The crowd was divided into 5 groups of 7 people each, and then the staff began to place long cardboard boxes on the table.

These cardboard boxes look very quaint, with blue water patterns printed on them, and there are 7 on each table, and after each box is distributed, the staff asks everyone to take one at random, but they can't open it.

When everyone has a cardboard box in their hands, they heard Zhang Xiangdong say: "The calligraphy and painting assessment in this issue is also three, the first test is your identification skills in calligraphy, and now there is a calligraphy handscroll in everyone's hand, and these calligraphy are all fakes!" ”

As soon as he said this, the people around him whispered, not knowing what Zhang Xiangdong had tested at this level, and he actually took all the fakes, wouldn't there be no need for identification?

However, Professor Luo and others know Zhang Xiangdong very well, this person is notoriously strict, although it is a primary exam, but he will never do anything to release water, this just taking a fake out of the assessment, it will definitely not be easier than identifying the authenticity.

Sure enough, I only heard Zhang Xiangdong look at his watch and said: "From the beginning of the exam time, everyone can only stay in the handscroll for 2 minutes and 30 seconds, and within 2 minutes and 30 seconds, you must distinguish the difference between at least two forgeries and the author's original handwriting, and record them in the book given to you by the staff." After 2 minutes and 30 seconds, he exchanged another handscroll with the same group, and found the difference between the two obvious fakes and the original handscroll again. In other words, within 10 minutes, each person needs to identify 4 handscrolls. If 4 pieces are successfully identified, they are considered excellent, 3 are average, and 2 are passed. ”

Everyone couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when they heard this, Zhang Xiangdong's strictness was really not blown, it looked very easy, there was no need to identify the authenticity, and only needed to compare it with the authenticity by looking for the place where the fake was fake, but in fact, the knowledge of this investigation can be described as quite extensive.

In fact, if you don't know the authentic handwriting, don't know enough about the author's penmanship, style, etc., even if it's a fake, you can't distinguish it.

In addition, the time limit for the appraisal of each painting was limited to two and a half minutes, which suddenly made the atmosphere tense.

One by one, the candidates clutched the lid like soldiers about to go to war, and when they heard Zhang Xiangdong announce the start, they immediately opened the box and took out the calligraphy scroll inside.

Zhao Zhuo spread out the handscroll and took a look, then looked at the two people on the left and right, and suddenly realized, no wonder Zhang Xiangdong directly said that these calligraphy were fakes, because even if he didn't say it, as long as people who knew a little bit about calligraphy and painting, they also knew that this was not genuine.

The one Zhao Zhuo is holding in his hand is Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy, one on the left and right is Su Dongpo's calligraphy, and the other is Wen Tianxiang's calligraphy.

Mo Ling glanced upwards, then looked around, and reminded: "Big brother, these paintings are all 'made in Henan' and 'made in Hunan'. ”

"Oh, that's right." Zhao Zhuo was a little suddenly enlightened.

The so-called made in Henan, also known as Kaifeng goods, is to indicate the calligraphy forgeries of the famous masters of the Tang and Song dynasties made in the Kaifeng area at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, and most of them are inkblots of famous scholars such as Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, Su Dongpo, Huang Tingjian, and even Yue Fei, Bao Zheng, Zhu Xi, etc.

Made in Hunan, also known as "Hunan knife", is the common name of the fake calligraphy and painting in Hunan from the Kangxi period to the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty.

In the Qing Dynasty, there were many counterfeits in the region, such as calligraphy handscrolls and character screens, which were most famous in Kaifeng and Changsha, and were also the more popular counterfeit manufacturing places at that time.

Although Zhao Zhuo has not been in contact with calligraphy and painting for a long time, he has been to auctions, charity bazaars, and Qin Xin's collection room, and listened to Mo Ling talk a lot about painting appreciation, which naturally includes these two famous counterfeits.

Afterwards, Mo Ling began to point out the obvious fakes on the handscroll, and then explained to Zhao Zhuo in detail the various differences between Yan Zhenqing's real handscroll and this fake.

Zhao Zhuo put the handscroll on the table and began to record the comparisons that Mo Ling said one by one, and only a minute had passed at this time.

Seeing Zhao Zhuo put down the handscroll and began to write, Professor Luo showed an appreciative expression on his face, Yu Weiyang and the others looked at him more, but did not speak, after all, no one knew what he was writing.

If it's written correctly, it's a bit of a skill to be able to identify one in a minute, but if it's wrong, it's useless to be fast, and you have to wait until the answer is handed in.

Time passed minute by minute, every two and a half minutes, everyone had to exchange the handscroll in their hands, Zhao Zhuo only needed to get the handscroll, spread it out and look at it carefully for a while, then put away the handscroll, and continued to write the answer on the paper, the time was also only one minute.

Compared with Zhao Zhuo's ease, many candidates have sweat on their foreheads, and they wipe it from time to time while watching, it is obviously autumn, but it is as hot as midsummer, and even other candidates on the periphery can't help but sweat for everyone.

Xu Lang stood on the periphery, looking at Zhao Zhuo seriously, only feeling that this junior brother seemed to be a different person, he and Zhao Zhuo had known each other for two years, in his impression, this junior brother's grades could only be regarded as above average, and every time he took the exam, he was also reading at night like other classmates, so he was inevitably nervous.

However, in this and the university exam, which is not much more difficult than the appraiser qualification examination, Zhao Zhuo seems to be extremely calm.

Soon,10 minutes were over.,Everyone began to hand over the notebooks in turn.。

Zhang Xiangdong didn't say a word, the first one opened Zhao Zhuo's book, and when he looked at it, he couldn't help but be amazed, four fakes, each of which had four differences between truth and falsehood.

Yu Weiyang also came over to take a look, a little surprised, I didn't expect Zhao Zhuo to really have some ability, not only answered correctly, but also a lot faster than others in terms of speed, each one pointed out two more than the regulations, and the other candidates compared with him, and suddenly opened the grade.

Bi Lao and Wang Lao also took his notebook and looked at it, slightly bowed, and glanced at Zhao Zhuo a few more times.

In fact, Mo Ling pointed out that there are more than four comparisons between truth and falsehood, and the whole fake is in her opinion, the external paper, calligraphy style, inscription, and internal font style are very different, just take the two hundred words on the handscroll, there are more than 20 words that do not conform to Yan Zhenqing's font style.

Zhao Zhuo never wanted to be in the limelight, but he also understood that what he wanted was not only to pass the appraiser assessment, but also to join the appraiser association.

Although there is a recommendation that Ouyang Tao said, if he doesn't come up with some results to conquer these examiners, I'm afraid he will also be brought a lot of resistance by Ouyang Tao.

Therefore, Zhao Zhuo wrote down four places, which can be regarded as a small show of his skills.

Zhang Xiangdong quickly announced the results of the first game, and only 29 of the 35 people passed, and 6 people were eliminated at one time.

The 29 people were divided into 5 groups after a re-draw, and then the staff took out a long cardboard box and put it on the table.

Zhang Xiangdong began to announce the second assessment: "The second assessment is your skills in painting, now the first two sets of paintings on the table are 10, the last two groups of paintings on the table are 12, please choose two at will." ”

After everyone selected the two cardboard boxes, they only heard Zhang Xiangdong continue: "Within 10 minutes from the beginning of my announcement, please verify the authenticity of the two paintings on your hands. ”

As soon as these words fell, the 29 candidates quickly opened the box and unfolded the scrolls rolled into scrolls, and the candidates outside the venue also raised their heads, eager to see what these paintings were.

Although the rules of the second scene mentioned by Zhang Xiangdong are much simpler than the first, that is, there is no deliberate psychological pressure, and there is no stipulation of as many as 4 paintings, just to distinguish the authenticity of the two.

However, everyone knows that the second scene is definitely more difficult than the first, so these paintings are by no means easy.

As soon as everyone's paintings were unfolded, the candidates frowned, and the 29 paintings that were unfolded were all small-scale works, and the signatures were all famous artists, and their dates were related to the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

The candidates on the periphery sighed one by one, and then they understood how difficult it was to come to the second game.

You must know that in ancient times, everyone's masterpieces of painting can generally be bought in bookstores, and some well-read and well-remembered students can even imprint the entire painting in their minds, and once they encounter a fake, they can see it at a glance.

However, the small works of the famous artists are different.

For example, a painter's large-scale masterpiece can be auctioned for tens of millions, but its small-scale general works can only be sold for tens of millions, so there will be some gaps in both style and style, and many small-scale works have not been recorded, so to distinguish them, you need to have an understanding of the author's painting style at all stages.

The one in Zhao Zhuo's hand is a white painting by Li Gonglin, a famous artist in the Northern Song Dynasty.

The so-called white drawing, refers to the use of ink lines to outline the image without color painting method, Li Gonglin's white drawing in the Northern Song Dynasty can be called the first, regardless of figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, everything is refined, especially good at painting figures and horses.

It is precisely this one that is Li Gonglin's "Reclining Horse", on ochre-yellow paper, a few strokes make a horse quite vibrant.

Zhao Zhuo looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but sigh towards Mo Ling: "Although I don't know if it's Li Gonglin's real handiwork, but these horses are really engrossed, and you can see that you are a little sleepy from the movements of lying down or your eyes." ”

Mo Ling also nodded, and praised lightly: "Although it is slightly different from Li Gonglin's painting style, the white drawing of the fake is indeed very level." ”

"So, is this painting a fake?" Zhao Zhuo sighed regretfully.

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