Chapter 423: Hu Banxian
The couple didn't believe Zhang Tianyuan, but they had to believe the experts in the antique shop, and the two looked at each other, both of them were full of happiness.
Zhang Tianyuan was puzzled, so he asked: "The two of you bought a fake, why do you seem so happy?" ”
The couple originally didn't have a good impression of Zhang Tianyuan, but their attitude was completely different at this time, and the man sighed and said: "Young man, you don't know, Sir Tommaru has a charity auction today, we were going to auction this thing, but fortunately it was broken, you say, if this is recognized there as fake, wouldn't it be a shame?" Although we are not a big family, we are also people with good faces, and we have done things for Sir in the past, so we are fortunate to be invited this time, which is really embarrassing, not only our face, even Sir will not be able to get off the stage. ”
Hearing this, Zhang Tianyuan understood that this upper-class person, sometimes face is really more important than money, although the blue and white porcelain of the Song Dynasty is valuable, but it can be bought after all, how can it be compared to priceless face? You are mixed in high society, and it is a big deal to lose face, not to mention that even Sir Tomaru has to be involved, it will be even worse.
"That's a coincidence, we're also on our way to the charity auction at Sir's, or else?" Zhang Tianyuan saw that the couple was not such unreasonable people, so there was no hostility.
"No, we have to hurry up and get a new lot ready, but luckily it's still early."
"Then this porcelain jar ......" Zhang Tianyuan pointed to the pair of broken porcelain pieces and asked, although he didn't finish speaking, the meaning was already very clear.
"Oops. It's okay, it's okay. Speaking of which, I have to thank you, young man, for today's incident. This porcelain jar is not worth much anyway, so you can dispose of it casually. The man seemed anxious to leave.
Zhang Tianyuan sent the things to these two people and said: "Antiques can also recover losses!" Don't listen to other people's nonsense. What bought a fake self to admit bad luck, that is pure. And that's to the insiders, you are obviously not insiders, so don't care about these, where to buy, should be invoiced and everything, and then go there to find a reason. ”
"Is that okay?"
"Of course, the laws of the mainland have provisions in this regard, and the laws of Hong Kong should be more perfect. After all, the development is earlier than that of the mainland. Zhang Tianyuan doesn't know much about Hong Kong's laws, but if you think about it, it should be about the same, after all, this has already involved fraud, and it can be handled as a crime of fraud, and you don't have to get any antiques.
The two of them took their things and left.
Liu Mengxun looked at Zhang Tianyuan proudly at this time, looking very happy, her future husband easily settled this matter, and he didn't hurt his peace. This is definitely a face-saving face in front of his current situation.
Weng Hong is also very satisfied with Zhang Tianyuan's approach, after all, he is a person from the upper class, and it is definitely not possible to fight and kill, such a solution is the best. Not only is it degassing, but it has not been lost, and more importantly, it is more important. I wasn't wronged.
However, Zhang Tianyuan didn't think about this at this time, but he was still immersed in the matter of the Song Dynasty high melamine jar and didn't come out. An interesting story came to his mind, something like this.
It was said at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China. There is a fortune teller named Hu Banxian, who was originally a fortune teller, counting the eight characters of birth for people, counting good fortune and bad fortune, and then once a person came to his stall and took an ancient painting for him to tell his fortune.
Speaking of this Hu Banxian, the ancestor is actually a scholarly family, his father likes to collect the most, the porcelain, calligraphy and painting at home are everything, he is also familiar with it, see more, listen more, and touch more, and gradually became half an expert.
Why say half an expert?
Just because he only understands half of the identification method passed down by his father, he only sees half of things, not completely, but only he knows about this matter, and others don't know.
When he was telling the man's fortune, he happened to see the painting and told him that it was a fake, because according to the half of the identification methods he had learned, there were indeed many flaws in the painting. The fortune teller didn't believe it at first, but then he went to the person who sold the painting, and said that he had found an expert to identify it, saying that the painting was fake, but he didn't expect it to be true, and he was so frightened that the seller of the painting confided the truth.
I don't want to say much about this, the key is to talk about this Hu Banxian.
After this incident, his fame soared, many people came to him to identify calligraphy, painting and porcelain and other things, not to mention, some people rely on half of the treatise to rule the world, he relied on half of the appraisal to gallop the appraisal world, and became famous in one fell swoop, simply did not tell his fortune, and directly changed his career to become an appraiser.
But the matter is at this half, when nothing happens, everything is good, he also makes a lot of money, and he is happy every day. But the problem is that half is half after all, and even the most important half will still have problems at critical times.
In the end, this Hu Banxian was planted, and it was planted on this appraisal book that only half of the students had learned. At that time, it was estimated that someone deliberately corrected him, anyway, no matter what the reason, he didn't learn well enough, so he dared to do this business, that is, he was looking for guilt.
At that time, someone took a porcelain jar to Hu Banxian for identification, and the porcelain jar was similar to the high imitation that Zhang Tianyuan saw today, although it was a high imitation in the late Qing Dynasty, but it was indeed a good craftsmanship. As a result, Hu Banxian judged that the thing was real according to the three steps, and the next steps should have been in the original appraisal book, but it was a pity that he didn't learn, so when he got here, he was sure, and let this person spend a lot of money to buy the porcelain jar. The problem is that it didn't take long for someone to spread the news that the porcelain jar was a fake, saying that Hu Banxian was so open-minded that the person who bought the porcelain jar hanged himself.
Whether it was hanged or not, it is not mentioned in the story, but it doesn't matter, the important thing is that Hu Banxian did look away, just because of his so-called half of the appraisal book.
When the news came out, Hu Banxian still refused to believe it, and slapped the table and said that his appraisal results would definitely not be wrong. You can't go wrong. So someone brought the porcelain jar to him for re-identification, and invited many experts to watch it at that time. One by one, these experts also want to see jokes. After all, if you want to talk about it, Hu Banxian has robbed them of a lot of business. They wish Hu Banxian was unlucky.
Hu Banxian didn't care much about what these people thought, he just didn't want to believe that he was wrong. But the problem is that no matter how much he identifies it, the result is the same, because when it comes to the third step, he doesn't know how to identify it next.
At this time, those experts who sincerely wanted to make Hu Banxian ugly stood up one by one, and finally someone pointed out the problem. And explain that the thing is actually a work of "grafting". Hu Banxian died of anger on the spot after hearing this, he was already not young, and he couldn't stand it after experiencing this.
It was not until later that the mystery of this porcelain jar was completely revealed, and it is said that the person who made this high imitation was a porcelain expert at the time. Because his business was robbed by Hu Banxian, he was not angry, so he set up such a bureau and deliberately let Hu Banxian drill into it. Anyway, he knew that Hu Banxian was a half-immortal, not a true immortal, and he was half-looking at things, as long as he did it exquisitely. No matter how powerful this Hu Banxian is, he can't see any traces.
So, this expert found some people who were also dissatisfied with Hu Banxian. invited a skilled porcelain master to work together to create such a half-true blue and white porcelain jar of the Song Dynasty. Not only did he want the buyer's life, but also Hu Banxian's life. It can be said that it is extremely ruthless. Although despicable is despicable, but if you really talk about it, Hu Banxian also has a big problem, since you don't understand this business, don't jump to conclusions, especially things are very expensive, you come to such a conclusion, the result is not only killed by the buyer, but also his own life in the end.
Zhang Tianyuan still saw this story in a very partial book, it doesn't matter whether the story is true or not, the important thing is that this story tells him a very profound truth, some things, you really can't be hasty, otherwise, in the end, you really have to harm yourself and others.
"Hey, Zhang Tianyuan, what do you want, you can't even hear my voice when you think about it?" Suddenly, Zhang Tianyuan felt that something was twisting his waist, and he almost jumped up in pain, and saw Liu Mengxun looking at him indignantly.
"Hehe, good wife, I just thought about something, so I came up with a mind. Now that I've met my aunt, let's go to the auction together, and we can go to dinner together in the evening. Zhang Tianyuan smiled and said.
In the past, there was a popular saying called "beating is kissing, scolding is love", and there is also a word called "happy enemies", between this couple, it is normal to have a little physical contact, and it will not say who will have no face, and the manly husband will let his wife go, which is a virtue, not cowardice.
Liu Mengxun's mother Weng Hong was in a good mood today, she was really a little angry when she saw Zhang Tianyuan and Liu Mengxun holding hands together, at least she felt uncomfortable. This stinky boy took down his daughter so quickly, it's too unsophisticated. But after this incident just now, he got rid of the resentment and unhappiness in his stomach, and now he is comfortable in his heart, and it is actually not bad for his daughter to find such a man.
"No, I'm here to buy food and prepare dinner today, so what's the matter with you." Weng Hong is testing Zhang Tianyuan to see what Zhang Tianyuan's attitude towards her is.
What a woman says, don't believe it, otherwise you will be miserable, because women really like to test people too much, Zhang Tianyuan used to fall in love, but he didn't suffer less in this regard, so he was experienced.
He smiled and said, "Auntie, it's okay, let's go to the auction together, and then go back to eat after that, isn't it just right?" I just don't know if my uncle is free, if he is free, you can call him together, and it is said that there are a few good things at this charity auction. ”
In fact, where does Zhang Tianyuan know what is at the auction, but that's it, and this kind of nonsense will not be debunked, because this kind of charity auction, it will definitely have good things, there is no need to worry about this, after all, this is the highest level of private charity auction in Hong Kong, if there are no good things, wouldn't these upper-class people be too faceless?
Weng Hong was very satisfied with Zhang Tianyuan's suggestion, no matter whether Zhang Tianyuan said kind words or not, anyway, it gave her face, of course she was happy. (To be continued......)