Who is Tang Sheng?

Is the painting a replica or the real thing?

Why did it go abroad?

What kind of technique is it that allows this painting to show six completely different images?

And after all these years, why has no one ever found out?

How much mystery is in this?

Zhang Tianyuan felt as if his brain was about to explode, and one question mark after another popped out of his brain, but he couldn't find an answer.

If I didn't have any money, if I hadn't come to London this time, would this painting be buried in this vault forever?

"Alas, looking for the treasures of your own country, but you have to go abroad to find them, this kind of thing, I think it's funny to say, but it's so chilling......"

Zhang Tianyuan shook his head helplessly, he didn't know what kind of fate this painting had experienced, but it was really a blessing in misfortune that it could be placed here in its entirety, because most of the paintings were destroyed or lost by those dirty foreign robbers on the way, and that was the biggest loss.

He used to even hear the older generation tell a story that has been passed down from generation to generation, saying that foreigners drive away the cold at night, and there is no firewood to burn, so they use the priceless ancient paintings and those books as firewood, and the fire burns, burning not only those things, but also the self-esteem of the Chinese.

Another story about Marco Polo, many people think that Marco Polo is a great adventurer, but this is not the case, the truth is far darker and more realistic than you think. Much more brutal.

When Marco Polo returned, he brought with him six or seven ships of cargo. Most of them were snatched or cheated from China, and when he returned to his hometown. But there was only one boat and a few sailors left, and the many treasures were buried at the bottom of the sea and became a collection under the water.

If it's a ceramic thing, it's fine, at least it won't rust or break, but if it's a painting or calligraphy, if it's a bronze product, it's really completely ruined.

Zhang Tianyuan was reluctant to mention this kind of humiliating thing. However, there are some things that you can't help but think of as soon as you see something.

"What, Boss Zhang likes this painting, this painting is indeed a fine product, but we don't appreciate this style of painting very well, if Boss Zhang likes it, we can sell it to you cheaper." ”

At this time, the shopkeeper walked over, still in the same tone. made Zhang Tianyuan feel a little speechless, this guy's so-called cheap, it is really not cheap at all, it would be stupid to believe him.

"Fine? This is a genuine fake. Have you ever heard of Tang Sheng in Chinese history?" Zhang Tianyuan said disdainfully: "If you can find this painter named Tang Sheng, then what is the highest market price of his paintings, and I will pay you how much money." ”

Of course, Zhang Tianyuan wanted to buy this painting. But what exactly this thing was, he couldn't tell for a while. Because although Jianzi Jue believes that this thing is the work of the Ming Dynasty, there is a problem here. The word appreciation method thinks that this thing is genuine, but simply judges that Tang Sheng's works are genuine, that is to say, there is really such a person as Tang Sheng in history, but he can't judge the rest of the paintings, which is probably related to Zhang Tianyuan's own earthiness, his earthiness level is not enough, so this kind of judgment will appear, this is the first time he has encountered this kind of thing.

Because of this, he didn't want to pay too much.

"Fake? Fake? This is impossible, isn't this Tang Sheng Tang Yin?" said the shopkeeper in surprise: "Tang Yin's paintings are very expensive in international classes, how can they be said to be fakes?"

Zhang Tianyuan glanced at the shopkeeper and said with a smile: "Don't talk about him there, change the concept, the author of this painting is called Tang Sheng, not Tang Yin! Not everyone surnamed Tang is a person, if this is the case, then your queen must really be an old monster." ”

Although Zhang Tianyuan's words were a bit excessive, the shopkeeper knew very well that Elizabeth was right, Elizabeth was a surname, and it would be terrifying if all the names with Elizabeth were the same person. He actually understands that Tang Sheng is not Tang Yin, because the gap between the two people in the style of painting is too big, this painting he also took to the British Museum for Chinese antiques experts to identify, but did not come to any decent conclusions, so this matter, it is over, and then many collectors from China only glanced at this painting after looking at it, and did not care at all, after all, the name Tang Sheng is too unfamiliar.

He even thought about whether this thing should be an imitation of modern people, but because it was collected by his grandfather, he was reluctant to throw it away, so he kept hanging it here, waiting for the day when he was lucky and met a real wrongdoer, and he was willing to buy it.

"I'll tell you the truth, boss, such an unknown painter's painting, whether it's given away or placed in my room, it's a matter of dropping points, the reason why I want to buy him, I really think that this painting is still a little bit imitated, you can make a price appropriately, if the asking price is too high, then I can only give up, of course, I will not force you to sell this thing, after all, he may be a priceless treasure in your heart." ”

"Bullshit's priceless treasure, I think this thing is an eyesore when I look at it, I can't sell it after putting it there for so long, I finally met such a customer today, how can I not sell it. The shopkeeper already had an idea in mind, but he still wanted to make the price higher.

"Well, how about twenty thousand pounds?"

"Another 20,000 pounds? I said boss, you're competing with 20,000 pounds today, right?" Zhang Tianyuan shook his head with a wry smile and said, "It's better to be cheaper." ”

"Oh Boss Zhang, it really can't be cheaper, although I don't know what the origin of this painting is, but I also know that this is my grandfather after returning from a business trip, I heard him say at the time, this thing cost him a full 10,000 pounds, the pound at that time was worth more than now, you have to give 20,000 pounds, it's really not good, then I won't sell it." I'd rather burn it down!"

After speaking, the shopkeeper looked at Zhang Tianyuan nervously. In fact, there is some hint of threat in his words. If Zhang Tianyuan didn't want to, he really wouldn't burn it, he would rather keep it than burn it.

"Oh, that's right, why don't you burn it now, I'll just see the excitement. Zhang Tianyuan didn't eat his set, he originally bought this thing back to study, if it exceeded 10,000 pounds, he felt that it was not very cost-effective. After all, 10,000 pounds is equivalent to almost 100,000 RMB, which in the past when he had no money, he could buy a very good car.

"This ......"

The shopkeeper didn't expect Zhang Tianyuan to be such a person, he was speechless for a while, he really didn't want to burn it, and now he regrets what he just said.

"Okay, I won't force you, 20,000 pounds is 20,000 pounds, give me the painting next to it as a gift. Zhang Tianyuan glanced at the painting next to him. It is still a Chinese painting, but there is nothing special about it, just a very traditional ancient painting, which is made by a painter named Zhu Yu.

Zhu Yu was a painter of the Yuan Dynasty. Not to mention ordinary people, even people in the calligraphy and painting collection circle are probably very unfamiliar with this person's name.

However, Zhang Tianyuan knew exactly this person.

This man's painting is characteristic. It can only be said to be mediocre, but what is interesting is that. But it has been auctioned for a sky-high price.

At the end of last year, the Shangpu Museum sold a sky-high price of nearly 30 million yuan. Photographed the Yuan Dynasty painter Zhu Yu's "Unveiling the Bowl". Since then, there have been many voices of skepticism. Many people believe that Zhu Yu is unknown in the history of Chinese painting and cannot afford such a high price. In fact, in recent years, the trend of "good antiquity" among collectors in the field of calligraphy and painting has become increasingly popular, and the mediocre works of many unknown people in ancient calligraphy and painting have become increasingly sought after.

Zhang Tianyuan doesn't know what's going on in this kind of thing, but he thinks that the reason why the museum spent money to photograph this thing is probably not because of its artistic value, but because of its archaeological value, after all, it is an ancient painting.

As an expert of ancient paintings and calligraphy, Zhang Tianyuan had never heard of Zhu Yu at first, nor had he seen the "Unveiling Bowl Picture", and its transaction price was indeed a bit unexpected, and it would not become a benchmark in the ancient painting and calligraphy market. However, he believes that even if the painter is not well-known in history and his works are not representative, collecting such relatively mediocre ancient paintings and calligraphy is still a good direction, even far better than contemporary paintings and calligraphy.

Any ancient work has cultural relic, documentary and artistic value. Even if some works are not very artistic, but they are made by an influential ancient, then its value should be relatively high, because its cultural relics are of high value.

In fact, Zhang Tianyuan has long noticed this, and there is a similar calligraphy handscroll by Wang Shizhen. Wang Shizhen's poems and literary names are very well-known, but little is known about his calligraphy. In fact, there are also relevant records in the literature, and his calligraphy is very good. The appearance of this work just fills the gap, which has a high documentary value. In addition, the content of this calligraphy work is also very significant, it is written about the resignation of his contemporary poet Gu Xiuye and his return home, which just supplements the lack of historical materials and can play a certain role in researching Gu Xiuye's life, so the collection value of such a work is very high.

Of course, if Zhang Tianyuan was asked to buy Zhu Yu's paintings, Zhang Tianyuan would be reluctant to make a move, he would find it boring, and his level would be average, but if it was used as a gift, it would be different.

He also looked at the price of this painting, and the price that the boss gave to Zhu Yu was 5,000 pounds, that is, more than 40,000 RMB, which is really not high.

"That's not good, it's five thousand pounds. ”

"It's five thousand pounds, and you put it at five thousand pounds, isn't it two thousand pounds cheaper? I bought nearly forty thousand pounds of your stuff, and you don't even want to take it as a gift? I tell you, Zhu Yu's paintings are very ordinary, and basically no one wants them. Zhang Tianyuan believes that even many well-known domestic research scholars don't know much about Zhu Yu, and this foreigner doesn't know much about it.

"Add another thousand pounds!" said the shopkeeper, gritting his teeth.

"Plus five hundred pounds at most. Zhang Tianyuan's face was gloomy and said: "If it really doesn't work, I don't want it, you just keep it as a baby." ”

He was quite angry in his heart, I didn't ask for your things for nothing, it's good, mother's gang of robbers.

"Yes, then it's thirty-five thousand pounds in total, and I'll wrap it up for you. "As soon as the shopkeeper summed up, such a buyer may not be able to meet in the future, if he doesn't sell it today, he may not be able to sell it in the future, so he simply agreed. (To be continued......)