Hearing that Zhao Zhuo had made up his mind, Jing Yao didn't feel strange, but just asked, "Do you know the news that this painting was bought back to China and then identified as a fake?" ”

Zhao Zhuo nodded and said, "I just heard Grandpa Ji talk about it, what's the matter, there is really something wrong with this painting?" ”

Jing Yao thought slightly: "I haven't made up my mind yet, this painting is said to have been taken out of the country by an Englishman during the Qing Dynasty, and then after several generations of collectors, it was auctioned at a foreign auction house last month, and it was auctioned at a price equivalent to 15 million yuan of my country's currency." However, after the rich merchant took the painting home, a friend came to inquire about it, and heard that the person was a national first-class calligraphy and painting appraiser, but it turned out to be a fake, and it was not only this person who identified it, he later found several people, and identified that it was all fake, and finally sold the painting as soon as possible. ”

"Is there some kind of scam or something?" Zhao Zhuohu doubted.

Jing Yao shook his head and said: "It's hard to say now, that rich businessman is also a giant-level figure, more than 10 million is nothing to him, if someone designs him like this, I'm afraid it's unlikely, it's just why it's a fake, there is no more news about this specific matter, and these are all hearsay, but I think it shouldn't be groundless." ”

Zhao Zhuo agreed: "That's too, otherwise why would such a precious painting be sold all at once before it was covered in the book?" So, then this painting is really a fake? ”

Zhao Zhuo frowned slightly, since he entered the industry, he has seen two or three hundred paintings, although he has never seen such a valuable one, but millions of paintings have been seen.

And this painting, although he has not yet made up his mind, he has called up some of Tang Yin's paintings in his mind for comparison as early as when he appraised it.

Tang Yin's works are famous for landscape paintings and figure paintings, and there are also works of flowers, birds, bamboos and stones. Both the style of painting and calligraphy can be divided into three periods, and the early, middle, and late years are quite different.

It's not easy to make a conclusion if you want to take a look.

After all, if you want to identify the real work, you need to identify all aspects, and there is no loophole to make a conclusion, otherwise once it is fake, it is related to a huge sum of 15 million.

Even a first-level appraiser like Jing Yao didn't dare to draw conclusions easily, and Zhao Zhuo naturally didn't dare to say anything round, in short, he had to see what Mo Ling thought.

Soon, Mo Ling had already finished reading it, but when Zhao Zhuo asked, she said that she hadn't made up her mind, and some things had to be thought about.

He Baorong obviously also knew that Sister Wang was not small, and she had a father's friendship with Ji Yuan, so he listened to the two of them with a smile and said a few words from time to time.

In short, whether it was Jing Yao Moling or Zhao Zhuo Ji Yuan, in the end, they didn't dare to make a conclusion about this painting immediately, and after leaving the auction house, Jing Yao asked Zhao Zhuo: "You are not free in the afternoon, right?" ”

"I don't have time in the afternoon, but I have to accompany my uncle to a business reception in the evening." Zhao Zhuo replied.

Jing Yao said, "That's great, I'll borrow you an afternoon and help me remember something." ”

Zhao Zhuo smiled wryly when he heard this: "Why do I feel as if I have become a portable hard drive?" ”

Jing Yao was also a little helpless, and gave him a blank look and said, "Who said that only you have this unforgettable memory, it is much more powerful than a mobile hard drive." ”

Zhao Zhuo definitely had no tendency to be abused, but when she was so white by her big eyes, she only felt comfortable all over, and wanted to be white by her a few more times.

It was only after getting into the car that Zhao Zhuo knew that the place where the two of them were going was actually the appraiser branch of Baicheng.

Zhao Zhuo was secretly surprised when he heard this, this Baicheng Appraiser Branch is the land of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, there are as many as a dozen first-level appraisers alone, and there are hundreds of members of the association, which is twice as many as Huaihai City.

Jing Yao said while driving: "The data room of the appraiser branch in Baicheng City is much more comprehensive than that in Huaihai City, and Mr. Xiao has a deep friendship with Li Hai, the vice president of their branch, so he knew that I was going to come here to help Sister Wang identify the paintings, so he helped me contact them, so that I could check some information." ”

"It's about Tang Yin's paintings, right? Jing Yao, you are so attentive, it seems that this Sister Wang is bound to win this painting. Zhao Zhuo said.

Jing Yao nodded and said: "You also heard it just now, Sister Wang's family is also a scholarly disciple in Huaihai City, his father used to work with Ji Lao, so since childhood, Sister Wang also likes to collect calligraphy and paintings, especially the paintings of everyone in the Ming Dynasty, so as soon as she heard that there were Tang Yin's works, she immediately took me over." ”

Zhao Zhuo said curiously: "I have relatively little contact with such high-end works, if it is auctioned, then how much can the approximate price go up?" ”

Jing Yao shook her head slightly and said: "It's hard to say, the key to how much money can be auctioned depends on how well the Blue View Auction House works, if it does well, it is estimated that it can be auctioned for 15 million or even higher." ”

"So much in the turn of a hand?" Zhao Zhuo was taken aback when he heard this.

Jing Yao said with a smile: "This is not outrageous, because domestic buyers are very concerned about this kind of repatriated collections, in other words, everyone thinks that the repatriated collections from overseas have a kind of aura, and the certainty of authenticity is relatively high." Therefore, many provincial-level auction houses will go abroad every year to collect lots, not to mention the whole country, take the largest dozen or so auction houses in Guangzhou Province to say that the antiques returned from overseas basically account for about 50% of all lots. ”

Zhao Zhuo nodded again and again when he heard this, but heard Jing Yao say again: "However, because everyone thinks that the overseas return is genuine, and the price can be speculated, so now the fake fakes have also been moved abroad, and after being plated with a layer of gold at the auction, they have become genuine all of a sudden, and their value has increased sharply. ”

Zhao Zhuo also nodded, it is not easy for these people to identify and help people auction, relying on their eyesight, gambling on reputation.

Soon, the two came to the Baicheng Appraiser Branch, compared to the old building of the Huaihai City Branch, it seems to be much more magnificent, just the two big lions in front of the door are mighty and majestic, the two gates are also painstaking, there are a bunch of signs hanging on both sides, like the ancient yamen, before entering, you can feel a momentum.

After registering at the gate, the two walked to the courtyard on the first floor, and at this time, a young man of 25 or 6 years old came out of the corridor, and when he saw Jing Yao, he couldn't help but be stunned, as if he had never seen such a beautiful woman, and then he came back to his senses and asked, "Are you two here to find someone to identify antiques?" ”

Jing Yao said, "We are here to find Vice President Li. ”

The young man replied, "Vice President Li is upstairs helping people identify things, and I told you not to disturb for the time being, so I'll take you to the lounge to rest for a while, and I'll inform you later." ”

Jing Yao nodded, and the two followed the young man towards the lounge on the first floor.

On the way, I passed by the members' offices, which are the same as those of the Huaihai City Branch, which is a large room with desks, but the treatment is much better, and there are many computers.

At this time, there were many people in the office, one of them was a 28 or 9-year-old young man holding a palm-sized buckle, which was no more than 10 centimeters long and 3 or 4 centimeters wide, with bright red at the top and yellow at the bottom.

In front of his desk, a middle-aged man in his forties was standing, dressed very modestly, and was looking at him with a concerned face.

After reading it, the young appraiser looked at the table very casually and said, "Fake." ”

Zhao Zhuo heard him say this, and couldn't help but stop, although he just glanced at it, but the workmanship of this buckle is quite Qing Dynasty style, the pattern is exquisite, the carving is smooth, not like a fake.

"Fakes? Impossible? This must be the real thing! The middle-aged man insisted.

The young appraiser said impatiently: "Are you an appraiser or am I an appraiser?" I have a third-level appraiser who has been watching you for a long time, can I still fool you? ”

"But this thing ......," the middle-aged man said with a frown.

The young appraiser sighed and said: "To tell you the truth, this thing is a product of imitation ivory, the style is indeed from the Qing Dynasty, and it is very realistic, but this texture is not ivory, it is estimated that it is something like bone meal resin, you see, ivory has ivory patterns, but this one is not, there is no up and down, so it is a fake of modern technology." ”

As soon as he heard this, the middle-aged man was a little disheartened, picked up the buckle and walked out, Zhao Zhuo didn't want to interfere in this matter, but he was almost sure that this buckle was genuine, as an appraiser, when he saw an antique that was wrongly judged, how could he be afraid of offending people and not say it?

He said to the middle-aged man, "Uncle, can I take a look at your buckle?" ”

"It's been identified, it's a fake." The middle-aged man sighed.

Zhao Zhuo smiled slightly and said, "I'll take a look." ”

The middle-aged man didn't know what he wanted to do, but he still handed over the buckle in his hand, Zhao Zhuo touched it with his hand, and the remaining doubts disappeared, and he said, "Uncle, this buckle is genuine." ”

"What...... What, really? Is it really the real thing? The middle-aged man suddenly rejoiced.

The young appraiser in the room suddenly stood up, glared at Zhao Zhuo and said, "Who are you, you dare to talk nonsense in the appraiser branch!" ”

Seeing that someone was making trouble, some people in the room stood up one after another and looked out, but when they saw Jing Yao beside Zhao Zhuo, their eyes widened, and they didn't dare to come out.

Zhao Zhuo said lightly; "I'm just telling the truth that this thing is genuine."

The young appraiser sneered and said, "Then tell me about it, how is this a genuine product?" ”

(To be continued)