has a rival in love, it will be even more exciting." "It seems that Chen Yan is also a talent, just like Zhang Xzhong, there is nothing else in his head, and there is all the bloody plot left.
When Lin Qianyu and the others sat down in the front row of Tang Feng and them, Tang Feng began to pay attention to this first lot, which was a vertical scroll painting. Seeing Tang Feng looking at the lot on the stage, Liu Yue gently touched him with her elbow and said, "Mr. Tang, this is for you." As she spoke, she handed Tang Feng a lot guide, Tang Feng thanked him, took the lot guide and began to flip through it, this vertical scroll painting is a painting by Bo Gu, a famous court painter in the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, and the name of the lot is "The Whole Country Has No Drama". Tang Feng looked at the introduction of this painting, in May of the 19th year of Daoguang (1839), the Qing government promulgated the most severe and thorough anti-smoking order at that time, "Thirty Articles of the Regulations for the Prohibition of Opium Tobacco", and the following year, Emperor Daoguang issued an edict ordering Cheng Changgeng to enter the palace to sing opera. Cheng Changgeng sang "The Hatred of the Late Ming Dynasty" at that time, and he played the role of Wang Chengen, the most trusted eunuch of Emperor Chongzhen and the commander-in-chief of Beijing soldiers and horses when Beijing was besieged. While the play was still singing, the minister hurriedly ran in and reported to Emperor Daoguang, who was watching the play, that the ban on smoking had failed, and that the British had launched a war of aggression against China in order to maintain the opium trade, and would soon enter Beijing. As soon as the news came, both on and off the stage were shocked, Cheng Changgeng, who was singing on stage, hid his face and cried bitterly, a eunuch who wanted to retain the **** prestige asked him why he didn't sing, Cheng Changgeng said with tears in his eyes: "The country has suffered such a great shame, how can I still sing!" So, Emperor Daoguang issued an edict on the spot, and the whole country banned the show.
This painting "No Drama in the Country" depicts the scene at that time. As a court painter, Bogu's painting was originally intended to show Emperor Daoguang's "decisive order" to terminate all domestic entertainment activities when the country was in crisis, but from the perspective of modern people, this is just a cold humor. Emperor Daoguang appointed Cheng Changgeng's Sanqing class to sing "The Hatred of the Late Ming Dynasty", which somewhat meant to laugh at the Ming Dynasty that was ousted by their Manchu Dynasty, but he didn't expect his Qing Dynasty to be useless.
All of these are not the point, the most important thing is that Cheng Changgeng was holding a wat board in his hand at that time, and the shape of this wat board was similar to the one that Tang Feng was going to auction. Tang Feng is really convinced, talent, really talent, the person who can come up with this kind of idea is really talent.
Probably not sensational enough, the emcee on the stage then spit out sour water in a deep voice, and since then, Cheng Changgeng has not been out of the door and has never performed on stage again. If you don't sing, you will have no source of livelihood, and after the ban ended, a friend once advised Cheng Changgeng to "go out of the mountain expediently to relieve your eyebrows." Cheng Changgeng replied to him with tears in his eyes: "The country is ashamed, the people are humiliated, I would rather be poor than rich, how can I bear to be a music and song field." ”
"Alas......" the master of ceremonies sighed and said: "Our Peking Opera master uses silent actions to express his noble sentiments of worrying about the country and the people, the ancients pioneered and passed on to future generations, it is the example set by these ancestors that our national quintessence can be carried forward, Peking Opera is different from pop songs!"
Chen Yan and Tang Feng glanced at each other, and immediately applauded, and soon, the applause was thunderous, and Zhu Biwei nodded knowingly, it seems that this emcee's bonus this month can be moved up. When the audience applauded, Chen Yan and Tang Feng stopped applauding, the ideological realm of these two people was really problematic.
"I'm sorry, I digressed. The master of ceremonies bowed deeply to the audience and began to get back to business, he said: "I still need to make an introduction to you, the wat board in the hand of Mr. Cheng that appears in this painting is our No. 8 lot today - the ivory prop wat board of the Sanqing class. The reserve price of Lot 1 is 100,000 yuan, and the minimum increase is 10,000 yuan. ”
Chen Yan asked Tang Feng in a low voice, "No, how can it be so coincidental?"
Tang Feng shook his head and said softly: "I didn't participate in the preview, and I don't know if it's true or not, but I'm very skeptical." "It's really incredible.
Chen Yan looked around cautiously, and then pointed to the lot guide and said to Tang Feng in a very low voice: "How can there be a fake, it says that the old and the true are preserved, and the fake one pays ten." ”
Tang Feng couldn't answer this question, he also didn't know much about the auction industry, he said: "Whatever, as long as the wat board can be sold at a good price." ”
"Hey. Chen Yan looked at Liu Yue and said to Tang Feng, "You go and ask her." ”
"Save it. Tang Feng whispered in Chen Yan's ear: "What do you think I have to do with her, will she tell me their trade secrets?" Tang Feng said this, but he was just as curious in his heart, Lin Muyu had helped him collect information about China's auction industry from the Internet before, and there were indeed many shady scenes in this industry. At the beginning of 2005, the newly established Beijing Red Sun Auction Co., Ltd. broke two world records in its first auction. At the auction, a painting by Song Huizong titled "Peach Bamboo Yellow Warbler Scroll" fetched a record high price of 61.16 million yuan. A few days later, the Beijing Morning Post published an article saying that a Shanghai collection institution that had won Song Huizong's "Peach, Bamboo and Yellow Warbler Roll" had only remitted 15 million yuan in bills to Red Sun. In addition, experts in Hong Kong have also analyzed several major cancers in today's auction industry, namely money laundering, bribery, and fraudulent bank loans. ★ More on ★ this later
"If you ask, you won't die, huh......" Chen Yan looked at Tang Feng's expression and said, "Why do I think you don't dare?"
"What do you mean by not daring?" Tang Feng immediately sneered.
People change with the change of the environment, Lin Muyu's beauty trick taught Tang Feng to be a man, and Chen Yan's radical method made Tang Feng try to get close to women.
"Uh-huh. Tang Feng touched his nose, and after stabilizing his emotions, he gently hit Liu Yue with his arm, Liu Yue looked at Tang Feng and asked, "Is there something wrong with Mr. Tang?"
"Hey. Tang Feng said in a low voice, "Can I ask you a question?"
Liu Yue smiled lightly and said, "Of course you can." ”
It's not difficult to talk to girls, Tang Feng asked, "Is Lot 1 real or fake?"
"Of course it's true. Liu Yue said affirmatively.
"How is it possible?" Tang Feng glanced at Zhu Biwei first, the old woman was not as easy to fool as the little woman, he lowered his voice and asked Liu Yue: "How can you find this painting in such a short time, and you can also persuade the owner of the painting to let him take it out for auction." ”
"Do you really want to know?" Liu Yue smiled and hooked her finger at Tang Feng and said, "Put your ears together." ”
Tang Feng put his ear to Liu Yue's small mouth as he said, and Liu Yue whispered a word in Tang Feng's ear and turned his face away with a smile.
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