Among these twenty or thirty things, Zhao Qirui was interested in a colorful dragon and phoenix pattern pen from the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and auctioned it at a price of 120,000 yuan. This made Chu Chen a little envious, according to the quality of this pen, if it is calculated according to the normal market, it is less than 200,000, and others will not make a move at all, and there will definitely be more at auction.

However, among these things, the highest auction price is only 300,000, which should not be a good thing, and there are several bosses who are indifferent to these, so Chu Chen feels that there should be good things behind.

As soon as he thought of this, the auctioneer said with a smile on his face:

"Bosses, the few things auctioned below will definitely make you feel that this trip is worthwhile."

While talking, I saw a hostess lady, carefully holding a calligraphy and painting brocade box, walked in, and then carefully placed it on the table.

The auctioneer put on white gloves, carefully took out the calligraphy and paintings from the brocade box, and then carefully opened the paintings, and then said to everyone with a smile:

"Look, everybody!"

At the same time, the projector also showed the photo of the work in front of everyone.

Chu Chen saw from a distance that this was a landscape map. I saw that the mountains and mountains overlapped in the painting, the stream looped, the trees were scattered, and the thatched pavilions and houses could be seen on both sides of the stream. The whole work looks quite spectacular from a distance.

"It's Shen Zhou's landscape map in the rain!" Suddenly, the person sitting in front of him exclaimed.

This cry made the atmosphere at the scene suddenly rise, especially the previous indifferent bosses, who were also excited.

Shen Zhou, an outstanding calligrapher and painter in the Ming Dynasty. The word Qinan, No. Ishida, Baishi Weng, Yutiansheng, Youju Zhuju master, etc., Changzhou people. He should not be the imperial examination, specializing in poetry, calligraphy and painting, and was the founder of the "Wu School" of literati painting in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and was known as the "Four Ming Schools" along with Wen Zhengming, Tang Yin, and Qiu Ying.

Chu Chen didn't expect that the first blockbuster was Shen Zhou's work, not to mention anything else, Shen Zhou's genuine works were sold at auction for a lot of money, let's just say that at last year's Christie's auction, Shen Zhou's picture of spring grass and autumn flowers was auctioned for a high price of more than 9 million.

Judging from the size of the current work and the theme of the work, if it is genuine, even if it is on the black market, the value is not much lower. However, judging from the expressions of buyers after watching on stage, the vast majority of people have a positive attitude, and only a few people shake their heads and sigh, but this may also be used to confuse others' expressions.

Fortunately, according to the regulations, there are not many people who can watch on stage, otherwise Chu Chen doesn't know how long it will be, it is worth mentioning that Zhao Qirui, who has always sat in the audience, is not calm when he sees such a work, and he and Chu Chen came to the stage together.

This landscape map in the rain is quite large, and Chu Chen estimates that it is about nine square feet.

From the point of view of the painting method, the mountain stone is dyed with light light, with the pen vigorous and vigorous, and then add thick ink dot moss, the painting method should be from Huang Gongwang detachment, the painting grid is clear.

The painting is self-titled: "Autumn is good on the creek building, and the pen and ink are hard and leisurely." The old eyes read the book like fog, and the blur only writes about the rain and the mountains. ", the seal under the paragraph is Ishida.

Judging from the inscription and the handwriting on the paragraph, the lines of the words are sharp and sharp, the structure is open and closed, the middle palace is tightened and the four-dimensional is opened, the so-called "long skimming and big stroke", which is in line with the style of Shen Zhou's later years. And the seal also fits the characteristics of the genuine product.

So if you look at these two points alone, this work should be Shen Zhou's genuine. But judging the authenticity of a work, these two points alone are not enough, and I don't know weishenme, Chu Chen's feeling about this work is not too good, and he always feels that he seems to owe something short in the style of painting.

Shen Zhou's paintings are good at landscapes, flowers and birds, especially landscapes, which have two appearances: coarse and fine. In the early years, the main sect Wang Meng, chasing Dong and Ju, mainly with fine brushes; After the age of forty, he won all the families, focusing on Huang Gongwang, and his style gradually became thicker, forming a thick brush style; After the age of 60, he learned Wu Zhen's painting method, and his brushwork was simple and vigorous, and his style was vigorous and magnificent.

The landscape of its mature period, the pen and ink not only absorb the hardness and strength of the Song Dynasty and the Ming and Zhejiang schools, but also retain the subtle brushwork of the Yuan people.

In terms of composition, whether complex or brief, he emphasizes the "potential" of the grandeur of the mountains and rivers, changing the empty and lonely realm of the Yuan people, and focusing on the simple "quality", which hides ingenuity in the clumsiness.

Judging from the style in the painting, it should be Shen Zhou's style in his seventies, and his painting style should have matured during this period. Judging from the style in the painting, it is just rigid, but it lacks a little softness, and the mountains and rivers look really majestic, but on closer inspection, they are a little less powerful, which is completely inconsistent with the style of Shen Zhou's period.

And Chu Chen also thought of a detail, this work is almost the same as the "Mountain in the Rain" included in an ancient calligraphy and painting catalogue published by the Cultural Relics Publishing House.

For a painter, his creation is mostly accidental, and two works may have the same subject matter, but it is impossible for even some details to be similar, which is simply impossible.

"Is it?"

At this time, Chu Chen thought of a word, and then he immediately used the ability, and the result did confirm his conjecture, the age of this work is indeed about five hundred years, but the real value is simply incomparable to the real thing.

Combined with the results of the ability, and judging from the inscription, style and seal, this should be a ghostwriting work by Shen Zhou.

After Chu Chen came to this conclusion, he thought of the performance of so many people at the scene, and couldn't help but think in his heart, I don't know which person is the unlucky guy for a while? Suddenly, his afterglow swept away, and when he saw Yu Guangjie and Qian Changxing happily discussing something, he couldn't help but feel a wave of disgust in his heart.

When Chu Chen saw Yu Guangjie for the first time before, he didn't like him too much, and Yu Guangjie looked at people with a trace of contempt in his eyes, which made Chu Chen particularly disgusted, and then thinking of Qian Changxing on the side, Chu Chen had a hunch that sooner or later there would be a conflict between the two.

Thinking of this, he had a flash of inspiration, maybe this work will be an opportunity.

After Zhao Qirui returned to his seat, he couldn't wait to ask Chu Chen, "Xiao Chu, how is this painting?" If it is haode, I will buy it as a birthday gift. ”

Chu Chen nodded with a smile and said softly: "Brother Zhao, there is something wrong with this painting, if you believe me, it's best not to buy it." ”

Zhao Qirui was slightly stunned after hearing this, this painting looked very good, and asked a little strangely: "That's not right, I have seen Shen Zhou's calligraphy works, and this word should be written by him himself." ”

"The words are right, but the drawings are not right." After all, at the auction, it is not appropriate to say more, Chu Chen's words are concise and appalling.

Zhao Qirui thought that Chu Chen should not be untargeted, and after listening to this explanation, he hesitated a little and nodded.

Seeing this, Chu Chen also lost no time in giving him a look, and then pointed slightly at Yu Guangjie's side.

Zhao Qirui saw it and understood what he meant, so he smiled and nodded.

When Zuihou returned to his seat on the stage, the auctioneer smiled and said, "I won't introduce much about the painting, I think everyone has also understood, and now the auction will start without a reserve, please bid." ”

As soon as the words fell, there was silence on the scene, and everyone was looking down and thinking about the valuation of this work.

After about half a minute, one of the first people spoke: "Three hundred thousand! ”

"500,000, I said Boss Meng, you don't have to pay this price?" The person who quoted sarcastically said that this person probably didn't deal with Boss Meng.

"Six hundred thousand!" The others ignored them and quoted the price again.

"Eight hundred thousand!"

The price climbed very quickly, breaking through one million, one and a half million, two million in the blink of an eye......

When it reached 2.3 million, the people who quoted began to sparsely populate, and after 1 million, the people who quoted were those who had just begun to sit firmly in the Diaoyutai.

In fact, black market auctions do have a disadvantage, that is, everyone has to trade in cash, which leads to the final price is not too high. Just think about it, five million alone will weigh more than 100 pounds, not to mention that it is not safe, and it is very troublesome to pretend and lift, let alone 10 million.

"Two million four million!"

"Two and a half million!" At this time, Yu Guangjie also quoted the price, which made Chu Chen and the others feel uplifted.

After a while, another boss offered an offer: "Two million and eight million!" ”

After all, no one is stupid, and the current collecting world is getting hotter and hotter, as the saying goes, "antiques in prosperous times, gold in troubled times".

Shen Zhou's works like this, even now, may not be bought at auction for four million, and since it is a prosperous time, such works will definitely appreciate in value, which is more cost-effective than keeping jewelry such as gold at home.

"Two million nine million!" Yu Guangjie is not far behind.

"Three two hundred and twenty thousand!" The boss just now seemed to be bound to win, and directly added 300,000.

Then the two of them took turns to quote, and the price rose to 3.9 million in an instant, the man hesitated for a long time, and finally sighed, he came this time with 3.5 million in cash, counting the premium is only 3.8 million, he really has more than enough strength and can only shake his head in disappointment.

Seeing this, Yu Guangjie looked around triumphantly, looking like a villain, and the people around him frowned.

"Four million three thousand!" Zhao Qirui smiled and quoted a price.

"Gah!"

When Yu Guangjie heard this price, he felt as uncomfortable as eating a fly, in fact, Zhao Qirui was not a random price, Ah Chao's vision was very old-fashioned, he estimated from the walking posture of the bodyguard who helped Yu Guangjie raise the money, this time Yu Guangjie brought the money, which should be about 4.5 million.

Yu Guangjie did not participate in the auction before, so Zhao Qirui felt that it was just right for him to offer 4.3 million.

At this time, Yu Guangjie was very entangled, he had no right to a premium,

If he buys the work, he won't be able to do anything about it later.