Painting and Calligraphy Institute of the Palace Museum in Beijing, China

"Oh, Mr. Ji, what kind of wind blew you here today, the old man has always been in good health? But I haven't visited his old man's house in a while......"

The hearty laughter is Director Shan, the director of the calligraphy and painting department, who is just 50 years old this year.

You must know that at the age of 50 in the Palace Museum, it is definitely a young and powerful little character, and there are many senior cultural masters in the Palace Museum.

"Director Shan, you are too polite, the old man is all right, but I don't forget so many paintings and calligraphy from the past dynasties that were donated to you at the beginning, and I don't know how they are kept.

How is the work of copying and restoration, the old man's legs and feet are inconvenient, otherwise I see that he has to come to the painting and calligraphy institute every once in a while, Director Shan, you have no home for a few days.

My parents still remember the guy surnamed Shan in the Forbidden City, how did he abduct the old man's old collection and come less, just kidding, director, don't blame, come and introduce to you, this is Jiang Ye Lin Jiang, a big customer of our bank......"

Maybe it was because of Kanazawa's departure, or maybe it was because Ji Mingbu wanted to bridge her relationship with Yelin Company, this time she not only issued an official letter requesting appraisal in the name of the Beijing branch of Huaxia Bank.

He also personally brought Jiang Yelin and his newly photographed Northern Song Dynasty Zeng Gong's "Bureau Post" to the Palace Museum of Painting and Calligraphy to worship the mountain.

"Director Shan, a long admiration of the name, has not had the opportunity to meet, contemptible Jiang Yelin, when he was a child, he liked antique porcelain, and he also dabbled in calligraphy and painting, and the last time he came to the Forbidden City was to visit the predecessors of the Ceramics Research Institute.

This time, I took the liberty to ask Mr. Ji to match, I have a piece of calligraphy from the Northern Song Dynasty Zeng Gong on hand, and I want to ask the predecessors of the Palace Museum of Calligraphy and Painting to take a look. ”

Jiang Yelin was wearing a white silk shirt with a stand-up collar and buttons, and he looked elegant and chic, with a confident smile on his face and a very modest attitude.

Walking beside the bright and shining Ji Mingbu, it looks like a pair of lovers, and in the past two days, Matsushima has been running Mitsubishi Bank to handle the credit guarantee procedures, so Xiao Ye Ge followed Ji Mingbu here with an antique box.

"The young man is very energetic, Xiao Ji didn't I say you, you see what is the use of you studying so many doctorates, you should also think about your personal life, right.

Otherwise, wouldn't it make Brother Ji and his sister-in-law anxious? Young man, what are you talking about, Zeng Gong's "Bureau Post" of the Northern Song Dynasty, just kidding, although this thing has been inherited in an orderly manner, it has long been lost overseas, right?

Where did you get that? Don't ask someone to cheat money with fakes, right? ”

Director Shan warmly invited the two to sit in his office, and the waiter quickly served tea.

As a master of Mesozoic painting and calligraphy appraisal, Director Shan of Xu Lao, one of the three masters of calligraphy and painting in the Forbidden City, has no worse reputation and prestige in the calligraphy and painting appreciation world than Qiu Xiaojun in the ceramic world before.

Master Shan used to be the director of the office and the director of the exhibition department, and now he is the director of the painting and calligraphy department, a full-time researcher, and a member of the collection appraisal committee, focusing on the history of ancient calligraphy and painting and the research of calligraphy and painting appraisal.

After graduating from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in China, he joined the Palace Museum, and in the past 20 years, he has written and published more than 100 articles, totaling about 600,000 words. He has written 10 monographs with about 800,000 words; Co-authored 2 monographs and wrote 150,000 words;

He edited more than 10 albums, and wrote a preface and illustration with a total of 200,000 words; The deputy editor-in-chief has 6 albums, and writes a preface or plate description with a total of 80,000 words. A total of more than 180 words were written.

Otherwise, he would not have become Xu Lao's proud disciple and joined the Zhangshu Academy.

"Director Shan, this is an official letter from Huaxia Bank, I know that as long as I come, you will never turn away, but this time it is still business, Jiang Yelin and his Yelin company are our big customers.

If the Northern Song Dynasty Zeng Gong's "Bureau Post" recently acquired by Yelin Culture Company is genuine, it will be of great help to our bank and Yelin Company's next business expansion.

Of course, whether it is true or not, it has to be evaluated by the masters of the Palace Museum of Painting and Calligraphy! ”

Ji Mingbu's implication is that although the Ji family has a close relationship with the mountain director in front of him, the matter of identifying the authenticity of calligraphy and painting must be done officially.

Of course, when it is true or not, at least it cannot be judged as a fake, which is Ji Mingbu's maintenance and bottom line for Jiang Yelin's interests.

"Okay, then I really have to take a good look, in fact, this thing, it has been rumored for a long time, but I didn't have a chance to see it, and it is said that I let the owner of the collection on Hong Kong Island take it.

Talking about the boss later immigrating to the United States, colleagues in the Palace Museum of Painting and Calligraphy also lamented that with his death in the United States last year, the Chinese people will not have the opportunity to see him again.

Jiang Yelin, where did you get this thing? It can't be on the stall of Panjiayuan Liuli Factory, right? ”

The mountain master took out his reading glasses from his pocket and asked, while watching Jiang Yelin open the antique box on the table with interest.

"I really collected it from a store in Panjiayuan, and it cost 400,000 yuan, if you don't see it seriously, Director Shan, then I will lose a Mercedes-Benz 230E!"

Jiang Yelin opened the antique box and took out the boxy pages, generally speaking, Chinese calligraphy and painting are often rolled into scrolls for preservation.

But the work in Jiang Yelin's hand is attached to the bottom lining like an embroidered screen, and when it is taken out, it looks like a small Western oil painting.

If Director Shan had a relaxed smile before, then as soon as the pages in Jiang Yelin's hand looked at him, the master of the Palace Museum's calligraphy and painting institute looked cautious.

As soon as the so-called connoisseur stretched out his hand, he knew if there was any, he had studied the calligraphy and painting appraisal for decades, and studied under Zhang Lao and Xu Lao, Master Shan's vision was quite sharp, and he was a little stunned at first glance.

Ji Mingbu and Jiang Yelin glanced at each other, and their hearts were a little up and down, of course they both hoped that the work that cost 400,000 yuan could be seen real.

Although Jiang Yelin used the function of the golden eye outside the body of the devil's clutch to be sure that this was an authentic handiwork, in the antique calligraphy and painting industry, there were only master-level appraisal experts.

Only then can we have the qualifications and prestige to produce an appraisal report with a factual basis, otherwise, no matter how wide the door is, it is likely to be ridiculed and generous as an imitation.

That's what the rules are, it doesn't matter who you are, what matters is who others think you are!

Director Shan solemnly hung this Northern Song Dynasty Zeng Gong's "Bureau Post" on the drawing board, pushed the drawing board to the window, and opened all the curtains of the floor-to-ceiling windows, so that the light in the room was bright and not dazzling.

His office is actually a creative studio and a study, and after carefully studying it up and down for a long time, he returned to the bookshelf without saying a word, and picked out a few reference books from the vast bookshelf to review for a while.

Then he took a magnifying glass and carefully looked at the collection seal on the "Bureau Post......

"Wait a minute, I'll make a few calls!"

Director Shan finally put down the magnifying glass and reference book in his hand, but did not rush to make a statement, but walked to the desk and made a phone call.

It could be heard that although he tried to keep his voice down, Director Shan's tone was still a little excited and trembling.

After making the call, Director Shan returned to the "Bureau Post" and continued to check the collection seals on the pages one by one against the calligraphy and painting books in his hand.

For the inheritance of ancient paintings and calligraphy, the collection seals stamped by collectors of successive generations are the best proof of the orderly inheritance, of course, there are very few exceptions.

Even the most famous and powerful collectors of the time would have stories of mistaking fakes for the real ones when they looked away, which was not uncommon in all dynasties.

Ji Mingbu and Jiang Yelin honestly stood behind Director Shan, and Ji Mingbu's calligraphy and painting attainments were not enough to judge the authenticity of this thing.

After all, it is the ancient calligraphy of the Northern Song Dynasty, and this paper and ink have been passed down for more than 900 years, and it is not easy to preserve it to this day.

"Senior brother, what are you doing with me in a hurry, I took a few graduate students to restore an ancient painting of the Ming Dynasty together, if the sun goes down, this light will be completely different.

The effect is very different, I'll take a look and leave, don't waste time! ”

A middle-aged man wearing a white coat and a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose barged in, bringing a gust of wind, looking older than Director Shan.

The top of his head is a little bald, his hair is still a little gray, he looks a bit like the German professor in "Seventeen Moments in Spring", with thick lips and sharp eyes, looking full of bookishness.

"Lao Xue, I'm afraid that the master will alarm him when he is old, this thing must be seen by you, this is Mr. Ji of Huaxia Bank, the granddaughter of Ji Lao.

This is Xiao Jiang, the owner of this thing, this is the treasure he auctioned for hundreds of thousands of dollars from Panjiayuan, I watched it for a long time, and I couldn't make up my mind, I have to Lao Xue, you have to take a look! ”

Saying that, Director Shan introduced to Ji Mingbu and Jiang Yelin, "This is Director Xue, who is the director of the Department of Art History of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in China, a professor, and a doctoral supervisor.

He is also the convener of the calligraphy and painting group of the appraisal committee, and he is also a disciple of Xu Lao. The leader of the ancient calligraphy and painting restoration working group of the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting is much more eye-catching than me! ”

Ji Mingbu and Jiang Yelin were busy shaking hands and saying hello, how could this Director Xue care about the origin of this handsome man and a Chinese woman, and his eyes were all attracted by the sun-bathed Northern Song Dynasty Zeng Gong's "Bureau Post".

He stepped forward to the easel, looked at it carefully, and still had words in his mouth.

At this moment, a sturdy young man came in from the door, looking wide-mouthed and big-eared, with curly hair sticking to his scalp and shiny black, which was very similar to the appearance of Rulai in Huaxia Channel's "Journey to the West".

or the reincarnation of the male protagonist in "Tunnel War", with a simple face, his eyes squinted and he smiled before saying a word, and he looked very kind and lovely.

"Xiao Jin, you, an associate professor of Beijing Normal University, have a rare opportunity to come to the Forbidden City, and today let you also make your calligraphy more eye-catching.

You can also take a look at this bureau post of Zeng Gong of the Northern Song Dynasty" Director Shan happily greeted the young people who entered the door, and introduced Ji Mingbu and Jiang Yelin to the young people.

"The two of you are fortunate to meet, Director Shan, this is kind of catching up with me, right? But my experience is too shallow, if you read it wrong, don't take it seriously......"

Professor Jin looks like he is only in his early 30s, and he is actually an associate professor at the university, which makes Ji Mingbu and Jiang Yelin look different.

This guy became an associate professor of calligraphers at a young age, and maybe he actually has two brushes.