Wu Laowei sighed: "I don't care about obscurity, but what you just said - even if this auction doesn't succeed, the other party will cover up the past, otherwise there will be no way to set up a game." What's going on? ”

You Fang replied with a deep groan: "The rivers and lakes have set up a situation to fish for loopholes, but there is more than one threshold, as the saying goes, the threshold of the master is twelve and a half, and it is one move after another." You messed up this auction, but you just demolished one of the thresholds, you made a move and he took it, and you demolished the shed and he quietly pulled back the next one, which is a normal situation. ”

The more Wu Lao listened, the more fascinated he became: "Oh, how will Sotheby's or the behind-the-scenes seller who planned this game accept it?" ”

You Fang frowned: "This is not accurate, but if it were me, the first thing would be to grit my teeth and force this auction down, as I said just now, although outsiders can't see the flaws, but insiders must be suspicious, and the next thing is to do another game to reverse the negative impact caused by this auction in the circle."

It's the second half of 2009, and if next month's auction gets you pumped down, I guess they'll arrange another one, no later than the first half of 2010. At that time, another jade seal will be launched, and it is a fine product in very good condition, so that connoisseurs in the circle can not find fault, which is the best way to recover the adverse effects. As for the location, I think the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in China will be chosen. ”

Wu Lao said with emotion: "If there is a move, there will be a move, not that it can be solved with a game, and those people are also proficient in the methods you mentioned?" ”

You Fang smiled: "They may not understand these terms I said, but the reason is the same, they don't care what they say." …… In fact, there is no need to sigh too much, there are loopholes to catch loopholes, if you are all people who understand like you, this kind of situation will be self-defeating. ”

Wu Lao nodded and said: "It makes sense, we can't control all the things in the world, but we want to start from ourselves, start from the present, and do what we can." Thank you so much today, I know what to do. ”

……

"Did the Professor Wu Pingdong you mentioned really demolish the shed later?" Hearing this, Liu Li couldn't help but speak again, interrupting You Fang's memories and narration.

You Fang sighed inexplicably: "Later, Wu Lao didn't tell me the specific things, but with my understanding of him, he must have done it." ”

Liu Li knocked on the chopsticks and praised: "Okay, the book does not hide the chivalrous spirit!" Hearing you say that, I'd love to get to know this guy too. ”

You Fang looked down at the leftovers in the cups and plates on the table, and said in a low tone: "It's a pity that I don't have this opportunity, Mr. Wu Pingdong is no longer alive, he died in the hands of the Crazy Fox gang, now do you understand why I killed people and set fires?" ”

Liu Li opened his mouth and was stunned, his face was full of sudden and regret, and he said after a long time: "No wonder you, an old fritter in the rivers and lakes, will also take such a big risk with blood and impulsiveness, and set up a situation to kill the crazy fox gang." The big husband has something to do and something not to do, you have a reason to do that, but how could a gentleman like Wu Pingdong in a university get involved with the crazy fox? ”

You Fang looked at the door and reminded, "Do you still want to listen to it?" Lunch was already past the hour. ”

Liu Li waved his hand: "It's okay, before I came, I not only ordered lunch, but also booked dinner, it's all this private room, we have enough time." …… Alas, it's a pity that I didn't have the opportunity to meet Wu Pingdong! I won't talk much, so you can move on. ”

The old man was really calculating, and he had long thought that the time for You Fang's "explanation" could not be short, and he even booked dinner. Liu Li's expression was not smug, he was obviously attracted by You Fang's story, if he didn't finish this frame, the old man wouldn't let him go.

……

The situation of the auction of Sotheby's "Eight Treasures of the Elderly" in London, as You Fang expected, half a month later, the news came, the jade seal was auctioned off by a mysterious buyer who did not want to disclose his identity at a price of about 40 million yuan, it seems that there is nothing abnormal in this auction, but many insiders are full of doubts about it.

Is the inside story really as you guessed? Even he himself doesn't know, he can only say that it may or may not be. But there is another thing that You Fang deduced very accurately, and the next year came to mid-April 2010, and another international auction was held in Hong Kong, and another jade seal was launched. And the gimmick added a bit of novelty, most of the auctions in the past were square seals, and this time a Qing Qianlong white jade round seal was grandly launched, and the quality was very exquisite. -- That's all for later, so let's not mention it for now.

(Note: This section was published in mid-March 2010, and the time mentioned above is mid-April 2010, which has not yet happened.) Therefore, a novel is a novel, and the relevant characters, words and deeds are purely fictional, and it is hereby declared. ）

After this incident, the relationship between You Fang and Wu Lao was a lot closer, and when the news of the London auction came back, Wu Lao also specially invited You Fang to have a meal at home, symbolizing the opening of an old flower carving to celebrate, as for why, the old and the young are tacit. Since then, the two have communicated more in private, don't look at You Fang's young age, he knows all kinds of ways of the eight gates of the rivers and lakes, but in terms of knowledge and knowledge, the little goods in his stomach can't even reach a fraction of Wu Lao's, so he is naturally willing to humbly ask for advice, and he is on call.

Wu Lao is very interested in the various doorways of the eight gates of the rivers and lakes, especially the various feng shui techniques that have been passed down since ancient times. Although he is an old man with great knowledge, he does not know very much about some things that have been passed down from generation to generation among masters and apprentices among the people. There are all kinds of unique and exquisite things in this, according to the old rules, they will not tell outsiders casually, but You Fang has no selfishness, and he will say whatever Wu Lao asks.

On the one hand, it is because he respects Wu Lao, and since the other party asks for advice, he does not hide it; On the other hand, he didn't take it seriously, anyway, it was all a fool on the rivers and lakes, what was there to fool people in front of a university scholar like Wu Lao? But Wu Lao's attitude is very serious, at least more serious than You Fang himself, never easy to draw any conclusions, always try to deconstruct with his own knowledge, and often discuss with You Fang.

During this time, in addition to gaining a lot in the architectural structure of the Yin and Yang Mansion, You Fang did not learn much more in Feng Shui, but he had a much more thorough understanding of what he had learned in the past.

Wu Lao also understands that You Fang's unselfish attitude is rare for Jianghu people, so he is also very grateful, and always calls You Fang to his house for dinner, and he usually takes a lot of care. Later, Wu Lao found that You Fang had an old compass used by Lei Faxuan in his hand, and he couldn't put it down, so he asked You Fang to take the compass to his house and play with it in the name of discussing feng shui.

I went there many times, and You Fang was embarrassed to always rub other people's meals in vain, and often carried a compass, bought good food, and carried wine to report to Wu's hometown. But the relationship between the two went further, still because of a fake Yuan blue and white plum vase.

At the end of the year, the students celebrate the New Year, and there are many activities in each class, most of which are gathering for entertainment, eating and drinking collectively, etc. You Fang bought a seventy percent new second-hand computer from Chen Jun, and the rented house was also connected to broadband, so he had nothing to do with classes, boxing, meditation, and Internet access to check materials, and then went to the library to read, and lived a very fulfilling life.

On this day, You Fang was reading a Xianxia novel written by an online author named "Xu Gongzi" on the Internet, when his mobile phone suddenly rang, and Wu Lao asked him to go over for some things, and have dinner together by the way. You Fang went out, bought a northwestern-style roast leg of lamb on Zengguang Road, and carried it to Wu's hometown.

Anyway, it's familiar, and there's nothing polite to enter the door. However, as soon as he put down the east and west, You Fang's face was a little feverish, because there was a delicate blue and white plum vase on the coffee table, and there were a few broken porcelain pieces next to it. The plum vase is characterized by Yuan Qinghua in terms of ornamentation, glaze, and shape, and it is almost impossible to find any fault. If this thing is genuine, the price of the international auction house can be hundreds of millions, and if it is really traded within the collection world, tens of millions are not unusual.

You Fang's face was feverish because he recognized the origin of this thing, it was not a genuine product, but a very clever imitation, from the hand of his father You Zuming. The bottle had his father's exclusive marking, which he recognized at a glance. You Zuming's habit is said to be to imitate a certain ancient jade master, often leaving obvious marks on the utensils he made, but people who don't know the details can't see it.

Wu Pingdong saw that You Fang's face was different, and greeted with a smile: "How about it, even if you are well-informed and have first-class eyesight, you haven't seen many Yuan blue and white instruments, right?" Come and see this bottle and these porcelain tiles to help me identify them. ”

You Fang sat down nervously, tried not to look at the plum bottle, picked up the broken porcelain piece and looked at it for a long time: "The porcelain piece should be real, the characteristics of the broken stubble are more obvious, the fetal fire at that time was worse than the porcelain of the Ming and Qing dynasties, although the Yuan blue and white fried expensive, but the firing process is not the best." …… As for this bottle, can you tell me where it came from? ”

Wu Lao: "Why do you have this expression?" These things were brought by a junior, and I asked her to help me collect some samples of Yuan blue and white porcelain tiles, and she also sent a bottle. Some of my colleagues and I have seen it, and we can't find fault with it, but it doesn't feel like it's real, so please palm your eyes, you are better than me in this aspect of eyesight. ”

You Fang breathed a sigh of relief: "Didn't you buy it yourself?" ”

Wu Lao smiled: "I can afford these porcelain pieces, but if this bottle is real, do you think I can afford it?" If it is a very clever imitation craft, it still has some collection value. ”

You Fang's tone flickered: "It's not true, if you talk about the price in the market, it is possible to have millions to tens of thousands." ”

This is interesting, high-proof fakes also have production costs, but the price of the sale in the market is very uncertain, for example, the same bottle, one may be sold for millions, and the other may be sold for tens of thousands of dollars, and they are all sold by the same person, and laymen often do not understand the mystery.

The plum bottle on the table represents the highest level of You Zuming's imitation technology, when firing completely to build a kiln with ancient methods, specially transported from the south thousands of miles back to the porcelain clay, specially collected glaze, after many experiments to successfully fire, the firing process "waste" is a lot, the proportion of real finished ware is very small. In this way, the cost of firing a batch of utensils is very high.

If a total of 10 pieces are burned, and the average cost of each imitation is 100,000 yuan, is it sold at a price of more than 100,000 yuan in the market? Not necessarily! Because this kind of thing is taken away and flowed into the market, most of them are sold as genuine products, if one of them is sold at a high price to earn back the cost, the other few are added to the head, and then the sale is a net profit, which can be much cheaper. Therefore, the price of fakes in the antiques market is very uncertain and cannot be measured simply by imitations.

The embryo, painting, glazing, and firing of this bottle are all done by You Zuming himself, and You Fang has the impression that it is not easy to burn this thing, and I remember that it was bought by a Turkish Chinese a few years ago, and You Zuming asked for 200,000 yuan, which was a big deal in the family at that time. How could it appear in Wu's house today? Although there is an old rule for those who engage in antiques, that is, not to ask the owner about the origin of things, You Fang still can't help but want to ask clearly, and it is difficult to speak.

Wu Lao was a little puzzled when he heard this: "Listening to your tone, I have already concluded that it is a fake, but you didn't look at it much just now, and your eyes are not quite right, what is wrong?" ”

You Fang looked around and said to him: "Why don't you take a test?" ”

Wu Lao smiled, looking at You Fang's expression as if it had a deep meaning: "I want to do a spectral analysis, but the sample data of Yuan Qinghua is too small, and the conclusion is not authoritative enough, so recently the State Administration of Cultural Heritage is also collecting Yuan Qinghua porcelain, I help to do some work, and this is how these porcelain pieces on the table come from." …… Xiaoyou, why do I always think that you have something to hide from me, is it inconvenient to say something? ”

You Fang thought for a while and replied: "I still want to ask about the origin of this thing, it is indeed a fake, I wonder if your old junior or other friends have been beaten?" ”

Wu Lao stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder: "There are eyes, even I can't tell the truth or falsehood, but don't worry, no one is deceived, and this thing is not bought at a high price." As for the specific origin, it is not convenient to tell you, but now it is mine. If you have anything to say, just say it, since you are sure that it is a fake, you have to tell a truth, but don't even cheat me. ”

You Fang shook his head, and after thinking about it for a long time, he decided not to hide it from Wu Lao, and said stubbornly: "Give me a pencil and a blank piece of paper." ”

After bringing the pen and paper, You Fang lay on the coffee table to trace a small piece of pattern on the plum bottle, which is the pattern of the bend of the plum tree trunk. He didn't trace the original picture in its entirety, but just drew a seemingly very delicate and complex hook in the middle of the trunk on the paper, and then wrote the word "You" next to it, pushing the paper in front of Wu Lao.

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