Chapter 44: Finding Fault?

"Dad, I heard that Zhongzheng is also going to hold an auction, what kind of book and printing double special sale? There are not only the original calligraphy of Wu Changshuo Qi Baishi who returned from Japan, but also more than a dozen fine seals, what should I do? ”

Xie Tian ran into Xie Rongcheng's office with an anxious face, and saw that he was closing his eyes and recuperating, and he didn't have a good airway.

"Sit down!"

Xie Rongcheng has a headache about this only son, he is not like himself at all, he is rough and rough, and he causes trouble everywhere.

"What can I do? Looking for someone to smash someone's yard? Use your brain before you speak! ”

Xie Rongcheng stood up, walked to the window, and said for a while: "Last time, I underestimated Wu Tianyuan, that kid is not ordinary!" There are scheming, there are means. Even if it's an opponent, I'm convinced of losing, and I'll be relieved when you can learn half of others! ”

"Dad!" Xie Tian said angrily: "Last time, I admitted that kid was a step ahead, but you were also defenseless and were tricked by him." Now that we know his wolf ambitions, can we sit idly by? ”

Xie Rongcheng glanced at Xie Tian lightly, sat down again, closed his eyes and recuperated for a while, and said, "Naturally, no!" This time, I decided to take the initiative and help me inquire about the time and place of the special preview, and let's go to the show! ”

"High! It's really high! ”

Xie Tian gave a thumbs up and said excitedly: "When the time comes, let's take Zhou Jie with us, he is a big expert, in case there is a fake, let's expose it on the spot, so that Zhongzheng will never recover." ”

"That's just one aspect!" Xie Rongcheng said with a smile: "I just want to kill them, the higher I stand, the heavier I fall!" Our Xie family goes to support regardless of previous suspicions, and we can also redeem some impression points, and want to suppress me Xie Rongcheng? Hum! ”

On the day of the preview of the Chiang Kai-shek exhibition, there was a cloudless sky and a crowd of people, and many collectors came to see the two masters.

"Tianyuan, come here!"

Wu Tianyuan greeted the guests with Sun Lao, kept chatting with the collectors, and listened to their feedback. Suddenly, he heard Song Lao calling him, and hurried over.

"Introduce you to a big boss, do you know each other?"

Wu Tianyuan saw a middle-aged man in his fifties standing next to Song Lao, with a square head and a big face, extraordinary momentum, and a very familiar face.

"Hu Jianmin? Chairman of Jianye? Wu Tianyuan hurriedly took the initiative to stretch out his hand and greeted.

"You kid is really young and promising, Song Lao praised you in front of me, let's take a look today."

Jianye Group is the largest real estate developer in the Central Plains, and Hu Jianmin is also the richest man in the province and a billion-dollar boss. I have long heard that I like to collect, and I go to major auction houses to buy things every year, but I didn't expect Song Lao to invite someone to come over to support the show?

"Boss Hu is so uplifting to me, a newcomer, I have the opportunity to meet Mr. Song, and I am very grateful to be supported by him." Wu Tianyuan smiled: "You are a big expert, please give me more advice." ”

Hu Jianmin nodded, his first impression of this young man was good, on the one hand, it was really Song Lao's many invitations, and he was not easy to refuse. Second, I heard that there are calligraphy and seals that I like this time, especially Wu Changshuo's seals, which are very sophisticated, so I am curious to take a look.

"Let's go, you take us around."

Song Lao took advantage of the time when Hu Jianmin and Sun Zhongzheng were talking, and secretly signaled to Wu Tianyuan, the opportunity is rare, this big tyrant must seize it.

"This is the old collection of Sangutang, the old man of Changshuo, and the solemn sand gate of the vast Qingjing Courtyard was fifty-three years old."

Wu Tianyuan began to introduce the largest work this time, 130 times 32cm, a pair of more than 7 square feet, which is a huge couplet.

"Wu Changshuo's seal book can be called a must, especially in the profound attainments of gold and stone seal carving, and Qi Baishi is known as the two masters."

Hu Jianmin looked at Wu Changshuo's words obsessively, and involuntarily copied them with his fingers, he was a soldier in his early years and always liked calligraphy. After having money, he practiced calligraphy every day, and was a senior member of the local calligraphy association, with deep skills.

"Good word!"

The so-called connoisseur looks at the doorway, and the couplets seem simple, but they are actually difficult. The layout of each word position is knowledge, and it should be created according to the identity background of different characters and different relationships, which can reflect the author's skills.

"There is also this one, which is a mantra written by the master in the sixteen characters of the Diamond Sutra, and the size is smaller, but his scriptures are very popular, and he once set a sky-high price of tens of millions."

"This work has been recorded many times, page 23 of the series of representative calligraphers of the Shanghai School, and page 143 of Wu Changshuo's calligraphy and painting yearbook, which is the collection of Baoshantang, and the owner has a close relationship with Wu Lao."

Wu Tianyuan talked about the source and description of the collection, and then listened to several people discuss and comment together, and benefited a lot along the way.

"There is a level, these are rare calligraphy masterpieces."

After reading it, Hu Jianmin was very satisfied and said: "Originally, I just came to have a show, and Song Lao had a bad face, but now I look at it, I must come on the day of the auction." A lot of them are beloved things, and they are bound to be obtained! ”

"Thank you for your support, I will send an invitation letter to your company in advance, and leave an auspicious number plate for you at that time."

Just when Wu Tianyuan was accompanying Song Lao and Hu Jianmin, suddenly Sun Lao saw Xie Rongcheng and a few people also came to cheer?

"Old Sun, congratulations, I'm late!"

"Brother Xie is polite, Xiao Zhou is also here? It's so glorious for you to be able to come and enjoy the light, thank you very much. ”

Xie Tian looked at the two hateful people shaking hands and chatting cordially like friends for many years, and admired in his heart: "I'm really not as thick-skinned as these two people!" ”

"Look, that's not Xie Rongcheng? He even came to cheer for him? ”

"Old fox, are you making a show?"

"Today is really a narrow road, there is a good show to watch!"

Many people know the grievances between Xie and Zhongzheng, and watch the excitement with various mentalities.

Sun Yuyao looked indignant, watched her grandfather politely let Xie and his party into the venue, and said, "It's really a bad guest, didn't you come to find fault?" ”

"Let's open the door to do business, and we will be customers when we pass the door, whatever they want." Sun Lao looked calm, and this bit of face work still had to be done.

"Brother Zhou, is there a fake?"

As soon as Xie Rongcheng and a few people entered the door, they looked around at the lots, especially Zhou Jie, an expert in calligraphy and seal carving, and they must find imitations and expose them in public to relieve their hatred!

"This?" Zhou Jie took a closer look, and there is no doubt that each piece is genuine, either published or inherited, all of which are the masterpieces of the two masters in their later years.

"Brother Xie, this time I don't think you can find any fault, they are all genuine products with orderly inheritance, they are basically Japanese returns, and I think there are many collections auctioned in Xijing."

Zhou Jie said in a low voice: "That Xijing auction has developed very quickly in recent years, and it is one of the more powerful new auction houses. I've always wanted to work with us in the early years, but I didn't like them. I didn't expect to hook up with Zhongzheng now, and actually cooperate together to enter calligraphy and seal carving? What a tooth extraction! ”

Xie Rongcheng saw Zhou Jie's gloomy face, and he was overjoyed, and said to sow discord: "That is, who in China doesn't know that calligraphy and seal carving is Xilin's biggest strength." Not to mention a small Zhongzheng, even Jiade and Baoli can't compete! Sun Zhongzheng dared to hold a special session of Master Wu Changshuo openly, didn't he know that he was the founder of Xilin Seal Society? ”

Zhou Jie glanced at Xie Rongcheng lightly, and said with a smile: "Brother doesn't need to say this, even if we Xilin can't all have Master Wu's genuine works, many authentic works have been lost to Japan, and it is also a skill that Zhongzheng can do this special session." ”

"That's right, but we just finished the seal special session a few days ago, and he immediately followed suit?"

"Humph! Let's see! ”

Zhou Jie naturally knew the contradiction between Xie and Zhongzheng, and originally didn't want to participate, but what Sun Zhongzheng did this time made him very faceless. The special session of his association with Xie's only has stamps, although it is the first one to enter the Central Plains, but the final turnover is still not ideal.

Within a few days, the leading Zhongzheng in the province will hold the same special session, not only with seals, but also with a lot of high-quality couplets, this is not a naked slap in the face?

"Dad, look!"

Xie Tian himself was also looking for fault, and suddenly found three very familiar seals, and quickly shouted.

"What's it called?" Xie Rongcheng glared, walked over and looked surprised: "Brother Zhou, look! ”

"This is Master Wu's Tian Huang Xianzhang?"

Zhou Jie looked in the direction pointed by Xie Tian, his heart was shocked, and he hurried to the front of the display cabinet and studied it carefully.

"A rare boutique!" President Zhou Jie sighed and said: "Wu Changshuo engraved Tian Huang Yi Weng Zhang, B is not leap July, engraved for Mr. Yuqu, and the final payment falls to Anji." This piece of Tianhuang has a very good texture and a huge size, which is really a fine product. ”

Xie Rongcheng was also surprised, this piece of Wu Changshuo's spare chapter to his friends is first-class in terms of materials and carving, which is one level higher than all the chapters of Fang Cun Qiankun last time, Zhongzheng actually has such a ability?

"This chapter is a first-class collection even in our old collection of Xilin Seal Society, and it really has to be auctioned for at least five million!"

Zhou Jie said gloomily: "Not to mention anything else, Zhongzheng was able to collect such a seal, which really impressed me." ”

Xie Tian couldn't help but interrupted: "Don't talk about that yet, I'm asking you to read these chapters!" ”

Zhou Jie and Xie Rongcheng were stunned, turned their heads to look at the place Xie Tian said, and saw a set of seal boxes, which contained twelve idle seals of various materials, large and small, and turned out to be a rare seal set!

"This is Master Wu Changshuo's seal?"

Zhou Jie walked to the front of the display cabinet and took a look, and there were twelve Wu Changshuo medals marked below? Shocked.

"Impossible!" Xie Rongcheng hurriedly walked over, and sure enough, Zhongzheng marked that these chapters were made by Wu Changshuo, and studied them carefully.

"I don't know if it's Wu Changshuo, but aren't these three from us that Wu Tianyuan did?"

Xie Tian's eyes were sharp, and at a glance, he saw the three medals that Wu Tianyuan had taken last time. Afterwards, he specially checked, the first two were sold for a total of 80,000 yuan, and the last one was auctioned away by someone for 280,000 yuan, and now it is estimated that Wu Tianyuan's people did it!

"Brother, is this the handiwork of Master Wu Changshuo?"

Zhou Jie shook his head and said with a sneer: "Brother, your chance for revenge has come!" I have handled at least two or three hundred master chapters, no matter what the material, what the bottom is, you can see at a glance whether it is Master Wu's handwriting! These twelve pieces are completely wrong, I dare to guarantee that it is not Wu Changshuo! ”

"Dad! Here's your chance! ”

Xie Tian was excited, this time he finally had the opportunity to take revenge, last time he was exposed by Wu Tianyuan at the Xie family's preview, which made the Xie family defeated. This time the feng shui rotates, and there are also fakes in Zhongzheng, which is not just a big opportunity.

"Don't worry, brother, can you be sure?" Xie Rongcheng suppressed his excitement and confirmed again.

Zhou Jie said confidently: "Don't worry, I have been playing with seals for more than 20 years, if I didn't even look away from this, this manager wouldn't have to do it a long time ago!" ”

When Xie Tian heard this, he laughed, and when he saw that there were more and more people at the venue, he shouted: "I didn't expect that there would be fakes in the middle of the auction, it's incredible!" ”